Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 5 Closed

August 28th, 2021

Summer camp was almost over and Irina was a little sad about it. This had been a very fun experience and was definitely better than her first Hogwarts trip. She had made some new friends and got to learn more about some of the other schools. The slumber party this evening sounded like a good idea, so Irina was sure to attend. The set up was similar to the truth or dare game in a sense and was loosely supervised by adults. She had shown up in a large gray turtleneck sweater (see 4th photo in header) and black athletic leggings. A little hot for the occasion but they were comfy clothes for her.

Irina had just arrived and was snacking on some food when a bottle was taken out. She vaguely knew this game yet had never played it before. It involved something about kissing your friends she believed. Somehow she found herself in a circle with some people her age and was semi-excited to see what would happen. Taking just a glance around, Irina noticed how the teachers weren’t initiating the game, it was some of the older students instead. Too bad that this time she couldn’t blame the staff, well that is if there was anything to blame for.

Watching was quite funny in Irina’s opinion. Someone would spin the bottle and then the chosen pair would either kiss or do something different. She was intrigued with this game and almost didn’t realize that the bottle was in her hand. Finally it was her turn so she placed the bottle in the middle and spun it. “Here goes” she muttered to herself in Russian. Reducing in speed, the bottle landed on a boy with light brown hair who didn’t look to be a Hogwartian. Irina had taken this whole game as a sort of dare and was not going to back down from her spin. It was going to be little weird to kiss a stranger but that was the game right?

Walking up to the boy, Irina didn’t really mind the fact that she had to kiss him. It was all a game and really didn’t mean anything. Anyways, it was almost the end of summer so it’s not like anything could happen from this. “Hi, the bottle landed on you so it looks like we get to kiss.” she said softly to the boy. Then, Irina moved in to give this boy she had never met before a kiss on the lips.

Action: Attempting to kiss Alexei on the lips

Roleplaying as Durmstrang iNPC Arjan Oberoi

Stamina: 15 | Evasion: 7 | Strength: 17 | Wisdom: 3 | Arcane Power: 7 | Accuracy: 10
Abilities: Obnoxiously Strong | The Martial Artist | Spell Spread | Charmer

Interacting with @Annie Morgan
Mentions: @Phaedra Stavrou, @Falentra Black, @Glen Pope (and sort of Dale)

Standing up straight, as the girl began to move, he watched her quietly - just curious to see what she would do. A smirk crossed his face as he heard some words coming from her mouth to pacify his younger sister. Oh the thought of Serena trying to kill him had him holding back laughter. Her noddle arms couldn't even kill a bug. "Hm?" He replied as he felt her hand on his chest, wondering what she was thinking. She had not said anything to him yet or made a decision but he was patient.

Well, he was not. This was kind of annoyingly time-consuming for him. However, he loved the fact that it was irritating Serena and that made it kind of worth doing. He was definitely going to be all 'Oh, your friend is obviously into me' regardless of the outcome - who wouldn't be? What surprised him, however, was that she went for it and actually kissed him. Well, of course, she did! Arjan was amazing - who would want to miss out on this wonderful opportunity? Since he had absolutely no idea that Dale had basically wingman-ed him, he automatically took full credit for it. He was glorious! His charm and smoothness obviously won her over, even if she could not fully appreciate his incredibly dashing good looks!

"Oh, not at all," He responded to her words about disappointing. Oh no, she did her part wonderfully. Whether or not she realised it, it was done perfectly. Outwardly, he seemed pretty calm by the whole experience - keeping his cool as best as she could. He simply smirked, looking overly smug by the whole thing as he turned away and headed back towards his spot.

Internally, he felt super chill. Awwww yeahhhh, boy, get it. He had not expected it to work out so well but it had. Inner Arjan was most pleased with himself. Was this a further boost to his ego? Of course, it was. He was pretty great, after all. So smooth, of course. It worked like a charm, it was great. Score one of the night. He was going to kiss the most, right? Of course, he was. Was this even a competition? No? Well, it was now. At least, it was to him now. A competition with at least one other person and so far, he was winning - in his eyes.

Sitting back down, he watched the others. For the most part, he did not really care for anyone else's interactions. However, two caught his attention. Arjan almost spat out the water he was drinking as he noticed that one of the boys had spun to land on Serena. She better not. There was no storage of hypocrisy. It was fine for Arjan to flirt around with anyone and everyone, doing whatever he wanted. But for Serena, she was not allowed to do anything that would ruin the 'family name'. If Glen looked at him, he would spot Arjan just looking at him. Not with a glare necessarily but a blank look, as though he was just thinking. It hurt, okay? But anyway, Arjan just looked at him. Making a mental note of his face, as though to check on something later or to keep an eye out for him.

The second interaction that he observed was the interactions between Phaedra and Fal, the two he was most familiar with - and whose company he enjoyed. Fal was someone he considered a friend at this point. Phaedra was someone he wanted to be friends with. He enjoyed her company but whether or not that was mutual was another matter. She had been his date in the blossom ball a few months back though so he had hope. Admittedly, 'friend' was a term that was being used loosely here. He probably wanted more but shush. Well, this put him in a slightly awkward position. Nonetheless, he would see how it played out. The information alone would likely come in handy.

interaction status [OPEN]
interactions @Howard White
mentions all present, Everett Brooks (@Willow Anderson)

Never signed up for this. Or did he, subconsciously? The summer camp slumber party was doing pretty decently, at least in Johannes' opinion, all until the red-solo-cup sitcom party games started to get started. Look, he was just sitting down and minding his own business, and apparently, that silence meant that he didn't oppose being unknowingly counted into a group of spin the bottle. Not entirely by his consent past being guilty by sheer presence, but trying to step out now would be disgraceful to his already filthy pride, especially with everyone gearing up to start.

Resigning himself to his place in the game with a lacklustre sip of his drink, he simply kept his position as a proper circle started to form, staring down at the spinning bottle of absolute dread. Round and round it went in a blur of motion, slowly slowing after the burst of initial speed only for the neck to tip around the gathered group of people with creaky foreboding. Slower and slower more, coming to a halt pointed directly at... Him. Wait a goddamn minute.

Hold the fucking phone. Johann's focused gaze shot up to meet with the poor spinnee somewhere about the circle away from him, wide with a surprise that quickly gave way to forced calm as he quickly realised it was very obvious the guy who made the first move looked as thrown off-kilter as he felt. For all accounts and purposes, the German was preparing to be eased into things, not put right in the spotlight so early, but it seemed that God shat in his dinner once again and he wasn't so lucky.

Oh shit, he was coming over. His hands put up in mock surrender as the dark-haired other leaned closer into his personal space, he hoped desperately that his go-to nonchalance could hide the fuckin' madness that became of his entire mind. Changing gears under pressure- English time, baby. "Ah- Interesting first impression situation we got here." The last kiss Johannes got- first and last, really- had been wonderful, all sugar-pop sweet summer forwardness and evergreen suavity, and by all accounts and purposes, it was pretty close to the same situation. What a spark show that was. Briefly, Johann mourned the loss of that interaction- but maybe that was for the better and he wasn't going out of his way to recreate any of that spark with another stranger. God knows he didn't need any more damn puppy romances, not after he's learned his lesson twice over.

"You're real nice-lookin' and all," Now, there was a spark of truth. Personally, he wasn't very interested in that way, but the fella was objectively attractive and that he could appreciate at least from an aesthetic standpoint. Less smooth in advance than he was used to from those trying to cop a quick love 'n run but then again, being paired together in the teen drama version of shoving two Ken dolls together wasn't the most elegant of situations. "And I know it's in the proper rules to this thing, but I dunno, would ya like a hug instead?" A daily dose of ever-prized physical affection, mmm. Normally he would be ecstatic, but when paired with a stranger he didn't even feel very particular about? Whole different story.

Action: Offering Howard White a hug.

dialogue in russian, unless specified otherwise
text colour #4d5c7f

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For having grown up so isolated, Anastasia Beckett enjoyed the game of Spin the Bottle far more than one would have expected. At practically every slumber party she had ever been to, she had found herself participating in it. Not always of her own volition, perhaps, but still. That particular evening, she had been sitting in a rather sizable group that had evolved into a game of Spin the Bottle. Was that always the way with groups of teenagers?

Perhaps there were a few people that she would have liked the excuse to kiss, but it didn't seem as though any of them were present. Pity... Still, Ana was making an effort to have fun and that was what this was, allegedly.

She found herself at the end of the bottle when an older Ravenclaw she somewhat recognized spun. The other girl had dark hair and was pretty by any measure. Ana shot her a smile, since, based on the older girl's blush, she was somewhat stressed. Whether it was at the idea of playing this game or kissing someone or kissing a girl was anyone's guess, but seeing as making a scene wasn't the way to go here, smiling worked as well as not.

Ana kissed the other girl somewhat chastely, before leaning back and shooting her a wink.

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Broom: Silver Arrow (+3 to all stats)
~ Stamina 10 ~ Evasion 9 ~ Strength 13 ~ Wisdom 9 ~ArcPower 4 ~ Accuracy 12 ~

Abilities: Charmer, Statistically Relevant(x2), Spell Spread

Spin the Bottle was Alexei's jam. He liked kissing pretty girls under any circumstance and the Russian was more than happy for any excuse to do so. The moment he had caught wind of the aforementioned game taking place, he had joined the group. He recognized some of the other players but didn't pay much attention once the bottle was spinning.

To his delight, when a pretty blonde that he didn't recognize spun, he was the lucky winner. He shot her a roguish smile. She was wearing a sweater, which he found somewhat odd, given the heat, but honestly, he was significantly more focused on her startlingly blue eyes than her sweater. God, he loved this game.

"So we do," he replied before leaning in and meeting her lips. After a moment that was far shorter than he would have liked (granted that, Alexei being Alexei, there would have been his sentiment after any amount of time), he separated and met her eyes once more.

"Do you have a name, Красо́тка (Krasotka)?" he inquired. After a moment, he continued. "I am Alexei and I am delighted to make your acquaintance." Truly, it was such a pity that this game was taking place at the end of camp rather than the beginning.


Красо́тка(Krasotka) - gorgeous

Moderation Post - Round 2

The oldest students continued to play the game, starting to understand exactly what it was and just how awkward it was in some situations. Some of them seemed to have their own desires of who they wanted it to land on - or definitely not land on. Others were likely just here to have a bit of fun or perhaps were still figuring out what exactly the rules of this game were.

Elena Jangleton had the opportunity to spin next. She figured this was an interesting introduction and that was likely made worse by the fact that the bottle landed on someone from another school that she might not know! Alexei Petrov would probably be thrilled, he did enjoy any excuse to kiss a pretty girl, after all, and this provided him with another one!

Phaedra Stavrou was probably relieved when the bottle she spun did not land on Falentra again - or Howard - but how would she feel about another pureblood, the fierce Anastasia Beckett? How would Ana respond, given that those she wanted to kiss weren't actually around at the moment?

Arjan Oberoi spun the bottle, likely still feeling smug about the fact that Annie had actually kissed him. The bottle ended up pointing towards Irina Afanasyeva, would she kiss him or not? They might have been from different schools but at least they had Russian in common.

Serena Towers would spin the bottle next, likely super awkwardly. It would stop on one of her friends from first year, Bloom Silverton, who hopefully had watched her hands (AND FACE) this time! Would Bloom still think this was awkward or fun?!

Dale Kurt should be happy that this game was not rigged, sadly, and he was not forced to kiss Annie. Luckily for him, this bottle landed on the flirty Angélique Colette de Clairmont, who had the chance to do her civic duty again! Dale was disappointed he did not get a proper kiss last time so it was time to change that, eh eh eh?

Howard White spun the bottle again. It almost stopped on his ex-girlfriend, which would probably make him super happy. Well... until it moved last minute to land on Johannes Ambrozy AGAIN?!?! Maybe the bottle just really wanted the two boys to kiss. Would Johannes give in this time? He did think Howard was real nice-looking and all, after all!

Falentra Black's spin landed on Glen Pope. That had to be better than Phaedra, at the very least! Perhaps she could also teach Glen the protocol to this game, if there was one. Help a guy out, come on!

Annie Morgan had already claimed 'to hell with summer camp' and decided to go for the kiss. Would this kiss streak continue as the bottle pointed to Elena Jangleton? Elena had a second decision to make now.

This Round's Pairings

@Elena Jangleton and @Anastasia Beckett (as iNPC Alexei Petrov)
@Phaedra Stavrou and @Anastasia Beckett
@Serena Towers (as iNPC Arjan Oberoi) and @Lavinia Cloven (as iNPC Irina Afanasyeva)
@Serena Towers and @Bloom Silverton
@Dale Kurt and @Santario Martin (as iNPC Angélique Colette de Clairmont)
@Howard White and @Astrea Soleil Neptune (as iNPC Johannes Ambrozy)
@Falentra Black and @Glen Pope
@Annie Morgan and @Elena Jangleton

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

Elena Jangleton, please note that you have two assignments this time as there's one person short.

@Ruka Burnett-Tân requested to leave. As such, they were not added in this round's pairings. They are welcome to post an exit post if they wish to.

Also, note - if the rolls end up pairing the same people next time, I'll reroll them so you don't have three rounds in a row of this.

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.

Interactions/Mentions: @Dale Kurt, @Serena Towers + iNPC Arjan & @Elena Jangleton
Outfit: Tada~
Action: Regretting life choices, mentally flipping Dale off, plotting revenge on Arjan and offering a hug to Elena except she has to come over first.

Interacting with @Serena Towers
Mentioning: @Howard White

Bloom went in for a kiss (isn't that what you're supposed to do?). Luckily, her match came in and gave her a quick peck and went back to her side of the circle. Her heart pounding from what had just happened, she moved back to her spot and wiped her lips with the sleeve of her shirt. It wasn't wet or anything. It was just so awkward for her to kiss someone that it was a habit to just wipe it off.

Looking around, it looked like others had just as much of an awkward time. Howard, a new friend of Bloom's, had to kiss a boy. And how they handled it was nice. But the most hilarious thing is that the bottle spun again, and Howard got the same person! Oh no, Bloom thought, laughing to herself.

It was Serena Towers' turn. She spun the bottle and it went round and round until... It stopped right. At. Bloom. It was easy to kiss someone you didn't know. (As weird as that may be.) But to kiss someone you DO know?

Bloom couldn't help but to laugh though. Her brown hair tied up in a bun felt loose for a second from the amount of laughs she had. She did not mean to laugh though. It was just so awkward for her and she did not know what to do. Does she go in for a kiss? This time, since Bloom didn't spin the bottle, she would wait. Her laughs diminish and she cleared her throat, now nervous what Serena was going to do. Was she going to go in for a kiss? Shake hands? High five?

Action: Waiting for Serena to make the first move.

The brunette filed the name of her partner away for reference. Typically, Elena didn't make a habit of recalling whom she had gone around mingling with in these sort of activities as it would only be moments of embarassment and awkwardness that would follow. After all, everyone here save for a select few was a complete and total stranger to her and that only added to the sheer nervousness of having to resign herself to the rules of this rather ill-advised game that Elena had found herself in. He was nice enough at least and the Gryffindor supposed that should count for something if you asked her. The boy asked her name and she provided. "Elena Jangleton." The brunette offered a moment before he leant in to return the favour to her cheek and the moment of truth was over just as quickly as it had begun.

Deciding not to linger too long, she drifted back on over to her spot as the bottle began to take it's rounds again. Reaally, she had no idea who had come up with the great big idea that it was a smart move to throw a bunch of kids in a circle with a bottle and just let them have at it, she reckoned it was certainly someone who had clearly had too much free time on their hands if you asked them. Elena personally lingered only because she didn't want to be the one that stuck out like a sore thumb if she did indeed choose to stand up and leave. Perhaps it also came from a sense of pride too though in her opinion, this was hardly anything to brag about her shoulders relaxing as the bottle spun past her. That was not the case a couple of minutes later as the blasted thing than paired her with another boy, another stranger as her eyes flicked upwards to meet his in a silent message.

Hopefully, he would be as forthcoming as Dale had been because as far as the Gryffindor was concerned, hugs and simple cheek gestures would be all that were available in her arsenal, the thought of sharing something far more personal than that simply did not sit right with her especially with a total no-name stranger. Resigning herself to carry out the deed, the girl clambered to her feet carving a direct route for the boy knowing all too well the curious eyes of the others would be watching. They just had to get this over with, nothing fancy, nothing complicated and she could be back in her safe, little spot. "A pleasure." The brunette said tilting her head in greeting. "I'm Elena and you are.?" It seemed that the customary exchange of names had become a thing now before each action. Speaking of which, the girl would lean in gently to allow a small kiss to be placed on his cheek if the boy allowed it before pulling back. Short, simple and sweet, the perfect equation in her books.

A couple of seconds later, after all the proper courtesies had been exchanged and they had done their due diligence in whatever they felt most comfortable with, the girl found herself back in her spot but it was not for long. It was like the thing was cursed or something as it came veering back towards her as she opened her mouth in protest before shutting it. Her gaze wandered across the length of the bottle to the other person who had spun it, another girl and her choice was almost immediate. It seemed only proper given the fact both of them were girls and Elena though she might be guilty of some rather racuous actions, she didn't exactly feel like smooching was the proper course of action to go with for this time. Rising for the second time, she knelt gently near Annie. "Nothing too crazy, I promise." She offered the girl a gentle smile before leanining in for a quick embrace, a friendly gesture at best before breaking away. Funnily enough, that had felt more natural than her last two encounters. She was more of a hugger as it was anyways.

Dale didn't really consider himself a competitive kind of person, he liked to think of himself as kind of humble and very content with himself, but really it was kinda the opposite. Most of the time he is very competitive when viewed himself as being in a losing position, and right now was one of those times. Annie had gone in for the kiss, like a real one, smack dab on the lips. And what had he done, he got an awkward kiss on the cheek. Dale couldn’t just sit back and let that happen, there was no way his pride would allow that.

He waited until it was his turn to find out who he had to really kiss this time before he got his “partner” Annie was given hers, he was really surprised that it was none other than his previous partner. When it came to his turn, Dale was a bit miffed by who it was. The foreign girl, the one that he saw pretty close to the guy Annie had to kiss, Dale was walking over to her when he heard a voice in his head. Annie’s mocking confused him at first, but then eased his competitive spirit, she seemed to be out of it already, so he was back to winning. Maybe we wouldn’t have to kiss this strange girl. Dale muttered the keyword and shot back with a “I'm sticking by what I said, this is kinda fun.”

As he reached his destination he, for the first time, really got a good look at this girl, Dale vaguely remembered her name to be Angélique or something like that. She was undeniably pretty, not as attractive as other people he had met before but still up there. Another thing he noticed was her height He was significantly taller than her, he wasn’t sure if she was supposed to reach up to kiss him or was he supposed to lean over to kiss her… eh He’d figure it out later. An issue he had was if she even wanted to kiss him, she seemed to already have a boyfriend, so she might not want to kiss in the first place.

Dale decided that some introductions and then a vital question were in order, if he was going to do this, he was going to do it right. She looked a little upset over something too, no matter how hopefully she would brighten up soon. “Hey name Dale, your’s is?” He asked while he put his hand out, not really to shake her hand but something she could use to help her stand up. “Is your boyfriend gonna be ok with us kissing?” Dale looked over to the muscular guy near Annie, “I'd like to avoid having any fights break out today.” Dale was mostly joking, but this was Hogwarts and he had come to accept that nearly anything could happen at this point.

Intercating with: Angel @Santario Martin and @Annie Morgan