Event Midspring Festival

faye simmons
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Date: 02/04/2022| Time: sunset | CC: #369676
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An affectionate smile plagued the Ravenclaws face as she, almost with added force, lead her date through the courtyard and down to the bonfire below. She didn't turn around to check if her date was still behind her, as her attention was focused on the roaring flames playing with each other in front of her.

The bonfire intrigued her immensely but, although not the hardest task to achieve for this certain girl, it also scared her. It wasn't a frightful sensation, but one of unknowing and inexperience. Back home, with her father of at work until stupid hours and her mother taking on way too many odd jobs than she could handle, Faye was often alone, alone with no experience of how to start a fire or even turn on a radiator. She'd often resort to as many blankets as she could find in the rooms that weren't locked (later on she had taught herself how to pick locks, just for that reason), but, as Faye found out, it is very difficult to walk around with four fluffy blankets draped around you like a cape.

However, the brief times when her mother was home to light a fire, the little girl would go into fight or flight mode, hiding behind a cushion as if the fire would come for her. The unpredictable nature of the flames was just so wrong for her, and it would take her a long time to get comfortable with the flickering sparks. It was only a few times, but every time the house was engulfed with warmth from the fireplace, it would take less and less time for the girl to get comfortable with the sensation.

But now, accompanied by a girl who seemed to be like the fire, an unpredictable spirit whom she cherished, the fear didn't set itself as deeply as it would. Instead, Faye's eyes would wander towards said girl, investigative irises taking in every single feature of Regina's face. Her orchid eyes, her nose, her lips, (okay don't linger to long there, keep yourself together), her hair. Every little nook and cranny was investigated thoroughly.

After she was satisfied with her date's visage, her satisfied, cheerful smile would slowly but indefinitely melt into a hollow, almost sad, expression, as if she was realising something, what she was realising, though, was unknown. Ghosts of tears tried to make their way to her eyes, but she denied them entry. She did not want anything else ruining her night, especially from her.

Golden flecks of something illuminated in Faye's eyes, as she tried to put on a smile, desperate to fix things.

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STATS

(Stamina - 4| Evasion - 6 | Strength - 6 | Wisdom - 7 | ArcP - 6 | Accuracy - 6)

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Judith was thinking, she wasn't really sure which animal she'd choose. She liked cats, but that would probably not be the animal she'd choose. As she looked around she tried to find some inspiration for which animal she'd choose, but at the end the online one she'd come up with was a cat. "I'd go with a cat, I know it's really lame and as sure not as cool as a Wolf, or dragon or anything like that, but i like cat they're sweet and sometimes even mysterious!" she said.

As she grabbed some materials to start crafting the masks, she looked over at Hunter, seeing how he was doing. "I'm actually not too good at crafting haha, i never really did it before. Obviously, i did crafting at school, but that was it, i was mostly to occupied with other studies or languages or things like that. " She said while colouring her masks. "do you miss home, sometimes? I do, i enjoy it here, for sure! i love it! but sometimes, having your family around, or very trust once just makes you feel more comfortable and safer you know?" she asked Hunter. She didn't want to go too personal, but she felt like at some point, it was a good thing to discuss. Family was after all super important.

@Hunter Argentum
Word count: 230

Interactions: Open Actions: Throwing empty glass mug at group without particular aim @Henry Knight @Lucia Fox @Logan Baird @Selena Arden @Haley Rose @Rose Moon

The green-haired Wix exited the effigy and then decided to mingle around since it wasn't like they had any friends to chat with.

And then it all seemed to happen in a split second while also in slow motion, Jay saw something from the corner of their eye and turned. The next thing they knew, butterbeer seeped through their skirt, and the glass mug was in their hands which was now sticky from the butterbeer residue. What?! the fourth year was flabbergasted, all they had been doing was minding their own business! Jay looked up at the small clique not too far off from them, they immediately recognized them as students from the other schools.

"What in the bloody hell?!" they exclaimed, throwing the glass mug with as much force as they could toward the group.

If they had been Hogwarts students Jay wouldn't have been as furious as they were now, you could never know the intentions of outsiders. You never knew if they were all about fight or play. Jay didn't exactly know who to aim at so they threw the mug blindly. If they didn't miss and hit someone, they would very much not take the blame for broken glass. One of them threw first!

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roleplaying as Beauxbatons iNPC Cassie Heather McGregor-Martin [ @Henry Knight as Charles Alluring • @Logan Baird as Rosella Sokolov • @Rose Moon as Andrew Lycan • @Selena Arden as Hailey Farin (briefly) • @Jane Victoria] English "#26687E" • French "#72267E" • FSL #72267E DATE 02/04/22 OUTFIT [x] signing up for firewalking, making a flaming torch, putting a wish in the effergy, attempting to wrench Charles' pasta from him

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"Thank you!" Cassie responded to Ro's assurances regarding her jacket. As Charles said, there were probably magic spells that could clean the thing if needed - in fact, there were definitely cleaning spells - but it would be easier for everyone (especially Charles) if it stayed in its pristine silver glory.

The banter between Charles and Ro - whose accent and fast words might have made her hard to understand if it weren't for Cassie having already gotten used to them - made Cassie laugh. "I'd say he was trying to impress his boyfriend," Cassie teased, "Only he's somewhere over the Channel so I don't think he can see you." Cassie had been surprised when she'd realised that Xeno wasn't coming to Hogwarts with them, but she couldn't do anything about it. She barely spoke to Charles' boyfriend at school anyway.

Perhaps as revenge for the teasing, Charles proposed a bet. Cassie, though, wasn't so sure. "Five galleons?!" she repeated, incredulous. Though she could surely win, of course, she wasn't going to put five galleons on the line. That was- oh no. Now, Cassie had to do maths to work out the conversions. One galleon was five pounds, so five galleons was twenty-five pounds, and in euros that was... Cassie gave up. Juggling three currencies was a pain. Why couldn't everyone just use the same one? It would make everything so much easier! "I'll do one galleon." Cassie compromised. "And I'll sign up for the firewalking one." Finding the sign-up sheet, Cassie then did just that.

When she heard Drew's voice, Cassie stopped walking and turned to wait for him. She couldn't help a laugh at his outfit. He was dressed entirely in black, complete with a leather jacket and fingerless gloves. "You look awesome!" She grinned as Drew spun around like a model on the catwalk, showing off his clothes. "All the colours really suit you." Charles apparently didn't agree though, which made Cassie frown. "And when do I ever wear eyeliner? He looks great, shut up."

Cassie wasn't expecting anyone to approach their group, but someone did anyway. One of Charles' Durmstrang friends came over and spoke in Russian to the boy. Cassie vaguely recognised her. Oh! This girl had been on Charles' side when the angry Durmstrangs had ganged up on the just-as-angry Ilvermorny kids. What was her name? Fin? The Beauxbatons girl didn't have to wonder for long, though, because 'Fin' turned round and introduced herself. Apparently, her name wasn't Fin after all. "Cassie." No point going through the this-is-my-name speech for someone she'd probably never talk to again. "It's fine." Usually, Cassie was one to hold a grudge, but right now she just... couldn't be bothered. Charles checked whether it was okay for Hailey to tag along with them and Cassie shrugged her agreement. "Sure." As long as they didn't join in on the food fight which was raging in another corner of the Hall, Cassie was fine with Hailey coming along.

"Preferably ones without judges," Cassie said when Drew wondered what the activities would be. "I'm still not over the Talent Show." Ro hadn't been at the Blossomball a year ago, so Cassie explained, directing her words to the Koldovstoretz girl. "Me and Scar did the Macarena, but the joke version 'cos we don't speak Spanish. Apollo dude - the judge - he said it was insulting to the songwriter and didn't give us the point." Cassie rolled her eyes. "This is the same guy who put Armorentia in the punch" - hence why Cassie now always made sure to bring a water bottle with her to Hogwarts events - "so he couldn't really talk about not being insulting."

As with the previous two outdoor balls, Hogwarts' grounds had been transformed into a scene that implied something more than a school dance. Honestly, when Cassie compared the lavish beauty of her own Philosopher's-Stone-funded school and the no-expenses-spared appearance of Hogwarts castle with her experience in two nice - but no more than 'nice' - primary schools, she sometimes marveled at the luck she must have to even be here. If it wasn't for a random fluke (or perhaps divine intervention), Cassie would be living an ordinary life at an ordinary school in a small village outside of Paris. It was magical moments like this that really drove the point home. "Wow," Cassie said as she looked around. The only worrying thing was the amount of fire, but as she drew closer to the massive bonfire she soon realised that it was magical and harmless. It still made her hand almost painfully hot when she scooped up a bundle of sticks and set the top on fire, though.

"Yes!" The Beauxbatons broomracer was nothing if not enthusiastic at Charles' suggestion. Waved her new flaming torch around in one hand and munching on her remaining kebab, which was held in her other hand, Cassie contemplated the giant wooden structure. And then she realised what it was. "See, Charlie! I told you there'd be a dragon!" Maybe this effergy wasn't the real thing, but it was still cool!

When Charles tried to put a shoulder on her head, she ducked. "You have knobbly elbows," she protested through a mouthful of food, and finished off her kebab as the others talked. Then, with a "hold my torch!" to Ro (if Ro didn't take it, Cassie would lean it against her own leg), she took off her backpack and slipped the two kebab sticks into it before swinging it over her shoulders again and reclaiming the torch. "C'mon!" Cassie encouraged her friends, hurrying after Charles towards the dragon.

The sign said you were supposed to write down hopes and dreams. Cassie found the wording a little cheesy, but figured it was a nice idea. But what were her hopes and dreams? As she squeezed into the walkway which lead into the dragon's body (making sure to hold her torch low enough that it didn't set everything on fire all around her), Cassie pondered the question, squinting into the wooden structure's inner workings. Finally, she decided, and wrote down on the paper that had been left out, "I wish to be selected as Beauxbatons' Triwizard Champion." Maybe it would come true, maybe it wouldn't. Cassie would have to wait and see. In fact, she remembered as she exited, the announcement would be happening soon. They had to go back inside so they could find out who the Champions were.

But then she saw what had happened. Cassie had barely left the effergy when she saw Charles launch a glass of some sort of liquid at an unsuspecting person with cool green hair whom Cassie didn't recognise. "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?!" she gasped out in alarm as the other kid retaliated, throwing the glass back in what was surely Charles' general direction. Cassie, Drew, and Ro hadn't done anything, so why would they aim at them? "WHY is your first instinct ALWAYS to START A FIGHT?!" Yup, Cassie was really and truly angry now. Not punchy-angry, but the sort of angry that comes with someone you trust doing something stupid or ruining something important to you. Cassie was all for a food fight, but not one that might descend into fists or wands at any moment. Tucking her torch under one arm, she grabbed Charles' plate of pasta, which was probably his next ammunition, with both hands and attempted to wrench it out of his grip. "We're gonna miss the Champions reveal because of you," she hissed. She didn't care much about Charles' victim's dress - they could always clean it - but now they'd missed the announcement there was no un-missing it.

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sixth sense • fearless • the muggle condition • sta 10 • eva 8 • stre 8 • wis 7 • arc 4 • acc 10 inventory: water bottle, tissues, plasters, wand, 2 wooden skewers

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Interacting with @Clair Fernandez as River Fayre
Mentioning: N/A
Open to Interactions
Bolded Text: French | Regular Text: English | Color: #BF4040
Post Tracker: X | X | X | X

River graciously accepted his hand to begin his dance, and so they spent some time chatting and dancing about the courtyard near the group of minstrels. As they danced, she asked him if he played any sports. He sighed, still unsure of his choice to switch from Broom Racing to Quidditch, but the team had desperately needed him, so switch he had done. "Yes, I do, I currently play on the Quidditch team as a Seeker, but I must say, my heart lies with Broom Racing." He paused to twirl her around for a moment before continuing, "Theres something more dangerous about Broom Racing, more hmmm... daring, you know? Racing through trees and tunnels, Quidditch is just an open field, no?" He would then go in for a light dip, finally ending with, "Don't get me wrong, it has been fun playing Quidditch, at least being Seeker is more of a challenge than the other roles, but still." His eyes widened a moment, realizing he had been droning on and on about sports, which tended to happen when anyone brought it up.

"Ah, apologies, Miss Fayre, you caught me talking about my passions. It's hard to stop once I get going. Do you have a favorite sport?" he asked. She at least had her own broom, which meant she had to be interested in at least something. They would continue dancing as she answered back, and, once she was done and the latest song had ended, he would take a step back to bow to her.

"Well, Miss Fayre, I do believe they will be crowning the Champion's shortly, would you like to go back inside to see?" This was something that he simply could not miss, his heart just would not let him. River agreed, and so the two set out back into the castle, Florian hoping that he would be selected.

Action:
Moving to the festival area with River - godmodding of her coming with me approved
Signing up for Flying Torch Tag
Stats: Stamina: 5 - Evasion: 9 - Strength: 5 - Wisdom: 9 - Arcane: 5 - Accuracy: 9
Abilities: Foulplay | Evasive Maneuvers

Action:Going back to the festival area with Florian.
Interactiong with: @Staree Kennedy's Florian
Closed to other interactions

Action: Interacting with @Judith Cohen. Placed a flower crown upon her head and offered to check on the dragon effigy together. Permission to slightly god mode Hunter granted to Judith Cohen

Roleplaying as iNPC Andrew Lycan
Interacting With | @Henry Knight as Charles | @Lucia Fox as Cassie | @Logan Baird as Rosella | @Selena Arden as Hailey Farin | @Jane Victoria
Mentioning | his angsty situation

As Drew approached his friends, he saw Cassie signing up for something. He didn't really look at it, but trusted Cassie's judgement, and did the same. [Drew signs up for the firewalking obstacle course]

Drew crossed his arms as the first thing Charles said as he approached was in a language he didn't know. "Merlin, that comment was so useful," Drew said, a tone of sarcasm in his voice accompanied by an eye roll. Cassie did take a moment to actually appreciate his outfit which he had so carefully put together for the evening, and Drew smiled. "Thank you, Cassie." He looked pointedly at Charles as he said, "And in a language I understand, too. How kind of you, Cassie." Failing to smother a grin, Drew looked away, surveying his surroundings.

That's when somebody walked up to them. A redhead. She didn't seem to notice him and Cassie at first, having only eyes for her fellow Durmstrang student. She said something in Russian. She then turned to Cassie, introducing herself as Hailey Farin. Okay, it was obvious she didn't know he existed yet. That definitely had to change. "I'm Drew," he said, giving a small wave towards the girl. "I don't think we've met yet, but I'm also a friend of Charles." As Charles made sure that Hailey's company was alright with them, he said, "Fine with me."

Drew laughed at the memory of the Macarena last year. "Oh, that was definitely an interesting act in the Talent Show." He nudged Charles a little bit. "Remember our act? I still love that song," he said, a hint of mischief in his eye. "We kicked butt, didn't, we, partner in crime?"

Oh, memories. He had gone through a lot with Charles, hadn't he?

They entered the outside portion. There was sure a lot of fire out here, wasn't there? He knew that the general population of Hogwarts had some kind of problem with fire. At some point, a common room had been set on fire. And there always seemed to be some kind of fire at these events. This time, a raging bonfire. And a dragon to go with it.

Charles made a joke about Drew not flirting with any of the girls in the group. Drew scoffed and laughed. "You know me, just swaggering around flirting with every single girl I see," he said. He winked dramatically in Cassie's direction, saying, "I hope you know CPR, because you just took my breath away." It was clear he was not actually flirting with Cassie, just a crude impression of it to poke a little fun at Charles' joke. Charles then started up some banter between him and Rosella, blowing an air kiss. Drew rolled his eyes and smirked at his friend.

Then Charles suggested they go inside the dragon and express their hopes and dreams inside. Drew shrugged. Why not?

What even were his hopes and dreams? As both Charles and Cassie took their turns, Drew stared blankly at the paper.

I want everything to go back to how it was.

Simple enough. It wasn't specific, but not everybody needed to know that what Drew wanted more than anything was for his parents to come back. For them to be not guilty. For someone out there to be wrong about them, and let them come back home. For them to be one big happy family again. He went in the dragon to place down his piece of paper inside the dragon, then came out.

He exited the effigy to see Charles attacking a random student.

"What in Merlin's-" he started, but quickly stepped back as the student retaliated, throwing back the glass at them. Drew put his hands up in front of him, looking defensive and like he didn't know what was going on. Probably because... he didn't. What was happening? He looked questioningly at Charles. "What...?"

For Moderation

Action
Signing up for the firewalking obstacle course, going in the effigy and putting in a paper thingy, being confused
Inventory
Wand
Abilities
Obnoxiously Strong | Fearless
Stats
Stamina: 8 | Evasion: 5 | Strength: 10
Wisdom: 4 | ArcPower: 7 | Accuracy : 6

Interacting with @Faye Simmons
Colour code - #831100

WC: 379

STATS

STA 6

EVA 8

STR 4

WIS 7

ARC 8

ACC 7

HEALTH: 600/600

ABILITIES: Prodigal DADA & Perfectionist

ACTION: Going to the effigy if Faye agrees