7 May 2023, 15:29
Yo, Prefect!
Searching the corridors for PREFECT @Clair Fernandez
Simon the prefect was walking down the corridor in his brand new white shoes, given to him as a gift from Aunt Maggie. His last ones had gotten paint dripped on them from Spring Break, when he helped Mark repaint his kitchen. It had been a fun project, and Simon was happy to have gotten to know Aunt Maggie's boyfriend/soon-to-be fiance a little more, but he wasn't careful where he was walking upon the completion of their project and stumbled right into the paint can, splashing out a neutral blue onto his shoes. Luckily, a plastic tarp was placed all around to protect the flooring.
He was on a mission, out to find a particular Ravenclaw who was in her Second Year with brown hair and brown eyes. This particular birb had recently been named Ravenclaw and Simon wanted to be one of the first to congratulate her and welcome her into the club, so to speak.
If Clair was anywhere, he figured perhaps it would be outdoors to practice her broom racing, at the Library to strengthen her broom racing skills, or somewhere around AngelFyre McCubbin's good buddy Colin McCoire because that seemed to be how it was most times these days.
He headed from the Common Room to try and reach her perhaps heading to lunch. It was Sunday, May 7th, and so he didn't have to worry about whether a professor kept a class longer or not and usually it seemed most students all went to lunch around the noon-mark.
He was just outside the entrance to the Great Hall when he spotted her. "YO, PREFECT!" he called out loudly, making sure his voice would be heard over the others. One of the portraits nearby got startled and jumped a little and Simon glanced over to it. "Sorry about that, mate," he apologized sincerely and gave a small smile before hurrying through some of the other students heading to lunch so he could catch up with his bestie.
"Clair Mackenzie Fernandez.... a threat in the skies during broom racing, a threat to the grades in the classroom, one of my favorite people in this place, and now - prefect. Many congratulations, my friend," he said as he held out a box to her.
Be kind to one another. (*iNPC is Miles Thatcher)
7 May 2023, 20:44
Yo, Prefect!
The Ravenclaw was proud, it had not been something she figured would ever happen to her, yet here she was a Prefect of her house! There was a certain excitement to the new role and her first thought had been that now both her and her best friend Simon were prefects for their houses.
After the first rush of excitement had ebbed Clair realized this meant that of course she was a sort of role model for her other peers. She wanted to tell her closest friends first, Simon and Colin would be thrilled to hear she was sure. Well, who knew how Colin would feel, seeing as she could now give him trouble for swimming in the great lake, not like she intended to anytime soon but if it came down to it she could do it.
Clair had pulled her hair up into a high pony and was wearing a striped sweater and jeans. She had been debating if she should go see Colin or Simon first, or if she should send a owl home to tell her sister. Her belly had entered and won the battle, so she decided she would eat and then find Simon first.
As she walked towards the great hall she heard the very familiar voice of her bestie call out YO, PREFECT! The prefect turned around to spot him, and then made a bee line for him. Once she reached him she gave him a big hug, "Threat of the skies? you got that right!" she giggled.
"Thank you, We will have to patrol together sometime if possible." she grinned, taking the box, "Whats this?"
(wc 275)
@Simon Kincaid
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12 May 2023, 13:58
Yo, Prefect!
Gift giving to @Clair Fernandez
"We most certainly have to patrol together sometime. We'll be able to be out past curfew and it'll be okay - granted let's hope there's no staff and shovels involved," Simon flashed as mile as he thought back to the night he met his best friend Clair. That poor groundskeeper, but what a good sport he was!
"Open it," he said of the box. Silly, Ravenclaw - of course that was the best way to find out what it was. Simon smiled as he waited for her to do so. "They're omniculars," he told her. Maybe she had seen then before but he was hoping she didn't already have a pair. "I usually carry them around with me in my satchel when I'm on patrols. They help you get a better look at things from a distance, make sure that if the student body is up to no good, that they're at least being safe about it," he smiled widely.
"Plus, they can make even the coolest kid at Hogwarts, ...." he paused to move his hand down from his head to the length of his side to indicate himself, "....look like an absolute fool. It's awesome," and he opened up his satchel that was hanging from his shoulder and held his up to his face. He now almost resembled having two large bug eyes.
Simon was kind of known for being rather chill when it came to being a prefect. He didn't issue out many detentions at all and was more for redirection than he was discipline when it came to any sort of rule-breaking or unruliness.
Be kind to one another. (*iNPC is Miles Thatcher)
12 May 2023, 16:31
Yo, Prefect!
A wide smile crossed her face, "You got it, no staff or shovels involved in our patrols" She pretended to write notes on her hand with her finger. It had not yet crossed her mind that she would have a good reason to be out after curfew. While Clair had cut out a majority of her rule-breaking she still did find herself wanting to go out after dark or wanting to sneak into Hogsmeade. She had told herself that soon she would be allowed into Hogsmeade without feeling like a rebel, and so far she had managed to go once every two months instead of every weekend.
She smiled "Of course silly me." she opened the box and smiled, "Those ickle rule breakers do not stand a chance now!" she put them up to her eyes and knew that her eyes would be giant. She giggled, "You really are the coolest kid in Hogwarts, even with big eyes" She smirked, putting the omniculars back into the box, "Thank you, I love them," she said, realizing she had never said thank you.
"Maybe we can spend even more time together now, after all we'll both be the same amount of busy." that is unless there was a random influx of rulebreakers that they would need to deal with.
(wc 219)
@Simon Kincaid
WHAT IF I FALL? OH, MY DARLING
WHAT IF YOU FLY?
WHAT IF YOU FLY?
25 Jun 2023, 14:05
Yo, Prefect!
Catching up with @Clair Fernandez
"It's almost always the same," Simon said as he thought about it. "Attempts to break into Hogsmeade - I mean, who would do such a thing?" and he stared right at Clair as he tilted his head a little. "Swimming in the Great Lake, attempting to steal into the Forbidden Forest as if it's not forbidden, try and wander into the Abandoned Toilets to dye their hair or brew a potion as if they're not abandoned. Also a lot of sneaking around after curfew for snacks. Such rebels, I tell you."
Simon smiled over to her, his fangs a little more predominate now than they would have been perhaps from the last time he saw her. Third year brought about his adult fangs and while he still kept them halfway retracted to look more like regular teeth, there was a bit of a change. He also hadn't seen Clair, or any of his friends, as often that year as the unsettling aura was also something new to deal with. That was mostly under wraps these days. He didn't like outcasting others, but thought it was the best for their safety and their sanity. It was a lot of moody outbursts that his friends just didn't deserve to experience.
"Speaking of rebels, update me on Clair Mackenzie Fernandez. How've you been? What have you been up to?"
Be kind to one another. (*iNPC is Miles Thatcher)
25 Jun 2023, 15:24
Yo, Prefect!
The Ravenclaw gave a goofy grin, "No idea who would ever do that" honestly, who would do that? not like she had snuck in there a few times every few months. She held back a laugh at Simon's comment about people using the abandoned toilets.
It felt nice to hang out with Simon, she felt like they had been hanging out less then in her first year. She could only think that he must have been much more busy with the whole being a prefect, dating Angelfyre and being a student part of life, but she had to admit, she missed the time they had spent together. Hopefully as a prefect she could spend more time together.
A smirk crossed Clair's face, "Hmm, I have not heard much about her lately, been staying out of trouble pretty well I guess. Been hanging out with a boy named Colin as well, so I've heard" she grinned, Colin had been chasing Clair around for a while and at last she had finally realized that she too liked him. Clair forgot she was pretending to not know this Clair Fernandez, "Otherwise I've been busy with the normal broom racing, homework, classes, and everything else we all deal with."
she turned to Simon, "What about you? how have you been?"
(wc 218)
@Simon Kincaid
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WHAT IF YOU FLY?
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1 Jul 2023, 12:47
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Apologies to @Clair Fernandez
"I've heard about you and a boy named Colin hanging out," he said and gave Clair a look but then smiled. Good for her to find someone. While Simon didn't know Colin, he was going to have to give the boy the benefit of the doubt that he was worthy enough for his best friend because 1) she was a smart girl and would make a good choice and 2) Colin McCoire also happened to be AngelFyre's best friend and she too was a smart girl and would make a good choice. Oy, why did he surround himself with smart women? That definitely risked an imminent demise.
"I've been amaz.... - grea.... - just, uh, you know. I've been g....., I've been alr...." he sighed. He really shouldn't try to lie to his best friend and besides, if he had been so great, why wasn't he around as much? "I'm hanging in there," he said honestly. "Trying to, at least," he added.
"I'm sorry I haven't been around much this year. Luckily there's not staff members that need a shovel thrown at them, but still....haven't really been there for the broom racing practice that we sometimes did together, begging you to help me with some of my assignments, or been there to help coach you through this Colin ordeal, or there to help with any family drama," let alone talk about how things with her departed mother had been going, the sister's marriage, the other sister's annoyingness, Cinnamon and her crew back home, the new pet, and anything else that might be on her plate.
"Thirteen is the year that my kind become an adult, so to speak." Simon gave a smile only this time it wasn't a true smile, just to show off those new fangs of his. He was able to retract them down and it was obvious they were bigger than his old ones. Luckily, he had perfected keeping them half way so they gave him a more normal appearance to just humans.
"That and this thing called an unsettling aura. For someone like me who's usually upbeat and always wanting to be around others, having some sort of aura about you that causes uneasiness to others is quite a difficult thing to experience. It has occurred quite often this year - often brought on by stress but other times it's brought on by nothing at all. I just get so angry and I begin to focus on negative things and drown out the people around me. I didn't want my friends to experience it."
He didn't want AngelFyre to experience it either but she refused to leave his side, even in times when his unsettling aura was at its worst.
"I hope you'll be able to forgive me."
Be kind to one another. (*iNPC is Miles Thatcher)
2 Jul 2023, 00:45
Yo, Prefect!
Clair smiled, it was important to her that her friend approved of Colin, he was after all her best friend, and a boy. And as a boy, he should know all the boy secrets to know if they are good or not, right?
Simon had experience in dating, experience which Clair lacked greatly.
As soon as Simon started to falter Clair's face was filled with concern, how could she ever be a good friend if she was not there when her bestie needed her the most? Or was that his Girlfriend's job now?
She stood there for a moment, feeling guilty for not trying to chase him down, she had simply assumed that he had been too busy to hang out as much as they used to.
"Oh Simon, why did you not come to me? I could have helped you, somehow. That's what friends are for, and your my bestie. Growing up was hard, Clair herself bad noticed changes in her own body. She was filling out in places she had not expected, her shirts were tighter around the chest then last year, she had grown another inch or so in the last year and then there was all those hormones. But she had never even stopped to wonder what it was like for Simon, as a teenager it was hard enough, but now adding in the fact that he was not 'human' in a school full of strong feelings about humans and non-humans had to make it ten times harder.
Clair stopped dead in her tracks and turned to Simon, her face serious. "Simon Ezra Kincaid, you could be a hag and I'd still want to hang out with you. Don't ever feel like I can't handle you, and honestly if you get to be 'too much' I'll just let you know that I need a break. Ok?"
(wc 312)
@simon Kincaid
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17 Jul 2023, 14:55
Yo, Prefect!
Happier with @Clair Fernandez
"A lot of it was just something I needed to be alone for," he said softly, not wanting her to feel guilty about it. AngelFyre had sometimes felt guilt too. It was this battle within himself, really, and something he needed to tackle.
Simon smiled, glad of her words. "I'll pester you more, got that," he said, smiling a little wider as he brought her into a hug. "And here you are talking about a boy and I'm missing all of that. No more distance."
He meant it too. And if their friendship had been slightly neglected, then it was in need of some uplift. When did one start on this? Well, there was no time like the present!
"Are you going to Summer Camp? If so, we need to spend time there and if not, we're going to have to write to one another at least once a week. Got that? Not negotiable."
"Second order of business - when we get back to next term, we need to plan various meet-ups so that assignments and projects and prefect business and other relationships don't take over again. I need Clair Fernandez in my life. We should even think of a sort of outing or errand to run together since we're both prefects."
Be kind to one another. (*iNPC is Miles Thatcher)
13 Aug 2023, 00:30
Yo, Prefect!
Did anyone deserve to have to deal with themselves on their own? If the world were perfect, people would realize that they did not need to worry about what others would think and that they could always lean their head on their friends. But this world was not perfect. Clair hated that Simon felt he needed to be alone.
Clair smiled and shoved herself into Simon, "No more distance." She stayed pushed into him for a second more before pulling back and giving him a little personal space. He might just want a little space.
"Yuppers! I'm not missing it this year, I mean after last year in London I will stay at camp every year if it keeps me from that crazy old freak, er, I mean that lovely elderly woman." She grinned "I hope we get to be in the same area, if not, we will have to hang out every single day that your not with your girl."
Clair gasped, "Yesssss, we need to have a event together, it would be so fun! Can you believe that I'll be in my third year? Three years! it feels like nothing at all."
The Ravenclaw nodded, "We'll need to meet twice a week AT LEAST." She paused for dramatic effect, and to think, "We'll have to patrol together at least three times a week as well, and then i don't know, Go to Hogsmeade legally every weekend. I need you, and you need me. We will get through whatever this is, together." she poked Simon when she said This, just to prove a point.
(wc 267)
@Simon Kincaid
WHAT IF I FALL? OH, MY DARLING
WHAT IF YOU FLY?
WHAT IF YOU FLY?