Summer Camp Truth or Dare Group 3 Closed

Interacting with @Winnie Harper, @Levi Drakos and @Mathias Pride
Mentioning @Earl Gray

Things became confusing very quickly, even by Tina's standards. Before the Gryffindor boy she'd been assigned even had a chance to respond to her, admittedly, sort of cruel dare, they were interrupted by a girl which Tina instantly recognised from her cabin as Winnie something-or-other, a pretty ginger girl who clearly shared her like for the colour pink, according to her shirt at least (nice). Judging by their shared proximity, she must have overheard the dare. Tina was looking across at her quite smugly, all too pleased until she realised that the hardening expression on Winnie's face wasn't one of admiration and perhaps simmering excitement, but one of mild annoyance. Ugh. Martyna was way too used to that face by now.

"You're really going to force him to wax only one of his legs? He can't walk around like that all summer."

"What? That's like, the whole point of the game-" she tried, her voice lifting in volume and defensiveness - wizards and witches didn't play these sorts of games on the regular, it appeared - but Winnie wasn't having any of it. She side-eyed the boy with a smile, and Tina followed her icy blue gaze, feeling her jaw slacken slightly at the realisation that she was up against a biased dare-er. She braced herself for what was coming.

"Well, if he has to wax only one of his legs, I dare you to wax off only one of your eyebrows!"

"You're joking?!" she cried, unable to contain her outrage! Her hands automatically flung upwards to protect her precious brows, fingers tracing over them to check they were still there, just in case she'd already magicked them away herself. They had been threaded to perfection by her older sister Lucie (a painful process for a sensitive girl like herself) and, more importantly, looked stunning! She cast her eyes down to Levi's legs. She doubted would miss his hairs down there as much as she'd miss the ones framing her face: they were an integral part of her look! The thought of poorly drawn on replacements made her physically cringe into foetus position. "That's not a fair exchange and you know it! Waxed eyebrows take like six months to grow back!"

Still, the thought of going against her point earlier - that this sort of thing was the whole point of the game - was excruciatingly cringe-worthy in a different sort of way. Thankfully, Tina was granted some more time to mull over what humiliation was more bearable, as Levi had ignored both her and Winnie, and was busying himself by scaring off a Slytherin girl with his dare. Tina shot the Ravenclaw girl a narrow-eyed glare - she doubted he'd been any meaner than she had.

This was when things got a little too hectic for the Hufflepuff, and she found herself a bewildered bystander in a very fast-moving game. Another snake slithered into the ring to replace the girl Levi had just terrorised, this one with reddish hair and pale skin, almost as though he'd been summoned by some invisible force, and began firing off truths and dares left right and center. Well, now was as good a time as any to start bargaining the fate of her face with Winnie. She began a slow turn to face the other girl.

"...So... how about we uh... revise that dare you gave me, Winn-"

Oh. When Martyna turned her eyes up to search for the pale face the conniving little eagle, she'd already fled. Worse, she was holding hands with the latest addition to their group, and was staring up at him in a dream-like daze. Levi had also turned his attention to this boy, leaning in to whisper something in his ear. Judging by the familiarity with which they all reacted to one and other with, all three knew each other quite well (God, Tina was out of the loop with all these soon-to-be second years). She stood there watching, half grateful for the surplus of bought time, half annoyed that she had been abandoned by all those she was involved with dare-wise.

The drama only escalated from there.

"You Mathias Pride, hate her and wish you’d never met. No less, no more.”

Ooooooh! Conflict alert! It took Tina an embarrassing moment to process "Mathias's" further comment and realise that this was, in fact, only a dare. From Mr Levi, no less. According to the Slytherin, this fact couldn't have been any more obvious, but Tina didn't think so. Winnie also experienced this same slight delay, bursting into tears at the mere thought of it! So they were the two going out: good to know. Things only progressed from there, with a sleepy looking boy daring Winnie to kiss 'one of them', but doing this weird, vague gesture in both of their directions. Winnie, however, seemed to take this to mean 'kiss both of them' and did so rather emotionally. Inside Tina, her inner opportunist sparked. Perfect.

Ever so slowly, the Hufflepuff began to saunter over to where the three of them had all gathered, laying a gentle hand on Winnie's shoulder. "Alriiiight, break it up guys... it's okay, there there Winnie..." She patted the tear-stained girl a few times to punctuate this. She felt a little awkward barging in on their group, but needs must. Turning her attention to the wider audience, Tina continued in a sage voice, "I think we can all agree that dares can be brutal. Someone is probably on their way to lick Levi's face this very instant." Tina checked over her shoulder to see if this was the case. The Gryffindor boy hadn't reacted to this dare from Mathias either; perhaps he hadn't heard, or perhaps he was just pulling everyone's leg and had zero intention to go through with anything. "SO! I propose a revision of my dare. Uh, mine and Levi's, if that makes you happy, Winnie," she added, briefly checking on the other girl to ensure she wasn't glaring daggers.

One thing was certain: her eyebrows would not be going down without a fight.

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Sorry, I went for a slightly lighter colour for Mathias' green to distinguish between him and Tina a bit more! Hope it's not to blinding x)

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Though it was true that Rhea lacked certainty about a variety of things ─ and was thus less qualified to go around making general declarations and expecting people to treat them as fact ─ she could be pretty confident that Truth or Dare was a stupid game.

To be fair, it had the potential to be quite interesting; people just tended to misuse it and make it all about their own personal... objectives (aka romance ─ ew). Where were the real dares? The dangerous ones? Or the truths that forced you to reveal deep dark secrets that you never expected to breathe a word of in your life? Life-changing stuff like that. Equal parts terrifying and memorable.

Rhea pulled on her red embroidered t-shirt absentmindedly, looking around. A gaggle of students had already appeared and were conversing amongst themselves, so it appeared the game had already begun, for some at least. She took them all in, wondering who the unlucky soul that would receive her carefully concocted dare would be. Hopefully someone she knew and loathed.

Upon noticing the food, Rhea made a beeline for the picnic baskets and immediately dove into the chocolates, pocketing a handful after popping one quickly into her mouth. After that was done, the flickering purple flames of the goblet caught her eye, and she put together what she was supposed to do.

After scribbling her name and the word "dare" on a slip of paper and dropping it into the goblet, the name of the person she was to dare appeared, as was expected. Tory Williamson. Ha. Rhea remembered her from the Blossom Ball. An enemy of a sort-of friend (Gabriella), which was almost enough to make her Rhea's enemy as well, but Rhea herself found Williamson plenty irritating. That wasn't even the surprising part though. Williamson had picked Truth. For some reason, the possibility of someone not picking Dare hadn't even really occurred to Rhea, and it was completely unfortunate, since now her evil plan was out the window. What would she even do for this now? She'd have to think quickly. Which she always did anyway, but it was especially important now.

Well, having such a short time to improvise a truth, Rhea would decide on a basic, boring, but reliable option that she had heard used a million times. "What do you want more than anything in the world?" she would ask, upon coming into contact with Williamson. Because wanting exposed vulnerability. It made you weak, to long for something. Tunnel-visioned. And if everyone knew what your ultimate goal was, it was so easy to hold it over your head.

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August 12th, 2021

"Lick the side of his…face."
WHAT IN THE NAME OF MERLIN! There is no way that I am licking the sides of someone’s face! How in the world did this guy even think of this? The dare was absurd and there was no chance that Irina was going to go out with it. “Ewwww, no way!” She said disgustedly to the guy telling her the date. She had said before that she would do anything but to this was way out of the appropriate range. Wasn’t this supposed to be a teacher run activity? And if it was then why were things like this allowed at all? Shouldn’t the truths and dares be approved before used? Then she remembered what her dare was and instantly thought back on that.

Perhaps it was fine to let the kids have fun but where some dares were just plain old weird. Seriously though, why did this guy(Matt) want her to lick that guy(Levi) in particular? Was there some kind of feud going on that she was placed in the middle of? Could it be possible this dare made her into a pawn of the dare giver? Irina really did not want to do this just because of how gross it sounded. Then again, the dare she gave was for revenge so she couldn’t really talk all that much. The thing was that this dare was disgusting but, she signed up for the game and basically chose this.

Never one to back down from a challenge, Irina decided that she could at least attempt to do the dare. She had put herself into this situation where someone picked what she had to do and even if they picked something she didn’t like (which they did), it was her job to do it. All Irina had to do was think of this like a little game. Just go up to the guy who she was told to lick, say something to make it less weird and then leave. As long as she could do that it would hopefully be super easy. “UGGGGGGG, Fine!” she almost yelled to Matt while giving into the dare.

Giving into how gross it was, Irina was going to attempt the dare. She didn’t have anything to prove except that she was just as fearless as the rest of them. At that moment, Irina walked over to ‘the guy’ (Levi) and thought about how bad this school was, she was about to lick a stranger and no one was doing anything, even the person who gave it to her looked like they were from Hogwarts. This school had some serious issues and was crazy in Irina’s mind. Arriving at Levi, she uttered an annoyed sentence, “Screw this crazy school” and went in to lick the one side of his face. Not a full on lick, it was just the tip of her tongue lightly brushing his cheek.

After she licked the one side, she attempted to do the same to the other. Then, she would pivot her feet and walk away from the two boys, heading towards the goblet for her next person to dare. Thinking that she had already faced the worse, she wrote her name and dare on a slip of paper and placed it in the goblet again.

Irina Afanasyeva - Dare

Action: Attempting to complete her dare by licking Levi Drakos’s face and choosing dare for the next round.

Rhea Miller was approached by a slender boy who looked a few years older than her, "Rhea? I dare you to try doing the hopscotch after you spin around at least twenty five times." He would say, wondering how well that would go. She gave Tory Williamson a truth, asking her what she wanted most in the world.

Tory Williamson did not post. She has decided not to continue.

Eloise Duciel did not post either and has stepped out of the game too.

Luckily for all, Mathias Pride walked in at some point. Late but present. The goblet decided to spit two names at him - perhaps as payback for being so late! The first name that he received was Pericles Dralt, who had to tell everyone about a time when he allowed a rulebreaker to go unpunished. He spoke about a time when his entire house entered the Forbidden Forest and he accompanied them, rather than doing anything to stop them from their near-death experience! A bad boy indeed!

When he managed to voice his question to Phaedra Stavrou, he asked her what the kindest thing anyone has ever done for her was. Of course, she did inform him that her answer should be kept a secret as it would ruin her reputation. However, she answered it nonetheless! Phaedra went ahead and gave Earl Gray a dare to act possessed for a while. OoOOohh OoooOOoohhHH or something like that.

He then proceeded to dare Winnie Harper to kiss someone. She ended up opting to kiss Levi on the cheek, as to not steal his first kiss. A pretty daring move after everything that had happened to her so far! She dared Martyna Romero to wax off only one of her eyebrows! Oof. Painful and probably looks kind of silly! Not a look Martyna would likely want to rock. Would she do it though? That was the question! She was likely given this dare because of her own one for Levi Drakos, which was to wax one of his legs! But Martyna certainly was not going to give in without a fight.

Levi decided to give Astoria Swann a dare to hit someone in the room. He thought he was done afterwards but the goblet had other plans, giving him a second name. Mathias Pride was his next victim. Matt was dared to say specific words to his 'girlfriend' Winnie (are they dating at this point or not? Who even knew? Did it even count as a relationship?! Who knew?!) and he did them!

His dare was so mean to poor Winnie Harper, who was so hurt for a moment before quickly realising that it was a dare. Of course, Mathias would not hurt her like this, would he?! She half-heartedly shoved Levi, successfully managing to hit him. (Levi determines the strength of the shove and effect of it, it was 'not hard').

Astoria Swann did not post. She has been removed from the game.

Mathias Pride had a second dare to give, of course. He was given the chance to dare Irina Afanasyeva, which he instantly gave to exact his revenge on Levi. Or at least, mess with him. Irina was told to lick the side of Levi's face - ew, gross, who knew where his face had been and what had gotten on it?! Did he even wash his face? Who knew but Irina was willing to find out! (Levi to decide whether Irina actually licks him or not).

Irina Afanasyeva dared Serena Bowen to grab a drink before screaming about how it is poison and that they are poisoning her. Irina likely did not realise how close to the truth she probably was with that sentence... Well, this was awkward. Serena, in turn, dared Percival Rainwood to eat a snack without using his hands or magic to help him out. Would he do it? Or would that ruin his reputation? Either way, he had the chance to ask Mono Freegale about his most embarrassing moment.

Mono Freegale did not post. He decided not to play the game.

Players -
@Serena Bowen
@Astoria Swann - absent, removed from the game.
@Levi Drakos
@Winnie Harper
@Rhea Miller
@Percival Rainwood
@Tory Williamson - did not post, removed from the game.
@Astoria Swann (as iNPC Eloise Duciel) - absent, removed from the game.
@Pericles Dralt
@Lavinia Cloven (as iNPC Irina Afanasyeva)
@Earl Gray
@Phaedra Stavrou
@Martyna Romero
@Mono Freegale - did not post, removed from the game.
@Matt Pride

- Please continue to roleplay your truth or dares till 30th July.
- You will be given a new assignment shortly thereafter.
- You will be given the same choice (truth or dare) as last time unless you specify otherwise in an action. (Make it clear)

Interacting with:Irina Afanasyeva @Lavinia Cloven; Everyone else in the group

Before Serena could see if Percival would follow up on her dare, another person came up to her and introduced herself.

“Nice to meet you, Irina!” Serena smiled. As she listened to Irina’s dare, Serena thought that Irina’s was much more creative than what Serena would have thought of. Not wanting to back out of a challenge, the thirteen-year-old didn’t even think about the consequences before she decided to accept the dare.

“Alright, this should be interesting.” She giggled before walking over to one of the coolers.

Picking up a bottle of water, Serena untwisted the cap and took a big sip. After swallowing the liquid, she let out a loud dramatic gasp. The thirteen-year-old then screamed with all her might, “IT’S POISON! THEY ARE POISONING US ALL!”

Afterward, Serena thought that maybe she shouldn’t have done this dare before thinking it through. She didn’t want anybody to panic over something that wasn’t even true. Or for her or Irina to get in trouble or taken out of the game! But it was too late now, and she’d already committed to it. So even though she was tempted to say that she was just kidding, Serena didn’t want to seem like a person who wouldn’t follow through on her word, so she stayed silent for now. Well, on the plus side, this game was definitely more interesting than the game of Truth or Dare that she played with her family several years ago.

Action: Acting out Irina's Dare

Banner from Winnie Harper

Mentioning @Mathias Pride & @Lavinia Cloven as iNPC
Interacting With @Martyna Romero & @Winnie Harper
Closed to Interactions exclu. all mentions

Pride comes before the fall. In the wake of his moment of triumph, his thriving moment where his head lingered on the other side of the clouds, soaking up the sun, the dusk came just as quickly. It was a moment too late. A devastating moment. As soon as his skin felt warmth after years blocked in ice, the warmth was covered by the Earth’s horizon, the boy left in the dark—an analogy, of course, all to say that Percematt had genie-ed it. Why had he not seen this coming? Why hadn’t he seen the way the skyward void had burst into a thousand shades between orange and purple, that the sun had already been lowering as he glided up toward it? It was so obvious. Yet, he let it happen.

Maybe, he hated success. Maybe, he preferred to celebrate the unforgiving darkness, the abyss littered with stars as little more than faraway flickers of people who were born and died. Quick succession. This wasn’t true, though. He was a morning person, a blooming person, not the type of flower to only open for the night’s embrace. The solitary confinement comes now, shutting away, perhaps retreat into himself as though depressed, but the only emotion he could recognize was scarlet. A name for it? The boy would physically shake his head: no, just scarlet.

"Works better when they don't know it is a dare, friend."

Oh shut up, you Lorax-looking moon worshipping bi— Levi turned his attention to the girl who had given him a dare. A rather pretty girl, about his age and unfamiliar, something he’d aim to change later. With thick hair and standing a seemingly rare few inches shorter than the boy himself, yes, she was charming, but it was her eyes that entranced. That was, until she shattered the vibe with the weirdest dare ever. And pronouncing his name wrong. One of which was much less annoying than the other.

“Uh,” He chuckled lightly, not minding the mistake in the slightest. “Close! Drakos, as in Dragon.” There were about three different ways to say that first syllable alone; it’d been anticipated that a few people would need direction. It was a Greek surname, his father’s, and while it didn’t carry quite as much fame as Caras among the Cypriots, he was exceptionally proud to say it every time. It was nice to be reminded of his father in a time so godless as his interactions with Percematt.

"I dare you to wax one of your legs."

How lovely, he got to be reminded of his mother too. “Seriously, I—” His complaints were abruptly cut off by an unwelcome interruption that left frustration and disorientation overcoming his visage, each facial feature distorting on their own. Calm down, Levi, you’re a calm and charming boy. Calm and charming. Calm and charm—

The moment his body had become free for the taking, Winnie had seized. Defining Percematt, the last thing he thought he’d ever see her do given the events of the Rehearsal Room. In this confused daze, he’d allow her to shove him, taking a few steps backward to recover his balance as she did so. She began to hiss in his direction like a wronged Slytherin, his actions unrectified, and the world was spinning far too fast for him to properly acknowledge it. The only defense he could come up with in the short time allotted was, “Look, he’s not who—”

Surprise surprise, another distraction.

Levi deserved an Oscar for that moment. A girl licked his face. She took her tongue and put it on his face. Everything she’d ever eaten, everyone she’d ever kissed, every poisonous vowel she ever spat was on his face. Who knows if this chick brushed her teeth? The Gryffindor’s left hand bolted up by instinct, slapping himself as though the germs would die and not just spread along his palm and wand arm. His eyes had widened beyond measure, their diameter in competition with the planet itself, but the only noise he could sputter out was a variety of miscellaneous consonants that didn’t form any comprehensible words. Get this boy an award for not screaming.

He turned to face his attacker, standing in shock with his arm beginning to quiver, wondering why the universe wouldn’t just collapse and swallow him whole. Then, another disruption before the boy could find any way to respond.

Winnie again. Why can he not catch a break? The red-haired girl had redirected her attention back to him, a fury in her eyes like he’d never seen before, a gaze usually so gentle, a stare that held and kissed. They now burned, and he was sure she’d come back to finish the job and take him out back. Instead, however, her hands found the sides of his face. Oh, this was worse. Much worse. As she leaned closer, the gap between them thinning and certainly not leaving enough space for a deity, his hazel eyes would remain wide and uncomfortable. Still, he supposed he was experienced in the department.

She pulled away, and out came a rush of air from his lungs as though it’d been stored there for decades. "I’m not cruel enough to steal your first kiss from you, Levi." Please don’t say that in front of Percematt.

This sequence of events was beginning to intertwine and boil in his veins, rising to an extent that Levi wasn’t emotionally equipped to deal with. The scarlet emotion became crimson, blood red, flowing and flooding behind his eyes. His vision was a hazy red mist, fogged by this thing he didn’t know how to release. The boy craved a scream, no, a screech, but couldn’t allow himself to fall upon his knees before the spectators today.

Then, she kissed Mathias.

He’d been about to say something, Levi was sure of it. Those idiotic glasses. Winnie had cut him off, and while he was thankful for that, it’d become too much. A primal instinct kicked in, to clear the air around them of the dizzying mist the only way he’d ever seen, the way that haunted his nightmares however rare. After the build-up of the century, he screamed. It was ear-curling, the hair on the back of his neck was at its end, his blood began to thin itself out and there was this pain in his chest, not unlike how he assumed being stabbed would feel.

“I AM OFF TO WAX MY LEG NOW!” [This can probably be heard from neighboring countries, let alone any nearby groups.]

At the direction his dare-giver supplied earlier, Levi would run off into the Dragon Cabin to search for supplies to wax his leg. Even after he’d found them, wherever they’d been hidden, a few beats would pass before he’d wander back into the game. Wearing a stoic expression and entirely prepared to never speak to anyone ever again, he would find a spot and drop down, crossing one leg beneath him and outstretching the other. As he was dressed like a middle-aged dad in Hawaii, a blue button up with the sun adorning it and khaki shorts, his leg was already exposed.

Obviously, he had no idea how waxing worked. His mother had, rather appropriately, never even described the process to him, so he went in for a random spot along his shin, applying the wax nervously before laying a cloth over it. Chances were, he left this on a little too long the first few times. After ripping it off every time, the boy would deeply scowl and squint his eyes, his hand digging into the ground and his mantra came back, now tangled with another.

This is proof you are important. But why me?

Action Completing his dare | Suffering
NEXT ROUND - TRUTH

Interacting with: @Levi Drakos | @Mathias Pride | @Martyna Romero Mentioning: @Earl Gray

Date: August 12th, 2021 Outfit Personalized T-Shirt | Skirt | Sandals | Hairpins

───Winnie had released his shirt midway through their kiss and instead used her hands to frame his face, a thumb brushing over his cheek. Through her foggy mind, something told her this kiss was... Off. It wasn’t that Mathias Pride was a terrible kisser, although he seemed in shock when their lips were sealed against each other. His lips were soft and warm, and he seemed to let her take the lead. Still, it felt... Different from last time. Why was he so shocked? His lips weren’t chapped either.

As she pulled back, she locked her blue eyes onto his hazel. A brow quirked at his gratitude. "... You’re welcome?" Something was different. Why? She leaned in to peck at his lips. No, she was imagining things. "You look shocked, was it too much?" It had been a while since they kissed. That was why it didn’t feel the same. Happy with her own explanation, a small smile curled onto her lips as she gazed up at the Slytherin. Was he flustered by her sudden show of affection? He was admittedly adorable like this. She slid her arms around his neck and nestled closer for a hug. "You don’t have to be shy around me, Mattie. It’s okay." She whispered into his ear before pressing a kiss to his cheek. It was a pleasant moment, or so Winnie assumed, until the girl named Martyna Romero starting patting, or tapping, or her shoulder in some attempt to comfort her.

She was about to answer the girl when suddenly Levi released a shriek that could rival the hollow sound of a banshee’s own. Holy Merlin! It had startled Winnie so terribly she almost jumped on top of Pride, "Levi...!" Her gasp sounded exasperated rather than distressed. "Are you... Are you okay?" Surely something had harmed him if he was going to let out a screech of that nature, right? Before she could say much else, the boy was storming off towards the cabins.

Her anger had been justified, right?

... So why did she feel so bad?

She peered over her shoulder at the girl. What was she saying? Something about someone licking Levi’s cheek. She had been too distracted to notice. There was a tiny part of her that felt sorry for the Gryffindor, even after his dare. He had too many people targeting him, it would seem, but why had he screamed? Realizing that she was ignoring the girl again, Winnie blinked over at her. She had calmed down significantly at this point and released her hold on Matt to turn and face the girl. "... I suppose I’m willing to make a compromise." Especially now that she wasn’t trying to defend the Gryffindor. Now she had to get a bit of friendly revenge on a certain Hufflepuff. "Go find a student named Earl Gray. Kiss him. I don’t care where. That is your new dare."

It was then that Winnie spotted the Gryffindor reappearing with a waxing kit. Should she apologize? No... But she wanted to at least see if he was okay. She turned back to Matt and shook her head. "I think we should go see if Levi is okay." Levi had started to tell her something too, an explanation of why he had given Mathias Pride such a cruel dare at her expense. She had to know his reasoning, but she would try to offer him comfort first. "I also need to know why he gave you that dare." Her curiosity was eating away at her. She had to know his reasoning or she would dwell on his betrayal, allowing it to pick away at her soul. She needed closure.

Next Round: Winnie has selected dare again.

Dare

Interacting with @Winnie Harper and @Earl Gray
Mentioning @Lavinia Cloven as Irina Afanasyeva, @Mathias Pride and @Levi Drakos

Speak of the devil! One of the Koldovstoretz girls, who was as blonde as she was displeased with the crude dare she'd been given, came storming over to lick Levi's face, looking defiant all the while. She didn't go full on, which admittedly disappointed Tina rather a lot, but in wanting to stay on the good side of everyone within the vicinity, she released Winnie's shoulder from her grasp to give a polite applause, nodding to Irina to show that her (half-hearted) efforts hadn't gone unnoticed. Levi, however, was - perhaps understandably - less happy with this development than. He confirmed this a moment later with a shriek of acknowledgement finally given to Tina's dare.

Usually, this visceral reaction would have delighted her, but the combination of an eyebrow's life being on the line, as well the sheer number of dares that had involved the Gryffindor boy this round, did make her feel a little apprehensive and even a touch guilty. For one brief, but very scary moment, Tina wondered whether Winnie would no longer be up for changing her dare, if she'd even considered it, now that Levi was marching off to complete his with what looked like determined passion, although perhaps he was just angry. She reached up to pet her eyebrows again, comforting them: she wasn't sure she was ready to let go...

"...I suppose I’m willing to make a compromise." Tina let out a loud sigh of relief, clutching her hands to her chest and repeating breathy 'thank yous' over and over, expressing gratitude but not wanting to interrupt the girl's train of thought. Winnie was so generous, so sweet, so merciful..! Martyna wanted to tell her as much, but she fought to keep her mouth shut, not wanting to tread on any more toes than she already had done. Her babies were safe, and with Levi out of the way, she could stop moping and feeling bad for him! He probably had it super easy anyway: this would like, totally humble him! There was nothing she could possibly dare Tina to do that was worse than what she first suggested. Nothing crueller, nothing more humiliating, more painful- "Go find a student named Earl Gray. Kiss him. I don’t care where. That is your new dare."

The protective hold she'd had on her eyebrows before transferred to her mouth, partially to shield them from Earl Gray, who might have jumped out at any second to claim them, but also to stop herself from saying anything stupid. She wasn't one to nonchalantly give away her first kiss, if you ignored the fact that kissing boys totally excited her and made her think that just maybe it didn't matter who it was. She'd heard of Earl: he was a Hufflepuff who was going into the second year like her, and he usually had pink hair, which made it impossible for him to skip her notice, even in such a large school. He wouldn't be so bad to kiss, probably. On the cheek. Or the hand.

She didn't say anything at first, turning her head like an owl to search the group for that tell-tale flash of pink, but quickly realised that there was no one who fit such a description near them. Maybe there had been before, but no longer. Just when she was about to (meekly) say as much to Winnie, who she felt she was at the absolute mercy of right now, Martyna managed to single him out; it was the boy who'd dared Winnie to kiss Levi or Mathias, although his new blue hair colour had already drained away to a faded white in the time passed. His eyes also looked really fricking weird, and he was hunched over. Had he been possessed? That wasn't exactly unheard of at Hogwarts.

"Uhm, I think he's- I think he's sort of- Should we-" Martyna started in protest, no longer as keen to keep her eyebrows if it meant having her soul sucked out by evil-Earl Gray, and also feeling slightly concerned for his safety, but Winnie had already returned to pitying poor little Levi. Couldn't she save a speck of that pity for Tina? Admittedly, he did look rather pathetic, all slumped up on the ground with a much fancier waxing kit than Tina had anticipated, clearly feeling sorry for himself. Bitter, she thought that perhaps it would teach him a valuable lesson in the difficulties of removing body hair. The Hufflepuff scowled: if he'd just stuck around to get a new one instead of being all upset about his dare blowing up in his face and being licked by a complete stranger and Winnie kissing his cheek and then Mathias on the lips directly afterwards - ouch - then maybe Winnie would have gone easier on her. "Nevermind. I am going to go kiss a boy, a thing which I have done many times."

Martyna wasn't speaking to anyone in particular when she said this, aware that her words would probably be lost to both Winnie and Mathias whilst they were so distracted. She set off, loitering a bit to indulge herself in Mathias' explanation as to why Levi was acting the way he was - her survival instincts not nearly powerful enough to to stave off her desire for spicy gossip - and headed towards Earl more directly after she'd made a mental note. It occurred to her that the whole 'act like you're a terrifying demon' thing he was doing may have been a dare, but she made sure to exercise some caution as she approached. You could never be too careful at Hogwarts, after all.

"Earl! I'm in your year!" Tina said upon arrival, throwing her hands up in celebration. Her face was a mixture of forced joy and abject fear. He looked... like someone she definitely wouldn't want to kiss on the face. Dark eye-bags, clothes that didn't fit him, non-existent irises, all the while vaguely talking about a friend in his head. "I'm guessing this is all like... part of the game..?"

Reducio

Tina looked around for an area to kiss that didn't involve her risking being bitten by the boy if she made him angry. Even if it was an act, he seemed to be really giving it his all, and it was super realistic. Gingerly, she leaned forwards, aiming for his hand. If it wasn't exposed, covered by a sleeve or something similar, she would reach an arm out to lift it out of the way, all the while keeping both eyes trained on him. If he didn't know any better, it might as well have been her that was possessed.

"I'm going to kiss your hand by the way," she thought to add, secretly hopeful that he might lurch out of her grasp. Usually, rejection was agonising, but at least she would survive with her eyebrows left unscathed. "So, uh, if you don't want that, you better dodge..." She leaned further. "...Any second now..."

Tina chooses DARE again.