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Mentions: @Elias Weare and @Thomas Baines

Summer was finally here! Although Callie didn't realise she'd be spending her first day in London watching Thomas and Elias bicker over something irrelevant in their tent. Callie was more than used to their rivalry and if anything found a considerable degree of entertainment in their arguments. Usually she'd happily sit and listen to them argue over something insignificant whilst munching on whatever snack that happened to be nearby. However this evening she had no snacks within reach and the smell of the barbecue was far too tempting to let them indulge for long. After all Callie was an incredibly food motivated girl who also happened to be rather hungry which made for a truly deadly combination. Such a deadly combination in fact that Callie managed to withstand five minutes before grabbing the wrist of the closest person she could and announce she was extremely hungry. It just to happened that her victim of wrist grabbing and the dragging along that followed was none other than Elias.

Callie eventually released Elias when she took notice of the table of food after deciding that eating was far more important than dragging around the poor boy. As if on cue Callie's stomach loudly gurgled as soon as she got up to the assortment of food on display, prompting the girl to rub her hands together in anticipation. Her love of sugar was the only thing that topped her love of barbecue food and that wasn't about to change anytime soon. Callie wasted no time in grabbing the nearest plate and started stacking her plate with anything that tickled her fancy. Whilst she picked out what she wanted from the food on offer Callie munched on a celery stick she swiped first, seemingly enjoying the crunching sounds. Callie had gotten so distracted by the promise of food that she hadn't even realised that she'd left Thomas behind. Not that she minded though. Right now food came first and Callie wasn't sure if she could tolerate more of their bickering on an empty stomach.

Slight Godmodding of Thomas and Elias done with permission

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Mentions: @Callie Jensen, @Thomas Baines

Summer was indeed here! And what better way to spend it than with your teachers from school... oh well. It wasn't as if being around his Professors particularly bothered Elias, he was actually quite fond of most of them, and their classes if he was being honest with himself. Despite that, he wasn't fond of Thomas, and it did not take long for the two to start bickering in their tent.

Having been dragged away from an argument with Thomas that he was particularly enjoying, the young Ravenclaw was what some might describe as a tad disgruntled. Turning to Callie once they had finally arrived at the table of food, Elias shot his housemate a glare, although it didn't exactly last long truth be told. Callie's kind predisposition made it rather difficult to stay angry at her for much more than about half a minute, and the fact that she'd brought him to food helped her case as well. Truth be told, Elias had begun to grow a tad hungry.

Letting out a small laugh at the noise the girl's stomach made once she released his wrist, Elias too turned his attention towards the food! There was simply so much that he didn't have a clue where he should start. A plate did, however, seem like the obvious place though, and so, he collected himself one of those. After that, the boy somewhat awkwardly just followed Callie around, he had never truly bothered to introduce himself to or befriend that many people, and so he was attached to the girl's hip much like an urchin. "What do I want to eat..?" He pondered aloud, glancing down at her plate hoping to garner some sort of inspiration.

Slight Godmodding of Thomas Baines done with permission!

Amara walks into the BBQ area dressed in a cute sun-dress. She grabs some water and wonders around looking for a place to sit. As she walks, Amara waves to anyone she recognizes and looks curiously at the foreign group. One of the boys, a blond with sky-blue eyes, catches Amara's attention. She smiles at him before looking away. Amara walks ocer to the vegetable table and grabs a few raw carrots to nibble on as she works up her confidence to actually go talk to someone. Amara turns around, carrots in hand, and begins to take a step only to walk straight into someone's firm chest. Amara falls onto her butt in surprise and looks up at the person. Amara finds herself staring into those baby-blue eyes of the boy she saw earlier. After taking a moment to gather herself, Amara looks out again to see the boys hand being outstretched. Amara takes it and pulls herself up.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry I totally did not see you here" Amara starts rambling out an apology but stops after a moment and sends a shy smile towards to unknown boy. Now that they are near each other, Amara studies his face and takes in his sharp cheekbones and kind smile.

Callie happily crunched away on her celery sticks whilst stacking her plate with a variety of different foods although the burger took pride of place even if it was still to be grilled. She made one final crunch of the celery stick before spinning on her feel to face Elias who looked a little lost in the face of so much choice for food. "Everything!" She replied with a wide grin, causing a small piece of celery to tumble down onto her shirt. Of course Callie wasn't wearing her usual Hogwarts get up and was instead sporting a plain black t-shirt with a drawing of a teabag on it alongside the words 'it's a tea shirt'. Naturally such a terrible pun was among the greatest in Callie's collection of horrific jokes which made the shirt one of her favourites. If you discounted her t-shirt with the rubber duck on it wearing a party hat, that shirt in particular was her favourite of all time.

"Okay maybe not everything." She conceded after looking at the sheer amount of food on offer. "You'd like implode or something! You know like in those cartoons where the guy eats too much and goes BOOM!" Callie stretched one of her arms out wide as she spoke as if to mimic an explosion. "I think we get everything grilled by the Professor over there..but how good do these burgers look! Ooh and those strawberries! Is that halloumi? Oh my, I'm drooling..." Callie trailed off and took another bite of a celery stick to stop herself from losing herself in the food again. "How can you not know what to eat, Elias! There's so much! Clearly you have much to learn in the art of eating as much as you possibly can without exploding like a cartoon man."

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Ivy was going to kill Lizzie and Ariana. She had specifically told them to wait for her while she was tying her hair up into a ponytail, and they had just left when her back was turned. Like, seriously? How was she supposed to find them in this crowd? The Durmstrang and Ilvermorny students were here as well! The Gryffindor pushed her way through the crowd of unfamiliar people, muttering to herself as she did so.

She turned again and finally, finally, she caught sight of Lizzie and Ariana. They were talking to a trio of older students - she recognised the redhead as Amadea, but not the other two. Perhaps they were from Durmstrang or Ilvermorny? Whatever, that wasn't important right now. Ivy approached them and playfully punched Ariana's shoulder as a greeting. They didn't deserve a civil "hello" after leaving her at the tent. "So there you are! You two were supposed to wait for me!" she grumbled, her grey eyes reproachful. "I'm going to leave with Lydia next time."

With a roll of her eyes, she diverted her attention onto the older students, putting a smile back onto her face. Now that she had found her friends, Ivy was happy to socialise and enjoy the night. "Hey Amadea," she greeted the redhead, before looking at the other two blankly. "And uh... who are you?"

sorry for the very short, very crappy post lol

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Mentions: @Caradoc Browne
Interaction: Phylicia Stanwood @Bridget Collins

Howard flinched ever so slightly as he felt someone pat his back. It was an affectionate gesture that he wasn’t really used to. Red eyes would flash over his shoulder to see that it was Professor Browne as he made a polite offer to cook the burger meat for him.

“No.” A rather blunt answer. “Um...I mean...I just prefer it this way.” His voice carried a nervous tone. It wasn’t that he was doing anything wrong, it was just that the staff put him on edge. Howard carried a secret. One that would most likely pit him against people like Caradoc Browne one day.

“But...uh...t-thank you anyways.” He turned away from the Head of House. If he was still capable of blushing he most certainly would be doing so now. The presence of adult men had almost always instilled a fear in Howard, but even the smallest gesture of good will from the Professor made him feel all weird and squiggly inside. Howard cleared his throat and pushed the feelings away.

The long nails of his thumb and index finger would pinch off another chunk of beef as he tilted his head back and dropped it into his mouth. The flavor was nice but it was too cold for his liking, so Howard slowly chewed as he let his body heat it up naturally. It would be then that he would notice someone approaching. A ginger haired girl, perhaps a year, maybe two at most younger than him. His head would tilt ever so slightly to the side as his eyes took her in. That large combat boots and skull printing on her clothes definitely marked her as something out of the norm.

It came as no surprise that she questioned his eating habits, but her accent was one he rarely heard. His face would remain expressionless as his eyes drifted lazily from her, down to his plate and then back again. The answer seemed rather obvious. “Yup.” A bit condescending as he let out a sigh afterwards. His bored tone didn’t seem to deter her one bit as she continued on to introduce herself.

“Name’s Howard. Figured you was from the states. Accent and all.” His brow would scrunch at her next question. “Durmstrang? No. I’m here from Hogwarts. Pft. Freakin Durmstrang.” Howard would say the last under his breath. (OOC: he is swearing, just keeping it clean for the public thread.)

The Dhampirs eyes would drift again back to his plate, his long finger prodding the meat. Still too cold. He would stand from his log and rise to his feet. Depending on the girls height he may be much taller than her. Howard would gesture over his shoulder with his free hand. “This is too cold. Needs a quick sear. Plenty of grub over there if ya want.” With that, he would turn and make his way towards the grill. Up to her if she follows.

Things were certainly picking up as more students entered the BBQ area, Saskia among them. Kateri gave a wave as she made her way over and grinned at the Hufflepuff. "Thank you again for getting those!" Kat looked over the things the prefect had carried over. "Actually, if you could set up the cups by the other end of the table with the two pitchers of water that would be great and I'll set up the stacks of extra smaller plates over here for finger food stuffs." She nodded her chin towards the two clear containers of water for students who might just want something standard to drink. Grabbing some extra plates, Kat made two stacks for students to grab from and was about to put the others aside behind the drink stand when a voice spoke up from behind her along with a clap. Standing up straight the professor turned and saw an unfamiliar student standing in front of them. A brow raised slowly on the woman's face at the compliment the boy gave. Lovely? Was this some sort of Russian charm? She was sure a student had never paid her a compliment in such a way before, let alone a complete stranger- okay actually there was this one time in Chicago...

"Why thank you." Kateri gave Saskia a sidelong look and half grin at the boy's translation of 'pulling one's leg.' The young woman gave a soft laugh and nod to his request and walked behind the stand to get a soda. Bending down to grab a couple of sodas to choose from, she cracked a wide smile hearing him call out to a friend. Hopefully Saskia wouldn't be gone in a cloud of dust by the time she stood up, soda in hand. Returning, Kat held up three chilly cans of sodas hoping at least one would be to his liking. "Alright this is what we have for soda, there's also another type of cola and some cream soda," She paused unsure of how well his English might be. She was aware that some things and phrases might not translate well mostly from her own interactions with people back home. "You're welcome to take a peek should you want something else." Setting the three options down on the table next to her, Kat saw another student making her way over in a long floral dress. Waving her hand in greeting, she called out to the girl and smiled warmly. "Hey there, welcome! Can I grab you something to drink?"

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Mentioning @Hjørdis Jensen
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Browne winked at Lucia and clapped his tongs at her in a 'get moving' sort of way - but although the girl instinctively jumped back out of its reach she knew the professor only meant it in jest.
"Will do, Sir," she smiled at him and turned to the table where food was set out.
There was so much to choose from! After a moment or two of simply looking at all the food, trying to make her choice, Lucia gave up and grabbed a skewer.
Then, she wandered around the table, adding small pieces of meat - and, occasionally, vegetables - to her little wooden stick until there was no room left on it any more.
To be completely honest, Lucia had no idea what half the meats were as they all looked so similar, and she hadn't bothered to read the labels knowing they wouldn't make any difference - but at least in that case there would definitely be something that she would like.
There were two small pieces of pepper and four chunks of meat on the skewer - Lucia had never actually tried a kebab before and was excited to see what they tasted like.
She walked back to the 'barrelque' to find Caradoc Browne again, and saw him talking to the Head of Slytherin, Professor Jensen.
Not wanting to interrupt, the girl hovered uncertainly a few metres away.

Interacting with @Elias Weare and @Callie Jensen

Mentioning @Thomas Baines

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Eyre was sunburnt. Really, really sunburnt. After a long day of setting up camp, he was successfully burnt to a crisp, and he wished that there was someone nearby that was kind enough to put him out of his misery. His outfit was enough to make him turn red without the aid of the boiling hot sun: a floppy hat, sunglasses, a white button up, black shorts and sandals. Instead of looking like a pre-teen boy on holiday, he was looking more like his grandmother on holiday after she's had too many Cocolocos. He even felt like it, too. There was always something about being exposed to too much sun that made Eyre feel a bit tipsy.

He was hungry for anything cold, anything that was going to make him feel less like a boiled sweet. He stumbled over to the first person that he recognized, his friend Elias and a girl that looked like she was about to talk his ear off. "Elias, mate... I'm sorry for interrupting, but do either of you have any burn healing paste?" Eyre murmured woozily from behind his sunglasses, feeling a bit dizzy from his lack of hydration. He blinked twice at the girl. "Wait.. You're not Thomas. Merlin, I need to eat something."

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