Round One: Truth or Dare? PV Group

Interacting with @Annie Morgan, @Callista Lovis, @Everly Charlton and @Eliza Corrids. Open to interactions!
Mentioning: @Scarlett Aden and @Cassandra Ironwoods.
Actions: Being annoyed, mouthing to Cash and Scarlett, attempting to levitate whoever volunteers themselves first, apart from Annie (sorryyy xD)
Outfit: Coat, scarf, shoes.
For stats and abilities, see signature.
WC: 754
By the way, I'm guessing that 'Fix' was a typing error, but I figured it'd be funny for Lucia to get annoyed I've it so I've mentioned it here xD

Some random girl Lucia had never seen before approached the second-year nervously and introduced herself in a stammering accent which Lucia was pretty sure pointed to London. Lucia blinked at the girl. She was definitely younger than Lucia was, meaning that she was most probably a first-year, and had a curly mop of red hair which hung about her face like a storm cloud. Oh, Merlin, weren't there enough redheads around these days? At some point, Lucia was pretty sure in her current state of resigned annoyance, she would just end up calling them all the same thing by accident. Sorry, Scarlett. Sorry, Alexa. Well, this particular redhead was apparently called Elizabeth, though she quickly made it clear that Lucia was to call her Eliza. "No idea," Lucia said truthfully, and a little shortly, though she didn't realise at the time. "Annie, is she in our group?" As far as Lucia was now concerned, Annie was the leader of the group. Mainly because she was the prefect, and the oldest as far as Lucia knew, but also because she was a friendly face which the eldest Fox daughter could talk to without feeling awkward. Annie just had that sort of aura of friendliness about her, like she wouldn't judge, no matter how much anyone messed up. Or maybe that was just Lucia's imagination looking for someone to cling to - who knew.

However, before Annie could speak, the first-year in charge (Merlin, who'd put a first year in charge?), Michael - that was his name right, Michael? Or maybe it had been something else. It definitely began with an M - quickly reminded everyone of their groups and it turned out that Eliza was in Lucia's group, after all, along with three others.

Eliza, Lucia had just met, of course. She seemed alright, if a little over-anxious, but (if she was honest with herself) the Hufflepuff could understand that. Maybe a fellow introvert? That would be nice. In fact, what would be even better would be if this Eliza hadn't wanted to come either. At least then Lucia wouldn't be alone in her situation, which she seemed determined to make the worst of.

Annie, Lucia had also met already, and it was the same with Callista. Thank Merlin there would be two people Lucia already knew in her group, rather than her being grouped entirely with random strangers who already knew each other and just needed Lucia to make their team one of five people.

'Everly Charlton' was a mystery, however, and Lucia looked around to see who it could be. The only person Lucia thought it could be was a pretty girl who also looked to be a first-year, with long brown hair and brown eyes which emmited a piercing gaze as though Everly - assuming, of course, that it was Everly - was trying to see into everyone's souls. Merlin, why did Lucia always have to get the weird ones?

"Fix," Lucia echoed. "Can I first let everyone know that my name is Fox, not Fix? Merlin willing, I won't be fixing anything today."

Lucia almost missed Scarlett and Cash's names being called and stared over at Cash until she caught their attention, then at Scarlett until she caught hers. I- hate- you, she mouthed at the pair, miming pointing at herself, then cracking a heart open, then pointing over at them. They would both know she didn't mean it - Lucia'd be fine later, and hopefully would have a good time today. It would be a good thing, not that Lucia was willing to accept that.

Michael explained the Dare and Lucia frowned, but then he explained the Truth and Lucia huffed. "What is this, the gossip gang?" she muttered to herself, before twitching her wand out of her coat pocket. Of course, she was going for the Dare. No way was she doing a Truth like that, it would take too long to think of a convincing lie to tell. She turned to face the group. "Right, who wants to fly? Of course, no promises that you won't also faceplant the lake, but I'm sure the squid'll be happy to meet you. All's well in extrovert land." She couldn't resist the last two sentences, laced with not-so-subtle bitterness. It was Lucia's way to get things like that out of her quickly, and then she would be able to relax and enjoy herself. Then, the Hufflepuff thought of something else and added, "Anyone except Annie, you'll be heavier than the firsties."

Mentions: @Michael Miller @Callista Lovis
Interactions: @Lucia Fox
Stats & Abilities:Stamina | 7
Evasion | 8
Strength | 10
Wisdom | 7
Arcane Power | 8
Accuracy | 10
[4 point stat gain from Quidditch win]
- Obnoxiously strong (+10% strength)
- Blindvision
- Perfectionist
Action: Joking and friendly quarrel with Lucia as well as trying to be logical
Word count:573

"Hey, Katie! What's up? Oh, here!"
She gave Katie the matching bracelet.

Michael then announced the truth and dare for this round.

Umm...

"Okay, so. I don't think any of us knows the levitation spell? Yeah."
Paige gave a Dramatic Sigh. Deepest secret? Hmm.

Then Paige realized that Michael sad I he was a werewolf. HOW COULD HE KEEP THAT FROM HER HE KNEW SHE LOVED WOLVES. But she didn't have time to complain. "I didn't sign up for this. Except I did. Okay... Deepest secret. Do I even have one?" Paige thought. She scratched her head. "Oh... my night- yeah. I have one." Paige shifted uncomfortably. She bit her lip. "Any of you guys want to go first?" Which team were they supposed to tell? One person, he said. Paige looked around for the nearest person. "I'm going in guys, for that one point." She walked over to a nice looking girl. @Lucia Fox .

"Hi. So... for our deepest secret thing, do you mind I tell you? Do not tell a soul, promise?" Paige glanced at Simon before taking a breath. "I have nightmares everyday about my divorced dad trying to kidnap me and everyday I get a letter from my mum telling me she saw my dad walking near our house. And I'm scared to go to sleep. And, it makes me feel weak and thats all. I'm Paige by the way nice to meet you... Okay, bye..."

She laughed as she ran back to Simon. "That was terrifying." Absolutely terrifying. She laughed nervously and glanced at the girl she had told her deepest secret too. "Ohh. I don't like this. We only get up to two points if we don't know spells yet..." She glanced over at the team's discussing how to get people over the lake. This could get very interesting. Paige herself would have volunteered had any of them known the spell. Some people seemed nervous, others determined, others were just messing around. But this... it was fun.

"I hope they can sing well. That would be embarrassing. Now would it? If they couldn't, of course." Paige herself was good at singing but doing so was one of the only things she was shy with. Now that she thought about... she's glad she didn't have to sing. That. Would. Be. Absolute. Torture. She remembered the one time she was singing at muggle school when she thought no one was there. But a group of kids has gathered near her while she was focusing on a book while singing. They all said she was very good but it made Paige's face turn very red. Playing the piano, fine. Drawing, fine. Climbing trees? Fine. Singing in front of people? That's was a huge no.

Realizing she was getting lost in thought, she snapped back to attention. "I think all of us should do it so we can at least get two points, what do you guys think?" There was no way Paige just told a random person her deepest secret alone.
@Simon Kincaid @Katie Palsorette

Rose smiled warmly at Michael as he replied to her. "It's good to see you, too. Thanks for setting this up. I'm sure this will be really fun."

She stepped back to quietly observe as some more people entered- some she did know (like Paige), some she recognized (like Annie, Lucia, and some second-years she shared classes with), and some she hadn't ever seen before. There were not too many of them to overwhelm Rose, nor were there not enough that Rose felt bad for Mike's turnout. She took in a deep breath, repeating, 'Today is a good day. Today is a good day,' in her mind. She wasn't going to let her stupid mood swings ruin what could be an amazing experience for everyone else involved.

While she was thinking about this, an elbow poked her side, making her jump. "Scarlett- hi!" If it had been anyone other than Scarlett, she would have probably snapped at them, just out of retaliation and instinct. But she knew Scarlett did it all in good fun, so she relaxed, her smile returning. Scarlett was a friend and she wouldn't do anything to her. "No, I just signed up and now I'm standing around with the people doing the Truth or Dare, but I'm not here to actually do it," she said sarcastically, bumping her friend back with her shoulder with a smirk on her face. "Yes, of course I am. My siblings and I play this all the time, so you could say I am an expert."

Cassandra Ironwoods approached them as well- with their purple hair and everything. Her approaching Rose didn't startle her this time, as she was now more aware of her surroundings. Rose nodded in agreement. "Yeah, long time, no see," she said to the Slytherin, her eyes warm once again.

Mike started to announce the first round of truth or dare, and Rose smiled as she realized she was grouped with her friends. She hadn't met May before, but she hoped she would come soon enough anyway. Okay, so they could either tell their deepest, darkest secret, which Rose couldn't think of off the top of her head, or they could levitate someone over the lake while reciting the alphabet.

And then Mike mentioned he was a werewolf. Rose cocked her head. Normally, werewolves didn't go around announcing things like that. For that split-second, she imagined Michael, all alone in his wolf form, cowering in fear, his tail between his legs- how terrifying would it be to spend the night alone as a wolf who could kill other people? She felt even more protective of him now. She wouldn't let anything bad happen to him.

But she shook that thought off, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear and talking first as her group gathered together. "I think we should do the dare," she suggested, and looked at Earl, and continued teasingly, "And that we should sacrifice Earl. No offense in any way, but you're probably the lightest, Earl, as well as the least experienced with the spell. Plus, the squid probably won't eat you since it knows you're too amazing to die."

She then shut her mouth, ready to get input from the other three who had already arrived, and maybe their last teammate.

For Moderation-

Action: Observing, greeting, suggesting the dare to her group.

Stats:
Stamina- 6 | Evasion- 8 | Strength- 5 | Wisdom- 9 | ArcPower- 7 | Accuracy- 5
Abilities:
Keen Eye | Lovely Creature

@Rose Moon @Cassandra Ironwoods @Earl Gray @May Moonstar
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Scarlett's dark-brown eyes flickered around the group, trying to figure out who was there and what group she wanted to be put into. She didn't actually know a lot of them, though she had seen some in passing in the corridors and in lessons. She recognised the Asian girl from that disastrous night at the Autumn Ball, the redheaded boy - Henry, wasn't it? - from a meeting at the pitch, a brunette from the train ride home and - oh! - Lucia and Cash; a purple-head and a raven-haired girl. Next to her position with Rose, Cash had approached the two in a leather jacket and a beanie. The Slytherin had always had great fashion taste.

"Oh, hey Cash!" said Scarlett, turning round from her analysis of everyone surrounding them. "Yeah, we should meet more often. I play Truth or Dare a lot at home, so I thought it'd be fun to join this one." Scarlett gave a little shrug. "And yeah, that would be awesome. I see Lucia's here - we managed to get her to come after all!" She chortled before the sound of the host's voice pulled her back. "Kay, this is it..."

The small blond boy explained the groups. Scarlett let out an inaudible sigh as Lucia's name was called for the first group. Perhaps not this time then. She glanced at her Hufflepuff friend who was currently conveying a very clear message with her broken heart and pointing combination. Scarlett mouthed 'Sorry' back along with a smile that hopefully looked apologetic. She awaited her name - she was group 3 with...Rose! Scarlett turned to her fellow redhead and flashed a smile. Cash! Another turning, another smile. May! Scarlett couldn't see May in the crowd and settled for a smile to herself. Earl! Wasn't that the pink-haired boy? Scarlett sought him out and grinned at him before turning her attention back to the boy, who Cash had dubbed 'Miller'.

There was a truth and a dare for this round. The truth was to tell your group your deepest secret - um, no thank you. For the dare, you had to levitate a team-mate over the lake whilst saying the alphabet and the more letters you got to, the more points you got. Well, Scarlett was very obviously doing the dare. Miller also said about him being a werewolf which surprised Scarlett slightly, but she brushed it off. He probably didn't want people gossiping about him frequently. Anyway, she couldn't see May, so she called out for her.

"May! MAY! Are you there?" she shouted over the crowd, standing on her tiptoes for extra volume. There wasn't an instant reply so Scarlett settled for the hope that the Hufflepuff would join them later on. She turned back to the group, following on from what Rose had said.

"I'm agreeing with Rose there," said Scarlett, tilting her mass of red curls to her friend's more tamed head of hair. In the Christmas break, things had looked brighter for Scarlett again after she made up with her childhood friends, and to celebrate, she decided to curl her hair. Scarlett's hair went through a lot of phases, and perhaps it was naturally wavy but it had been through a lot so Scarlett didn't really remember now, and she didn't care for it either. Curly hair was a nuisance, but wild and big and bouncy and Scarlett liked that.

"Deepest secrets will probably make us all super uncomfortable, and the dare seems so much more fun. Earl could be the one who's being lifted, if that's alright with you Earl, of course, and maybe Rose can cast the spell? Or May, if she gets here. Cash and I are Quidditch players-" She nodded at the Slytherin and gave a small friendly smirk, remembering her first match, which Gryffindor had won. However, Scarlett had been thrown off-broom mid-game so wasn't that confident in her skills, but rather, the team's overall skill. "-so we're probably not best suited towards the job. Whaddaya think, Rose, Cash, Earl?"

action throwing ideas about who the caster will be
stats stamina 7 | evasion 6 | accuracy 7 | strength 6 | wisdom 6 | arcane power 9
abilities prodigal charms learner, fearless
word count 667

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As Henry stood, waiting for the activity to begin, he was approached by a girl he didn’t know. “Yep, that’s me!” He took the hand she offered for a shake before the boy in charge began to speak. Henry’s hyperactive brain hadn’t even noticed the way the other boy had looked at him, though the expressions were likely subtle. However, now he was very focused on what he had to say, as it was the first challenge. Before that, though, the groups.

“Looks like we’re the smallest group,” Henry commented, looking around as everyone shuffled off to join their groups. Every group seemed to have at least three other people. This would either be an advantage or a disadvantage. As the boy in charge continued to explain what was going to happen, Henry felt his shoulders sag. The dare was to levitate someone. He and Taylor were both first years, he recognized her from around the common room and during lessons. There was no way they were going to be able to do the dare. Which meant, if they wanted any points….

“We’re going to have to do the truth,” he said once the boy was done talking. He scanned the area, watching as groups began to plan their tasks and what they were going to do. “Er, well, I guess I do have a secret that I could tell. Who do we want to tell?” There were quite a few groups they could tell, but there were very few people he knew. There was Paige, but she already knew his secret. Perhaps they could get away with it anyway. So long as Paige said nothing, telling the other groups members would still count, right? There were other groups, too, that were still talking about their plans.

As he looked around, Taylor pointed to a group and suggested telling them. Turning to look, Henry let a small smile cross his face. It was the group with Paige. He didn’t know the other members, but perhaps they would be okay with his truth. Since Paige was the only one who knew, he was a little wary around others in case they would be very judgmental. “Yeah, that works.” He responded, nodding slowly. He waited for her to head over first before walking with her. “Hi, is it alright if we tell you guys our secrets?” Henry didn’t really want to wait for a response, because he was afraid he might chicken out. Taking a deep breath, a little deeper than was necessary, he breathed out his words, “I’m gay.” He didn’t want everyone to hear, unsure of what kind of people surrounded him.

@Taylor Haywood @Paige Chase @Katie Palsorette and @Simon Kincaid
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