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Slides, swings, and other things, the playground rests on the free grounds overlooking the lake. The clever design, Mr. Murdoch says so himself, is slightly similar to Hogwarts, and just like the castle, the playground comes with surprises of its own. The ladders disappear, the roundabout moves on its own and the dragon-shaped spring rockers will try to throw you off. Don't worry if it succeeds, though, Waylon has placed protective charms along the grounds so no injuries happen.
He wouldn't want the Healer mad at him, after all.
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin
Ian saw the look of confusion on her face as he began to laugh, but then it was replaced by smiles. She had a pretty smile. Certainly she was pretty, but her smile increased it ten-fold. He grinned wider as she said she enjoyed it as well and then she seemed prepared to object to his winning the contest. She must think I don't know who won, he thought to himself just before flipping her to the ground.
He saw the look of shock on her face and then she looked up at him and burst into laughter. "Yes....I am nuts. I think though if I'm going to be nuts, I'd like to be a brazil nut. It's really hard to open, but once you get inside it's soft and buttery." He grinned back at her before jumping up and running to the slide. "COME ON, ELS!" he yelled at her to follow.
Ella couldn't even sit up she was laughing so hard, clutching her stomach tightly. This was certainly fun and she hadn't laughed this hard in a while. It was quite nice actually, laughing like this with a good friend. It made her forget the feelings of confusion that had been washing over her the past couple of weeks. For once she felt like a kid again.
The blonde's laughter eventually calmed down and she did sit up, looking at Ian with a smirk on her face. She giggled when he agreed that he was indeed nuts and her smile grew as he explained what nut he'd like to be. "That does sound like you." She said with a nod of her head. He had certainly been shy when she first met him but now he seemed quite comfortable around her and that made her happy. If you couldn't be yourself around your friends, when could you be? And suddenly he was up on his feet and running towards the slide. She watched him for a minute, a small smile on her face, before jumping up to join him. "Coming!" She yelled, before catching up to him. "Race you to the top?"
NARGLES! |Tree Hugger | Wears a Penguin Suit & Tie | Snape on a Stick
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Ella couldn't even sit up she was laughing so hard, clutching her stomach tightly. This was certainly fun and she hadn't laughed this hard in a while. It was quite nice actually, laughing like this with a good friend. It made her forget the feelings of confusion that had been washing over her the past couple of weeks. For once she felt like a kid again.
The blonde's laughter eventually calmed down and she did sit up, looking at Ian with a smirk on her face. She giggled when he agreed that he was indeed nuts and her smile grew as he explained what nut he'd like to be. "That does sound like you." She said with a nod of her head. He had certainly been shy when she first met him but now he seemed quite comfortable around her and that made her happy. If you couldn't be yourself around your friends, when could you be? And suddenly he was up on his feet and running towards the slide. She watched him for a minute, a small smile on her face, before jumping up to join him. "Coming!" She yelled, before catching up to him. "Race you to the top?"
Ian watched her as he sat beside her. Her laughter was infectious and he joined in with her. It seemed like she was having a very good time.
As they calmed down and then he took off, he looked behind him to see her chasing him. Then he began to race faster as she caught up to him some. As he was climbing the ladder, she scampered up after him and he used his hip trying to keep her below him. She was kind of sneaky and so it was hard to keep her from passing him. "No you don't, missy! I was here first and I'm going to go down first." He grinned down to her, which wasn't very far down as she'd nearly caught up. He had only a few rungs left.
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin
Ian watched her as he sat beside her. Her laughter was infectious and he joined in with her. It seemed like she was having a very good time.
As they calmed down and then he took off, he looked behind him to see her chasing him. Then he began to race faster as she caught up to him some. As he was climbing the ladder, she scampered up after him and he used his hip trying to keep her below him. She was kind of sneaky and so it was hard to keep her from passing him. "No you don't, missy! I was here first and I'm going to go down first." He grinned down to her, which wasn't very far down as she'd nearly caught up. He had only a few rungs left.
"Hey! Ian..." Ella whined. She pouted as the boy wouldn't allow her to beat him up the ladder but did her best to bypass him anyway. As he moved his hip to block her on one side, she did her best to wriggle up the other. It was quite an amusing little dance they were doing. When he called her 'missy' she raised her eyebrows slightly and giggled. "You sound like my Gran!" Though Ella wasn't sure her Gran could actually make it up a ladder, let alone go down a slide! She might break a hip or something! O__O That wouldn't be good.
Noting that Ian had only a couple more rungs to climb before he beat her, Ella tugged at his leg lightly, not wanting him to fall but wanting to hold him up. "Come on, Ian! Ladies first." She teased, closing the distance between them. She was right on his heels now, doing her best to fit herself on the same rung as him. "Thought you might like some company up here." Ella said, grinning at him as she was now right next to him. It was a tight squeeze but she managed to fit. Now how to resolve who would slide down first...
NARGLES! |Tree Hugger | Wears a Penguin Suit & Tie | Snape on a Stick
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
"Hey! Ian..." Ella whined. She pouted as the boy wouldn't allow her to beat him up the ladder but did her best to bypass him anyway. As he moved his hip to block her on one side, she did her best to wriggle up the other. It was quite an amusing little dance they were doing. When he called her 'missy' she raised her eyebrows slightly and giggled. "You sound like my Gran!" Though Ella wasn't sure her Gran could actually make it up a ladder, let alone go down a slide! She might break a hip or something! O__O That wouldn't be good.
Noting that Ian had only a couple more rungs to climb before he beat her, Ella tugged at his leg lightly, not wanting him to fall but wanting to hold him up. "Come on, Ian! Ladies first." She teased, closing the distance between them. She was right on his heels now, doing her best to fit herself on the same rung as him. "Thought you might like some company up here." Ella said, grinning at him as she was now right next to him. It was a tight squeeze but she managed to fit. Now how to resolve who would slide down first...
He grinned as she wriggled this way and that as he did what he could to keep her on rungs below him. He gave her a stern look as she did that pouty whine that girls did to get boys to let them have their way. "I see what you're doing, Ella and I don't care how cute you look doing that. You beat me on the swing, why should I let you beat me here?" He gave her a wink as he tried to move ahead.
He felt the tug of his pants as she pulled on them and smiled. "HEY! That's not fair." He tried his best to hold on as she wriggled next to him. He let go with his left hand and reached around her to keep both of them on the ladder. "I don't mind you're company at all. But we have to figure out who's first..." he thought a moment and then said. "Unless we go down together."
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin
He grinned as she wriggled this way and that as he did what he could to keep her on rungs below him. He gave her a stern look as she did that pouty whine that girls did to get boys to let them have their way. "I see what you're doing, Ella and I don't care how cute you look doing that. You beat me on the swing, why should I let you beat me here?" He gave her a wink as he tried to move ahead.
He felt the tug of his pants as she pulled on them and smiled. "HEY! That's not fair." He tried his best to hold on as she wriggled next to him. He let go with his left hand and reached around her to keep both of them on the ladder. "I don't mind you're company at all. But we have to figure out who's first..." he thought a moment and then said. "Unless we go down together."
Ella was a bit surprised by the stern look Ian was giving her and decided this was a good time for puppy dog eyes. Teehee. If they worked for Blue, why shouldn't they work for her? "I don't know what you're talking about, Ian." She said, looking as innocent as possible. Hehehe. She was being evilll. But wait! INTERNAL FLAILING. Had he just said she was being cute? D'awwww. She looked away as she felt the burning sensation in her cheeks.
Ella stuck her tongue out at him when he told her she was being unfair. Real mature, we know. She then smiled as he stopped fighting her and instead reached around her so they wouldn't fall. See? They could just share the rung, yeah? Seemed like a good thing for friends to do! When he suggested they go down the slide together, Ella grinned. "Ian, that's a BRILLIANT idea!" Then they would both win, right?
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Originally Posted by emmafan123
Cornelius wasn't particularly planning on going to the Playground that day, he was just taking a walk through the grounds. It was finally nice out! And besides, Cornelius loved the outdoors. And somehow he had ended up walking past the Playground; it was sort of in the middle of anything anyway. And that was when he saw Paulie. PAULIE! He thought it and said it in the next second, "PAULIE!"
Grinning, he started towards the slightly older boy, only to find him in a less than joyous state. Which...never happened. Ever, since he had met him. Never had Cornelius found Paulie in a foul mood. Not a truly foul mood, anyway. And right then, he clearly was. His smile fell just slightly as he approached the swings, stopping a few feet before them and tilting his head at the Head Boy. "You alright?"
Paulie's head shot up suddenly, when he heard someone yell his name. And then Cornelius' grinning face was off there about twenty feet away. Cornelius shared Paulie's enthusiasm about EVERYTHING, and so when Paulie saw his friend, he had to smile. Just a little, ya know. "Oh, hey, mate," he said to the Ravenclaw boy as he approached. Was Paulie all right? Huh. No. No way, Jose. There was a REASON that he was walking around sporting a black eye and a poor attitude. Because both of those, particularly the latter, were very uncharacteristic for Paulie Foster.
"Eh, been better, I guess. Just made a mess of things for myself." He and his stupid head. Or mouth, he supposed. Paulie pushed the swing next to his and tilted his head towards it as a signal that the General could sit, if he wanted. "What's new with you? How's your enigma girl?" And by that, he could only mean one person.
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Ella was a bit surprised by the stern look Ian was giving her and decided this was a good time for puppy dog eyes. Teehee. If they worked for Blue, why shouldn't they work for her? "I don't know what you're talking about, Ian." She said, looking as innocent as possible. Hehehe. She was being evilll. But wait! INTERNAL FLAILING. Had he just said she was being cute? D'awwww. She looked away as she felt the burning sensation in her cheeks.
Ella stuck her tongue out at him when he told her she was being unfair. Real mature, we know. She then smiled as he stopped fighting her and instead reached around her so they wouldn't fall. See? They could just share the rung, yeah? Seemed like a good thing for friends to do! When he suggested they go down the slide together, Ella grinned. "Ian, that's a BRILLIANT idea!" Then they would both win, right?
As he was playfully chastising her for the pouty whine, she went into puppy dog eyes. He watched as her eyes grew in size and she feigned innocence. Just as quickly though as she had done that, he saw the rise of color in her cheeks. Ian wasn't sure what exactly had caused her to blush, but it did make her look very cute.
He laughed as he saw her tongue poke out from her lips after he told her she was being unfair. It was pretty fun being with Ella, Ian thought to himself. He felt the closeness as they shared the rung and the feeling of triumph he experienced after she had said his idea was brilliant was short lived. As soon as the words were spoke to him, he felt the world fall out from underneath him. He felt himself falling and by instinct, he reached out and pulled her close to his body so that his body would take the impact of the fall. Just as they were about to hit the ground, he felt a force pushing up against them and they land gently on the ground below the slide. He looked up to see the ladder to the slide had disappeared. He checked to see if Ella was ok. He let her go and asked, "Are you ok?"
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin
As he was playfully chastising her for the pouty whine, she went into puppy dog eyes. He watched as her eyes grew in size and she feigned innocence. Just as quickly though as she had done that, he saw the rise of color in her cheeks. Ian wasn't sure what exactly had caused her to blush, but it did make her look very cute.
He laughed as he saw her tongue poke out from her lips after he told her she was being unfair. It was pretty fun being with Ella, Ian thought to himself. He felt the closeness as they shared the rung and the feeling of triumph he experienced after she had said his idea was brilliant was short lived. As soon as the words were spoke to him, he felt the world fall out from underneath him. He felt himself falling and by instinct, he reached out and pulled her close to his body so that his body would take the impact of the fall. Just as they were about to hit the ground, he felt a force pushing up against them and they land gently on the ground below the slide. He looked up to see the ladder to the slide had disappeared. He checked to see if Ella was ok. He let her go and asked, "Are you ok?"
Eh. So the puppy dog eyes didn't exactly work to her advantage. Ella decided she would have to ask little Blue for proper instructions since Theodore was no longer speaking to her. She figured she only had a little time left to capitalize on the skill so she might as well master it as soon as possible.
Ian's laughter made Ella smile and she placed her tongue back into her mouth, nudging him gently with her shoulder. The second year was having a great time and found that she was incredibly glad Ian had decided to return to school. She wanted to tell him so, that she was happy he had returned, when suddenly she was falling. Well no, actually they were falling as Ian had pulled her quite close to him. She didn't really have time to wrap her mind around this though as she was too worried about them hitting the ground.
Bracing herself for impact, Ella closed her eyes tightly and held her breath. Only the hard landing she had envisioned never came. Instead it was as if they had been cradled by something, a charm placed on the equipment perhaps? All she knew was that she was relieved they hadn't been hurt. Opening her eyes slowly, the blonde felt Ian's arms let her go and she met his eyes with her green ones. "I-well I think so...you?" She found that she was then checking her friend for any visible cuts or bruises but none could be found. Few! "Boy Ian, you sure do fall a lot when I'm around..." She teased, sitting up slowly and crossing her legs in front of her. "What do you think happened though?...I mean seriously." Cause Ella was curious, nothing like that had ever happened to her before.
Of course she had to fall. Renesmee was a rather clumsy one after all...she happened to fall often and by now she was used to this whole thing. It barely effected her yet it did bother her. It bothered her A LOT! She still coped with Quidditch though, but that could have been cause of plenty of practice and plenty of concentration.
On a day like this..she wasn't entirely focused and anyways she didn't feel like the fall was her fault. It was obviously because the swing was slippery..or maybe she just had bad luck. It was one of the two for sure...or maybe just maybe it could hav been because she was distracted at what was before her.
For a few seconds, Nessie just sat on her bottom...she would get up when she felt like it, on her own of course seeing as some people didn't want to help..or maybe they did. A little shocked, Ness watched as this boy neared her and actually came by to check if she was alright..that's what it seemed like he was doing at least.
Wait...WHAT? So he didn't come to help her..just to tease her. Geez! That was rude!
"I'm not young. Hmph!" she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes a tiny bit.
He's next few words took Nessie by surprise. Was she okay..he actually wanted to know if she was okay. Wow! He was odd. It was like he couldn't decide whether to be nice or not. "Yeah, I'm fine...just a small, little fall." she said and then turned around to look at the swing behind her. Good thing it hadn't hit her in the head or something, That would have been really sore.
"What's your name anyways?" The words just flew out of her mouth..that tended to happen when she began being all curious.
The first thing the girl did after he teased her was get all defensive again. It must be a recurring thing with her. Elijah put it down to the fact the girl must not have a huge amount of self-esteem so got defensive of 'personal attacks' quite easily. That would probably explain it.
"Um, yes. Sorry, you are not young," he agreed for ease more than anything. The whole thing could turn into more trouble that it was probably worth if he tried to explain himself.
You'd have thought Elijah had slapped her in the face considering the surprise that overcame her face when he had asked her if she was alright. As it happened she was. "Well that's good then, at least," it was just her dignity that may be slightly bruised, in that case.
"Oh, you don't know who I am? But everyone knows who I am? I'm the most gorgeous guy in the school. Everyone wants to know who I am," he responded, completely shocked the girl was even having to ask. Who didn't know him? "The names Elijah, since it seems to have passed you somehow. And you are?"
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Taylor came to the playground to enjoy the day and to play her guitar. She sat down on a bench, and started strumming a song that she was writing. Her quill was writing down each note and the words she was singing as well.
Maxwell walked over to a swing in the playground and took a seat, he could hear music in the distance and played along a little bit with his Pan Flute, feeling a bit like Peter Pan, letting the notes get carried off in the wind, life was going good, he had a nice family and the girl of his dreams in his mind he might as well be immortal.
Taylor smiled and went over to Maxwell, stopping the music and the quill. "Hey, wanna do that again?" Tay sat next to him, "That sounded great!" She laughed and looked at him.
Taylor laughed and smiled, "Yeah it was me." She looked at him, "I have been trying to finished that song for a while but it was missing something." She let her quill write again and started playing and singing again.
Maxwell nodded knowing how she felt and began to play again, and let his thoughts drift to daydreams as he did, his playing becoming as whimsical and melodic as his thoughts.
Maxwell thought about the question, he kind of felt like he had. He was many things, a friend, brother, son, boyfriend, student...but who was he? without everyone else? He wasn't entirely sure. "Kinda...But maybe i like not knowing..that's the adventure in all this." He said in his normal optimism.
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