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date- February 12th, 2025 wc- 251

interacting/mentioning- @Cass Ito, @Brookline Quinn, @Aston Beckett, @Cassian Montelise Byrne, @Elisa Wagner ooc notes-

Ah, France. The country had been one Sage had longed to visit at some point in her life, and finally here she stood. Sage had been in only Scotland for Hogwarts and England for her home life, so she was more than happy to finally get the chance at seeing another country.

Sage knew the usual thing February was about, Valentines Day. Personally, Sage thought love was stupid and everyone could deal with being alone, but that might just have been her experience considering both her dad’s marriages had been complicated, though she did suppose it was different when your spouse died and you didn’t separate.

She’d never had a Valentine nor was she totally set on the idea of finding one. But maybe? At least, she didn’t want a Valentine the way most girls her age were wanting one. She just didn’t feel ready to set her heart out on a plate and wait and see if someone took a sledgehammer to it.

Okay, maybe let's think of positive things? she told herself.

And so she went inside her cabin, sort of an underwater theme which she thought was cool. And… she was the first one there which was slightly awkward, watching everyone come inside and just watch them while thinking “haha I got here first”.

She picked out her bunk, one of the bottom ones because ladders were scary with one leg. From there, she waited. She had every intention to try and make the most of this trip.

Role playing as Sabrina Ortega from Castelobruxo

the fearful should always be feared

English • Spanish

@Cass Ito, @Brookline Quinn, @Aston Beckett, @Cassian Montelise Byrne, @Elisa Wagner

February 12th, 2025

all Sabrina's actions/thoughts are in character

Ew, France. That was all Sabrina could think as she wandered into the February event at Beauxbatons. The Beauxbatons kids seemed to be even worse than the Hogwarts ones, but still one specific boy from Uagadou she had deemed the worst.

Sabrina, in her lifetime, had paid visits to four countries, Scotland for when she suffered at Hogwarts, England for that awful excuse for summer camp, Brazil for school, and Bolivia as her home country. Now she could add France to that list.

Sabrina quite frankly could not care less who was in her cabin, the week would still be awful no matter who was there. Plus, her ears would be aching from the dozens of different languages that would be thrown around. Best she could hope was that no one expected her to learn French, she still struggled at times at picking up Portuguese!

Sabrina ducked into her cabin, some sort of water theme going on. Basic and boring as ever, where was the actual exciting stuff? She could not honestly tell you why she continued coming to these events hosted by the other schools, she never enjoyed any. Maybe it was the possibility of meeting someone, the one, but she had been without luck so far.

There was some girl already there, Sabrina couldn’t remember being familiar with her, and she had no intention to. She had no intentions to experience anything but leaving in 5 days.

ℬrookline clutched her trunk, as her stomach twisted violently. That portkey was something.

She willed herself not to toss her cookies, I’m not going to hurl... I’m... not gonna hurl... Shhh, I’ve done this before, I’m not..., she thought, as her head swirled. All right, I-I think I’m okay... She stood to her full height, and she grabbed the rest of her belongings.

She glanced up, blue eyes catching the sights around her, her hair flying all around her. Mouth agape, she gazed around twice before gasping shortly. She was in France!

“I’M IN FRANCE!” She yelped to the world, her hands twisting to her side. “Shhhh. One, two, breathe. One, two, breathe. One, two, three, ah... ackkk!”

Pinching herself, Brookline dragged her trunk, pet carrier and enchanted satchel along, her messy raggedy hair in a frizzy mess down her back. She didn’t mess with her hair tonight, frankly she didn’t care. She was in France!

Honestly, she would be happy but someone kept her happiness at bay. There was no way someone was gonna see her tears again. This trip was supposed to be about love and happiness and everything and between - there was absolutely no way tears would be shed. Right??

Anyway.... Brookline had quickly found her cabin. It was ocean-themed. Peter would have loved this, gosh, he loved the ocean so much. Mouth agape, yet again, she marveled at the cabin, it was beautiful. It was much literally the ocean, and there was already two people here! She wasn’t the first one!

The first person Brookline recognized was Sage! Zooming over to the bunk Sage had chosen, and dropping her belongings on the floor, she gave the Hufflepuff a huge hug, “Oh, hi Sage! I almost forgot Hogwarts students would come too, oh my gosh.” Brookline remembered when she and Sage would exchange letters before school started back again after winter break. She shut that down when she remembered the pain her father caused her from winter break. She glanced around the gorgeous room again, there was a another girl nearby assigned to her cabin. Brookline assumed the girl was from another school, and she gave the girl a friendly wave.

Stomach clenching, she pushed it aside, brushing invisible dust off her blue top and dark jeans, she asked Sage, “Hey Sage, do you mind if I take the top bunk? Unless you’re saving it for someone...?” She gestured to the top bunk of the bunk Sage chose.

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It was the first time Elisa set foot on the Beauxbâtons grounds. The castle was of such splendor that the Hogwarts student seemed to understand the distaste of the French for the Scottish school of magic. Though Hogwarts was in its own way grand, magnificent and ancient, Beauxbâtons looked like a royal residence straight from a fairy tale.

So Elisa thought as she walked through the gardens of the French school. Soon after, she arrived upon the door of the cabin she'd be staying during Valentine's Week. The second year had not come so much to celebrate valentine's day, but had rather used this opportunity to visit Beauxbâtons. Elisa knocked on the door, and carefully pushed it open.

To her relief, she saw two familiar faces - Brookline and Sage. The third person was a stranger to Elisa.

"Hi Brooke! Hi Sage!" Elisa greeted her classmates with a smile. "Hello!" she said, addressing the third girl.

Elisa looked around. The cabin assigned to them was ocean themed, and it looked truly dazzling. There were eight bunk beds, and it appeared that Brookline and Sage had already picked out theirs. Elisa didn't particularly mind, they all looked pretty much the same for her. I'll let the others choose first, she thought. Meanwhile, she laid down her stuffed backpack by the wall and sat down on the floor. She looked up at the girl she didn't know. Perhaps use this occasion to make an acquaintance?

"I don't think I've seen you before... I'm Elisa Wagner, from Hogwarts, a pleasure to meet you. You are...?"

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@Cass Ito @Brookline Quinn, @Aston Beckett @Cassian Montelise Byrne @Sage Willows

Despite having attended summer camp in back his first year and seeing exactly how fantastical the cabins they use for these trips can be, Aston still is not used to how great they look. As the window of the cabin showed the beautiful sight of the coral reefs, he took a deep breath and headed towards the beds, hoping to get a bottom buck before it's too late. Still can't believe I'm actually in France, wonder if I'll ever get a chance to visit Ilvermorny, see what kind of school dad studied at. Aston was already trying to have a good look at the school on his way to the cabin, the french castle with its Rococo elements give a different feel compared to Howarts, he wonders how different the classes would be here, though it's not like he would be having class here.

Aston barely recognized the people already in the cabin, at most he had seen them around in Hogwarts. The four girls already seems to be engaged in conversation, thus Aston opted to set his bag on an empty bed. And then went out to the living room to check out the books there, giving the girls a smile and a nod of acknowledgement as he walked pass.

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