Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed

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Late Evening-Night, 28th August 2021
To end the summer with a lovely event, a slumber party was organised for students. It was arranged near the campfire for the day but students were permitted to stay up a little later today than usual. They would not be able to leave this specific area unless it was to go back to the cabins and sleep.

The slumber party itself was in full bloom. There were a bunch of blankets, bean bags and other seating options that people could sit on to get comfortable. A large green harp sat on the grounds, near the food. A soft ambient sound came from it as it was enchanted to play on its own. Relaxing music served as a background for all of the chattering. In a way, the evening was actually rather romantic - with the starry night sky above their heads, a beautiful blazing campfire and soft ambient music.

It would not be a slumber party without food, of course. There were plenty of snacks around for people to eat, picnic baskets that they could share with groups as well as soft drinks that could be consumed. Biscuits, crisps, even scones and cream or simple sandwiches, as well as campfire foods like marshmallows and crackers to make s'mores with. Accompanied with various juices and fizzy drinks.

Teachers lurked around among the students, watching over them. It was a peaceful evening so far. The sound of the lake gently flowing on one side, the sound of flickering of the flames from the campfire on another side and a harp playing from another side. These sounds would definitely be overrun by the sound of chattering children within time but that was fine. The whole point of the event was just to have fun.
Spin the Bottle

During the slumber party, groups started to get formed in various areas. Why they were formed? No one could really say for sure. Everyone had a different reason for being there. Some were told to go there by one of the sixth or seventh-year students, who seemed keen to arrange an event. Someone else might have heard about a game of Spin the Bottle being rumoured to start and joined the group to play. Some just spotted familiar faces and made their way over. Or did you just see faces who look roughly your age? Perhaps their friend wanted to play and they joined. Others just wanted to sit down. Maybe they had no idea what they were signing up for, maybe they did.
To clarify: IC, no professors have organised or encouraged this portion of the event. It's a slumber party for all and a few groups of students have opted to start playing the "spin the bottle" game. You can say your friend forced you to play (if they are find with that), you didn't realise what it was IC and joined, you just happened to be sitting there and found yourself roped in etc. But please don't blame the teachers.
Whatever the reason was, you find yourself sitting in a circle, in a group with approximately fourteen others. An empty bottle between you and somehow the game of Spin the Bottle started. Whether you knew what it was or not, whether you realised what you were getting into or not, none of that mattered. It started before you had a chance to leave or fully understand. Or perhaps, you were just very excited and wanted to play the game, knowing what it fully is.

For the sake of those not in the know, someone please explain.

Either way, the game started and the bottle was spun. One by one, someone would spin the bottle and they would be faced with a choice - to kiss their partner or not.

How to Play OOC:

1. You will be allocated a player to kiss (you may choose to hug or run away)

2. You will then have a week to post your action (kiss, hug, run away)

3. If you don't want to kiss, you can hug the other person instead

4. Do not godmod. You can decide what your character does, not if the other person reciprocates. You can lean in to kiss, they might choose to hug or run away.

5. If you / your partner doesn't post within the week, we assume that they froze and did not kiss/hug.

You will have a week to post. We will then make a fresh list of new partners. If you don't post within 'posting week', we will remove you from the next assignments. There are no consequences for not kissing (as long as you're actively posting, you're fine).

Remember, we have site ratings and rules. Consent is cool, kids.
Group 1 - Year 1s and random Year 2s
@Alice Grimmshaw
@Isaac Lee Shu Hui
@Belle Florinberger
@Lance Palmer
@Erica Griffin
@Shanelle Meza
@Winter Wolfhartz
@Noah Jupe
@Paige Grant
@Astoria Swann (as iNPC Eloise)
@Everly Charlton
@Selina Knight
@Cosmo Keith
@Eden Gardener
@Rosalie Rutherford
@Astoria Swann

This thread is private to those named above.

This event will start in a couple of days, when you will receive your first allocations. Please feel free to post entering the thread / chilling around and interacting until then.

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I also play: Serena Towers (Graduated PC), Arjan Oberoi (Graduated iNPC), Xiomara Torres (Current Student)
Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
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Winter heard people speaking of a game 'spin the bottle' she tilted her head, unsure of what it was about. She shrugged and made her way over to the area people were supposed to be gathering. With absolutely no clue how to play this game she crossed her arms, she thought to herself -Ill learn as i go- which she indeed would.

She curled herself up on one of the bean bag chairs that were place around and wrapped herself up in her black mink cloak that her aunt had given her. She heard about more games that would be coming up soon, truth or dare, and many more activities. She had also been notified of a few parties that would be going on as time passed. She smiled when she realised she would get to go swimming, at the lake party. Winter would wait for more people to fill the empty space, allowing them to take turns first, so she could get an idea of how to play this interesting game.

She looked down at the ground ahead of her, where a medium sized glass bottle, seemingly from that of a fizzy drink had been laid on the cold ground. She smiled, that must've been part of the game right, spin the 'bottle'. Whilst she waited she looked over at the campfire, it beautiful embers lighting the area around it. She would continue to wait for more players, as she lay back and watch the stars, gleaming and glimmering through the entire sky.
WC: 260
OPEN TO INTERACTIONS
Meantioning: Nobody
Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
Moderation Post - Round 1
For whatever reason, students had gathered near enough to each other and the game of Spin the bottle had started. Winter Wolfhartz was aware of it, ready to start playing it as soon as they started. Others might have been roped in. How and why you ended up playing was one thing. The only thing now though was - what do you do?

Oh, all of the potentially innocent years had gathered. Incoming first years, as well as a few who had been around for a year seemed to be grouped together.

The bottle was handed to Belle Florinberger by an older student with black hair and dark brown eyes. She was told to spin it, and so, she did. It quickly stopped, landing on Noah Jupe.

Next to spin was Selina Knight. It spun and spun, almost stopping at Noah but instead ended up stopping on Paige Grant.

Cosmo Keith was told to spin the bottle next - or perhaps she chose to (that's up to you). It landed on the only non-Hogwarts in the group. One Eloise Duciel. If they did not know each other, well... this was a nice welcome to the school, no?

Shanelle Meza was given the bottle to spin straight after that. It went around a few times before finally landing on Eden Gardener.

The first to arrive was Winter Wolfhartz and it was finally her turn. She had no idea how to play the game but perhaps she had figured it out by now. Either way, it was her turn to spin the bottle. She did just that. It spun around quickly before it pointed directly to Erica Griffin.

Alice Grimmshaw of Occamy spun the bottle, till it eventually landed on one Astoria Swann. How would they react? What would the choice be?

By the fate of the bottle, it looked like Everly Charlton and Rosalie Rutherford were then paired together after Everly spun the bottle and it pointed towards the latter.

Lance Palmer spun the bottle next. It almost landed on Rosalie but ended up actually landing on Isaac Lee Shu Hui.
This Round's Pairings

@Belle Florinberger and @Noah Jupe
@Selina Knight and @Paige Grant
@Cosmo Keith and iNPC Eloise Duciel (@Astoria Swann)
@Shanelle Meza and @Eden Gardener
@Winter Wolfhartz and @Erica Griffin
@Alice Grimmshaw and @Astoria Swann
@Everly Charlton and @Rosalie Rutherford
@Lance Palmer and @Isaac Lee Shu Hui

Make your choices. Will you kiss your partner or not? Now is the time to decide!
For this round, you have all been paired with one person so everyone has a chance to post. Depending on activity, you may be given more rolls each round or extra time to post etc.

You have until 26th July to post.

Note: You do NOT have to post in order. Please post whenever you can. I have just put the rolls in order but you don't have to post in that same order at all.

Also - Apologies to Astoria Swann. I just realised that your iNPC and PC are in the same group, which I didn't notice beforehand. However, if they get rolled together, I will reroll this so you don't have to interact with yourself.

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I also play: Serena Towers (Graduated PC), Arjan Oberoi (Graduated iNPC), Xiomara Torres (Current Student)
Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
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As people had taken their turns, some kissed others hugged, and some even had turned away, too embarrassed to properly play the game. Winter had the over all idea now, spin a bottle and whoever the top part lands on you must choose you next action. Winter sat up and reached down, spinning the bottle with some force, causing it to spin quite fast. But once it had stopped moving, she looked up to the face of a girl she hadn't known.

She honestly had hoped to get her friend Noah, a simple hug would've been perfect for a nice boy such as himself. But instead she had gotten someone else, going by the name of Erica Griffen. Winter shrugged, giving a quick little peck to the girl, as if it were nothing. She then sat down with a smile. ROUND 1 WAS A PIECE OF CAKE! And once more she had snuggled up with her cloak, as all the others turns would go by, each spin of the bottle someone new.

Every so often winter would allow a laugh to escape her mouth, whether it being from someone reaction, or just her making up a funny outcome in her head. Summer... what a thing of dreams. This camp, these people, this life all amazing and all works of miracles, she could never had hoped for more. This was ultimately like the summer vacation she never had. Never had she even thought about doing some of the things she had been learning and trying out, usually on a night like this she would be up in her room, listening to music whilst looking out of her window. Off into the unknown parts of the muggle world. And she would just end up falling asleep, little to no fun being indoors when she could have done this all along!
Wc: 308
Mentions/interacts with:
@Erica Griffen(/mention]
Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
It didn’t take long for Shanelle to understand the game, the three people who went before her either kissed or hugged the person they spinners, some even turned away. When it was her turn, she carefully twisted the empty bottle and watched it turn, a small grimace on her face. It spun for two whole rounds until it landed on a silver-haired boy whom Shanelle didn’t know.

Shanelle mentally sighed, the awkward part was coming. She had anticipated nothing more but had hoped that it was someone she knew.

Walking over the the boy, she noticed that he was a little taller than her. Shanelle had told herself that no matter who the bottle landed on, she would give them a hug, a brief one for boys and a friendlier one for girls.

But when Shanelle reached the silver haired boy, she realized that a hug would have been extremely awkward. With only a second to decide, Shanelle chose to peck the boy on the cheek and quickly return to her own seat on the floor.

She breathed of relief, things were finally done, for now. She just realized that there will be a second round and the same awkward situation wold happen again. With that thought in mind, Shanelle’s relived attitude was replaced by an annoyed one. She tucked her legs in and watched as the bottle spin again.

Interacting/Mentioning: @Eden Gardener

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Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
Noah sat in the circle, his face grinning eagerly. He wanted to at least love someone, so he tugged his camp t-shirt, once, twice, and the third time. Three time’s a charm right? He stood up, stretched for several minutes and then jumped to the floor pushing up, and then jumping back up again. Repeating this ten times, he felt a little better. Now, the last routine in his good luck effort was to pluck a hair off of the one he wanted to kiss on the cheeks for.

Walking over to Winter Wolfhartz, he plucked a hair off of her blonde head. You can do it. I believe in you! You have the luck of the universe on your side! Spin the bottle! Noah spun the glass bottle, watching it spin round and round as it slowed... it barely missed Winter, but struck @Belle Florinberger.

Noah was not quite motivated to kiss someone, as the bottle intended to get someone unbeknownst to him. It was a girl with short brown hair and hazel eyes. He thought it must’ve been a curse, but he quickly shook it off as he leaned in closer. He spread out his arms around the slight lookalike- Did Noah have a triplet? Really trying to shake those thoughts out of his head, he leaned closer and thought about kissing her. He puckered his lips then was half an inch from her face when he backed off, panicking. He didn’t want to kiss a possible relative. Noah refuses to hug the ones he knows now. His brothers were fine with it, except his parents.

"I wish nothing but the best for you." - Adele
Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
Paige had no idea how she ended up doing this. She was enjoying the slumber party very much. She sat on a blanket flipping lazily through a muggle magazine with a marshmallow in her hand. The chatter of people around her didn't bother her. And though wrong as it may be, she enjoyed listening to their conversations. Sometimes other people had more interesting things to talk about and Paige was a curious girl. It kind of just happens on it's own.

She looked around at all the kids as she chewed her marshmallow. She looked for familiar faces but unfortunately couldn't find any way the moment. She got up and grabbed a sandwich. She closed her magazine as she chewed happily, listening to the chatter over the music.

Her eavesdropping did come in handy, though, because she caught some interesting talk. Spin the bottle. It was a muggle thing she heard about, she's never actually played it. Along with her sandwich she got a drink and chocolate.
Between the drinks, the chocolate, and the rest of the sugar she would soon be eating, the idea didn't seem so bad. It seemed fun actually.

She walked over to see what was going on when suddenly she found herself caught into everything. Well, it seems she would be playing. She sat down near a boy she did not know. She watched everyone spin the bottle and felt her heart beat.

This was exciting. Some girl had the bottle next, and it spin around and around...

For a split second she thought it landed on the boy next to her. But no. It was pointing. Right. At. Her.

Was this a good idea? Suddenly she felt the eyes on her and her face turned red. She looked at the girl. She could just get it over with... Suddenly she was glad it wasn't her had spun the bottle, it would of been more awkward. She looked at the girl, not knowing what she would do, since she had been the one to spin.
@Selina Knight

A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink – Gina Carey #b65149
Stamina - 4| Evasion - 8| Strength - 7| Wisdom - 1| ArcPower - 4 | Accuracy - 6 Obnoxiously Strong
Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
Belle watched as the bottle spun. Round and round it went, until it slowed down, and landed on herself. How? Out of everyone there, it landed on her? And the person who had spun it was… @Noah Jupe, whom Belle had only seen around. And she’d grown attached to him. Only slightly, though. Their looks were quite similar. That didn’t bother Belle, though. And she was very optimistic that he wouldn’t run away.

Belle was very excited, in fact, when he leaned in close to her, though she hid it. She remained calm, and brung her hands up to her chest, in weak fists, looking up at Noah, as he puckered his lips. He soon backed off, which bummed Belle. Here, she thought she’d have her first kiss, here she thought she’d actually be happy. But… Something happened… What was going on in his head? What was he thinking about? Why did he have to make her wishes crumble?

Was it her looks? Her breath? Her eyes? Or even her face? Belle didn’t know. She had no idea, so she watched Noah, waiting for him to make his next move. She looked down at her hands, then at Noah’s. What would happen if she’d…

Belle gripped Noah’s hand gently, and looked into his eyes. “I’m sorry… To make you hesitate… For any reason… I understand if you’d like to run away… But please, do tell me that we can be, at least, friends..? It would be a great thing. For me, at least it would,” Belle said, in a soft manner, but also straightforward. Belle had a bit of blush on her cheeks as she spoke, hoping he wouldn’t notice. But it was obvious she liked him, she could kind of sense that she let off the vibes of liking him.

“I know we look a lot alike, but I assure you… We are not related in any way… I’m sorry if that made you back off…,” Belle added, a bit more blush rising on her cheeks. She was very embarrassed, but also very proud of herself for speaking.

WC: 349

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Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
Whereas some were quick to get their turns over with, others seemed to cherish their moment, finding that an opportunity brought about by a children’s game was what they had needed all along.

Isaac unfortunately fell into the former group. Public displays of affection made him uncomfortable, and try as he might to tolerate the pair of eleven year-olds that were staring dreamily into each other’s eyes, he cringed.

Wordlessly, and before he had a chance to offend someone, he turned his attention to a more bearable target. His unfortunate... Suitor. It was a boy. Well that just made things worse, didn't it? Unless he was gay of course, then Lance would be having the time of his life.

Isaac remained seated where he was. If he rose, he would tower above everyone else there, a sort of attention he would rather not have when placed in such a... Plight. Though magically sized to fit its wearer, the sleeves of his Summer Camp T-shirt were still tight around his firm biceps. For an eleven year-old, he had the form of a bodybuilder, every inch of his body primed to express force by his dictation.

His facial expression on the other hand, was ripe with anxiety. Staring at Lance from where he sat, he would wordlessly implore the other to cross the distance between them. If the boy were to attempt a kiss, Isaac would rear his head back and shake it firmly. A hug was where his limits were at, especially so to those of the same gender as he.
@Lance Palmer

Stam - 9 | Eva - 9 | Str - 8 | Wis - 0 | Arc -0 | Acc - 9
“Imagine a wizard who can’t cast spells. That’s me.”
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Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed
Erica wasn't particularly fond of these types of games, she had played one in Calstock, ages ago at her old Muggle school but had chickened out when it landed on one of the most popular boys in her year, Caleb Petrie. But seeing as in this game you didn't HAVE to kiss someone, she had signed up.

She was now sitting on a beanbag, munching away happily to all the treats near her and laughing away with everyone else. She was certainly enjoying herself. After a while someone spun the bottle and Erica watched as it landed on her, she hadn't being paying much attention so she looked up to see who it was. She didn't recognize the girl much but she had straight white hair and red eyes and her name was Winter Wolfhartz. Before she knew it, Winter given her a quick peck and it was all over.

Erica thought back to the time she had stressed so much over kissing Caleb, all those years ago and realized that she had being stressing over nothing. She didn't know what she had being so scared of. Erica leaned back and smiled to her self as she watched the fun continue./quote]
Interacting/Mentioning: @Winter Wolfhartz

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