Twirl the Flagon — Group 5 Summer Camp '22

Interacting| Felix(@Winnie Harper) | Arjan (@Serena Towers) Mentioning| -

Outfit Reducio

Action| Kissing Felix with a cheeky twist.

As her hug with Elena ended, Serena was relieved that the first round had started off mild. Well, at least for her and Elena. There were two students who had…um…really gotten into it. Serena remembered both of them from Quidditch: Erin was on the Slytherin team, and Jack was her teammate a couple of years ago. Erin seemed to really be into the game, and it seemed as if poor Jack was her first victim.

Serena silently hoped that when Erin spun the bottle, it wouldn’t land on her. While the fourth year was okay with a kiss, she wasn’t sure she was ready for all of that yet. Thankfully, Serena lucked out, and Erin’s bottle spin landed on someone else. Then, when it came time for Jack to spin, the bottle landed on Serena.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to pounce on you.” Serena joked, giving a nervous laugh. “Whatever you want to do is fine with me.” Serena thought it would be best to give him a choice this time since he didn’t really get the chance to make one last time. If he wanted to give her a hug or kiss her on the cheek or lips, it was truly fine with her.

Interacting With: @Jack Warren

A cold chill ran down Jack's spine as Dee laid her eyes on him. Finally, after several long moments of fighting against the monster, Erin Ryan, he lodged himself away from the open maw that sat on top of him. "Get away from meh, you crazy bi-" Was all the boy managed to get out, yet some success in getting away was all he managed. Sadly, he knew there was going to be a real storm to weather the moment this game was over.

Dee was a great help in his escape attempt because any distraction she helped cause, the boy, like a wounded animal, would crawl away towards the safety of the tent. Yet Dee was still preoccupied with something to do with another boy in the tent. Not that Jack was the most important, but Jack was THE MOST IMPORTANT. Why wouldn't she focus all of her time on him?! Was he not important to her? What the absolute hell?!

Only beats after getting away and sitting down, the bottle was spun repeatedly. Before Jack could even tell, it was his turn to spin again. So with a lackluster shot at spinning the bottle. Much to his great relief, it wasn't Erin who the bottle had landed on, but rather one of his former Quidditch teammates. "I really appreciate that, but I think if anythin' else happens, I might not be able to survive the night..." He carefully glanced back at Dee and Erin as he spoke. "So I think a hug would be fine." The words were followed by a thankful grin as Jack took her up on an offer for a hug. Hopefully, the next round will proceed much more smoothly.

Action: Escaping from Erin and giving Serena a hug

Interaction with @Serena Bowen
Is attempting to not die to @Dealla Prince & @Erin Ryan

@Jack Warren | @Erin Ryan | @M J Davenport

When Jack finally separated from the girl - had taken him long enough - Dee sat down stiffly, pointedly not looking at her boyfriend. There was still something between hurt and anger boiling in her chest, and she honestly didn't know what she'd do or say if she did look at him, so it seemed safer not to.

Instead she watched Alec, and Marion, but mostly Alec, for any sort of immediate terrible consequence of kissing a hag, her fingers feeling for the wand in her pocket. Except she didn't know what to watch for. Or if really anything would happen. How would she know?

Not looking certainly didn't mean not listening though, and Dee shot a sharp glare at Serena as she approached Jack, only to relax slightly when Jack offered a hug to the girl. Merlin, how many pretty blondes did Hogwarts have? An unnecessary number, clearly. She'd never really noticed before.

At least the universe clearly had a sense of humour, because when the blonde octopus who had spent the last few minutes sucking Jack's face spun the bottle again, it pointed to Dee. A short pause, then Dee snorted. Well. It did seem only fair, didn't it?

She raised two eyebrows at the girl, half an eye still on Marion. If the redhead were to kiss more people, that would take priority - the magical kind. The question was directed at Erin, though. "Are your lips sore yet, or do you have some more in you?" Without waiting for a reply, Dee would reach out to place a hand on Erin's shoulder, then lean in for a kiss.

Attempting to kiss Erin - feel free to auto-dodge.
If Marion makes a move to kiss Milo (or anyone else), abandon all kissing attempts and Flipendo her.

August 28th, 2022

Kissing Felix was not bad in Irina’s opinion. The kiss was not nearly as chaotic as the other ones around the gazebo, and Felix was nice about it. He cupped her cheek and softly kissed her, what more could Irina want. She was mainly here to kiss people, and have a good time. At Felix’s tease, Irina let out a small laugh “I will do, if the bottle spins us together again, maybe you’ll get another chance.”

Arriving back at her seat, Irina started aimlessly staring at the bottle. It would spin round and round, land on someone, and another scene would occur. It was almost comical in Irina’s mind, but she knew that she did the same thing. Once she spun the bottle, she would flirt with the person before kissing them and moving onto the next one. This small realization led Irina to wonder, what if she actually went on a date and kissed people other than during this one event.

Finally the bottle Irina was watching landed on herself. Looking up at who she was to kiss, Irina laughed out loud at the face of the guy. It was Mr. Flirt, the one dude who she kissed twice last time around. Their fate had happened again, and Irina wasn’t too disappointed, just surprised. Moving over to where he was seated, Irina engaged herself in conversation with him. “It’s nice seeing you again too.” She spoke with a light smile. At his next words the best idea she’d ever had popped into her brain, and without looking back Irina said it. “The bottle loves to spin us together. How about we see just how much the bottle wants us together. If it spins us again, I’ll take you out on a date.” With that, Irina leaned forward and kissed him somewhat deeply.

Once they separated, Irina would add a quick, “Oh and by the way, my name’s Irina”. Hopefully her whole plan to go out on some sort of date wouldn’t backfire too much. If she couldn’t secure a date with this hot guy, then she wouldn’t be opposed to asking Felix out.

Action: Kissing Arjan on the lips

MODERATION POST—Round III

With the first round of spins out of the way, the bars had been set. To the group's credit, nobody had chickened out quite yet, even after some rather aggressive displays of passion. Either they were desperately blind (unlikely), or perhaps secretly curious to see just how far they could push against their zones of comfort to brush against the titillation of chaos. That or they really couldn't care less about the intimate side-effects of such a game.

Felix Kolbeck almost seemed to fall into that latter category. Seemingly lost in the effort of trying to follow everything going on in the tent, he had turned his attention to his pen pal, Santario Martin. Of course Leathers would prattle on about his jackets. What else did he have to talk about. For some reason, though, San didn't seem to mind. Even encouraged it. Much to the chagrin of the rest of the Horntail Horde, no doubt. And when the bottle landed on her, he went for it. After all, what was a kiss between friends, right? No big deal. Just a bit of fun. Gray had nothing to worry about. Only, apparently Felix wasn't the one who bites...

Poor Dealla Prince. Wading through a sea of green to defend against her boyfriend's attacker... protecting the innocence of the disadvantaged... diverted to receive a kiss from her spinner... if there was anyone who needed to be able to clone herself, it was her. Fortunately for her, she would get at least a bit of a break. For several reasons. Erin Ryan had been up to spin next. She had landed on Dealla. Apparently she had no interest in kissing girls, however. Or at least no interest in kissing the girl of her favourite kissing target. Or maybe she'd just had her fill with Jack. OR. Perhaps she wanted to leave a lasting impression. After all, how could Jack miss her unless she took her leave. Or perhaps something else entirely with which their author would be sure to surprise us.

Reserved Elena Jangleton would take her turn again as well, evidently coming to the conclusion (like any valid Gryffindor) that the only way out was forward. Not willing to quit, she would take charge, this time mustering the courage to approach hag victim her new target, Alec Mason. Quick seemed the best option lest she let anticipation build, offering a peck on the cheek. Just as quick, he had jumped to his feet. Perhaps a little too eagerly? Was this a reflection on some sort of repressed notions about Ironwoods? Who was to say. But one compliment to Elena later, and the two would survive a brush of lips on cheek, content to continue the game.

Arjan Oberoi followed suit, wasting no time at all after delivering a surprisingly tender kiss once upon a cheek. Keen to maintain the light-hearted nature of the game, he was thrust back in time as he paired off with Irina Afanasyeva. But even though they had some history with the game—or perhaps because they did—he would take the gentlemanly approach and let her initiate to her comfort. Pft. Gentlemanly... More like he probably didn't want his reputation (or his hair) ruined by doing something uncouth and getting rejected. Irina would have her own plans for him, however. Reflecting on their repeated weaving of fate, she would not only initiate a kiss, but tempt luck with the promise of a date should the bottle spin them a second time.

Serena Bowen had received a bit of a wake-up call when she was forced to witness the unbridled antics of Slytherin's resident hot chick which contrasted her own preferences so drastically. Nerves would have her wishing she wasn't the next victim, but to the Hufflepuff's credit, she wouldn't back out of the game. Her bottle would spin on Jack Warren, still scrambling over his near-death-by-soul-sucking experience and reeling with indignation that Dealla not save him. How. Dare. In the chaos surrounding them, the two would share an actually kinda nice little hug moment. Cute.

THE BOTTLE HAS CHOSEN AGAIN!

Reducio

@Alec Mason spins the bottle, and lands on @Serena Bowen
@Jack Warren spins the bottle, and lands on @Dealla Prince
@Santario Martin spins the bottle, and lands on @Felix Kolbeck (@Winnie Harper's iNPC)
@Irina Afanasyeva (@Lavinia Cloven's iNPC) spins the bottle, and lands on @Arjan Oberoi (@Serena Towers's iNPC)
@Dealla Prince spins the bottle, and lands on @Elena Jangleton

Additionally:
—I swear I didn't weight the dice, lol
—The order of the spins listed is not necessarily the order they happen ICly, nor do they have to be posted in that order
—Neither @M J Davenport, @Erin Ryan, nor @Milosh Rehnquist (@Annie Morgan's iNPC) posted this round. It is presumed they have withdrawn. All are welcome to write reactionary/exiting RP posts.

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

Alec Mason

Attire

A kiss on the cheek, simple really, and it wasn't as if Alec minded. Alec knew he would have been fine with whatever option the girl ended up choosing as long as it didn't make her uncomfortable. Her running away was an option, he would have been fine with it though admittedly it would have taken a hit to his pride. When the interaction had ended Alec made his way back to his place in the circle taking a seat on his cushion.

Alec had not been keeping track, he just knew the game had been keeping on and eventually Alec would find it was his turn to spin the bottle. Calm and collected he reached for the bottle with ease. Holding onto the bottle with a gentle flick of his wrist and letting go Alec watched as it spun around the circle. Suspense was key. Alec watched as the bottle went around the circle once, twice, three times. Three was getting a bit excessive and he was wondering if there was a technique one was supposed to go with when spinning a bottle so it would go around the circle this many times- However before he could come up with a conclusive answer the bottle finally stopped, pointing it's formerly capped end at a blonde.

The blonde's hair looked naturally wavy, she had a pair of blue-ish green eyes. A smile edged at his lips as he stood up, walking over to the girl. “Alec,” he spoke, it was the briefest of introductions but it would do. The bottle had landed on her, and it took only a moment to sort out the courtesy for names. “Mind putting a name to your face blondie?” Alec teased.

There was caution is Alec's step since he believed the last few times the other had gone in for a hug. He didn't want to do anything she might be uncomfortable with and so in order to test boundaries and she where she lay, what she was comfortable with he asked, “what's the verdict here?” His words were both direct and indirect at the same time. Alec figured it was the best way to ask.

Action: Comfortable with anything @Serena Bowen chooses
-if Serena is fine being kissed, Alec quickly pecks her lips and scurries back to his seat

@Jack Warren | @Elena Jangleton

There was a twisting feeling in Dee's chest as she sat back down, unsatisfied and uncomfortable, and she felt the distinct urge to hex someone. Or... three people. Probably four. Five, she decided as she remembered the Durmstrang boy that had blocked her way earlier. Frankly, she could have hexed any single one of the people present without an ounce of regret, but, well, she had some kind of reputation to uphold, so she just sat there, still pointedly looking away from Jack, and tried to look like she didn't care about any of this. (It wasn't very convincing.)

She spun the bottle to keep up that quickly crumbling facade, in any case, then looked up when it pointed at one of the other girls in the circle. Another pretty girl, of course, what else. She seemed vaguely familiar - had they met before? - but Dee couldn't really place her.

Her mouth was already open for a quip, a challenge, but then she paused, a sick feeling spreading in her stomach. She didn't even want to offer a hug, she didn't want to touch anyone, so she just shook her head and looked away, fingers twisting into her shirt in her lap. This wasn't how the game had been supposed to go... Watching Marion, at least that was something she could do without feeling worse. But the hag didn't make a motion to spin, and the bottle didn't point at her, so for the moment it seemed safe.

She tensed again when Jack spun the bottle, hands clenching. Even if he didn't kiss anyone this time, she didn't want to watch him hug another girl, not right now-

The bottle stopped, pointed at her, and Dee paused, frozen for a breath, two, three, her heart somehow aching worse in her chest than it had before. It wasn't supposed to be like this, was it? Dating was supposed to be fun. It had been fun, so far. Teasing Jack was one of her favourite pastimes. It didn't feel very fun at the moment, though. She drew in air to say something, haltingly, her throat tightening and hindering the flow so the breath came as a stutter.

No words were coming, anyway. She didn't know what to say. She did know what she wanted to do though, which was get up and leave, and all that was keeping her here was pure stubbornness, her eternal inability to back down from a challenge. That, and Jack.

Biting her lip, Dee reached out one hand to reach around the nape of Jack's neck, nails digging into skin a bit harder than necessary. She was still irrationally, helplessly angry at him.

But she leaned in anyway if he didn't stop her, her other hand coming to rest somewhere above his heart, fingers grabbing hold of the fabric there. She let her eyes fall shut for this kiss, because it was a real one, one she meant. It had meant to be soft, lingering, but instead she pressed closer if he let her, her lips firm and urgent before she let go.

When Dealla pulled away there were tears prickling in her eyes below her closed lids, and she squeezed her eyes shut for a moment, trying to force them down. Too much was going on to sort out individual feelings, but she was very certain that she didn't want to be here anymore, and that she didn't want Jack to stay if she left.

"Let's go," she said, somewhere between a request and a question, but didn't wait for an answer. Her fingers were still curled into the fabric of Jack's shirt, and when she got up to leave, she attempted to drag him with her, not that she had the strength to force him to go if he didn't want to. She just hoped he did.

Action | Kissing Jack & leaving
Dee edit note: Just saw Erin's post, won't have the time to post again before the deadline but sticking around~

Note for Elena | Sorry for the kind of lackluster interaction, Dee is kind of overwhelmed (so many feelings ew). I know it didn't work out last time but I'd love to thread if you're interested.

Note for Alec | Coming for you.

Serena noticed Jack’s glance at another girl in the group as he said he would prefer a hug; otherwise, he might not survive. Oh, so he and this other girl (Dealla, she thought was her name?) must be dating or had something going on.

“Ah, I see. I understand.” Serena said with a smile. She gave Jack a very brief hug because the fourth year did not want to cause any problems among the pair before returning to her seat, waiting for the next round of bottle spins.

As the next set of spins got underway, Serena waited to see if the bottle would land on her. Once again, it landed on her. The spinner was a boy with curly brown hair that she thought was in her year, but she couldn’t remember his name.

Thankfully, he gave it to her before playfully asking for hers.

“Serena.” She responded with a small smile.

After Alec asked what she wanted to do, Serena thought about it for a second. So far, she had only given out hugs, which she had done last year. But Serena wanted to be bolder this year.

“I’m fine with a kiss if you are,” Serena said, trying to hide her nerves. Hopefully, she wasn’t making a mistake.

Serena hoped that she wasn’t blushing too much as Alec gave her a quick peck on the lips before he ran back to his seat.

Interacting With: @Jack Warren and @Alec Mason

Interacts with: @Dealla Prince & @Jack Burnett
Mentions: @MJ Davenport

OC: Last week was a busy week. I am sorry for missing the previous round, I had relevant chaos intended for the participants.[/size]

Action: Erin attempts to kiss Dee as she is leaving the tent.