21 Jan 2023, 17:17
Not so Invisible
Not so Invisible
Hex:#941b1b
Warning: Language
Warning: Language
@Pandora Smith
"FUCK-" I yelled quietly to myself as I stubbed my toe on a rock as I tried to get through the vast sea of students of all ages. I limped slightly as I refused to nurse it, no one paid no attention to me though. I didn't mind it, back in new jersey I was the source of criticism but here I was seemed completely invisible. I wasn't sure if it was because there was just too many students or they just chose not to see tiny me stubbing my toe. I tried to avoid touching people as I walked, I'm not anti-social but I'm not very social if ya know what I mean. After my shoulder rubbed against another student, specifically a sixth year Gryffindor, I had enough. I spotted a way out, I took it immediately. It took a moment to realize it was the courtyard. Behind me looked like a super speed traffic, and I wondered how I made it at all! I walked a bit away from the busy halls to rest on a stone step, besides the bustling noises of shriek-like laughter and chatter, it was rather soothing. I took a deep breath of crisp air as I squinted my eyes to look at the greyish-blue skies, I wondered for a bit how my mother was doing without me. Did she miss me? I mean if I left Hogwarts right now no one would miss me, no one even dared to strike a conversation with me, they barely even looked at me, which was fine, but sometimes I got lonely. I may look "emo" but I'm not that bad actually... And I never in a million years would expect that someone would actually see me.... Until they did...
(302 words)
outfit: slytherin robes
"Forget about the dirty looks. The photographs your boyfriend took. You said you read me like a book. But the pages all are torn and frayed!"
Dhampir |#941b1b
8 Feb 2023, 20:21
Not so Invisible
Pandora forced her way through the crowd of people. She admitted that it was too crowded. She just realized that they were out in the courtyard. I think he saw a boy when she was saying she was going to the Great Lake. It was clear that he was in his own thoughts, but she went to the boy anyway. She spoke in a cheerful voice.
"Hi, what are you doing here, you look a little weird."
She didn't look normal either. She was a fair-skinned girl with black hair, blond eyes. But when she looked at the boy, she admitted that he was in a somewhat awkward state.
Then he realized that she hadn't introduced himself and spoke with an exaggerated bow in front of the boy.
"I forgot to ask your name. My name is Pandora. Pandora Smith. It was a slightly different encounter, but whatever. What is your name?"
SHe looked at the boy. He had a rather pale complexion like Pandora, with dark hair and eye color that looked like brown but wasn't quite right.
She thought for a moment that he was a Dhampir, but she dismissed the thought as she thought it was absurd to understand with pale skin.
OOC NOTE:
@Bernard Waye
"Hi, what are you doing here, you look a little weird."
She didn't look normal either. She was a fair-skinned girl with black hair, blond eyes. But when she looked at the boy, she admitted that he was in a somewhat awkward state.
Then he realized that she hadn't introduced himself and spoke with an exaggerated bow in front of the boy.
"I forgot to ask your name. My name is Pandora. Pandora Smith. It was a slightly different encounter, but whatever. What is your name?"
SHe looked at the boy. He had a rather pale complexion like Pandora, with dark hair and eye color that looked like brown but wasn't quite right.
She thought for a moment that he was a Dhampir, but she dismissed the thought as she thought it was absurd to understand with pale skin.
OOC NOTE:
Reducio
I'm really sorry for writing late.
@Bernard Waye
8 Feb 2023, 21:00
Not so Invisible
Hex:#941b1b
Warning: Language
Warning: Language
@Pandora Smith
I was in deep thought as I gazed at the endless skies. I felt as I was pulled out of sea back to shore when I heard an upbeat voice speak beside me. I turned around to see a ivory-skinned girl with long ebony hair. Her eyes shone a brilliant gold in the sunlight, she looked quite young but I realized that no one younger than 11 was permitted here.
"Hi, what are you doing here, you look a little weird." She had said before with a cheery demeanour.
"Huh?" I said awkwardly in response squinting against the bright sunlight that surrounded the girl. Was she talking to me? No one ever really talked to me.
It looked as if something clicked as, took a polite, over-exaggerated bow, which I don't know why, but made me smile greatly.
"I forgot to ask your name. My name is Pandora. Pandora Smith. It was a slightly different encounter, but whatever. What is your name?"
I smiled at her, she was so kind and sweet, why was she talking to someone like me?
"Nah it's okay. Nice te meet ya, Miss Smith," I said in my strong new Jersey accent, getting up to stand to bow back. "De name's Bernard, Bernard Waye."
Something felt different about the girl, and strangely very familiar. There was a low to impossible chance that they knew each other, he had spent most his life in New Jersey and she obviously didn't. What was it then? He couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"You tryna like get away from the crowds to?" I said with a smile, it was awkward attempt to make conversation as I held my own hands. Would it work or would I be left hanging? I then noticed her blue and silver tie, that meant she was a ravenclaw. So I knew I probably didn't see her around somewhere. There was something about her, I just couldn't stop thinking about it, something special.
"Forget about the dirty looks. The photographs your boyfriend took. You said you read me like a book. But the pages all are torn and frayed!"
Dhampir |#941b1b
8 Feb 2023, 22:21
Not so Invisible
She thought he had a different accent. It was an accent different from the others. Wasn't he from here?
"Yes, I don't like very loud sounds. Something very disturbing. But it's crowded... I'm uncomfortable with that too. You? "
She smiled at Bernard. For some reason she felt very close to him. It was as if they had met before. But she knew it would be impossible. Until the age of 8, there was no act of going out except to go to the forest on cloudy days. In the other 3 years it was hard to get out.
She was lucky that the sun didn't come directly to her. After a while, she couldn't get enough of her curiosity and asked.
"Don't get me wrong, but how is your skin so pale? I just wondered."
She asked in a very friendly way. There was something different. But as she thought he might be offended by this question, she quickly tried to move on to another topic.
"Do you want to sit? I'm tired of standing"
Okay, it was a bit of an attempt to change a weird subject. She loved this boy. She wanted to get to know a little better
@Bernard Waye
"Yes, I don't like very loud sounds. Something very disturbing. But it's crowded... I'm uncomfortable with that too. You? "
She smiled at Bernard. For some reason she felt very close to him. It was as if they had met before. But she knew it would be impossible. Until the age of 8, there was no act of going out except to go to the forest on cloudy days. In the other 3 years it was hard to get out.
She was lucky that the sun didn't come directly to her. After a while, she couldn't get enough of her curiosity and asked.
"Don't get me wrong, but how is your skin so pale? I just wondered."
She asked in a very friendly way. There was something different. But as she thought he might be offended by this question, she quickly tried to move on to another topic.
"Do you want to sit? I'm tired of standing"
Okay, it was a bit of an attempt to change a weird subject. She loved this boy. She wanted to get to know a little better
@Bernard Waye
11 Feb 2023, 17:54
Not so Invisible
Hex:#941b1b
Warning: Language
Warning: Language
@Pandora Smith
I looked as I stood in front of the girl with ivory skin and ebony hair, and eyes a pure gold that I now knew as Pandora Smith.
"Yes, I don't like very loud sounds. Something very disturbing. But it's crowded... I'm uncomfortable with that too. You?" She said responding to my former question whether or not she was trying to get away from the flooded halls like me.
"Yea, Im not like a big fan of crowded closed spah-ces," I said bringing my hand to my forehead to block out the beating sun from my eyes. "Hawnestly it makes me like a little nervous."
I added a small smile to my words as I spoke, trying my best to invoke a friendly atmosphere. But of course there was a small awkward silence, as it always was when I was around. I felt relieved as Pandora piped up again.
"Don't get me wrong, but how is your skin so pale? I just wondered," She asked in a friendly but full of curiosity voice, I could also tell by how the light seemed to cross her golden eyes differently.
"Uhhhh...." I stalled trying to think of a reasonable explanation for my unnatural pale skin, I scratched my cheek with my nub-like fingers. This was due to countless time of me gnawing and chewing away at my finger-nails. I then realized that me and the girl were almost exactly the same color of paleness. Before I could make up some lame ass excuse she spoke again.
"Do you want to sit? I'm tired of standing," the ravenclaw said before taken a seat on the steps.
"Yeah sure," I said sitting down next to her comfortably but still awkwardly. I looked her up and down trying my best to evaluate her, she seemed like a nice person. I just fidgeted with my fingers as I stared off into the courtyard just as I had been doing before she had come. I took a deep breath in taking in the crisp air and my surroundings, I watched with a small smile how the sunlight filtered through the trees turning them to a brilliant green that brought so much more life to the courtyard. I valued the life of every living thing immensely, from a grand dragon to a small blade of grass. I found it amazing how every minute someone is born and someone dies. I watched as birds flew overhead singing their sweet tune, I wished I could sing like a bird. My mama taught me how to sing, she said I sounded like an angel but I didn't think so, she was my mama after all. I never sung around anyone else and I was frankly too embarrassed too. I felt the sun start to cause a tingling burning sensation to my cheeks that stung when I touched them with my fingers. Maybe that's why I valued both death and life so much.... My father.... I felt the small scar on the right side of my neck. I sighed, my mama never told me how I got it, she said I was very small when it happened. I figured it had something to do with my father, that's why she never spoke about it. She never talked about papa. I didn't pry but I always had a burning curiosity. I remembered the presence of the ravenclaw girl beside. I decided to tell the partial-truth to avoid guilt later, I felt like there was something different about her so that's why I decided to speak to her at all.
"Im sensitive to sunlight," I said nonchalantly cutting through the peaceful silence, I looked at her pale skin. "What bout ya? Why are ya so pale?"
Last edited by Bernard Waye on 18 Feb 2023, 17:48, edited 1 time in total.
"Forget about the dirty looks. The photographs your boyfriend took. You said you read me like a book. But the pages all are torn and frayed!"
Dhampir |#941b1b
15 Feb 2023, 20:08
Not so Invisible
Pandora sat on the bench with Bernard. Bernard was still a little skeptical that he didn't answer.
"I'm sensitive to the sun too."
While saying this, he realized that he was uncomfortable with the sun. It was uncomfortable on Pandora, but she could hide it well. She narrowed her eyes at Bernard. It was like he was immersed. Again she questioned her curiosity.
"You look like you're immersed in something. What happened? I hope nothing bad comes to mind."
Again she thought a little too much. She was very uncomfortable when she saw the sun coming into her eyes. She narrowed her eyes. She didn't like the sun that much. Now the sun was in your eyes. Then she remembered Bernard and looked at him. What was he thinking? She spoke with the need to explain.
"I hate getting the sun in my eyes. It's already harmful to my skin."
She already said that he was sensitive to sunlight. So this part was true but because she didn't want to dwell on it that much, she thought of ways to change the subject. After a little silence she began to speak.
"What are your hobbies? What do you like to do?"
@Bernard Waye
"I'm sensitive to the sun too."
While saying this, he realized that he was uncomfortable with the sun. It was uncomfortable on Pandora, but she could hide it well. She narrowed her eyes at Bernard. It was like he was immersed. Again she questioned her curiosity.
"You look like you're immersed in something. What happened? I hope nothing bad comes to mind."
Again she thought a little too much. She was very uncomfortable when she saw the sun coming into her eyes. She narrowed her eyes. She didn't like the sun that much. Now the sun was in your eyes. Then she remembered Bernard and looked at him. What was he thinking? She spoke with the need to explain.
"I hate getting the sun in my eyes. It's already harmful to my skin."
She already said that he was sensitive to sunlight. So this part was true but because she didn't want to dwell on it that much, she thought of ways to change the subject. After a little silence she began to speak.
"What are your hobbies? What do you like to do?"
@Bernard Waye
18 Feb 2023, 18:25
Not so Invisible
Hex:#941b1b
Warning: Language
Warning: Language
@Pandora Smith
Pandora had admitted that she too was sensitive to light and that was the reason behind her unearthly paleness. I stared at the vast courtyard, as I recalled memories and a story I didn't understand. Like how did my father die? When spoke up again noticing mt strange silence and long thought-process, I turned to match my hazel eyes with her golden ones.
"You look like you're immersed in something. What happened? I hope nothing bad comes to mind," she said with curious thoughts which made me smile a little, I gave a small laugh.
"Yuh know, just like quesshuns that'll nevuh be answered," I said truthfully to the ravenclaw girl.
She was squinting against the sun and seemed bothered by it, it made sense considering she did say she was sensitive to it.
"I hate getting the sun in my eyes. It's already harmful to my skin."
I nodded, I fully understood this statement as it was so true! There was a small moment of silence before Pandora spoke up again.
"What are your hobbies? What do you like to do?"
This question caught me off-guard because no one really made an effort to get to know me, it seriously made me look at this girl differently. Why would she want to know about me? Was this some sort of prank? My heart softened. Maybe she just wanted to get to know me genuinely.
"Wow uh... I really like music if dat like counts. Yuh got me so fahr?... Uhhhh. Ya' dig?... What aboutcha?" I mentally face-palmed myself.
After a while I realized the quicken paces of students around us, the small break period had ended. I sighed, I would probably be late again. I got up from my sitting position to stand grabbing my bag full of books.
"Well it was nice meetin' yuh Pansy, I mean Pandawha, sawhry, umm... Have a like good day I guess," I said with a small shrug before waving goodbye and disappearing into the crowd of student.
"Forget about the dirty looks. The photographs your boyfriend took. You said you read me like a book. But the pages all are torn and frayed!"
Dhampir |#941b1b