10 Oct 2021, 03:15
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
OOC Note, Please Read:ReducioYou don't need to ask to join! If I have over 10 people in this, I'll do a mod post as well if needed. I have a sneaking suspicion that'll happenOk, so you stumbled across another birthday thread. Feel free to come in and have fun in this thread. Also, @Winnie Harper, I meant what I said in your Birthday thread lol. Feel free to join!and to let you all know, Cody doesn't know that yall know its his birthday if you say that. Just a little precaution.
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[font=Century Gothic]The boy woke up. His blonde hair brushed past his forehead. His eyes seemed to stick together like glue as he attempted to pry them open. It was morning after all, and he might as well proceed with his normal routine. Take off his clothes and then throw them into the pile he kept besides his bed, He reached into his pillowcase, grabbed out his pendant of a Circle he loved, and his necklace of a Green Man.
Of course, a headache always seemed to strike down the boy, and he raised his left hand up over his forehead as a conscious desire to remove headaches that way. He realized that there was an outfit that his parents packed him, and told him to ONLY wear on October eleventh. Indeed, he went over to his bed, grabbed his outfit that he was to unpack on this day. A letter was attatched,With that letter was a rainbow hat, apparently from the idea of the American Wild West, only in a rainbow color! A suit came with it. also rainbow, but it was truly striking. Now, the last part of the outfit, the rainbow shoes. The boy was beginning to feel a bit... prideful. It was amusing and impressive how that could work."I hope you enjoyed Hogwarts so far. I understand that as a Part Goblin, you are bound to face some difficulties in Hogwarts, but knowing your headstrong manners, I really hope you haven't been expelled yet. I would hate to know that this suit has been bought for nothing. However, I wrote this to wish you a very happy birthday. Love mom."
Now, to truly make himself feel like himself truly, he walked back over to the bed, and grabbed his wand. It was time begin the day. Were people going to care that it was his birthday? If anyone cared enough to pay attention or to get to know Cody, they'd know that his birthday was always October eleventh.
It was complete. He walked down to the Great Hall and snuck up behind Henry Knight. "Hey bro." He looked around the Great Hall, a few people looked at his outfit. Maybe they knew what day it was?[/font]
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10 Oct 2021, 15:23
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
Juniper knew what day it was. She knew very well, and it was an important day. It was her best friend's birthday. She had woken up early for this day. When she got up, she got dressed quickly, then headed down to the kitchens. Once she was there, she asked as politely as she could for a favor from the house elves. "Good morning. I'm Juniper, and I really like your cooking. I was wondering if you could help me?" The house elves were glad to help. Juniper told them what she needed, and then she left so they could do it.
Juniper didn't have time to wonder about how excited they were just to help her, because she needed to head back up. She entered her dorm again, and grabbed materials. Then she went through her secret candy stash, picking out different varieties.
Then, she took some paper, and a quill. She wrote:Chaotic loving
obsessed with classic rock
disruptive, yeah thats true
yet amazing
She took everything together, then headed back down to the kitchens. She took a freshly baked chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting and rainbow sprinkles. And it wasn't stale. She thanked the house elves, smiling to herself. Then she set off to find Cody.
She didn't have to look long, because the rainbow outfit attracted her eyes. She ran over, and set her gifts down. "CODY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" She said, then handed him the cupcake.
gift:
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and candy
and the note
10 Oct 2021, 16:10
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
Henry finished tying off the ends of the crochet bird he was working on and examined his work, smiling softly at it as he slipped it into the halloween style bag beside the cowboy hat that he recently bought from hogsmeade a few days ago.
It could be a common fact that Henry Knight doesn't sleep. The teen have been having night terrors over the past few months that suddenly gotten worse so to keep himself from a cold sweat or waking up from a panic attack, the third year keeps himself awake and busy with different activities.
However with the lack of sleep he tends to drift off occasionally during the day and has a dark ring underneath his eyes. It isn't the best way to handle his night terrors but currently he didn't have a lot of options and that day was one of his friend's birthdays so he had to stay up.
Henry made sure to remember the birthday of each of his friends, he knew how it felt to have no one remember your birthday besides family so he made it a point to do something special for each of his friends on their birthdays.
The young teen changed into some casual clothes, pulling on his black jacket so the scars on his shoulder and bicep wouldn't be seen. He slipped the gold rusted pendant over his neck and turned to Loki with a soft smile.
The orange feline however flick his tail and let out a short meow, clearly not wanting to leave the dormitory that morning as Henry whispered"Forget about the people, you could get a piece of chicken at the hall today," the feline gave another short meow and slight eye roll for a feline and stepped over to Henry. The feline climbed up Jo's owner to his right shoulder where he sat.
Henry grabbed the bag and slipped six identical pizza necklaces into his inner jacket pocket next to his mayhaw wand that would be for later.
The teen walk through the slytherin common room and the castle toward the great hall, his blue eyes scanning for Cody until he found him.
Smiling a little at the first year as he approached and handed him the halloween gift bag as he spoke" Hey mate and happy birthday," Loki stayed seated on Henry's right shoulder as they watched Juniper join the group and offered the girl a soft smile accompanied with a nod.
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"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
10 Oct 2021, 23:46
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
As Addie entered the Great Hall, she felt energized and refreshed, ready for the day and whatever adventures it held. This was a bit unusual, but after the best night’s sleep she’d had in a month, she felt more than equipped to deal with whatever life threw at her. Or, so she thought.
@Cody Stevenson | @Juniper Kelly | @Henry Knight
It didn’t take long for Adeline to spot some of her friends. Cody’s outfit made him a bit of a focal point in the room full of students, and from there, she could also see Henry and Juniper with him. Glad to have friends she could sit with, Addie walked straight over, but as she drew near, she caught a few words that made her pause.
“...happy birthday...”
Addie spun around, hoping none of them had seen her yet. If there was only one thing that Adeline could say that she definitively, without a doubt hated, it was birthdays. The whole idea of it conjured memories of monotonous family get-togethers, stressful small talk, cake with not nearly enough icing, and presents that mostly consisted of dolls or itchy clothing. No, birthdays were something that she had always avoided, and in that moment of hesitation, she heavily considered walking right back out of the Great Hall.
But these were her friends, and a lot of people considered their birthday to be the most important day of the year. These relationships were still in their early stages, and she reminded herself that things like this took work. As she made the decision to stay, another small wave of panic hit her as she realized yet another issue: she didn’t have a present. Frantically, she dug through her school bag, tossing out random bits of paper and other clutter so that she could see better, and hoping that she might find something--anything--that could be considered a present. Right as she began to lose hope, Addie shifted a book aside, and there at the bottom was a single acid pop, with the plastic wrapping mostly still in place.
“That’s gonna have to be good enough,” she whispered to herself. Grabbing hold of a loose thread in her backpack, Addie pulled and it broke off. As quickly as she could, she tied the thread in a sloppy bow around the acid pop, and turned back toward her friends.
“Hey, everyone!” she greeted them as she approached, forcing herself to remain cheerful. “Um, happy birthday, Cody. I know it’s not much, but I got you this.” With great urgency, she dropped the acid pop on the table before him, hoping to not draw too much attention to the gift.
“How are you two?” she asked Henry and Juniper as she sat down and settled in for some breakfast.
Here's to the movers, the shakers, and the mischief-makers.
Sta 7 | Ev 10 | Str 5 | Wis 6 | Arc 5 | Acc 7
Sta 7 | Ev 10 | Str 5 | Wis 6 | Arc 5 | Acc 7
10 Oct 2021, 23:55
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
Hex code:#A0A9B8 || @Cody Stevenson @Juniper Kelly(vaguely mentioned) @Henry Knight
It was as if the thoughts of his mind had made an oath to bug him at every hour of the day. In times like such, he didn't mind it. It helped him ignore the jumbled discourse in his mind. It was anything to ignore it, he would go lengths far beyond any mostly not selfish man would go to save their beloved. Therefore it had been seen as a gift instead a curse, even if it made his paying attention in class ten times harder then it already was. He could study more, he had all the time in the world to do that. However, tonight he had found the downside of it. Thoughts clashing and opposing, swirling in his head and whispering in his ear. Sleep had been hard to come by, he'd gotten maybe a few hours, but he needed sleep. He was so active during the daytime because of his mind whizzing around that required much much more than he usually had, and when he couldn't sleep, or had trouble with it, it could take the blow of a few hours. Yet not in this way, not anymore, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
Alec was tired, really tired, at least the physical signs of sleeplessness and restlessness were none. His body usually didn't need the sleep so he'd never really gotten bag under his eyes, and it wasn't going to happen today either! It usually added up for people or at least Alec assumed that was the case. So maybe he did need to start worrying about his sleeping issue. But not today! Today he was just going to get breakfast and make it through the day. He really wanted to get out and onto the grounds. He wouldn't be able to do that if he slept.
Just because Alec was tired didn't mean he wasn't going to attempt to look presentable. One of the many things the elders in his life had gotten onto him about, so fine! He was doing it! He did his best too flatten down his curly locks and make it look straighter, staying away from the cursed idea of hair gels, his head would look flat and shiny, it would look good for other people. He trusted in that, but it was not for him. He straightened out his school robes, doing the best to get the wrinkles out of them(one of the things he found success in). He was too remove his nail polish as well. No, this one was not under the influence of his elders because at that point he was going to wear nail polish whether or not they cared, it was such a menial thing. He had just figured that if he was going to have nail polish on it shouldn't look so worn. Once he was done with this he slipped on a bracelet(gryff duelling pride!), and of course attached his wolf pin to his robes. He slipped his wand in his pocket. He would have taken bob out and pinned that pin as well, but today didn't feel like a smiley pin day.
Honestly, he had thought about it as he walked to the great hall, and wearing Bob in a mood like his would have only made him annoyed. He would at up mad with a pin who just just smiling the way he'd tended when Alec had drawn it. What a lovely thought to start the morning off with. The last thing Alec need was something that was a great big show like Bob in his face. It would be practically mocking him. Perhaps all Alec needed was a little food in his stomach. Upon his entrance to the ball he was heading to where nature had intended him to be(at the Gryffindor table eating his fill), until he saw something that made him stop. He did a double take as any reasonable person would. Why in Merlin's beard was someone wearing what Alec assumed was some version of a stetson hat? If they were trying to make the american students(from illvermorny) feel comfortable Alec felt someone had to let them know that the international students wouldn't be coming for a bit.
He rolled his eyes though stood where he was for a moment, watching, until something overcame him and he begin walking over. He didn't think about the implications as at that point he was simply just doing it. He was internally pained by the fact that someone he knew was apart of the situation. Nonetheless, he carried on, Henry wasn't the one wearing at the stetson hat anyway.
Alec let out an audible laugh, as he had the full realization that the outfit was not just a stetson hat by that point, but a rainbow colored one with a suit and shoes to go along with it. That was without including the other things this kid was wearing. Alec's comments, or words to the situation started off small. “It's almost school hours, will you all be heading back to your dorms to change then?” Alec asked, it would be a lot of work to put on clothes too which you were only going to end up wearing for the first few hours of the day at most. Alec's blue eyes finally narrowed at Cody. “Though I suppose you won't need too, I hear the professors these days love things so bright and colorful they blind them.” Alec nodded as if affirming his own words. “Really, it's very useful so you don't have to see the faces of all the unruly children who decided too wear those things to class anyway.” Alec said, he smirked, “there would be a lot less trouble for choosing to wear such things to class when they can't see it, less work on their part, and it saves them from the internal cringe.” Alec said, he hummed, taking a seat next to the red-headed girl(Juniper) though he didn't take his eyes or focus off of the blonde child.
“There'd be the odd complaint in potions class when the clothing one chooses to wear winds up with them losing a hand. The potions are especially dangerous in the process of adding everything in. I doubt it would be pleasant.” Alec said, noticing he was going into a ramble thought now was about time to steer away from the whole mention the professors thing. “Did you use lumos and colorblind yourself? You look like one of those muggle neon signs, your dressed in so many colors though that it would have been hard for even you to read it.”
“I'll help you out, the colorblindness really must not help,” Alec said he folded his arms across his chest, still smirking, he stood up once more, taking the ever so few steps to get right next to the stetson-hat-wearing blonde-kid's face, “it says barmy.”
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I want to make it very clearly that one, the opinions my pc may hold are not objectively going to be the same as mine ooc, and two I would like to make it clear ooc-wise also that Alec has no idea what the outfit may be for, and is making fun of Cody particularly because what he's wearing makes him stick out like a sore thumb.
The third one is for Adeline if she reads my post. It took forever to write this, I don't have the energy to go back and mention you, I apologize lol.
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11 Oct 2021, 02:14
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
ACTION: Thanking Juniper for nonstale cupcakes. Asking if the BOOM group and close friends wanted to create a classic rock band for the Wizarding World. Thanking Henry, opening gift. Thanking Adeline for Acid Pop. Cowering in fear at the first few words of Alec, then becoming a... bully... kinda... to Alec. I guess to beat a bully you have to be a bully? lol. I know thats not true.
STATS: Sta 10| Eva 10| Str 1| Wis 4| Arc 1| Acc 4
ABILITY/RACE: Part Goblin
Word Count: 951
Music: Ways To Be Wicked
[font=Century Gothic]A laugh escaped the boy's mouth, he was to be treated like... a king? Well, hopefully not a spoiled one. Especially on one's birthday. He gave all the attendees a smile. "Thank you, all."
He recognized the voice of a girl who appeared behind him, shouting out, "CODY! Happy birthday!" A murmur of a well, cackle, left his lips. Was he to be embarrassed? A giggle would've sufficed, but he had to show off his awkward sounding laugh for something that scared people away in the past. He quickly apologized for his... odd laugh. A rainbow-sprinkled cupcake with vanilla icing. Was it stale? Surely his best friend knew better than that. He took a bite, the chocolate flavor awakened his taste buds. Perhaps they were dead at the previous birthday party. "THIS ISN'T STALE! THANK YOU SO MUCH PAGE!" Cody screamed happily, allowing the sound of his words echo off the ceilings of the Great Hall. He gasped. A stuffed pumpkin, and candy, and a note! Awww, his best friend really did know him so well. He unfolded the note, read it, and wiped a few tears.
It was so sweet, yet so accurate. He was truly one who loved violent chaos, and perhaps classic rock influenced it, but what he never told anyone, especially his best friend, was about to come out of his mouth, as he told the BOOM members and his true friends that are gathered around him. "I was thinking that we start up a classic rock band. Um, I know that Juniper and I are both short and are Part Goblins, but we could do it. I think in your third year, you learn the voice amplifying spell, and I think in your second year, you can make bluebell flames, in addition to lumos. We could make a muggle influenced band. Like Queen, or Twisted Sisters, or Metallica, or even AC/DC. Do you all want a part in it? I was thinking that Henry could cast the voice amplifying charm on someone who can truly sing. Then we could make drums, guitars, and whatever we need to make it possible.""Chaotic loving
obsessed with classic rock
disruptive, yeah thats true
yet amazing"
He turned to Henry. "Hey mate, and happy birthday." Henry said, as the bag was given to Cody. A Halloween themed bag, with orange and black zig zag stripes horizontally. A yarn toucan was inside, with the black body, white face, Yellow, peach, and orange, was the color of his beak, and as for his wings and legs, they were light blue. The boy smiled. He wanted to hug Henry so badly now. A hat was inside the bag as well. He gasped, so delighted and surprised. A squeal escaped his lips. He was finally given something that reminded him of his homeland FROM HOGWARTS! "How- how did you know? I- I don't think I- I've ever told you I was from Boston in the United States? Regardless, THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO!" Cody said, reaching out for a hug.
Another red head was with him. He knew her from BOOM. "Hey." Cody said softly, gently smiling. He looked down at the Acid Pop on the table. "Don't worry! It's ok. I wasn't expecting everyone to know it was my birthday. I'm just glad my dearest friends remembered it was. Even if you all may be my friends, and my acquaintances. I love you all. Thank you so much." Cody grinned, dimples were formed.
A boy, seemingly older than all of his friends, well, except for Henry, had the audacity to approach him and criticize his outfit. He blushed with embarrassment. "S-stop it. P- Please. M- my mom bought it for me." Cody said, being near tears, it didn't take much to bring down the boy when he was at his highest. He felt happy, and when he was faced with criticism, he normally didn't take that too well. Although, usually, instead of crying, he would fight. But for the first few things that Alec said, he was just torn. The last few lines, made him mad. But when Alec said that his outfit was BARMY, he growled. A snarling appearance was formed. "Don't mess with me. It takes a lot of courage for me to wear this. I may be from America, but that doesn't mean anything over here, except that my accent is different. So EXCUSE YOU. If you make fun of my outfit again, I will make sure that you will see angel wings and a halo any time soon. I would watch it." Maybe Cody went overboard with threatening the boy, but... he couldn't get in trouble that severely if it was his birthday... could he?
An additional message left his evil looking lips as he looked at Alec. "Even if I was colorblind from Lumos, I have not learned that spell yet. As a matter of fact, I'm supposed to learn it today. If you don't mind, please don't make fun of my outfit. I'm sure that you must be jealous of my beautiful outfit as yer stuck in something embarrassing. It looks like you wanted to make fun of me to make yourself feel better. Was that the situation? Is it?" Ok, maybe Cody was pushing it way too far, but at least he wasn't bullying the boy in the sense of pantsing him, or publicly humiliating him. No, he was looking up the boy's face. Trying to look as stern and serious as he could.
Looking back over to his friends, he jumped up on the table, his back to Alec. "Ok, thank you all for the gifts! Honestly! You didn't have to get me anything!"[/font]
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11 Oct 2021, 12:57
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
Juniper smiled at her friend as he tried the cupcake. She had made sure it wasn't stale, that was the whole point of having it baked this morning. In fact, the cupcake still had a fresh smell to it that was making her mouth water. She watched Cody's face shine with joy when he took a bite, and every ounce of her shined with joy too. "Aw, yay! I'm glad you like it, Cody! I literally had it baked like... a few minutes before I came here." She recalled, beaming at her friend. Seeing him this happy on his birthday was as if she had opened a gift herself.
On the Note of gifts, Juniper quickly remembered the gift she brought, and she handed it to Cody. "I apologize for the form of the pumpkin." She said. She knew it was awkward, but she didn't doubt that Cody wouldn't love it anyway. "I'm getting the hang of sewing, ya know. I've been working on this for a long long time, actually! It's SUPER hard!" She exclaimed. The note was something she whipped up, but she could see he liked it. "It spells Cody, see! So it's really like you!" She said joyfully.
Juniper smiled. "welp! I'm glad ya like it!" She turned on her heel to sit at one of the tables. "I'm actually starving, so." She brushed her pigtails behind her shoulders, and grabbed some sausage with her fork. She glanced up as Henry joined them, giving COdy's his gifts. "Hi, hi, Henry! G'Morning!" She greeted, not really sure if they were friends or just partners. She reached for a knife to cut her sausuge, but thought better of it. She ate the sausuge straight of the fork, and she turned to watch Cody open his gifts.
Henry certainly knew Cody well, and Juniper smiled. Cody's reaction was adorable! It filled her with joy to know that her friend was enjoying his special day. "Wow, that's really cute, Henry!" She said, gesturing to the yarn bird. "What kind of bird is that, again? I forget." She tilted her head. However she looked up moments later when she heard the voice of a familiar redhead. "Addy! Hi!" She waved to the girl cheerfully. Like Henry, she was sure where she sat on Addy's friends list, but she hoped they weren't just partners. She liked the girl.
"Addy, sit across from me!" She said, pointing to the seat in front of her. She began to shove food into her mouth, all the while trying not to open her mouth while chewing. She used to do that, but that was untill she saw someone doing it herself. They looked so much like a cow, that Juniper gagged. Now, she was careful not to shower everybody with her food.
Another boy walked over, and Juniper looked up. She didn't recognize him, but she wondered if Cody did. He made a comment, and Juniper froze. She let her eyes dart to Cody, realizing the comment was on his outfit. SHe thought it was rather cute. Despite her suspicions that this was a random meany, she let him sit in the spot next to her. The boy continued on a rant, and Juniper turned to Addy, widening her eyes. As if to say "yeesh".
She didn't want to step in, it wasn't really her business. Yet every part of her urged her to put down her fork and stick her nose into buisness that wasn't hers. That never, ever, ended well. But when she heard Cody's tear filled voice, she knew she couldn't just sit there. Cody tried to defend himself, he really did. But it was a poor attempt. He tried to threaten the boy, but Juniper scoffed. She knew it was time to step in. She winked at Addy, and reached for a glass of orange juice. She turned quickly, and attempted to spill it all over the boy. [since I'm too lazy to role, you can say if it hits or not]
If she succeeded, she would point to the bright orange stain. "It seems to me that that's not school uniform. Are you color blind or something?" She would then turned and ignore (or try to) any other comments from him.
However, if she failed, she would roll her eyes at the boy. Simple as that. Except, she would throw a word or two at him. "I'll have you know that his outfit is fab. It's amazing. It's unique. And that a birthday boy can wear what ever the frick he WANTS!"
11 Oct 2021, 17:17
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
]Interacting: @Juniper Kelly | @Cody Stevenson | @Adeline Hughes | @Alec Mason
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"Hey, mate, " Henry greeted Adeline with a a soft smile as he sat to one side of Cody while Juniper was on the other.
Henry smiled when Adeline have Cody a acid pop, considering the thought that both girls gave Cody a food related gift. Well Juniper gave a card and a cupcake...
"good morning, Jelly," Henry replied to Juniper as Loki gave the girl a short meow to greet her as well before the third year turned his attention to both Cody and Juniper.
The teen smiled softly as he brushed a fee strands of hair from his face, glad that Cody like both gifts and realizing that he picked up his friend's roots and accent mainly since his step family also had a American accent so the third year was used to hearing it over the past few months.
"I recognized your accent, mate and thought you might like the hat but the one you have one is definitely better," Henry replied smiling and indicating the rainbow hat that Cody was wearing and at least to the third year looked rather cool. The teen smiled toward Cody before looking over at Juniper as he replied" it's a toucan, I made it myself and wanted to do the beak in rainbow but didn't have the colors to do so," the teen smiled at the others as he took a seat at the table on the same side with Cody and Juniper listening to the conversation.
"The band sounds like a cool idea, Cody. BOOM could be a band and a prank group," Henry replied to Cody's idea before fading to the background and listening to the group. His blue eyes was keeping a look out for Nicky and Scarlet, he hoped that they would be arcing at the hall soon so he could show the group the token almost.
However the next to arrive wasn't a member of boom but instead Alec Mason who wasn't in a friendly mood it seemed. Henry stared at the fellow third year who ranted toward Cody and resulted in bullying him, the blue eyed teen looked at Juniper and Adeline before getting up and taking a few steps to stand by Cody's side.
Loki sniffed and looked sideways, the feline didn't seem to care about either or the situation.
Henry drew his mayhaw wand from a inner pocket of his jacket when Alec stepped closer to Cody but remained silent, allowing Juniper to speak first.
Henry wasn't on to start fights or overreact but he wanted to keep some sort of peace as he stepped between Alec and Juniper, wand in his left hand by his side. The third year was sort of hoping Alec remember their last duel and now the gryffindor was knocked unconscious, however the slytherin wasn't going to hex anyone or anything. Tje wand was for precaution if someone else did...
"I think everyone should calm down and take a breath," Henry spoke taking a few steps to stand between Alec and the group as Loki jumped from his right shoulder and bounded toward Juniper, rubbing on the girl's ankles and giving a short meow for attention.
Henry looked toward the group as he spoke" its Cody's birthday so let's focus on having a brilliant day today," giving each one of his friend's a soft smile before turning toward Alec and focusing his blue eyes on the fellow third year as he spoke" and since you don't have anything to do here or nice words to say, perhaps you should go."
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"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
11 Oct 2021, 18:00
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
Scarlet was prepared for today, when she realised it was Cody's birthday, she proceeded to spend all of Sunday evening finishing up a present for him in the Slytherin common room. She wouldn't exactly say crafts was much of a skill of hers, but she was pretty pleased with the final result, she had chosen to make him a 'BOOM' bracelet in the colours of his house.
She quickly got dressed into something other than her pyjamas, it surprisingly didn't feel to cold that morning and she knew she would be back to change into her uniform soon anyway, so opted for her shorts, a vest and a green shirt on top. She managed to find a random piece of tissue paper that she used to wrap around the bracelet.
She headed straight to the hall, it was the time where people would be going in and out for breakfast, and she knew that would be where she could count on bumping into Cody. Sure enough, he was there, and surrounded by the other members of BOOM, but his attention was focussed on another boy, one Scarlet remembered from the water fight during summer. It didn't look as if the boy was wishing him a Happy Birthday, but as Scarlet walked closer to the group, Cody turned back to his friends, jumped on the table, and thanked them for the gifts.
Scarlet jumped in, "you don't want to forget this one too," she said, and waited for Cody to look towards her before saying, "heads up!" and gently throwing the wrapped bracelet towards him. "Happy Birthday Cody!" she exclaimed, "love the suit!" she complimented, taking in the outfit, "and the hat," she especially liked that.
"Hi everyone!" she said as she gave a smile to the others that had also come to wish Cody a happy birthday, it was most of the other members of BOOM, "we're just missing Nicky," she said, noting the group was only at five, though it was nice to see that many of them there, a definite improvement on the normal Monday morning.
Interacting with @Cody Stevenson, @Juniper Kelly, @Henry Knight & @Adeline Hughes
Mentions @Alec Mason & @Elsa Veronica Bennett
Hex #B22222 | Owner of Scarlet's Custom Aesthetics Shop
Scaret Salvatore | Valentin Everbone
Terrible Presence - STA 4 | EVA 4 | STR 7 | WIS 9 | ARC 7 | ACC 4
Scaret Salvatore | Valentin Everbone
Terrible Presence - STA 4 | EVA 4 | STR 7 | WIS 9 | ARC 7 | ACC 4
12 Oct 2021, 00:45
Cody's Birthday. Its Time.
Hex code:#A0A9B8 || @Cody Stevenson @Juniper Kelly @Henry Knight
It was a small thing, really, the ambiance of floating candles set a scene. It was a picture out of a dream the Great Hall, foreign, yet somehow familiar, and tauntingly and tantalizingly real. If they were to clear out the tables and make space, the Great Hall would have been almost perfect. At least for every ball. Alec imagined it would be safer as well. The Great Hall felt like an extremely safe place away from all the scariness that had happened over the time Alec had been at Hogwarts. When homesick, at home, for Hogwarts, the Great Hall was collectively a thing you were to think about. It provided warmth, a homey feel, and those around you, at your table and beyond, it all felt like family. This was without the factor of food benching in. Based on one's biological needs of course your going to become to attached to the place you eat. So when those were less free-thinking and evolved they would just go to the safe-place, and oh look! It's food! I'm not dead!
The best of news he supposed. Out of all the interior landscaping, or structure and design of the castle, this place had always interested him the most, it was hard not to get distracted. The slight zoning out could be seen in his face and by the way he looked at others, it felt as if he wasn't looking at them but through them. This subject would be brought back later.
Alec was in that moment actually focusing on Cody. His responses to Alec's actions, his reactions. And mostly importantly why any of Cody's words even mattered at all. His mom bought it for him? Alec tried not to raise his brow and roll his eyes at the piece of information. He didn't understand what Hogwarts-aged student didn't pick out their own clothes and let their mommy do it but bit his tongue. He didn't even want to think of the stupid word mom. Alec cleared it from his mind after that just as quickly as it had come, though it left him more bitter then when he'd started. The discomfort around the world mother had been subtle, but could be noticed if anyone had dared to focus on Alec. He really hoped no one had.
Eventually the kid spoke more, blah blah blah don't mess with me blah blah blah courage. Courage? No, you have to have half your head on backwards to walk out into public wearing something like that. Your going to get bullied. Saying that it took a lot of courage doesn't compete against anything. Alec could have the courage to step up on a table and yell that slytherins suck and are inherently evil, or all hufflepuffs like to do is nurture plants, something something about ravenclaws as well! But he didn't! Because if he did that it would be stupid, and likely cause a legitimate war between houses. Common sense, get some. He didn't know where the american thing came in and was honestly confused by it. Alec didn't say anything about that... He didn't say he had an accent either. In the confusion Alec just rolled his eyes at Cody. Angel wings and halo? Now Alec was just plain confused. If that was a threat it only made itself out to be a crazy kid's nonsense blabbering words.
Alec didn't take it the way Cody might have thought, he wasn't embarrassed in the slightest. He had a reputation, at least among the people that knew him, he didn't care what a short kid thought of him. If he'd been able to knock down the foreign audacity that had kissed him, he was sure taking care of someone this kid's size wasn't a problem. Instead of the reaction Cody was possibly going for Alec laughed at him, “Watch it? Really, who do you think you are? I'm not scared of you,” his threats and words were meaningless and aimless too Alec, other than tools to go on with, stetson kid had only added fuel to the ongoing flame. It was less grasping at straws now because he had more to work off of. It wasn't that he meant all of it either, he was just speaking and going on. Alec's eyes narrowed more at Cody, looking at him in a way that almost said he could hurt the other if he truly wanted. If he'd been asked a week later what he'd said or if he'd been able to make any legitimate points, Alec wouldn't have been able to say. He didn't know.
Alec's was watching the group members out of the corners of his eye, moving away just in time to not be covered it the acid like remains of what looked to orange juice. Imagine if she's been successful and gotten some into Alec's face. When he had it in his eyes, she was going to be in more trouble he would ever be in for anything he were to do in this situation. He rolled his eyes, ignoring her words, he was focusing on the stetson kid.
The way he saw it he was helping the other out. If the news was received from Alec it would be much less of a blow. “Embarrassing huh... I'll think on that one and let you know.” Alec said, he smirked a bit his eyes seemed to sparkle. “A real spitfire, I bet that's what your mommy calls you. It's touching to know, spitfire, that you like insulting our school, ” Alec sneered, his face seemed to be getting nastier by the seconds. “I thought any reasonable would be at least a little more smarter then you are. It shows now that I shouldn't have expected much. What smart person would have the audacity to wear that out in public? Yet your still here, and expecting as if no one was going to walk over and let you know.” Alec said, looking Cody dead-on. “Let me tell you about something apart of the real world since mommy couldn't bear to let her precious baby know.” Alec ignored Henry as he stepped in but that didn't last, Alec set aside what he was doing to pay attention to the person in front of him.
Alec scowled, but only for a moment, backing up just enough so he faced Henry in a better manner and smirked once more, “chill out, your the one who needs to take a breath mate, if I was going to lay a hand on him, I would have done it already.” Alec picked up on the body language far too quickly. The results of the implication of the past had lead Alec to be able to know. He didn't like that he knew, that it was so easy for him to figure out when someone felt as if they or at least someone they knew were being threatened. “I'm sure Henry knows, really with how experienced his mouth is at hurling insults the professionals would be concerned. With what he can say to teammate without even thinking of a having lapse in judgement or morality, it would be questionable to know what he's saying to those that aren't his kin. The practice had to come from somewhere.” Alec said, he shrugged.
“The practice certainly didn't come from pretending to be nice.” Alec said, he got quiet a small hum once more. “Maybe Amara would have stayed if you'd acted this way around her instead of constantly dragging her along in the dirt with you.” Alec wasn't sure what those whispered words would do, if anything at all. At the very least no normal person took kindly to be called the reason another left. He'd been aware Amara was gone for a while, well, he didn't have any particular favoritism he had taken an interest in her. Until she disappeared, it was better he didn't know her that well anyway. It had been extremely hard to deal with not having Clifton around after his first year. It would have been a pain to have another person just be gone.
Alec was seemingly satisfied with his words enough to turn his attention over the red-head who'd attempted to throw orange juice at him. It was such bad aim he almost looked pitiful for her. “If your going to throw at least attempt to aim. It makes the situation more painful for everybody as they have to watch you miserably fail. Oh, and what, you have everybody rooting for you here don't you? It would be a shame to let them all down.” Alec said, he walked briskly closer back to the table where he picked up the cup off the ground. He looked at the mess. A second to acknowledge it he figured let her know whatever she made of mess of, she was going to have to clean up.
He poured some orange juice into the glass, handing it to her. “Everybody is silently cheering you on, why would you need to let them down again so soon? Let's... Try this again.” Alec said, he backed away from her and where she was slowly, his hands up. This was mostly so Mr. PullMyWandOutMan didn't get any ideas. So he was completely and utterly aware Alec had no tricks up his sleeve. His eyes scoured out the people he hadn't acknowledge yet. Two girls. It felt almost too perfect. His eyes fell back on Crazy Orange Juice Girl, and he gestured her along, “So come on, show me your best shot.”
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