Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 1 Closed

Lance didn't mind playing the game, especially if he was given an option. He wouldn't go around kissing random classmates, so why'd the game have any exceptions. Thinking about this confused him, so he quit questioning the game.

He sat down on an armchair, and watched as the others took their turn. He read a simple book on spells as he waited for his turn. Even though he liked to think of himself as a smooth guy, his insides were twisting. What if someone wanted a kiss, or even worse he had been rejected? He was interested in one girl but unfortunately, she had not signed up. He heard his name being called as he focused on his book. He looked up to see all eyes on him.. it was his turn. Putting down his book nervously, Lance spun the bottle as fast as he could.

The bottle spun for short time, but went quickly. He watched as the bottle landed on a fellow classmate, Issac. Realizing Issac obviously wasn't interested in a kiss, Lance sighed of relief. He walked up to Issac and lengthed out his arms. Leaning in, he gave Issac a quick hug before returning back to his seat.

As he sat back down, he gave a small smile towards Issac and grabbed his book again. He tried to focus on the book, but the noise was too much. He put the book down and enjoyed watching the rest of the game.

OOC: Apologizes for the late response, been busy.

Interacting with @Shanelle Meza

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“I’m not doing this.”
“There’s nothing in it for me.”
“Alright, I’m doing it.”

Eden mumbled to himself like a lunatic - a crazed person who has seen the secrets of the world and beyond. The idea itself felt awkward yet intriguing. It provided a sense of rebellion and adventure - two things that Little Ed had not particularly indulged himself into (for the most part). Previously, there were several things holding him back: His reputation, his promise to build himself up again, his connections. But nothing held him back more than his father. Being the son of a soured face perfectionist had its flaws. Many flaws. So many, that the idea of calling him soured face, even in his own mind, terrified him - as if his mind was capable of being read.

Though it took a bit of convincing from himself, Eden had found himself grouped up with several children around his age. None of which he had known on a personal level. That was one of his secondary fears. He had been an outsider within his year, and that was his fault. He was far more than willing to accept such defeat. Though the voice of his beloved mother always put him at ease when he imagined it, and he tried not to think about all the bad things whilst he was meant to have fun.

Such thoughts spiralled inside his head just like the bottle spinning around, aiming at the students. At that moment and time, Eden didn’t know what to think of the game. It was new, and though exciting, he didn’t like not knowing things. Something told him that things were probably not going to work out in his favour. Once he had observed what everyone was doing when the bottle landed on them, Eden felt a cold shriek crawling up his back, till it reached his head and turned his cheeks in a colourful red, suddenly switching to a heating strike that made his forehead sweat. His legs wanted to move him away from the awkward game, but his body felt still as if someone had taken control over him.

Suddenly, things started to happen. Faces turned at him and everyone’s eyes dwindled upon the white-haired boy. Ed froze still and pretended that he had not just fallen victim to this tricky game. He lowered his head and stared at his feat, curled like penguin’s feet. His hands had suddenly taken the shape of a rock, solid and ready to hit. But then, he suddenly felt a cold kiss on his cheek. Eden shuddered and snapped his neck back straight up.

I have never been kissed-,
as in-
yes, my mother has kissed me plenty of times but-
not anyone else.

When he looked at his hands, he found them relieved of any restraint he had when embarrassment took over him.

Though suddenly he realized that he must have not known whoever kissed him. And Eden wasn’t sure whether that made things better or worse.

When he managed to get a look at her, Eden was at least relieved to know that at least, she was a pretty girl. Eden didn’t know many girls. His sister was the closest thing. Though when he returned from his first year, she looked like she was now ready to rip him apart. Eden preferred timid, soft girls with long hair and flowers on their ears. Though he was not a great judge of character, whoever this girl was looked like what Ed imagined. But regardless, he didn’t have it in him to approach her. She kissed him because that was what the game intended.

He felt sorry. The frown on her face - it made him feel bad. He hadn’t done anything at all and yet managed to somehow make someone sad. Eden knew that he should have never signed up for this shenanigan. He remembered the numerous students he had been horrible to and how that made him feel… maybe this time, he could change things.

Little Ed finally found it in him, whatever little courage he had, and approached the girl. Making a curved turn around the circled group and remained standing next to her, his neck tilted down, his eyes focusing on her.
“I am sorry- I did not know what the game truly was.” He realized he was lying, his own blue eyes gave that away.
“Or maybe I actually did hear rumours but I didn’t know the extent of the game. I wouldn’t want to kiss me if I were in your shoes.”

Moderation Post - Round 2

The group of young students that had gathered were just as adorable as they looked, for the most part. Cooties were real, after all. So most of them made the sensible decision of not kissing. Either way, it was pretty awkward.

Almost half the group were so awkward that they just froze or ran away or decided not to play, for some reason. Who knows? Either way, they did not post so they stopping spinning the bottle and are sitting out of the game it seems. Regardless of what happened last time, the game continued.

Paige Grant was up next! She spun the bottle for it to land on Lance Palmer - was she still excited by this game or was it even more awkward by now? Would Lance still be relieved now that it landed on him?

Noah Jupe spun the bottle and was lucky enough for it to not land on his lookalike again. Instead, it went to Eden Gardener, who had just made some apologies to the last person.

Selina Knight had braved herself to do it last time, deciding that it was something she should do but who knew if she would continue. Only time would tell as the bottle slowed down on Winter Wolfhartz.

Belle Florinberger would spin the bottle next for it to land on Shanelle Meza, was this to either of their reliefs?

Isaac Lee Shu Hui was very anxious previously. This time, the bottle he spun landed on Erica Griffin - was this making him any less anxious?

This Round's Pairings

@Paige Grant and @Lance Palmer
@Noah Jupe and @Eden Gardener
@Selina Knight and @Winter Wolfhartz
@Belle Florinberger and @Shanelle Meza
@Isaac Lee Shu Hui and @Erica Griffin

Make your choices. Will you kiss your partner or not? Now is the time to decide!

@Alice Grimmshaw, @Astoria Swann, @Everly Charlton, @Cosmo Keith and @Rosalie Rutherford did not post. As such, none of them were added in this round's pairings. They are welcome to post an exit post, if they wish to.

You have until 3rd August 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.

Paige froze. It seemed Selina had, too. Paige was aware that she was supposed to do something. But her arms were frozen. When the next person spun, she realized she still hadn't moved. Selina planted a kiss on her and her face turned very red. "I-" Was all she could say. That was embarrassing, she had completely froze. Hopefully that wouldn't happen again. It was her turn to spin the bottle~

Her hand moved on its own and gripped the bottle. She spun the bottle and watched it spin around and around and around. Every time it went around she thought it would stop. Who would it land on? Who invented this game? How did she get roped into this, again? Finally, finally, it stopped spinning. Paige blinked for a moment.

She realized that the bottle had landed on someone for her to kiss or hug. She looked up at the boy it had landed on. He looked a little younger than her, but she couldn't tell. Did she want to kiss this boy? It was up to her... She wanted her first kiss to be special. But Selina was her first kiss. Sweet, sweet, Selina Knight. Pretty girl. Paige didn't know her very well, but now she wanted to. To at least make that kiss special. She made her way towards him. " Hello... I don't mind kissing you but that might make you uncomfortable~"" She instead gave him a hug.

She made her way back to her seat, aware that her face was pink.

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Reducio action | rejoining the game health | 600/600 stats | sta 6 eva 10 str 0 wis 7 arc 4 acc 8 abilities | seer year 1 • 10% autododge, 10% autohit | blindvision • can see in magical and non-magical darkness 28 august, 2021

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Everly did seem to have a knack for getting into situations like this. Sure, perhaps she had been right about her suspicions about a game named ‘Spin the Bottle’. It didn’t sound too messy as much as Truth or Dare sounded, but Everly had been somewhat more nervous for the latter. The name Spin the Bottle, after all, didn’t disclose much about the game itself. At least, it wasn’t a large explanation to Everly, someone who had never played the game before herself. That was, before about a few months ago, when she had played this game in the Gryffindor common room at the end of the year.

The girl had understood the concept of the game quite quickly. It was simple enough, after watching some of the people play before her. When it was your turn, you were to spin the bottle, and whoever it would land on, you had to either kiss or hug. It seemed the game had a bit of a reputation. This all came back to this moment, and Everly had been ready to launch herself at the person she had spun back then, determined not to kiss anyone. At least, as much as she could control. Now, however, knowing how the game worked and maturing a bit more, Everly wasn’t that determined not to kiss anyone. She wasn’t entirely opposed to it, the situation just didn’t seem all too appealing to her. It depended on the circumstances, she supposed.

When it was Everly’s turn to spin the bottle, she got a bit more nervous. Reaching over, she spun the bottle lightly, watching the tip of it spin over and over, mesmerized, until it stopped.

Everly was frozen to the spot, for some weird reason. It took a moment before her sense registered, and she flinched suddenly, her personal timer going off as she launched herself towards the poor blond girl she had spun. After a short, brief and awkward hug, Everly settled back to her spot with a sheepish smile. She ought to apologize to the blonde later, she thought, making a mental note of it.

Reminder to post. I'll moderate this in a few days to give a few others a chance to post.

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@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

Shanelle watched as the bottle spun, as she did for the last round. Belle, the girl who is spinning, was a first year just like herself. The mouth of the bottle stopped slowly, landing on...Her! Her eyes were trained on Belle, who stood up and walked towards her. For a moment, Shanelle panicked, not knowing what the other girl would do, then relaxed as she saw the expression on Belle’s face. It was clear that neither of them were interested in girls. Shanelle’s parents would be enraged if she failed their family reputation, not that she cares at all. Her parents would never talk to her again for the rest of her life. As Belle walked towards her, Shanelle stood up, a hesitant look on her face. Shanelle stepped forward and stopped, waiting for Belle to make her move.

When Belle wrapped her arms around Shanelle, she almost sighed in relief, things hadn't got awkward as she feared. Her mood lightened, Shanelle put her arms around Belle in a pat to return the hug. Shanelle stepped back, smiled in a friendly way and sat down. The round was finally over, but the results of the next round scared her, she managed to survive through this round, but who knows what would happen next?