Closed Spreading Some Love In The New School Year Open Thread + Open IC Game

Colin span the bottle again! He rather thought he was getting good at this! He turned to say something to Clair, but noticed that she left. So had a couple of the older kids. But some new players had joined to fill in the spaces. He recognised Skraele from the Prank Club and the new Slyhterin Irina. He greeted them both as they joined the players: "Hey Skraele! Haven't seen you around in a while; and greetings Irina!"

But the bottle landed on neither of them. Mind you, Colin thought Skraele's red hair was pretty awesome and she was cute, too! But as the bottle slowed and came to rest, it pointed towards someone he didn't know. He knew only from watching the game that her name was Rita. He reckoned she was a first or second year.

He smiled and got up from the blanket and walked over to Rita. He gave her a little bow and said: "Hi Rita, I'm Colin! What do you like? A kiss? A proper snog? A hug? A bumpy fist? It's up to you!" He stood waiting to see whether Rita would choose one of those options, or perhaps just ignore him completely!

Afterwards, Colin would watch the game with interest to see who ended up with who. Until at last the bottle stopped on him. Again! He smiled at Alma --- she was one of the sweetest Hufflepuffs he'd ever met! He knew she'd not kiss him, so he prepared himself for a Hufflehug in stead!

@Rita Su | @Alma Stoll

Alma went and sat back in her seat, wondering what in the world Colin was talking about when he said five highing. What on earth was a fives high?

The bottle stopped in front of her, nose pointing straight to where she was sitting. She looked up to see who had spun it, and recognized the boy as the one who had kissed Colin. The whole interaction from what she had seen had been a little bit strange to Alma; she couldn’t imagine having friends she trusted enough to actually kiss.

She smiled at the boy kindly, opening her arms similar to what she did with Colin. “More hugs? I promise I won’t bite,” she joked. “I’m Alma, by the way.”

If the boy accepted the hug, she would embrace him warmly before heading back to her seat. If he didn’t, she would respect that and go back to playing.

When it came her turn to spin again, she surprisingly landed on Colin again. She looked up and it warmed her to see he was already smiling at her. He seemed like a pretty sweet guy, considering all that she had been through with him.

Crawling through the circle once again, she wrapped her arms once again around Colin, sighing contently before going back to her seat and waiting for the next round.

@Colin McCoire @Piérre Marchonné

Smiling bailey watched the game progress.
She yawned- it was getting late. She might have to leave soon, she didn’t want to loose too much sleep.
But this is going so well she thought and it’s so much fun watching everyone’s response
She realized it was her turn. She spun and landed on Skraele Valasse. She didn’t know this Hufflepuff very well, but bailey knew she was a second year now, only a year behind Bailey.
Walking over to the other girl, Bailey melt down and asked “Does a hug work? Or a fist bump- either will do. I’m open to anything, honestly. Anyways, my name is Bailey- Bailey Glade. I don’t think we have had the chance to meet yet- nice to meet you!”
Smiling, Bailey walked back to her spot when they were done.
Two spins later the bottle landed on her, spun by Sirin Liu.
Smiling, Bailey didn’t know this Ravenclaw too well, but she recognized her.
“Heyy Sirin! I’m Bailey/ we may have met in the common room a few times? Also I think I saw your name on a club poster, for the tea club? I was thinking of joining! Anyways, does a hug or first bump or high five work?”

@Alma Stoll & @Alec Mason

House Colours: Slytherin

Calming Presence in Effect

With a small grin, Piérre gladly took the bottle and gave it a wild twirl, humming again as the bottle spun and spun, gradually coming to a stop before a younger looking girl who had (apparently) noted Colin and his wild kisses. Making his way to the center once again with his long strides and light treads, Piérre held his hands behind his back as she also approached him. With bright eyes, Piérre smiled down at her with quiet softness. At her offer of a hug, Piérre nodded quickly. "Of course! The more hugs the merrier! Nice to meetcha! I'm the Jester!" The boy introduced himself unorthodoxly with a small glitter of mischief igniting in his eye as he resolved his greetings.

Of course this wasn't his real name. But... perhaps not everybody had to know his name, right? If they really wanted to know more about him besides his seeming presence in the school, then surely there were ways to find out more about the boy of all the house colors.

"Bring it in?" The boy asked gently, throwing his arms out to the side and letting the girl hug him at her pace first. When she wrapped her arms around him, Piérre would in turn gently encircle her back, giving her a small squeeze right before they parted. With a smile and a wave of goodbye, Piérre returned to his seat and waited patiently for the next drama to occur.

And wouldn't you know it, but Alec had spun Piérre once again. Man, Piérre and his doubles, huh? The bottle seemed to really like pairing him up with the same individuals more than once; Ferroustrees, Alec, Colin... who was going to be next on his list?

Gliding to the middle again, Piérre met the boy on even grounds this time with his arms lightly crossed in front of him with a mischievous tilt to his head and a slightly crooked glance. "Same as the last? Or do we want to get adventurous, hm?" He teased lightly, smiling a bit at the almost flirtatious nature that he was expressing; seemingly absorbed from the immediate surroundings. "I'll roll with whatever you want to roll."

Evidently, this was a green light from the seemingly perfect "practice" man for anyone who wanted to try their hand at some sort of "romantic" intent. So far... Piérre had appeared to be rather flexible in others taking the lead, and his own reciprocations (save a particular exception) had been rather tame. Perhaps, he realized, this was just a fun game for the sake of it being fun. Wasn't the point to see how many people chickened out before you chickened out yourself?

Unfortunately, Piérre wasn't one to "chicken out" when it came to dares. Perhaps he realized that consciously, or perhaps it was somehow encoded into the very psyche of the kid itself, but regardless Piérre hadn't backed down thus far... so why should he start now, hm?

"Hi Lily!" Colin said as the first year Gryff joined the game. She sat down next to him, where Clair had been before. "Have you ever heard of this game? I'd never played before, but it's really fun!"

"Oi!" he said. Alma's spin landed on him. She came over to him and gave him a nice hug! "Yay! A Hufflehug!" When she released him and went back to her place, Colin sat back down to watch the game unfold.

He was particularly interested as Kim and the older Gryff, Alec, were paired by the bottle. Colin and Kim had grown close during the summer and Colin was curious to observe Kim's interaction. He wondered if they didn't like each other too well. At the very least, Alec seemed very keen on teasing Kim!

"Afraid you'll be found out as a terrible kisser?" he said to Kim when they met in middle of the ring of players. "Not to worry, there is no way I'm kissing you, starry eyes. That's too much fan service, even for me." Colin had no idea servicing fans had to do with anything and a look of confusion was on his face. Must be some kind of Gryffindor code talk, Colin thought. Whatever it meant, Alec seemed dead set on ragging on Kim.

"Hmf," Colin snorted quietly. He narrowed his eyes at Alec. He hoped Kim would zing him back!

"I've had experience kissing before!" Kim retorted. Good! thought Colin.

"Let's go for a hug, unless of course that makes you too uncomfortable." Colin laughed aloud. "You got him, Kim!" he cried. "Good one!" Colin was happy to see Kim resolve the situation favourably.

Colin smiled though when ∏érre's spin landed on Alma. He knew the prankster would get a warm Hufflehug! And he wasn't disappointed! This night was really turning out to be fun, and he wondered where all the bottle spinning would lead next!

@Alma Stoll || Mentions: @Kim Sato | @Alec Mason