Headmaster Brockert
March 14, 2016 6:26 AM
Bonfire! by Headmaster Brockert
One of the best things about the Challenges was that Mortimer didn't have to have anything extra at the bonfire.It could just be fire and food. Between that and the fact that he'd already realized that they might have left the students too busy and tired to cause trouble, he was rather liking these Challenges. Especially since he didn't have to run any of the events.Of course, the next time they might potentially come up was in seven years when the Midsummer event was the Concert and it would likely be difficult to have students doing both. Contrary to what he wanted people to believe, Mortimer was not completely heartless and felt that was just too much to put on the students. His cousin David had already written to him, asking him not to allow his daughter Chaslyn to take any independent studies. Mortimer didn't exactly know the reason for this, but from what he could tell-he remembered which one she was simply because she was the Crotalus prefect for her year-she often looked incredibly tired. Something that was none of his business was might be going on there.
Anyway, he supposed that they could either have each team have an act-which would be an awful lot of acts for him to have to sit through-or have the concert part not be put on by students and hire a popular band instead. He could even leave when the band started playing and not subject himself to terrible music.Some of that crap kids listened to had a way of getting stuck in one's head.
Anyway, Mortimer didn't really have to think about it for the next seven years. Tonight was the bonfire where everyone would camp out on the pitch in tents of four-magical ones of course, the kind that were bigger on the inside and considerably nicer than what he assumed Muggles had as anything magical tended to be-as they had every four years for quite some time now.
And he couldn't care less about how they sorted themselves out in the tents, so long as everyone had a place to sleep.
Now the students were here and it was time to begin. Mortimer cast a quick Sonorus charm on himself the way he did for feasts. "Hello students and welcome to the Bonfire. Before you are let go to eat and socialize, I would like to announce the winners of this year's Challenges. When your team is announced, please come up and get your award.In fifth place, we have Team Six. In fourth place is Team Twelve. Third goes to Team Three and second place is Team Five. And, our first place winner is....Team Two! Congratulations Team Two!" Once everyone but himself was offstage, he continued. "The full results are up on the bulletin board next to the buffet and your yearbooks. Enjoy yourselves." Of course, Mortimer only really cared if they enjoyed themselves in the sense that it made his life easier, he didn't actually care about their feelings or anything.
OOC-The yearbook will be up when Amelle finishes it. Please do not cause any serious incidents with the fire as the staff will be watching to prevent such things. Have fun!
Subthreads: Challenge Final Rankings by Headmaster Brockert
One is the loneliest number by Aiden O'Neil with Kira Spaulding
Making friends? (Tag Chuck and the Misfits) by Gia Donovan with Chuck Fintoc, Sammy Meeks
Tag another second year girl or Sammy by Ingrid Wolseithcrafte with Emilia-Louise Scott
I see your smiling face by Clark Dill with Lena Westley
Dragon fire? by Gabe Valenti with Ben Pierce
Thinking too much - friends? by Jack Spencer
Sitting by the fire. by Nevaeh Reed with Barnaby Pye
Is this over yet? (tag Peizhi, Laila, and anyone who dares) by Jax Donovan with Laila Kennedy
Time with Miss Arbon by Makenzie Newell
Boys will be boys. (tag: Louis Valois) by Arne Reinhardt with Louis Valois
Question (Tag Jemima) by Owen Brockert with Jemima
Failure by Chaslyn Brockert with Tobi Reinhardt
Well, that went better than I expected. by John Umland
Furious (tag: at the very least Joella) by Liliana Bannister with Joella Curtis
Finishing up some business before I go (Nellie) by Tristan Spaulding with Eleanor Vandenberg
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Gia Donovan
March 16, 2016 7:06 AM
Making friends? (Tag Chuck and the Misfits) by Gia Donovan
OOC: Misfits being Laila, Sammy, Peizhi, and Jax, but others are welcomed BIC:Gia was so happy for her team. They might not have won, but they had done so well that it was hard to not be proud of them. Jax’s team had beaten everyone and even though she knew he would never admit it, he would be happy with the outcome. Jax had gone through the challenges with a ‘I don’t care, this is stupid’ attitude, but each and every time, he had done his best and helped his teammates. His attitude was a front and maybe the others didn’t see it, but Gia knew him well enough to see the truth in it. He would be happy to know that his team had succeeded and that made Gia happy. He had turned the other night and so he was not in the most jovial of moods this evening. He had wanted to stay another night in the infirmary but because of bonfire, he had felt that people would become suspicious of his absence, so he came. Gia felt that her brother needed a pick me up and she thought she might have a solution that would make him even happier. Of course, this was all before she even had a chance to look at the yearbook. If she had known about a particular category that she had somehow won with a person that made her brother’s blood boil, she would have spent the remainder of the evening preventing him from seeing it or anyone else from mentioning it. As it were though, she hadn’t looked at the book yet and didn’t plan to until she was with her friends.
When the Headmaster ended his speech and everyone could disperse, Gia told Jax that she wanted to go find everyone, but it would be better if he stayed there in case someone saw them standing there earlier. Gia loved her group of friends. Sammy, of course, was her bestest friend, being roommates and all. Laila had become her friend because of her association with Jax. And then there was Peizhi. She was quiet, but adorable. They met through their special class. Jax was always weary around Peizhi and he had admitted to Gia that he didn’t want to scare Peizhi, so he never said or did anything around her that could be interpreted as mean or angry. Gia took that to mean that Peizhi meant something to Jax if he went out of his way to keep her happy.
But there was always room for more friends and Gia had one in particular on her mind. He would be a much needed male in the group and his personality being the opposite of her brother would maybe help Jax relax a little and be more open. Plus, Sammy spoke highly of him and Gia saw him around enough to know that he seemed like a fun person. As she maneuvered herself through the crowd, she easily spotted him because of his colored hair. Smiling, Gia made her way over to him. “Hi Chuck!” Gia greeted, still sporting her big smile. “So, I was wondering something that I hope you’ll be interested in.” She began. Gia was a talker. She had no problem going up to a complete stranger and talking with them as though they were old friends.
“I was hoping that maybe you would be interested in sharing a tent with my brother?” Gia asked. “You see, he’s quite shy and he would never ask directly himself. He doesn’t really have any friends except for myself and the girls and I’d much rather him room with someone who can cheer him up. And I’m worried that he’ll end up in a tent with a bunch of rowdy first years.” Gia looked up at Chuck with a hopeful spark in her eye. “Of course, if you’re already rooming with three people, I’ll completely understand.”
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Chuck Fintoc
March 18, 2016 4:10 PM
I like the sound of that. by Chuck Fintoc
The challenges hadn't really been Chuck’s cup of tea but he didn't regret having participated at all, especially since the third one had turned out to be quite a fun activity. He had found working with such a group as his to be an experience, not an unpleasant one but neither one he would jump at the chance of repeating. Chuck wasn’t particularly concerned with Team Nine’s final ranking but he took the time to glance at the scoreboard all the same. He thought it a shame to see his team placed right near the bottom but he could live with it, knowing that it didn’t really matter so long as they had all got something out of it one way or another.It wasn’t long after the headmaster’s dismissal that Chuck was approached by Gia Donovan, a friendly housemate and one of the numerous people he thought he would like to get to know better. She seemed to get on well with Sammy, who Chuck also really liked.
“Gia,” he smiled openly in response to her greeting, trying to ignore the fact that he’d decided to put her down as ‘best looking’ in the yearbook survey because blushing was not something Chuck ever wanted to start doing. He continued to smile as she went on to propose something, suspicious but amused because the introduction reminded him of something Emmy might say.
Gia’s proposition wasn’t something he had anticipated, not that he’d actually had any idea what she was about say and nor had the chatty girl allowed him the time to form any ideas. “Of course,” Chuck replied easily. He didn’t know Jax Donovan very well so had had no particular plans to share a tent with him but that didn’t mean he was adverse to the idea. In truth, Chuck hadn’t known who he was going to share with. He’d been thinking more along the lines of Owen Brockert and therefore probably Andrew Carey but by the sound of things Jax didn’t come as pre-packaged pair so they could probably still make a four with the aforementioned Teppenpaw boys if they wanted.
Chuck didn’t know that he had the capability of cheering someone like Jax up but he thought he could take a stab at making the shy guy feel a bit more comfortable. “I’ll be happy to share with Jax if he’s game,” he nodded. “Rooming with a bunch of rowdy first years isn’t something I want to end up doing either.” Chuck certainly hadn’t already arranged rooming with three people as Gia politely suggested he might. For starters, he hadn’t had the chance to ask anyone about sharing yet, especially since it hadn’t been a high priority concern of his (until Gia had scared him with thoughts of rowdy firsties), and it wasn’t as though he had a large guy gang to make selections from either. The Pecari wasn’t sure who Jax’s female friends were that Gia referred to as ‘the girls’, only assuming that Sammy was amongst them.
“Have you actually told him about this idea of yours?” Chuck wore a knowing smile upon his face. He was used to Emmy making propositions without the approval of those concerned and he had no reason to think that Jax would specifically want to share a tent with him, particularly since the foreign boy had two roommates he was more familiar with.
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I like the sound of that.
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Gia
March 20, 2016 8:32 PM
Me too! by Gia
Gia beamed when Chuck agreed to room with Jax. She was always nervous that her brother had a reputation for being a sour person. He wasn’t. He wasn’t shy either, but it was a little white lie that she told. He just didn’t see the point of talking and because of his ‘condition’, Jax felt it was safer for everyone is he just didn’t make friends. Gia thought better of it though and decided that the more friends he had, the more comfortable he would be when things came out (and eventually they would). Barnaby knew having followed her brother around or something and he hadn’t said anything. Jax didn’t trust him at all but Gia had spent the year with him on her challenge team and thought maybe he wasn’t too terrible. Gia felt that people weren’t as suspicious as her brother did.“Wonderful!” Gia cheered. Sammy was friends with Chuck and therefore, Chuck had the seal of approval. Of anyone in their year, Chuck was probably someone Jax wouldn’t find threatening. That wasn’t any sort of negative to Chuck, Gia wanted to be his friend because Sammy liked him, but rather a positive if it meant that Jax could be comfortable around him. She was sure Owen and Andrew were probably okay too since they were Teppenpaws and it would go against their nature to not be nice, but Andrew was a Carey and Owen a Brockert and from what Gia was able to understand over the last couple of years was that those families had pull the way her’s did in Europe (or so Jax told her).
Gia thought that she was sure to be rooming with Sammy, Laila, and Peizhi because they were their own special group of friends, but she didn’t want to leave Jax on his own. She thought that maybe Barnaby and Jack would be okay with him but considering Jax’s mood and Barnaby always trying to start something, Gia didn’t want to put Jack in the middle of that. No, it was better if Jax could be with other people and someone who wasn’t a girl.
At Chuck’s question, Gia dropped her head a bit and gave a sheepish smile. “Well, no.” Gia admitted. “But, since he isn’t very close to his roommates and he can’t room with us, so he can’t really say no to this idea anyway.” She explained. Jax might be a little miffed about it when she told him, but he would never take it out on Chuck or anyone else that they might end up in a tent with. More than anything, he would probably just sit quietly. He was on pain potions tonight anyway. The change always did a number on him and he would be in pain for the following couple of days. The potions helped ease it for him, but it subdued him too. “Don’t worry, he’ll appreciate the help.” Gia smiled, her original smile returning.
“Did you get your yearbook yet? Do you want to sign mine?” Gia asked. She didn’t know what a yearbook was until her first year here and it seemed like a tradition for people to sign each others. She held out her yearbook for him to take. “Would you like to hang out with us tonight? Myself, Sammy, and the others?” Gia was under the assumption that everyone knew who her friends were. She often forgot that because Peizhi and Laila were in the Beginners still that people probably didn’t see them together that often.
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Sammy Meeks
March 21, 2016 3:12 PM
*with horrible accent* 'Ello, what's all this then? by Sammy Meeks
Sammy was super pumped for the bonfire. Admittedly, she was super pumped for most things in life, but this was totally different. She was really excited not only for the actual evening but the night that followed. Sammy loved camping, so a tent was a perfect place for her. And while she roomed with Gia everyday at school, an excitement which never got old, for this, she would get to room with all her lady buds. Spending the night with Gia, Laila, and Wu (assuming they were all good to go) was going to be amazing!She didn’t find anybody right away, so she went about solo, listening to the awards and picking up a yearbook. She was eager to see what her friends had won, and maybe she was also a little bit interested into her own, too. Just a little. Okay, maybe a lot. Sammy was just about to crack open that nice new binding when she happened to glance up and see a sight that interested her: Gia and Chuck, seemingly deep in some conversation.
Sammy beamed. And with her yearbook tucked under her arm, she sprinted over to join them. They were all Pecaris, which was fun, but she didn’t think they really talked very much. Chuck didn’t really pal around with them much, but she’d had a great few conversations with him and thought he was pretty great. In fact, she was pretty sure he was the first person she ever met at Sonora. That alone made him really special and awesome.
“Hey!” She half-shouted, enthusiasm overwhelming her as often it did. “What are you guys talking about? Is something cool going on? Because if something cool is going on, I totally want in on it.” The grin she wore was even wider than usual; oh, how she loved to see her friends getting along!
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*with horrible accent* 'Ello, what's all this then?
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Chuck Fintoc
March 27, 2016 11:15 AM
You don't miss a thing. by Chuck Fintoc
Chuck gave Gia a vaguely stern look but it was done in good spirit and he didn’t pass further remark, just hoping that Jax wouldn’t be too displeased by her initiative. The large redhead hadn’t had a great deal of contact with his reserved yearmate so wasn’t quite sure what to expect. However, a mixture of Gia’s persuasive smile and Chuck’s general friendly nature easily encouraged him to think positively of the Aladren.“Sure,” Chuck nodded as he took Gia’s proffered yearbook to sign. “I haven’t got mine yet,” he told her, “do you mind if I have a look at yours?” He would get his own later but right now he was quite happy talking to his housemate so it could wait. “I’d love to,” smiled Chuck, glad of the invitation to join the girls as he liked Sammy very much and thought getting to know Gia could also lead to a good friendship. “Who do you mean by others?” Not that he minded at all who else she was referring to (since they’d no doubt be nice people) but he was just curious to know as somehow it had escaped his attention that the two Pecari girls in his year had others in their main friendship group besides Jax Donovan.
Before he had chance for an immediate reply, however, an enthusiastic holler from none other than Sammy Meeks herself reached their ears and the owner of the voice quickly followed with her contagious energy.
“Gia’s setting her brother up with tentmates,” Chuck explained to Sammy. “Without his knowledge, of course,” he added with a wink in Gia’s direction to show that he found this rather more amusing than problematic.
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You don't miss a thing.
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Gia
March 31, 2016 7:54 PM
She's just nosy. by Gia
“You can look at it with me, if you’d like?” Gia offered. She hadn’t had a chance to look at the book either and it was something she thought would be fun to do with all her friends so that they could laugh at the awards that they had gotten (or console one another if it happened to be a terrible award that they were voted). “I was going to look at it when we found a place to settle in.”She grinned widely when Sammy joined in their foray. Sammy was going to be the next person that she was going to go look for after she had settled things with Chuck (and brought Chuck into the fold of the group), but Sammy beat her to the looking and greeted them with her usual enthusiasm. Sometimes Sammy phrased things in ways that Gia did not quite understand, but it never seemed to prevent them from having fun anyway. She supposed that's why they had become friends so easily. They didn't mind their differences. It was also probably why Jax didn't mind her so much either.
Gia gave an innocent shrug when Chuck admitted to Sammy what Gia had done behind her brother’s back. Jax would understand and probably appreciate her butting into his tent situation so that he didn’t end up having to share with Barnaby. As much as Gia was willing to give the other Aladren a chance, her brother was not. It was going to be a difficult night for her brother and she wanted to make it as comfortable as possible for him. If that meant recruiting Chuck to do so, well… the end result would be worth it.
Otherwise ignoring any chastising that may be coming her way from her friend, Gia returned to the conversation before the interruption, “Our other friends are Laila Kennedy and Peizhi Wu” Gia explained. She wasn't sure if he remembered them from last year classes or not. She liked them both very much. Peizhi was on the quieter side, but she didn’t seem to mind being around them too much and Jax seemed to want to keep an eye on her one way or another.
“When Chuck has finished signing my yearbook,would you like to sign it?” Gia asked her best friend. She didn't think Sammy would say no to it all things considered but it was polite to ask all the same. She was extremely excited to sit down and go over the yearbook with everyone. It was always so fun to see how people perceived her even if it a little bit scary too. Like what if they all thought she or her brother were terrible people? What if they were mean about her friends? None of the categories were outwardly mean, but someone could take them in a negative way.
“How did your team end up doing overall?” Gia asked. She didn't want to upset anyone with her own 2nd place winning but since the challenges were such a big part of the year, it was only natural to discuss them. She looked around to try to see where everyone else was, but with the crowds of people and her short stature, it was much harder for her to really see much of anything. “Are you happy that it’s all over or were you enjoying them?” Most people, she thought, were happy that it was all over, but Gia was enjoying the different structure and she was able to get to know more people, like Scarlett, which was nice.
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