Bobbing For Apples
 

Jai stood by the large barrels, with his hands in his pockets with an easy going expression. Yes, It was going to be a fun day. This was just the beginning. He stood waiting for the first participants who found first round according to the first clue. 'Here we go!' he thought smiling slightly to himself.

with Tori (BanaBatGril) in tow.
 

August came sliding into the Armor gallery and was pulling Tori behind him, and then the male Gryffindor Prefect came into view...standing by the apples just like the riddle said.

"Hey Jai! We are here for the first riddle!!!" he said practically jumping with excitement.

Katie breathed, and breathed, a little puffed, sitting down on the ground, but then looking to her side, barrels? Katie looked to see inside, with apples floating in water? Thats what the clue was talking about! They were bobbing for apples!

Katie remembered one of her friends had a party and this was an activity, but all Katie got was a wet face and hair, and then they had a water fight. Katie stood up and watched as others arrived and figured out the clue.

Sky came dashing into the room to see that… people had beaten her punch! "So for apples huh?! Clever…" Sky said still trying to catch her breath. She was right!

The boy raaaaaaaan!

Finally, he was where he had guessed at first. "What do we do, now?" he whispered more to himself. He noticed the large barrels with water and apples. Were they really going to bob for apples?

Great, his glasses were going to be a bit of an obstacle there.

Caroline knew where she was going, yep she sure did, She made it to the third floor she knew that when she seen all the other students who were faster than her already there. And Jai was standing by some big Barrels.

Of course he had to be at the first clue they hadn't spoken since the Owlery or she hadn't seen him since then other than around. She seen Katie and rushed over to her Smiling to her younger snake friend. "Hey Katie!" hopefully avoiding the awkwardness of having to speak to him. She wasn't sure if he'd ever forgive her or if she even deserved his forgiveness.

Jai looked up and saw the first to arrive. He moved forward slowly as they figured out the first clue. "Congratulations. You've found your first game. Now I'm going to wait until more students arrive before we get the party started." he said with a broad, welcoming smile.

He looked at August and Gideon,"Nice to have the lions here first. Good work guys." he said, inclining his head to them. Jai turned to the Ravenclaw girl and said,"Excellent."

As he waited, others began running up the stairs and joining the group. He looked around as students panted and waited with expressions of anxiety and excitement on their faces.

"We'll be beginning in just a few moments, so hang tight everybody." he said loudly, hoping that everybody could hear him.

He heard bits and pieces of the clues uttered around the area from students as they pieced together what they were going to be doing.

"Yeah, it's bobbing for apples. You got that correct." he said to a Slytherine girl.

Brilliant! She was right about the armory and the bobbing for apples thing. In the corner of her mind, she made a mental note to write to her Aunt Jennette and thank her for being so odd in her childhood. After all, the woman who practically rose her did teach her a great many things. Plus, she figured out a Hogwarts event. That was brownie points.

She walked over to the group and smiled a broad smile at everyone gathered around. "Apples? Alright. Let's see where we go from here." She wasn't really sure the point of this, but then again if Kurumi was anything behind it, it was bound to be brilliant.

Finally coming to the conclusion that she should be on the third floor and near the armor gallery, Sierra wandered up and joined a group of students who were already standing around. She peered through the crowd to see the numerous apples floating on the water. Ahhh...so this was what they'd use their teeth for, hmm?

If she lost a tooth, she was totally blaming the Gryffindors.

She eyed Tori Bunbury, who was gasping for breath like an eighty-year-old spattergroit victim. At this rate, how did the girl make it to Astronomy class alive?! She shook her head then turned her attention to the Gryffindor prefect who looked to be heading this event.

Well...*smirk / does a dance*

Stepping into the corridor...Marilyn approached the group that had already formed, lots of Slytherins present, she noticed..."Hai to you all..."

Ick, her cousin was already here...Figures.

Hearing a panting sound behind him August turned to see Princess Tori, trying to catch her breath. Seriously, she needed to learn how to run better. She could go passing out on him during this race! "Yeah Tori, we are here. China? Well..." he looked around. "Maybe we will go there next."

He wanted to make her feel like it was maybe a possibility...it wasn't likely though.

Auggie looked up at Jai and grinned when he congradulated him and Gavin on being the first to arrive and Gryffindors. Ok so they would be starting soon, he just hoped he was going to be one of the first to start cause the water could get pretty sketchy once you go after a bunch of people.

"Hey Caroline" Katie smiled looking up at her, "Have you ever bobbed for apples before?" The slytherin girl asked wondering, because Caroline would be pretty good at this if she had.

Katie listened to what the prefect had to say, seems like they would have to wait for the others, hopefully they wouldn't be long, because she was really excited to bob for apples, as hard as it was it was fun in Katie's eyes.

Raven ran out to the third floor. She arrived there, she noticed that were some barrels with apples and water

What will we do with those apples? she thought. Bobbing for Apples?

Jai looked and saw that there were enough people to begin. Rubbing his hands together, he moved a little closer, still with the smile on his face,"Ok, it's time to begin. So let me give you the low down on how it's gonna go down as we take a trip to Ireland." he remarked, looking around at them.

"So, the first activity is Bobbing for Apples. This fun little Irish game is interesting because of how you play it. So, the aim is to retrieve 5 apples, with no hands, no magic, just your pretty white chompers. And please, try not to drown, take deep breaths and not large gulps of water." he said jokingly before he continued,"Now,no need to worry about accidental kissing by drinking each others spit, because that won't happen."

Jai stepped back a bit and said,"No worries there are enough barrels for everybody. So dig in and let the games begin!"





occ: Please take note that this is not a race. Take your time and have some fun. You will have at least 24 hours to complete this game/activity, before the next clue is posted. So have fun "Bobbing for Apples.

Roro too. :P
 

August listened as Jai began to explain the task before them. He had bobbed for apples a few times back when he was younger at friends' birthday parties and it was a pretty fun activity but you ended up drenched by the time you were finished.

Oh and thankfully there were enough barrels filled with water and apples that he would have to worry about going after anyone else. he wouldn't mind if that someone was Tori though He didn't need any accidental kissing.

"Alright, so we can start?" he said looking eagerly at the Prefect before picking a barrel. Auggie looked over at Tori and pointed at a barrel next to his. "Let's do this Princess. Hope you don't mind your hair gettin wet." he grinned impishly before taking a huge breath and jamming his face into the cool water.

Katie grinned as she heard they could start, "Come on Caroline lets start, this is gonna be fun" She said before walking up to her own barrel.

One big breath Katie took before bowing down to try and get an apple, luckily she had decided to tie her hair up for the day, otherwise her hair would get wet, Katie tried to take a bite out of the closest apple, but it just slipped away from her, one more try and the same thing happened, then she lifted her head back up and breathed again, must. breath. She tried again but this time with a plan, she tried to push the apple up against the edge with her chin and then put most of her face in the water and tried to bite the side of the apple, pushing up against the side, nearly had it, but it jumped up from her.

Maybe this wasn't going to be as easy as she thought, well, Katie was determined, so she wasn't going to give up, "Caroline you have a go!"

Sky walked over to one of the barrels and looked down. She was so glad there was enough barrels for everyone. She hadn't been so jazzed about the possibilities that came out of everyone bobbing out of the same barrel. Shaking that thought off, Sky slipped the hair tie off her wrist and put her hair in a ponytail. She took a deep breath and dunked her head in. She used all parts of her face to search for an apple. She quickly found one, bit into it, brought it out of the barrel with her teeth. She pulled it out of her mouth with her hand put it on the floor beside the barrel. Then she dunked her head back in to search for another apple.

:whaa: What! Get Apples with our chompers! THEIR TEETH! But that's fun.

Katrina went beside a barrell and.

SPLASH! She stuck her head in. Oh Merlin, the water's cold! Brr...

THe first year tried to get some apples. She opened and closed her mouth repeatedly and got one!

She rose her head up. And held unto the apple. Katrina stuck her head back into the freezing water and got 3 apples at different turns.

One more, she thought. Her determination made her stick her head in the water again.

After the long period of head-dipping, she got used to the temperature of the water. She saw an apple, bit it... no, failed. She rose up and took deep breaths and stuck her head again.

She saw the apple and bit it. SCORE!

She rose her head! 5 APPLES! She wins, I guess. She wiped her sore face with her hanky and rested at some of the seats.