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emjay · 08-08-2017, 12:55 AM

Synopsis: Groups of contestants compete in pairs on a worldwide trip to be the first to cross the finish line. Along the way, there will be magical challenges to complete before the team can move along to the next location. There are no eliminations but points will be awarded in order of finishing for each leg of the trip. The team with the highest score will take home a prize of 10,000 galleons! Do you have what it takes to win the race?

OOC: You may use any character you have for this RPed competition, current or newly created, as long as they are at least 18 years of age. Your character may play with a partner if you have one in mind, or they can be set up with one if you do not have a partner. Please post at least a brief bio of your character, including who their partner is along with username, or indicate if you need a partner that we can assign to you. We’ll get started shortly once we have enough people playing! This competition will take place during one week in IC July 2093.

Characters/Teams
Minerva McCarthy (Bazinga) and Maxwell Lupin (Schroyers)
Sabina Carraro (SilverTiger) and Rafael Carraro (Optimist.Prime)
TiaMarie Mancini (PhoenixRising) and Caleb Newell (Lissy Longbottom)
Albert Morgenstern (Stefan) and Aramis Morgenstern (MunchyBubbles)
Arielle McDean (WhittyBitty) and Levi Richardson (FearlessLeader19)
Nigel Barrington (oh its Erik ok) and Gaia Valenti (sweetpinkpixie)
Austin Dawson (Kolyander) and Zephyr Theopholis (Devina Wellheart)

Lissy Longbottom · 08-15-2017, 12:21 AM

Caleb like, REALLY needed this money. True, he was still in uni, but if he was able to get a head start on adult life with that money ~~nevermind he was already technically an adult~~ he would be able to find a nice place to live, have some fun while getting his first job...yeah, he'd be SET. Plus, this little scavenger hunt around the world would probably itch that travel bug for him for a few years, so he could save up a bit. There were really ONLY positive reasons to do this.

Sadly, Sophie hadn't wanted to sign up for this with him - it interfered with some potion conference or whatever. Cutty was doing Merlin knows what, and he hadn't exactly been in touch with many people from Hogwarts. So, he'd been randomly assigned with TiaMarie Mancini, whom he vaguely recalled from his years at school. They'd talked a few times, but he had personally found the girl a bit...uppity for his taste. Something about her seemed to indicate she hadn't been a fan of him for whatever reason. Or maybe that was just how she was? She just kind of gave off that vibe no matter who it was?

Well, he was going to find out whether he wanted to or not.

Moving his way through the crowd so that he was standing next to his partner, he gave her a nod to indicate that he was there and then turned his attention to the guy giving them all the rules. Ok, simple enough - a portkey! There were all sorts of nooks and crannies in a hotel for muggle items to hide out. Shouldn't be too hard though, these kind of things tended to stick out like a sore thumb.

He turned to her and smiled. "Hey, partner!" he chuckled. Should he ask her how life had been after Hogwarts? Ask what she had been up to, just to be polite? Maybe if they had some downtime...right now, they had to get to work! "Anywhere in particular you want to start. That...cupboard might be a good?" he suggested with a shrug, pointing to one of the cupboards nearby behind the bar, which was really just the first thing his eyes had fallen upon. So unless she had a better idea...?

Bazinga · 08-15-2017, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroyers

Max thought this could be fun, the other teams there probably didn't know much about him but compared to his day to day this race seemed like a walk in the park.

He turned to Min "Something that doesn't belong?" He though the lost and found maybe? Portkeys often looked like muggle objects, broken ones. Things like that could be anywhere, but this was a game. "You check the lost and found and i'll look in the dining room." Cause why not take charge? Did he think Minerva would listen to him? No.. But whatever.

He began to look under tables and chairs, in nooks and crannies. All the wile listening to what the other teams were saying. Knowing a little more about them could go a long way.

She was actually excited about this. Since she was 18 Minerva had been doing the mother thing and though she loved that title and loved her family this sounded fun and a way to have an adventure with an old friend. Getting Ethan's support and blessing she headed out with Maxwell to where the game was going to start. Would she and Maxwell be able to even do six days without fighting? Only time would tell and right now she was just there to have fun.

Hearing their instructions she turned as Maxwell started saying what to do. Usually, she'd probably roll her eyes at him or try to say it was wrong, but he knew his stuff and she was going to actually listen. "Got it!" Giving him a smile she moved over to the lost and found. There had to be something out of place, but really what would be out of place here?

Moving some of the things she pushed away a doll, brush, hair clips, toothbrush, a wallet, but nothing that looked as if it didn't belong. Something had to be here, but maybe Maxwell was finding something. She glanced at him and then glanced back down.

"Oh hey Maxwell, come here!" Pulling out a busted cell phone she wondered if that could be what they were looking for.

SilverTiger · 08-15-2017, 08:24 AM

Thinking about it, Sabi couldn’t have said exactly who was to blame for this little endeavour. Not that she thought she wouldn’t enjoy nearly a whole week with her cousin. No, it was much too amusing to play with the ways she knew of to needle Raf, to tease him about whatever it was he was doing these days. Even if she knew she didn’t have much to speak of herself on that note. She had a university degree, one that she fully expected to help on this little trip immensely, but a career was yet to come. Not that she was particularly fussed about that either. Sabi Carraro didn’t worry. She knew of an infinite number of better things to do than worry. She’d found someone willing to look after her dog while she was away, so she figured that meant she was free to, preferably, win this whole thing.

As the host had explained the ins and outs of the trip, what they were to expect and whatnot, the former Brazilian had chosen to lean against the bar as she listened, helping herself to a drink. She didn’t figure that would hurt, and she was fully open to providing for anyone else if they’d so wanted too, starting with her cousin. However, it appeared that they were being released on a portkey hunt, which meant she hadn’t needed to deign to manual labor as of yet. “Good,” she murmured to herself even as she’d turned to glance at Raf. “So where would you like to search for our ticket to Egypt?,” she asked, a half-smirk on her face. The obvious possibilities as to hiding places seemed to have been taken already, but she knew they could come up with something good.

Devina Wellheart · 08-15-2017, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Austin looked around the Leaky Cauldron with slight displeasure. Couldn't they have picked a nicer place for them all to meet besides this place? Aus shifted from foot to foot, his blue eyes drifting onto those of his partner. "Dude you look dead on your feet man, come on,
perk up a bit and remember why we're standing here." There had been some displeasure with Zephyr dating his baby sister but they had squared that all away and were doing this as something of a bonding experience and whatnot.

Egypt. Whoa. "We can do this. Anywhere we end up we just have to keep out heads and not panic." Easier said then done. As for a Portkey...no, no he didn't see any just yet. "Nah, let's get looking though." Like their host said it could be anything anywhere in this place.

Austin turned on his heel making his way to the left corner of the room. He was going to start over here and look at every single inch of this room for anything that didn't fit. How hard could it be to find something that didn't belong? A muggle item that didn't at all fit in.

Yawns once more... " I'm gettin' there, Man.",
He answered before shifting his weight from one foot to the other, almost shaking the life back into them. " Don't even worry about it, Aus... Between the two of us we got this.."

Yeah.. They'd for sure need that confidence during this contest. They already had the youth part down. It looked like they were one of the youngest teams that had been chosen... Or even perhaps they were the youngest team that had been chosen... Now that was sort of exciting, Huh?

" I am looking.. Take a breath and chill out..", Zeph said as he went to look off to the right... Splitting up meant covering more ground... Made total sense to him... Sees something that could be a portkey and bend to pick it up... A Muggle Money paper note!! This SOoo didn't belong here, right?!

" Yo, Austin!... Get over here and touch this dollar bill with me!",
he called excitedly over to him. " I have a feelin' we're egypt bound, Bro.."

Schroyers · 08-15-2017, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

She was actually excited about this. Since she was 18 Minerva had been doing the mother thing and though she loved that title and loved her family this sounded fun and a way to have an adventure with an old friend. Getting Ethan's support and blessing she headed out with Maxwell to where the game was going to start. Would she and Maxwell be able to even do six days without fighting? Only time would tell and right now she was just there to have fun.

Hearing their instructions she turned as Maxwell started saying what to do. Usually, she'd probably roll her eyes at him or try to say it was wrong, but he knew his stuff and she was going to actually listen. "Got it!" Giving him a smile she moved over to the lost and found. There had to be something out of place, but really what would be out of place here?

Moving some of the things she pushed away a doll, brush, hair clips, toothbrush, a wallet, but nothing that looked as if it didn't belong. Something had to be here, but maybe Maxwell was finding something. She glanced at him and then glanced back down.

"Oh hey Maxwell, come here!" Pulling out a busted cell phone she wondered if that could be what they were looking for.

Max was looking through things high and low, it could really be anywhere but he had faith that something was more likely in that lost and found. Then Minerva seemed to confirm it.

He rushed over as fast as he could to see the busted cell phone in her hands.
"Perfect, that'll be it." No way a wizard carrying a cell phone would leave it broken in a lost and found. "Hold on tight, Min." He grabbed the phone as well, ready to be taking to Egypt.

*PhoenixRising* · 08-15-2017, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Caleb like, REALLY needed this money. True, he was still in uni, but if he was able to get a head start on adult life with that money ~~nevermind he was already technically an adult~~ he would be able to find a nice place to live, have some fun while getting his first job...yeah, he'd be SET. Plus, this little scavenger hunt around the world would probably itch that travel bug for him for a few years, so he could save up a bit. There were really ONLY positive reasons to do this.

Sadly, Sophie hadn't wanted to sign up for this with him - it interfered with some potion conference or whatever. Cutty was doing Merlin knows what, and he hadn't exactly been in touch with many people from Hogwarts. So, he'd been randomly assigned with TiaMarie Mancini, whom he vaguely recalled from his years at school. They'd talked a few times, but he had personally found the girl a bit...uppity for his taste. Something about her seemed to indicate she hadn't been a fan of him for whatever reason. Or maybe that was just how she was? She just kind of gave off that vibe no matter who it was?

Well, he was going to find out whether he wanted to or not.

Moving his way through the crowd so that he was standing next to his partner, he gave her a nod to indicate that he was there and then turned his attention to the guy giving them all the rules. Ok, simple enough - a portkey! There were all sorts of nooks and crannies in a hotel for muggle items to hide out. Shouldn't be too hard though, these kind of things tended to stick out like a sore thumb.

He turned to her and smiled. "Hey, partner!" he chuckled. Should he ask her how life had been after Hogwarts? Ask what she had been up to, just to be polite? Maybe if they had some downtime...right now, they had to get to work! "Anywhere in particular you want to start. That...cupboard might be a good?" he suggested with a shrug, pointing to one of the cupboards nearby behind the bar, which was really just the first thing his eyes had fallen upon. So unless she had a better idea...?

Honestly, Tia wasn't particularly sure why she had signed up, except for the fact that despite being back in England only a couple weeks she was dying for another adventure again. The thing with Australia was that she was always going places and traveling and seeing new things. In England, everything felt so ... grey. She wished though she had been able to find a partner to sign up with instead of being assigned with Caleb Newell. She didn't know much about him, except that he was a prefect, in Slytherin, a year older than herself, and had dated her roommate's friend, Grace Paton while they were in school.

Perhaps though, his resourcefulness as a Slytherin would come in hand, when combined with her own intellect.

"Caleb," she greeted back, politely enough. "Well, I'd say there's probably multiple items that are suitable." Given that there were seven teams and all. "So yes, the cupboard sounds like a reasonable place to start." Perhaps a chipped cup would have qualified as a broken muggle item? "Or ... a rubbish bin?" She went over to have a look by the rubbish bin and there, just next to the bin, was a broken plate. Was it just her or did it seem suspicious that a plate would not have made it into the bin? Could it be? "Do you think?" she picked it up to hold it out for the older boy to have a look.

FearlessLeader19 · 08-16-2017, 12:16 AM

SPOILER!!: Partner In Crime! <3

The booths.

Definitely a great place to start.

Levi nodded. "Let's get started.'' Calm. He was definitely calm now and on high alert. Despite wanting them to find this portkey rather quickly, he was not going to get too excited and crazy which may run the risk of him missing what they were looking for. Keeping his head on, he lead the way to the booths and got started with the hunt.

Portkeys could be anything... what would be out of place here? Levi stood still for a moment as shrewd eyes scanned the close by environment. Wait... was that...? "Ari, I think I found something.'' He moved to one of the booths. An empty bottle of hand sanitiser was definitely something out of place. "This is it. Shall we?'' The plastic bottle was held out for her to touch.

Stefan · 08-16-2017, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles

Well this was... it was weird. This was weird. Aramis wasn't going to deny it any longer, he wasn't fully sure why he was here. They certainly didn't need the money, though if they won perhaps it could help him out with university?

Aramis was hoping though that he could spend more time with his Father though before Uni, he had expressed that to his mother not two weeks ago and next thing he knew, he was here. He had been so happy when he had gotten accepted to the University, based in London to be close to his family, and hopefully Dylan when she figured out what she was going to do. And he had seen the pride in his mother's eyes when he told her what he had decided to do.

Magiczooology with an emphasis on Dragonology. He was trying to follow in his fathers footsteps, but he hadn't had a chance to tell him yet.

The tall boy followed his father over to the Bar, and took the Gillyweed water that was handed to him. His dark green eyes were on the announcer as he sipped his drink, taking careful note of every word he said. Find a portkey and get to Egypt! Simple enough, yeah?

He stared to look around, people were already searching the bars and the booths, so he moved to look at the tables, peering under them in an attempt to find something out of the ordinary..

"Nothing yet Dad, you?" The boy responded as he crouched to check under more tables. Hmm gum free, that was good to know, but nothing resembling a portkey..

Albert had been distracted as he started to piece things together. This was definitely what Antheia wanted for him and their son, however, it did seem a bit...off, considering how desperate she had been for him to say yes. Of course, he didn't want to argue with his wife...anything but an argument with her, actually. For obvious reasons, something was amiss, but Albert was confident enough that it wasn't much of a big deal. What was important was he was there to make his wife, and hopefully, his son, to be happy.

The man remained in his bar stool as he followed his son with his eyes. He did so not because he was trying to help look for their portkey, but because he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Aramis, all grown up. Albert could swear that it was just yesterday where he and his family were in Italy having lunch together in a quaint restaurant, Aramis aged five, wrecking havoc in the kitchen. The boy had been scared to death when he found him with the employees of the restaurant, all of them looking like they were about to set the boy on fire. Blood and anger rose to his cheeks, not because of Aramis' mischief, but because one of the chefs laid a hand on his son. Muggles may not know the wrath of a dragon, but they were able to witness one in the form of Albert Morgenstern.

A weak grin appeared on Albert's face as the memory slowly faded back into his mind, bringing him to his present. Aramis had been a wonderful child, and it was too bad he had him much later in his life. Albert was sure Aramis would've loved it if they had spent more time together in a more active environment, wherein playtime meant everything to him.

Perhaps, the Race would cover up for the lost time. Perhaps, that was the reason why Albert said yes to this shenanigan. Like any parent, he didn't want to have any regrets whatsoever, even if his joints were starting to ache in a more profound way. Albert stretched out his leg, to make his knee pop out air and turned his head towards a soiled looking wall, camouflaging their portkey. "I don't think a toilet seat, out in the open, counts as ordinary." Albert eyed the object, and waited for Aramis to get it for them. Merlin, it wasn't what the man hoped for...but he'd rather have that than to see a mangled umbrella lying around.

sweetpinkpixie · 08-16-2017, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok

Its kind of funny how every trip its seems starts in the Cauldron. Nigel remember a school trip years and years ago that started in this place and they portkeyed there and it seems like its the same here but only they had the extra set up having to did the thing. ANYWAY he looked amazing in this tracksuit and ready to go back to Egypt apparently. Nigel smiled down at Gaia.

"Doubt that will come into play here. But Giza is nice. I like Cairo better but we can see the pyramids"

Oh right there was prize money. Yeah he didn't care. Doubt they would win anyway considering he felt this more a vacation than anything else. But he would let Gaia decided if they even won. Nigel spoke about three languages and well Italian was not one of them. But from the pulling and her excitement. Well looked like they should get started.

Good Choice Good Choice.

He was going to suggest the bar anyway since well why not the Bar

"See anything that doesn't belong her or really old"

All he saw was things he wanted to drink.

Ooooooooh.

Her travels had not yet taken her to Egypt so this was particularly exciting. "Ooooh the pyramids," she squeaked as she added a few (or several dozen) additional bounces to her step on their way to the bar. A bar which rather than do the mature thing and walk around to the little gate and open it to go behind...she pushed herself up on and over the counter to the other side. Feet planted on the ground once more, Gaia ducked down and moved various bottles about. "Hey, if we leave a few sickles here you think the barkeep would mind terrible if we took something for the road?" she asked nonchalantly while carefully placing some bottles to her side to see what was behind them and aaaaaaaall the way in the back of one of the cabinets. "The year on this particular bottle of Italian wine was an especially good year."

And how romantic would it be to share a bottle of wine while watching the sunset over the Nile with the pyramids in the background? Was that how the geography of that area worked? She hadn't done any particular research there so she was not entirely sure. Mostly brushed up on knowing some very basic expressions in various languages to help them get by more easily.

"OH LOOK!" she chirped triumphantly as she held up a teddy bear stuffed animal with, er, without the head. "Terribly tragic but surely our portkey!"

*Kolyander* · 08-16-2017, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

Yawns once more... " I'm gettin' there, Man.",
He answered before shifting his weight from one foot to the other, almost shaking the life back into them. " Don't even worry about it, Aus... Between the two of us we got this.."

Yeah.. They'd for sure need that confidence during this contest. They already had the youth part down. It looked like they were one of the youngest teams that had been chosen... Or even perhaps they were the youngest team that had been chosen... Now that was sort of exciting, Huh?

" I am looking.. Take a breath and chill out..", Zeph said as he went to look off to the right... Splitting up meant covering more ground... Made total sense to him... Sees something that could be a portkey and bend to pick it up... A Muggle Money paper note!! This SOoo didn't belong here, right?!

" Yo, Austin!... Get over here and touch this dollar bill with me!",
he called excitedly over to him. " I have a feelin' we're egypt bound, Bro.."

Every time Zephyr yawned, Austin wanted to elbow him right in the ribs. The guy was making him tired just by looking at him. "Good, can't have us falling asleep when there's work to be done." He turned his blue eyes onto his partner and smirked. "I know. Have you seen some of the other groups?"

Some of the groups chosen had at least a eight to ten years on them both...maybe more. Which meant that there was a whole lot of experience floating about this place, not that it made him nervous or anything because it didn't. If there was one thing, Austin Dawson had, it was confidence. The young man was confident that both him and his partner were going to give this their all...they had no reason not to.

Fighting the urge to roll his eyes at the comment he looked over his shoulder when he was called. What was that guy going on about? His gaze fixed on the dirty, crumbled, and partly torn muggle dollar in Zeph's hand. It was indeed something odd to see in this place but it might not be a portkey...there was only one way to find out for sure though.

Crossing the room to where Zeph was standing, Austin nodded. "Let's see what happens," he agreed with a small glint of excitement in his eye as he reached out and took hold of the other end of the muggle dollar.

Were they about to Portkey out of here and to Egypt?

Bazinga · 08-17-2017, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroyers

Max was looking through things high and low, it could really be anywhere but he had faith that something was more likely in that lost and found. Then Minerva seemed to confirm it.

He rushed over as fast as he could to see the busted cell phone in her hands.
"Perfect, that'll be it." No way a wizard carrying a cell phone would leave it broken in a lost and found. "Hold on tight, Min." He grabbed the phone as well, ready to be taking to Egypt.

She couldn't help but bounce a bit on her toes. This was exciting and SHE found the item! Not that she had any doubts in herself,
she had three kids her life was finding missing objects. She had become a pro at it over the years. "Are we ready to go?" Her eyes lingered on him for a moment to see that he was ready and then back at the portkey. Man, was that phone old, when was it made 2020?

Tightening her grip on the phone she his arm with the other so she wouldn't maybe fall when they landed and if she did she'd take him down with her so not to maybe look as dumb. Thoughts of her children ran through her mind and what they thought of her leaving for six days, it would be the first in a long time that it was just her going somewhere. While those thoughts were headed in her mind her body had been taken from where she was standing to her new landing place.

Blue eyes were fastly looking around the destination.

itsjustjesse · 08-17-2017, 03:35 AM

Raf was sure this would be fun…or well, entertaining to say the least? He hadn’t seen Sabi in what felt like the longest time as he had only just gotten let off for summer. ”hmm…I’m not sure we could try the toaster?” he offered with a grin. ”I’m pretty sure – well, I’d hope they wouldn’t make a vat of hot oil be a portkey…that would be disastrous” and absolutely painful.

He didn’t want to be in pain thank you very much.

With a glance at Sab he just shrugged, ”oy, cuz lets try the actual cauldron” because that’d be a sight wouldn’t it?

Schroyers · 08-17-2017, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

She couldn't help but bounce a bit on her toes. This was exciting and SHE found the item! Not that she had any doubts in herself,
she had three kids her life was finding missing objects. She had become a pro at it over the years. "Are we ready to go?" Her eyes lingered on him for a moment to see that he was ready and then back at the portkey. Man, was that phone old, when was it made 2020?

Tightening her grip on the phone she his arm with the other so she wouldn't maybe fall when they landed and if she did she'd take him down with her so not to maybe look as dumb. Thoughts of her children ran through her mind and what they thought of her leaving for six days, it would be the first in a long time that it was just her going somewhere. While those thoughts were headed in her mind her body had been taken from where she was standing to her new landing place.

Blue eyes were fastly looking around the destination.

Max stuck close to Min as they were pulled off by the Portkey, he would have answered but before he could they seemed to be gone..
Giza. He'd been once or twice, but never for long and never to really explore.
Hardly an advantage here.

Either way he was ready to go. Taking in his surroundings.. Was the next clue here? or did they have a marked path to follow?

WhittyBitty · 08-17-2017, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

The booths.

Definitely a great place to start.

Levi nodded. "Let's get started.'' Calm. He was definitely calm now and on high alert. Despite wanting them to find this portkey rather quickly, he was not going to get too excited and crazy which may run the risk of him missing what they were looking for. Keeping his head on, he lead the way to the booths and got started with the hunt.

Portkeys could be anything... what would be out of place here? Levi stood still for a moment as shrewd eyes scanned the close by environment. Wait... was that...? "Ari, I think I found something.'' He moved to one of the booths. An empty bottle of hand sanitiser was definitely something out of place. "This is it. Shall we?'' The plastic bottle was held out for her to touch.

It was no surprise that Levi was down for her idea, because it was such a great one. Added to that was the fact that they didn't have a lot of time to find a portkey in. They needed to be the first pair to find a portkey, or if not the FIRST, one of the first. There was no way that she would allow them to come in last.

This was why Arielle was so eager in searching the booth up and down for any traces of rubbish or any other item that definitely wouldn't belong in a place like this. It was Levi, however, who found it in the and and even though she had been hoping to be victorious, he had been for the BOTH of them and that was more than enough for her. "Definitely looks like it to me too." Who in this place used hand sanitizer? It was a dump...

"I'm beyond ready for this." She was pumped. Anyway she reached out and touched the bottle so that she would be taken along with Levi.

MunchyBubbles · 08-17-2017, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan

Albert had been distracted as he started to piece things together. This was definitely what Antheia wanted for him and their son, however, it did seem a bit...off, considering how desperate she had been for him to say yes. Of course, he didn't want to argue with his wife...anything but an argument with her, actually. For obvious reasons, something was amiss, but Albert was confident enough that it wasn't much of a big deal. What was important was he was there to make his wife, and hopefully, his son, to be happy.

The man remained in his bar stool as he followed his son with his eyes. He did so not because he was trying to help look for their portkey, but because he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Aramis, all grown up. Albert could swear that it was just yesterday where he and his family were in Italy having lunch together in a quaint restaurant, Aramis aged five, wrecking havoc in the kitchen. The boy had been scared to death when he found him with the employees of the restaurant, all of them looking like they were about to set the boy on fire. Blood and anger rose to his cheeks, not because of Aramis' mischief, but because one of the chefs laid a hand on his son. Muggles may not know the wrath of a dragon, but they were able to witness one in the form of Albert Morgenstern.

A weak grin appeared on Albert's face as the memory slowly faded back into his mind, bringing him to his present. Aramis had been a wonderful child, and it was too bad he had him much later in his life. Albert was sure Aramis would've loved it if they had spent more time together in a more active environment, wherein playtime meant everything to him.

Perhaps, the Race would cover up for the lost time. Perhaps, that was the reason why Albert said yes to this shenanigan. Like any parent, he didn't want to have any regrets whatsoever, even if his joints were starting to ache in a more profound way. Albert stretched out his leg, to make his knee pop out air and turned his head towards a soiled looking wall, camouflaging their portkey. "I don't think a toilet seat, out in the open, counts as ordinary." Albert eyed the object, and waited for Aramis to get it for them. Merlin, it wasn't what the man hoped for...but he'd rather have that than to see a mangled umbrella lying around.

Aramis pushed up out of his crouch and looked around to where his Dad had indicated, ahh. No, no indeed. A toliet seat out in the open was not ordinary at all. He moved towards the portkey and with only a moments hesitation grabbed it and headed back over to his father.

He held the object out, a slight grin on his face as he looked at his Dad. One because watching him touch a toilet seat would be amusing, another because this was going to signal the start of their adventures together. Had the older Morgenstern ever been to Egypt? He wasn't sure, but they were going together.

Aramis had always looked up to his Father, he knew the man loved him, that had never been in doubt, even if he showed it in odd ways at times. But the recent graduate had an insatiable desire to make his dad.. Proud.

His dad had accomplished so much, so far and Aramis felt like he needed to live up to the family name. To make his Father.. proud of him. Hence his choice in University. And Major, he was going to be a Dragonologist and take over the family business. He was!

Though now he just had to tell his Dad..

Merlin..

"You ready Dad?" Aramis asked as he waited for him to touch the toilet seat.

Stefan · 08-17-2017, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles

Aramis pushed up out of his crouch and looked around to where his Dad had indicated, ahh. No, no indeed. A toliet seat out in the open was not ordinary at all. He moved towards the portkey and with only a moments hesitation grabbed it and headed back over to his father.

He held the object out, a slight grin on his face as he looked at his Dad. One because watching him touch a toilet seat would be amusing, another because this was going to signal the start of their adventures together. Had the older Morgenstern ever been to Egypt? He wasn't sure, but they were going together.

Aramis had always looked up to his Father, he knew the man loved him, that had never been in doubt, even if he showed it in odd ways at times. But the recent graduate had an insatiable desire to make his dad.. Proud.

His dad had accomplished so much, so far and Aramis felt like he needed to live up to the family name. To make his Father.. proud of him. Hence his choice in University. And Major, he was going to be a Dragonologist and take over the family business. He was!

Though now he just had to tell his Dad..

Merlin..

"You ready Dad?" Aramis asked as he waited for him to touch the toilet seat.

Was he ready? Of course, he was, but he would never be ready to touch a soiled toilet seat. Albert did not miss the mischievous smile Aramis had, and the man simply smirked at him, knowing full well why. "I don't plan on losing this early, son," he said as he drank the rest of his water.

Albert stood from his seat and eyed their portkey with obvious disgust. "This is madness..." he muttered under his breath, quickly giving Aramis a glance, then back to the object. "Apparating would've been much easier," he added taking in a deep breath and zipped up his jacket with great panache.

"Very well then, let's get this over with." With confidence and a stiff upper lip, Albert extended his hand towards their portkey, his delicate fingers hovering over a few millimeters away from their key. "Remember, Aramis, be on your guard once we land. We don't know if our portkey's rigged..." Perhaps, as part of the Race's twist? With a sly grin, he added "I'll see you in Egypt." and finally touched their key.

And so, their adventure begins.

SilverTiger · 08-17-2017, 07:30 AM

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Raf was sure this would be fun…or well, entertaining to say the least? He hadn’t seen Sabi in what felt like the longest time as he had only just gotten let off for summer. ”hmm…I’m not sure we could try the toaster?” he offered with a grin. ”I’m pretty sure – well, I’d hope they wouldn’t make a vat of hot oil be a portkey…that would be disastrous” and absolutely painful.

He didn’t want to be in pain thank you very much.

With a glance at Sab he just shrugged, ”oy, cuz lets try the actual cauldron” because that’d be a sight wouldn’t it?

The one problem with being related, even if they hadn’t actually seen each other in months if not longer, was that she suspected Raf knew exactly how she would respond to statements such as the one he had just made. Yet, even so, that didn’t stop Sabi from giving him an arched eyebrow look. “I hardly think a toaster, or a vat of hot oil for that matter, could be considered something out of place in a bar,” she drawled, wondering if he was a bit daft. Either that or he was just playing as such, but either way it wasn’t going to help them win anything. They were in a dining establishment, and it was close enough to the fringes of the Muggle world that it wasn’t entirely unlikely there might be Muggle appliances in use.

She was just getting more impatient as the other teams had begun finding portkeys themselves and being transported to their next destination. At this rate she really did think it would have been quicker to just Apparate to Giza, or test the Floo. “The actual cauldron.”

Her cousin had seriously lost his mind.

Devina Wellheart · 08-17-2017, 02:16 PM

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Every time Zephyr yawned, Austin wanted to elbow him right in the ribs. The guy was making him tired just by looking at him. "Good, can't have us falling asleep when there's work to be done." He turned his blue eyes onto his partner and smirked. "I know. Have you seen some of the other groups?"

Some of the groups chosen had at least a eight to ten years on them both...maybe more. Which meant that there was a whole lot of experience floating about this place, not that it made him nervous or anything because it didn't. If there was one thing, Austin Dawson had, it was confidence. The young man was confident that both him and his partner were going to give this their all...they had no reason not to.

Fighting the urge to roll his eyes at the comment he looked over his shoulder when he was called. What was that guy going on about? His gaze fixed on the dirty, crumbled, and partly torn muggle dollar in Zeph's hand. It was indeed something odd to see in this place but it might not be a portkey...there was only one way to find out for sure though.

Crossing the room to where Zeph was standing, Austin nodded. "Let's see what happens," he agreed with a small glint of excitement in his eye as he reached out and took hold of the other end of the muggle dollar.

Were they about to Portkey out of here and to Egypt?

" I know... Either we'll be beaten badly by sheer experience or burn them all with our youthful resourcefulness... ",
Zeph said in response. " Either way this should still be an experience to tell the grandkids one day though, Huh?"

Meets Austin halfway and holds out the dollar bill and waits for him to take hold..

Whoosh!.. And within a few moments they were hurtling towards an Egyptian ground.. Luckily Zephyr has had alot of experience with using portkeys. " Yo, Aus!.... ", Zeph exclaimed as the their surroundings came into focus. "... We made it to Egypt, Dude!... It IS a portkey! "

MunchyBubbles · 08-17-2017, 09:28 PM

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Was he ready? Of course, he was, but he would never be ready to touch a soiled toilet seat. Albert did not miss the mischievous smile Aramis had, and the man simply smirked at him, knowing full well why. "I don't plan on losing this early, son," he said as he drank the rest of his water.

Albert stood from his seat and eyed their portkey with obvious disgust. "This is madness..." he muttered under his breath, quickly giving Aramis a glance, then back to the object. "Apparating would've been much easier," he added taking in a deep breath and zipped up his jacket with great panache.

"Very well then, let's get this over with." With confidence and a stiff upper lip, Albert extended his hand towards their portkey, his delicate fingers hovering over a few millimeters away from their key. "Remember, Aramis, be on your guard once we land. We don't know if our portkey's rigged..." Perhaps, as part of the Race's twist? With a sly grin, he added "I'll see you in Egypt." and finally touched their key.

And so, their adventure begins.

Aramis was trying to hold back laughter, which grew even more difficult as his dad smirked at him. Ohh he would have some stories to tell his mother and sister when they got home. Though.. Aramis wrinkled his nose at the thought of his elder sister. Perhaps they could leave a few things out the stories they told her? Lest he wake up and find a toliet seat in his bed! "I'm sure you didn't Father. " But he did have to touch the thing!

The dark green eyed boy was trying to smother as much laughter as he could as his father stood up and eyed the seat like it was a dead snake. Or a rainy day even, "It would have been easier but where's the fun in that? " He said as he jiggled the seat at his Father, who was taking his sweet time.

It wasn't that bad! And they could clean off their hands when they got to Egypt!

He nodded as his father spoke one last time before he touched the portkey. "Don't worry Dad, I'll be on my guard. " The lanky boy grinned as his father finally touched the seat and he felt a tugging somewhere around his navel! Off they went to start their adventure.

Lissy Longbottom · 08-18-2017, 01:41 AM

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Honestly, Tia wasn't particularly sure why she had signed up, except for the fact that despite being back in England only a couple weeks she was dying for another adventure again. The thing with Australia was that she was always going places and traveling and seeing new things. In England, everything felt so ... grey. She wished though she had been able to find a partner to sign up with instead of being assigned with Caleb Newell. She didn't know much about him, except that he was a prefect, in Slytherin, a year older than herself, and had dated her roommate's friend, Grace Paton while they were in school.

Perhaps though, his resourcefulness as a Slytherin would come in hand, when combined with her own intellect.

"Caleb," she greeted back, politely enough. "Well, I'd say there's probably multiple items that are suitable." Given that there were seven teams and all. "So yes, the cupboard sounds like a reasonable place to start." Perhaps a chipped cup would have qualified as a broken muggle item? "Or ... a rubbish bin?" She went over to have a look by the rubbish bin and there, just next to the bin, was a broken plate. Was it just her or did it seem suspicious that a plate would not have made it into the bin? Could it be? "Do you think?" she picked it up to hold it out for the older boy to have a look.

THIS was why Caleb was happy he had a Ravenclaw as a partner. He grinned as she held up a discarded plate. It had a large crack right down the middle, and the hideous floral pattern on it more than warranted it being discarded. Seemed appropriate. He walked over and nodded in agreement.

"Looks good to me, let's see how this goes!" he said as he reached forward and grabbed it. He instantly felt that familiar tug in his stomach, and his feet lifted from the ground, and off they went...

*Kolyander* · 08-18-2017, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

" I know... Either we'll be beaten badly by sheer experience or burn them all with our youthful resourcefulness... ",
Zeph said in response. " Either way this should still be an experience to tell the grandkids one day though, Huh?"

Meets Austin halfway and holds out the dollar bill and waits for him to take hold..

Whoosh!.. And within a few moments they were hurtling towards an Egyptian ground.. Luckily Zephyr has had alot of experience with using portkeys. " Yo, Aus!.... ", Zeph exclaimed as the their surroundings came into focus. "... We made it to Egypt, Dude!... It IS a portkey! "

Austin wanted to think that their youthfulness and their drive to win would be enough. Not knowing anyone from any of the other teams left them with no idea of anyone else's skill levels. For all he knew they could have the perfect teams and himself and Zephyr were going to get creamed...badly. It was best not to think about this however and the newly graduated guy held on firmly to their portkey. "I'll see you there," he grinned. They were about to begin their adventure.

Right away there was a tugging sensation in the bit of his stomach and his feet were no longer on solid ground. As soon as it had began it was over and Austin's feet were hitting the ground once more, blues eyes instantly scanning the area for anything that didn't seem right. Letting his guard down even just a little bit could result in them losing.

Stefan · 08-18-2017, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles

Aramis was trying to hold back laughter, which grew even more difficult as his dad smirked at him. Ohh he would have some stories to tell his mother and sister when they got home. Though.. Aramis wrinkled his nose at the thought of his elder sister. Perhaps they could leave a few things out the stories they told her? Lest he wake up and find a toliet seat in his bed! "I'm sure you didn't Father. " But he did have to touch the thing!

The dark green eyed boy was trying to smother as much laughter as he could as his father stood up and eyed the seat like it was a dead snake. Or a rainy day even, "It would have been easier but where's the fun in that? " He said as he jiggled the seat at his Father, who was taking his sweet time.

It wasn't that bad! And they could clean off their hands when they got to Egypt!

He nodded as his father spoke one last time before he touched the portkey. "Don't worry Dad, I'll be on my guard. " The lanky boy grinned as his father finally touched the seat and he felt a tugging somewhere around his navel! Off they went to start their adventure.

Albert was sure enough that he will not hear the end of this nasty portkey incident from Antheia. He wouldn't mind Arabella, on account of the girl's respect for her old man. She was, after all, their princess. There was no way she'd jeopardise that status with a toilet seat joke. He wasn't sure if she'd go easy on her younger brother, though.

The man had to restrain himself from mildly slapping the boy's arm. Aramis was not aware of his power to make Albert dissolve into laughter. He, however, did not want to misconstrue the action as something negative or displeasing, considering that he wasn't the showy, touchy and affectionate father. He will not risk it, especially when they were supposed to have fun. Therefore, Albert kept his hands to himself and kept the knowing grin on his face.

The jiggling though. Albert will have to return the favour. Soon.

As soon as the tips of his thumb and index finger made contact with their portkey, the hooking sensation was felt, and soon enough, the both of them were transported to a place that was too warm for Europeans like them; 27-30°C at the very least. Albert squinted his eyes, as he whipped out his Rayban's from his pocket, and unzipped his jacket. The toilet seat that he'd been holding was immediately placed around Aramis' neck. Lesson learned, he supposed? Giving his son a winning grin, Albert moved on to clean his hands.

"We could've gone way down south Giza, though. Visit my old pre-university school." Albert spent his gap year in the Serengeti Institute to learn more about advanced Transfiguration. All thanks to those folks, he'd been more adept in the field. "Any ideas on what our mission here will be?" he asked turning his attention back to Aramis. "Mummies?...Decipher a bunch of Runes?"

FearlessLeader19 · 08-18-2017, 11:28 PM

SPOILER!!: Ari! <3

Levi smirked. The had been among the first to find their portkey and this gave them an edge over the others. Not that he entered this for the glory and even lesser so for the money. He was a business man and plenty rich. So why had he entered the competition? Just for the challenge.

"I expect we should get going then. We wouldn't want to be late to the party, would we?'' Ariel was the perfect partner. Apparently participating in competitions was their thing; it was where they had met first. "We're off...'' Indeed they were. There was that jerk around his middle and then they whooshed off into nothingness.

Levi kept his eyes on Ariel, fully intending on keeping her from falling. These portkey journeys could be a little eventful. He touched down nicely on his feet. "We made it,'' was the comment as he looked around.

Now, could they continue with the competition?

oh its Erik ok · 08-19-2017, 12:22 AM

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Ooooooooh.

Her travels had not yet taken her to Egypt so this was particularly exciting. "Ooooh the pyramids," she squeaked as she added a few (or several dozen) additional bounces to her step on their way to the bar. A bar which rather than do the mature thing and walk around to the little gate and open it to go behind...she pushed herself up on and over the counter to the other side. Feet planted on the ground once more, Gaia ducked down and moved various bottles about. "Hey, if we leave a few sickles here you think the barkeep would mind terrible if we took something for the road?" she asked nonchalantly while carefully placing some bottles to her side to see what was behind them and aaaaaaaall the way in the back of one of the cabinets. "The year on this particular bottle of Italian wine was an especially good year."

And how romantic would it be to share a bottle of wine while watching the sunset over the Nile with the pyramids in the background? Was that how the geography of that area worked? She hadn't done any particular research there so she was not entirely sure. Mostly brushed up on knowing some very basic expressions in various languages to help them get by more easily.

"OH LOOK!" she chirped triumphantly as she held up a teddy bear stuffed animal with, er, without the head. "Terribly tragic but surely our portkey!"

Who needs to do the mature thing when you can do the cool thing and hop over the bar like a boss. Nigel had to think about that. Well they really did deserve a drink and as long as they left the money whoever owned the place couldn't really be mad. Well anyway they would be go to Egpyt and not around to see their reaction anyway. Nigel got two glasses from the bar.

"Get that wine and lets take it with us. Ill leave enough galleons to cover it and the glasses"

Because drinking in Egpyt did sound like a A plus plus plan to him.

Oh...well yeah that teddy bear did look like it would be the portkey

Nobody would bring one of those to a bar. Pineapple maybe. Teddy Bear no way Jose.

Nigel dropped enough galleons on the counter to probably over cover everything and touched the teddy bear and ew it felt old and dirty and not loved.

sweetpinkpixie · 08-19-2017, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok

Who needs to do the mature thing when you can do the cool thing and hop over the bar like a boss. Nigel had to think about that. Well they really did deserve a drink and as long as they left the money whoever owned the place couldn't really be mad. Well anyway they would be go to Egpyt and not around to see their reaction anyway. Nigel got two glasses from the bar.

"Get that wine and lets take it with us. Ill leave enough galleons to cover it and the glasses"

Because drinking in Egpyt did sound like a A plus plus plan to him.

Oh...well yeah that teddy bear did look like it would be the portkey

Nobody would bring one of those to a bar. Pineapple maybe. Teddy Bear no way Jose.

Nigel dropped enough galleons on the counter to probably over cover everything and touched the teddy bear and ew it felt old and dirty and not loved.

She certainly did not need to be told twice about that.

Tucking the bottle under her arm, Gaia set the teddy bear on the counter and grinned at the boyfriend with some eager wiggly sculpted eyebrows in his direction as well. Leaving the headless bear and bottle of wine on the counter, she pushed herself back up and over so she now stood beside him. "Shall we?" she beamed, reaching for the bottle of wine first and re-tucking it under her arm and then grabbing one arm of the teddy bear and holding it out for him to take the other. Poor crusty abandoned thing, at least it had a purpose now?

As soon as both their hands were on the bear the familiar tug from the belly button was had and soon they were no longer standing at the bar of the Leaky Cauldron but wooshing here and there until their feet touched ground on something obviously not hard wood floor.

........and the blonde squeaked in delight.

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