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❂ ⌜ A Summer Camp Tale: A Little Trauma Never Hurt Anyone ⌟ ❂ ❂ Some time during Summer Camp ▎ --:-- ❂

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There is just something about night time that entices you to take a stroll, have some alone time. After being surrounded by people for almost a day, Raizel needed to recharge her social battery and what better ways to do that than just mindlessly walking around camp and maybe, she can find a spot to practice some spells. That is what she had been doing if she wasn’t in the tent, if she wasn’t in any activity. Although, that’s not the smart thing to do when people are trying to get some rest.

Maybe wandering isn’t the smart thing to do either but really, what’s stopping her from doing so. Hold on, does Summer Camp even have a curfew? Hopefully, none but not like it’s that late so she has time to walk around. That was her plan at first until someone familiar caught her eyes. There, by the fire, one of the people she’s sharing a tent with, Elsi’s special someone, Dorion Anderson or Dori for short. They are lovely from what she could tell during their first meeting which was at the beginning of summer camp. Caring, immediately offering their help if any of them fall into danger which she had somehow found odd for an introduction on the first day, like they were expecting for things to go haywire. They weren’t wrong, things always go wrong in Hogwarts events, one way or another. She knows.

She paused on her tracks, eyes falling onto their figure sitting by the fire for warmth, listening to the faint tune that they were humming, songs that she didn't recognize. Raizel doesn’t know a lot of songs anyway, aside from the ones she hears in school which was probably just the Hogwarts song that she can’t even bring herself to sing unless necessary. What were they doing here? Maybe like her, they couldn’t sleep or simply wanted to take a nice break near the bonfire. The young Gryffindor thought about her next action, if she should join them, maybe have a nice chat but a part of her doesn’t want to bother them there.

Raizel shook that off and decided to take a step forwards, hands inside her jacket’s pocket and only stopping just a couple of distance away from where Dori was sitting. “Can’t sleep?” she asked, standing there just behind them and hoping that her sudden presence here didn’t scare the older student.

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☽⦙ Date | Sometime During Summer Camp, 2024 ⦙☾
☽⦙ Interacting With | @Raizel Voltrouz ⦙☾
☽⦙ Hex Code | #810B2D ⦙☾

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Dori couldn't help but jump a little when Raizel showed up beside them, their hand in their sweatshirt pocket where their wand was already. Once they realized it was just their tent-mate their hand returned to gently stroking Buttons while the other reached for their water bottle and took a sip of water. "Not quite, just taking in a moment of peace really. What about you, are you ok?" Raizel was a third year, so not too new to boarding school and camp to have as intense of homesickness as a first year. The homesickness faded over time, but still, sometimes it would hit Dori in the weirdest moments at school. Normally around food and thinking about how their mum's recipes were superior to the house elves recipes, though they would never tell them that.

They pat the space next to them, inviting Raizel to take a seat with them. "Come join me, we can walk back together afterwards. Sometimes its nice to just take in the peace. Summer camp can be so exhausting sometimes, even though I love it. There's just so much going on. I also can't get rid of the feeling of impending school, y'know? Maybe you're right, I can't sleep. I don't know. I just like to sit by the fire." The firelight barely illuminated the slight blush that colored Dori's cheeks. "I'm- sorry. I'm talking way too much." Buttons stretched out on Dori's lap, expanding to lay over the both of them for maximum attention. Dori barely even clocked that it had occurred, too busy focusing on the flickering light of the fire and the girl sitting beside her.

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Peace, that she could understand. Summer Camp can get too lively, especially when tons of students are gathered in one place, much like Hogwarts really. It can get overwhelming for some people, her included as her social battery isn’t exactly strong. She’s the type of person who would prefer to just be by herself or with a small group of close friends… if they even exist. She still has Alyssea, Zach, then there’s Becca, that girl from Ravenclaw whom she just learned her name from during that impromptu gathering near the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Then there’s Ying but lately, she has been seeing her less for some reasons. Astra is also around. But who knows when that circle of friends of hers starts diminishing until no one is left and there will be nothing but memories of their time spent together.

“Yeah, I think I am.” Raizel shrugged when she answered, looking up for a bit. Aside from the exhaustion of just being around others for too long, she is rather fine… for now, until thoughts fill that head of hers, random thoughts or when her misfortune strikes once more and things start to go wrong. Once she turned her head back to Dori, she saw them pat the seat beside them. Now, it would be rude to decline such an offer and this is a good opportunity to get to know Elsi’s special someone. It was unbelievable that Elsian Cox, that guy who she agreed to help with the tight rope walking, has such a lovely person as a partner. Well, Elsi is a good guy, fun, but he can probably get too much. Dori, on the other hand… seems to be the opposite.

Guess what they say is true, opposite attracts.

So she sat there beside them, gaze falling onto the fire crackling just before them, listening to Dori as they spoke and again, she definitely understands that want for peace. “Peace is nice for once. Might as well enjoy it while it lasts.” she uttered. Peace doesn’t last long, not in a Hogwarts event at least. Oh no, whatever could go wrong, will go wrong. While she doesn’t have a lot of experience, she has a couple that gave her the taste of what could go wrong and that danger is lurking in every corner. “You’re… worried about something?” Raizel asked as she heard Dori saying something about that gut feeling of theirs and confirming that they can’t sleep.

“Oh, no, it’s okay, you can keep going.” she told them after they apologized. Hey, if that will help people get things out of their head, she’ll be a good listener for them. That is what she’s good at and not at expressing her own thoughts.

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☽⦙ Date | Sometime During Summer Camp, 2024 ⦙☾
☽⦙ Interacting With | @Raizel Voltrouz ⦙☾
☽⦙ Hex Code | #810B2D ⦙☾

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Buttons gradually slid over to the new person, Dori watched on with a smile as Buttons curled into the lap of Rai to re-fall asleep. "You've been deemed a good sleeping spot, an honor really. And it gives me a chance to move my legs finally." They stretched out their legs, raising their arms above their head to stretch out the top too before re-settling. They had one leg up and bent at the knee with one out-stretched, they wrapped their arms around the one that was bent and rested their chin on it.

Briefly they idly scratched at the large circle scar on the back of their calf while they spoke again. "Mm, not something per say. Just having to go back to school. Sometimes it can be exhausting feeling like I'm in school mode all the time. Sometimes I wonder what my life would've been like if I wasn't a wizard. If I was home for my schooling, going home to my mum and dad every night but..." They shrugged, glancing over at Buttons and Rai, "I'm here, and I can't change that. And, honestly I'm grateful for it. How are your first couple years going?"

Dori remembered the first three years, though they tried not to honestly. They were an absolute mess where they spent half the time being dehydrated because they were crying so much. But at this point in time... they finally felt content. Happy, even. Especially with Elsi by their side this year. But... there was still the impending stress of having taken the OWL's and waiting for those scores, the NEWT's in 2 years, their... whole future starting in 2 years and having no idea what to do for it.

That wasn't for Rai though, she didn't need to know the stress that would one day crash down on her. Especially this early, she had too much time to relax and have fun in her wizardry. Dori didn't want to be the one to shatter the illusion for her forever. So, instead they kept a cool and calm look on their face as a spiral of stress began to weave itself within Dori's mind.

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Getting used as a sleeping spot for a cat wasn't something Raizel had expected, much more, a cat that she only met in this Summer Camp. She doesn't hate cats, who would hate them anyway? But rather, she was just surprised by the action. It did make her smile and chuckle. “Such an honor indeed.” she agreed as she watched the cat fall back into sleep. Dori’s movement caught her eyes, her gaze falling onto them and in that short moment, she had managed to catch a glimpse of what seemed to be a nasty scar.

As far as she knows, magical medicine does wonders that they could even prevent scarring. She would be full of them by now with often she duelled before. Getting bruises, burns and whatever injuries spell would give her during the said sports but none of those had left a scar and her skin remained smooth and clear. Must be a nasty injury if it remains till this day. Before she could express her curiosity, she listened first to what Dori was saying, looking up to them. A life of not being a wizard or a witch, that had never crossed her mind just yet. All her life, she was surrounded by magic, exposed to it at a very young age. It does intrigue her… of what her life would be as well if she were… a normal muggle. Maybe she would've been better as a muggle than a witch considering how pathetic she is currently. If she were normal… then she wouldn't have met her purist grandmother, she wouldn't be seen as someone destined to fail due to being a Half-Blood and having a Muggleborn parents.

Her life would've been peaceful.

Dori’s question snapped her out of her trance, pulling her back into reality. She seemed surprised when she was addressed but what can you expect from someone deep in thought. “Uhhh.” It was difficult to answer but not because she can't remember, she can clearly see them like pictures in her mind. She isn't that used to sharing it, that's all, much more, to tell them a pathetic story which is her life. “Well… kind of a mixed bag of experiences. Good, bad…”

But mostly bad. She wanted to add that but she stopped herself as she can’t have Dori listening to some rant. She can’t have them listen to how awful her duels went, to how awful her experience was with one of the professors. There are the misfortunes from the Hogwarts event as well that she had experienced but that’s not a story for tonight perhaps, or at least, a good one in this current conversation. “A lot had happened. Just glad that I managed to survive till now.” she told them. Surprising really, that she is still here with all the things that had happened.

“That looks bad.” Raizel remarked, finally addressing that scar on Dori’s calf. “I thought they could remove scars from injuries?” She asked, looking at the older student. “What happened?” Realizing that she might be crossing some boundaries, she quickly waved a wand in front of her. “Oh, you can forget that I asked if it’s too personal.”

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