Faerietale Endings Fall Ball 2022 Locked

Interacting with @Howard White, @Serena Towers

The apple was really taking a toll on Bloom's personality and view on things. Little did Howard and Serena know of how relaxed and filter-free she was at the moment. Anything goes. Little did Bloom know that the feeling was not going to last long.

Bloom could not help but to giggle when Howard had finally figured out what she meant. He was such a teenage boy! She leaned into her man and snuggled into his side, still giggling with delight at how excited he was about her comment. Was it a comment "normal" Bloom would make? Probably not. But she was so chill without a care in the world. "I want it to be romantic and fun," she said, giving him the homework to figure it all out if he wants it.

Her chocolate brown eyes could not stop staring at his red dreamy eyes. She bit her lip wondering what was going on in his head. Was he thinking of a place for them? He then spoke and talked about apples. She couldn't help but to take a deep breath and sigh for a second. Of course he would be talking about apples. Perhaps his mind was still searching, who knew?

Her connection with Howard at the moment was cut short when Serena seemed to have exploded. Bloom, still feeling as calm as can be, just stared at the half-goblin. What does she mean? Bloom asked to herself, trying to understand what Serena was getting at. Bloom looked like she had no emotion when staring at Serena. It could be irritating for the person who is trying to share their feelings to watch. When it seemed that Serena was done with Bloom, she then screamed at Howard. Bloom latched onto Howard's arm tightly and took a step forward to her friend who apparently told Bloom that Bloom doesn't know what friendship is.

"So what I heard you say is that you think I'm a liar because I also liked Howard, and our friendship is done because YOU can't get over that YOU lost?" Bloom paused and made her face look like she's questioning the concept. "It sounds to me that you throw away friendships quicker than you want to fix them. And here you are, quick to say I don't respect them," she said, shrugging. "Also, nothing is wrong with Howard," she said, looking up at him with a wink and back at Serena. "But of course, you're quick to yell at a friend and assume the worst of them. I hope you're not thinking of throwing away your friendship with him. It would devastate him because he truly does think of you as a good friend," she said, cooly.

"I need another apple," Bloom said, rolling her eyes to the half-goblin. Bloom stepped back and grabbed an apple nearby, taking a bite out of it. It was just so delicious that she kept biting into it after the first bite. She then came back into Howard's arms.

ACTION: Ate an apple

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

@Serena Towers | @Bloom Silverton

Howard’s head continued to swim as the potion from the spiked apple coursed through his veins. However, Bloom’s desire was something that would certainly require death if it was to be ignored by him! Putting it together in his head was one thing, but getting the words out was a challenge for the addled teenager. He shared in her laughter as they continued to hold each other tightly. “Yeah. Water! Fun…romance!” The words spilled out of Howard’s mouth again too loud and a bit slurred as he pointed to the lake for the second time. Their eyes would lock in a lover's gaze. In his mind images of the perfect night would pierce through the fog. They wanted the same thing. An evening of romance in which they could express their love to each other, but also the fun of discovery as they let instinct and spontaneity guide them.

Howard was but a moment away from scooping up Bloom into his long arms and dashing off for a night they would never forget, but then Serena began to speak. Oh yeah...Howard blinked hard as he remembered they were right in the middle of a conversation. He smiled as she tried to explain that this Milo dude was not her intended date for the evening. Was she just being shy? Or trying to skirt around the fact that she was here with a hunky, stud of a Frenchmen? Then she would claim that the boy was too much a ladies man for her before realizing that her other date wasn't here yet. Howard's mouth dropped with surprise. Serena Towers?! At the ball with two dates?! The Dhampir stumbled forward a bit before nudging Serena with his elbow. His face scrunched up as he attempted to give her a sly wink. "Playah..." He said way louder than he should have. "They'll find you..." Howard stumbled back into Bloom's embrace as he reassured his friend that her date would show.

Again his mind would swirl in and out of focus as Bloom and Serena discussed whatever girl stuff they were yammering on about. Yet one sentence from his fellow Hufflepuff would draw him back into the fold. "Not friends!" Howard blurted out during Serena's epic speech of friendship, respect and betrayal. Were these two not friends anymore?! Leave it to a teenaged boy to be completely oblivious. Sure, he had noticed they didn't talk much anymore, but he and Bloom just spent so much alone time together that he figured that was the cause. His mouth would drop again as Serena claimed Howard was not the cause of their split and that the way she had felt about him had nothing to do with it either. He couldn't keep up. What had Serena felt for him? Something more than friends? The thought was sobering as he shook his head back into focus.

The two of them would go back and forth as Serena aired her feelings about Bloom being a terrible friend and Bloom claiming Serena was capable of throwing away relationships on a whim. Perhaps both of them had valid points, but Howard surely wasn't going to say that to either of them. "You guys..." His tone still sounded like a some burn out from high school movies. "Don't...don't fight." Such sage advice. Howard should have been the one sorted into Ravenclaw as he dropped his wisdom upon them! Perhaps the topic of the the tournament would save them. He knew how important it was. The team he had put together was an assortment of humans, half breeds and those of special talents. A representation of how the magical world should be, but that had to start here among them at Hogwarts. "Seriously...you two gotta get right." His long index finger wagged as he scolded two of the most important people in his life.

It would be then that Serena would lash out at him. Her words hit like a physical blow as he stumbled back a step. Good thing he had Bloom for support, physical and emotional. "Wrong with me?" Howard repeated the words as his hand went to his chest. The question and the way she said it stung his heart. The two of them had been involved in some seriously deep, emotional conversations before, but she had never spoken to him like that before. The sting quickly sent him on the rebound as he looked to shield his often fragile feelings. "You know what!" Howard clapped right back. "You should listen to Bloom here." He squeezed his girl again for emphasis. "You're one of my best damn friends, Serena." The words were slow and slurred, but they were true. "And I love her." Another truth that could not be denied as he hiked a thumb towards Bloom. "You outta get that through yer head!" He thrust an index finger at Serena with one eye closed to help focus. Howard probably looked like a silly drunk at the bar trying to get a point across.

Bloom shifted away and Howard would stumble a bit, but she had a great idea. Another apple! They were so damn delicious and perhaps they all needed to cool down for a moment with a fresh, crips bit of fruit. "Good idea! I already had two, but I'm gonna have three!" Howard said with sass to nobody in particular before following suit and crushing an apple of his own.

Action: Eat a random apple.

english | russian

The young girl was not so easily thrown off balance. Unimpressed, she inspected the beard, letting it slip through her fingers as the boy tumbled away. Then, tip still in her hand, she tilted her head and looked up at him with sparkling eyes before letting it go completely. “So you are dressing up as a grown up?” A light chuckle bubbled up her throat and she popped her hands up on her hips as she straightened up again.
Quickly she looked him up and down to see if she could figure out how he had done that. “If you are this skilled in magic I have to ask you to try that on me once. I would love to see that.” No way he actually grew that.
“But I understand, that probably attracts more of your kind of prey, huh? You could have told me that you already have another blind date - or the beard approach is working really well!”

Still giggling she looked at the other boy that was standing awkwardly next to her date and gave him a meaningful look. Her mood was almost unnervingly good.
Playfully indignant, she shook her head and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "What a thing to ask. Of course I know who that is - I don't just pull the beards of complete strangers!” (Yes, she does).
"Besides, you are definitely someone I don't know. Shouldn't we introduce ourselves first before I pass on secret undercover information and introduce you to Ni- Oops. Close one!” Covering her mouth with her hand she played it cool and then shook her head again, pretending that nothing had happened. “I sense a lack of introduction here. This country clearly lacks manners." Yeah, she was the one to talk.
A charming smile returned to her face. She had no idea why Thomas was hiding behind his beard, nor did she care. But this was funny. "Amina, pleased to meet you." Offering her hand, she beamed at Percival.

Interacting | @Thomas Lestrange | @Percival Gray

Actions | looking if she can figure out how Thomas got a beard

Ability | Muggle Condition | Fearless | Foulplay | Lovely Creature

Allies for LC | noone ~ everyone may admire her You can decide from an RP perspective how much the ability affects you

Stats | Sta:9 | Ev:15 | Str:7 | Wis:7 | Arc:2 | Acc:15

Interacting with Milo Durand (@Delilah Stewart), @Howard White, @Bloom Silverton

Wait - did Howard just call her a player?! Serena Towers? The same girl that literally RAN AWAY from boys that she liked or at the hint of one trying to kiss her? Gosh. What was her reputation? First the rumour of her being the 'kissy prefect' even though she had never actually willingly kissed anyone! And now she's coming off as a player? He was kidding right? He had to have been. Yes, of course. He did not think she was one... Though the volume of his voice may have indicated otherwise. Luckily, her thoughts were quickly distracted by the other.

"That's the difference between us, Silverton. I was never here to win. I was never playing any competition or game or whatever you think it is that you 'won' here," She responded with a roll of her eyes as the Ravenclaw accused her of being unable to get over what she had lost. Bloom was right, in a way. But not in the way she spoke of. Serena had never wanted to date Howard. Sure, she liked him but she fully knew that was one-way long before Howard started dating the Ravenclaw. Her feelings for Howard were something she simply wanted to get over, because it was already a lose-lose situation in her mind. Getting over that became easier as time passed.

What she could not get over was what she had lost with Bloom. They were not the closest of friends by any means. But the broken trust between them felt like a knife to the lungs, making her unable to breath. Her eyes watered in anger as she stared at Bloom's unfazed reaction, "And don't lecture me about friendship. I almost died for my friend," Serena retaliated with. Her brush with death was not something she spoke about... well, ever. It was something she brushed under the carpet and pretended never happened, even though the school newspaper spoke about it at the time. No one ever really bothered to ask for her side or what happened. She had tried to help her friend, it resulted in her almost dying and yet, she would do the same again for a stranger two years later.

She gritted her teeth at the Ravenclaw who accused her of thinking of throwing away her friendship with Howard. Oh how she bet Bloom would love that. "Oh please. What friendship are you trying to heal here? You literally never had an ounce of respect for our relationship. This isn't him, this is you. How do I know that? Because even Falentra has more respect for me than you ever did, and we were strangers," Falentra might have punched Serena in the face for the boy standing near them but Serena fully understood why she acted that way and in truth, the Slytherin was upfront and honest about her feelings. At the very least, there was respect in their dislike of each other.

She rolled her eyes again when the other girl went for another apple, clearly obsessed with them as she had spoken about them numerous times already. Serena was almost surprised she was not flirting with the damn apples at this rate.

Serena sighed softly as Howard repeated her words back to her, "Well yeah- you're acting stra-" She started to respond but ended up stopping abruptly when she was caught off by his words. She should listen to Bloom? What, listen to the backstabber who was telling her that she threw away friendships? "Dammit, Howard! That's why I'm telling you that you're being strange. This isn't you- I know you, for fu-" She started, irritated by the whole thing. She knew him well enough to consider him one of her closest friends. He was being weird, she just could not figure out why. How could he not see that her words were out of concern and worry?

Tears threatened her face, she wanted to scream in anger. But she knew that yelling was not smart. Gritting her teeth, she sighed before continuing, "Look, I'm sorry that I hurt your little girlfriend and I get that you love her and if she makes you happy then great, I'm happy for you. But I don't need to be her friend for that," Serena responded to him.

She hated this. He was one of her closest friends. Without him, she would probably have been lost. She did not want to cry but her anger was bringing tears to her eyes. She knew that she needed to try and be friend's with his girlfriend, that would probably make him happy. But she could not bring herself to forgive someone who did not even care enough to ask for forgiveness. Serena was nothing but dirt to Bloom. "This is such bullshit," She mumbled to herself as she watched Howard start to speak about the stupid apples too.

This was such crap. Silverton broke her heart and yet she was being painted out to be the villain here? She was the one who would have to overcome her feelings and learn to be friends with someone who did not deserve her friendship for the sake of another friend? This was unfair. She turned to Milo, "I'm sorry you're being dragged into this again. The last time it was a different girl but you were still somehow there," She referred back to the time Milo comforted her after she had been punched in the face, "I don't know what's wrong with Howard, he's not normally like this but-" She wanted to say something mean about Bloom but bit her lip, deciding against it, "Maybe we should just leave them to eat their damn app-"

The thought struck her like a lightning bolt. The apples. No. No, they were apples. They couldn't cause whatever was happening to him. She had had one too and she felt fine, though her thoughts were clearer and her brain had a million thoughts and perhaps she was talking way too fast and maybe, just maybe- oh shit.

Her body moved fast, reacting to the thoughts whizzing in her head. There was something wrong with him. There had to be. Howard was literally slurring in his words, he was yelling inappropriately loud for no reason, he was almost... delirious? This had to be wrong. Maybe it was the drink? She had no idea but this was not the first time that someone had eaten something at a ball and been influenced by some sort of potion. She had been victim to things herself. "Howard! Don't eat that!" She launched herself to try and grab the apple from his hand, trying to stop him from eating the third apple, though it was probably far too late. It was not a golden snitch but the former seeker did her bloody best to grab it and stop him from eating it - or at least, whack it out of his hand.

ACTION: Trying to stop Howard from eating the apple (if it's not too late)

Stamina: 10 | Evasion: 14 | Strength: 2 | Wisdom: 15 | Arcane Power: 6 | Accuracy: 15
Abilities: Part-Goblin, Evasive Maneuvers, Beastmaster, Paragon of Health
Fifth-Year Armour: +10% auto-dodge on attacks [=20% auto-dodge overall]
[Allies for Paragon of Health: Hugh Lowe]

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Outfit of the day

Interacting with @Howard White, @Serena Towers

Bloom's breathing was slow. She was calmer than ever, even through the shouts and comebacks from her friend. It seemed as though nothing was going to poke through her tranquil ways. Bloom, just stared at Serena. In a way, it was like her voice was a calming serenity of music to Bloom. Bloom could comprehend the words, but the tone of voice was not as intense as it should have been.

"You almost died for someone?" she asked, tilting her head in question. In all her years of knowing Serena, she had never known that. "Recently?" she added in her ask. Bloom kept going. "Who did you almost die for? How did you almost die?" Bloom figured she would not be getting answers, but she was intrigued in asking nonetheless.

Bloom then remembered her Care of Magical Creatures book about thestrals. "Wait, you can now see thestrals right? Or no, that's witnessing death... not nearly being dead," she said, shrugging. Bloom and her studies never paired well. This is where her looks would probably take her far.

It then came a shock to her for some reason. Howard was sticking up for Bloom the entire time of their conversation. Bloom couldn't help but to nestle closer into Howard. She was definitely going to reward him for his chivalry of standing up for her. It was one of the most romantic things he could do. It really made them a true couple. She couldn't help but to show him a small smile of thankfulness.

"What makes you think you hurt me?" she asked Serena, giving her eye contact. "It takes a lot to hurt me. Your words aren't scarring at all," she said, shrugging. "It only makes me sad that you can't move on and for us to be friends again. We made a good team as friends. But now you're stuck on a lie...," Bloom said calmly. Bloom kept thinking about what lie. What would make Serena so pissed off at her? She looked at the Cinderella shoe for a second while thinking of what it could be.

"Also, what lie?" she asked, seeing that it was raw in Serena's head than it was in hers.

ACTION: n/a

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

Fall Ball Partner: @Hannah Blossom

Stamina: 8 Evasion: 6 Strength: 3 Wisdom: 7 Arcane Power: 6 Accuracy:5
Items: A Stopwatch, Wand, Mad Hatter Hat

"Marvelous!" the word flew from her mouth. "Did you make it yourself? It's wonderful!"
"Yes actually! I made the whole outfit!" He smiled happily, he was glad she liked his costume. "Took I think... 4 months? I'm very glad you like it!"
He looked around the fall ball, he saw that everyone as getting ready to dance, he smiled holding out his arm to Hannah, bowing lightly like a gentlemen.
"May I have this dance?" he smiled from beneath the brim of his dusty-brown, ornate hat.
"Of course!" She said without hesitation, Edward took her hand and led her to the dance floor. To be with the up most honesty, Edward was an amazing dancer, though if you asked he would shake his head and say I'm no good at all! The truth was he could, though he was self-taught like a many number of things. His specialty was tap-dance, of course he wasn't perfect but he was good. Edward was having the time of his life dancing with Hannah, buy before they knew it the music slowed down from folksy to slow and dark. Edward knew what that meant, he adjusted his hat on his crazy red hair.
"Next dance is the waltz," He smiled, she grinned back. She seemed so bright and light, like she had not a care in the world, she looked not a bit nervous. That made Edward happier, it just happens so quickly with the right people, happiness is just like a good virus. They got into position to waltz, Edward made sure to do the best he could, he didn't want to step on her toes like he had seen so many times on Television! Hannah closed her eyes, she looked peaceful and she danced as light as a feather, it was as if the music had swept her away to another world, another place, like wonderland. Edward closed his eyes as well to see what it was like, it was like the music was a whole other place itself, it was absolutely spectacular how with only one sense a whole world that filled all the others could be created. Before they both knew it the song had ended, Edward opened his eyes coming back from his head in the clouds, He blinked and looked Hannah. He smiled at her, then his stomach protested at him, I'M HANGRY! Oops.. It sounded like a little beast, it definitely had a mind of it's own. He let his gaze drift over to the table with all types of treats and games, including bobbing for apples. He looked back at Hannah beaming.
"Do you want to go get something to eat?" He hoped she would say yes...

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Reducio

The Courtyard had, from the start, seemed the only logical place to hold a ball such as the likes of the theme Faerietale Endings. What sort of Faerietale did not in some way incorporate the beauty of a twilit sky, or the delicate sparklings of the silvery stars overhead? The usually drab grey stones of the courtyard appeared almost silver in the almost entirely full light of the waxing moon, just one night away, and every tree and shadow appeared to have a slightly more angular and harsh edge because of Luna's soft yet intense glow. Soft birdsong, difficult to tell if magically or mundanely made, cooed in the black and whispering branches, and a soft, brisk, and rather chilly wind (11 degree Celsius/52 degree Fahrenheit) rattled branches and encouraged the older among the trees to groan in their own eerie melodies. A better evening could not have been asked for save the Highland cold, and tonight in particular seemed to gleam with a mysterious magic of a non-wizard origin.

Sprinkled about the environment lay trademarks of several better-known Hans Christian Andersen and Grimm Brothers fables. Within the courtyard fountain was a small recreation of Thumbelina being introduced to a repulsive toad groom. Opposing it on the far side a single large frog with a golden crown sitting on a lilypad sat with one of his "arms" extended as if to reach out and take a lady (or lad) by the hand for a tender kiss. Both of these floated freely in the water, bobbing here and there and guided by the current of the fountain water. Tangled upon the walls of the courtyard were thousands of blooming flowers mixed with sharp, prickly black thorns. Any self-respecting wandmaker would recognize a collection of well-trimmed blackthorn bushes off in one corner, though these appeared to have been grafted with a rose bush, for there was one red-blooming bush and one white-blooming bush. Not too far away from these was a pile of shoes, mostly leather and rough in make, but both a single "glass" shoe for a young woman barely glittered underneath its mundane fellows and a pair of bright red shoes stuck out like sore thumbs. High up in the tallest tree sat a stuffed plush golden goose in a nest that was angled so that all could see large golden eggs, the prize of most any kleptomaniac to be sure. Underneath a willow tree sat poised a collection of plaster swans, one of which was a small, downy, ugly grey fellow being embraced by one of the larger, more magnificent ones while a family of ducks watched on. Similarly, faux ravens looked down at both the scene below them and outwards towards the main congregation of the celebration with quiet eyes. If a student brushed close enough, it would magically animate, extend charcoal black wings, and have its eyes glow red with an accompanying "Caw, caw, caw!" emanating from it.

Fairy lights (glowing by the bioluminescent light of glow bugs) would offer an almost unnoticeable glow when compared to the light of the moon, their only purpose being to highlight the already bright and colorful bursts of spectrum that were found in the flowers and the leaves of the fall-blossoming plants. Tiny, real fairies, likely drawn in by the color and the ethereal nature of the environment fluttered about here and there, playing with the plush animals or perusing the nearby feast that was laid out. They giggled in a lightly buzzing tone, gesticulating and teasing with one another by pointing out the students that they thought to be less-dressed or less than impressive in their attire than themselves. Other fairies were more content to sit by the water fountain and meddle with the frogs thereon, whereas others flittered in the trees and danced in a way that caused loosened flower petals to be whisked into the air and produce a waltz of their own design.

The Grand Feast:

Reducio

The warm orange glow of the setting sun cast upon the vicinity had set the courtyard in a picturesque far back in time. As if reliving an old painting from the renaissance or within one's imagination of fairytales brought to life. With the sun disappearing into the horizon and giving way to the shadows of Autumn's early evening, the bronze candelabras on tables and strings of starry fairy lights that hung across the walls of the courtyard would shed light throughout the event, albeit with an almost eerily flickers.

The tables around were dressed in dark linens, with a neat display of silver goblets and silverware set upon. At the further end of the courtyard stood a rather coniferous juniper tree with claw-like branches that cast its shadow on a long rustic mahogany table displaying a delicious array that was to be feasted on. A large brass pot of simmering savoury stew, an impressive platter of pudding and pies of the sort, and a deep bowl of a rich burgundy red beverage to serve with the many intricate goblets that cluttered the table. By the table was a wooden bucket swirling with apples bobbing on the surface, green, pink, red and yellow. Any hungry souls could help themselves to a share of food while it lasted.

By Aurelia Notresvace

Light, mystical music drifted through the air; not sourced by a band or instrument easily visible, but as if by ghostly, phantasmal, omnipresent nature, encouraging couples to dance freely in the central, clearing of the courtyard set aside for a dance floor. Already there were a few of the native ghosts of Hogwarts finding themselves at home in the company of the antique surroundings, as they whispered to one another about their lives and their deaths alike, with especial couples somberly drifting to and fro in a silent waltz among the living and evoking an accidental chill if one came too close to one with still-living flesh.

An eye drifting to the right of the celebration would observe a collection of ill-sprinkled Bernie Bott's Every Flavored Beans, which would lead to but one of the activities of the night...

On the left, a collection of pumpkins of all sizes, faux rabbits, squirrels, birds, and other small woodland creatures would guide anybody who was curious enough to investigate their trail to sights and experiences of the most magical degree...

The night was young, the moon was nearly full, the food and beverages were set. Mystery and trickery hung thick in the skies as an air of excitement, grandeur, and the remotest tingling of trepidation laid eerily present in the vicinity. The 2022 Fall Ball was now begun.

Dancers, Entrances/Exits, & Interactions

Two more individuals would enter the ball and immediately start blending in with the rest of the crowd, Mahoutokoro's Ginyami Midorimori and Hogwarts' @Esmeray Rosslyn. Ginyami would locate his sulky friend Sara doing his best impression of a juniper tree's body guard, having returned from the Petting Zoo. Perhaps he simply found the main party to be the more attractive option of the other places he could possibly be. Whatever the reason, the two Mahoutokoro students found each other in good company. A wise man kept his friends close, after all.

Yet, more people were planning on leaving than staying; some to the Petting Zoo, others to the Save Your Date Event that was going on that night over at the Owlry. Such was the case for Mahoutokoro couple Chiaki Hiroi and Chiakao "the Oni" Narumi, Hogwarts couples @Elsian Cox and @Logan Baird as well as @Marius Brown with (I assume) @Ashleigh Hazelwood. They would find their time at the competition quite amusing indeed; the committee had worked hard to make something both fun and difficult (and something that would likely cause a few people to crack up if they happened to switch gender norms insofar as the 'damsel' and the 'rescuer'). They would have a good time, that much would be assured.

Still others planned on popping off to the Petting Zoo, where they would find a very strange sight to behold indeed... a certain @Aida Mòrsgor-Ama Ellwood was in the process of loosing these animals... particularly the nest of Nifflers. This could certainly only end well, right? Well, I'll leave Felix Kolbeck, Yefim Rumyantsev, @Jack Burnett and Lee Yu-Jun to tell. Both of them left together in their respective couples.

And still, we had our exits; Durmstrang's Mikael Halldorson had had his fill of the eyes and the unconscious discomforts of being in a bustling social place. With decisive nature, he took his leave, the red king/queen of Alice in Wonderland's cloak billowing behind him as he departed from the Dark Faerietale and into what was potentially an even darker place; his own consuming thoughts and memories.

As for the rest of the partygoers, some offering dances to others still, others locating their friends and potential romantic other, continuingly peculiar things began to happen throughout the ball...

Apples & Goblets

Chaos continued to reign as potion effects continued to endure, ignite, and fade as they deemed fit.

Hiro Bakugo: Euphoria [d3 = 2 (2 rounds); -3 Wisdom, +3 ArcPower], Potion Effect Fades
@Kim Sato: Pompion [d2 = 1 (1 round); Head is Pumpkin], 1 Round Remains
@Serena Towers: Scintillation Solution [d3: 2 (2 rounds); +3 Wisdom], Potion Effect Fades
@Violet Grace: Pompion [d2 = 1 (1 rounds); Head is Pumpkin], 1 Round Remains
@Astoria Swann: Pompion Potion [d2: 2 (2 rounds); Head is Pumpkin], 2 Rounds Remain
@Janette Applebottom: Babbling Beverage [d6: 4 (2 rounds); Increase spell DC by number of syllables in the incantation], Potion Effect Fades
Cielle Johansen: Babbling Beverage [d6: 6 (3 rounds); Increase spell DC by number of syllables in the incantation], 1 rounds remains
Johannes Saur: Scintillation Solution Fades
Nick Iris: Shrinking Solution (+3 Evasion; disadvantage on Strength Checks) Endures until nullified
@Bloom Silverton: Calming Draught (d3: 1 (1 Round); 2d2 (+3 Wisdom)); 1 Round Remains
@Howard White: Dizziness Draught (d3: 2 (-4 Accuracy)) Endures until nullified

Someone, please save @Howard White from himself! Apple after apple the Dhampir champion of Hogwarts ate; and potion effects were starting to uncontrollably stack! Already he was under the effects of two different potions (one of which was indeed countered by the boy's inherent ability to make sense of his surroundings without the use of his eyes), but this new one would cause him to become disoriented and cause his world to become a little more tipsy than usual. @Serena Towers had the good sense to start putting two and two together (whether by deduction or by suspicion), and she would attempt to knock one of the apples that he was eating out of his hand so that he would not have to endure yet another potion running through his system (Aurelia's mod will have the outcome). After all, surely being under the effects of more than one potion could only spell ill fortune, right? Similarly, @Bloom Silverton would also continue to partake in the potion-spiked apples, though she seemed to be having better fortunes with hers, as she would feel a dripping sense of calm oozing through her person, clearing her mind and almost sharpening her senses ever so slightly (+3 Wisdom from Calming Draught). Still, this did not seem to nullify the growing animosity between her and Serena, who would feel the effects of her own potion leaving her system and taking away the magically induced sarcastic edge of her future words.

And what was an October festival without pumpkins? Well, obviously they were going to be somewhere about the area... though people were likely not expecting their own heads to become pumpkins. Such was the fate of @Kim Sato, @Violet Grace, and @Astoria Swann, who would all painlessly sense a hard fibrous shell beginning to form as their heads were magically transmuted into the harvest orange or bone white knobbly/smooth surfaced fruits (why yes, pumpkins are fruit because they grow from the flower of the plant and their fruit carries the seeds; the more you know). Who knew how long this would last... well, at least someone was likely to have a good laugh over it, right? All in good fun?

@Jannette Applebottom's potion, as well as Hiro Bakugo's potions would eventually fade, with Jannette finding that she now had control over her words in the way that only a Scottish lass could, and Hiro feeling the overwhelming sense of nose-tweakingness also evaporating from his being. Now he was... back to normal? Good thing too, for he was off at the Grounds anyways. For his part, Johannes Sauer (being a target for the Durmstrangian makeshift joust) was also free of his Scintillation Solution, and though he was witty enough in his natural state, he would certainly feel a difference as the potion finally ran its course and left his sarcasm slightly impaired from its former glory just moments prior.

Poor (or perhaps not so poor) Cielle Johansen would still find herself not quite able to form a sentence properly, though granted that she wasn't taking much time to talk, perhaps that would not be an issue. Perhaps there was a trick to be had here for remedying the normally obnoxious and chatterbox circus girl... Something to think about, Horntails. As for Nick Iris our dearly departed (dearly deactivated @Quinn Root) he would enjoy the sensation of being two feet tall. Odd flex Rumpelstiltskin, but alright. I won't judge you. Enjoy being two feet tall. Hopefully you won't get stepped on by @Quinn Healy or something, I dunno.

Beards Don't Lie

@Thomas Lestrange had attracted to himself a small posse making up of Durmstrangian Amina Petrovic and fellow Slytherin @Percival Rainwood; both of which were marveling over the boy's new forest. It appeared that there was a case of mistaken identity, at least on Percival's end; a fact that was currently working in Thomas' favor considering recent history between the two of them. As for Amina, she recognized her date even despite the beard.

It was almost like a scene out of a comedy, beard tugging gag included! All that there was left was to have one of them get hit in the face with a custard pie. Please, someone make that happen! How exactly do you plan on getting out of this situation, Thomas? The Audience is at the edge of their seats waiting for your response!

How to Break Up with a Part-Veela (2022, Colorized)

Meanwhile, off to the side of the party near the banquet table, Alec Mason and his date Pea Elana Fowl were getting along swimmingl-- oh, no. No. They're fighting. Ah. Okay. We are doing this tonight, then.

Alright. Someone get the dramatic Soap Opera music, breakup is back on the menu tonight, kids.

Perhaps it was Alec's surly behavior, perhaps it was Pea's high expectations from a boyfriend to her explosive temper (something quite natural for a half-breed of her kind), but things were not going well for the Gryffindor-Slytherin pairing. This would culminate in Alec Mason offering Pea a drink (what a gentleman!) only to attempt to purposefully splash her with the drink (not very gentlemanly!)! [The result of this action will be in Aurelia's mod post as it involves a goblet]

Anywho, perhaps the Audience would find it interesting to listen in and take in the sights, sounds, and scrabbles of these two desperate pubescent teen and pre-teen. Who doesn't love a good lover's quarrel!? Start placing your bets; who will punch the other first? Who will win? Who will come out okay? Who will look classier? C'mon, don't be shy! Throw a few Galleons into the pot if only for your own personal entertainment, grab some popcorn, and sit back to enjoy! This'll be the show of the Ball for sure!

The Joust

Meanwhile, the Durmstrang Joust was underway! Mounted upon two Silver Arrows and a heritage Firebolt, Valetin Schnell, Johannes Sauer, and Romeo Marchonné would all take to the skies. With a quaffle in the Durmstrang Seeker's arm, Johannes Sauer would set up and prepare to make trying to knock his hat off his head a challenge. One. Two. Three times Valetin would throw the ball, waiting for his Keeper to set up the shot again before taking another throw.

The first attempt would be quite laughable on Johannes' part, perhaps Schnell had thrown a bit too early before Johannes was ready, but regardless the had tumbled down to the ground, requiring Johannes to make his first trip down and back to set up for the next shot. That was one point for Valetin Schnell.

The second throw would feature a little less luck on Valetin's behalf, as his potentially fancier footwork caused his throw to suffer greatly. Between Johannes naturally swift and evasive nature and a well timed dip, the Quaffle would fall harmlessly to the ground, resulting in a miss from the albino seeker.

Yet, just like the first throw, Valetin's last was on point. With an ease and confidence, the Mad Hatter Lord of Anarchy's hat would fall to the ground again, knocked from Johannes' brow and giving the albino a final point. The final score would be 2 for Valetin, and his competitors had yet to make their own tosses.

Continued scuffling and bloodshed would emerge in the midst of the party... this was quickly becoming the main focus of the ball for a very select number of students; a notorious pattern, to be sure, but not an unexpected one. This was why the school couldn't have nice things; or perhaps it was a reason for the school to have nice things like security or better abjuration charms/spells protecting its student body from these undesirable nasties. Attacking a first year student? What kind of respectable facility would let this happen? And this was a recurring pattern, on more than three separate occasions had a creature of this kind managed to slip past the casual eye and targeted the young and the vulnerable. Sometimes, the creatures who managed to breach security were even worse. There were dangerous things in the dark. Dangerous things indeed...

Hufflepuff Seer AngelFyre was the first to react, calling out Arresto Momentum; a spell [21 Wisdom] that would hopefully slow or stop the Real Girl in her tracks entirely as scarlet only just barely continued to hold the external shell of a second skin together. The metamorphoses had to continue, the Real Girl wanted to be real. She was close, tantalizingly close. One mama would not be enough, though... and perhaps the Girl realized it as well... she would need more, more of them. With a terrifying scrablle on Lily's torso assisted more by the malleable red inner skin as opposed to the glass that was starting to flake away, the Real Girl evaded the first of the incoming barrage [CP6, 20 Accuracy v. 30 Evasion]

Upperclassman Illowy was well versed with these nasties, and with recognition that attempting to touch this creature would only result in harm to the one doing the grappling, she attempted to nullify the threat by a duelist's refined means. A petrification charm should do the trick. With an incantation and the force of an attack so powerful it nearly caused her arm to jerk backwards from the recoil [Wisdom 32, Critical Cast], a blinding white light would explode from her mayhaw wand and rocket... off into the crowd, drawing screams of surprise and curses of anger as it just barely evaded the cherry red hair of the Real Girl. Something, perhaps the way the doll moved, perhaps the way that certain student auras hung about heavily in the air [TP1 (Trigger), CP8], had caused her aim to go entirely haywire. What a waste of such a pretty cast...

The next to try their hand would be Colin McCoire the eccentric Scottish werewolf. It would be he who would land the first blow on the Real Girl which continued to scrabble and cling to Lily Brown. With an incantation of the General Counterspell, the spell would be cast [14 Wisdom] with some coaxing and would manage to strike the Real Girl [TP6, CP5; 19 Accuracy v. 14 Evasion] as she evaded AngelFyre's blow, the spell being absorbed into the red shell and causing it to shriek a little bit as the red shriveled a touch before regenerating back just as swiftly as it had been damaged. Colin may not have harmed or impaired the beastie in any way, but he had learned something very important (at least about this particular iteration of the 'Hag Doll'); it had indeed been created by magic and could be temporarily hindered by the spell, but the more life force it stole the more it became less and less of a magical creation and the less effective the spell would become. Even now, it was already next to useless on the more than halfway corporeal creature shedding its false skin.

As for the Real Girl, she continued to cling onto her first mama; the first girl that would give her Real Life. Take the love, become more and more Real. With bared and jagged teeth, she tried to capitalize upon the wound that she had started on the girl's ribs, only to receive a mouthful of tulle and fabric [TP1, Trigger] that did nothing but stuff the doll's face and cause it to hiss and spit it out once more before resetting its grip and trying to draw blood once more. This time poor Lily would feel the pointed teeth dig into her [TP7, Accuracy 27 v. Evasion 22. 270 damage, 100 bleed] once more, this wound now piercing closer to her stomach as if in an attempt to gut the poor girl. The Real Girl continued to lick the crimson from its 'lips' the scarlet interior continuing to writhe and crack the shell as if it were growing too big to contain it any longer.

Lily Brown was losing too much blood, and two students realized this fact; @Clair Fernandez and Dhampir @Simon Kincaid. Both would attempt to cast a basic bandaging charm, and both with differing results. Charms prodigy Clair had studied hard to learn this spell ahead of her years, and with quite simple casting, she managed to easily conjure bandages [21 Wisdom] from her walnut and unicorn tail hair wand. The bandages quickly sopped up the worst of Lily's bleeding, stopping both of the Real Girl's bleeding attacks in their tracks before they could do any further harm to the young first year. Simon, on the other hand, was not as fortunate, having been quite thoroughly distracted by the way that Illowy's perfect charcoal hair seemed to shine under the light of the nearly full moon [WDC 12 (LC); 11 Wisdom, Failure]. Only a small cough would emit from his own walnut wand, an obvious tell that he had not been entirely focused on his spellcasting effort.

Helpless Lily, defenseless without spells, continued to try her hand at pushing away the much stronger Real Girl with her bare and bloodied hands. Her hands would bravely hook themselves in the corners of the doll's 'mouth' in an attempt to keep those teeth away from her delicate skin, but the Real Girl continued to snap and gnash, and with a single powerful hand [Lily 22 Strength v. Real Girl 32 Strength Critical Sucess] the Real Girl ripped away one of Lily's own from its mouth and held it at the wrist. The Real Girl had a grip too strong for its size; supernaturally strong, almost.

Over it all, Durmstrangian Astrid Olsen would take a rather verbal approach; yelling at the Real Girl to quote 'Shut Up'. Stopped in its tracks for a moment, distracted from its prey, the Real Girl's hollow blue eyes (which had by now sunk inwards into its 'skull' and now appeared to have a void of blackness about those cyan 'irises') flicked to the pale girl, it's teeth grinning from ear to ear like a twisted cheshire cat. "ShUt uP, sHuT uP!" It would mock in her tone right back, clicking its teeth in delight at the verbal stimulation. "Mamas should never shout unless they're teaching a lesson. It's meeeeeean!"

@Della Barfield would be the last to act in a timely manner when the rest of the chaos was starting to 'cool'. With an incantation of the Knockback Jinx [26 Wisdom], a bolt of blue launched towards the Real Girl with all the hissing energy of a blue fireball. It looked so close to a hit, so tantalizingly close, but just as the energy drew close, the Real Girl pressed itself against Lily's body in a tight hug, which caused the bolt of blue to just barely skim the cherry red hair [8TP, 3CP; Accuracy 23 v. Evasion 26] without effect against the antagonizingly swift Real Girl. The Real Girl childishly stuck out a long, slimy red tongue in response to the attempted attack and let out a high pitched girlish giggle... that sounded not terribly unlike Lily Brown herself (if anyone knew her well enough to know her by her laugh). The Real Girl began to wind up again, throwing its head back and ready to bite once more; to finish off the immensely weakened Lily who was just barely hanging on by a thread.

STATUSES:

Reducio

@Aaron Jones 1090/1000 ~ --
@Adelaide Barlowe 600/600 ~ Dancing w/Ethan, going to talk with Regina & Faye
Agata Matos @Beatrice Langstreth 800/800 ~ --
@Alan Vanes 1200/1200 ~ --
@Alec Mason900/900 ~ Knocks Goblet onto Pea, Initiating Breakup
@Alma Stoll 300/300 ~ --
@Aly Salinger 900/900 - Amortentia (Logan) ~ --
Amelia Miller @Lily Blaze 600/600 ~ --
Amina Petrovic @Ileen Knight 900/900 ~ Trying to figure out how Thomas has a beard
@Anastasia Varney 500/500 ~ --
Andrew Lycan @Rose Moon 1000/1000 ~ Entering
@AngelFyre McCubbin 660/700 ~ Casting Arresto Momentum on Real Girl
@Ashleigh Hazelwood 500/500 ~ --
@Astoria Swann 700/700 ~ --
Astrid Olsen @Anastasia Varney 700/700 ~ Yell at Hag Doll to "Shut Up"
@Athena Boot 500/500 ~ --
@Avery McCall 500/500 ~ Interacting w/Edme
@Beatrice Dupont 600/600 ~ --
@Beatrice Langstreth 600/600 ~ --
@Bloom Silverton: 1000/1000 ~ Interacting w/Howard & Serena, eating ANOTHER apple
@Bubba McGarry 600/600 ~ Interfacing with Samantha
Chiaki Hiroi @Pax Zhang: 875/900 ~ Leaving for "Save Your Date"
Chikao Narumi @Hunter Argentum: 1000/1000 ~ Leaving for "Save Your Date"
Cielle Johansen @Ivy Bellamy: 1100/1100 ~ --
@Clair Fernandez 700/700 ~ Cast Ferula on Lily Brown (Prodical Charms)
@Clark William Baird-Carter: 500/500 ~ --
@Colin McCoire 600/600 ~ Cast Finite Incantatem on the Hag Doll
@Daphne Sapphirus 1000/1000 ~ --
@David Howard 700/700 ~ --
@Della Barfield 500/500 ~ Holding Astrid's Hand & Casting Flipendo @Hag Doll
@Dove Peregrine 500/500 ~ --
@Edme Achillian ~ Greeting Avery
@Edward Edwards ~ Dance w/Hannah
@Elena Jangleton 900/900 ~ --
Eloïse Duciel @Astoria Swann 800/800 ~ --
@Elsian Cox 1000/1000 ~ Retrieving Kitty, Exiting to "Save Your Date" w/Logan
@Emma Wynn 800/800 ~ --
@Erin Ryan 800/800 ~ --
@Esmeray Rosslyn 700/700 ~ Enter & Find Maisie
@Ethan Smith 800/800 ~ --
@Eun-ji Lee Hunt 800/800 ~ Exit to Petting Zoo w/Flash
@Faye Simmons: 600/600 ~ --
@Finnegan Connor 800/800 ~ --
@Gemima Sable: 700/700 ~ --
@George Henry 1000/1000 ~ --
@Gidion Athenatos 500/500 ~ --
Ginyami Midorimori @Jack Burnett 1100/1100 ~ Enter, Interacting w/Sara
Hadrian Zuheir @Aurelia Notresvace 500/500 ~ --
@Hanako Tone 1000/1000 ~ --
@Hannah Blossom 700/700 ~ Dance w/Edward
@Howard White 1100/1100 - Bulgeye Potion, Dizziness Draught ~ Eat Two Apples (good God someone save this man from himself)
@Hunter Argentum 1000/1000 ~ --
@Ileen Knight 900/900 ~ --
@Illowy Magnard: 900/900 ~ Wandering, Keeping an eye out for trouble or suspicious activity
@Illusia Bobich 700/700 - Sleeping Draught (Rendered Unconscious)
@Irina Sousa 400/400 ~ --
@Jack Burnett 600/600 ~ Exiting to Petting Zoo w/Lee Yu-Jun
@Jake Morris 600/600 ~ --
Jamie Ziegler @Gemima Sable 700/700 ~ --
@Jannette Applebottom: 500/500 ~ --
Johannes Sauer @Astrea Soleil Neptune1000/1000 ~ --
@Judith Cohen: 600/600 ~ --
@June Selwyn 600/600 ~ --
@Jürgen Hess 500/500 ~ --
Kamila Yavlinsky @Marina Oriel 900/900 ~ --
@Kayla Realma 600/600 ~ --
@Keith Moore 700/700 ~ --
@Lazarus Lavey 300/300 ~ --
Lee Ye-jun @Eun-ji Lee Hunt: 1000/1000 ~ Exit to Petting Zoo w/Jack
@Lily Blaze 500/500 ~ Eating Another Apple
@Lily Brown 160/700 ~ Try to Push the Hag Doll Away
Lloyd Thomas @Bailey Glade 700/700 ~ --
@Logan Baird 900/900 ~ Exit to "Save Your Date" w/Elsian
@Maggie Hawkins 675/700, -1 Evasion ~ --
Maksim Levin @Monica Evans 600/600 - Confusing Concoction ~ --
@Marcel Wheatley: 600/600 ~ --
@Marius Brown 600/600 ~ Exiting to "Save Your Date" w/Ashleigh
@Mathias Pride 500/400 ~ --
Mikael Halldorson @Percival Rainwood 1000/1000 ~ Exiting the Ball
Milo Durand @Delilah Stewart: 1300/1300 ~ --
@MJ Davenport 700/700 ~ --
Monet Èlisa Navarro-Gallay @June Selwyn 700/700 ~ --
@Monica Evans 800/800 ~ C--
Nick Iris @Quinn Root 700/700; Shrinking Solution ~ Being smol (2'10") & enjoying it
@Nico Cirillo 500/500 ~ --
@Nicole Richards 500/500 ~ --
@Pax Zhang: 900/900 ~ --
@Pea Elena Fowl: 600/600 ~ --
@Percival Rainwood 900/900 ~ Locate Thomas Lestrange (does not recognize) and ask if Lestrange is with anybody, ask Amina if she knows him
@Piérre Marchonné 600/600 ~ #BecomeNPC
@Quinn Healy 1500/1400 ~ --
@Quinn Root 500/500 ~ --
@Rani Adler 600/600 ~ --
Raul Correa @Nicholas McCowan 500/500 ~ --
@Rebecca Loops 400/400 ~ --
@Regina Miller: 700/700 ~ --
@Rita Su 600/600 ~ --
River Fayre @Clair Fernandez: 700/700 ~ --
Romeo Marchonné @Piérre Marchonné 1000/900 ~ Mounting Firebolt
@Samantha Salwis 900/900 ~ --
Sara Kohana @Hanako Tone 500/500 ~ Entering the Main Ball, Being the Juniper Tree's Bodyguard, Interacting w/Ginyami
@Serena Towers: 1000/1000 ~ Inspect Howard to see What is wrong with him, about to Fite Bloom, Trying to stop Howard from Eating an Apple
@Simon Kincaid 775/800, -1 Evasion ~ Cast Ferula on Lily (conditional on if the Doll is Removed)
@Sirin Liu 600/600 ~ --
@Skraele Valasse: 700/700 ~ --
Soraia Sampaio @Lucinia Thawin 900/900 ~ --
Stephan Schwartz @AngelFyre McCubbin 800/800 ~ Joking w/Jamie
@Taisia Elidine Stroudefielde 500/500 ~ --
@Taizu Miyashiro 400/400 ~ --
@Tesla Stone 500/500 ~ --
@Thomas Lestrange 800/800 ~ Trying to Play off the Beard Tug
Valetin Schnell @Aida Mòrsgor-Ama Ellwood 800/800 ~ Quaffle Throw x3 @Jojo's Hat
@Violet Grace 700/700 ~ Interacting w/ Rebecca, Jannette
Vivienne Beaumont @Adelaide Barlowe: 800/800 ~ --
@Winnie Harper 1000/1000 ~ --
@Wynn Wen 500/500 ~ --
Yasha Volkov @EmmaLee LeDames 900/900 ~ --
Yefim Rumyantsev @Flash Holmwood 1000/1000 ~ Following Felix, teasing him as "your majesty", Move to Petting Zoo

Hag Doll: ??/?? ~ Bite @Lily Brown 2ce

OOC Guidelines:

Taisia had lost Lazarus in the crowd, but instead of looking for him, her attention was drawn to the commotion.

Two seperate screams beckoned for her attention. One sound was scared, but the other was loud and shrill and chilled Taisia to the bone. She wandered over to find a girl she recognised as @Lily Brown, a Gryffindor from some of her classes. The girl seemed helpless at the hands of the doll. Some people had drawn their wands, desperately throwing curses at the doll. She had left her wand in her dorm- not that it would be much use.

She couldn’t sit there and be helpless though. It was in her nature to help people. Nevertheless, she couldn’t think of what to do. No way would she be trying to yank it off her. She shuffled nervously as @Clair Fernandez and @Simon Kincaid shot bandages at the poor girl. And then something pierced the skin on her foot.

She searched the ground for the sharp object she had just stepped on. Her hand felt it and the grabbed. Someone’s foot was awfully close and she withdrew quickly. Then, hoping she didn’t damage the girl further, she aimed and threw the rock, closing her eyes so she didn’t see the outcome.

Words : 210
Mentions/Interacting With : In rp
Lipstick : Worried
Speech Colour : Navy
Thoughts Colour : Bronze
Action : Finding Lily and throwing a rock at the Real Girl Doll
Stats : 5 STA | 5 EVA | 6 STR | 7 WIS | 6 ARC | 6 ACC
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"I love your hat it's..." She couldn't find the right words... Extravagant? No too exaggerated. Beautiful? Maybe or "marvelous!" the word slipped from her mouth. "Did you make it yourself? It's wonderful!" "Yes actually! I made the whole outfit!" Edward seemed to smile; it was cute "Took I think... 4 months? I'm very glad you like it!" She looked around and saw some people getting ready to dance. "May I have this dance?" he smiled from beneath the brim of his dusty-brown, ornate hat. She froze for a moment as she hadn't thought of dancing. The truth was she did not know how to dance. "Of course!" she didn't think, she just replied. They had danced for a bit now and she was having fun, she wasn't good or anything, but she was happy. Edward seemed to be a very talented dancer, and she thought that she was embarrassing herself. Before they knew it the music slowed down from folksy to slow and dark. They both knew what that meant, Hannah observed as he adjusted his hat on his crazy red hair. "Next dance is the waltz," He smiled. Oh great! not this, I'm terrible at dancing. she thought to herself, but outside she was grinning. They looked at each other, and adjusted to they're positions, she couldn't help but smile, she was sweating inside and was very nervous, but she had to dance, Edward seemed to enjoy dancing with her, she did too, but not like this, not the waltz. It's okay Hannah, just one dance. she thought again. The slow song started playing, and they started dancing, she was actually doing quite well. She closed her eyes and felt the slow song playing and she just danced with her eyes closed so she didn't feel too embarrassed. Before she knew it, the song was over, coming back from her world of thoughts. she opened her eyes, and saw that Edward did the same thing. He smiled, but after seconds he asked "Do you want to go get something to eat?". She noticed his stomach had made a sound. "Sure!" she smiled and noticed him looking at the table with threats and food.
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Tagged: @Piérre Marchonné