20 Apr 2021, 08:22
A Pack Of Puffs
PRIVATE THREAD WITH @ANNIE MORGAN, @LAURA THOMPSON BROOK, @PAIGE GRANT, @OLIVIA LUDWIGI hope this starter is ok! I can add a post order in my next post if we want one, but basically just try wait for everyone else to post before you do, after your first post. If that makes sense haha.Lucia Fox was trying Something New. In capital letters, written in sparkly glitter pen. Or, at least, it would be once she figured out what to call it. The Pygmy Puff Obstacle Course wasn't a very snappy title for what was currently just a cardboard box containing old books, stationary, and a few folded bits of cardboard - which were, in fact, actually just more cardboard boxes.
Lucia sighed as she looked at the boxes. "This is gonna take a while," she told River, her pygmy puff, who was sitting on her shoulder trying to catch a fly with her long tongue. "Okay, first things first." She took out one of the folded cardboard boxes and pulled it out, quickly re-assembling it. Then she picked up River, much to the puff's annoyance, and put her in the box, where she rolled around looking disgruntled for a few moments before sitting still and staring at her owner. "Stay there," Lucia told her pointlessly - there wasn't any way River could get out of there anyway. Then she turned back to the box of supplies, keeping one eye on where River was squeaking in protest. "River, c'mon. This is all for your benefit, you know," she said sternly as she grabbed a pair of scissors, but then she just stared at the box. "Or, it would be," she admitted. "I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing." Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
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20 Apr 2021, 19:10
A Pack Of Puffs
Footsteps padded along the cool marble floors. The creak of a door opening and the soft thud of it closing followed the footsteps. Smooth cobblestone and cool grass tickled the person who breezed through, silence following them as they wandered on. A shuffle of feathers and a grumpy hoot could be heard as well before a bubble of laughter erupted after it.
"You are grumpy today hm? Well we are going on a walk now so cheer up." The brunette's voice echoed in the rather silent courtyard. She held a black leash that was tied to one of Eiryk's legs to make sure he didn't fly off randomly. Her bare feet scraped the ground as she strolled around the courtyard. Annie had taken to walking without shoes because the vibrations of the ground and the feel of them made her feel better. Of course she only did this after classes or on her free time so she didn't get weird looks.
She figured no one would be around but boy was she wrong. Annie's toe hit a.. box? The girl froze and cleared her throat about ready to say a greeting to the owner of the box. Eiryk hopped off her shoulder, down her arm and perched on the box, but his weight started tipping it and then chaos happened. It seemed to happen in slow motion, the box flipping, a squeak of some sort, probably from a creature sailed through the air into Annie's palm.
The brunette's eyes popped out in panic and she nearly dropped the fluffy bundle before calming herself. "Ah here yah go. Sorry for that. Eiryk be careful where you sit mister!" She put down the tiny creature and scolded the owl, or well an empty space for he had nestled in the box, with his eyes glazed over staring at the creature, of which Annie had no clue it was a pygmy puff. The owl gave out an angry screech and lunged for the fluffy creature, which jerked the leash in her hand nearly sending Annie tumbling. She regained her balance and pulled back gently on the leash, making Eiryk fly back to her and pout, peeking out from behind her chocolatey hair.
"Oh gods I'm sorry, ehm hopefully we didn't ruin your project or anything. The name's Annie and this crazy feather brain is Eiryk." She blabbed out awkwardly really not prepared to meet another person let alone cause a scene.
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Here's my post, once everyone gets one up we'll just go in order if that's all right with everyone?
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14 Jul 2021, 20:16
A Pack Of Puffs
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[ @Annie Morgan ]
After a few minutes, all Lucia had managed to set up was a rather lonely-looking staircase of books. Ah. Maybe she should have tried to find some inspiration somewhere before embarking on this project, but she'd not been in the mood. It had been a spur-of-the-moment decision really, which was strange because Lucia didn't always go through with those, and now she was wishing she'd planned something first.
Then she heard a voice - someone else entering the courtyard. Lucia looked up to see Annie, one of Hufflepuff's perfects and a friend of Lucia's... sort of. They'd only spoken a few times, but Lucia liked the older girl. Smiling, the second-year turned back to her staircase and experimentally stacked a few books opposite it, wondering if she could make a cardboard bridge.
But then she heard a squeak from River, and looked over to see that Annie had walked right into the box that the pygmy puff was currently residing in. Ah, Merlin. Lucia had almost forgotten that Annie was blind. She should have told her that the box was there. It was too late now, th-
"Merlin's pants!"
Annie's owl leapt off her shoulder and landed on the box, causing it to tip over, sending River flying into the air - "Rivs!" - but then Annie, the incredible Hufflepuff that she was (or, at least, in Lucia's eyes), caught the pygmy puff with a rather surprised expression, stopping her from hitting the floor. Lucia had no idea whether River would have been injured by a fall from that height, but she wasn't willing to risk any chances.
Annie quickly put the purple pet down on the floor with an apology and a warning to her owl, and River practically ran over to Lucia, squeaking in fright. When she was only halfway there though, the owl lunged at her. Before she knew what was happening, Lucia was lunging too, attempting to defend her terrified pet from this creature, but Annie seemed to have it under control and pulled on the owl's leash, pulling it back towards her.
Lucia scooped up River and held her in her hands, stroking her fur and murmuring words of comfort to her while Annie spoke. "Oh! Annie, it's me," Lucia blurted, before realising that Annie might not recognise her voice. "Um, Lucia. Fox. From Hufflepuff. My pygmy puff's called River." Said pygmy puff was currently engaged in a staring contest with Eiryk. "Shh, River, you're okay now," she told her pet, then spoke to Annie again. "Oh, the project's fine," she said, looking around. "Oh... I knocked over the books. Ah well." She paused, then realised she needed to tell Annie what she meant. Lucia inwardly cursed, embarrassment causing her cheeks to flush a little red. "Um, I'm trying to make an obstacle course for River, but it wasn't working very well."
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