Errand Add A Little Bit Of... Spice Completed

Harper's eyes lit up when AngelFyre sat next to her. She hadn't seen around Hogwarts for a little while, so she thought it was sort of refreshing to see her again. She heavily agreed that she wanted to get to know AF some more because she didn't get much of a chance to. She hoped that this event would be an effective way to do that. She had liked AF so far, at least as much as the little amount that she knew her. So, she nodded and gestured for her friend, or rather, acquaintance to sit down next to her.

"AF it's such a pleasure to see you again!" She said with a smile. "I am doing great actually! I am excited to see an event like this at Hogwarts! I myself am bi-curious so it gives me something to celebrate that as well as something that allows me to explore myself a bit more. How are you AF?" She asked as she looked back down to her project... and then to the instructions. She was still listening to whatever AF would have to say... she was just multitasking and reading the instructions in her head as well as listening to AF.

"I do know a bit about Pride since I fit under the LGBTQ+ category myself, and yes you do have it right to some extent. Each sexuality does have their own fla though. Like for example, the Bi-sexual flag is Pink, purple and blue!" She spoke proudly, almost unable to contain the excitement and pride in her voice.

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@AngelFyre McCubin

Regina seemed to agree with him.

The Hufflepuff table would be the first one they would approach for now.

As the two walked together towards their destination, Kim noticed a suspicious figure out of the corner of his eye off to the side. The figure had a hood pulled up over their face and their features couldn't be seen. From the look of it though, they appeared to be female. But that didn't mean they were, just that it seemed likely as if they might be. They were also making their way towards the Hufflepuff table. Perhaps they would end up meeting at that location.

It was only when Colin's voice rang out within the Great Hall, identifying the unknown figure as Sophia that Kim glanced over in his direction. And then he looked back over at the hooded figure. "Sophia?" Kim asked with an arched brow, looking over at her. She wasn't too far from where he and Regina were right now. After all, all three of them were at the Hufflepuff table together. It was then that Regina suggested they create the pretty flower centerpieces.

Kim nodded.

He watched as she took some colored paper and pointed at the parchment with instructions.

Reaching out, he pulled the instructions closer to her and then picked up a vase. "You do the first centerpiece, I'll do the other one. That way we can make both." Kim said with a faint twitch of his lips. He drew some of the fake flowers already made towards him and also some colored paper too. What he intended on doing was to arrange a bunch of fake flowers into the vase and also place a handmade paper flower into the center to finish it off.

Kim decided to try and make some streamers too. After all, streamers were pretty and would look good hanging up on the walls and over the heads of the students. The room was starting to fill up with students, much like it had during the CCP errand but at least this time Kim was busy with his hands. Not to mention his mind, so it wasn't that bad right now. If he was distracted by doing something, crowds didn't tend to be much of an issue for the blond male.

He worked quickly and steadily at his creation.

It was only when a familiar face came up and spoke to them that he looked up at the girl.

Ah, it was Spider Girl. What was her name? Faye that's right. Kim let his eyes flicker over the girl for a few seconds. She was quite upbeat that was for sure. And Faye had a lollypop in her mouth, which made his lips twitch a little with amusement. She reminded him of Sophia and how his friend tended to steal his sweets from him all the time. Kim glanced over at the aforementioned Sophia and then returned his attention to Faye again. The girl was so nice.

She was offering them sweets, which made her awesome in his book.

But then, he liked anyone who liked sweets.

"We meet again, Spider Girl." Kim said with a smirk and reached out to take the sweets Faye had offered him. He placed them into his pocket and then let his eyes flicker over the girl for a moment. "We're celebrating Pride month this time." Kim explained to Faye. "Right now we're helping to decorate the Great Hall with various things that represent Pride." He said. "You want to help?" Kim asked, tilting his head to the side.

“I was plenty nice,” he grumbled pouting. It was quickly forgotten though, what with Willow busy being a dramatic baby; it made him smile begrudgingly.

Her pace was a bit much for him post nap, not quite up to skipping levels just yet, but he made up for it by turning his dead shuffle into a perfectly acceptable, slightly below average, speed walk and swinging her hand back and forth playfully. And hey, at the end of the night she was probably right, it’d be fun, and he’d be glad she’d dragged him along. Not that he’d admit it. At the very least it’d be fun hanging out with Willow if nothing else.

Her promise for peace on the other hand felt like a big fat lie and he made his thoughts on that hefty promise very clear. Elsian called bull, plain and simple. Squinting at her he squeezed her hand in suspicion, “sure you will.”

It was fine though. Elsi was so nice he’d forgive her inevitable betrayal on this promise. After she carried his books for him to class in the morning.


As for finally getting where they needed to go… The creampuff was right, he had just eaten. And yet…

He whined even as he let her drag him along to the crafting table with a childish wail, just to possibly embarrass her. Ah, but now that he thought about it, they were going near the glitter table. “Willow,” he said tugging her arm, “Willow, cream puff, let's sit at Gryffindor.”

The moment she said yes he beelined for an empty spot, tugging her along before slumping into the bench with all the dead weight of a corpse. It was spectacular. Not having to walk anymore was a gift, one to be cherished all on its own; he huffed into the table happy with his face plant position. Turning his cheek to rest against the cool surface he looked over what was within easy grabbing distance of his arms. The answer was green things. Lots of it. Not counting what he was sure he could convince whine at Willow to hand over and share with him.

But that was a lot of work so green it was.

But first he had a hand to color.

He sat up slowly, taking in any markers within reach. Green, black, orange… He grabbed 2 greens and a black, uncapping the darker shade of green as he grabbed her hand. He would not be denied. “What are you gonna make?” He asked equal points, curious and also trying to keep her from taking away his new art project. He’d whine if she did. He began doodling, a big blob of green his art as he gave the blob of color webby hands and a tiny adorable head for its plump body. For now it was a green blob of shame but soon it’d be his greatest masterpiece. He added a lily pad with the lighter green before moving onto black; peeking up at Willow he quickly ended up covering the drawing with his free hand. “Don’t look!” he scowled without heat.

It wasn’t done. He huffed, quickly flicking the cap of the black marker off, outlining. Around the lily pad, lining the arms and face. Two big black dots for eyes. A tiny frog on a lily pad.

It was done.

“Done~” he sang, even as he added quick, sloppy green hearts to her knuckles and around the frog on the back of her hand. It couldn’t all look nice, this was his masterpiece of revenge. The green hearts smeared against her skin.

Now he could begin. But Elsi didn't really know what to do. He ended up peeking at Willow's work curiously, eyes darting to other people's mini projects before settling on dragging some of the colorful paper to his open space at the table. He began cutting with a pair of scissors.

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Sophia wasn't up to no good. Sure, she wasn't being a help to anyone since she was too caught up in staying unnoticed, but she wasn't actively sabotaging anyone or anything. She was just observing the people around her and trying to get a feeling for what 'Pride' was all about. Surely there was no reason for the universe to conspire against her in her innocence, right?

Of course, that wasn't apparently true. As Sophia glanced around the room, taking in the various flags and decorations and trying to learn - through eavesdropping, admittedly - about what most of the decorations meant, she heard a sound that made her blood run cold.

OI!!! GINGER SNAPS!!! WANT SOME MILK AND COOKIES!?

She could pretend she didn't hear it. It wasn't believable, but no one could prove that Colin was even calling out to her so she could just ignore him. Yes, that was what she'd do. Somehow it felt like being caught sneaking around in the decoration event was worse than just being caught there alone, so she pulled her school robe's hood over her face even more and kept her head down, squeezing away from the table and between a few people that were crowded nearby.

As she traversed around the table - foolishly close to Colin and Pax, she noticed - her leg was caught on a flowing cape behind the table. A cape with a very familiar flag on it. A flag that matched the one on a badge Pax had shown her just weeks ago. Yep. Sophia had managed to somehow trip on Pax's demigirl flag cape. Smooth.

She twisted so that she would land on her butt instead of faceplanting, and, to her horror - but not surprise, knowing her luck - her hood fell off as she landed. She looked up and noticed Pax and Colin were only a few feet away. Well, shoot. Thankfully Kim was a bit farther away, so maybe he hadn't noticed her yet? Either way, the deed was done. Pax and Colin surely noticed her now. Now, she could only bluff.

"H-hey, guys. What's up?" she asked, as if she hadn't been sneaking around suspiciously just moments before.

She stood, dusting herself off and rubbing her sore bottom. Oh well, she could handle pain. Now she had to come up with an excuse. Oof.

Her mind raced through her list of excuses as she squeezed onto the bench next to Pax.

Notes: Open to Interactions from other people too! Sophia's an uneducated potato, but she has a willingness to learn

Interacting:

@Pax Zhang || @Colin McCoire

Mentioning:

@Kim Sato

Banner by: Liana Kerr

Interacting with @Faye Simmons, @Kim Sato
Colour code - #831100
Theme song: Dandelions by Ruth B.

Regina flinched by instinct when a third presence appeared between her and Kim, almost barreling into them both out of enthusiasm. It only took her a second to recognise the chaotic and exuberant energy coming from no one else than the very cause of Regina's self-questioning attraction.

"Faye," She barely held back a surprised stutter, her heart skipping a beat when the Ravenclaw directed such a bright smile. She'd never be used to receive such genuine affection in stark contrast to her usually cold and dispassionate life.

“Guys!!! You’re here!!! Oh, I am so happy to see you two!! Especially you, Reg!! Love your dress, very… you!! Any of you’s want a sweetie?!”

"Of course my attire is flawless. One must always dress to impress at any occasion as a fine specimen of a prestigious wizarding family," She spoke with an almost snobbish tone, but that was only because she had a reputation to keep up. No one needed to know how butterflies fluttered Regina's stomach when Faye complimented her in her very unique and eccentric way. "And no, I do not like sweets. Thank you for offering."

Regina refocused on creating the rainbow flower centerpiece, trying hard not to fumble nervously from Faye's proximity. She listened to Kim explaining the purpose of the party to the clueless Muggleborn, hoping to Merlin that he wouldn't mention how Regina had been the one to invite him. She didn't want the subject of her secret affections to connect the dots and become aware...although, knowing Faye, Regina highly doubt she'd be keen enough to notice anyway. The red-haired girl was just that oblivious about almost everything.

The Gryffindor suddenly recalled what had happened between them during the Blossom Ball - how Faye had strongly disagreed with Regina's willingness to sign up for a deathly tournament all for the sake of proving her worth to her demanding Pureblood parents. How it had created a tiny riff between them despite Regina not ended up chosen as Hogwarts Champion in the end. Regina had let it go because she knew Faye would never understand her motives. She couldn't possibly know the things she'd been through that had shaped her into such a person today. But they hadn't really talked again after the whole ordeal was over and done, and since summer was approaching, Regina might not have the chance to be this close to Faye again.

The Millers planning an engagement to Kim with the Satos in order to keep Regina at bay and under their control didn't help either. She hoped her childhood friend wouldn't mention any of it to Faye.

"You may help me with the centerpiece. I have a feeling flowers are something you would enjoy crafting."

She proposed, a childish urge to show off in front of the Ravenclaw first-year and plant a seed of admiration overcoming her usual apathy. The Heiress wasn't aware her attention was no longer on Kim, as if Faye was the only person she could see in the room. It always happened like this - as though the other girl had a gravitational pull on Regina without even knowing. Though, it wasn't unpleasant.

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Colin had observed as Kim walked over to the Hufflepuff table with a girl. "That's odd. I wonder who she is? Long dark hair and a proud bearing, that one." He caught the haughty way she raised her eyebrow when she caught sight of Sophia --- Red Riding Hood. Colin tensed imperceptibly, just in case the girl caused any Trouble for his dear sister. Probably a Snake, Colin thought with a derisive sniff. But if she's Kim's friend, maybe a Kitty-Cat after all?

He caught the happy sound of AngelFyre's voice. He didn't see her come into the hall or he would have surely called out to her sooner! But she seemed to be happily chatting with another girl, so Colin decided to say hi later.

He turned his attention back to his chat with Pax and working on his drawing some more. He really did wonder why Sophia thought she needed to wear a disguise. It was at that moment a rather excitable Ravenclaw girl cried out "SWEETIES!!" He focused on the newcomer as she all but dove into the treat table. He smiled as thought better of taking a whole armful and settled for a more sensible haul.

"That one must be Kim's sister, the way she's packing in the sweets!" Colin was surprised to see that she actually ran over towards the Hufflepuff table, her long red hair bouncing all the way. This made Colin smile and he climbed up onto the bench so he could get a better look. She nearly tackled Kim and the other girl --- Ridge? or something like that --- and her happiness made Colin laugh merrily. He was always happy to see friends coming together like this!

And when they did, Colin wondered about Ridge. The Gryffindor girl, or just possibly Slytherin as she seemed to Colin anyway, appeared to be flustered by the Ravenclaw's ecstatic arrival! And didn't Ridge play the part of the rich snob! Colin snorted loudly and tried to cover his laughter. He never liked pretension. He noticed a slight change in her posture, though and wondered: "Maybe she's not with Kim after all?" As they settled into making their decorations, Colin looked over at the pair again. Colin's eyes defocussed a bit and he chanted:

Little Lion and her Raven:
what's she thinking, what's she musing;
looking on in admiration!

Colin shook his head slightly, as if he'd been in a trance. He looked out over the hall and caught sight of a now familiar face, Leon de Luca. He was sitting alone, also observing the activity in the hall, though much more serenely than Colin could! He sang out: "LEEEEEONNNN!!" and waved to his fellow Slytherin. He knew that if Leon wanted to come over, he would, and he'd always be welcome. But at just that moment, a vision in red sailed gracefully before Colin's eyes. "If it isn't Red Riding Hood herself! Will she greet the Big Bad Wolf?" he said as she passed, her hood drawn tight and her red cape billowing.

And then it happened!

"YEEEP!" Colin cried out as the heroine of myth and legend ran afoul of the demon girl's secret weapon and she was thrown down! Red Riding Hood tipped off balance! She twisted! She turned about! Her hood slipped away from her face! Her ginger red hair framed her rapidly reddening face! Aaaannnnd --- plock! --- Sophia was down on her butt on the floor!

"What's up?" she said to him and Pax.

Colin laughed gently from his perch at the table. "What's down, is more like! Whatcha doin on the floor Sophikins, eh?" His glance darted quickly over towards Kim's snakey friend Ridge, just to see if she was going to say something mean or give Sophia a cruel look. He wrinkled his nose, not sure what to make of Kim's girl of the day. At least the other one, the Ravenclaw girl, she seemed to be nice and fun! By then Sophia was up and settling in next to Pax.

"Glad you could join us Soph! Why the clever disguise? All you had to do was come over and be with us, you know sis!?" Colin shoved some paper and coloured quills over towards his dear friend.

Interacting with: @Sophia Nelson & @Pax Zhang || Mentions: @Leon de Luca | @Faye Simmons | @Regina Miller | @AngelFyre McCubbin

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───── Taking her lollipop out of her mouth and dipping it back into the packet again to coat it in more sherbet (google what a dipdab is they're so cool), Faye screwed up her face as the fizzy powder hit her tongue. She was never allowed to have fizzy sweets at home (when her mother or father were around to parent her, of course) but she'd sneak them out of the cupboard anyway. You could say that this sweet-stealing was the start of her sneaky nature, if you wanted.

"God, I always forget how sour these are. Awh, ouch." She whined, wiping her eyes.

On the plus side, her reaction to the sweets hid how her cheeks gained a red tint in the presence of Regina (she's finally learned her proper name!)

Faye smiled to herself when Kim took her sweet offering. It was always a good idea to offer people sweets, it immediately made them like you, because they'd think that you were grateful and a good friend. They didn't need to pry inside to see whether you were faking everything or not. His nickname of 'Spider Girl' made her laugh. It was actually quite accurate, with her friendship with most spiders in her childhood. She didn't understand what he meant by 'Pride', though.

"Pride? Is that a Gryffindor thing? No, wait, can't be, I saw a poster for it a while back, in Derry. Do they have Gryffindors in Derry?" She ended up voicing her questions out loud. "But, I'll help! Sure!"

Unlike Kim, who gracefully took her sweets, Regina seemed to refuse. The Gryffindor already was a good friend to her, but the rejection still hurt a bit. Once again, her thoughts spewed out of her mouth without filter.

"You always impress me. Why don't you like sweets? Sure, they're kinda bad for ya, but that doesn't mean you can't have 'em. Ooh, flowers! What'cha want me to do?"

Faye was not the kind of person to always initiate eye contact, she found it awkward and hard to do, but Regina's eyes were too pretty not to look at. The Ravenclaw found herself looking up from her lollipop packet and straight into those orchid eyes, the joke she had been preparing for the past couple of minutes dying on her lips.

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Levitation Spell. Check!

Gluing Spell. Check!

That is all Damion needed.

Oh! Yes Damion also needed his wand to do the spells. So yes he had his wand with him.

Wand. Check.

Damion had gone to the Great Hall to decorate it with streamers and banners. He wanted to be a part of the LGBTQ+ society. He was not sure of his own sexuality as he was drawn to Serena but was not sure how he felt about guys. He wanted to find it out for himself. He was not sure what to think yet. To be honest, he was not sure of how he felt about it all. He was sure he really liked Serena. She was pretty and all. But he was not sure of what he should do about it. He had to yet tell her about how he felt for her. She was really pretty and he was taken by how charming she looked.

He wished he was confident enough to say it out loud. He was not that confident to tell her how he felt right now. He had though told her that he liked her. He still had to see how she reacted to it. He was not sure if he kept going on it what would happen. He didn't want to ruin his friendship on something like this. He treasured the friends he had. He maybe a little bad at showing that but he did treasure his friends. He had one ongoing with Dylan Rhys who was in Durmstrang now.

He cared a lot about Dylan. He cared about what he would think about him. He wished he could be an ten year old again and get to spend some time with Dylan more. He wished that, well no matter how he wished that time would turn it wasn't going to turn. He wanted time to come back to when he was young. Had he known he would have spent it differently. He had still spent a lot of time with Dylan when they were young. Well to this extent that he sometimes heard his friend's voice in his mind.

Well right now, Damii was in the great hall in process of decorating it with the Pride Banners and wanted to do it right. He took one of the banners and picked a corner that he was going to decorate. He wanted to do his house and house mates proud. He wanted to do this right. He wanted to get the banner up. He stood on a stool and started decorating the hall. He wanted to make the hall look pretty.

Damii closed his eyes imagining what he wanted to do, and how he wanted the place to look once he was done. This area that he was in was his to decorate. He wanted it to have as many pride banners as it could. He wanted to decorate it very carefully. He was into decorating and making a place look very pretty. He did some feminine stuff too but he didn't care much about them. He was happy that he did stuff that he enjoyed doing irrespective of how they were categorized.

Damii opened his eyes and started decorating the place. He loved how it looked. He was happy with it so far.

"Place looks Amazing, Damii" He heard Dylan's voice in his mind. He knew if Dylan was around they would enjoy doing this together. He knew some of his favorite things were somethings that Dylan liked doing too.

He smiled as he continued to decorate the place more. He was happy to be a part of this. He wanted to do something that he enjoyed besides studying and meeting his Hogwarts Friends. "You should add more banners there Damii" He heard Dylan speak and pointing to a place that was void of any banners. Damion walked to the place and started decorating it. He wanted the place to look good. He wanted to add something more.

He was eager to get this place ready before he would leave. He wanted to do something that would make the place look pretty. He wanted to help around and make the hall look great.

He closed his eyes again and thought more about how he could decorate the place. Some more banners and some streamers would be good. He took out his wand and started decorating the place opening his eyes and seeing at what he had done so far. He was happy with it.

He kept decorating using the gluing spell and levitation spell. He was lucky that he knew these spell that were being so helpful to him. He wanted the place to look great. He kept decorating it till he was happy with the place. He wanted to do himself proud too.

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Interacting | @Callista Lovis
Mentioning | @Kim Sato & @Regina Miller
Hex Color | #A13330

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Unlike last time, Farron wasn't surprised by how many students started to flood the Great Hall. Intentional or drawn in by colorful snacks and glitter galore she was just happy that people were here finding out what the errand was for and happily participating. She waved and said hi to the students that would acknowledge her presence but was trying to stay out of the way and let the students craft how they pleased. Two students, in particular, came up to her, Kim and Regina, that complimented the event. "You both are too sweet. Have fun and make sure to get some food, it's delicious."

She noticed one students who was actually hanging up some of the decorations, the only one so far compared to everyone else making the decorations. She approached the young girl, not wanting to leave her to do it alone. "Hi there Callista, do you want some help? I can glue or levitate, whatever you'd like." She held up her wand twirling it around her fingers for emphasis. "I'm glad someone is hanging this lot up, I was worried I'd be left to do it at the end of the event." She gave her a cheeky grin, not really minding the work but being relieved that students were willing to help.

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