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Biochemkris · 08-12-2009, 12:00 PM

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Tazenhani · 03-31-2010, 08:10 PM

SPOILER!!: Neptune & Kellen

The problem with hiding behind Sabel, and doing it rather quickly mind you, was that, as Neptune had so adequantely pointed out earlier, he didn't have grace or balance. It wasn't really a surprise to him then, when he flailed a little at Neptune's sudden skittering around him and ultimately ended up on his back on the floor. Both his legs remained draped, or caught, on the seat of the bench and one arm, the one Neptune happened to be snuggling, up straight in the air.

For a moment he lay there, blinking up at them both as the incident replayed slowly in his mind. And then something snapped inside of him, and he just laughed; trully and honetly laughed. Dropping his head back against the floor and his arm over his eyes he laughed enough to be reminded that his ribs had been broken not so long ago.

"I...would love some..." He managed in answer to Kellen's question. He honestly didn't know why he was laughing, or if he wanted to cry instead, and he was pretty sure he looked like a lunatic, but it didn't matter. Not right now.

Mad Eye Touz · 04-01-2010, 12:09 AM

"Well." Well, Kellen. THAT, Sabel being on the floor, was all your fault, and the look she gave Kellen said as much. She sighed and turned on the spot so she could swivel around to aide Sabel. Neptune slid off her seat and kneeled beside him as he started to laugh.

"Oh great. Great Kellen. He's hit his head and now he's got brain damage." Again, all KELLEN's fault. Obviously. "And I'll have YOU know that you're not my brothers. You're not like them at all." Surely he didn't think of HER as a sister....

Neptune put her hand to Sabel's forehead and then checked his pulse with the other.

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 12:26 AM

Okay, so maybe Sabel was a klutz and maybe that was hysterical laughter coming from his mouth, but Kellen couldn't help but start laughing too. It started as a disbelieving chuckle, then grew to a full laugh as he poured out two more glasses of pumpkin juice - Neptune could take or leave hers, as she chose - and rearranged himself on the bench. Slowly, with a drink in either hand, he leaned back until gravity took over and he dropped onto the floor beside Sabel, his legs still over the bench and the drinks unspilled.

"You must have some pretty nice brothers," Kellen commented, nudging Sabel's side with his elbow and holding out the drink. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry I didn't think to invite you, Neptune. I just assumed black flies and poison ivy weren't your idea of a good time."

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 12:34 AM

Sabel couldn't stop laughing. He just couldn't. And with Kellen joining in and Neptune nudging him like some concerned nurse, it just got all the worse...or better. He just couldn't tell anymore. Whether he should have been crying instead of laughing, or perhaps a combination between was beyond him. He only knew he had to put a hand on his ribs to keep them from moving too much with the laughter, and that it was wonderful to hear someone else laugh again. Everyone needed to laugh. Everyone in the Great Hall just needed to laugh stupidly.

Gasping a few times for breath, he took the cup from Kellen with a grin, that while still bearing the reminants of pain, was beyond grateful and uplifted. Putting the cup carefully to the side, he turned to Neptune and grinned up at her with that same, mixed smile. "Come on Nep." He reached up and touched the corner of her lips with one finger. "Smile?"

Mad Eye Touz · 04-01-2010, 12:43 AM

UMMMM. Well GOSH. "You two are LAYING on the floor. I bet children have puked on this floor before! And you two are wallowing!" Kellen was of NO help.

And she was resorting back to ignoring him. If he REALLY thought that, then he was stupid and Neptune didn't like stupid people.

Luckily, there was a Sabel to save them all. How could she NOT smile for him? She did, even as she crossed her arms unapprovingly of their behavior, she smiled. Neptune even giggled a little, too, finding it impossible not to. She arranged her legs out in front of her and sat on the floor, too. "Nep is a horrible nickname. Even Tuna is better." Just so you KNOW.

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 12:48 AM

Kellen kept laughing, and took a careful sip of his drink. This... was not an angle conducive to drinking. Oh well. His brain thought about how they'd had a sleepover in the great hall, how Neptune herself had thrown up somewhere here, and the comment was on its way to his tongue when the understaffed common-sense section of his brain scrambled after it and pulled it back.

Instead, he raised his glass with a grin and said, "I'd like to propose a toast. To summer break and lots of smiles."

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 01:14 AM

"Tuna?" Sabel blinked at Neptune through semi-blurry eyes as he gathered his breath again. "That's horrible." Which meant Nep was pretty bad. Seeing her point he nodded a little, a small smile touching his lips at her smile. Puke, somehow, didn't even register.

Reaching over to pick up his glass he raised it in fond agreeance with Kellen's toast. To summer indeed. And to friendship. Raising his glass high above himself, he spoke loud and clear with what breath he had left, not particularly caring who heard. "*Sons, and daughters, of Gondor! Of Hogwarts! My brothers and sisters. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.

A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!*....And drink pumpkin juice! Because..." he eyed the cup above him, "I do not believe lyng down and drinking will end up well."

*OOC: I did not create this speech. Beauty of Lord of the Rings. All kuddos to them!*

Mad Eye Touz · 04-01-2010, 01:42 AM

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Neptune reached over and smacked Kellen. "He REALLY does have brain damage! This is ALL your fault! I think we're supposed to keep him awake." Neptune shook Sabel gently, her grin and giggles fading to REAL worry and concern. What on EARTH was he on about???? ?

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 01:56 AM

Kellen was busy staring at Sabel himself. Gondor? Hadn't the boy said he was from Kamloops? But as the speech wore on, he became convinced that Sabel was quoting something. Something Muggle. It would certainly explain why Kellen didn't know it. Especially when Sabel added the bit on the end.

But when Neptune whacked him -AGAIN, she'd certainly been doing that a LOT lately - he nodded and set his cup on the bench, unhooking his legs and taking Sabel by the shoulders. He spoke very calmly and slowly, his face expressionless, "Sabel, listen to me. We think that you hit your head when you fell. You might have some kind of concussion or other type of damage to your head. We should take you to the healer. We're sure that brain damage is the problem, because of the symptoms. You just said Tuna was a horrible nickname," he tapped a finger off the boy's forehead, "so there must be some loose wires up here."

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 02:03 AM

Sabel blinked between them in confusion. What were they going on about? Brain damage? Concussion? And why in all of the good graces of Gondor was Neptune staring at him like that. He didn't like that look.

"Ooh..I have no doubt there are a few loose screws too..." Sabel mused as he let Kellen sit him up, frowning at the other boy in confusion. "But...Tuna is a horrible nickname. It's a fish for crying out loud."

His frown deepend as he glanced between them. "Seriously...have neither of you two seen Lord of the Rings?"

Mad Eye Touz · 04-01-2010, 02:20 AM

Neptune was doing some musing of her own. Lookit Kellen, finally being the Kellen she knew (or the version of him she preferred) being all HEROIC and wonderful. Sabel could have been foaming at the mouth for that moment for all Neptune noticed.

...

But she snapped out of it when TUNA came back up. "Oh Sabel," Neptune threw her arms around his neck and gave him a GREAT hug. "I don't have the slightest idea what you're on about, but you better be OKAY."

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 02:31 AM

Kellen snickered, unable to keep the straight face for another second, "No. Well, I haven't. Honestly, the only reason I know Disney is because of my sisters. All my other knowledge of Muggles comes from books, and those are limited to poetry and Shakespeare." Courtesy of his cousin.

He leaned back so Neptune could hug Sabel without his hands getting in the way, and regarded the two of them with an amused smile, "He's fine. At least, as fine as he usually is. It's nice that you're so concerned, Neptune."

Kellen was recalling the greenhouse incident, where the girl had clearly been rooting for the tentacula to eat a Hufflepuff girl. All she'd needed were pompoms.

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 02:40 AM

Once again, Sabel blinked at the actions of his friends. He had been considering jumping up and suddenly announcing that he had lost his marbles before proceeding to crawl under the table to look for them, but at the moment, that didn't seem like a good idea. He felt like he had lost his marbles, but he didn't need to impose that on everyone else. And...Neptune really was worried.

Smiling weakly, Sabel wrapped his arms around Neptune and hugged, giving her back a gentle rub. "I'm fine." Not really, but he would be. "Thank you."

His eyes went over to Kellen again and he rolled them slightly at his friend's illiteracy in the Muggle arts. "You both, are going to come over, and we are going to have a Lord of the Rings marathon. Popcorn and soda and cozy blankets by the fire."

Mad Eye Touz · 04-01-2010, 02:55 AM

"You're talking a lot," Neptune informed Kellen. "This isn't about you." She illustrated this by hugging Sabel MORE and reaching up to pet him like a kitty again. Good Sabel, good Sabel's head that he'd hit on the floor. Good Sabel.

SHE was going to pay ALL her attention to Sabel since 1. he was being SOOoOOoo sweet, 2. had a broken heart, and 3. probably a broken head. She gasped theatrically at his Lord of the Whatever nonsense conclusion. GASSSSP!! "REALLY? I'll have to ask my mum. And she'll probably send Randall - he's my butler - over to stake the place out and all, but you can bet I'll come! And we'll snuggle!" Ohmygosh!

It was all together possible that Sabel was her new BFF/boy. HE had, after all, asked her out on a date!

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 03:03 AM

"Alert the presses, but it's not about you either," he quipped, getting up and dusting off his robes. For today, he was about done with apologizing and making amends with Neptune. She could snuggle with Sabel for the rest of the feast, as far as he was concerned. Little brat.

"Sounds like fun," he replied to Sabel. He couldn't just say nothing when he'd been invited to a friend's, right? Right. But that being said, he picked up his drink and sat back down at the table, turning to face the empty platters and willing food to appear.

LilFox06 · 04-01-2010, 03:11 AM

Carter looked over when he heard things at the staff table. Whoa, were they always up there? He hadn't noticed anyone come in. Weird. He watched for a few more seconds. And then the headmaster fell over. He let out a little laugh. He wondered what caused him to fall.

He then looked back over at the Slytherin table. He caught Evelyn looking over their way. From the looks of things she missed Josh. He turned back to his friend and waited for his explanation of what happened between them.

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 03:14 AM

Annnnnnddd...headwall. Unfortunately, there was no wall near enough to elicit the contact. Where he had just stepped out of one fight, he was slowly sinking into another, and he wasn't helping the situation.

Letting out a small sigh, and an internal groan at the snuggling comment, Sabel gave Neptune a light, last hug before parting and putting his hands on her shoulders, looking her in the eye. "Thank you Neptune, for your concern. It means a lot to me. But...this isn't about me either. This is a feast, and it's supposed to be about eveyone." He glanced at the back of his friend. "Including Kellen, and including you. So...please don't get upset with Kellen. None of this is his fault, and I don't believe he deserves getting snipped at." Again. "He was only trying to, and succeeding in, helping."

Standing he offered his hands to help her up and gave her a small smile. "If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been laughing." And frankly, they had needed that bout of laughter.

Mad Eye Touz · 04-01-2010, 04:41 AM

Neptune pulled herself up with Sabel's help and dusted her skirt off. She had no plans of rejoining them - they were being weird and she was over the Gryffindor table and all the oddness it brought about.

She gave Sabel one last little squeeze, then leaned over MEANY Stern's shoulder and put another kissy on his cheek. "See you on the train, boys. You WILL sit with me, won't you?" Of course they would.

And then Neptune left them both to laugh and fall down and continue being WEIRD BOYS.

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 04:49 AM

Kellen listened to the Headmaster's speech, frowning more than a little. From the sounds of it, they were going to be losing quite a few staff over the summer. That was pretty smell.

He rolled his eyes when Neptune kissed his cheek, though it didn't stop his face from turning to Gryffindor red. At least he matched?

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 04:53 AM

Sabel gave Neptune a small smile and wave as she left, unable to help feel a little down at the rather sudden interruption to what had moments ago been warm friendship. Letting out a heavy breath he sat down next to Kellen, listening as the Headmaster spoke. Things got a little darker then; staff were leaving, including Tate?

His eyes found his plate and he kind of just stared at it. To be completely and totally mature; this...sucked.

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 04:57 AM

"You know," Kellen commented, swirling his pumpkin juice, "I have to admit I'm disappointed. Of all the ways I've heard of people getting their first kiss... that was just awkward. And smacked of un-poetic...ness... but you know, I don't think it counted." He glanced over at Sabel, "Right? I mean, it was just the one side, kinda more... the corner than right on... so..."

He took a deep drink of his juice and nodded decisively, "Didn't count. That's my story and I'm sticking with it."

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 05:08 AM

"Did, you want it to count?" Sabel tried to tease back, his voice only able to communicate half the emotion. A small smile managed to make it to his expression, forcing back the memories of his own encounter with Alexa for remembering the embarrassment of his two friends. "You both got pretty flustered."

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 05:12 AM

"Because," Kellen held up a finger and shook it sagely, "we both realized how near a thing it was. That's all. Neptune's dating Raiden, you know. Clearly she was only trying for cheek-kissing. Lots of posh circles do cheek kissing and let's just talk about something else, okay? Jeez. When is the food getting here?"

Tazenhani · 04-01-2010, 05:43 AM

Neptune was dating Raiden? Sabel blinked rapidly at that. When did that happen? He suddenly felt rather uneasy and shifted slightly; should he really have been hugging her then?

Resting his elbows on either side of his plate, he scrubbed his face with his hands. Sleep, without arguments or misunderstandings, for a week. Please.

"I don't know." He forced himself to keep his voice light. "Wonder what's on the menu." He really didn't, but that wasn't the point. Blinking with realization he looked over at Stern, lightly poking him in the ribs. "You never told me your story."

Ashwinder · 04-01-2010, 06:02 AM

"I..." Kellen stared at him, "I didn't. Give me a moment of preparation here, this has to be done right."

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, holding it for five seconds. Then his eyes snapped open and he smacked his palms down on the table, "Well! I have been everywhere in this castle; upstairs, downstairs, but not in the broom closet because I already made that mistake at the beginning of the year and I wasn't going to do that again. I've also been out to the greenhouses and that was a life-changing experience. The professor got me to do a demonstration in which I had to drink a witchweed-passionflower blend of tea and who knows what that would have done well okay I know now but I didn't then is what I'm saying so anyway-"

Breath. "We drank this tea and then he cast a spell on me and I fell asleep in class and had the best dream ever then he woke me up and told us to pick another tea and mix it with witchweed so I did that but I picked freaking powdered Devil's Snare which gave me nightmares and it's a good thing I have bladder control or I might have wet the bed! Wet it, I say! And... oh, by the way," this was said in a much more conversational tone, "we should ask Cutter if you can have some of that first blend I mentioned, it'll help you sleep. Continuing on!"

Breath. "I then went to my Flying Final and trust me Sabel it was bad. I mean likes a lordy it was terrible. Describe your ideal broom? What is Quadpot? I had no idea! I completely, absolutely and totally blustered out the whole thing and Vindictus is my Head of House! I am a walking dead man. I am an Inferi. I have to spend the next three years here avoiding him and hoping he doesn't seek me out! It's enough to traumatize a small nation!"

Breath. "AND FURTHERMORE--!" He blinked and raised a hand to his mouth, tugging slightly on his lower lip as he thought back over his tale of woe, "Hmm, no, that's about it, actually."

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