Faerietale Endings Fall Ball 2022 Locked

While he was initially reluctant to let go of Alan once he'd sank his hooks into him, he still would, leaning down to give Gideon a nice, warm hug. He giggled and let the boy go after a moment, straightening up his crown for him. George had tried to mask his hair product smell with his 'special occasion' perfume, which had unfortunately lasted through summer, and now was giving him the unseasonable scent of watermelon. Gideon placed himself between him and Alan, but George felt it would be rude to move him away. He was probably just nervous in such a big crowd, like Jake used to be.

"They have fish candy in Japan?" said George, wrinkling his nose. He thought about it for a moment and his expression softened. His little chat with Professor Horne had made him reconsider his closed-minded attitude toward foreign cultures... plus, there was a store in Hogsmeade that sells cockroach clusters. Scotland didn't have much room to judge fish candy.

The box was curious. It looked like it might have something good in it. A small gift box meant that whatever inside was expensive, as he had learned when he went through his mother's jewelry box. "...Does Opeila have a secret admirer from Japan?" George wondered, humming thoughtfully. He wanted a secret admirer... but for now, Gideon's admiration of his makeup would sate him.

"Aww - I think I have some in my bag if you want it..." George said - but before Gideon could get the full makeup treatment, their route was interrupted by the entrance of two more of George's favorite little gremlins. June and Finnegan!

The older Hufflepuff boy put on a very satisfied face as June told him he looked astounding. "Thank you," he said, turning his gaze to the boy that was with her. Oh yes - they had met. "No, I don't think we have. Finnothan Concert, you said it was? He's very well dressed for a toad." George smirked. "Good to see you, Finnegan - your outfit's so cute."

More attention doled out between those that were not Gideon as George admired Finn and June in their little outfits - not a couple he'd expected to run into together at the ball. "I figured he'd end up going with you after I said no," George said to June with a wink. "This is Alan, he's my, um... he's my date. He's one of the Gryffindor prefects. Oh, and this is Gideon - he was one of my tentmates over the summer, he goes to Maha... mahou... the school in Japan."

George's eyes lit up, and he actually managed to wholly break away from Gideon to wrap an arm around Jake. He had begun to worry that Jake wasn't going to show up at all, although he wouldn't have blamed him - a ball was a disaster in the making at Hogwarts. "This is Jake, my best friend. Well, one of. One of two," he explained to the others. "But I'm not sure Jack is here at all..."

Rightfully so... George wasn't sure Jack still counted as one of his best friends, considering the strange ways things had become contentious lately, but he suspected that there was something more sinister amiss with his friend than just hormones. "We can go to the petting zoo in a minute. Gideon's got to play messenger for Opeila's secret admirer... and then Finn and Alan are going to be gentlemen and get drinks for June and I. And we've got to dance... we never get to dance at these stupid balls..."

He walked with Gideon, holding his hand if he liked, as they delivered to box to the strangely cagey Opeila. George wrinkled his nose as the girl scurried away with her prize, literally running away from them. "...Was that... I feel like there's something illegal going on here," he said, turning to the two prefects in his entourage before simply shrugging and dismissing it. "Whatever. If she wants to be a drama queen, more fun for us."

Action: Nothing that needs to be moderated, unless handing the box to Pei makes it blow up or something.
Interacting with: @Jake Morris, @Gideon Athanatos, @Alan Vanes, @June Selwyn, and @Finnegan Conner

Interacting with: Castor Alarie @Edme Achillian
Mentioning for Convenience: @Marius Brown & @Rita Su
Open to planned interactions only
Bolded Text: French | Regular Text: English | Color: #BF4040

As another school year began, that meant that it was yet again time for another ball. There had been no doubt in Florian's mind that he would be attending this ball in particular, especially with the fact that he had been one of a select few that had been chosen for the Beauxbaton Hexwizard team. While at the last ball he had been both angered and saddened by the fact that he was not selected as the champion, he was certainly proud that he was at least on the team, and the youngest one to boot. He wanted to make a statement this year, all eyes on him, adoring fans. However things were not going to go as planned.

The first issue of the evening was that his date for the last ball, River Fayre, had chosen to go with someone else. Who, Florian didn't know, but that meant that she was unavailable, and Florian was left in a bind of figuring out who he should go with. Many other girls he knew were in that same situation, or they weren't planning to attend at all, and Florian wasn't happy. This resulted in him asking his parents for a date, and they suggested the daughter of the parents he had met at the Hunt Ball they had attended over the summer. Castor Alarie. He really didn't know much about her, which put him on edge somewhat. He would have to do his best to impress her, but he was still miffed at the whole situation in the first place.

The two had met a few times now to coordinate outfits and to plan his big entrance into the ball. They had both decided on something that lightly matched the theme, but with a more Rococo look. At least the two could agree on clothing.

Now the day of the ball had come, and Florian put on his blue jacket with its prevalent gold trim, and styled his hair with a boatload of gel. Fashionably late was how Florian liked it, and this ball was no different. He escorted Castor from the Beauxbaton lodging to the courtyard, and, putting on his most eloquent face, raising his arm for Castor to take, and he led the pair into the courtyard in as grand a fashion as he could muster.

The ball being in the courtyard, this was harder to do. There were no doors to swing open, just two young teens walking into a courtyard filled with various fairytale scenes. This put Florian off pretty quickly, he didn't care for the silly little scenes. He was also mad no one could pay attention to the two in the manner he had been hoping. Scoffing, Florian would grab a quick snack from the table and would continue to survey the area.

There seemed to be a pathway to another area, perhaps there was something more interesting that way. Once it seemed Castor had grabbed any food she pleased or seen as many of the dioramas as she wanted, Florian would suggest that they make their way down the path to the grounds, following the animals. "Shall we see what's down this path?" Florian said, hoping there might be something more interesting down there. He was still attempting to be a gentleman, no matter how irritated he was so far.

Castor agreed, and the two made their way down toward the petting zoo.

Action: Florian & Castor enter the ball and then exit to the Petting Zoo
Godmodding of Castor Alarie entering and exiting to the petting zoo approved by Edme Achillian.

Stats:
Sta: 7 | Eva: 9 | Str: 5 | Wis: 10 | Arc: 5 | Acc: 12
Abilities:
Foulplay | Evasive Manuvers | Fearless

Mentions: Yefim played by@Flash Holmwood. Interactions: @Aida Mòrsgor-Ama Ellwood

Permission to be stopped by someone she annoyed like this.

OC: I see you want to leave for the petting zoo. You can have the real Niffler rescue you if you need to let the critters break out, I don't mind.

Bubba was quite glad he'd written his father for advice. Not that it had helped as he'd completely forgotten it until he saw her. He supposed he should really be thankful for this Matty character, he'd bumped into him but if he hadn't wigged out when he saw the doll he'd have had no flowers at all. It seemed to be going well thus far which was a plus. He still couldn't believe his luck, he was here with the girl who, as far as he was concerned, was the most beautiful at the whole ball. He stood there smiling for a moment (hopefully not looking too stupid in the process).

He thought her concern about the flower staying alive forever was cute. He thought of the Enchanted Rose from The Beauty and the Beast. That was a flower that lasted a very long time, still, he wasn't sure the trade of being a beast forever if he didn't find his one true love would be a great tradeoff. He was about to start talking about it when he nervously thought that it might not be the best thing to bring up on a first date, instead, he gave a little nervous chuckle, "Ah, but you see," he said with a mischievous smile, "If this flower lasted forever, I'd never have an excuse to give you another one!"

He smiled very broadly when she said that she had a beautiful flower and a beautiful date. He didn't think he'd ever been called beautiful before. Ironically, he didn't find himself all that good-looking even though he always spent a remarkable amount of time trying to look his best. He supposed that this was really because he was trying to overcompensate for the fact that he didn't perceive himself to be particularly handsome. He started getting annoyed with himself for overthinking once again. He needed to just enjoy the moment, and what a moment it was.

Bubba was intrigued by the offer of dancing later. He had assumed it would happen eventually, given that it was a ball. Still, all in all, he was quite nervous about it. He'd never danced before and had quite literally no idea how to. He was very nervous about making a fool of himself in front of his date but he supposed that if she was going to teach him it wouldn't be so bad. He was nervous about the disco part tho. Disco was surely a bit passe at this point.

"Well," he said, his grin faltering a little bit, "Fair warning, I have no idea how to dance so you'll definitely have to help but..." his grin returned, somehow even brighter than it already had been, "Of course I want to dance with you!" He said as she released him from her hug, which had been quite a nice hug. If he'd had any brains he would've returned it, he hoped she realized it was just because he was extremely nervous, "So yeah, when you're ready let's go find the DJ, get him to throw on some Bee Gees." He finished with a wink.

"You didn't have to get me anything!" He said as she was apologizing for not getting him a gift. He could tell she was nervous but also she seemed genuinely sorry she hadn't gotten him anything so he added hastily, "Err look... I'll be honest, I didn't bring it, some guy had a costume with a huge bouquet as an accessory but he dropped it and it just seemed like a nice idea." He said with a shrug as he finished.

He still felt it would be awkward to return the hug now but he wanted to make some sort of sappy, romantic gesture, so he gently put his hands on the outside of her upper arms and as he looked at her said, "You being here is the only thing I ever could've asked for." He said with possibly the widest smile he'd ever worn before turning to stand next to her and offering his arm, "Shall we have a wander and the rest of the ball... er yard?"

Interacting: @Samantha Salwis Mentioning: N/A

Outfit:

Reducio

Judith arrived at the ball, very excited for the night to come. She didn't really knew what to expect, since she didn't even attemt last years ball. Back then she had decided to just stay in the common room, read some books and do homework, since nailing her first year was really important to her. But now she knew how everything was going, her already second year onto Hogwarts, she thought she really did deserve the break from studying and just have a lack night, with the special someone she was supposed to meet this ball.

As she was looking around to find him, she could see Hunter at the other side, looking into a bag. She walked her way towards him, a bit nervous but very exciting. Hunter already knew her bad dancing skills, so there was really no way for her to be ashamed of that anymore. She walks up the Hunter and doesn't really know how to greet him, so she just straight goes in for a quick hug. "Hey Hunter! How have you been? You look, you look amazing!" She said pretty impressed of his outfit once she notices. She never really was good at these kind of things, noticing changes in people's looks. But Hunters change of looks was clearly visible. He was wearing a suit, which she never really had seen him wearing out of their date and the last ball they attended together.

She was wearing a blue dress she had bought over summer to wear at a special occasion at Hogwarts. Her dad had help her buy it, since her mom wasn't really font of the dress, Her mom had been getting more and more religious by the minute, which she didn't really understand. But so her mom felt bad when Judith wore dresses that aren't modest, or doesn't do her prayers. She was even suggesting if Judith wanted to stay at home this year to become more religious herself. Judith had been trying to avoid most of it since it wasn't really something she wanted in her life right now. She drags herself out of her thoughts and looks up at Hunter. "So, can i steal a dance or?" She asks full of comfidence.

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Mention: @Hunter Argentum

p e a e l e n a f o w l . | fall ball 2022

house. slytherin | ency. ✕ | flower crown. ✕ | speaking. #ffffff | voice claim. >:)

What it is that makes a person happy?

She thought she knew the answer. She thought she knew what it is when she knew that nobody is prettier than her in this school. She thought she knew when she is spending all the money in the world to buy the bag that she wanted. She thought she knew when.... she was spending time with her aunt. She thought she knew when she chatting with Alec behind the toilet doors. But somehow, she didn't know anymore. Alec used to give her that happiness in her darkest time. a Gryffindor senior that have been hearing her stories, her sadness, her emptiness, from the back of the toilet door. Remembering those times- how it all changes. It all started with finally meeting with the curly-haired boy. The vivid memory of that picnic is still stuck in her mind. How she looked stunning in her white dress and the amount of laughter they share. It was all mesmerizing.

And as the story goes, something is just bound to get sour. Let's just say that being with Alec- spending time with him, has not been smooth sailing. They would fight for silly things, make up the next day, and fight again around and around, in a never-ending cycle.

But today. She is willing to forget all of it. Just to spend the night, having a blast at the damned ball. The white-haired is wearing a flowy black renaissance-themed dress with a white strip in the center of the dress. She guessed this year she wanted to dress a little different from how she used to dress. Black- just like how she is feeling all the time nowadays. Might as well dress to the atmosphere right? She wears her hair down and curled it a little. Even though she wasn't feeling the best today, she still put a lot of effort into looking like a literal goddess for this ball. She spends hours making her skin look like it is glowing in the candlelight, and her hair looks like it has been covered in glitter. When she was about to leave to meet up with Alec before the ball, she almost forgot that she didn't have any hair accessories prepared. She looks around the room and found a dried-up flower crown that is hanging on one of the walls of her dorm. She did not remember when she got this flower crown before [cough]hanako tone gave her the flower crown [cough], it was probably used to be a fresh flower crown, but now after spending some time in her room, it is all dried up. Well- this should be good enough, she thought looking at the dried crown and placing it gently on top of her hair.

She then went to the meeting spot Alec and her planned before going to the ball itself. It was just a quiet spot near the courtyard. She was ready to meet the brown-haired boy again and dance the night away along with all these idiots in Hogwarts. But with Alec, she didn't mind.

Minutes passed, soon an hour.

She didn't know what to feel or how stupid she looks right now standing on top of the cobbled stone waiting for a boy. The boy that was supposed to be her date. People slowly started coming in the ball itself even though they planned on meeting hours before the ball started. Anger filled her stomach, didn't know if she is angry at him or herself for putting up with this. Out of all the people in the world, Alec should know how she is going to feel about this, not only he is coming late, he actually stood her up BEFORE THE BALL EVEN STARTED.

Pea stomped back into her dorm room. Wishing she could just run away from this rugged place. She was screaming into her pillow and didn't know anymore what she was angry about. She just feels- angry.

Pea got up from her pillow when the ball is finally starting. Anger still carved in her face. "Let's see if he has the NERVE, to come into the ball now." Pea mutter to herself in a calm angry voice.

Pea stomps back to the ball area. Anger has gone from her beautifully crafted face but her eyes could not hide it. With her dress seeming to float in the wind she finally finds the brown-haired boy in the middle of the crowd. She smiled weirdly when their eye matched. She didn't know whether Alec have sensed her anger or not, she did not care.

"Well look who showed up," Pea said calmly to Alec, a calm voice that could stagger anyone who hears it.

Interacting : @Alec Mason
Mentioning : @Hanako Tone
Action : Entering the ball, finding Alec
Post Tracker : X

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"Come on!" he said, without realising he had even spoken.

Colin wasn't even quite sure why he'd said it. Surely they wouldn't want to traipse all around the courtyard with him to find Clair! A kind of goofy grin played about Colin's lips. "Um. So. Yeah. I'm gonna go find Clair! Yeah. That's what I'm gonna do!"

Colin blinked. The sounds of his friends voices had entered his ears, but they in no way actually touched his brain. Much of that part of him was totally focused on finding and meeting Clair, and his heart pounded in response. The rest of Colin's brain kind of shrugged and gave up --- there wasn't much point in fighting the lad on this! His mind just hoped that his body wouldn't walk into some seventh year's curse and be turned into a newt or something.

He took a deep breath and straightened up. He began to walk through the crowd of students. His eyes saw that some were dancing and some chatting. One was apparently talking to the stone wall. Another was attacked by a spider. And several more were kissing. There were so many kids he didn't know here! They can't all be Hogwarts students, right? Somewhere deep in his mind he remembered that there was some kind of tournament going on. Flexiwizard or something like that. Must be kids from all over the world here, then. Yet Colin ignored them all. His world currently consisted of two people, Colin and Clair. And he wanted so badly to be with Clair!

Colin saw, and even smelled, people he knew. He saw Kim --- tonight his hair was bright orange! He reckoned that Sophia, a natural carrot top, wouldn't be too far away. He saw Lily, his cousin. She wore a rather nice pale rose dress. She looked like she was waiting for someone. He knew Tes was here somewhere. He thought he'd like to say hi to her some time, maybe flash a fang! He smiled at Pax as he passed them. Red Riding Hood? Really?

"By the what?"

Colin heard Gem's voice right in front of him, but still managed to bump right into her. "Sorry lad, I --- Oh!"

Colin blushed, but the kind of goofy grin never left his face. "Sorry Gem! I --- er. Ye're not a lad! Ye're a girl! Um." He had lost sight of Clair and been thrown off course by the movement of the crowd. "Whoa. So, who are going with GemGem? You look really pretty tonight! I reckon some very lucky lad is out looking for his Snow Queen!" Colin noted the delicate snow flakes on her face and her icy crown. "Very classy, lass!"

@Gemima Sable | @Keith Moore | Violet Grace | @Taizu Miyashiro (sorry Colin is kind of ignoring you lot! || Mentions: @Clair Fernandez | @Sophia Nelson | @Kim Sato | @Pax Zhang | @Tesla Stone

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