Summer Camp Spin the Bottle Group 2 Closed

[ @Henry Knight as Charles • @Winter Wolfhartz as Xeno • @Scarlett Aden • @Violet Carrington • mentioning @Lindsey Springhall as Maxi • @Vivian Fletcher • @Autumn Ivy ]

giving autumn a hug

English #26687E • French #72267E

When Charles came back to where Cassie and Scarlett were sitting, he threw a small bag of biscuits at the Beauxbatons girl, who peered at the label hopefully and then winced. "Oof. These have strawberries in them. Thanks anyway," she said, then tossed them across to Scarlett. "Scar, d'you want them?" Well, she had them now, whether she wanted them or not.

Charles now seemed to think that teaching Cassie Spanish would be a good way to annoy people, which Cassie snickered at. "Sure, but that's not the only reason to learn a language," she told her friend with a grin.

Scarlett also shipped Charles and Beauxbatons Boy. "Oooh, yes!" Cassie matched her friend's tone. "Like in Lady And The Tramp! But sans meatballs." Cassie had no idea whether or not Scarlett had seen Lady And The Tramp, but she herself was a bit of a Disney fanatic and didn't see any harm in bringing her favourite film company into the conversation. Charles didn't seem to agree, however, and decided romance wasn't Scarlett's strong suit. "Ouch!"

"Yes!" Cassie grinned when Charles asked if she'd gotten a broom yet. "An early birthday present. Shooting Star. And yes, but I still prefer broomracing."

Then Scarlett complimented Cassie's pyjamas. "Thanks," she grinned. When Charles basically repeated Scarlett in French, though, Cassie was pretty sure something was up and scowled, shrugging Charles' arm from her shoulders. "Funny. Really funny." Oh, how the sarcasm burned.

Then, Charles decided that he also shipped himself and the Beauxbatons boy - Xeno. Cassie squinted at him. "But what about Drew?" she replied in French, a little bewildered. "I mean, I don't know much about relationships, but aren't you only supposed to have one crush at once?" Then Cassie remembered that Scarlett couldn't speak French. "Lettie, we're gonna have to teach you French some day," she said a little apologetically. "I'm learning that I don't know how romance works. How's your life going?" she joked.

Suddenly, Cassie looked up and spotted Maxi, one of her friends, seemingly walking away from the sleepover party. "Max! Maxi! Maximilien!" she called after him, completely missing the fact that he was trying to get away from the game. "Come join in!" He seemed to be too far away, though, and didn't hear her, which was a shame.

Scarlett, upon turning to glare at Cassie, mouthed that the girl the bottle had chosen for her was 'cute, okay'. Cassie squinted at the girl, thinking. She was pretty enough, but Cassie really had no idea how to measure cuteness. Or hotness. Were they supposed to be the same thing now? Or was it, like, cuteness for girls and hotness for boys? It was all too confusing. She shrugged at Scarlett and then appropriated a lovestruck face and fanned herself with her hand. If Scarlett was still looking at her by the time Cassie had finished embarrassing her, she'd stick her tongue out at her.

Cassie had already gone by the time Scarlett came back, so missed her comment about how her crisps had gone marvelously uneaten.

When Cassie returned to her friends, Charles spoke in French again. "Charlie! Scarlett doesn't speak French, remember?" she reminded him, deciding to give the younger boy a chance. Luckily for them all, the Durmstrang student then switched to English. "Friend shipping? That's a thing now? Okay, I friend-ship you and Scarlett," Cassie laughed, elbowing both her friends in the side. "Will you at least try to get along? And, like, speak English?" The last words were aimed rather pointedly at Charles.

When Charles whispered to her, Cassie replied with a simple, "Okay." Scarlett carried on over the top of them, probably not hearing Charles' whisper, saying that she agreed that Cassie and Serena weren't worth shipping. "Serena," Cassie Heather supplied. "And Xeno." Charles added Xeno's surname and sounded rather annoyed. "Oooh," Cassie murmured. "So defensive."

Cassie waved back to Vivian from the Truth Or Dare game when she noticed the younger girl and smiled at her encouragingly. The Beauxbatons girl now felt a sort of responsibility for Vivian after all that had happened at Truth Or Dare and decided that she would have to introduce her to Clara some day. Clara was also a younger girl whom Cassie had decided, for better or for worse, to take under her wing, and Cassie Heather decided then and there that she would force her and Vivian to be friends if it was the last thing she did. (She would probably forget about this by the end of the night.)

Scarlett spun and it landed on- the girl who'd gotten her earlier? "The bottle sure loves you two," Cassie snickered as the redhead got up and headed over to her new apparent soulmate.

Next, Charles took his turn at the bottle and - for goodness' sake - it landed, once again, on Xeno. "Is this thing rigged?" Cassie wondered aloud, watching a smile blossom across Charles' face. Scarlett returned while Charles was kissing Xeno (right on the lips again, for goodness' sake!) and the two girls watched as Charles spoke in French to the Beauxbatons boy. "Wow," Cassie marveled to Scarlett. "He basically just declared love. D'you think the bottle can read minds? Maybe it'll be you and whats-her-name next."

When Charles returned, he announced - as if they hadn't heard - that he and Xeno were a 'thing now'. "So I see!" Cassie exclaimed. "Please tell me you're not abandoning us for him." She squinted at the boy sitting a couple of metres away. "Waaaiiitttt... Didn't he come to mine and Berry's birthday party? Yeah, he did! I guess he can't be too bad then."

"My turn!" Cassie sang as she grabbed the bottle and gave it a good, hard whack. It came to a rest pointing towards a dark-haired girl who didn't look as if she was having much fun. Cassie shuffled over to her and grinned. "Sure. I'm Cassie." She reached over and gave the other girl a quick, friendly hug before pulling away.

@Scarlett Aden Cassie Heather McGregor Martin [@Lucia Fox]

Violet kissed Scarlett's cheek fast, and afterwards sat down once again, her face pretty red after what had happened. Thought it wasn't anything special, it had been ages since she had actually kissed or hugged someone, so the only thoughts she had were if she had done it right or wrong. Because of how lightly Scarlett took the kiss, Violet felt like she hadn't done anything wrong, so she could rest in peace knowing that she hadn't entered a whole phase of embarrassment.

Sitting back down, Violet watched as the spin the bottle continued, not very interested in what other people were doing, she looked around as she so did at her surroundings, and when finally her turn came to spin the bottle, she quickly spun it, and it immediately landed on the same girl she had kissed before. With a sigh, Violet was actually pretty happy that it had been her. Considering the fact that she knew absolutely nobody from Spin the Bottle, having kissed Scarlett first sort of gave Violet more confidence.

Violet stood up, and looked at the red hair, and shrugged. ''Okey, so, uh, hug this time.'' Violet went straight for it. She hugged Scarlett and afterwards dropped back to her seat.

Interacting with @Vivian Fletcher and @Autumn Ivy
Mentioning @Starlee Kennedy

“You know, I might just take that 'chicken out' option. Hug?”

Before Tina could formulate a response that wasn’t just useless, babbling word vomit, she found herself autonomously crawling over to lean into the other girl’s offer of a very awkward (and slightly bony) hug. Somehow, her own hesitancy to kiss Autumn was overshadowed by the sharp gut-punch of rejection that she’d just endured. How stupid of her: to bark about ‘not chickening out’ with such misplaced confidence, when she should have been casual, easing into the game like everyone else. “Uh, yes, just kissing- kidding!” she mumbled in some garbled attempt to recover her own pride. “Because it would be, like, really weird, if we did, and stuff.” Tina laughed nervously as she retreated back to her place besides Earl, having patted Autumn twice on the back for good measure. Totally calm.

Whilst she was mentally dabbing her brow of any sweat and collecting herself, out of the corner of her eye, Martyna spotted a familiar face doing quite the opposite. Starlee was bolting away from where her own circle had formed, looking like she’d just been scarred for life. Her mind immediately flashed to the French boy she’d been told about. If he’d broken her heart already, Tina would have no problem hitting him where it hurt! Unable to let her curiosities subside, and feeling a wave of protectiveness for her friend, she leant up onto her knees. Starlee looked to be moving towards the cabins, faster than Tina had ever seen her go.

Her reaction to this was delayed by the bottle being passed to her once again. Attention still elsewhere when she spun it, Tina debated whether or not anyone here would be worth pecking on the cheek (or perhaps even jaggedly embracing as she’d done with Autumn before) at the risk of missing the chance to belt that Beauxbatons idiot in the whachamacallems, sending him back to France in the process. She’d never done it before, but Tina reckoned with the passion of her sister-in-spirit Star inside her, she’d be fully capable of doing so. The bottle came to a stop shortly after she’d swung it, pointing in the direction of a blonde-haired Hufflepuff in a beige, tartan dress.

Hmmm...? Perhaps...? ..Nah.

“So,” Tina began, rising to her feet and swaying over to where Vivian was perched oh-so-prettily, with her eyes occasionally flitting towards Starlee to verify her location, an action which hopefully wasn’t too noticeable in the darkness. She allowed her eyes to settle on her partner for a second or two: she was very elegant looking, in the sort of was Tina wished she was. She crouched down in front of her, knees to chest, close enough that it would probably be safe for Vivian to assume she was ready to lean in for a kiss. Martyna wasn’t teasing on purpose, although with her close proximity and naturally mischievous demeanour, it may have seemed this way. “As much as I’d love to kiss you right now, I sort of need the toilet. So I’m like, gonna go.”

And with that abrupt and rather on the nose declaration, she stood upright and took off in a run, not allowing much time for the other girl to have her say. Nothing personal!

Action: Hugging Autumn, leaving the thread in pursuit of Starlee
Permission to gmod seeing Starlee given ooc.

Reducio

sorry for the messy response. I’m away right now. : )
outfit of the evening

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Interacting | @Zykeal Lane
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Amelie | The Scar | Outfit

Amelie wasn’t overly bothered about the girl rejecting her kiss to the cheek. She didn’t often get embarrassed anymore and had developed thick enough skin to handle rejection – including during silly games of spin the bottle. Besides, the girl, Calypso she reminded herself, had been pleasant enough to not entirely reject her advance as she’d seen some other students doing. She’d offered a hug in place of the kiss and Amelie had let her arms wrap loosely around her frame before the pair had parted and returned to their positions in the circle.

That part the girl had found strange. Amelie understood not wanting to be physically close to someone; she herself often did everything in her power to avoid human contact when she hadn’t the energy to deal with people, especially those her age. But she found it odd that someone would rather a hug than a polite kiss on the cheek. In Amelie’s opinion, a hug was far more personal than something which was often done when greeting an acquaintance, you knew not well enough to embrace. She’d spent many a family occasion receiving brief kisses on her cheek from distant uncles and only mildly familiar cousins. But she far less regularly received hugs from anyone other than her brother or her parents.

Trying not to dwell too much on her brief interaction, Amelie refocussed on the game going on around her. She once again noted how many of the players avoided actual intimacy and favoured friendly kisses or hugs or handshakes. She smiled when she noted a pair of boys who clearly missed the ‘friendly’ memo and went straight to making their relationship official. It was endearing, if a little dramatic for her taste. But she couldn’t fault the boys, nor the odds which had allowed them to be paired up.

When it came back around to her turn, Amelie once again spun the bottle, watching it spin past the different players until it landed on a boy sat diagonally across from her. it wasn’t surprising that she didn’t recognise him, considering she knew so few here this summer – which had been part of the appeal in the first place. She smiled at him when their eyes met and pushed herself up from the ground she was sat on. “Amelie, nice to meet you,” She smiled when she reached the boy, with the confidence which came with years of having to stand up for yourself or risk being walked all over. She’d watched this boy kiss someone’s cheek a little while earlier so thought perhaps he wasn’t as averse to kissing as Calypso had been.

Despite her previous rejection, she still moved forward with little hesitation. And if the boy didn’t stop her, she let her hand rest on the boy’s shoulder, standing on her toes to let her lips press against his cheek. When she moved away, she would smile again – mentally noting how much easier it was to make herself smile when it wasn’t all so forced – before moving back to her seat.

code by Lucia Fox

Open to interactions
Interacting with @Scarlet Salvatore, @Amelia Faye, @Martyna Romero
Mentioning@ Earl Gray

“Thanks, Scarlet”, the blonde was all smiles when she heard the compliment, “And you look lovely” , this Hufflepuff doesn’t have the habit of complimenting others unless she has received one from them. It doesn’t mean she won't like to make people feel good about the way they look but just because she wouldn’t put lots of thoughts in their looks. “You must be a second year, right?” she asked as she furrowed her brows with a little doubt in her eyes.

With a chuckle, she hugged her friend Amelia until she steps backed. Once she gets to know someone, it isn’t uncomfortable to hug them but if she doesn’t know them already, she would be covered with sweat even at the thought of any physical touch. Today is an exception but only regarding hugs, not kiss. The blonde prepared herself for the hugs earlier so it didn’t trouble her as much as she thought it would. “Thanks” with a smile on her face she returned back to where she sat before.

With a grin, “I was saved in this round too” as she looked at Scarlet, presumably her new friend. The blonde literally stared at Scarlet trying to figure out what her answer would be when a boy, with whom she was paired up in the first round asked her for a kiss. Eyes full of admiration, but she turned away from them as they kissed. Unlike her, many kissed, it was so impressive for her that they all were so easygoing. Does this going to change anything in the next round? probably no.

Nothing is predictable in life, always the unexpected happens just like what happened now, the bottle was pointing at her...another time? No that’s not happening. The blonde thought she could be relaxed at least for few more minutes but god is not allowing it. Looking up at who spun the bottle, she smiled slightly but it stopped when she crouched down facing her. No, she was not ready for a kiss yet. With a terrified look, she listened to her and breathed relief as she ended it. Before she could say a word, the girl moved so all she did was wave bye in her direction. “God is on my side, today”, she murmured to herself.

Action Just waving bye to Martyna

Moderation Post - Round 3

Vivian Fletcher's next spin landed on Scarlett Aden. With any luck, Scarlett would not expect a kiss from her. Scarlett seemed more interested in planning a new ship for others in the group anyway though!

Violet Carrington spun the bottle, watching it go round in the group. She had offered the last person a hug, what would she do now that it landed on Cassie Heather McGregor-Martin?

Serena Bowen had learned a new secret handshake last time! She spun the bottle, wondering what would happen this time. As the bottle spun and landed on Earl Gray, they both had a new choice to make.

Next to spin the bottle was Autumn Ivy, who found herself paired with Amelia Faye. They had both recently hugged others, maybe they could continue that?

Charles Alluring was busy flirting with Xeno but as he spun the bottle, he found that the third time was not a charm necessarily. This time, the bottle landed on Scarlet Salvatore, what would he do now?

Amelie Fontaine spun the bottle next. She likely wondered if she could be rejected or not as she watched the bottle spin around and around. It eventually landed on Serena Bowen, who now had a second decision to make.

This Round's Pairings

@Vivian Fletcher and @Scarlett Aden
@Violet Carrington and @Lucia Fox (as iNPC Cassie Heather McGregor-Martin)
@Serena Bowen and @Earl Gray
@Autumn Ivy and @Amelia Faye
@Henry Knight (as iNPC Charles Alluring) and @Scarlet Salvatore
@Sarah Lightwood (as iNPC Amelie Fontaine) and @Serena Bowen

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

@Calypso Starling - left thread
@Martyna Romero - left thread
@Winter Wolfhartz and @Zykeal Lane did not post, and thus were not included in the rolls.


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

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 12th 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.

I'm sorry it's short

Earl loved her smile. He was mesmerized, a small grin blooming on his face as he took her in. She had the kind of smile that reached her eyes, and made the air around her a little brighter, those around her a little warmer. "It's easy," he said leaning in conspiratorially. Daisy had shown him, patient and gentle. How to part his lips and tilt his head, where to put his hands.

It had been an amazing morning, sunlight painting them both gold and white, nothing but the chirping of the birds to disturb them.

Now, he leaned forward, fingers gently going to rest underneath Scarlet's jaw and tilt her head up, capturing her lips in a slow kiss, smile still on his face. It was a perfect moment. Earl was all gentleness and care, soft and warm. He tasted like chocolate and smelled of campfire smoke. The warmth of flames at their sides, a starry sky above them and the low chirping of crickets hiding in the tall grass. If there was ever a time to kiss, this was it.

"You're really pretty when you blush" Earl said after she'd pulled away, leaning back. She was gone a few seconds later, but his gray eyes lingered on her, a beautiful smile on his face.

A few minutes passed before the bottle landed on him again. This time, it was a girl he'd seen before. He'd passed her by in the Hufflepuff dorms and cheered for her during quidditch games. But that was where it ended. "Hi" he said, wiggling his fingers in her direction. She'd hugged the last time, and hadn't seemed all to eager to kiss anyone.

"I'm good with whatever," he said, with a smile.

@Serena Bowen | @Scarlet Salvatore

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speech #bf0040
@Lucia Fox @Henry Knight @Vivian Fletcher

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[font=times new roman]S[/font]carlett caught the bag of strawberry biscuits neatly. "Yes please," she said, selecting a biscuit and crunching it. "Ooh, these are quite nice. You know it's my job to make you feel jealous of what you can't eat." She nudged Cassie playfully before eating another. "And who's the Lady and the Tramp? Also yes, please teach me French."

She tilted her head incredulously at Charles's next words. Honestly, he seemed to be on a crusade to annoy her, wasn't he? Sometimes, she thought that he might have a spark of common sense under all that annoying arrogance, but other times proved her wrong. She wasn't a fan of romance, but she hated being called bad at something. "Ouch indeed," she said hotly. "How would you know anything about my love life?" Her mind flashed rather rebelliously to Annabeth.

"And-" retorted Scarlett, through a mouthful of biscuit. "What would I do to Xeno? Tell him you like him? You kissed on the lips for Merlin's sake! Yes, lip-to-lip contact is just an average friendly thing. By the way, your ship name is now Cheno. No criticism will be accepted."

After Scarlett's hug with Violet, Charles spun. Scarlett watched with bated breath as it spun and landed on...Xeno? Again? "This is rigged and I'm very happy about it!" she announced to their group, partly in response to Cassie, watching as Charles went up and spoke to Xeno - in French. "Bonjour," she deadpanned. "Je suis ignorant English person who does not know French." However he did revert to English as he asked Xeno out. Scarlett gave a loud whoop as Charles came back and seated himself. "How come you find a gay date so quickly? Wait - you're gay? Does that mean us two are bound by gay law to be friends?" She gasped in mock-distress before spinning her bottle. Honestly, her bottle-spinning was the least relevant thing going on here. It landed on Vivian, the Truth or Dare girl. Scarlett went up, gave her a hug and left. She didn't bother to say anything - she was itching to get back to her friends.

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Open To Interactions
Permission given to slightly Godmode Xeno Darkaz by Winter Wolfhartz
Interacting: Cassie Heather@Lucia Fox | @Scarlett Aden | Xeno Darkaz@Winter Wolfhartz | @Scarlet Salvatore
Mentioning:
Languages: Russian|French|Spanish|German|English
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'Well...that was...interesting, she thought to herself, now settled back in her original position on her blanket beside Vivian. She could still smell the pleasant aromas that had drifted off Earl as he kissed her, he smelled of the campfire, and she supposed many others in the group would be the same. When he had kissed her though, she felt like that was unique. That wouldn't be the same with many other people.

The kiss had made the night infinitely special and one she wouldn't easily remember, it would forever be her first kiss, even if it was just part of a game, and she couldn't imagine it being more perfect. From the moment their lips had made contact, the pre-existing awkwardness of the whole idea of the game became almost obsolete, in that time she didn't think about how she or anyone else would feel after the kiss, you do, after all, only get one first kiss.

The bottle was spinning again, and her perception of the game had changed. She no longer had the same desire she had felt previously to share another kiss with someone; she'd hoped that she would get one kiss out of the game and she had. Still, it seemed the majority of people were choosing to hug.

The time for Scarlet to make her decision came again as a blonde boy who had just spun the bottle approached her after the bottle had landed on her, "Hi!" she said introducing herself. He was from Beauxbatons, she was pretty sure of it, he had been alternating between French and English throughout the game so far. He had also gotten pretty friendly with another French boy in the group and had two kisses with him already, so she was fairly confident he would offer just to hug or something to that extent.

The boy offered Scarlet a kiss on the hand, and she was happy to accept, 'so French,' she thought, remembering the French people she had met when visiting her grandparents in France. Smiling back at him, she extended her arm, allowing him to give her a kiss there, "nice to meet you," she continued.

She watched as the boy collected some snacks before returning to his place on the other side of the campfire. She turned to Vivian, both now on a break from all the hugging and kissing of the game, "so...are you hoping the bottle lands on anyone in particular for you?" she asked, grinning at her. No one had really caught her eye, but she was curious to find out if others felt differently.

Interacting with Charles @Henry Knight, @Vivian Fletcher | Mentions @Earl Gray
Action: Accepting a kiss on the hand from Charles