˜”*°•"Improvement" to the Space•°*”˜

WC: 204
Mentions: @Xio Arcana, @Emmanuel Bourne
OPEN TO INTERACTIONS

Bella and Em followed Xio to the courtyard, and as they stopped and bent down to pick up the dropped scrolls, Xio dashed ahead in excitement. By the time they reached her friend, Xio had already started to throw the scrolls around.

"Xio, like Em asked before, what are we setting up for? Is this for Winter Break?" Bella tilted her head in curiosity.

She bent down to pick up a scroll and unraveled it, startled to see words inside.

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Bella snapped the scroll shut and turned to Xio.

"Wait, is this from the library?"

She picked up another scroll and read it out loud.

October 5th, 2000. DADA YEAR 1 LESSON 1 HOMEWORK

"Okay, I think this one can be crumpled. That is wayyyy overdue," Bella remarked. She crumpled that one and hesitated before throwing it, the paper ball flying in a curve before landing on top of a nearby statue.

OOC NOTES: Hi! LOL the dragging

@Bella Light. & @Xio Arcana

Em dragged ahead following the two girls. Xio seemed excited as he watched her unload her pile of crumpled up parchment and scrolls. He stopped short as she watched her pitch a piece of parchment that found a spot on a grumpy gargoyle. He cautiously surveyed Bella as she picked up a couple pieces that trailed from Xio’s hoard.

Em stepped forward to read over Bella’s shoulder, before she balled up the parchment and expertly pitched it atop a statue. His confusion gave way to curiosity; Xio’s exuberance was infectious, as he cracked a smile.

“What exactly is the purpose of this, Xio?” he asked, knowing in his heart that he may not get a straight answer.

He watched the balls of crumpled parchment find new homes around the courtyard, taking in the two girl’s excitement. However, as he watched each parchment find its perch, he started to wonder how he could contribute. Emmanuel withdrew his wand, and pointed it at the first piece of parchment; which was still annoyingly stuck to the gargoyle. He gave a flick of his wand, and whispered “Colorvaria!” As he did so, the beige colored parchment turned a vivid shade of hot pink. Em turned to Xio and Bella, looking for approval, as he set his sights on his next target.

Word Count: 325

| Date: TBD | Time: Morning | Location: Courtyard, Hogwarts | Participation: OPEN |
| Mentions: @Bella Light @Emmanuel Bourne |
| Song: Saturday - Twenty One Pilots ˜”*°•x•°*”˜ | Outfit: ˜”*°•x•°*”˜ |

𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑-𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝙴𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒a 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝙴𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.

“𝚈𝙴𝚂! 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝙴𝚇𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙻𝚈 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸’𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛!” 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙴𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚞𝚐, 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕. “𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗???” 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚎𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢.

𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝙴𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠.

“𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘,” 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕. “𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎—𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎!” 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎.

𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑. “𝙳𝚘 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜???” 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜. “𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝!”

𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐—𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊’𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜. 𝚇𝚒𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚒𝚝; 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝.

OOC Notes: WOW you're a natural! >:D
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@Bella Light and @Xio Arcana

Em gave Xio a quizzical look as she dashed around the courtyard. His introduction to her was certainly unique. However, no one could argue that she was anything other than genuinely herself (Em thought that this was quite admirable!) He bent down and picked up one of the crumpled pieces of parchment, and read it over. “Xio, where exactly did you get these? Some of them are really old. Nearly thirty years old.”

Em took a brief moment to contemplate his involvement. On one hand, he was sure the three of them would anger at least the caretaker; on the other, perhaps they could convince people Peeves was the real culprit.

Deciding he was already deep into it, he looked back at the diminishing pile of paper. He quickly cracked his neck, readied his wand, and began flicking around color changing charms with abandon. Crumpled up bunches of parchment flashed a menagerie of colors; chartreuse, indigo, burgundy, violet, tangerine, scarlet. It was a pallet of vibrancy; a new depth to their arsenal.

Em turned to Bella, “The levitation charm would let us get pieces at least higher up, if you want to take out your wand!” Em encouraged, flashing a genuine smile at his friend.

WC: 204
Mentions: @Xio Arcana, @Emmanuel Bourne
OPEN TO INTERACTIONS

Bella smiled back and drew her wand, ready to do what Em suggested, before stopping to think. She paused and then dropped the wand back in her bag.

"I don't want to risk failing the charm and making something bad happen," she explained. "Besides, its okay. I can just practice my throwing skills. Great idea, though, Em! You should definitely do that!"

She looked at Xio when her friend answered and knew that it wasn't the whole truth. But that was okay. She trusted that her friend knew what she was doing and only had good intentions in her heart.

Grabbing another scroll, she reached back for not her wand but her quill and scrawled a good message on it:

Hi! How are you? You are doing great, whoever you are! Have a great day!
~ Suomynona

"It's the opposite of anonymous," she explained, grinning. Then, she crumpled up the piece of paper into a tight, small ball.

"Here we go!" Bella launched the scroll, and it flew up, up, up, before disappearing past her line of sight.

"Xio! Em! Did you guys see where it went?" she squinted her eyes against the bright snow. "It's so bright, and its blending in!"

OOC Notes: Hi! I would have done the spell that you said, Em, except I don't have it yet. This tells me that I need to do more homework.

Maya was at the Courtyard minding her own business, which included people watching. She was fairly content and at peace. There were many people here, students from all the years, some alone like her but most of them were hanging out and chatting along with their friends. Maya was about to get bored of people watching alone until she heard a noise of some new students that arrived at the Courtyard. Three people. She saw Bella and Xio, and there was another ravenclaw she didn’t know at all. Xio was in front of them, she was carrying some parchments and some of them fell behind as the other two collected them. At some point Maya noticed Xio squealed in excitement and the other ravenclaw student seemed to be casting a spell on the parchments.

Ultimately, Maya couldn’t help her curiosity, she left where she was sitting and walked towards them. She stood next to Bella and said hi. “What are you guys doing here?” She asked. She was very curious and she truly didn’t know what she expected. She looked at some of the parchments, some of them were in various colors and they didn’t seem empty but with words in it. She couldn’t read any of them well. Bella had thrown a parchment to the air and it disappeared? “I am very confused” she admitted out loud. “Sorry if i got in the way of something but I’d just really like to know whats going on” She laughed slightly awkwardly.

@Bella Light, @Xio Arcana , @Emmanuel Bourne , hope you guys dont mind me joining, I saw participation was open and i got very curious

@Bella Light,@Xio Arcana and @Maya Maxwell

Em shrugged as Bella put away her wand, and went back to analog tossing the parchment around. Xio’s momentum, and positive attitude was infectious. He could feel his wariness fade away; truly what would it matter if they got into trouble? These are the moments that makes Hogwarts so magical.

Em turned on the spot, looking to levitate a pile of crumpled scrolls onto the rafters of the courtyard wall. However, his attention was drawn to another Slytherin girl who was approaching them. She had brown wavy hair, and dark green eyes. Em smirked, as he flicked his wand twice at the wads of parchment the girl had picked up, and spoke the color changing charm under his breath. The beige paper between her fingers flashed a deep plum, and the other a bright blue.

“Unfortunately, friend, I am unconvinced that Xio had any intention of revealing her secrets,” Em shrugged, turning his attention to a batted scroll that was nearly four feet long.

“Better just to join. Here, what color should I try to make this?” Em tossed the question to the new first year, his aspen wand at the ready to cast another spell.

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Bella was just about to toss another scroll when she heard a familiar voice.

"Oh, hi Maya! Isn't it such a beautiful day? Yep, just like Em said, Xio just told us that we are spreading the cheer! Which we are! Want to join in?" she asked, smiling. She handed her friend another piece of paper before turning to Em.

"Green! Or maybe blue! Or yellow! Oh wait, sorry! You were asking Maya, right?" Bella laughed. "In my excitement...anyways, this is so fun! Xio! What a great idea!"

After a while of throwing and decorating, she realized how thirsty she was.

"Anybody want something to drink? I'm going to go get a few snacks and stuff!" Bella called out before disappearing into the Great Hall. Soon, she reappeared with a tray and five cups of warm apple cider.

"Guys! Xio! Maya! Em!" she yelled. "I brought the food!" Gently setting the tray on a bench, she nodded at the collection of beans, chocolate frogs, soup, cakes, and an assortment of other delicacies.

"But I also brought this! Borrowed from a friend," she exclaimed, revealing a pack of markers from a pocket in her robe. "In case anybody wants to draw and stuff! I mean, creativity, right?"

OOC Notes: Hi Maya! Welcome! Of course you can join in! The more the merrier!