R.O.A.M event 1. Cruppies PV

Interacting With: Rosa the Cruppy, Professor Griffith, Eris Fawley, and Alan Vanes

Mentions: Rowan Bane

Elena saw the kid in the wheelchair heading over towards Alan. She frowned, Alan was absolutely the sweetest person Elena had ever met, and felt protective. Not that the other kid had actually done anything to anyone, and was in a wheelchair, but she still felt the need to be near enough to her friend in case something happened. As well as being a little bit intimidated with the ease at with Griffith had greeted Eris, she felt sort of like an intruder. She frowned down at Rosa.

'Backing off for now would probably be good...' Elena thought.

"I think I might talk to you later Professor, it looks like I need to save Alan from an awkward social situation." She gave him one of her few genuine smiles, then turned and nodded at Eris, before making her way over to Alan.

She smiled at him, but didn't say anything, just kept cuddling Rosa and giving her little ear rubs.

Alan was sitting standing there peacefully at 4 feet and 8 inches, playing with the pup in his arms. He kind of blocked out what was going on around him, only occasionally looking towards Griffith, Elena and Eris to see if he would get a chance to speak to the professor. He would not mind though, if that was not the case; knowing that the professor was most likely busy a lot and he did not want to be a hindrance like that. Still there was like this voice in his head, urging him to get some confidence and to speak with the man. It was weird for the young boy but he wanted to learn from Griffith how it was to live with all the animals and beautiful creatures around him.

”...-ur bonding time. Just figured I would try to say hello to someone.”, he heard someone say, but did not look up from the cruppies adorable little doggo face. Was that person even speaking to him? It would be awkward if that person was not speaking to him and he would look up now, turning to him like a fool, when in just that moment the person the boy was really talking to would speak up. Alan could not remember ever hearing that voice either and he did not hear him say a name. He would peak through his hazel-brown bangs that fell over his eyes, to steal a glance at whoever was around him. No. He did not seem familiar at al and he could not recall ever seeing him anywhere close to him. But now he was sure that the boy was talking to him and instinctively he would hold the small puppy with the forked tail closer. Sensing the change in his mood and the young boy's sudden discomfort the crup would look around for the threat and paw and straighten its fuzzy ears in Rowan's direction.

"Y-you talking to me?", the Gryffindor asked dumbly not knowing how else to react without making a fool out of himself. He looked around, noticing Elena coming his way and instantly felt himself relax a bit, as he hold the protective cruppy closer to himself, who yipped happily and began licking over Alan's chin excitedly, thinking he had just successfully saved the kid. Not wanting to destroy the little creature's excitement the young boy let the small creature have some fun, while smiling back at Elena.

Finally he turned back to Rowan still a bit unsure, but more at peace with his friend there. "Who are you?", he finally got to ask, having missed the other's introduction earlier.

Interacting With Cruppy; Open to Interactions

Tina watched the Cruppy fall asleep on her lap, worn out from its amusing exercise. After observing such a strange and adorable Cruppy, she decided the pup would be called Wrep. It would be a secret acronym for weird, rowdy, enormous, and puppy. She thought they were weird and sometimes rowdy. She also had a lot of faith that they would grow into a big strong Crup, but at the meantime, she was going to enjoy the comfort of the Cruppy. She tried not to get to attached since she knew this would be the first and last time she would see Wrep. It seemed rather cruel to allow the students to get attached to the Cruppies when they could not be kept. She decided to wait awhile before telling the professor the name of her Crup so she wouldn't disrupt Wrep's nap.

Interacting with Alan Vanes and Nikolai the crup. Mentions Elena Jones and Professor Griffiths

interactions: crup and professor griffith | stance: closed (in conversation)

Eris sniffed, plopping her puppy down into the snow with a careful motion. Eyes on the crup, as he leapt around and sniffed at Eris and her favourite professor. Crossing her arms with a mock defiant gesture, Eris stuck her tongue out in a manner that was extremely undignified and was definitely not the epitome of lady-like. Leaping up, as the crup licked at her leg, Eris' posture and stance were ruined, as she merrily giggled before leaning down to pet at the puppy.

Smiling tensely at the Elena girl, who seemed predisposed to wander away and visit the other children, one of which including Alan Vanes. Huh, Alan seemed remarkably popular. There was also a boy in a wheelchair, which Eris found odd. Wasn't there magic that could fix that? No matter. Maybe it was simply a fashion statement. A strange one at that. With the wheelchair, the boy was around the same height as the miniature Gryffindor herself.

From her spot on the floor, Eris turned up to look at Professor Griffith, and merely shook her head. "I am not an old lady! You're the old one. You're what, a hundred? I'm just twelve! Laughing and shaking her head, Eris stroked the puppy again.

The crup had already interested himself in the snow at Eris' feet, and his nose was deep in the white snow. The chill did not seem to bother the pup, as it happily dug through the snow with small paws and a wagging tail. Eris seemed deeply amused by the puppy, watching it as if it was the most awe-inspiring thing she had ever seen.

Turning her head back up to Griffith and shaking her head, Eris grinned again. This time, her grin seemed a bit more sheepish, as Eris looked down at the puppy. "He doesn't have a name yet, no. I don't think it's a good idea to name him before we get to know each-other, you know? I wouldn't want to be named the second my parents found out they had a kid."

Interacting with Rosa the Cruppy, Elena Jangleton, Alan Vanes

Mentions Tina Addington and Professor Griffith

"Hi Jangles! They really are little sweethearts, I love them, and they look so good with two tails, Griffith is right." She smiled down and Rosa who licked Elena's hand before going back to calmly chewing on the blanket she'd got for it, "This is little Rosa, she's remarkably chilled, and also one of the few things on this earth as sweet as Alan over here."

She beamed at her friends and decided to introduce them, "Alan, this is my friend Elena, she's awesome and a complete badass, I love her. Jangles, this is Alan, one of the absolute nicest kids you'll ever meet, I think he's made of rainbows. I think Addi's around here as well, we should probably say hi to her at some point but for now I think this group is pretty large hey?"

Interacting with Nikolai the Cruppy, Mentions Professor Griffiths

The second year faced the young boy in the wheelchair, wondering what got him to sit in a wheelchair. Was it something magic could not fix? The Gryffindor shook his head slightly, reminding himself that this was none of his business and that it was probably very impolite to ask himself those questions. He did not know the other boy's story but who was he to judge. Maybe he too had to go to a specialist in order to get a cure, however this could get expensive fairly quickly and not everyone had this kind of money. Alan could not say that the boy was impolite and he would have loved to at least try to reply, but he got distracted before he could even open his mouth to speak up to the other boy. His hair seemed dyed and Alan had to think of the way he always dyed his hair, because he really loved his mother's blonde hair. His father's hair looked cool, but his mother's hair was very pretty. But now he had his hair in this hazel brown, his real hair color to support his dad from afar, as he could not do much except sending his wishes and keeping his parents updated.

Another girl joined the small group and greeted Elena, making the Gryffindor nervously look around. He never met this girl... what was it with him having to socialize this much? That was not what he signed up for when he read Moffy's flyer. She seemed excited though, naming her cruppy Lily, making Alan smile. Lilies looked pretty when they were growing, so he could see why people would name an animal or child that way. He himself had a more childish approach to name his cruppy, but he bet no one would mind, as no one would even understand it. It would be a secret name between the cruppy and him and it was a cool sounding name! It would be the coolest Crup when he was older, because he had such a nice name and all the other Crups would want to be his friend.

Alan also liked the name Rosa, even though it sounded very girlish, but it fit the small creature in Elena's arms, gently chewing on the blanket. Taking a look down to the little varmint, who still was proudly gnawing on the lace, carefree at this moment. But he listened along to the conversations as his ears pointed upwards and seemed to twitch from time to time when some noise was especially intriguing. Elena continued to introduce him to her friend and his cheeks grew warm, as he grew more nervous. Looking for the fourth person he noticed that Rowan seemed to have disappeared. When did he went away? Alan did not even noticed too busy to listen to Elena and well... Elena. This was damned to be confusing and Alan did not like when things go confusing, but apparently he had no luck with stuff like that, because everything always seemed to end up in a pile of confusion.

The Second year awkwardly looked around until he found the boy that had been close to them earlier and he could not help but feel bad, as the other one might feel really sad now and this had not been what the Gryffindor intended. For a moment he watched him play fetch with the small crup, before he looked at Elena, his friend, before glancing at the other Elena that he never met before. ”Uhm... h-hi...”