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12-30-2016, 05:17 PM
| | Botros Mansion Botros Mansion Egypt, AlexandriaBackground:
The Botros family mansion sits near the Mediterranean sea with a heavy illusion made up of runes to hold back muggles. It’s said that Abraham bought this mansion when he lived in Egypt with his young wife and their four children. The former owner went bankrupt and was going to demolish the huge structure when Botros met him and offered to buy the estate. Years of repair and runic magic turned the place upside down and became the original residence of the Botros family. Description:
The entrance is a wide hall with a few replicas of runic artifacts, a couch and a coffee table were neatly stacked on the left of the double door. The grand staircase takes up half of the hall and leads to the two wings on both floors. Each wing contains up to twenty room, the bedrooms are on the upper floor with the West wing for Owen’s and Sally’s families and the east wing for Julianne’s and Janet. Some bedrooms are lined as a cluster sharing a small area, others have a more private setting. A grand bedroom where Abraham and Debbie lived is found on the east wing locked and contains all the personalized items of the gone grandparents.
A long and spacious corridor connects each wing and its rooms, on one side are the windows overlooking the front garden former housewife, Debbie Botros, planted with her own hands. A gate marks the entrance to the big estate, a pathway of colorful pebbles link the gate to the front doors. A few benches are thrown here and there in the garden usually under a fruit’s tree.
There used to be a house-elf caring for the kitchen in the house brought in shortly after Debbie falling ill, but the creature was set free by Eureka when she was twelve years old. Grandfather Botros then saw it best for his grandchildren to tend to their rooms and food with the help of their parents when they visited. After the passing of Abraham, the families saw it best to bring in two witches to help with chores. Scenes:
All family scenes, flexible timeline. Players:
Botros Adults + Eureka Russ – Magical Soul
Hassan Botros – grangerfan8
Katherine E. Botros - SweetPeea
Lillian Botros – hermionesclone
Abraham Botros Jr. – Felixir
Rula Botros – AlwaysSnapesGirl
Junia Botros – TakeMetotheBurrow
Alanna Botros – DaniDiNardo
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03-10-2017, 01:41 PM
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| Chizpurfle
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: In The Clouds.
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Maximiliano Delgado Sixth Year x6 x3
| Browncoat l Extra Syrup l Kita's Strong Confident Other Half l Lemon Patch Hassan had packed up the little family he'd put together (consisting of two adorable dogs, a too cool cat, and his BEAUTIFUL wife) and floo'd them all to the mansion that housed his much larger family for their annual Easter gathering. The entire event usually lasted the whole holiday, but the eldest grandchild had to arrive a night early. He was excited about his family being back together.
A large portion of this was because of it was the first time in the LONGEST time that he'd see his brother. School was a total waste. They didn't need this distance. Except they did. But Hassan wasn't a fan.
He was so happy for his baby bro.
But cousins? Cousins would be here too. And his sister, who'd been inundated with texts saying she HAD to be there early, as well as a few selfies with Chachi.
The reason his sister had to arrive early was the very thing that had Hassan up at the crack of down. The quidditch player was dancing around in the kitchen to some Egyptian music, wearing nothing but a pair of black sweatpants, cooking up his family what was to be the first of many excellent breakfasts.
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03-10-2017, 02:33 PM
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| Kappa
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| Dalliesa | Ab-Bot | Hogwarts Trojan War | Nora and Owen had a heated discussion the day before the children were meant to arrive from school. Owen had not been home for weeks, stuck at work to manage and take off during the holidays, but his plans fell through when his panel meeting got mixed up and landed on the very day the children were to arrive. Upset but rational, Owen decided to go which sent Nora on a never-ending rant about family values and red lines and other things he had to tune out for his sanity... which made her even madder. The couple argued for hours before Nora left the bedroom and took refuge in another room.
When morning came, Owen left for his meeting and Nora went back to their room busying herself preparing for their kids' arrival especially Abey, ugh she could cry right here and now knowing her baby was coming back any minute now. She may have gone overboard with his presents this year.... It was the worst night ever. You would think it was impossible to hear people in other rooms in a place this big but Eureka could hear her aunt and uncle fight all night. She first heard them when she walked down the corridor to the bathroom then when she got back to her bed it was all she could hear. For the first time ever, she thanked Merlin her dad rarely visited them here. She did not want to hear her parents fight right before the holidays, ekh.
Anyway.
She put on some light sweater and jeans before strolling down to the kitchen to see if their help made breakfast yet. "Hassan?" She frowned, chuckling. When did he arrive? And what the what? "Please, take them off." Patricia said for the hundredth time this morning. "They're silly." She frowned but not without a laugh.
"Nonsense." Julianne had magicked his head to sprout two bunny ears and his butt had a fluffy rabbit's tail. Not only that but he had a nice, snazzy black tie around his neck and over his jammies. "It's the spirit of the holiday, the kids will be here!" And he got tired of having to wear a suit to all his lectures all year long, let him have some fun with his kids for Merlin's sake.
"The kids are not kids anymore, but fine. Don't come crying to me when they don't appreciate it." She smirked and moved to the big living room where the fireplace resided, leaving her husband a little heartbroken over that suggestion. |
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03-10-2017, 09:22 PM
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| Grindylow
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Boston
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Everleigh Evans Ravenclaw Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Luca Benetti Hufflepuff Graduated x12 x7
| elephant-astic•wanderlust•stay in the ninedaaays the original Taco Belle•look at the flowers✿
Thing was, Junia appreciated everything amusing that her father did, even if it was the silliest ever and she was super mature and grownup these days. You simply couldn't help but smile around him. It was a FACT! Except for when she got caught listening in on grownup conversation and he discovered her, then she didn't smile SO much.
Excitement over the holidays was always a bit subdued because of the lack of Jaddi, but Junia was slowly-very slowly-coming to terms with things and having the best family in the entire world and universe helped. So with a smile on her face and her best, most fanciest, most MATURE dress, the thirteen year old entered and shouted, "THE PRINCESS HAS ARRIVED!"
...She really should've asked Abey to go first and announce her, huh?
Too late now.
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03-10-2017, 09:59 PM
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| Pogrebin
Join Date: May 2009 Location: London
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexander River Hirsch Gryffindor Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: -- x11 x11
| urine trouble | Pat's Strong Confident Other Half | Pees Like a Champion Unicorn Racehorse Just as soon as the young woman had convinced herself that she was not going to be subject to any kind of emotional situations, Hassan had to go and bombard her with adorable texts, pictures and plans for a gathering with the Hogwarts kids. Not that she minded, of course, but give a girl a break, will you?
And the selfies with Chachi? Almost sickeningly cute.
What was not cute was the argument that the woman happened to overhear from her parent's room. She'd been going back to her room with a book on the Mermish language in her hands when snippets of the argument reached her ears. She wasn't exactly one to know how to properly comfort someone but she did leave a mug of tea in her mum's room.
On the morning of the day, Lilian woke up early, but not as early as the ever eager Hassan did. Who, speaking of, was in the kitchen having his own style of dance party if the music was anything to go by. The woman, who'd already greeted her aunt in the living room, leaned against the doorway of the kitchen and smirked at the sight in front of her. "Surprised you still have a wife with those dancing skills, Hassan." Joking. She was joking. "Morning, Eureka! Sleep we-?" Gasp! "They're here! They're here!" Turning on the spot, Lily hoisted up a section of her maxi skirt and walked as quickly and elegantly as she could towards the source of the sound. There was a slightly overexcited beam on her face, one that usually came whenever she picked up another language or happened to see her favourite boys. "Did somebody say that the princesses have arrived?"
And where was the cutest Botros child? #biased
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03-11-2017, 12:39 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Second Year Diagon Alley Proprietor:
Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12
| Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight HEEEEEEEEERE WAS THE CUTEST BOTROS CHILD!
(Sorry Juni) (and Rula) (and Alanna) (and Aaron). "I'm here too!"
RIGHT HERE, ACTUALLY!
Abey had neglected being Junebug's announcer today because he had forgotten because hE WAS EXCITED BECAUSE IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO KEEP THIS SECRET FOR MUCH LONGER. But mainly it was just that he had forgotten. So, instead, he barrelled in after Junebug, but no less loudly.
Big house was BIG, and it was usually impossible to find who he was actually looking for (which had actually made the whole living in a giant castle much easier to adjust to), but that wasn't about to stop Abey from looking for the people he had missed so so SOOOOOO MUCH actually (meaning, the rest of his family, in case that wasn't obvious).
The smell of food was a dead giveaway actually, and so Abey quickly dodged around Junia and headed for the kitchen WITH HASTE, and very quickly encountered... "LILIAN!" He ran right at her and pounced, attacking with her with LOVE AND HUGGGGSSSSSSS. But don't worry, he actually still had plenty left for Hassan and his parents and everyone else.
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03-11-2017, 02:06 AM
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| Crup
Join Date: May 2012 Location: Over here! (GMT -5)
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Ruth (Rae) Elliot Gryffindor First Year x12 x12
| Yeah I broke that mirror, so what? ll NOT backward ll Official Gryfferin ll Lemon's favourite Everyone was coming home today--scratch that; everyone was coming home today, Hassan and Lili were here and her Papa was wearing BUNNY EARS LIKE BUSTER'S! It was like something straight out of one of her favourite books, the part where the happy ending came and everyone got to see each other again and lived happily ever after.
Of course, it wasn't really like that anymore. There wasn't gonna be a long term "happily ever after" because in a few days everyone would leave again and she would go back to restlessly trailing her Mama around the house asking how many days til they came back. She could always pretend like they weren't leaving but then it always made it sadder when she waved goodbye at the platform--because...because even though she KEPT waving, the train was usually gone and they couldn't SEE her doing it anymore and they were off together ALL the time and she and Aaron couldn't get to go on the train WITH them. It was all very frustrating and disheartening really.
Lanna was sat by the fireplace in the large living room, having been advised against sitting directly in front of the door. When her mother entered, she thought to move to the spot next to her but then she heard...."Juni!" Quick as that, the 9 year old sprung up from her comfy little spot and bolted for the front entrance. "Juuunnniiii!" She called again, barreling right into the chest of her sister and wrapping her in a tight hug. Hadn't she heard Abey too? Where'd he go? "Papa's got bunny ears! You have to see!" And where was Ru???????????????? Outside? Was she outside? Was she coming in soon? The little girl might have checked but she was kinda busy at the moment.
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Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Narnia
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Ezra Hensley Gryffindor Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Florence Schultz Slytherin Fourth Year x7 x1
| Baguette | there is no D in my name | TRAITORclaw | Queenie of Narnia This was it!
This was the day! The day the Easter holidays began, which meant the day she got to visit her family again for a little while, which also meant...the day she finally got to tell the rest of them something really big and amazing and important and wonderful!
Max would be showing up sometime soon too! Because of course he needed to be a part of sharing the good news. Hopefully they remembered he'd be visiting, since she had mentioned it in her letters - and hopefully they didn't suspect anything either. It was perfectly normal for her to want him to visit, after all, since he wasn't at Hogwarts this year, just like the rest of them weren't. She missed them all, so of course she'd want to see him again as soon as possible too.
So, in order to keep the surprise an actual surprise for just a bit longer, she'd disillusioned the ring on her left hand long before she arrived. It kind of pained her a little to see it "disappear" from her finger, but at least it wouldn't be for long.
She laughed as Junia and Abey ran on in ahead of her. Rula hurried on after them, walking in just as Alanna mentioned their dad wearing bunny ears. "Dad's trying to be the Easter bunny this year?" she said, grinning.
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03-11-2017, 09:44 AM
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| Kappa
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: GMT +3
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| Dalliesa | Ab-Bot | Hogwarts Trojan War | Eureka had stolen some food from what Hassan was cooking and perched up on one of the counters just in time to laugh at her uncle's bunny ears. Lilian's question was serious? Was she trying to know if Eureka had heard her parents' fighting? "Not rea--" she wanted to answer and just be honest but not another minute passed before the Hogwartians arrived not-so-subtly to the living room. She laughed again when Abey shot through from the living room to the kitchen, "Whoa, nice entrance everyone." She called out, not finding it in her to join the family at the living room yet.
Eureka's character changed over the past year more than it had all five years at Hogwarts. She grew a bitter side with a hint of darkness, now she was not that comfortable sharing her feelings with anyone--her family being the exception where she'd laugh and genuinely have a good time before going back to Naser's place. Patricia did not have a chance to sit down and see if the twins needed to have a snack while Hassan finished with their breakfast, Junia was the first to show up followed by Abey and Rula. Pattie did a little courtesy for her princess daughter before going in for a hug, "Welcome home, beautiful," she said in her ear. She gave hyper Abey (who seemed on the rush to hug his sister) a quick hug, too, "We missed you!" She told him then moved to give her grownup daughter another one, "Oh my, look at you. You're all tall and gorgeous, ugh," she sniffed into Rula's head a little. Rula who was now of age. Ugh.
Julianne was standing with a huge grin on his face nearby waiting for his turn to hug the kids but his wife was hogging them! "Not 'trying to be', I am the Easter bunny!" He defended quickly with a grin and went on to give each one of his daughters a kiss, before he moved to hold Alanna's little hand because they must be moving to the kitchen now for food, right? RIGHT? His eyes darted towards his nephew across the hall where the kitchen was. "Speaking of, the bunny's really hungry this morning." Hassan must hear that.
"Come, tell us about your year." Patricia put a hand on each of her daughters' back and led them to the kitchen. Nora heard the noises downstairs. Actually, she didn't hear them, no, she was wrapping the last present for Abey but the help came and informed her of the kids' arrival. She dashed through the corridor tying her hair into a ponytail and ran down the stairs. Their happy voices came from the hall where the living room and the kitchen joined so she headed there just in time to see her little boy run for his siblings.
"Good morning everyone," she smiled widely, eyes sparkling because so tired. Automatically, she moved to embrace Abraham, "Hey honey, we missed you," shouldn't have used the 'we' because now she was going to have to explain why Owen couldn't make it. |
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03-11-2017, 12:57 PM
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| Chizpurfle
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: In The Clouds.
Posts: 10,783
Hogwarts RPG Name: Maximiliano Delgado Sixth Year x6 x3
| Browncoat l Extra Syrup l Kita's Strong Confident Other Half l Lemon Patch It was almost as if Hassan didn't even hear the fighting that happened between his parents, even though he had arrived just prior to it, or that he wasn't aware his father had once again left before his younger brother and cousin could see him again. He was so happy. Happy enough for both him and his absent father about almost all of his family being under one roof again, and nothing was going to take that away from him. Not even Eureka's frown. "Reka!" He grinned at his cousin, waving his hand at the music so it turned down enough for them to talk without raised voices. "Morning, sleepy head. Did you come to help me?" He could always use it since he had repeatedly sent away the elves his family had. They were good cooks, but no one made a traditional Egyptian breakfast like Hassan Botros.
This tradition including pancakes with smiley faces.
When his sister followed in he roooooolled his eyes. Rolled 'em. Heh. "Ha. Ha. Ha. You're so funny, Lil." He was going to add this his wife happened to LOVE his dancing. It was a shame she wasn't around now to witness this excellence, but then EVERYONE WAS ARRIVING.
His grin grew twice in size and he hurried up to finish what he was cooking so they all could eat. "The bunny is gonna have to come help serve food!" The weren't using any of the help today. Speaking of. He flipped a pancake and looked to Reka. "Wanna help set the table?" Pleeeeeeease?
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| Grindylow
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Boston
Posts: 14,485
Hogwarts RPG Name: Everleigh Evans Ravenclaw Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Luca Benetti Hufflepuff Graduated x12 x7
| elephant-astic•wanderlust•stay in the ninedaaays the original Taco Belle•look at the flowers✿
Was that Lili-oh! Junia squeaked as Abey zoooomed by and stifled a giggle. She knew any kind of emotion she was feeling about being home probably wasn't as strong as the one he was now experiencing. First year away always seemed so long and baby Abey was a mama's boy through and through. It was nice to see him so excited. Almost as nice as it was to see how excited Alanna was to see her. "'Lanna, you're so tall!" The brunette stroked her sisters hair and smiled so big, BIGGER when Rula joined them. "I bet he looks ADORABLE in bunny ears. Is Aaron with him?" P.S. she's noticed the lack of ring, by the way. She was actually trying very very very hard not to be noticed noticing the lack of ring because she'd promised her most EXCELLENT promise not ruin Ru's surprise and so she was thankful for a distraction in the form of Mama and Papa
The tightest hugs were given and kisses on cheeks and Junia soaked in the familiarity and warmth she felt. This was almost perfect. Almost. "Food first, then year sharing, Papa!" See Ru? She was helping here. You're welcome. And look, 'San needed some help. The third year preferred being waited on, but she was used to lending a hand in a family so big and she was eager to do something that would keep her from blabbing to her Quidditch star cousin, since they didn't keep secrets, y'know. I can help Eureka!" She bounced over to hug Hassan around the middle, looking around as she did. "Missed you guys so so so much! So much that even setting the table sounds amazing!" Ahhh the power of family.
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| Pogrebin
Join Date: May 2009 Location: London
Posts: 32,841
Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexander River Hirsch Gryffindor Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: -- x11 x11
| urine trouble | Pat's Strong Confident Other Half | Pees Like a Champion Unicorn Racehorse "ABEY!"
Everything was driven out of the woman's mind as she caught sight of her baby brother. Hassan's words - yes, she was funny, wasn't she? - Eureka's troubles - apologies - everything. She bent down as best as she could in her outfit and opened out her arms to hug Ab- Oof!
It was unlike her to giggle but she let out a small one when the young Gryffindor attack!hugged her. "We really missed you, Ab," she said, wrapping her arms around the young boy and giving him a hug in return. It was almost becoming something of instinct to hug her brothers, which wasn't something she did outside of family members. Personal space was important, after all. "You have to tell us about your adventures. Every part of it." After they had breakfast, of course. Hassan hadn't gone through all that trouble for nothing. Letting go, she took a moment to look the boy up and down before saying, "You're growing up too quickly. Soon, you're going to be even taller than me." Which, clearly, wasn't allowed.
Hearing the sound of her mother's voice, Lili stood up and moved slightly to let her greet Abey herself. The tired eyes were taken note of but nothing was said from her. Hassan was better at this, remember? She just placed a hand on her mother's shoulder and said softly, "Breakfast."
Letting go, she went to move further into the kitchen and took sight of everyone that was gathered there. Junia and Rula had both done what Abey had done and grown at a ridiculous rate over a short course of time. "Welcome back, ladies." Because that's what they were now: ladies. "Had a good year?"
And her uncle? He got a completely weird and bemused look from her. Maybe he should make the bunny ears a permanent one. Alanna seemed to like them enough.
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Lyla Rivers Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nadine Rivers Ravenclaw Graduated | ♡ A heart full of Love l ☾ A night bright as Day l When Kitty had awoken to find her husband missing, she immediately put two and two together knowing he would already be waiting for the arrival of his family downstairs, most likely making breakfast. She wished he would have woken her up as well so she could be there to greet them as they arrived too, yet at the same time she was very content that he allowed her to sleep in, Merlin what a thoughtful husband to respect his gorgeous wife like this. Definitely deserves a kiss for that when she sees that piece of man candy of hers.
Figuring it was probably best that she get downstairs to show that she was alive and not avoiding his family was enough initiative to get ready. Gracefully sliding out of their bed she walked towards their closet, taking a moment to admire their beautiful room Hassan allowed her to design at his family's mansion. She glazed over her selection, figuring to dress it down for in-laws a bit, before deciding on a white maxi summer dress to change into.
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Fast forward to some time later, the beautiful blonde had tied her flowing locks into into a side fishtail braid with a golden hair clip to accent it, her makeup done in a more natural light but it still looked somehow as if her skin was glowing. Add an adorable Mighty Maximus in her arms and she was finally making her way towards the kitchen where all of the noise seemed to be coming from.
As she drew closer, she could feel her heart quicken for some reason, which was....very bizarre to her. But quickly brushing that odd moment away not letting it falter her, she moved onward making grande entrance into the kitchen seeing a very vast majority of the Botros gang. "Good Morning, everyone! What a truly splendid sight to wake up to." She flashed her gorgeous smile as she gracefully moved closer to them being sure to make eye contact with everyone as they looked at her, knowing that was something that MUST be done when you've captured the room.
Even though she wasn't very used to this kind of celebrating the way Hassan's family did when it came to their holidays, she couldn't deny enjoying doing these kinds of things now, even if it wasn't exactly how her family would celebrate their family gatherings. Nevertheless, seeing as to how excited Hassan had been all the way up until the night before they floo'd here, did make her heart melt at the sight of how happy it made him.
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| Crup
Join Date: May 2012 Location: Over here! (GMT -5)
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Ruth (Rae) Elliot Gryffindor First Year x12 x12
| Yeah I broke that mirror, so what? ll NOT backward ll Official Gryfferin ll Lemon's favourite JUNI NOTICED SHE'D GOTTEN TALLER! Her Mama hadn't lied afterall, those vegetables were really doing the trick. Lanna grinned widely, about to tell her sister aaall about how Aaron had grown too--since she hadn't managed to become taller than him yet--when Ru finally got inside and her father had come to join them. She might have hugged her eldest sister too but her parents had beaten her to it and now her hand was secured inside her father's. The 9 year old didn't mind one bit. It wasn't often that her WHOLE family got to be in the same room anymore. "He has a tail too!" She enthused when Ru asked about their father's costume. "It's very fluffy, like Buster's AND he can make the ears move with magic." So basically, her father was winning at life right now. Which reminded her. "Can I have bunny ears too?"
Hearing that Hassan needed help in the kitchen and realizing it was where Abey must have been, Lanna tugged free of her father's hand and followed Juni there.
So THIS was where everyone else. "Aaaabbeeeyyyy!" She called, attaching herself to him to give him a squishy hug. "Dress up isn't the same without you, you have to stop going to Hogwarts. You can stay in Ru or Juni's room, I don't think Mama will mind." No thoughts to whether he or the rest of the family would mind, the little girl just couldn't keep losing people okay???? "I wanna help with food stuff too!" Y'know, if she ever let go of Abey of course.
Her volume lowered significantly the moment Kitty entered the kitchen. By now she was very used to the woman being married to her cousin and but she wasn't that used to her in general, so she would stand silently hugging her cousin, no response to the woman's cheerful greeting and no stares in her direction either.
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Second Year Diagon Alley Proprietor:
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| Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight "I missed you all too!" Abey called back over his shoulder to Auntie Patricia, because it was TRUE. OF COURSE HE HAD. He still hadn't noticed Uncle Julianne's bunny ears yet, or even really paid much attention to the talk about them because he had run right through everything and was so focused on ONE thing right now. LILIAN HUGGGGSSSSS!!!!!
Abey hugged his big sister as tight as his tiny little Hufflepuff Gryffindor might would allow, trying to get ALL THAT LOVE into just that one hug. And perhaps maybe he was suddenly so overwhelmed with emotion and love and how much he had missed everyone and how happy he was to be back again that he ALMOST ended up in tears. ALMOST. Too many emotions in this small one's body. BUT GOOD ONES. Just overwhelming ones. It was actually probably best not to say anything just yet in case he DID start crying, but Abey squished Lilian all the tighter to try and let her know that he really had missed her too.
He nodded when Lilian spoke; writing letters home was so very difficult so he hadn't done it so much other than when Junia could help him, but it hadn't helped at all with missing everyone, which was probably why he now felt so overwhelmed with relief to be able to talk to them again. And now he really COULD tell them everything. Actually, he had no plans of shutting up, but only after Rula had had her moment to shine. You know, because that was fair, and also he didn't want to accidentally SAY about the THING. THE RING THING.
Breaking away from Lilian, grinned up at her. He HAD grown! Finally! "I'm gonna be really extra actually very tall one day. I'm gonna be as tall as Hassan! Taller!" Maybe.
Wait, wait... was that... that WAS... "Mama!"
This time, there was no hope at all. Within seconds of Abey pouncing on his mother with a hug, he broke down into tears. He was a mama's boy THROUGH AND THROUGH, and being away from her even for a day was the WORST POSSIBLE THING EVER. It hurt his heart and he had missed her so so so so so s os ososososososososoosoooooooo much. "I m-missed you too!" he sobbed at her, his words coming out in Arabic rather than English as tended to happen when he got very a little bit emotional.
He tried as hard as he could to pull himself together, but something about his family getting together just made his heart swell so much that his emotions went all CRAZY and wobbly, especially given the very significant person who was missing. And... speaking of missing... "Where's dad?" Not 'daddy' anymore or even 'papa' or anything because none of those words had felt right to call him in a long time, but that was okay, and Abey still loved him anyway no matter what.
Abey wiped at his eyes and attempted to get himself under control because there was still a Hassan over there but Abey wanted to not be crying and everything when he hugged him, and also Kitty too because she was family now and everything, AND EUREKA. EVERYONE. SO MANY PEOPLE. *SOB*
But a distraction arrived in the form of Alanna, who added her hug to Abey's quickly growing collection. Abey, of course, returned it. How simply AWFUL it had been to have to sit in classes and do homework instead of playing with his two younger cousins, which was WAY more fun. And... okay, maybe Hogwarts WAS fun too, but Abey preferred being with his family actually.
Throwing his arms around Alanna - but don't go anyway, Mama, because he wanted more hugs still - Abey gave her such a big squeeze and tried to calm himself. "I missed you so so so so so much, Lanna. Every day I wish I could be playing dress-up with you and Aaron. School uniforms aren't the same." Speaking of Aaron, Abey had every intention of giving him a hug too.
He stayed like that, hugging his younger cousin, but looked towards Mama. So......... yes, where was his dad at?
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| Kappa
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| Dalliesa | Ab-Bot | Hogwarts Trojan War | Eureka gave her aunt Nora a soft look when she showed up, she quickly averted her eyes though when Hassan addressed her with his puppy eyes. She chuckled and moved towards the dining table outside, "Fine. No need to get down on one knee for this." She linked arms with Ju on her way when the Slytherin volunteered to help. The table will be set in no time, folks! Julianna looked around completely surprised (feigning) at the concept of helping with food. "Whaaa, I was told this was a day to celebrate not work." He flicked his bunny ears in case his nephew didn't notice that he was the Easter bunny. Alanna wanted a pair, too?? Julianne looked instinctively at his wife who gave him a roll of her eyes. "Sure, here come." He knelt and touched his wand to the young girl's head giving her two fluffy small bunny ears as well. Pink ones, too! (what a coincidence, he completely forgot to think of a color). Grinning, he gave her bunny ears a flick too. Where was Aaron? He should get a pair as well! "Hiya, Kitty!" Julianne waved at the young woman.
Patricia moved on to Rula's side, smiling. "I thought Max was joining us?" She asked softly. Aww, her baby was crying. Nora chuckled but also had tears in her eyes because how can a mother hear her kid cry and not join along? Physically impossible. She remained in an embrace with him until he let go. To ask the obvious thing. "Uhm, he'll be here. Soon." She forced on a smile. "He had to go to an urgent meeting this morning... sorry." she added in a quiet voice, keeping a hand on Abraham's back... and rubbed it a little. Ugh, the force of negative emotions she felt for Owen right now were so powerful she just wanted to turn back time and drug his coffee so he would miss the meeting. Or maybe tie him to his bed, that sounded like a feasible plan.
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| Baguette | there is no D in my name | TRAITORclaw | Queenie of Narnia Rula beamed with pride at the compliment Mum gave her. Of course, she was her mother, and mothers usually thought their kids were beautiful, but it still meant a lot to Rula.
She returned the quick hug her mum gave her and gave her dad a quick kiss too, just shaking her head and grinning after as her dad insisted he was the Easter bunny. Sure, dad. Hehe. "I'm sure he took inspiration for the tail from Buster," she told Alanna, still grinning. She could definitely see her dad studying his daughter's pet rabbit in preparation for this. Heh. And now that Junia had asked... "Yeah, where is Aaron?" Surely he wasn't hiding from them? Or maybe he was still getting ready in his room? Hopefully he'd come down soon. Rula missed her little brother too!
Walking into the kitchen, she beamed at Hassan and Aunt Nora - and Aunt Nora's reunion with Abey - and Lilian and Eureka. Hassan could have a hug once he was done cooking, and Eureka had already linked arms with Junia to go set the table, so Lilian got a hug next. Being called a lady was also a really great compliment and was also one she took to heart. "Yeah, it's been good for the most part." Aside from the portal stuff, but that didn't seem like a conversation to bring up right now. Positive things were what they needed to focus on to start with.
And now Kitty was here! Another woman Rula had grown to admire over the last year or so. "Good morning, Kitty!"
Then, when her mum moved closer and mentioned Max, Rula blushed a little. "He is! I'm sure he'll be here soon." Probably any time now. Eeep!
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03-16-2017, 04:35 AM
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| Demiguise
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| Botroses get a two in one. Or... a three in one when lemon posts lol. lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet West always liked visiting the Botros home, even with his favourite professor gone it was a place full of good memories for him. He had, after all, been visiting every Easter since he was fourteen years old. Even with Quidditch and music he would make time to come, and today he wasn't alone. Obviously he'd come with his amazing wife. How handy was it that she was besties with Hassan, really?
They didn't arrive via the front door- the floo was necessary for them. Side effects of fame and all of that.
In any case, the Odessas were in the building and aside from the hand holding Alice's, West was pretty weighed down with presents.
... not that his wife wasn't a gift that the whole world should be thankful for.
________ Maxwell Van Hutton hadn't come empty handed either. He'd gone straight from training, showered, and picked up the plastic wrap covered serving plate currently in his hands, which his mum had insisted he bring. It had dozens of homemade fruit tarts, his mother had spent a good few hours making them, and there'd be plenty for everyone even with what Max had been warned would be a very very full house. They'd keep all day and went well with tea and coffee, and it was always good not to show up empty handed.
He balanced it with one hand, rang the doorbell, and then waited, looking incongruous with all those muscles of his, a slightly nervous and apprehensive expression, and that tray of tarts.
No nose bleed though. Thankfully.
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| Chizpurfle
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| Browncoat l Extra Syrup l Kita's Strong Confident Other Half l Lemon Patch Hassan KNEW that he could count on his princess to help him set the table. She was always the best helper with all things. Lifting her up briefly, he gave her the first and best hug of the morning, letting her loose only so he could cheese at Reka. "I would get down on both knees for you, cuz." He was that desperate, couldn't she tell? "YOU are a splendid site to wake up to, wife." Would he ever get tired of calling her that? Probably not. Hassan completely abandoned his spot by all of the finished food to go over and steal a kiss from his woman, grinning from ear to ear. This morning was practically perfect with her here. She was the icing on the his family cake.
And Abey was the sprinkles. How long did a brother have to wait before he got his hug?? Noticing the tears, he figured just a little bit longer. Once the table was set for sure.
He took Kitty's hands and returned to the food, placing a plate full of meaty goodness in her hands. ALL the family was helping, see? Dishing out all of the trays of food (there was a LOT for this expanding family), he joined in on setting the table.
.... Only to hear the doorbell and someone come by the floo. "Someone without food in there hands wanna get the door!" And everyone else could sit because it was time to EAT.
Now where was his shirt?
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03-18-2017, 10:17 PM
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| Mackled Malaclaw
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Really, it was West's fault that they couldn't come by the front door. Who cared if a few fans accosted him on the way here? Alice would have left him to his own devices and continued to the entrance anyway— it would have been much better than filling her lungs and clothes with dust.
She should have married a nobody. Lost opportunity.
But one area in which the Magpie did appreciate her husband was gift-giving; not a fraction of the presents in the Odessas' hands had been chosen by her. It was kind of sad that she'd loved most of the Botros kids from their birth and still had no idea what to get them. Emotional intelligence at its finest, that was.
Crisis averted, though. Alice could still hand them out. "Hi! We bought gifts! Forgot a shirt for Hassan, though." Why couldn't he get one of those by himself? That was the important question.
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03-19-2017, 07:15 PM
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| Grindylow
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Everleigh Evans Ravenclaw Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Luca Benetti Hufflepuff Graduated x12 x7
| elephant-astic•wanderlust•stay in the ninedaaays the original Taco Belle•look at the flowers✿ "Did you notice I got taller, 'Reka?" Junia beamed at her cousin as she set out the plates carefully. Every item in this house felt special to the brunette and she treated them as such, even the glassware. Jaddi had handled these plates, he had. They'd used them for as long as she could remember. It was like keeping them in good shape was keeping his memory alive. Like...preserving their condition was preserving his presence. Maybe it was silly, but she'd always been the sentimental sort. "I'm parting my hair differently now, too. I think I look much more grown up." Like the kind of grown-up that allowed you to have a boyfriend, you know? She wondered if that argument would work on her parents, hm...
Oh, the door!
Looking down at her hands, the Junebug smiled and shouted, "I don't have food in my hands!" What? She didn't! She winked at her cousin and then skipped off to the front of the house, excited to be the first to get to greet their guest.
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Hoisting the front door open, the thirteen year old couldn't help the little squeak she gave at the sight of Maxwell. OH! OH BOY! OHMYGOSH! EEP! "Hi, you're here!" MAX WAS HERE! She knew things, did he know? She kind of hoped he did know because then they could share their very first almost-family secret moment which would cement their bond forever and ever and how nice would that be?! Stepping back, the third year gestured for him to come in, all bouncy curls and excitement as she waited. Once he had, she stepped up and whispered, "I've got your back in there." JUST so he knew. Team Max and Rula all the way! Speaking of- "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAX HAS ARRIVED!" Her sing-song voice carried through the house and she gave him a look as if to say you're welcome.
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| Demiguise
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| lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Hoisting the front door open, the thirteen year old couldn't help the little squeak she gave at the sight of Maxwell. OH! OH BOY! OHMYGOSH! EEP! "Hi, you're here!" MAX WAS HERE! She knew things, did he know? She kind of hoped he did know because then they could share their very first almost-family secret moment which would cement their bond forever and ever and how nice would that be?! Stepping back, the third year gestured for him to come in, all bouncy curls and excitement as she waited. Once he had, she stepped up and whispered, "I've got your back in there." JUST so he knew. Team Max and Rula all the way! Speaking of- "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAX HAS ARRIVED!" Her sing-song voice carried through the house and she gave him a look as if to say you're welcome. Max hoped very much that he wouldn't end up with a nosebleed today, but he had a handkerchief tucked in his pocket just in case because MERLIN this was kind of intense right? He blushed a little at Junia's very enthused greeting and grinned sheepishly.
She had his back? He might have said something in response to that but the next thing he knew she was hollering his arrival, like a proper announcement. Here it goes, then. He cleared his throat and headed inside. "Thank you, Junia."
Where was Rula?
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03-21-2017, 07:15 AM
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| Kappa
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| Dalliesa | Ab-Bot | Hogwarts Trojan War | Eureka remained at the table setting it up, adding two plates as soon as she heard Alice and West tumble through the fireplace (they probably came in gracefully than that but y'know). "Yeah, noticed. Although parting your hair doesn't make you look that old." Her cousin was still a baby thirteen year old. "Attitude does." See? She was giving her some wiiiiiise wiiiise words. And, "In my experience, girls care about their hair when there's a boy." Lopsided smirk.
Buuuuuut she was off to the door. Dang. Patricia gave her daughter one last smile before moving towards the new guests. "Aw, look at you! You look fantastic." She hugged both West (lingering because Ab used to care greatly for this kid) and Alice. "Hassan got himself a wife who approves of his lack of shirts, apparently." She laughed.
"Hellooo from the Easter bunny and his children himself." Julianne bustled through the entryway with Alanna, the small bunny, in his hand and a big grin on his mouth. "We'd loooove to give you some joy in exchange of your gifts!" He looked down at Lanna and waved his wand dramatically towards the gifts-holding couple just for a colorful wave of sparks. He was pretty fond of playing this part.
Then Max arrived. Patricia laughed at Ju's overexcited welcome but smiled widely at the young man, "Hey Max, looking quite dapper today." She didn't know he took Easter that seriously. Julianne jumped in the direction of the other new guest, taking Lanna with him and being a real bunny about it, "Welcome our new guest! Have a very happy Easter breakfast with us!" He did the same wand-flourishing-with-colorful-sparks move. |
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| Baguette | there is no D in my name | TRAITORclaw | Queenie of Narnia As if by magic, it wasn't long after she mentioned Max arriving soon that the doorbell rang. He was here! At least, Rula figured it would be him - who else could it be?
Her face lit up, but Junia had already raced off to go answer it. Eep! She hurried after her but paused when Prince West and Alice appeared out of the floo. So many people appearing at once! "Hi!" She gave them each a quick hug - though West got more of a side-hug since he was carrying a lot of presents - and that was when she heard Junia confirm that Max was indeed here. Eep x2!!
Finally she reached the door and saw him there, and for the briefest of moments, she forgot her family was there. "Hi," fiancé, she wanted to say, but instead simply left it at the simple greeting, walking over to him and slipping her hand into his.
And then she was brought back down to Earth when her mother spoke, and she couldn't help but grin. He did look quite dapper, didn't he? He always did though. Handsome fiancé. Hehe.
And there was her dad inviting him in. While hopping like a rabbit. He really was embracing this bunny life, hehe. "Yes, you're just in time! We were just setting the table."
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| Grindylow
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| elephant-astic•wanderlust•stay in the ninedaaays the original Taco Belle•look at the flowers✿ "And by we, she means me and 'Reka. I think Rula was mostly waiting for you." Helpful Junia was so helpful what with the door answering and sharing of information, wasn't she? The thirteen year old grinned and hurried back to help her cousin, who she'd left by her lonesome. The sooner the table was set, the sooner they'd all be seated and the news would finally be out. Was Abey struggling with this as much as she was?
Mer-lin.
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