Faerietale Endings Fall Ball 2022 Locked

Ilvermorny | Second Year | Thunderbird

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"Dandananananaaa!!" Jamie Ziegler burst onto the scene, wielding an awesome bow, arrow already notched and ready to fly. "Hide your valuables, o noble ones! Robin Hood's gonna steal all your shit!"

All reservations that he had over his ensemble had vanished into thin air. Tonight, he was Robin Hood-- the pride of Sherwood Forest! The fearless hero cackled with glee and loosed his arrow.
"OW!"

Oh right, Melissa was walking in front of him. She was dressed to the nines in a poofy princess getup. Jamie could not remember for the life of him what her costume was supposed to be. Sleeping Beauty? Belle? There just were too many ding dang princesses to keep track of.

His sister wrenched the arrow from her curls and hurled it back at him. "Watch it!" she snapped.
Jamie held up his hands in mock defense. "Chill. They're made of rubber, stupid."
But the princess had already seen enough. Melissa crossed her arms tightly. "I'm going to to go find my friends. Hopefully that's where some idiot won't try and murder me!" She huffed, turned on her heel, hiked up her skirts and stormed off.
Jamie scoffed. "Have fun storming the castle, bro! Wh--Hey! Don't flip me off-- I'll tell Mom!"

He rolled his eyes. Girls...
"--He is the only one here who would be stupid enough to love you!"
Jamie flinched as a livid shrill pierced through the air. Speaking of crazy girls...
He turned around slowly. What was this all about? It was certainly a sight to behold. Two young ladies, their pretty faces carrying equally bitter expressions, one with her wand at the ready. And in the middle of it all, a familiar, sky-eyed prince.

Jamie steeled his resolve, and without a moment's hesitation, he bounded towards the little group. Stephen needed saving! Jamie was obviously the best man for the job.
He skidded to a halt, grabbed Prince Charming by the hand("Mind if I borrow his highness for a while?"), and whisked him away to safety. The others would have no time to react. They landed several paces away, by a gnarled old rowan tree, where Jamie released his friend.

"Steefvinski! Whassup, my liege?" He dipped into a hearty bow, so much so that he almost toppled over. Jamie swiped up his fallen hat from the ground and grinned from ear to ear.
"Wow. Dodged a bullet there, huh man? I would hate to be caught in the middle of that. Girls, amiright?" He laughed and puffed out his chest. "Lucky for you! The great Robin Hood was there to save the day!"

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| @AngelFyre McCubbin | @Marina Oriel | @Ileen Knight |

Action: Arriving... and rescuing a damsel in distress!

Stats: Stamina: 8 🗲 Evasion: 8 🗲 Strength: 7 🗲 Wisdom: 5 🗲 Arcane Power: 5 🗲 Accuracy: 7

Abilities: Keen Eye Muggle Condition

Monet let out a sigh. "My mother got a new job, and we had to move. At first I hated it, but honestly? It's turned out to be one of the best things that's happened to me." And it really was. Had Monet stayed in Spain, she would have ended up going to Beauxbatons (which, honestly didn't seem that terrible now that she'd learned more about the school) and been much, much closer to her family (which did seem terrible).

The young girl stepped in line with Levin, their steps nearly synching up as they made their way across the event. She was touched, he thought Monet could be a duellist? In truth, Monet wasn't that great at magic. She'd passed her classes well enough, but not with flying colors or anything. It was good, though, it was better for the more powerful magical reserves to be delegated to those who truly deserved it. Monet nodded as Levin talked, her face lighting up as he continued to talk about one of her favorite topics. "I play quidditch, too. First string beater." Monet peered at the boy's face, trying to see if he was familiar. "You didn't play at the summer games, did you? I didn't pay much attention to the other match, if I'm honest."

They approached the table of refreshments, and Monet picked up two goblets, handing one to Levin (who still seemed.. off). "You're competing in the Hexwizard tournament?" She couldn't help but be impressed. "Well, if I didn't have a reason to support your school before, I certainly do now. Anyone who wants to knock these Brits down to their level gains a fair level of respect in my book. Or those Americans," Monet took a pointed sip from her goblet, still not having forgiven the Ilvermorny quidditch team for bumping her to a third string beater, but then also having the audacity to lose spectacularly. "Especially them."

Sta - 7 | Eva - 7 | Str - 10 Wis - 4 | Arc - 3| Acc - 9 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lovely Creature

Action: Taking two goblets, handing one to Maxim, and drinking one herself.

They/She

Pax had barely turned round when they felt a large body barrelling towards them in a hug. They quickly grabbed onto the edge of the table to prevent themselves from stumbling.

"Chibi! So this is where you've been. Tell me, do you guys get to have this much fun all year round?! Care for some of this drink?"

"Chikao! Oh my god, I was worried you weren't gonna show for a minute." Smiling, incredibly relieved to see the familiar face, Pax hugged him back. "We have balls like these usually... twice a year? One in the autumn and one in the spring. If you're with the right group of people, then they can be incredibly fun."

"O-Oh, sure!" They took the goblet from him and took a sip. The magical liquid tingled inside them, making them feel warm inside. "Ooh, nice!"

They took a step back, and grinned upon seeing the outfit Chikao was wearing. "Also, can we just take a moment to appreciate this wonderful outfit? I love the red, and the wolf ears are a particularly nice touch."

They felt someone bump them as they walked past, and, upon noticing who it was, they grabbed his arm. "Colin! And Gem, hi! I love the outfits, especially yours, Gem. It's so beautiful. Oh, and this is Chikao, he's from Mahoutokoro. Chikao, these are some of my friends, Colin and Gemima."

Remembering they had been in a rush, Pax turned back to Colin and Gem. "Are you looking for somebody? Maybe we can help? If you don't mind, of course." They added quickly onto the end, checking with Chikao. After all, if this was his first ball, they'd want him to have fun.

Reducio

Stats:
Sta-9 | Eva-9 | Str-6 | Wis-3 | Arc-6 | Acc-9

Abilities:
-The Muggle Condition
-Fearless

Items:
Wand

Actions:
Offering Colin and Gem help

Reducio

Word Count: 282

Interacting: @Hunter Argentum as Chikao, @Colin McCoire, @Gemima Sable

Date: October 8th 2022

Outfit | General description beyond clothes:
Alec's curly brown hair is tied back into a ponytail, various pins decorate the vest he's wearing, and unlike what has become the usual routine, Alec has made no effort to hide the ways his lips look. His lips were strangely dark with darker lines extending from his mouth, It resembles the curse that students had in the past. The boy seemed to think that by now it would have been more trouble than it was worth to cover up, he would have needed much more than lipstick.

Alec frowned, awkwardly staring off to the side as he Pea ranted. Her words towered and toppled over him and he shifted uncomfortably where he stood. He didn't expect her to ignore it. He just thought she would approach the subject better than this. His joke seemed to anger her, and he realized him trying to lighten up the situation wasn't helping. Alec feeling bad and ridden with guilt would apologize and promise to make it up to her, asking if the two could have a good night for once. He was relieved when she took the flowers, accepting the gift, a piece offering, for now. Alec smiled slightly. Pea went on to ask how he planned to make it up to her. His eyebrows furrowed. Okay. So maybe it was an empty promise to get her to cool down, thinking she'd forget about it all together in a few days. She probably still would. “Break in to the astronomy tower, a beautiful date under the stars.” That sounded romantic right? He was making it all up on the spot. He sounded pretty together, he assumed Pea wouldn't notice.

Alec glanced around taking in the area. Then gestured, pointing towards the table of food, “what do you want do? We could eat or... We could dance, if you know how, there's other activities too.” He left out the specific mention of the petting zoo. Alec was quite hesitant about getting near to the animals. In the end Alec would go with whatever Pea ended up deciding. Walking along with her, despite wanting to have a good night, Alec seemed hung up the mini albeit one-sided squabble they'd had only minutes earlier.

Frowning Alec out a breath, “you know, I did show up.” Even if he was late, at least he'd shown. There was no real harm done. Pea was making a bigger deal out of it then needed to be made. “You didn't have to blow up at me like that.” She was so quick to get upset, he could still feel her anger sizzling even after he'd try to smooth it over. Her being snappy was giving him headaches. “I didn't want to leave you waiting- Things come up Pea, it was last minute.” Alec had thought it was only fair for Pea to be upset, but he seemed to be changing his mind on it rather quickly.

Reducio

Trunk Link
Inventory: Wand, banquet of white roses

Mention: @Pea Elena Fowl

interacting: Astrid Olsen (@Anastasia Varney)
English | Parseltongue

Before she could receive a snarky answer from the fairies, Della began to feel as if the doll was moving in her hands. Faintly, she heard a voice say "mama." She turned quizzically back to Astrid—had she said that? Struggling to parse it all because it was happening all too quickly—Della realized a) Astrid had not said something so strange, b) the doll was in fact moving in her hands, c) her arms were covered in a red thick liquid coming from within the doll, and finally d) that the doll was making eye contact with her.

Instinctively, Della let the doll fall to the floor. It landed on its feet. Wait had it just asked her to put it down? It then exclaimed that it was "finding mama." Astrid asked for confirmation that this was not normal. Oh, good she had heard and seen it, too. "Yeah, that's really not normal. I mean some crazy things have happened to me at Hogwarts, but this takes the cake."

Della was about to ask if Astrid's school was like this, too—was chaos a magical epidemic or was it something unique to this castle?—but her eyes were still focused on the doll. Was it trying to tell Della it had found its mama? Or did it still want her to be its mama? Then, she watched in horror as the doll tried to take a chunk out of another student's arm.

Shaking out of her shock and using the first spell that came to mind, Della aimed her wand at the doll. "Incendio!"

@Howard White

Although unable to see his eyes, she was able to see his lips shake. Should she have not said those words? Was it the wrong time? Maybe he accidentally said them and did not mean it himself? Now that they had made up, she was beginning to second guess herself. Before Bloom was able to "save herself" from saying the true magical words, Howard's hands had gently cupped both side of her face and his face was moved to hers, their lips touching.

Bloom stopped dancing and held onto his arms from around his neck. She did not care that they were in the middle of the dance floor, stopped, making out. This was their moment, even if he had eyes from an anime. He did mention that they were going back down. When his hands left her face and their kiss ended, she reached up and took off his eye covering. It was going down. It now looked like cute anime eyes that weren't so bad to look at.

"That's better," she lovingly whispered. She wondered what on earth would have made his eyes change to begin with. Was it the enchanted sculptures? The unicorn he pet? The food? Anything goes with what could have caused it. Speaking of food, Bloom was getting hungry herself. She really wanted to have some food herself. Before she could share that, Howard had shared with her an apology.

"We aren't going to be perfect. I broke my promise, too. I said I would be by your side no matter what. It's obvious I wasn't during our week apart," she said, looking down at her dress. She then looked back up at the Damphir and looked into his large, red eyes. "Okay," she said with a smile.

Bloom's stomach was aching from hunger. She touched her stomach and shrugged. "I'm starving... Do you know if anything here is good to eat?" she asked, looking around to where the food would be located. "Did you eat already?" she asked, wondering if he would join her. Bloom slowly let go of Howard in a flirtatious way and made her way to the food. She saw that there was a lot of apples to eat. Bloom grabbed one and took a bite. She chewed the fruit and swallowed, her stomach thanking her for putting something in there.

ACTION: Ate an apple (@Aurelia Notresvace)

STATS: Stamina - 10| Evasion - 10| Strength - 10| Wisdom - 11| ArcPower - 10 | Accuracy - 11
ABILITIES: Lovely Creature & Muggle Condition

VII

"Well? What are we waiting for? You've got your princess to find!" Gem didn't have to drag Colin along! She just needed to give him a nudge in the right direction. But before they could sally forth to find Colin's princess, Gem seemed to lose focus. That was usually Colin's job! But here was Gem staring off into nothing and --- oh, whoa! Is that a lad? Colin bent down a bit to align his observation with Gem's sight line. There were loads of kids --- but one did seem to be kind of looking their way. No --- more like he seemed to be staring straight at Gem! And aye, he was a lad! Bright blue eyes. Awww!

Gem made some lame excuse about thinking she saw someone. But before he could either smirk or offer some witty retort to the effect that, no Gem, you didn't 'see' someone, you were in fact staring directly at the lad who was staring at you, Gem shot him a look and took off!

"Hang on ---!" said Colin. But Gem wouldn't let him get a word in! She went on about the petting zoo, and how Clair might have headed there. Well, yes, Colin actually wanted to go down there and was going to ask Clair if they caught up to her first. But now there was this matter of who Gem had been staring at!

"Gem, who ---?" he began. But again, Gem cut him off. His friend was railing about how her Ma didn't hold with petting zoos. Something about titchy farms. And she sped up! Colin gave up when Gem asked him where he thought Clair might have gotten to. And now he was excited again! It was like a chase! "Clair! I've got to find Clair, Gem!"

He took Gem's hand and was just about head off, when --- "Oof!" Colin ran them right into someone! "Sorry!" A long crimson cloak and dress and a mask to match greeted Colin's surprised apology.

"Colin! And Gem, hi!" It was Pax! Demigirl or no, Pax started gushing about Gem's beautiful dress. It's not like Colin didn't have as much glitter all over him! But hardly a word!

Colin rolled his eyes. "Yeah, of course Gem's outfit is cute. That's because Gem is beautiful. And I reckon there's a lad around here somewhere who just found that out!" Colin laughed, hoping perhaps to get Gem to blush for him! "Clearly I'm not the only boy out pursuing his princess this evening!"

Colin looked around eagerly as Pax and Gem engaged in some mutual gushing. Actually, Colin thought as his pond scum green eyes sought for Clair's brilliant blue ones, both Pax and Gem really are quite cute too! He remembered back to last year when the gang was trying to help him through his first crush. Sophia had paired him with Gem to practice what he might say and do with Jarael. He remembered thinking that Gem was cute even then. Of course, Pax looked more like she wanted to barf the way he was carrying on! Oof.

And then Colin got to thinking about Sophia. He hadn't seen her all month! Not since they kissed at the spin the bottle game. Colin's mouth spread into a happy grin at the recollection of that day! Six delightful kisses! And --- Oh! He caught sight of Kim. Orange hair. He looked kind of sad, though. Kim was very hard to read, though. He was as excellent at keeping his feelings close in as Colin was at howling his out to everyone in the great hall! His friend stood alone and Colin was surprised. He thought for sure Sophia would be there with him. She always was. Wherever Kim was, Sophia was usually there too, her arms wrapped around Kim's.

To see Kim alone this way sent a shiver down Colin's spine. He wondered if Sophia were okay for real. Kim had told him that she'd been really busy studying. And, well, that was a likely story. She was a Ravenclaw after all. But a month was a long time! And he knew well that his near future would be tied up with hers. His Seanmamó had mentioned certain letters going back and forth between her and Soph's Gran.

It was all very confusing and even Seanmamó wouldn't tell him everything. He got the idea, though, that he might be going to stay with Sophia for a time. Naturally, he thought that would be cool! She's like a sister to him, after all! Well --- except for that snog back in September! But finally Colin caught sight of the most beautiful girl in the whole ball!

"CLAAAIIIRRR!!!" he practically shouted in Gem's ears! Colin jumped excitedly, waving his hands! "Come on lass!" Colin cried out to Gem, and he grabbed her hand to turn her around. "CLAIR!"

Without waiting for Pax or Chikao to say anything or even react, Colin charged towards Clair! She was still with Lily. They seemed to be having a good time, which really did make Colin happy. "Hey Clair! Lily! Um!" He bowed to them both, and when he stood up again, his eyed widened in surprise. He also caught sight of something really quite weird. He saw some kind of dolly attacking a kid. Wait. Is that Lily!?

"Aw, crap. LILY! Clair --- she's my cousin ---- I have to ---" Colin just wanted to be with Clair and now he was being divided in two! He hadn't expected for his first year cousin to get attacked already! "Poor wee lassie probably doesn't even know lumos yet! I've got to help her Clair!" He gave Clair his most winning, fangiest grin and his heart soared to see her! Colin wondered what she'd think when she saw all the glitter all over him! He turned away though --- so very reluctantly --- from those startling blue eyes that looked out from the other half of his heart. "I have to save her."

Lily, he could see clearly now, had been looking his way and was trying to get his attention! She looked scared. No one else around her was helping. Well, there was no surprise there! Magic seemed to be learned best by doing. And as Colin glared at some kind of horrific dolly trying to eat her arm, he decided that this was a time to act! "Hold yer arm out lass! Do as I say!" he barked at Lily. Colin nodded and quickly drew his wand out of his pocket. He didn't want to hurt Lily, but clearly the horrid dolly would only hurt her more if he didn't make quick work of it.

He stepped up closer to Lily. The dolly's red hair matched that of his cousin. Colin knew quite a few spells now, but many seemed like they'd not be very useful. Finite probably wouldn't work, even though it would spare Lily any real injury. Immobulus would only freeze the bloody thing, not destroy it, plus they'd never get its mouth open and Lily would be stuck with a parasitic and psychotic dolly dangling from her arm for the rest of her life! "Clearly this s some kind of --- dark magic." Colin about spat the words out. "Okay, lassiekins, I'll focus on the dolly only..." Colin well knew that magic could go awry or even backfire. He'd have to take the risk even if it meant burning every stitch of clothing he was wearing if the spell didn't work.

Colin was glad for all the exercise he'd given his werewolf abilities. Usually he was about as useful as frolicking puppy, but with his cousin in danger, he knew he'd have to tap into the calm of a stalking wolf. He could smell Lily's fear; could pick up Clair's scent. Quickly the ball disappeared and his focus centered on the horrific dolly. He hated it because it was hurting a kid that fight back. The only thing Colin could see right now was the dolly, and he tracked its every slightest movement. It was a disgusting thing. He thrust his wand at the offensive homunculus.

"Incendio duo!" he roared.

Interactions: @Gemima Sable | @Pax Zhang | @Clair Fernandez | @Lily Brown | @Hunter Argentum as Chikao || Mentions: @Kim Sato | Sophia Nelson

Moderated Action: Thumping Lily's baby doll with incendio duo. @Piérre Marchonné | @Aurelia Notresvace

Inventory: Wand; miscellaneous bits of this and that in his pockets.
Stamina: 6 | Evasion: 6 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 7 | Arcane Power: 6 | Accuracy: 6
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Roleplaying as Castor Alarie Fall Ball Beauxbatons

French English

The day of the Fall Ball had arrived short and quick, like a lion onto its prey. Castor Alarie happened to one of the many prey that just so happened to be attending the event with none other than someone she hardly knew.

It seemed the process of finding a date to the ball was a bit less favorable, as it seemed her parents had simply snapped their fingers and suddenly Castor had a date and a dress. It wasn't the boy himself really, although his obvious need for grandeur and boastfulness was a bit of a turn off, he himself wasn't too insufferable. It was just that, when the Beauxbatons student imagined herself getting a date for a ball, it was more thought of as a romantic and dramatic setup, between two lovers whose hearts were too big for their chests, staring at each other in the air. But it was rather lacking with the way her parents had pushed her next to a boy and called them dates. Even so, Castor felt she still had a need to make a good impression, for the family if not just for her own comfort.

The ball theme was nothing below beautiful, naturally, with the fantasy of it all coming to life with decorations and gowns that seemed to dance with their creative hues and intriguing designs. Castor couldn't be happier with the beautiful floral gown she had chosen with the semi-help of Florian. At least they were matching, as it seemed that was the only thing the two had in common. Clothing.

Though Florian had spent lots of time scheming about their grand entrance, the way they would arrive late enough to seem unbothered, but early enough to show that they were proper enough to attend. It seemed a bit more grand the way he had described it, and even if Castor wasn't one for making a show of herself, it had caught her interest ever so slightly. But as they stepped into the courtyard arm in arm like princess and prince, it all seemed underwhelming.

Castor wasn't too torn up about the entrance of course, as in the end she was much more intrigued by the elaborate fairy tale set up that had been prepared for all eyes to see. She admired it like a child, though didn't let her stony expression slip as she did. Florian, on the other hand, seemed a bit more peeved about how their performance had gone, and made a decent show of being upset about it. Though not long after, he seemed fine with just walking around.

Castor herself grabbed a small snack from the table, just to keep her energy up for the evening so as not to be seen slouching or yawning. She didn't want to seem bored unless she was completely sure that would benefit the both of them. After it seemed they had spent a fair amount of time in the main area, Florian offered they switch settings. "I don't see why not." Castor replied, trying on a small smile that quickly vanished once the words had left her tongue.

Together, they both made their way down the path and off towards the petting zoo.

WC: 553

The little change in her behavior after she had spotted Elsian didn't go unnoticed by her date and Bubba was quick to ask if she was okay. "Yeah no," she rushed to answer. "Well, it's just a friend of mine," the brunette explained as she scanned the crowd for Elsi. "He is-" she was quiet for a second while she was trying to find the right words. "He is always up to something. I just saw him and he had this smile on his face, very mischievous. I wonder what he has done this time," she shared with Bubba. Her tone was mostly disapproving while also carrying a bit of curiosity, a longing to know what her friend had done. Over the past few months, the prefect had become more interested in drama and gossip. While a year ago she didn't care about any of it, she now found herself eavesdropping on gossiping students in the hallway, just because she wanted to know what they were talking about. A year ago she would have wanted to know what Elsian did so she could yell at them, now she mostly wanted to know it for the drama.

"Everybody wanted to talk to you?" she repeated Bubba's words. While she had been getting ready, other people spent time with her date! Well, she couldn't really blame them, after all, the boy was amazing but it still made her feel slightly jealous. A guilty look appeared on her face when she realized she had been jealous of random students that talked to Bubba like he wasn't allowed to chat with other people because she was his date. "That's... nice," she added.

Samantha giggled softly when her date playfully stuck out his tongue. "I love reading and music too! I am always so happy when I am home and can finally listen to music on Spotify again!" she said happily. "Wizarding music is also nice but muggle music will always stay the best," she shared her opinion. "I mean, wizards don't have Bruno Mars, One Direction, Camila Cabello, Ed Sheeran. or Queen and other old music like that!"

Botany books sounded very interesting, something only smart people would read and Bubba read it so he was smart, at least according to Samantha's logic. When he asked if she knew the name of the flower, she gently shook her head, her brown hair dancing around her face. Looking at the amazing flower, the prefect listened as the boy told her its name. "That's beautiful!" she said in awe as a blush appeared on her face. BUBBA HAD GIVEN HER A LOVE IN THE MIST FLOWER! A LOVE FLOWER! LOVE! The brunette tried to keep a straight face as she freaked out on the inside but failed and a idiotic grin appeared on her face.