Closed Valentines Ball

Dialogue: X | Thoughts: X

Important note: This is not a mod post. Next mod post will be made by Taisia or Cash.

The Ball's day has finally arrived and Irina couldn't stop but feel nervous and excited with it. She had never been part of something like that. First, she had never actually celebrated the Valentine's day, usually she stays with her cousin at home watching movies and playing while her parents, uncle and aunt go out have dinner. Second, she had never helped plan nothing with this dimension. She had take care of decorations ¹ and of the extra fun activities to present their guests, she just hoped that everything was at it's rightful place and that everyone would enjoy their time with friends and loved ones.

During the last few days, Rina, had took advantage of every free time to run to the Ballroom and work on the decorations and help the other committee members with their tasks. It had been a team work and the young Slytherin was feeling proud of their effort result. The Ballroom was looking lovely and out of a romantic fairy tale.

After a last look to the details on the center pieces, Rina looked at her wristwatch and grimaced, It's getting late She thought feeling suddenly even more nervous, she would have to run to her Common Room to get ready in time. And so, she made a last look around the room before starting to head her dorm in a quickstep.

Rina and Beatrice Dupont were dorm mates and inseparable best friends, so it was obvious and predictable that they decided to go together to the ball. They both decided to go in matching white elegant dresses. Irina's dress was simple and classy, with pearls making the details on the straps, her hair was half down with a red and white flowers' crown gracing her head of brown curls. Her shoes tho, were a little less elegant, she opted to wear comfortable converses, although they were sparkling red and she was in love with them.

Bea and Mey (has she is affectionately called by her friend), helped each other getting ready before walk together to the Ballroom. It was a little early to start, but Rina wanted to arrive before the other guests. When she entered the room decorated in white, pink and red, Irina saw that Tai was already there taking care of the last minutes' preparation, "Hi!" Rina greeted her as soon as she arrived, "I love your dress! It looks amazing on you!" Rina said smiling at her blond friend. She then felt also the need to make a last round through all the tables, making sure everything was ready, "Bea I'll take a last look too the tables and last details. You're free to come with me if you want, but I understand if you don't want too!" She said with a kind smile to her friend, although was perfectly noticeable how nervous she was. Rina was a troublemaker, but she was also a perfectionist. In everything she does, she always put her heart and soul to it. "Everything in order?", Cash's voice came towards her. The older Slytherin prefect was also there helping and taking care of everything so nothing was left forgotten. "Yes Ironwoods, I was about to go have a last look at everything" Irina greeted them back with a soft nod of her head, "Everything looks beautiful and delicious! Thank for helping!" Irina thanked them with a nervous smile.

The first guest arriving was Rita Su, Rina's Hufflepuff friend, "Good evening, Rina! Happy Valentine`s Day! And I guess since I am the first to arrive, could I help myself to some chocolate and other desserts while we wait for others to come? By the way, thank you for your effort to organize this Valentine ball, I really appreciate that!" She said smiling widely and waving at Rina. "Ritaaa!" Irina joyfully replied to the dark-haired girl, "So good to see you here! Yes of course you can! Just enjoy your time here, is all I wish to everyone!" Irina told Rita gesturing towards the buffet table.

After Rita's arrival more guests would come and Irina was feeling more and more nervous, she wanted everything to went right and everyone to be able to enjoy their time and she felt responsible for it. "Hey, Irina, happy valentine's day, you look gorgeous. I love how you decorated the ballroom, you did a great job!" Elira Lamacraft said to her when she went on the room, "Thank you Elira! Happy Valentine's day to you too!" Rina wished her with a shy but proud smile, "You look lovely too! Nice choice of color!" The curly-haired girl said with a wink and a small chuckle. "Did you manage to get yourself a dance partner? I was planning to go with Duvessa as friends, but.." Elira asked her. Rina felt a little surprised with the girl's question but soon she regained her composure, "Ye..yeah! I came with Beatrice!" She informed with a large smile appearing in her red softly painted lips, "And obviously you can join us! At least for me..." She said turning her eyes towards Bea, that now was next to her "It's okay for you too Bea?" Rina asked her friend. "I should bring us drinks! What do you, my beautiful dates, want? I should provide my damsels with the best!" Irina said with a small laugh and a smile that came with a glint of pure happiness in her eyes.

Permission to slightly godmod Beatrice Dupont.

Interacting with: @Beatrice Dupont | @Taisia Stroudefielde | @Rita Su | @Cassandra Ironwoods | @Elira Lamacraft

Stats:
Stamina: 4 | Evasion: 5 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 5 | ArcP: 6| Accuracy: 6
Items:
Her wand.
Trunk:
Accio!

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Outfit/Appearance:

Reducio

Avery's gut was heavy, yet empty.

He wasn't the kind of person to go to this kind of thing, in fact it could well be that this is one of his first widely-public appearances, with some students possibly questioning if he was some kind of new mid-year transfer.

All of this for a failed bet, he thought. But if there were two things he was known for, it was his word and exceeding expectations by a mile. It wasn't unlike him to turn the result of his failed bet into a good thing; throwing himself into it with everything he had. It was a good job Kipney had packed his tailcoat suit, so he could at least look the part if he inwardly felt different. Discovering the suit in his trunk reminded Avery that Kipney was a reliable house elf compared to those he had heard about in more lenient households. The suit was perfectly crimped and maintained, each fold was purposeful and managed; giving him a rather 'put-together' impression that he typically maintained. It was finished with a sleek white silk bow-tie, and a slick comb over of his dark hair.

The boy had been seen around the school before, typically in the library or duelling club when not in the Slytherin commonroom, and when he was spotted he always had an air about him that was proud or in some instances: haughty. Unfortunately for him, that was something he would be carefully managing this evening, it was a part of the bet of course. How could he truly throw himself into the thick of it, if his preconceptions of people and their likes and dislikes pre-empted his responses or mood. No, he would attend with a smile, and smile; he did.

Besides, Avery had a secret hunger for gossip and this was set to be the event of the year outside of the Hexwizard Tournament.

His mother had taught him the value of a late arrival, and so he purposefully made sure he would be amongst the last gaggle of people walking into the hall atop the steps into the hall. Fortunately, he made it to the hall as one song ended and the next started. With carefully placed steps he descended into the ballroom hall, his dark steely eyes shooting between faces. 'Smile Leveret, smile.' he thought to himself as he made it to the floor with the other students. This was the hard part, figuring out what to do once you had arrived. Ding! He knew exactly what to do.

Finding a familiar face and approaching them directly was a sure way to avoid looking like an avoidant table-surfer, and that would be a cheap way to carry out his end of his bet.

His leather oxfords clapped against the floor as he crossed the ballroom and made for a group of girls, peering between them before he finally made sight of one witch that he couldn't mistake; with her curly hair and fierce presence.

"Irina Sousa. - When I heard that you were on the committee for this, I was unsure what to expect. Impressive." He smiled, bowing his head. Thankfully he had reigned it in just in time before he said something that could have sounded more offensive than intended. Avery shared that smile between her and the group of girls she was with:

"Though I am sure the committee was a -group effort-."

Interacting with @Irina Sousa, @Rita Su, @Elira Lamacraft and anyone else! Open to all of course!

So, Valentine's Ball...sure, it wasn't exactly on Valentine's Day, but I'm sure the crew who had prepared it had their own reasons for that. For the first time in, um, forever, I had a date, though it was completely platonic. I resolved to never ever wear a red dress for as long as I lived, so I wore a nice white one instead. Luckily, it didn't show too much skin.

If you're going to have a ball, then you should have it in the ballroom, so I didn't have any trouble finding it. When I finally reached the Ballroom, there were sooooo many people, I felt like a herd of wombats had taken up in my chest. If that wasn't weird..."Hello everyone!" I said cheerily. For once, it looked like I was early. NOT.

Now I just had to wait for my friend to get here. To pass the time, I took in the Valentine-themed splendor of the place. My eyes went over to the piñata nearby, and I felt the sudden urge to crush it. But no...not yet, anyway. So, I went over to the buffet table. Breakfast for dinner, my absolute favorite! I immediately sneaked a caramel-topped chocolate chip cookie.

So, what happened next? I figured that we'd get to do some activities when things started to happen. All the while, I was still keeping my eyes fixed greedily on that piñata hanging overhead...I couldn't wait to crush it...ahem. I turned my attention away from the piñata and looked around at the crowd of people who were there.

Some, I recognized. There was Rita, a girl I knew(briefly)named Taisia, Bailey, a girl I had met briefly at the Unity Meeting(wasn't her name Adya or something like that?), Kim, of course and even Daphne, who I had met a few months ago at Herbology. A couple of people looked familiar, and I may have seen them around, but I didn't actually know them.

I couldn't wait for the festivities to begin...

Reducio

Stats:
Stamina- 5
Evasion- 8
Strength- 4
Wisdom- 6
ArcPower- 7
Accuracy- 5

Enchanted Satchel items: Small black journal with pens, quills, and bottles of ink, chocolates and other snacks, wand, stress toy in the shape of a heart, wizard camera, and developing solution, hairband

Ency link for easy access:

@Howard White

Outfit

Reducio

No one ever really knows why or when changes occur, but they do. The two love birds have grown immensely since their first day together. Prior to being with Howard, Bloom often felt alone and did not connect with others as well as she would like. Now? She's starting conversations with others and knows that someone is always there for her. Perhaps the right word is confidence. Bloom's first glance at her date was a surprise. She had asked him to wear red, but she did not think he would do exactly what he did. Bloom thought Howard would have a red tie or rose on his traditionally black-tie outfit. No, Bloom went arm-in-arm with a boy who was dressed ALL in red. Bloom was so excited to see Howard come out of his shell like this. "I'm surprised! I honestly thought you were going to wear a red tie or something. I didn't think... THIS!" she said excitedly.

She, dressed in a little red dress, held onto his arm as they walked into the Ballroom. Looking around, it was absolutely gorgeous. She looked over at him, her eyes smiling. "It's so fun!" she said, and she couldn't help but to roll her eyes playfully when he mentioned the piñata. "But I get whatever comes out of it!" she said, knowing that candy comes out of the paper maché.

As Bloom was looking around, she saw a white tree in the corner. She wondered what it could be. When she focused on what was in front of them, she saw that it was drinks. "Maybe we should stay away from the food..." she said, remembering that night together. It was supposed to be romantic. But of course, magic ruined everything.

"Let's go to the white tree!" she said, pulling Howard (although not being able to move him). Bloom loved things that were arts and crafts. She was more interested in what to make and there seemed to be a lot of things to do at the Valentines Ball. "Can you carve our names?" she asked Howard. Bloom had a thought. Maybe this tree was a sign. Bloom and Howard, together forever like the carving on the tree.

Action: Entering the Valentines Day Ballroom

Info

Stats: Stamina - 10| Evasion - 10| Strength - 10| Wisdom - 11| ArcPower - 10 | Accuracy - 11
Abilities: Lovely Creature & Muggle Condition
Items: Wand

Banner created by the wonderful charlie jacobsen

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I had asked this boy to the ball. There had been a letter on my table that said yes and I had no idea who it was from, but I had assumed it was from him.

One hour before the ball, I began getting ready. I found a slightly crinkled dress my mum had snuck into my trunk when I went home for Christmas. I pulled it on and had another girl zip me up, and looked at myself in the mirror, and I actually looked pretty good. I thought that the shoulders looked weird with the puff thing, but I just shrugged. My mum had actually gave me a mini makeup tutorial when I came home for Christmas, which at the time I absolutely hated, but now, I was actually grateful for. I was actually going to go somewhere for a boy. Never thought that this would motivate me… but it did.

I found some white shoes, that were still actually pretty white, so I threw them on. I found a white handbag, and assuming it was my mums, I put a few makeup items in for touchups, and my wand. And tissues. I grabbed a pair of earrings, popped them in and set off to the ball.

When I arrived, I said hi to a few people and waited near the door so that when Bernard showed up he would see me right away. I waited ten minutes for him, while others were chatting, eating, and hanging out. I finally gave in to the hunger, so I went over where all of the food was, and grabbed a plate. It was a full english breakfast, so I grabbed two pancakes and two waffles. I had a chocolate milk shake. I grabbed jam and maple syrup for my pancakes and waffles, and sat down at an empty table and ate. I watched the door and also looked around the room for Bernard. He was no where to be seen.

After I ate I sat at the table, picking at a lava cake, not really hungry. I was feeling numb. There were no friends there. That I knew. I watched all of the couples talking and dancing. It was so hard to do this. I wished Ava was here. She would know what to do.

Just then I noticed a piñata. Perfect thing to get my anger out on. I grabbed a stick, stood near the piñata and took a big swing.

summary: enters, charlie’s date doesn’t show up, she eats, tries the piñata.
Items: handbag with wand, makeup items, tissues.
trunk | race: dhapmir | stats: 5 STA | 5 EVA| 5 STR | 5 WIS | 5 ARC | 5 ACC
@Cassandra Ironwoods -assuming you would do the piñata roll?

Reducio

OPEN FOR INTERACTION

Interacting: @Caoimhe Kyle
Mention: @Kim Sato
Stats: Stamina: 4 Evasion: 5 Strength: 4 Wisdom: 8 Arcane power: 7 Accuracy: 7
Items: Wand
Trunk!