Blossomfest The Lake Event

The second year sighed, a dripping book in his hand and in his other hand a pizza box. So when he opened the lid he noticed with relief that the pizza did not flip or anything, maybe it looked a bit shaken, however it was perfectly eatable so he just closed the lid again and looked around the area, when he noticed someone he knew.

His eyes widened when he saw the Slytherin prefect and she seemed to be crying, making Alan wonder what had happened. She was super nice and friendly to him, so Alan just bit his lip. Was it the boy standing next to her? Did he say something that had made her sad? But it did not look like that, the guy around Nico seemed to be rather nice and nothing in his body language seemed to indicate anything mean. However Alan was still worried, so with a nervous glance towards the former Headgirl he just walked over to Nico.

Nervously he glanced at the unknown guy before he carefully mumbled her name, ”Nico? ...what happened?” He asked worried, his voice rather quiet as he was not that confident himself. Would she even want to tell him? Another glance towards the other boy made him frown, wondering who he was, but then his gaze drifted to Nico again. She clearly was his main concern at the moment and if the Headgirl wanted her pizza back she would just need to go to him... as well as the girl with her book.

This would mean lots of interaction....

Mari Haynes

In and out was @Mari Haynes. She had no interest in dances, or social gathering, or romance or scuffles like the ones ongoing here.

Rowan Bane, Miko Limoff, Celynne Gray

@Rowan Bane was very well prepared for a make-out session at the lake. Suspiciously so. Swim shorts beneath his incredibly expensive suit and this need to be carried into a lake because he conveniently forgot about the chair he was sitting in. The Versantium might have been what changed the tide of their relationship to one of a more romantic tone, however it was not particularly sweet. There were better places to first admit the word 'love' and it was probably not before their first kiss. But order be damned, they are in 'love' apparently and like several other handsy teens there was a kiss. It might have been followed up by more than a peck had it not drawn a young girl's attention.

Yes, two boys kissing was noticeable but they were not the first and they probably would not be the last either. There was like this magnetic energy between lips that seemed to draw faces near each other as if by some enchantment. No, that was not it. It was teenage hormones.

"Hey, lovebirds, want a cupcake?"

@Celynne Gray was a recent arrival, enjoying the feel of the chilly water on her feet as she waded along the water's edge. While she had no real interest at the ball to socialize, she was more outgoing here as she approached the young men with the gift of sweets. @Alan Vanes would walk past this interaction, @Rowan Bane was presently engaged. That was fine of course, Rowan was not here to chat. he was here to kiss (apparently), swim and of course now eat cupcakes.

"Thank you. You're already more thoughtful then Miko here, who refused to give me a cupcake a minute ago."

The cupcake was not bad, the 'bad' flavors were really really bad but there were more 'good' flavors than bad ones it would seem. The conversation would quickly turn to the chill of the lake. Apparently, like @Miko Minof and @Rowan Bane, @Celynne Gray was prepared to swim. The Ravenclaw had brought towels. Obviously she never intended to dance or she had odd ideas about what one should bring to the dance.

"You seem afraid of the water almost. If you had no interest in swimming, then why come here, and bring towels as well? Were you expecting to meet someone?"

@Rowan Banes called @Celynne Gray on it. Versantium strikes again. The Ravenclaw had an 'excuse', she blamed her brother. That and the admission that she could not swim but seemed interested in trying after dark in an unsupervised lake that may or may not be filled with monsters. The Gryffindor was then hoisted up by his Hufflepuff-- was it too early and was he too young to be called his 'lover'? Probably. Still, @Miko Limof lifted his lover as if they were entering the bridal suite. Except it was the lake and the lake was wet and cold and there were other people and cupcakes. Well, at least they had each other.

The water was far from safe and it was actually frigid. @Miko Limof would carry @Rowan Banes into the water. @Celynne Gray would follow. A bit of mischief at the Gryffindor's expense as he pretended to nearly drop the boy caused a shrill shriek to pierce the air.

Did that panicked noise draw unwanted attention? Yes. Some of the other lake goers turned and stared at @Miko Limof and @Rowan Banes as if one tried to murder the other or as if one was being overly dramatic about seeing a spider. Many, perhaps not all, eyes were on them. They would casually drift away after a few seconds.

@Miko Limof would feel something brush past his leg, slick and smooth.

Danger Roll: 13 (as documented on Discord)

Swimming lessons anyone?

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Donnovan Periwinkle, Ruka Tân, River Dewlight, Nico Shymane, Alexander Cloverfield, Jade Murphy

@Donnovan Perrywinkle was getting emotional. He felt the sudden need to apologize and announce his terrible secret. This only got @Ruka Tân confused and admitting that he too shares a common trait: sticky fingers. Apparently they both have a problem taking things that do not belong to them. @Jade Murphy would interject, apparently she was not very popular. From there the conversation devolved, apparently the truth made these students both angry and sad. It was quite the contrast to how it made @Miko Limof and @Rowan Banes closer and more like lovers. If nothing else, @Kaegen Deathmote was getting more enemies. Not particularly powerful enemies but enemies all the same.

@Ruka Tân would silently excuse himself from the gathering.

BLERRRRRGGGHHH!

A cupcake and Versantium-laced punch slurry would erupt from the boy's mouth and be dumped into the lake. The same lake that . @Miko Limof, @Rowan Banes and @Celynne Gray were wading in. The same water that several teens from the higher years were splashing in. The same lake that @Thomas Lestrange was pissing in. The mermaids were not going to be happy about this.

Something about barfing must attract new friends. Newcomer @River Dewlight, fresh from the ball and dressed way too well to be spending some time at the lake's edge would introduce herself to the group of blathering, barfing, and bitching students. She was greeted pleasantly enough but @Donnovan Perrywinkle did not seem interested in maintaining a conversation with the girl. so unlike any other rational pre-teen boy that was approached by a cute girl, he would confront a completely different girl, @Nico Shymane. The girl would probably give him detention for mouthing off, it would make sense at the very least.

Yes, there was a new arrival, Slytherin Prefect, first year @Nico Shymane. Freshly rejected by @Kaegen Deathmote at the Blossom Ball, publicly humiliated likely by the spectacle. It was hard to not notice when a girl's date rushes out of the dance, leaving their date alone at a table. The boy was a menace, she had heard @Donnovan Perrywinkle's tirade about the reckless youth nearly getting someone killed. If only that was an exaggeration. In fact, he nearly got Nico hurt more than just emotionally, had she stayed only a few minutes longer this evening might have went very different for her. A trigger being sudden abandonment at the Ball, an opening one of them could take to worm their way in.

"Snooping around as usual again are you? Looking for another pair of meek 'ickle first years to give detention are you?"

@Donnovan Perrywinkle accused. He seemed anything BUT meek just there, but of course he was picking on a girl that was probably not even his size.

"I think you should keep your greasy nose out of peoples business for a change! Maybe settle down once and a while eh'? Take a break and just PISS OFF because I'm tired along with the rest of everyone here, of your lousy, stupid, arrogant--AUTHORITARIAN remarks, before little Ms. Slytherin gets a taste of her own medicine!

It was as if the Prefect should not be doing her job...

Well, that got the attention of a few of the students. Some, while strangers to them both looked like they were readying themselves to intervene when our dashing 'hero' @Alexander Cloverfield For the most part a relative unknown in Hogwarts, partly because he kept to himself and partly because he was more muggle than wizard and probably spent more than an insignificant amount of time trapped on those moving stairs. It was the yelling that drew him to this duo in particular. Alex had a bit of a secret, this flare of emotion, well anger that seemed to be summoned in the blink of an eye. It did not always leave as quickly as it came and the heat that boiled over from within was hard to keep a lid on once the temperature rose far enough.

In the defense of a pretty girl (@Nico Shymane), @Alexander Cloverfield chose a side. His hand clasped onto @Donnovan Perrywinkle's shoulder and with a rough, inward motion he would turn the boy around and force a staggering step in his direction.

"Hey there bud, your voice gives me a headache, mind dropping those tones for me?"

There was an implied threat in those words, @Alexander Cloverfield was not asking twice nor did he say please. But just then @Donnovan Perrywinkle seemed to come out of the Versantium-induced compulsion to speak the truth. He was again able to lie. The thing about Versantium was that it compelled one to speak the truth, it did not cause one's emotions to run amuck nor did it give someone amnesia or force someone to confront another person they disliked. That was all Donnovan.

Like a Prince...



"Leave my friend alone!"

@Ruka Tân cried. His statement not nearly as threatening or as intimidating as the second year @Alexander Cloverfield.

"He just loses his temper easily!"

Not a great defense. It was like saying the sociopath was murder-happy today as a rationale or rather an excuse. It might have explained things but it did not excuse them.

"He's just more angry today than usual but he means no harm!"

He should probably not do much more talking.

"Don't you touch him again, he didn't do anything to you!"


It probably would have boiled down to a physical altercation, two on one even if @Alexander Cloverfield was bigger and stronger and possibly more experienced if he had spent much time around another somewhat known deviant but @Nico Shymane would try and get back control of the situation.

"A-Alright.. Settle down. No fighting." 

Lets stand between the guy with an anger problem and the liar. The well, kinda dreamy guy that just defended her. Sigh...

"T-Thank you. I was... having abit of trouble there." 

this is usually where you say 'I don't know how I could ever repay you' and then try to kiss the boy but @Nico Shymane obviously did not know her tropes.

"You two again... You better put that away. There's no need to use that here. We all came here to have fun, no? Since you say you have no idea of what just happened. Let me clarify this to you. I have no idea why you two are acting so loud and weird... But there was no need to.. just .. do that you know?" 

Look at what you kids did, you made the girl cry.

"Wh-Why did you have to be such a jerk... I only did my job... If you guys hadn't been there then you wouldn't have gotten detention. Simple. As. That! ...For the sake of everyone here, even you two. I won't give you guys detention. But another one of these tricks... You'll be back scooping poop from the owlery."

It would appear that @Alexander Cloverfield was going to be her Prince Charming for the day. He would recommend that they get a drink. Go somewhere else. Get away from those two boys before they tried something else. @Nico Shymane was outnumbered and there was a fair amount of aggression on the part of @Donnovan Perrywinkle that was being merely justified by his cohort @Ruka Tân. It was probably a dangerous place for a pretty girl like her to stay. 

Perhaps after @Alexander Cloverfield intervened or after the risk to @Donnovan Perrywinkle's person had passed had @Ruka Tân realized that perhaps the source of the Gryffindor stranger's concern on behalf of the young woman was because Donnovan was being aggressive. He was right more than likely. Cloverfield was probably reacting because he saw someone appear to be in peril and that might have made the peril's source (Donnvan) also in peril by Cloverfield's presence.

Was Alex really about to bring Nico back to the party?

Danger Roll: 12 (as documented on Discord)

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Glen Pope, Serena Towers, Alan Vanes, Marcia Kingsleigh, Edric Banes



"Me book!"

Without looking the beautiful @Marcia Kingsleigh already knew what had happened. what she had lost. As for the witless bully that just wanted Marcia's love. Well, his stomach curled a bit. Not only had this twerp just embarrassed him but he also made him drop the nerd's precious reading thing.

All he saw was red from there. It was like something out of a wrestling playbook as he lifted poor @Edric Banes into the air. Patrick Kowalski, infamous Slytherin third year was not known for ever playing nice. It was a sort of dog eat dog sort of world in his particular part of Slytherin and he was one of the bigger dogs. In his case his bite was way worse than his bark.

"Don't you dare!"

Marcia would attempt to kick Patrick behind the knees. 

Attack Roll:  10 (Agility: 6)
Evasion Roll: (DC 17) Miss

However Patrick might have been a better fighter than student. He would side step her attack. "You made my Marcia mad at me!" Patrick shouted at Edric. yes, all of this was EDRIC's fault. and yes, she was HIS. It was like locking a dinner roll at the dinner table to claim it as his own. In fact, he should do that...

"I said hands off!"

Patrick was a big boy, Marcia would find it difficult to reach his neck considering well their difference in size. She would stil have to fight for Edric's honor life. 

Marcia attempts to jump up and wrap her arms around Patrick's neck.

Attack Roll:  7 (Agility: 6)
Evasion Roll: (DC 17 + 2 [height])

It was no use. Patrick was too big for her, but he could not complain about the attention even if it was negative. "Don't worry babe, you can get your hands on me in a second."

@Serena Towers would attempt to talk some sense into the already devolved beyond talking situation. 

"Woah woah woah, guys, calm down."

A bit late for that.

"It was just an accident, he didn't mean to, let's just calm down."

"Accident my ass!" Patrick shouted. "He embarrassed me in front of the hot nerd!"

He did not need Versantium to admit that, he really did not care what anyone thought.That was not the only reason he was pissed at the moment, there was also the fact that she was defending the twerp that had tripped him in the first place. Was there something going on between them? He eyed the Slytherin second year. Not a damn chance. 

"We don't want to get in trouble 'cause of this, right?"

Serena tried to reason but this was beyond that point. None of them were supposed to be here. Also, nobody can bitch about him if they can't stand. his logic was rather simple, fear, intimidation, pain and displays of power and dominance often gave him what he wanted and why would this be any different. He would take back command of this situation. Show Marcia how spectacular he was and she would swoon over his manliness. 

Edric, on the other hand, would try to scramble his eggs.

"Dos i grafu!"

That was Edric's battle cry and possible last words.

Edric tried to hit Patrick in the balls.

Attack: 12 (13 Agility)
Evasion: (DC 17 [-2 being held]) Hit

It was as if Edric had awakened a demon. Patrick's face turned cherry red, Towers would try to distract him with pizza. No chance in the nine hells that would work. Patrick would spin around, Edric still held by his collar and he would attempt to fling Edric into the water. It would somewhat resemble a hammer throw.

Attack: 1 (Agility 20)
Evasion: (DC 23 [-2 held, +2 ball hit]) Critical Fail

But Patrick would fail to fling Edric, nauseated from the ball kick his knees would buckle and Kowalski would drop Edric on the ground. Quickly, the irate bully would attempt to grab Edric before he had a chance to crawl away and deepen his shame. With a snarl that sounded more like a beast than a teen would, Patrick would attempt to grab hold of Edric. 

Attack: 14 (Agility 20)
Evasion: (DC 23) Success

Headlock (1-10); Atomic wedgie (11-20) Headlock (1)

He would grab hold of Edric, his trunk-like limbs wrapping around his windpipe as the massive bully used his weight and superior strength to force the boy onto the ground. "You think you're so tough... I will show you tough!"

@Alan Vanes was not terribly far away. Rather than involve himself in the obviously dangerous fray he would simply recover Marcia's book.

”Wingardium Leviosa”


The book hovered in the air but was nearly dropped immediately thereafter, much like the pizza already had. @Glen Pope would be a late arrival, merely watching the scene unfurl. Two men fighting for Marcia's love (that is cannon now), Alan being the one who earned it by saving her book and Serena being just hungry.

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Howie White, Thomas Lestrange

Little did @Howard White know that his former paramour Rosie had shown up to the dance. Little did he know that he was about to fail her a second time by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. How could he have known that she would come back tonight of all nights? How could he have known that her isolation would be what made her stand out? How could he have known that she needed him when he did not even know that she was back? He was too busy being the cliche male bad-boy romantic protagonist, uninterested in the obviously interested girl in the lake.

A middle finger signifying his stance on things, they would scoff. The girl would call back, "you're loss dude!" She was probably right, that was probably the closest thing he was going to have to a good time here as @Thomas LeStrange stumbled in. He was obviously drunk, staggering and making his way also into the lake. None of the girls gave Thomas the same offer. 

Thomas would break the bro code and look in Howard's direction while taking a piss. This behavior much to the mermaid's dismay. 

Danger Roll: 3

Nothing attempts to bite Thomas' dinky off. For once things worked out in Thomas' favor. This was likely one of the few moments Erin would not have a chance to intervene and try to do something terrible. This was one of the few moments they would unknowingly have left to become bros before everything actually went to shit. While they thought things were bad now, soon things were going to get very much worse. Howard was isolating himself, rather effectively. Thomas was playing a dangerous game that he might not have the wit to keep up, especially if he had a few butterbeers on his off-time. Fogs the mind. Weakens the resolve. Widens the gut.

Oddly enough they were the only ones grossly unaffected by the events that had taken place during this ball. Rowen and Miko had become lovers in a single evening. A bunch of first years almost got into an altercation with a Prefect, shouting something about Versantium. An actual fist fight brawl was taking place in yet another part of the lake. Odd to say -- but they were the 'good ones.'

{ Interacting with Edric, Marcia, Glen & NPC, Mentions Alex, Nico & Alan }

Serena's attempts at talking the situation down, to get everyone to just calm themselves, was failing drastically. Edric and Marcia were busy fighting this older boy, that she did not recognise. On the other side, not too far from her, she heard yelling. Her eyes widened as she witness a fellow Hufflepuff scolding someone she liked, Nico. Serena had no idea what was happening over there or why but she could hear the screaming escalating. She wanted to rush over and protect the slytherin first year that she knew but she could not leave these two former prefects in the middle of a physical fight.

It was all too much for the second year. Her heart was being torn apart. She was stuck in a dilemma, where she had to make a decision and she had to make it quickly. Time was of the essence here. Serena's heart wanted to help Nico. She wanted to protect the younger girl from whatever was happening. But she knew she needed to help Marcia and Edric before one of them seriously got hurt. The older boy was not stopping in his attacks.

Her head quickly flicked between the two situations like a yo-yo, clearly unsure of what to do. Luckily, a Gryffindor boy that she did not know [ALEX] seemed to help settle down the situation. It may not have been settled, a fight may easily have broken out from that side too. But right now, she had to try and stop the physical fight taking place in front of her. She had no choice.

Serena tried to reason with the older boy, claiming it was an accident. He claimed that Edric embarrassed him in front of 'the hot nerd'.  "Wh-" She started, confused as to what he was on about. Wasn't he just stealing Marcia's book or bullying her? Wait, was she the hot nerd? What was even going on? The Hufflepuff did not have time to think about it though. She almost cringed as she witnessed Edric attack him. Whoops. It was too late to claim it was an accident. Her tactic of pizza did not work either. She turned to grab the pizza but the boy she had given it to had left... He had ditched them in the middle of the fight? Welp. Well there goes her distraction...

The older boy took Edric into a headlock. Welp. Serena grabbed her wand from her pocket and pulled it out, "Screw it," She muttered to herself, now getting frustrated by her inability to do anything to help control the situation. None of the Slytherins were listening. They were all too busy fighting and pulling them apart was not likely anymore. It was annoying. Serena Towers snapped, "Rictusempra!" She waved her wand, casting the spell towards the older Slytherin.

She did not want to hurt him. If she did, she would have chosen a spell worse than the tickling charm. Hopefully this would just make him fall into a fit of laughter and give them all a few seconds to calm down or perhaps run away. Either way, they could use a laugh in this situation.

Strength: 2  |  Agility: 15 |  Control: 10  |  Stamina: 8

Interactions: @Ruka Tân, and @Jade Murphy, and @Alexander Cloverfield , and @Nico Shymane Mentioning @Solomon Lear

Donny stood there, pulled away from this, "Alex" and breathing softly, his anxiety got to him. "Er, sorry" he said to the two confusedly, walking away.  He stood by his friends away from the crowd. It might have been the punch, but he was sure he'd messed the day up, along with the roughhousing second years that were throwing each other around the water just down the hill, and barfing and pissing--and a lot of other things that would make his grandmother turn in her grave. He listened to Jade's worried voice, she seemed like she was going the same direction as the lot of them did earlier, downhill with the punch. "I'm sorry Jade, I wish we could have had some fun, but someone has done something to all of us, and I'm going to find out who and why." he said gravely, wishing he knew what he could do to help. 

He turned to Ruka, his buddy that always worried for him. He shouldn't have to worry for him, should he? He should just be able to have fun with the few, the trio and the rest of his rarely jolly friends. "Er. thanks Ruka too. You didn't have to put yourself in that position, them second years know their stuff, most of the time." he said, remembering the infamous Kaegen Deathmote. "But, you guys can leave if you want, I'll have a word with the Headmaster if I might." he finished, looking down in the grass once more. He really knew he'd messed up here. 


     

Interacting with @Donnovan Perrywinkle , @Alexander Cloverfield and @Alan Vanes

Nico couldn't believe that Donnovan didn't respond to her. Was he for real? He just had been screaming at her, intimidating her, scaring her... All because he had detention once. All because he didn't realise that getting detention was his own fault. That if he weren't there that evening, he wouldn't have been forced to clean the Owlery.

Nico was getting angry... Frustrated. She snapped. Once more. 'Are you even ... LISTENING?!' She sounded sharp, cold. 'Donnovan Perrywinkle!' She had atleast expected a sincere apology but he seemed to be more worried about the punch. 'You're a JERK!' She said once more. She meant it. Her eyes teary, her heart beating fast. Pip nuzzeld her cheek, trying to calm her down, but she was pushed too far.

The Prince asked her if she was okey. Rubbing her eye, she shyly looked up at him and nodded. 'T-Thank you... I-..I'm just abit... all over the place.' She tried to take a deep breath, to soothe her boiled mind. 'A-A drink could be nice. Yes.' She smiled still abit sad. But she was glad. Glad she wasn't by herself. If he hadn't been here, she would've broken down... For sure.

She sniffled and heard a familiar voice. A Gryffindor boy approached her, one she knew: Alan. Looking up at him, tears running down her cheeks, she tried to speak. 'I-I'm no-... I-..'

Her voice broke, every time she tried to tell him what happened, she seemed to choke in her own words. After some sobbing, she found the strength to speak. 'I-I just wanted to come hang around here w-.. sniff.. with Pip..' She held Pip in her hands and held it up to Alan. The Pygmy Puff wiggled its nose, turning to Nico, worried. 'A-And.. I don't know.. D-Donn..That. JERK.. came up to me. And.. Just started sceaming..' She sobbed. 'I-It's not my fault that they were at the shore when it was already dark out. I-If they weren't there.. I- They wouldn't have gotten detention!..' She put Pip on her head and brought a handkerchief to her nose. 'I-I ju-just... did my JOB..'

Blowing her nose she tried to calm down, but she was still upset. 'B-But... ' She turned to the Gryffindor Prince, who she hadn't had the chance to ask his name yet. 'T-This boy ..s-stopped him.' She blushed, but it was barely noticable. Her face was already red from crying. Her teary, iceblue eyes standing out.

'I-I'm very grateful that he did to be honest.' She smiled shy, tilting her head. 'I-It was scary...'

Interacting with @Nico Shymane, @Ruka Tan, @Alan Vanes, Mentioning @Donnovan Perrywinkle

The kid who got in the way of Alex and the Hufflepuff brat was loud, a bit whiny too, at least so it appeared to Alex, the kid continued to defend his friend and justify his actions, though most of what it did was upset Alex to some extent, what the Hufflepuff was doing wasn't simply raising his voice, it was abusive, it was violent, and if Alex didn't step in, he was sure it'd be physical too, the kid looked, at least at the time like his head was going to steam at any moment. The small Gryffindor seemed to be as angry, but in other ways, if anything, Alex would probably appreciate his loyalty and willingness to face danger, but in the same time he got annoyed by his lack of empathy.

"Verbal violence is still violence, friend. Keep your friend on a tight leash for the night so that he wont have another outburst like that, others might not be as understanding"

With great self restraint Alex finished his words, doing whatever it takes to not let his annoyance show. The hufflepuff seemed to keep playing dumb though, it seemed like he understood the situation he is in, but lacked the courage to admit it and face it, so instead he chose the other route, the smarter yet cowardly route, to walk away. It didn't really matter much because Alex wasn't planning on staying there for long anyway.

Though as he glanced back at the red head, his feeling of anger and annoyance seemingly started to melt away, like a coating of frost exposed to the sun. She had given them a piece of her mind as well, she was assertive in her own right and rightfully hurt. He started considering what to do to help her calm herself, but he had a bit of trouble with that, he kept being distracted by her as a whole, it might be like him to get confused but not by simply being in the presence of another person.

And as quickly as anything else happening in this party, another person showed up, he looked familiar, probably because he was in the same house as him, and by his appearance, likely at the same year as him as well, they might have shared classes together, they might have stumbled onto each other in the common room, but for whatever reason he simply could not remember him, maybe he wasn't as note worthy. He began questioning the girl about her condition, he seemed worried and familiar with her, a bit disappointing to some extent, but that wasn't a problem.

Thing is, this guy, whoever he was did something, he made her even more vulnerable, her voice started breaking and she seemed to speak more frankly. That might be a bit more of an issue. She then presented the boy with a ball of pinkish fluff, she called it Pip, the gesture all on its own was a little strange but then he noticed that... That thing had a face, was that some sort of a creature? I-it... It looks kinda cute... Though Alex had to compose himself. All Alex could do is give away a faint smile, a sign of reassurance, of security. She thanked him, it felt more sincere than anything anyone said to him before and she agreed to go with him to get a drink. He extended his hand to take hers, letting her make the decision to take it or not before heading towards the main party, sadly there were no beverages nearby, besides... The lake itself, but Alex had some common sense and he wouldn't let her drink that.

"Lets go, you can come too, erm... What was your name again?"

He just realized that in all of this chaos he neither got her name nor did he introduce himself, it actually embarrassed him, he would normally be the first person to let people know who he was, though considering the situation, it should be understandable.

"Um, I'm sorry, I completely forgot to introduce myself, my name is Alex"

He omitted his full name or last name, they weren't important, he wasn't famous or important nor was he from a noble lineage, so he had no titles to attach to himself.

Alan cringed at Nico's word, a frown tugging the corner of his lips downwards. He glanced around, his gaze focusing on said Hufflepuff; Donnovan Perrywinkle. He hoped he did not cause too much trouble to Nico and nodded.

"Either ignore or report him for what he did Nico.... like it is not your fault he breaks rules so don't worry, okay?", the second year mumbled with a light smile, trying not to turn around and glare at the Hufflepuff for hurting his friend. But he didn't want to fight or anything or cause trouble so he just huffed and turned to the boy who introduced himself as Alex.

"My name is Alan, thank you a lot for helping Nico", he said with sincere relief. Alex seemed like an okay dude and it made Alan wonder why the both of them had not much contact before even though they share a dorm and common room.

The Gryffindor looked over at Nico to check whether she stopped crying, he was not good with stuff like that, comforting crying people. "I did not know that you got yourself a Pygmy Puff! So cute!", he said in amazed awe as he looked at the small fluffball.

Interacting with @Alan Vanes and @Alexander Cloverfield

Nico sniffled and nodded at Alan's kind words. 'I-I might.. I might tell the Headmaster. Or.. Just hand in a report at the office.'She rubbed her eye and tried her best to ignore the yellow eyesore.

His kind words calmed her more down. She could breathe normal again, carefully wrapping her arms around her stomach. She hadn't thought her night would go like this. Wearing this lovely dress that her mom picked out for her. She looked up at the sky as Alan spoke to Alex, thanking him for his heroic deed. A complete stranger standing up for another stranger didn't happen often. The sky was bright, stars winking from above. That view made everything that happened aroud her feel small and unimportant. Everything was fine.

Nico dapped her eyes. The only remains of her crying session were her still lightly red face and her hiccups. Alan was super excited to see her fresh new pet Pip. The Pygmy Puff looked curious at the redhaired Gryffindor. His small eyes blinked, seeing how the boy nearly jumped for joy. Shaking up his purple, fluffy furr, he greeted with a short squeek.

"I did not know that you got yourself a Pygmy Puff! So cute!"

Nico giggled, smiling bright. 'Y-Yeh. I got it after I heard Slytherin won the HouseCup. I was first thinking of maybe, getting an owl, but...' Tilting her head a little, she remembered the big yellow eyes that she had set her mind on. He was scary. Very. Scary. '...They then showed me him, Pip, and I fell for him instantly. I-I mean look at how fluffy he is!' She let the Pygmy Puff drop in her bowlshaped hands. It started to roll around all excited. 'I called him Pip.'

"What was your name again?"

Nico looked up at the Prince, still holding the pet in her hands. 'I-I'm.. ' Putting Pip on her head, she swallowed soflty. Resting her hands gently on her chest, turning towards him she smiled softly. 'M-My name is Nico.' He introduced himself as 'Alex'. 'That's a cool name. Great leaders got that name.' As she said that she wasn't entirely sure he would understand what she meant. Was he a Pureblood? She couldn't really tell. He.. didn't introduce his full name. Not like Kaegen did. With his uncountable amount of gibberish that followed his first name. Nico was pretty sure that they were all made up...

'Oh right! We .. we're gonna get something to drink. Just to.. soothe my nerves abit.' Honestly, all she would like was to be out of the dark for abit, she needed light and warmth. The opposite of the shore by the Lake. 'I-I'm sorry that I made you worry, Alan. Things.. have calmed down. Maybe you wanna come with us or... do you have.. unfinished business?'

Pip hopped down to Nico's shoulders, looking at Alan from under her red hair.

@Serena Towers attempt to bribe the boy with pizza was an ultimate failure. It was no accident that @Edric Banes extended his leg and tripped the Slytherin as he led Marcia almost all the way to the dance. Was that part of his plan? Yes, he as not foolish enough to think a lakeside snogging was a possibility. If it was, well... since they were here... cough. 

She would be so awestruck by his strength and ability to subjugate her peers that she would be putty in his arms. He just needed to make this embarrassment of a Prefect suffer. Yes, Marcia was the hot nerd. 

Serena would attempt to stop the fight, Patrick already had Edric in a headlock and his grip was progressively tightening making it hard for him to breathe. 

"Screw it" 

Serena muttered. She would be forced to use the most powerful spell in her arsenal.

"Rictusempra!" 

Serena shouted and with a flick of the wrist her spell was unleashed.

Attack: 17 (15 Agility)
Control: 17 (10 Control) (DC 15)
Evasion: (DC 23)

Serena's attack would hit true. Patrick's back would arch, he would let out a grunt as he tried to stifle a chuckle would it would escape and erupt into a fit of laughter. Unfortunately as Patrick involuntarily clenched up, Edric was still in his grasp. His airway constricted as well as the delicate blood vessels were compressed robbing his brain of vital oxygen. Edric would see stars and everything would start to go black.

Edric would lose consciousness, gripped in Patrick's obviously capable arms and go limp. Edric would slip out from Patrick's hold, convulsing from laughter for a few additional precious seconds. Had the others jumped in just then and intervened, they might have felled the bully. Alas, fortune was on Patrick's side and sloth on the side of those allied with Marcia and Edric. 

The spell would end, a bowed over but miffed Slytherin would rise from the muck. Edric on the ground at Patrick's feet. He would step over Edric, his steel grey eyes fixed on Serena. "Did you just raise your wand to me girle?"

What Serena did was a dire offense, considered by most to be far worse than a bit of rough-housing or physical bullying. He could take on the rest of these second years, solidify the fact that nobody messes with Patrick Kowalski. That was his knee jerk default actually but there was something here that he very much wanted more, @Marcia Kingsleigh. The prospect of pummeling @Glen Pope seemed secondary.

"Just go to the damn dance with me Marcia," Patrick demanded. 

The effects of the potion had worn off @Donnovan Perrywinkle. While the potion did not compel him to become aggressive and confrontational, in the post poisoned phase he would need to reconcile with the fact that what he chose to do and what he said were not mutually exclusive with the effects of that poison.


@Nico Shymane's emotions were quite labile at the very least, @Alexander Cloverfield might have a type. She told Donnovan off, admitted she was in need of a drink. She was angry and sad, a bit glad, back to sad and then whatever feelings Alex gave the young girl. Yes, those were definitely reasons to blush...

But then another boy would make his presence known, feeling the need to insert himself in the situation now that it was over. @Alan Vanes, another Gryffindor second year, same age and house as Alex. Was it possible that they were interested in the same girl? Was that the disappointment that Alex felt, that slightly sinking sentiment?

Alex's offer to leave this place was accepted. To go and get a drink elsewhere. He conveniently forgot about the butter beer that the kids had stockpiled on the shore. Of course, there was no Alan at the dance. Alan bonding with Nico over Pip, the Pygmy Puffskein, but of course Nico had to invite Alan along. Had to be polite.

Daydreams of---





Meanwhile in the water @Thomas Lestrange with the world's largest bladder remained. This could have been his buddy-cop adventure with @Howard White, they had a shared enemy allegedly although Lestrange's actions told a different story. They both had dark, potentially broody stories that they could exchange. This was that rare, brief moment where the current of causality could have been altered had they been paying attention.

The other students that were enjoying the chilled lake looked over at Howard, he was nothing more than an angry tool come to the beach. Why had he even come in the first place? He probably did not even know. Of course he came for the same reason most did, he was looking for someone to find him despite claiming that he did not want to be found. 




The friendship they could have had... Alas, it might just be too late now.

Danger Roll: Howard and Thomas (11)

As for the lovebirds @Miko Limof and @Rowan Bane and their watcher @Celynne  Gray enjoyed their time in the cold waters. The obvious lovebirds either oblivious to the scuffle on the shore or they just did not care. 

Danger Roll: Miko, Celynne and Rowan (15)

Interacting with @Alan Vanes and @Nico Shymane

From the conversation of the Gryffindor and the red haired Slytherin it'd seem like the girl will be telling the headmaster about what happened on the beach. It likely wont change much, in Alex's muggle school, the teachers didn't do anything when these sort of things happened, not likely it'd happen here either, at least that's what Alex thought. It'd appear that the Gryffindor's name was Alan and the Slytherin girl was Nico. They conversed between each other about the ball of fluff she carried around as a pet, it was cute, but not much of a topic of conversation for him. Alan would thank Alex for helping Nico, while she reflected onto his own name, a name fit for great leaders, he didn't quite get the reference she was going for, probably something he should have learned as a wizard but didn't quite get there yet, he'd always assume it somehow always relates to wizards, it didn't cross his mind that some of these kids might be like him, from the other side.

The girl seemed shy, well, shier than before at the very least as she did stand her ground against the Hufflepuff before, to some extent at the very least, though then again she was a prefect, it was part of their job to intervene in such situations, at least that's what Alex assumed. It'd seem like the girl invited Alan as well, he wasn't sure if it was simply a polite gesture or if she wanted her friend around, but that's the way the field is set right now so Alex had to work around it as best he could.

He would turn his head towards the main dance floor of the party, at least the direction most of the noise and light came from, it'd seem like its gotten quite loud over there and orengish yellow hues filled the area a bit more than the kinds of lights that the shour of the lake seemed to show off which were more variant. It seemed off and his mind immediately jumped to fire, oddly enough as a first association it seemed like he thought of the worst kind of outcome, though he heard that such a thing happened at a similar event last year too. His interest was peaked, though he also made promises to the two as well, well, he made a promise to Nico and her tag along.

"Oh, it seems like something is going on over there..."

He thought aloud, sort of a lower voice but still easy enough to hear by others. Almost like a mystery for them to solve, or an adventure for them to follow along, it was calling for him, though upon second consideration he figured Nico would be fairly tired after what happened with her previous encounter, maybe he should accompany her back to her dorms so she could rest, he was sure that that hufflepuff might try something again once she's alone so he figured he wont give him an opportunity, besides, Alex didn't mind hanging out with a pretty girl, he actually quite liked it.

"Lets go and check it out, the drinks are there anyway"

He suggested without thinking, just a moment ago he was ready to escort her back to her room, and now he is pushing them to go back to the party, seems like he wasn't quite ready to leave, seems like he wanted her to stay as well, just for a little while longer at least. He figured maybe Alan would share his enthusiasm as well about the odd lights and noise coming from the party. He figured they shouldn't waste any more time.