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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mackenzie Alistaire Mordaunt
Slytherin Fifth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Yoji Christopher Reed
Ravenclaw First Year  x12  x12
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SPOILER!!: AJ, Arista Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar  So it took every ounce of willpower for AJ not to drink her strength potion before she got to the hut. She wasn't sure if the effects would wear off, but she wasn't going to chance it. Downing the potion she decided that while all of the jobs sounded cool, she definitely wanted to join the peeps doing the planks. What better way to show off her strength that by carrying heavy stuff? It made sense to her.
Plus, the people that were in that group were people that she had never met before. Maybe she could meet some more cool people. It would be a win, win for her. AJ strolled over to where her group was assembled. "Hey guys. My name's AJ." Just so they knew. Were they ready to get started because she was ready to throw some planks around. Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Arista skipped down to the hut, excited, she could finally drink the potion! She was ready!! And super pumped for it! She got to drink the potion, her parents never told her anything about being able to try the potion, so just that alone was epic! Downing the potion she decided that she wanted to be with the planker peeps. What better way to show off her strength that by carrying heavy stuff? Even if she wasn't the strongest tool in the tool box.
Arista walked on over to where her group was assembled, and introduced herself, "Hello everyone. My name is Arista!". Like all of her other introductions this one included a curtsy. After the intro, she picked up her first plank and saw the others sword fights. These people knew how to make stuff fun! She walked over to where she saw the other girl (Sophie) toss her own plank.
She tossed the plank she was holding into the pile before jogging back over to her other group mates. Okay she moved one now could she be in the sword fight?
Oh hey look! New members! New possible friends! Yusss! "It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Plankers Group, m'ladies." Ethan did a bow and immediately took a ready stance. "En garde!" Hihi. This was fun!!! "Oh, I'm Ethan, by the way. Haaai!" A wave, then back to his fighting stance, waiting to be engaged. SPOILER!!: Elodie Quote:
Originally Posted by Shanners With her first plank up on her shoulder, Els made her way over to where the others had put theirs with eaaase. This potions was going its job and she was ALL FOR BEING STRONG. Though, she was sure that afterwards...she'd just want to lie in her bed and sleep because ugh manual labour. At least she hadn't painted her nails earlier. Or so..she didn't remember. Nope. No nail painting had happened, and she checked on the state of her nails as she headed back to the group, after a shorter rugrat. "Righto. So. AJ and Arista. New group buddies! Hi. I'm Elodie." And she ALREADY knew Ethan.
She knew him well because he'd called her a variant of a parental name at the feast. PARENTAL. She was not a mother. She was not his mother. But she gave his hair a fluff anyway, and then gave Sophie a glance as she collided into her and gave her a hug. Well. Okay. Hi there, kid. Elodie smiled down at her and nodded. "Hiiiii, Sophie!" It was hard to try meet her level of enthusiasm. Sophie was...one of those kids, huh? Bounce, bounce, bounce. Bounce, bounce, ENTHUSIASM. It was fine though. Elodie could deaAAAL.
Kinda.
With a raise of one eyebrow, she looked back down at the planks of wood and then up at Sophie. A sword fight? Was that...possible with the planks? "Or you could try carry five planks at a time...." Just..a thought? Picking up another plank, Elodie nodded. "Sword fights could woooork." Yep, yep it could. Whilst the group deliberated or..started up their sword fight, she traipsed off with the plank on her shoulder, only to dump it with the others and head back to them a minute or so later.
Yeah. That Ethan was...peculiar one.
No hugs? Not even a hi? That's sad. Ethan gave Elodie a sad face the moment she returned, then gently poked her with the end of his plank. Play with us! SPOILER!!: Eagle Sophie Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny New peopleeee, NEW FRIENDS. Sophie wanted to high-five everyone new that joined their group, but with their super-strength, they'd all probably knock each other's arms off or something. Probably not smart. Instead, she just beamed at them. Hi, friends. "Hi AJ, Arista," she greeted, picking up a new plank and balancing it on her shoulder once more. "M'Sophie Brown." Since there was more than one Sophie and it was necessary for her to distinguish that she was not a Newell.
Sophie was avoiding eye contact with Elodie for the time being after their spontaneous hug, sensing the older girl's discomfort with it. Maybe she should've apologized or something, but it was far easier to pretend like nothing had happened and simultaneously not make eye contact with the her. Heh. "We could do that," Soph responded to the "carrying five planks at a time" recommendation. They totally could, she bet. They were strong enough now!
She still thought sword-fighting was a fun idea, though, and just as she made her comment about it, Mr. Cutiepie Slytherin DECLARED WAR. "Oh, bring it on," she encouraged, grinning and holding her plank out in front of her, intentionally clashing hers with the Slytherin's - not hard enough to break either of them, and she wasn't planning on hitting anything but his plank - and made sword-clashing sound effects with her voice. Look at THEM, other groups. THEY WERE HAVING A BLAST.
Now that's how you do it! Ethan grinned at her and retaliated by hitting her plank too. Not too hard of course. They didn't want to end up in the hospital wing and such. Clank. Clank. SPOILER!!: Leah Quote:
Originally Posted by nanyjj
Gulp, gulp, gulp. Leah drank her potion immediately. She wanted to save it for other important stuff, but was also willing to help Mr. Groundskeeper with her incredible power too. Grinning, she tasted the familiar metal again and felt the super power. She ran around in small circles a few times before rushing towards a group where there were people she recognized.
"Hi plank carriers! I'm your new member Leah." Hi Sophie, Els, firsties and weird boy. And a sword fight started off. "Woo, cool, a sword fight?" The second year picked up a plank and waved it in the air. It was kinda light. "Where do we move this to, anyway?" She looked around. "Nice...to...meet you, Leah!" Ethan called out as he continued to sword fight with Sophie. "Ethan." That's...uh his name. "Planks...go...over...there." he said as he gestured his head towards the porch builders. The Slytherin pulled back to catch his breath and faced the Hufflepuff. "You can carry a plank or two...place it next to where the builders are so they could start building." Nod nod. SPOILER!!: AJ Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Did someone say sword fight? AJ wanted apart of that, and she was sure that she could take on anybody, even the older kids. Buuut, introductions were being made and she needed to put faces with names. The older girl was Elodie. "Hey Elodie." She seemed nice, in fact they all seemed nice. AJ recognized Arista of course. She was her adventure buddy. "Hello Sophie B." Apparently there was more than one Sophie and Brown seemed too long to say all the time. She should give the girl a cool nickname like Sobe. Maybe next time.
A few more familiar faces came to them. "Hey sis." The girl that came with her seemed familiar, but she was having a hard time placing her. Then she said the train platform and she remembered meeting the girl there. The sad one right? Maybe she was still getting her confused. "Hey Leah, I remember, and yes please call me AJ." Kind of sorta in a way. "All good things I hope." Now that she had practically met everybody except the sword fighter kid, she could get right to work.
Angel brought up a fun thing to do with the planks, but first she wanted to get on that sword fight. Mmmhmm. The first year grabbed two planks in each hand and charged the group. "Arrrrrgh!" The planks were flailing about in her hand and all she needed to do was to make contact with someone else's planks.
And whoa! WHOA! Ethan got his plank up as AJ's piece of wood made contact. That was close! The Slytherin grinned and parried with AJ. Clank. Clank. Clank. SPOILER!!: Maddie Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Someone was complimenting her on her STELLAR plank carrying skills? Maddie BEAMED and looked over to find a CLAW! HI CLAW! And ACCORDING to the older person who had joined them, THAT claw was SOPHIE! "Thank you, Sophie." YUP. Now MADDIE knew HER name too!
This whole carrying ONE plank thing was almost TOO easy and as MORE people joined their group, the first year wondered if they should have a plank carrying COMPETITION! Winner got a sticker! As long as Kyroh let her borrow a sticker indefinitely. That would be FUN and competition might inspire them to work FASTER and the FASTER they worked, the SOONER they got to see the addition thinger done! MHM!
Introductions, though? Maddie should really get on that and so she PAUSED in her planking duties to point to herself. "Maddie OR Coop. First year Claw." Reporting for duty and stuff. Welcome to the group. Get to work. All that jazz. YUP.
Picking up TWO planks this time, Maddie headed BACK towards the builder people but was stopped by Skateboard boy challenging them to a PLANKING DUEL! Her eyes lit up a little and she stopped behind him, setting her planks down QUIETLY and inching forward. She was GOING to pick him up and show her SUPER strength but before she COULD, someone was charging them! WHAT?
The twelve year old's eyes widened and she quickly picked up HER two planks so the charging girl didn't trip or anything cause THAT might hurt, OUCH.
"Maybe a plank carrying competition would be safer." MAYBE. But while they were fighting, "Get 'em, Sophie person!" Eagles stuck together...right?
Don't. Just. Stand. There. They were being attacked, yeah? Clank. Clank. Oh wait, hold on. Was this a girls versus boy sword fight? UNFAIR. Ethan made himself the little Claw's shield. She better move now, with all the planks raised and such. SPOILER!!: Culloden Quote:
Originally Posted by StarShine Awwww, will you look at the second group, playing with their planks like that? Cosgrach griiiiiiiinned at them, winked at Sophie and felt giddy. He was glad they were having RESPONSIBLE fun, so he didn't have anything to say to them. Good fun. Hehe. "Yes?" he greeted the boy with enthusiasm, but upon hearing what he said... his face fall a little, as he was concerned, but it wasn't something he could help. If Toby didn't eat meat, it was his choice, yeah?
"...sure... No, I know your potion works, I don't need to test it." He smiled encouragingly. "Don't hurt yourself though, yeah? You can nail or arrange the smaller stones, maybe."
If he didn't drink the potion, it was up to him to make sure he wasn't hurt.
Listening to this boy... actually... he KNEW what he was doing!
"GROUP ONE!" he yelled to get their attention, "listen to your leader as I name him to direct it. He is - Mr. - okayhe'sthisguylistentohim."
Yeah.
Once he was done with other groups, he turned to the group that needed his direction the most. He watched Bay drawing something on the paper, and... this guy could draw. And calculate. And design. Cosgrach didn't say anything, but looked at his design secretly, and put it in his pocket quickly. Ooookayyyy. Okay. This wasn't going the way he wanted, but it was barely a problem for a professional Slytherin.
Butting in the discussion after Sophie, he said "Your plan looks great, yes." He smiled at the boy. "I know, for one, that there shouldn't be a roof. I was in the same year as him, y'see, and we were close buddies. He just loves the sun so much and we shouldn't block his view and whatever." Half of this was correct, and the other was a lie, but he was the BEST in lying, so he was VERY casual with it. And anyway, he knew they weren't that stupid to question a professor, let alone Cosgrach Culloden, so... ehehehe. He knew Orsino was going to 'enjoooooy' this.
"The floor should also be fully wooden. He loves it and stuff. And maybe we also shouldn't put any railings. Wouldn't want the big guy to feel suffocated, ya know?"
Yeeeeah. OOC: I will post 15-16 hours later, so you guys can go ahead with the building or discussion or however you want to roll. 
Maybe Professor Cosgrach should join? Outnumbered over here, professor! Eh...no? Insert pout here. SPOILER!!: Mo Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin The work was already well underway when Mo approached the Groundkeeper's hut, and he pondered the hustle of activity for a while before deciding where he would help. It was obvious to him that there was a group working with rocks and making... something clever, a group moving the wood planking, and a group that was building. And since he spotted his little Ravenclaw buddy and his Sophie!sister in that middle group... why not, right?
Mo paused long enough to take his potion and wait for the after effects to wear off before he approached the plank-duelers. "Can I help?"
Ethan stepped back from AJ still with his plank held out in front of him, and almost jumped when he heard an older student's voice. FINALLY A BOY IN THE GROUP. "Sure." Ethan grinned at the older kid and pointed at the pile of planks. "We have to carry those...to that area over there." he said as he pointed next to the builders. "Come on, guys." The Slytherin gestured the group to get down to business. Ethan crouched, placed a plank on his head...then topped it with another piece...and another piece. "Planks coming through!" he announced as he stood up and balanced the planks on his head and made his way towards the builders. Grinning, he placed both of his hands on his hips and greeted the builders. "Ahoy, me Hearties!" And with his greeting, he bowed and let the planks fall before him.
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