Twirl the Flagon — Group 1 Summer Camp '22

MODERATION POST—Round II

EmmaLee LeDames seemed to have the courage to go first, fearlessly spinning the bottle and landing on one Finnegan Conner. Opting for the less scandalous and more familiar approach, she offered a kiss on the cheek. In a moment of complete loss of composure, being entirely less than smooth, Finn accepted, blushing profusely.

Adelaide Barlow was next, a bit sceptical about having her first kiss be anything less than magical. To that end, she would instead offer Leandra von Abendrot a hug instead. Apparently Leandra would have other plans, however. For one reason or another, she would reject the hug, second guess her decision to participate, and take a premature leave from the tent.

Maggie Hawkins, drawn by excitement of angst and drama, had eagerly spun her bottle and landed on Bubba McGarry. Apparently she would get a little more than she bargained for. A slap would be his reward, one he took with surprising good nature despite his confusion at the reason.

June Selwyn was next up to bat, seeming a bit out of place among the rest in her uncertainty of what she'd signed up for. Still, she would take her turn in stride, landing on Lillian Ward and offer a hug. Fortunately for the pair, they were the same boat paddling through this dramatic game, and would comfortably share a brief, but cute, little hug.

Ramzy Rossi would be the last to join in, initially mistaking Twirl the Flagon as a flag twirling contest. Taking it in good stride, she would take her turn, landing on Emmie Bailey. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), the latter would have no interest in continuing the game and would leave the young Ramzy high and dry before exiting the tent.

Reducio

@Emmie Bailey, @Kayla Realma, @Leandra von Abendrot, and @Aryaan Shamsi failed to make a post before moderation. As a result, they have been removed from the ongoing game and were not considered in the randomization of this next round's pairings. That said, they are still more than welcome to post an exit RP post if they so desire.

THE BOTTLE HAS CHOSEN AGAIN!

Reducio

@EmmaLee LeDames spins the bottle, and lands on @Maggie Hawkins
@Finnegan Conner spins the bottle, and lands on @Bubba McGarry
@Adelaide Barlowe spins the bottle, and lands on @Lillian Ward
@Ramzy Rossi spins the bottle, and lands on @June Selwyn

Additionally:
—The order of the spins listed is not necessarily the order they happen ICly, nor do they have to be posted in that order.

Players have until Midnight on Monday, August 1st to post

Bubba was really not into this. He was not happy at all. He'd just been standing there, minding his own business and Maggie had just slapped him across the face without a word. And for what? He didn't even know her. Now it was time for round two. Oh, joy of joys. What was next? Would he be shot? Stabbed? Poisoned (again)? He really didn't think those we on the menu but hey, he didn't think a slap was on the menu but it definitely had been. Maybe he'd get to have a spin this time, he was third in line, the odds were in his favor. Or so he thought. But noooooooooo. After the first person got Maggie (thank god), some little kid he'd never seen before spun and he landed on... Bubba. Wonderful.

He looked the boy over, he looked as thin as a twig. A light breeze would probably snap him in half, not much meat on those bones. Bubba had never kissed anyone and he wasn't too keen on the first person he kissed being a boy that looked possibly malnourished. As he walked over, he wondered which option the boy would choose. At long last, he opened his arms and said "come here". Bubba decided not to be rude, and unless it was a very elaborate double-handed slap, it was an improvement on round one. He decided to appease the boy, he could take care of business if he needed to. He allowed the boy to hug him and returned it lightly. Then the boy kissed him on the cheek right where Maggie had hit him.

This was more awkward than if the boy had just kissed him on the mouth. He'd been bamboozled, suckered in, run amok. He wasn't sure how to respond. The boy was light enough that he had options in terms of how to handle it. He could give him a belly-to-belly suplex, he could suddenly movie his arms up and hit him with a RKO, hell, he could do a throw to get him on the ground just to hit him with the People's Elbow. He could even adjust him and give him a Rock Bottom. Still, that seemed a bit extreme. He was sure the boy had meant well, he guessed he was trying to kiss him and make it better. Even before his mother died he'd been past needing that for a couple of years. Still, the boy meant well and it was probably not the best idea to maim him.

Bubba decided the best course of action would be to just let it ride. After remaining in the embrace for a socially acceptable amount of time, Bubba withdrew his arms and gently backed away a couple of feet. It was not an unfriendly distance, it was the kind of distance that didn't say he didn't like the boy, but it also said that he would like to remain in his own grid square for the time being. As he stood there waiting for the next person to twirl, Bubba thought, 'Maybe next time I'll get to spin the damn bottle.'

@Finnegan Conner

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Ramzy looked around the room sheepishly at her small disappointment for a round, she decided it would be water down her back as she watch the as the room seem to continue without much of an acknowledgment to her which she was glad of. 'Let's hope this next round isn't an absolute embarrassment.' Ramzy thought to herself as she leaned back a bit in her spot and spectated the rounds before her until the bottle seem to be clear from hands again.

Ramzy watched as the two lads interact, she still felt bad that Bubba was hit on like that and she made SURE to avoid all Maggie as she focused on everyone else and who she would like to be paired up with. Bubba would be a nice match, she'd give him a high five... Lillian... she was a character... maybe retreat but something was intriguing about her at the same time. She was about to think about the others when she noticed the bottle was free once again. She took this moment to place her small fingers against the cool surface of the glass to get her potential embarrassing moment over with.

Her wrist flicked and the bottle spun, hit into the lap of a young blonde girl, 'Another girl... that's strange' Ramzy's eyes skimmed the area as her cheeks tinted pink from flicking the bottle so far that it flew into her lap instead remaining on the ground. 'Maybe there is enough time to back out of the ga-' DOH... Ramzy say something! Uh... would you like a uh...hug or a peck on the cheek? Ramzy decided to give the option as it seem like not giving an option last round left her hanging anyways as she waited patiently for the answer.

WC: 295

Interacting with: @Lillian Ward Mentioning: @Leandra Von Abendrot @Maggie Hawkins @Bubba McGarry

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Date: 28th August 2022 Outfit: x

It appears that many people had quickly come to the decision that Twirl the Flagon simply wasn't for them. Even the girl her bottle spin had landed on had hastily left the tent without so much as a word or returning the hug. Adelaide wasn't sure whether to feel offended or not. But she quickly shrugged it off, guessing the girl had just been overcome with some last minute nerves at the realization of what she had signed up to play.

The blonde watched the game continue silently. Many of the other players had also resorted to offering their partner a hug, although she did see Maggie slap Bubba across the face for a reason Adelaide did not know. Probably some past drama they still were not over. She didn't care too much to ask though, and she wasn't in the mood to get involved in anyone's drama tonight. Anyway, the boy probably deserved it. You don't just slap someone for no reason.

Adelaide took notice of the fact that no one was yet brave enough to go in for a kiss on the lips. She couldn't exactly blame anyone though, because neither was she. When it was once again her turn, she silently spun the bottle and watched as it landed on another girl. Adelaide didn't recognize her, but she looked friendly enough. She smiled gently at the girl, "How about a hug?" She asked. Hopefully this time the girl would not go running.

Maggie Hawkins had slapped Bubba McGary. A gasp escaped her lips as she watched her friend's hand make contact with his cheek, the sound seeming to slice into her subconscious. June Selwyn was stunned. Not because she disapproved (although she certainly wouldn't have done anything like that), but because she weirdly found it... kind. Maggie was standing up for June. Defending her.

"You didn't have to do that, you know," June mumbled to Maggie as she sat back down. "But thank you." The air in the group had been tainted by the altercation, and June wasn't sure she wanted people to know that she was involved. Admitting involvement meant acknowledging why she was involved. June and George Henry had made up (at least, she was pretty sure they had), but Bubba had not mentioned a single thing about what he had said to June during George's detention.

June drew shapes in the sand as she waited, less watching what was going on and more waiting for the game to be over. She did look up to notice the boy who had given her a dare the previous week get a kiss on the cheek. Fin.. Finley. No, Finnegan. Yes, Finnegan. Maybe.

Her attention was snapped away from her sandy doodles as the bottle was flung into her lap. She picked it up, looking between it and the flustered red-headed girl who had apparently spun it. "Well, I suppose this means the bottle chose me." She stood, wiping the sand off of her hands as she looked at the girl she had been matched up with. Another apparent rising first-year, as June certainly didn't recognize her, and she looked a bit younger than the blonde Slytherin.

"Oh, you're letting me choose? Well, I suppose a kiss on the cheek would be alright. It's the spirit of the game, after all..." June leaned forward, waiting for the girl's lips to meet. This game was terrible.

Dear reader,

August 28, 2022

xxxxxxxxMaggie's eyes twitched, just slightly. The inner corners of her eyes 'flinched', so to speak, as she observed Bubba McGarry. Bubba McGarry and his stupid face, his stupid attitude, the way that he stupidly seemed to believe that he didn't do anything wrong.

"Don't ever say anything about my best friend again," she whispered, voice soft. She knew June. June wouldn't want the entire world and their mothers to know that Maggie had slapped Bubba for her. Besides, Maggie was fine with letting people believe she was just bitter and spiteful. Had gone through a bad breakup, or something. She was willing to let everyone believe anything they wanted about her, just so long as June felt supported.

Or whatever.

Turning back, chipper, bright, Maggie shrugged at June. "I did," she mimicked June's sentence structure, manner of speaking, "but you're welcome."

Maggie watched June trace the sand, pushing little 'walls' of sand to either side of the deep rivets she was driving into the substance. Who was that? The boy the other girl glanced at? Maggie didn't know who this kid was. Did June have... a crush? Arms wrapped around her waist, Maggie dug her fingers into her hips and turned her attention to EmmaLee.

"Ah, yeah! I'm... basically the queen of handshakes," Maggie extended her hand to the other girl, taking her palm firmly and shaking once, twice, thrice. Observing how EmmaLee watched her, Maggie winced. "Uh, I'm sorry about that. I promise I'm not scary, it was just... nevermind."

INTERACTIONS | @Bubba McGarry, @June Selwyn, @EmmaLee LeDames

| MENTIONS

Bubba just stood there, still stunned by Maggie's words. The way her eyes twitched when she said it, it looked like she actually hated him. And he had literally no idea why. He'd never even talked to her. The minute they spent together in this horrid little game was literally the sum total of all of his experiences with her. Don't talk to her best friend? Who was her best friend? He lacked the information needed to even know who that is. After the slap he saw Maggie walk over to June. Was June her best friend? They were exchanging words. Words about him?

Bubba was even more stumped now than he was before. He'd only spent any real time with June once, at George's detention. Was that the connection? Had he annoyingly stuck up for George? He had a look of utter bewilderment on his face. He racked his brain to try to go back to that time. He'd gone in and sat next to June by pure chance. George had come in and Bubba tried to goad George into flipping him (unsuccessfully). A bunch of people asked questions, he remembered June asking about George burning Hufflepuffs or something. Then he remembered Alan telling the story, that horrible story. After the story though, he didn't remember much, there was a five-minute block of time that was a complete mystery to him. When his memory came back, June was gone and her stuff was still there, but she hadn't come back. Did something happen in the five minutes? Did he say something horrible to June? Apparently this five-minute block was his mind's eighteen minutes of incriminating tape.

He looked back over to where June and Maggie were, June appeared to be in the midst of waiting for her flagon spinner to kiss her. Bubba walked over to where they were and stood off to the side while he waited for June to finish up. When she was done he walked up to her, the look of utter bewilderment still on his face, "Do we have a problem? As I remember we've never spoken a word to each other but Maggie seems to think I said something horrible to you."

@June Selwyn @Maggie Hawkins

MODERATION POST—Round III

Confident Finnegan Conner was up to bat, so to speak, and gave the flagon a mighty whirl. It would land on one hubby Bubba McGarry. Both boys had been making names for themselves in their own ways, each quite extroverted with their own drives and schemes. Whatever their motives, though, this might prove to be the ultimate broment. In a bid to undo the damage of a scary snake, Finnegan would kiss Bubba's cheek where it had been slapped. A move that left poor Bubba with an inflated sense of bamboozlement to the point of bursting. He'd stick it through, though. He hadn't lost his taste for the game quite yet. He had the mystery of the slap to solve, after all!

Relieved not to be first to spin, EmmaLee LeDames would land on Maggie Hawkins whom she eyed warily given the recent event. But a game was a game and she opted for the dignified approach of the middle path. A handshake was on the table, and one that Maggie would take to full advantage, complete with apology. Despite being entirely apologetic about the act that had earned her the look. In true Slytherin fashion, it was more a concern about her own appearance as a result. Should have saved the slap for the shadows.

Falling somewhat into the background given the pre-existing familiarity of some of the circle's other residents, Ramzy Rossi would not complain. Unknown could be comfortable and she sought solace in that fact. Of course this was exactly the sort of game intended to break someone out of that. To build bridges. Make memories. Perhaps play the part of fool from time to time. Her spin would net her the wannabe-cool-girl, June Selwyn. And in the name of playing it cool, she would go with the flow and the spirit of the game, opting for a kiss on the cheek. Yes. How terrible.

Perhaps the greatest misfortune would rest with Adelaide Barlowe, however. Snubbed in the last round, she had been given a second chance to spin the bottle. Another fresh slate, so to speak, to earn herself the experience that others were getting in various portions along the spectrum of excitement. Perhaps hope was too much to hope for, though. In a fickle game, even the slightest poke of fate could seal a sorry situation. Once again, she would be left wanting, her target (Lillian Ward) opting for the hills. But good things came to those who waited.

THE BOTTLE HAS CHOSEN AGAIN!

Reducio

@June Selwyn spins the bottle, and lands on @Finnegan Conner
@Bubba McGarry spins the bottle, and lands on @Maggie Hawkins
@EmmaLee LeDames spins the bottle, and lands on @Adelaide Barlowe
@Ramzy Rossi spins the bottle, and lands on @Bubba McGarry

Additionally:
—The order of the spins listed is not necessarily the order they happen ICly, nor do they have to be posted in that order.
—@Lilian Ward failed to make a post before the deadline. As such, it is presumed she has chosen to depart the game. She is welcome to write a reactionary/exit RP post, however.

Players have until Midnight on Tuesday, August 9th to post