Magical Masquerade: The crafts area

banner by ernest baird

boys' night but none of us can speak the same language coherently
roleplaying as daniel tienzo from castelobruxo
@Astra Norrick as Elias Travers • @Rebecca Lark as Judas Crane

The last ball had been a disaster for Daniel in terms of making friends.Yeah, he met those two kids making lanterns together [@Harmony Hollins and @Flynn Montgomery] and also that pretty Japanese girl that he stood with by the shore [@Raizel Voltrouz as Miharu Goto] as the seniors saved the people in the lake. Not much happened after that. Daniel went back to Castelobruxo, practiced for Quidditch, and went through his regular life. Mostly Quidditch, though. His aim for quaffle scores were getting much better.

At the mention of a new ball at Hogwarts, Daniel packed his things and went. This time, he hadn't told his parents, just that he wanted to go back to school early from Easter break to practice and study. Why would they believe otherwise? He was their perfect oldest son, after all. Daniel's motive, however, was seeing the Japanese girl (if she showed up, of course) and finding more friends.

At the cabins, he met a few more students nearer to his age. Namely Elias Travers from Ilvermorny and Judas Crane from Beauxbatons. From his memory, they agreed to attend the ball together, so he was here at a quieter part of the Quidditch Stadium waiting for them to show up.

(Daniel wasn't actually sure if he got his point across. Both of them spoke English, although Elias wrote in a little notebook. Daniel didn't think to brush up on his Duolingo English lessons during Easter break. Hopefully he didn't curse them out?)

For now, he looked around the crafts area and spotted the bird houses. He approached them, taking a handful of bird feed, and held his hand out for them to perch and eat on.

outfit of the ball Reducio

action: feeding a bird stats: sta 8 | eva 8 | str 9 | wis 5 | arc 3 | acc 8 abilities: charmer (-1 ACC to opponents) | muggle condition (+3 ACC to non-magical actions) note daniel can speak english, but it is so broken. if any text is in perfect english, that is daniel speaking spanish.

Actions: Tries her hand at jewelry-making.
Interactions: Open to interactions!
STA 6 | EVA 5 | STR 6 | WIS 8 | ARC 9 | ACC 6

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Roleplaying as: Judas Crane from Beauxbatons Hex Code: #a69eda

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⋅ Mask ⋅ Reducio

⋅ Suit ⋅ Reducio

⋅ Wings ⋅ Reducio

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His outfit had been his great grandmother's idea. Or, if not her idea, then at the very least her doing. When he'd owled her his intentions to attend Hogwarts' Spring Ball - as well as his polite request for her to check and see if they had anything in storage that would be suitable for a masquerade - she'd been delighted, and sent him back around half a dozen various options. His favorites by far had been the white feathered mask and corresponding wings, soft and downy to the touch. He couldn't help but wonder if the previous wearer, presumably a family member, had been making tongue-in-cheek reference to their surname, Crane, or if, like him, they'd been aiming for something more angelic in their guise.

He went back in forth in the mirror, adjusting his tie this way and that before opting to forgo it entirely. He was aiming for somewhere between formal and casual, an elegance that looked like he didn't care one way or the other about how it was perceived. The wings were large, and certainly cumbersome, but more than anything they were eye-catching, and he couldn't help but preen at the way the whole look had come together.

He imagined - or maybe just hoped, really - that the wings had been charmed in some way to preserve their coloring, or lack thereof, seeing as they'd almost certainly been in storage for quite some time before making their way into his possession, and yet were still the pure, bright white of the previous season's snow. He'd have to be careful at the dance not to spill anything on himself, or trip and fall into the dirt, or any other myriad of things that could soil them and ruin their who-knows-how-long untarnished streak.

If his grandmother had been hoping he'd use the Ball as an opportunity to practice networking with other notable wixen of his age, she would certainly wind up disappointed. He had plenty of opportunities both back at school and at family events back home to socialize with his peers; this was a party, and one that he'd been allowed to travel abroad for, at that. Rather, he'd already made the acquaintanceship of a boy from Castelobruxo and another from Ilvermorny, where he himself would had attended had his mother and grandmother not emigrated to Belgium before his birth. He was rather keen on the challenge that the three-part language barrier would provide. No better way to broaden your linguistic horizons than throwing yourself bodily to the conversational wolves.

He joined Daniel and Elias at the crafts area, greeting them with a wave. He grinned wolfishly at the two of them and held up the sketchpad he'd nicked from his art supplies just for this occasion, writing deftly across the page with his quill before flipping it over for the two of them to see. Good to see the both of you again.

As Daniel held out his hand full of birdseed, called out a quick "try to hold still if a bird lands on you, Daniel, and I'll do my best to sketch it," before turning to Elias. On the sketchpad he wrote: Would you show me the sign for a bird?

⋅ Action: None ⋅
⋅ Stats: Sta: 6 | Eva: 6 | Str: 0 | Wis: 7 | Arc: 7 | Acc: 9 ⋅
⋅ Abilities: Charmer ⋅

⋅ Interacting with: Daniel Tienzo @Alyssea Brown and Elias Travers @Astra Norrick ⋅
⋅ Mentioning: None ⋅

banner by ernest baird

boys' night but none of us can speak the same language coherently
roleplaying as daniel tienzo from castelobruxo
@Astra Norrick as Elias Travers • @Rebecca Lark as Judas Crane

Daniel gave Judas a thumbs up before turning to the birds again. Hold still? He wasn't holding anything but bird feed. Was that another way to say freeze? Don't move? The crafts area was still fairly quiet, only one other person joining the trio in the space. One of the birds began plucking at the feather on Daniel's mask. He was quick to dodge and took it off, hiding the feather with one hand while pointing at another saying, "Don't ruin it."

The flash of red sparks [@Theo Vendeberg] from the outskirts of the training pitch greatly disturbed Daniel's peace as he jumped. The birds were also quick to scare as they flew all over, some retreating to the bird houses and others swarming him. Daniel waved his arms, trying to get the birds off, and stepped back just in time for poop to land a few centimetres away from his shoe. A close call.

Daniel checked the rest of his attire for any poop. "What happen?" He asked. At the last ball, red sparks had gone off because kids fell into the lake and needed help. Was there already chaos now? Or was it simply a marker that the ball had begun?

Putting the mask back on and readjusting the straps, Daniel asked, "Have your guys seen the ball?"

outfit of the ball Reducio

action: wondering about the commotion stats: sta 8 | eva 8 | str 9 | wis 5 | arc 3 | acc 8 abilities: charmer (-1 ACC to opponents) | muggle condition (+3 ACC to non-magical actions) note daniel can speak english, but it is so broken. if any text is in perfect english, that is daniel speaking spanish.

date: 13/04/2024

location: training pitch, crafts area

Despite showing no emotions on his face, Ekachot could feel the day's happenings lingering heavy on his heart. Everything was a mess, he felt like a mess, unable to help anybody. He had stood frozen, seeing his only friend cry and scream. He had never seen blood this prolifically before. He just wanted to return home, to seek some comfort, to forget what he had seen but the scenes were already imprinted in his mind. He wanted to cry and scream but found himself unable to do so.
Suddenly, realization hit him hard. He was still standing at the entrance, looking at the scene that had unfolded infront of them, and Elisa was still sobbing. Elisa, must have been traumatized too.
Without saying a word, Ekachot held Elisa's hand and pulled her towards the craft area. Ekachot thought of Elisa as his own sister, even though they had met not so long ago. Entering the craft area, Ekachot hoped there would be nothing going wrong anymore. He hoped that his decision would actually help Elisa, and himself, calm down.
The young boy saw some people already busy making small crafts, peacefully. Crafting was not Ekachot's thing. He found it rather kiddish. Pottery, jewelry, bird houses...What could he even do with any of that?
But being mentally exhausted, he could not help but engage himself in making a bird house, trying to decipher the instructions scribed on the instruction card while waiting for Elisa to speak up.

outfit: Reducio

mentions/interactions: Reducio @Elisa Shakestra