Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
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Starlee had returned from the winter break overwhelmed with emotions. The train ride back was eventful, her trip to her Grandpappy's was an absolute blast, and she had even gotten a pet all for herself: an owl named Borvo. He was simply the cutest thing and she ended up going up to the owlery to visit him quite often.
On her way to one of these visits, she ran across a poster for an upcoming event that sounded quite interesting: the creation of an army of dancing snowmen. Seemed like quite the noble cause indeed! Star giggled to herself a bit but decided that she would go and join in the winter festivities after she met with her owl.
She returned to the common room after cooing at and petting Borvo, dawned on a thick winter coat, hat and gloves, and headed out to the grounds. It seemed that many others were already putting their snowmen together, some decorating them traditionally, others taking some liberties. Her excitement grew as she saw a few snowmen come to life, dance, and sing a song. 'Yes!" This was exactly what this little first year had been hoping for.
She headed over to the baskets of items that had been gathered for the event and began mulling over her options. Of course, she grabbed the typical snowman building items, two pieces of coal for the eyes, a slightly bent carrot for the nose, and some smaller sized coal for the mouth. She then contemplated what else to grab. There was some strange leftover lost and found items they could use and Star couldn't help but notice a large biker jacket. Who it belonged to, she would never know, but it was then that the inspiration hit her for a super fun 'punk-rock' snowman.
She quickly grabbed hold of the jacket in her free hand and began to head over to the place where she would be putting together her snowman. She set everything down and began to roll up the snow in a circle around her items, slowly making it bigger and bigger, till it was about up to her knees in height.
"Now... That seems just right." she mumbled to herself as she began to start rolling up her second ball, this one to be the torso. She made it to fit the width of the jacket and managed to place it gently atop the base mound, melding the two balls of snow together. Finally, it was time for the head. She again rolled up the third ball, again smaller than the last, with enough space for the coal smirk she was planning to give it. She set it atop the torso ball, packing snow around the sides so it would stay up. In the end, it was only a foot shorter than she was.
But now was time for the fun part: decorating! She grabbed the two large pieces of coal and shoved them in where the eyes should be. She did so again with the carrot, and finally, for the cute little punk rocker smirk. She then draped the jacket over the snowman's torso, being sure to insert sticks where the armholes were. She took a second to look at it, realize it was certainly missing something and ran back to the supplies to grab a bunch of short sticks. She returned to her snowman and began placing the sticks in a row atop the snowman's head, giving him a little mohawk.
"Perfect!" she said, as she then rushed to call the house-elves over so they could bring her amazing piece of work to life. The elf that ran over gave a quick snap of its fingers and her snowman quickly jumped to life before Starlee's eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey there little lady! Thanks for puttin' this old dude together! You wanna rock out for a bit?" He said while pretending to whip out an air guitar. Before Starlee had a chance to respond, he immediately started into a rock 'n roll version of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, all the while strumming his fake air guitar. Starlee quickly joined in, headbanging along with the snowman. It was definitely a great way to start off the year.
WC: 706/600
"And the more hurt she gets, the more venomous she grows." - Emily Brontë
Abilities: Healing Sage | Comprehend Language (Parseltongue) | Advanced Casting
Hex: #408000
Abilities: Healing Sage | Comprehend Language (Parseltongue) | Advanced Casting
Hex: #408000
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
During the cold winter in January, it was always difficult for most people to wake up early. Who wouldn't want to stay in the warm and cozy bed forever? Unfortunately for the Gryffindor Prefect. Today she promised Sylvain, the newly chosen Ravenclaw Prefect to join the errand he hosted for the first time. She overslept and now running towards the ground like her life is depending on it. Even though this wasn't her first time to be fashionably late but it was still very embarrassing. She could only hope that Sylvian wouldn't be too disappointed in her being late to participate in his very first errand. And not to mention, she was a year older than him and had more experience as a Prefect so it might give others a bad impression of her clumsiness.Interacting with @Sylvain Wyllt & @Cecily Quinn
Mentioning @Opeila Winters
Looking at the sight in front of her everywhere was covered in soft white snow. Everything around her just seemed very serene. The fresh winter air certainly helped her feel more awake than ever. Since she was now outside on the ground covered in slightly thick snow, she had to start walking slowly so she wouldn't trip. She already saw there were students enthusiastically building their own snowmen and heard their joyful laughter and songs. Griseldis smiled softly while looking at the others having fun, she remembered the last time she built a snowman was with her cousins when they were celebrating Chinese New Year in Shanghai. And in the last two years, she didn't really have the opportunity to build a snowman with anyone yet. Griseldis even saw the young Slytherin, Opeila was having a lot of fun building snowman but she needed to greet the Ravenclaw Prefect first before she could have the time to see her.
It didn't take long for her to find him and beside him was another Ravenclaw, she had seen her before because the older girl was a former Prefect before but now she stepped down and became the Quidditch Captian of the Ravenclaw team which was still very admirable in her opinion. When she got near them, Griseldis noticed that Sylvian seemed to have a worried look on his face. Was he worried about her absence or something else? Not wasting any more time, she quickly waved at them and shouted, "Hey! Sorry that I'm late!" then she gave the young Ravenclaw boy a thumbs up with a grin, "I see that a lot of students are really enjoying this errand so far, well done!!" Griseldis complimented him. It was indeed impressive to see his first hosted errand being successful so she was happy for him. "And...thanks for inviting me to join as well, it was quite thoughtful of you. To be honest, I haven't build a snowman for a long time now. I hope that me being late didn't ruin it." Of course, she didn't forget to say thanks for his friendly invitation but she honestly didn't expect that. After all, she only gave him some suggestions and advice about how to host an errand for students.
Stamina: 11 | Evasion: 10 | Strength: 10 | Wisdom: 5 | Arcane Power: 7 | Accuracy: 12
Fearless|Martial Artist|Evasive Maneuvers|Obnoxiously Strong
Fearless|Martial Artist|Evasive Maneuvers|Obnoxiously Strong
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Jealously, Elisabeth looked at the other students who were having such fun building their snowmen, each was cute and unique and simply wonderful in her eyes.
The Hufflepuff would love to join them, but she could not. She was sensitive to cold weather - like, terribly sensitive. It was not an allergic or an asthma triggered by cold temperature, and therefore some people dismissed her reason for not playing in the snow or wind because of that; they thought that just because it was not classified as a "true" medical condition, it meant she should not "use it as an excuse not to play" with them. Then try to reverse the condition, she sometimes pouted at this kind of people inwardly. Do you want to sleep without air conditioner or fan just because it's 32 degree Celsius and I consider it cozy? Nah, you'll likely say it's too hot and I'm the weird one.
Some of the students' snowmen came alive, or it appeared so. The house elves of Hogwarts put some charms on them, and they began to dance around or sang songs. A number of kids squealed in surprise and delight, all the while Elisabeth grew steadily more jealous of them. She also wanted a singing snowman - even though, logically speaking, she could just get one from a Muggle shop. Not the snow one of course, but a snowman doll made of fabric and filled perhaps with batteries so it could sing, typically a Christmas carol, when one squeezed its tummy.
But she already had not only one but two plush dolls, so chances are her parents would say no for another one. Besides, now that she was responsible for her own things, she understood why adults often complained about how troublesome it was to have too many things. But perhaps she could make a little snowman to put on her desk...
When she was younger, Elisabeth had always wanted to see real snowmen because she grew up in a country where snow did not fall. Because of this, she was very excited when she found an article about handcraft snowmen made of cardboard paper and cotton. Her mamá, though, had said at that time that it would not be easy to shape the cotton into balls, and she would not buy a box of cotton just so Elisabeth could give it a try - and only to give up at the end of the day (when she was younger, Elisabeth did have this bad habit of easily giving up a project).
Now that she was a teenager, or a pre-teen if one might prefer, the Hufflepuff could really try creating a snowman using cotton and a cylindrical cardboard paper. She still had some of these from the one time she participated in a handmade gift-exchange activity hosted by the Hogwarts library.
First, she glued the cotton all over the cardboard cylinder to make the body for her snowman. That process was a piece of cake, but after that, the Belizean realised that her mamá had been right - it was not an easy job to transform the cylinder into two round bodies. She had to use quite a lot of cotton before finally managing to do so. Therefore, for its hands, the Hispanic-Asian girl decided not to use more cotton but brown papers, taped together before they were attached to the body.
After that, Elisabeth proceeded to create its head. This time, she simply roll some cotton into the shape of a ball and glued it on top of the body. As for the face, she used a black paper and cut out three circles for the snowman's eyes and nose, and a crescent moon shape for its smiling mouth.
Suddenly, she had an idea. People usually call this creation a snowman... what if she made a snowqueen instead? Elisabeth went back to her dorm and returned with a Barbie's gown and hat, and dressed her snowqueen in it.
Now she could ask a house elf to charm the little snowqueen so that she could sing.... Could she sing The Twelve Days of Christmas? Perhaps. Let us just see.
Word count: 694
The Hufflepuff would love to join them, but she could not. She was sensitive to cold weather - like, terribly sensitive. It was not an allergic or an asthma triggered by cold temperature, and therefore some people dismissed her reason for not playing in the snow or wind because of that; they thought that just because it was not classified as a "true" medical condition, it meant she should not "use it as an excuse not to play" with them. Then try to reverse the condition, she sometimes pouted at this kind of people inwardly. Do you want to sleep without air conditioner or fan just because it's 32 degree Celsius and I consider it cozy? Nah, you'll likely say it's too hot and I'm the weird one.
Some of the students' snowmen came alive, or it appeared so. The house elves of Hogwarts put some charms on them, and they began to dance around or sang songs. A number of kids squealed in surprise and delight, all the while Elisabeth grew steadily more jealous of them. She also wanted a singing snowman - even though, logically speaking, she could just get one from a Muggle shop. Not the snow one of course, but a snowman doll made of fabric and filled perhaps with batteries so it could sing, typically a Christmas carol, when one squeezed its tummy.
But she already had not only one but two plush dolls, so chances are her parents would say no for another one. Besides, now that she was responsible for her own things, she understood why adults often complained about how troublesome it was to have too many things. But perhaps she could make a little snowman to put on her desk...
When she was younger, Elisabeth had always wanted to see real snowmen because she grew up in a country where snow did not fall. Because of this, she was very excited when she found an article about handcraft snowmen made of cardboard paper and cotton. Her mamá, though, had said at that time that it would not be easy to shape the cotton into balls, and she would not buy a box of cotton just so Elisabeth could give it a try - and only to give up at the end of the day (when she was younger, Elisabeth did have this bad habit of easily giving up a project).
Now that she was a teenager, or a pre-teen if one might prefer, the Hufflepuff could really try creating a snowman using cotton and a cylindrical cardboard paper. She still had some of these from the one time she participated in a handmade gift-exchange activity hosted by the Hogwarts library.
First, she glued the cotton all over the cardboard cylinder to make the body for her snowman. That process was a piece of cake, but after that, the Belizean realised that her mamá had been right - it was not an easy job to transform the cylinder into two round bodies. She had to use quite a lot of cotton before finally managing to do so. Therefore, for its hands, the Hispanic-Asian girl decided not to use more cotton but brown papers, taped together before they were attached to the body.
After that, Elisabeth proceeded to create its head. This time, she simply roll some cotton into the shape of a ball and glued it on top of the body. As for the face, she used a black paper and cut out three circles for the snowman's eyes and nose, and a crescent moon shape for its smiling mouth.
Suddenly, she had an idea. People usually call this creation a snowman... what if she made a snowqueen instead? Elisabeth went back to her dorm and returned with a Barbie's gown and hat, and dressed her snowqueen in it.
Now she could ask a house elf to charm the little snowqueen so that she could sing.... Could she sing The Twelve Days of Christmas? Perhaps. Let us just see.
Word count: 694
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Interacting with: @Cecily Quinn @Griseldis Edelhardt
Hexcode= #507091
"Not at all Gris, I'm just happy you made it!" His grin came back as wide as ever. Wiping the excess bit of snot from the end of his nose with the inside of his elbow, Sylvain pointed out a spot big enough for his plan with enough space beside it for Cecily and Gris to make their own creations beside him. He had not mentioned any of his ideas to Cecily or Gris in his haste to get the plans put together, but he wanted to make his snowman a gigantic dragon. At least seven to eight feet tall, with fairy wings, and the shiniest buttons he could find as the finishing touch. Scales. As he pulled the ingredients out from within his satchel, he explained his plan in a small amount of cryptic detail, leaving them to piece together his ideas themselves.
"I wanna make mine a big one." he said with a tone of excitement, his eyes gleaming with wonder. While rolling out the base of the golem he shaved the edges off of it, morphing it into a boulder of snow. As it got larger and larger, he found that he could not push it on his own. Taking a moment to pull Gris's attention from her own build, Sylvain meekly asked while out of breath, "Can you help me finish this Gris?" He hadn't only invited her because she had helped him, but also because he thought she was strong. Not at all like the wimp he was turning out to be. Still, he didn't let his stature get to him. Even as the others began putting on the finishing touches, their snowmen singing their last goodbyes, Sylvain's merriment didn't show a single sign of fading. He just kept humming and playing in the snow like it was his job.
Rolling out the middle portion, the lad went for a more cylindrical shape than the previous ball he had used for the base. It needed to be long enough for him to attach the wings in a way that kept them off of the ground. The wings had been made from an abandoned costume, salvaged in his spare time. A reminder from the Halloween ball. He thought the contrast in shapes would make the snowmonster more unique at the very least, and look rad at best. As he placed the middle section on top, its wings gracefully flittering in the silvery wind, he began stuffing the buttons into its skin. Using an inverted chevron as a guiding pattern, Sylvain made short work of the tedious labor by following the pattern whilst humming his own tune as he went. In a matter of minutes, the creature's front and back sides were bedazzled in the glistering scales comprised of a thousand buttons. Each one adding to the steadily more powerful illusion of draconic nature.
When it came time to put the head on the beast Sylvain rolled another cylinder giving it a big snout and an open mouth. It wasn't long after forming the crocodile shaped addition that he encountered another issue he couldn't tackle on his own. The snow golem was already a foot taller than he could reach on the very tippy toppy of his toes. Placing the two carrot horns on its head above its ears while stuffing a carrot into the top of its snout like a rhino, he settled on making eyes of coal and using several of the old corn cobs for rows of teeth. Proudly, he stepped back. The monster's head had come together convincingly, but without a person to coronate the creature it was incomplete. "Cecily," Sylvain started a bit quiet at first, uncertain if he was interupting her from something important. "Would you help me put this on top?"
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"Things are never so bad they can't be made worse." -Elim Garak
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Griseldis let out a relieved sigh when the Ravenclaw Prefect said that he was glad that she made it at least and didn't really ruin anything. And seeing the young boy's wide smile, she also smiled back and looked at the direction he pointed where there was an area with enough space for a few people to go there and build a snowman together but Sylvian seemed to already have an idea of his own when he told her and Cecily, that he wanted to build something really big. Noticed how his voice sounded very excited, she could guess that he planned on building a spectacular snowman. As for her, she just wanted to build a normal cute looking snowman, nothing very particular. With the friendly help from a House elf, her snowman became alive and it gave her a cheerful wave. It started singing and dancing in front of her. However, it only lasted for at least 15 minutes then it stopped and no longer moving anymore.Interacting with @Sylvain Wyllt and @Cecily Quinn
Suddenly, Sylvian asked her if she would help him. Griseldis first looked at the large boulder of snow and noticed that Sylvian was slightly out of breath. Obviously showed that he needed some extra strength cause doing it alone wasn't enough. "Sure!." She beamed with a smile. After that, the lioness silently watched as Sylvian was trying to build the snow into some sort of cylindrical shape. So he wanted to build a snow dragon? she thought to herself. Well, at least it looked like a dragon to her. Sylvian somehow proved himself to be a true Ravenclaw when he used his creative ideas crafting the wings for his snow creation and the way how he decorated was indeed very impressive. Not sure how much of a help she really was since Sylvian pretty much did most of the work, while she was only helping him gathering more snow for him to put into his "snow dragon".
Turning around to see the other Ravenclaw, Griseldis was curious to see what Cecily's snowman looked like. But she couldn't see it because the girl had her back facing her so she asked, "Hey Cecily, can you show me the snowman you build so far, I'm really interested to see what it looks like. Only if you want to." Griseldis also didn't want to force her if she didn't want to and tried to be respectful. She encountered people who were not confident to show their work before and she could understand that. Before hearing the girl's reply, Sylvian would ask her if she would like to help him placing the "head" of the "snow dragon".
And it looked like this magical winter errand would come to an end soon. So far, Griseldis truly enjoyed it even when it was simple and small. Building snowman with friends did make things more enjoyable and it did help her feel things lighter now. Next time, she would find another opportunity to invite Sylvian and Cecily for a cup of tea, not only to thank them but also to deepen their friendship if possible.
Stamina: 11 | Evasion: 10 | Strength: 10 | Wisdom: 5 | Arcane Power: 7 | Accuracy: 12
Fearless|Martial Artist|Evasive Maneuvers|Obnoxiously Strong
Fearless|Martial Artist|Evasive Maneuvers|Obnoxiously Strong