Event Midspring Festival

Interacting with @Lucia Fox and Ye-jun Lee
ACTION: Checking the champions and dancing with Ye-jun

Blue in English, Red in Korean

“Hmm…I don’t think we have much time now to go back to the Great Hall and there will be a lot of people. I’m sure we’ll get to know the champions somehow. It’s not like we’ll know many of them anyway.” Eun-ji shrugged upon hearing Ye-jun’s suggestions. She had no desire to be squashed in the crowd or bump into Sam again. The witch was only just starting to get a hold of herself and she would appreciate doing something easy and relaxing rather than being in the thick of things. “Let’s go make some flower crowns instead. It’s been years since the two of us did so.” Turning to the Hufflepuff, Eun-ji smiled a bit though it didn’t quite reach her eyes. “What do you say? We had fun last time, no?” Thankfully, all three of them seemed to be mosty in agreement. Her cousin looked a bit disappointed to miss out on the announcement at first but it didn’t take long before he shrugged it off.

“Oh…look,” The Ravenclaw pointed towards the growing shrubbery. “See, I told you we would get to know them.” The trio stopped in their tracks for a moment to check the plant figures, bearing an incredible resemblance to the people they portrayed. As expected, there were indeed not many Eun-ji knew…well at least not personally. Howard White, she heard of of course but she had no personal experience with him. I suppose that’s good. Had it been someone she knew, she would probably worry about their safety but as it was, she could quite easily detach herself from that feeling. Surprisingly enough, Mathias Pride appeared among the chosen ones as well. Eun-ji heard rumours about him going to Mahoutokoro but she never expected he would be chosen to represent the school. She had the “pleasure” to meet him on several occasions and though they never actually talked, she was not afraid to admit she didn’t really like the boy. He was pretty obnoxious individual.

“Well…I guess that’s it. Should we move to the crafting corner then?” Eun-ji asked her companions once they were done inspecting the leafy statues. “Yeah, I think so. Unless you want to dance? You didn’t get to yet.” That much was true and the raven-haired girl was a bit sad about that but she wasn’t sure if she really felt up to it now. Then again. They didn’t get to dance together last ball either, perhaps it was a good idea to fix that. “I suppose one dance won’t hurt. You okay with waiting for us Lucia?” She asked the Hufflepuff, not wanting her to feel left out. Luckily, unlike Eun-ji, the part veela already got to dance in the Great Hall prior to coming here so she didn’t mind. “Aright, we’ll be right back.” She smiled again before taking Ye-jun’s arm and letting him lead her closer to the source of music.

After choosing a perfect empty space on the grass, Ye-jun wisely suggested she took off her shoes. He was right of course. While her heels weren’t exactly thin, they would still sink into the soft soil here and there as she walked, which would make dancing quite difficult. “Shall we?” She asked, now barefoot. Ye-jun smiled in return and nodded. Just like he said, he was a great dancer. The many social events his mother made him attend trained him well and it helped that he obviously liked dancing as well. It has been some time since Eun-ji got to dance with someone that could actually keep up with her. The witch genuinely enjoyed dancing even if her partner couldn’t but it was always so much more magical when it was the case. Ye-jun was confident in his step and he was not afraid to improvise. He would also grin at her cheekily here and there, possibly in attempt to cheer her up. She didn’t tell him what happened with Sam and she wasn’t planning to do so but it was obvious that the boy knew something bad happened. Eun-ji chuckled as he spun her, dress twirling and flaring in the air. Ye-jun looked surprised for a second but his steps did not falter. Did she not laugh often? Oh… She didn’t, did she? The girl realised faster than she'd like to admit. This was not the time to ponder about that though this was a time to dance. The Ravenclaw couldn’t believe she nearly turned down the opportunity to do so.(godmodding approved by Lucia due to her absence/lack of time)

*Healing Sage *Perfectionist * Death Defiance • Sta 7 • Eva 8 • Stre 4 • Wis 10 • Arc 8 • Acc 9
Inventory: wand, tissues, band aids

Violet in English, Red in Korean and Blue in French

Ye-jun would lie if he said he wasn’t at all disappointed that they decided not to return to the Great hall for the announcement. Eun-ji did appear more relaxed here though and so he wouldn’t complain about it. If the girls wanted to make flower crowns, who was he to say no. He was pretty sure they would all have fun doing so anyway.

Luckily for all involved, the organisers obviously counted on people being scattered in different locations and so before they even managed to approach the crafting station, they were distracted by a mysterious shrubbery, currently taking form of a person and then another and another until all champions stood tall right in front of them. His cousin was right. Ye-jun really only recognised their own and even then, he didn’t know much about her. Still, it was nice to see who was going to compete in the tournament. He briefly wondered what kind of trials they will have to face and whether he would be able overcome them himself. Eun-ji's voice brought him back to reality before he got too much into it. Perhaps that was for the best. “Yeah, I think so. Unless you want to dance? You didn’t get to yet.”

Eun-ji seemed hesitant at first, which he found odd given her undeniable love for dancing. Seriously, what happened back there? He was actively considering turning on his heel and finding that little girl (@Samantha Salwis) again just so he could get to the bottom of it. His cousin wouldn't tell him anything, of that he was sure but she would be absolutely livid if he just went ahead and demanded answers from the other party. “I suppose one dance won’t hurt…” Ah…no witch hunting tonight then. A gentle smile slipped back onto his face as he offered his arm to his cousin. “Be back soon,” he assured Lucia before wandering off to find a good dancing spot closer to the stage.

“You should probably take your shoes off. We don’t want any sprained ankles…or worse…ruined shoes.” He said playfully. His plan was to make his cousin feel better by the time they finished dancing. What happened was not important he realised… he just wanted her to have fun tonight. Thankfully, the mere fact that he could dance was already helping a lot. It was quite clear Eun-ji enjoyed his skilful moves. Shame they couldn’t stay longer. A swift spin, brought out a soft chuckle from the girl and Ye-jun blinked in surprise. When was the last time he heard her laugh this sincerely? He hated that he couldn’t remember. She still smiled a lot but laughing? Not so much. “You sure you don’t want to dance a bit longer?” The boy asked once the song ended. Eun-ji looked disappointed though she tried to hide it with a smile. “It’s okay. I don’t want Lucia to wait alone.” The concern was appreciated but he still couldn’t stop the sigh from escaping. Flower crowns were nice and all but they wouldn’t make her laugh like this.(godmodding approved by Lucia due to her absence/lack of time)

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[ @Eun-ji Lee Hunt as herself and Lee Ye-jun ] DATE 02/04/22 OUTFIT [x] dancing, talking, eating

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"That sounds amazing," Lucia decided when Eun-ji described to her the food which she'd brought. Although she wasn't sure about the BBQ beef - the Hufflepuff wasn't a fan of BBQ sauce if that was what her friend had meant - the rest of it sounded lovely and Lucia definitely wanted to try it.

Samantha finally got it. Just the look on the second-year's face was enough to make Lucia feel like she was intruding on a private moment. Lucia didn't know anything about the nature of the two Ravenclaws' relationship, but she could tell that this was clearly something that they needed to work out between the two of them. So, she was grateful for the opportunity to get out of there when Ye-jun, after Eun-ji prompted him to, asked her to dance. "Of course," she responded automatically, taking the boy's offered arm and letting him lead her to the dance floor; but not after she gave Eun-ji a sympathetic (and hopefully discrete) squeeze on the arm. Whatever she was about to say to the younger girl was obviously going to be hard for the both of them. Now, though, the best Lucia could do for her friend was leave her to work through it.

The two didn't talk much during their dance, but it was still fun. Lucia had always loved dancing, and it was thanks to Eun-ji that she knew the proper steps for dances such as the one they were doing now. Even when she forgot a step though, her natural Veela-given grace helped her to recover so it looked like she'd done a different step on purpose. However, it wasn't long before Ye-jun decided that enough was enough. "Definitely," Lucia agreed immediately. Eun-ji was on her own now and it wouldn't be good of them to leave her there.

Together, Lucia and Ye-jun made their way over to where Eun-ji was sitting near the potluck table. "Eun-ji?" The Ravenclaw insisted she was okay, but she didn't exactly sound it. Lucia wished she knew what to do to help. If it had been Alexa, she'd probably have just hugged her and let her cry it out, but Eun-ji wasn't Alexa, and there wasn't any time for crying it out now. Maybe the best course of action was to just get her out of this and let her have fun. "Alright..." There was a moment of silence before Lucia remembered what she was saying. "How about we get out of here and go make a wish?" Lucia had seen the massive wooden structure from the windows and was sure she'd heard something about it being for wishes. Wishes were good. Wishes were positive. Wishes would distract Eun-ji from the crying girl who'd presumably just gone off with her date. The cousins agreed, so Lucia swiped a - what had Eun-ji called them? Bulgogi Kimbap - from the potluck table and walked outside with them, eating it while they talked about the Hexiwizard. Lucia herself hadn't signed up. She wasn't brave enough for something like that. The stories she'd heard about the triwizard scared her enough without adding three more contestants in there.

"It is!" Lucia agreed with Ye-jun's amazement. The dragon was definitely impressive, alright. The three quickly found the table which contained cards to write wishes on. Lucia didn't enquire as to what Eun-ji's and Ye-jun's wishes were, deciding that they didn't have to tell her if they didn't want to. Instead, she picked up the quill and paused for a moment or two, trying to work out what she wanted to wish for. She had so many wishes, but she could surely only choose one here. She knew what she wanted to write, but... oh, who cares? Maybe a fairytale princess would write something brave, something selfless, something noble: but Lucia wasn't a princess, and she wasn't any of those things, and she was pretending not to pretend for tonight so she might as well write something she meant. 'I wish for a happy ending,' she wrote down. Vague, but meaningful, Lucia decided as she entered the effergy and flicked it into the wooden structure.

Lucia nodded at Ye-jun's suggestion. "Flower crowns!" It had been Eun-ji who'd taught her how to make those and it would be fun to do so again; especially since Lucia was disappointed to realise that she couldn't remember a whole lot when it came to making them. She was out of practise. Eun-ji agreed that they should go to the Crafting Table next, pointing out that they could find out who the Champions were later. "Definitely!"

And then the bushes morphed into people. Well, not real people, but images of them. Presumably, these were the champions. "I don't recognise any of them," Lucia admitted. Well, it looked like the Hexiwizard wouldn't be something any of her friends were involved in, which was lucky. Lucia didn't want any of her friends to get hurt.

"That's fine," Lucia smiled, waving the cousins off to go dance. "Take as long as you like." While her friends danced, Lucia tried some of the finger food.

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Part-Veela • Alluring • Perfectionist • Scream• Sta 8 • Eva 8 • Stre 4 • Wis 9 • Arc 6 • Acc 7 inventory: wand

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Interacting with @Gemima Sable
Mentioning @Kim Sato @Sophia Nelson

Drew [@Rose Moon] obviously wasn't very impressed with Charles' french. Cassie grinned at his sarcasm. "Oh, you know me," she joked in an airy tone. "I'm the kindest person you've ever met." A little bow proved that Cassie was joking. There were kinder people than her out there, and she knew it.

At the mention of Charles [@Henry Knight] and Drew's performance at last year's Blossom Ball, Cassie laughed again. "I bet the fact that you bribed the judge helped," she teased.

Cassie dramatically pressed a hand to her heart as Drew demonstrated his flirting technique. "I don't suppose a First-Aid course when I was ten counts?" she responded breathlessly, pretending she'd been completely 'blown away' by Drew's pickup line.

Cassie tugged as hard as she could on the plate Charles was holding, but she just couldn't get it out of his grip. Stupid Durmstrangs with their stupid strength! Unwilling to get involved in the fight any more, Cassie was saved when the bushes began to- change shape? She gave up trying to get the pasta off of Charles. "What's going on?" The bushes were moulding themselves into the shapes of people! The Champions, surely! "It's gotta be the champions!" Cassie watched eagerly, hoping to see her own face appear, but... "Angélique?" Of course Cassie knew her classmate's face, despite having not really spoken to her before. The girl had won the inter-school broom race for Beauxbatons once. Cassie supposed this was enough to make her a good Champion, but she wasn't Cassie. This was supposed to be Cassie's big break! But instead, somebody else had gotten it. "Ugh." None of the other bushes slash champions were recognisable for Cassie, which meant that Charles hadn't gotten picked either. "Well, that sucks."

After a moment or so, a distraction appeared in the form of a shout for all firewalking contest participants to go get ready. "Coming?" Cassie asked Charles, Drew, and Ro [@Logan Baird] and headed in the direction of the event.

As soon as he stepped outside, the scent of something burning reached Jack's nose and his attention was immediately drawn to the bonfire. He watched the students venture near it with sticks to make torches and was suddenly reminded of Ruka. A pang in his heart caused his chest to tighten, but he ignored it, looking around to make more sense of his surroundings.

There was more. Behind the bonfire was an intimidatingly tall effigy of a wood and straw dragon, but Jack looked away. It made him think of Victor. The sign and the table next to it drew his curiosity and he went over to read what had been written there. One was evidently supposed to write their hopes and dreams onto a piece of paper to attach to the dragon effigy to burn. It was a nice idea, but Jack still couldn't help associating the burning of things with negativity, even hopes and dreams. To him, it almost seemed that by setting their piece of paper on fire, they were allowing their hopes and dreams to go up in flames.

The boy shook his head. He didn't want to think about that now. There were other things to do and places to be. He continued walking on until a familiar head of blonde hair caught his eye. His brows narrowed. Was that Marion...?

As he drew closer, he caught sight of Flash and Willow next to her. Flash was saying something to Marion, but Jack couldn't hear the words. By the look on Flash's face as he spoke, however, it wasn't anything pleasant. Jack increased his speed and walked more briskly toward them. Soon, however, Willow cast a spell at Marion and Marion left, screaming shrilly. Jack wasn't sure whether to follow after her or continue on to where Flash and Willow were. Eventually, he decided to check on the latter two to see if they were okay.

Interacting with: No one yet.
Mentioning: @Willow Anderson, @MJ Davenport, & @Flash Holmwood
Action: Watching Marion, Flash, and Willow from afar. Approaching Flash and Willow.
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The moment Judith had asked Hunter on the date, every inch of her body felt frozen. A wave of panic flashed through her body. She saw on Hunter's face that he was rather stunned by her request, well he wasn't the only one. Judith had no clue what had just jumped out of her mouth. She had never before thought of going on a date with Hunter, he was her friend, one of the only ones, and the one she spent the most time with, the one she probably told the most to and the one she probably trusted most.

And crab, there it goes. As Judith goes over her own thoughts she realised that she had been liking Hunter, without knowing. And now her body was fooling her, maybe even her own brains. What on earth was she supposed to do if he said no? Would they end up leaving the ball awkwardly, never talk to each other again? Or what if he says yes, but just to please her, to get it over with and then just ghost her. She felt her heart pounding, her breathing going in overdrive.

As Hunter gave his answer Judith was more then surprised. "You're joking, right? " She said laughing. "You are probably the most amazing person i have ever met, you're kind, caring, sweet, and you're so much fun, I've loved hanging out with you and..." She said, as she felt the adrenaline burst into her vains she wasn't sure if she should even continue that sentence. "You're fun and we have fun and you're my friend! I like you and... I mean obviously, i like you, where friends and we hang out and, but i like you as, i like you?" She said rather quickly and nervously. She took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down, trying to give Hunter a better answer then this.

"let me start over again." She said taking all the courage she could find within herself, hoping to give it a better go. "Very not so stereotypes for me to ask, but i'd gladly go for it. Hunter Argentum, you're amazing, and i love hanging out with you, so i'd love to go on a date, with you." She said and took a deep breath. "I like you, not anyone else." She said and smiled, looking at Hunter, hoping, she didn't sound nor to desperate, nor to pushy.

@Hunter Argentum
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