After class Defrost
@Millie Ann
The early autumn came, and was welcomed dearly by Emmanuel. Though he didn’t mind being shut in with Hogwarts’ vast library at his fingertips, he certainly enjoyed wading into the icy water and finding the different flora and fauna that lurked beneath the loch.
Having finished his classes for the day, double potions and double herbology, Em found some time to head down to the lake. The chill of the highlands still lingered; yet the cold water never bothered him before. Excitedly, he removed his loafers and black socks (the left on with a rather large hole Em hadn’t been bothered to repair), rolled up his uniform pants; cuffed his white shirt, and tossed his blue and bronze striped tie over his right shoulder. Stepping into the water sent an electric jolt of coldness up Em’s extremities, as he let out a soft gasp. He had to fight the urge to chatter his teeth as he took another step forward.
The afternoon sun reflected off the surface of the lake, illuminating the soft mist that danced atop the soft waves. Em’s toes grew numb, as they fumbled over the rounded stones that littered the lake bed. He took a deep, cold breath in and turned back to look at the shore. It was only a few feet away, but he could see a figure ahead.
A girl with shoulder length ash-brown hair, and fair skin. Em recognized her, as she is in his year. However, he hadn’t spoken to her much at all, besides asking for a quill to borrow in History of Magic. Quickly thinking, he put his wand into his mouth lengthwise, and he raised a hand over his head and began waving.
Muffled by the shaft of aspen between his teeth, Em yelled out “Hewwo hare!!” his words mangled by the wand in his mouth.
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Last edited by Emmanuel Bourne on 19 Sep 2026, 17:44, edited 1 time in total.
After class Defrost
____Millie decided to spend her free time this afternoon outside. Clenching her pocket journal which she always writes an after note class in one hands, the girl descends the heavenly long stairs from Ravenclaw's tower until her sole touches the grass beneath in her walk to where she wonders the best place to read.
____In the middle of her indecision, her ears perked up when she heard someone yelled from the shore. In her quick thought, that person was drown so he yell out of help. But when she looked closely, no, he was just ... doing what he wants. Willingly.
____"Bourne? What you doing there?" Millie asked when she stepped closer to the shore. Standing closely beside the boy's belongings, she squatted. "Aren't there cold? It is autumn already. You looking for something in the lake?"
____She may far from being close with the boy but Millie rarely forget the name of whoever she already met although that was a quick, unplanned occasion. Yet, as curious as she is, Millie couldn't help but wondering what was he doing in the lake. If it's something of his belongings fell to the water, that is reasonable that he dip inside. If there's something he was looking for from inside the lake, that might ignites her curiosity even more. But if he was just 'feels like it', isn't that out of season? That lake water is already cold despite whatever season is right now. Hope his answer is not the latest or she may secretly claim him as a weirdo.
____In the middle of her indecision, her ears perked up when she heard someone yelled from the shore. In her quick thought, that person was drown so he yell out of help. But when she looked closely, no, he was just ... doing what he wants. Willingly.
____"Bourne? What you doing there?" Millie asked when she stepped closer to the shore. Standing closely beside the boy's belongings, she squatted. "Aren't there cold? It is autumn already. You looking for something in the lake?"
____She may far from being close with the boy but Millie rarely forget the name of whoever she already met although that was a quick, unplanned occasion. Yet, as curious as she is, Millie couldn't help but wondering what was he doing in the lake. If it's something of his belongings fell to the water, that is reasonable that he dip inside. If there's something he was looking for from inside the lake, that might ignites her curiosity even more. But if he was just 'feels like it', isn't that out of season? That lake water is already cold despite whatever season is right now. Hope his answer is not the latest or she may secretly claim him as a weirdo.
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early autumn, 2026
258WC
@Emmanuel Bourne
258WC
@Emmanuel Bourne
give me a lemon and I'll makes us some lemonades
-join if u like pls-
-join if u like pls-
After class Defrost
@Millie Ann
Emmanuel smiled widely, as his fellow Ravenclaw called in response. Em thought she seemed like she was leaving a potentially deep thought. He took a few steps forward, slipping briefly on a larger round stone submerged in the freezing lake. Steadying himself, he took his wand from between his teeth, and tried to subtly flatten his hair.
"Well, to be honest, I just thought it could be a bit of fun!" Em smiled, scanning the clear water around his feet. "I had hoped to maybe find a few frogs, or a toad or something. I've been working on a color changing spell, and the idea of vividly colored frogs in the lake just seems..." his sentence trailed off. A few inches away from his left foot, he saw a round looking shape begin to swim away. Acting on instinct, Em lurched forward, submerging both of his forearms into the cold water; his effort to spare his uniform from being soaked were completely abandoned.
He closed his free hand around the squishy, slimy form of a common toad. Em pulled himself up out of the lake, his pant legs and shirt cuffs dripping with the icy water. Clutched in his hands, gingerly as to not hurt the animal, was a grey-green toad. He held it up, toward Millie; a prize well caught.
"Seems you're my lucky charm, Millie Ann!" He smirked, wading out of the cold water toward the other Ravenclaw. "Might be worth it to try and scrape some slime off this bugger, good stabilizer for some potion ingredients."
Em made his way over to where his stuff laid haphazardly on the ground. He sat down on his bundles up robe, and with one hand started looking through his rucksack for something.
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WC 289
After class Defrost
____Could be of fun, he said. Huh, sure, that certainly out of ordinary as if risking his own body from catching a cold is not his top priority in this time of period. Not sure if the frog and toad is also Emmanuel another reason from the start or that was just came out a minutes ago after that. Millie said nothing as the boy once again distracted by whatever caught his eyes and started doing another risky thing to plunged his hand inside the lake, reaching something from the bed as if that was a valuable ring he mustn't let go no matter what.
____Once he come back to his sense and climbed out from the water, Millie widen her eyes when Emmanuel suddenly help up his hand directly toward her face, almost causing the girl to fell backwards from her crouched down position. When her eyes slowly realizing what creature was in his clutch, Millie unconsciously let out a relief sigh as it was just a toad. The boy himself just smirk foolishly and self-proclaimed her as his lucky charm because of her presence successfully bringing him that amphibians for the sake of his potions experiment.
____"Yeah? Well, good for you. At least I heard your shout and it won't take you long to make yourself half frozen there," she muttered as Emmanuel walked over and sat down on his robe ... seriously? Millie sighs, pulled out her wands as she chanted Aer Calidus and swished it toward his drenched body. Lucky for them both, Millie spells the word correctly so Emmanuel's soaked clothes now dry in no time. "You're very welcome. I just don't want the common room to get flooded by water dripping from your clothes."
____Once he come back to his sense and climbed out from the water, Millie widen her eyes when Emmanuel suddenly help up his hand directly toward her face, almost causing the girl to fell backwards from her crouched down position. When her eyes slowly realizing what creature was in his clutch, Millie unconsciously let out a relief sigh as it was just a toad. The boy himself just smirk foolishly and self-proclaimed her as his lucky charm because of her presence successfully bringing him that amphibians for the sake of his potions experiment.
____"Yeah? Well, good for you. At least I heard your shout and it won't take you long to make yourself half frozen there," she muttered as Emmanuel walked over and sat down on his robe ... seriously? Millie sighs, pulled out her wands as she chanted Aer Calidus and swished it toward his drenched body. Lucky for them both, Millie spells the word correctly so Emmanuel's soaked clothes now dry in no time. "You're very welcome. I just don't want the common room to get flooded by water dripping from your clothes."
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early autumn, 2026
290WC
@Emmanuel Bourne
dont mind her sourness lol that was just her when she witnessed a 'stupidity' acts from others
290WC
@Emmanuel Bourne
dont mind her sourness lol that was just her when she witnessed a 'stupidity' acts from others
give me a lemon and I'll makes us some lemonades
-join if u like pls-
-join if u like pls-
After class Defrost
@Millie Ann
Emmanuel laughed as Millie remarked about the sopping wet common room, and appreciation flooded through him as his cold, wet clothes were warmly aired out by the witch's spell. He was much more comfortable (he wanted to put on a brave face, but the second he came out of the water, he could feel his lips turning blue), and became able to focus on the task at hand: changing the toad's color.
"Thanks for drying me off! You're right, if a prefect caught me soaking another arm chair, I'd be doing lines for sure," He shrugged, moving the toad into a more comfortable position on a nearby stone. It seems a bit too afraid to try running away, just yet. He grabbed his aspen wand, and prodded the toad with the tip, muttering the incantation Colorvaria! As he did so, the toad gave a quick shimmer, before it's color changed into a grey-brown like Millie's eyes. Em smirked, and allowed the toad to hop away; a little bit of new color in the surrounding lakeside.
"I can't imagine you were only coming down here to save me from freezing," Em stated, looking at the other Ravenclaw, while leaning himself back into a more comfortable position. "Anything you need to talk about? Need to practice a hex? I guess I'm a willing recipient, in your debt at least..." He poked his tongue out at her.
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After class Defrost
____Millie raised her eyebrow. She didn't hear it wrong, did she? Emmanuel offered himself as a lab rat? Sure he owed her one for the hot-air charm she just threw at him so the boy wouldn't have to worry to catch a cold, but if he paid his debt with such another risky things like this ... that's sound tempting!
____For now, Millie won't asked him for the second time if he sure about this, or Emmanuel surely will take it all back what he just said. So then she wonder, what should she test on him? A mundane, boring spell or an exciting one? Hm ... she have no idea. After all, she went outside just to find another peaceful place to simple reading.
____"A willing target, huh? What do you think of me I would do such a thing, Bourne?" She asked that, yet her head still full of lists of spell she wanted to try on him. "I may looked unfriendly to most people but I wouldn't dare makes you becoming a living dummy and casts a spell like Spongify!"
____The girl smirked, then pursed her lips into a thin line once she swished her chestnut wand to Emmanuel's arms. Her softening charm accurately hit, to her surprise, because now Millie trying so hard not to laughed at the sight of the boy's hands become like a jelly. Somehow, that reminds her of Cthulhu even though that creature is another level compared to this result.
____"Oops, sorry, I'm missed nothing," she apologized, but didn't show any remorse at all as she still chuckled at the same time she said that. "Uh, let's see. We can just use general counter spell to nullify that, right?"
____For now, Millie won't asked him for the second time if he sure about this, or Emmanuel surely will take it all back what he just said. So then she wonder, what should she test on him? A mundane, boring spell or an exciting one? Hm ... she have no idea. After all, she went outside just to find another peaceful place to simple reading.
____"A willing target, huh? What do you think of me I would do such a thing, Bourne?" She asked that, yet her head still full of lists of spell she wanted to try on him. "I may looked unfriendly to most people but I wouldn't dare makes you becoming a living dummy and casts a spell like Spongify!"
____The girl smirked, then pursed her lips into a thin line once she swished her chestnut wand to Emmanuel's arms. Her softening charm accurately hit, to her surprise, because now Millie trying so hard not to laughed at the sight of the boy's hands become like a jelly. Somehow, that reminds her of Cthulhu even though that creature is another level compared to this result.
____"Oops, sorry, I'm missed nothing," she apologized, but didn't show any remorse at all as she still chuckled at the same time she said that. "Uh, let's see. We can just use general counter spell to nullify that, right?"
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early autumn, 2026
287WC
@Emmanuel Bourne
287WC
@Emmanuel Bourne
give me a lemon and I'll makes us some lemonades
-join if u like pls-
-join if u like pls-
After class Defrost
@Millie Ann
Emmanuel watched as Millie's softening charm took effect, and his hands gave a strange lurch, and a jiggle, before collapsing like a melted ice cream cone. Initially, shock surged through him, but it was quickly replaced with laughter. He had asked for it, after all. Em's laugh rolled out of his chest jubilantly, as he raised up the spongy mass at the end of his arms, and wiggled them in the air for Millie to see.
"Well, now! You are quite adept at that charm!" He said, letting what was once a solid hand slosh about in his fair skin. "I certainly hope something like Finite Incantatem would work, I am actually quite handy at the spell, though I wont be able to cast it on myself right now..."
Em looked pleadingly into the other Ravenclaw's eyes, hoping she would settle on pity and counter her own jinx. The alternative would be visiting the Hogwarts Matron, and coming up with a clever story to avoid getting his classmate in trouble; or worse, losing a few house points. Though, it wouldn't have been his first trip to the hospital wing; he briefly remembered the first time he cast Diffendo, a slightly advanced spell for a second year. The spell rebounded, and gave him a nasty gash on his arm. Luckily, that injury was quickly tended to. A spell like this would surely mean a dosing of Skele-gro.
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WC: 236