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Located near the middle of the room, rather than at the front entrance so as not to deter the guests from delving into their pocketbooks for the jangling coins the school so desperately needed, the Donation Station is less crowded than the dance floor or food tables. There was a large, gold-in-appearance box with a small hole in the top for the coins to drop in, sitting on a round table covered in a pink tablecloth. It seems that even with the budget cuts and the fact that the event is hosted in a tent outdoors, the school still takes pride in its appearance.
Various members of the staff of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry* will be taking turns watching and taking your donations with pleasure and gratitude. Don't let the fear of being the only or first one to lend a helping hand in the form of a monetary donation keep you from approaching this area--every knut helps!
*donation station not sponsored by the Hogwarts Board of Governors.
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Nigel had already donated to Bentley's donation tin. So he would feel bad if he did not donate to the school. He had some money from his uncle. Who could not make it to this fundraiser. Which was predictable since he hate going to these things.
He walked up to the headmistress in a black suit that he wore as if it was simply what he’d found on the floor by his bed that morning. He just wanted to donate then go back to the food table and get some shepard pie. It was pretty good.
"Hello, Headmistress Truebridge." Nigel said polity. Having been to enough fundraiser in his short life. He knew that this was probably the worst job here. Even doing the food was better. You got to eat.
Right, Donating. Nigel dropped Seven Galleons into the box. That should be good enough. He would hate if the school had to close down due to poverty.
Oh hello, Ravenclaw in a suit. Annie was starting to wish she had worn a skirt today... if the students were out-dressing you, that probably wasn't a good thing, right?
But no, she was trying to look poor. So she put on her little poor face and gave the boy a nod. "Thank you ever so much, Mr. Barrington." He donated more galleons than SOME ADULTS HERE would you know.
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Oooo.... wow. Sarcasm. Roxanne was shaking in her boots. "Never asked for one." she replied in turn with a raised brow. And not the more playful one that she uses with certain other sparing partners, either. After what happened the last time she'd donated to the school, the Headmistress should be glad to be getting anything from her.
And it wasn't like she was trying to appear poor.
Uh oh. Sky recognized that eyebrow. That eyebrow meant trouble. And that meant that she had better get her aunt OUT OF THERE. So, returning the Headmistress' nod and making sure her aunt's hands were back on Ronan's stroller, she put both hands firmly on Aunt Roxi's back and pushed her forward. Just enough to move her forward a bit. And kept pushing until all three of them were out of the line.
...like this one. "Ta ta, Carters," Bunz couldn't resist calling after the woman and her stroller and her niece. 'Loser,' was what she WOULD have said under her breath, had there not been loads of other people around and had she not been trying to play it sweet in order to gain the school a bunch of money.
Whatever.
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A low rumbling chuckle left Lawson's mouth as he took in the tension from Annie's posture the moment she had realised who had spoken to her. It was for this reason that he had come to the fundraiser. He could not possibly let this opportunity pass. "Oh no?" He raised an eyebrow at her. "That's not what the Prophet is saying." And why else would they be holding a fundraiser?
With smirk in place, he gave his wrist a flick and released his wand from its holster which he then pointed it at a chair and summoned it over to him. He placed his wand back into his holster as he casually sat down on the chair. As for what he was doing there. "I'm here to help the school of course." He shifted in his seat and you could hear the jangle of coins from inside his pocket.
"So play nice Annie." And he might just make a sizeable contribution.
He was laughing at her. Laughing. "So I see you've learned to read since we last met," Annie replied stiffly, turning in her seat so she could get a better look at him. A better look meant she could throw better GLARES his way. Hmph!
She watched as instead of being a normal person and dropping his coins in and then moving on, Axe summoned a chair to the donation station. Was he serious. Was he seriously going to sit there right now? NEXT to HER, like he BELONGED HERE?!?!!
"Why do you care about the school?" she continued, though more quietly and not so snidely this time. She could pretend play nice. "You don't work here any more. You don't have any family here," that she was aware of. And if there were any little troublemakers running around her school related to Axe Lawson, she was sure they would have made her aware of their existence by now.
Much in the same way he was reminding her of his existence... by trying to get under her skin. Yeah, she heard those coins. "Frankly, I'm surprised you have any money left to donate," Annie continued, though under the guise of being pleasant and cheerful. She even put on a sweet smile as she delivered her next quip. "I thought that ex-wife of yours left you broke and broken-hearted."
She reached over to pat pat his leg juuuust close enough to the supposed coins in his pocket. Just comforting you, dear old friend. Mwah.
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Cooper Cope just LOVED events. In fact, he loved FUNDRAISER events the most, and this one was going to be a hoot, not that he was biased or anything. Nope.
After adjusting his NEW pineapple brooch, and smoothing his jacket sleeves, which SHINED, Cooper charismatically made his way over to the donation station. "Headmistress Truebridge!" he greeted in his booming voice. "It's always a pleasure to see you, you look well." He bowed his head respectfully, resulting in a HAIR ATTACK ON THE EYEBALLS! Ouch. He wiped the hair out of his face as he looked up again. All good.
Reaching into his jacket pocket, he removed his coin purse, and jingled it. Cooper grinned his toothy grin.
"Cooper Cope!" the Headmistress returned the booming greeting from one of her governors. She bit her lip to keep from laughing as the man's hair SWOOPED into his eyeballs, and instead focused her gaze on his fruit-shaped brooch.
She stared at it instead of making hungry-eyes for his coin purse. "I say, is that a pineapple you're wearing?" How.... sweet. Punny, geddit?
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He was laughing at her. Laughing. "So I see you've learned to read since we last met," Annie replied stiffly, turning in her seat so she could get a better look at him. A better look meant she could throw better GLARES his way. Hmph!
She watched as instead of being a normal person and dropping his coins in and then moving on, Axe summoned a chair to the donation station. Was he serious. Was he seriously going to sit there right now? NEXT to HER, like he BELONGED HERE?!?!!
"Why do you care about the school?" she continued, though more quietly and not so snidely this time. She could pretend play nice. "You don't work here any more. You don't have any family here," that she was aware of. And if there were any little troublemakers running around her school related to Axe Lawson, she was sure they would have made her aware of their existence by now.
Much in the same way he was reminding her of his existence... by trying to get under her skin. Yeah, she heard those coins. "Frankly, I'm surprised you have any money left to donate," Annie continued, though under the guise of being pleasant and cheerful. She even put on a sweet smile as she delivered her next quip. "I thought that ex-wife of yours left you broke and broken-hearted."
She reached over to pat pat his leg juuuust close enough to the supposed coins in his pocket. Just comforting you, dear old friend. Mwah.
Oh she was always so quick with a joke especially when she knew that he was right. "Oh Annie. There's plenty of things I've learned since we last met." He gave her a tiny eyebrow waggle. "Unfortunately you won't get to see it." Or experience it. Your loss Bun Bunz.
The look on her face as he made himself at home right beside her was priceless and he wished he had brought a camera with him. Hadn't she realised yet that he was here to give her a hard time about her misfortunes.
Axe gave her another raised eyebrow. "Really Anastasia. Your school is in dire need for cash, but you question my motives." He lent back in the chair and placed his hands behind his head. He would have placed his feet on the table if it wasn't already taken up by the huge chest. "Does it really matter where the money comes from and why?"
And she just had to bring up the ex-wife didn't she? That was okay, it was a long time ago and Marcus was definitely over Iliana. He tipped his head back and laughed. "You thought wrong my dear. Since the kid wasn't mine, she's now Masterton's problem." So he was free to spend his money how he liked. As for being broken-hearted, well that lasted for about five minutes. Only one woman had truly broken his heart and she was sitting beside him and it's not something he was ever going to let happen again.
Grin still in place, Lawson placed his hand over hers and removed it from his leg. "And I thought you would learnt how to manage money by now."
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"Cooper Cope!" the Headmistress returned the booming greeting from one of her governors. She bit her lip to keep from laughing as the man's hair SWOOPED into his eyeballs, and instead focused her gaze on his fruit-shaped brooch.
She stared at it instead of making hungry-eyes for his coin purse. "I say, is that a pineapple you're wearing?" How.... sweet. Punny, geddit?
He'd started tipping to contents of his coin purse into his MAN hand, when the Headmistress commented on his brooch. "Oh yes!," he nodded enthusiastically, glancing down to admire the glittering fruit. "I felt it was PERFECT for the occasion." Or at least, the pineapple and the fundraiser event DID marry well, in his head at least.
Sorting through his change, he dropped in a number of galleons, ten or so... and some sickles and a generous pile of knuts. Those pesky knuts always seemed to weigh him down, at least he could travel light now!
This was a pretty cool place! This being Jameson's very first time being at Hogsmeade and knowing that he would have to try and mingle with some people because he just might be working with some of them when he goes and works for the Ministry. Jamie had his savings with him, he was saving all of this money to buy himself a lovely house but he knew that the school needed the money more than he did at this point and besides Jamie has always been the person to go out of his way to help anyone that needs the help and he always thinks of himself and his needs last. So where did he need to go? Oh, there? Maybe. Hmmm. Jamie just didn't know where to go but he just walked around for a tiny bit so he could think of how much to give to the castle, he knew that both the students and staff would be better off with the money and it would make everything a lot easier for them.
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"Hi Ella!" Evelyn wrapped her arms around the girl, the biggest grin plastered on her face. Gosh, she was SO happy to see the blonde again. She'd missed her, a lot. "Of course I came! I just had to see you, of course."
But before she could say anything else, someone else had wrapped their arms around them. And she wasn't exactly sure who this person was. The girl pulled away after a couple of seconds and.....
OOOOOOOOOH.
"BLUE!?" The older girl laughed, her face almost pink with excitement. "For a second, I couldn't even recognise you! Both of you are so grown up now. Grown up and beautiful." Oh, gosh. She was so happy. She honestly felt like she was happy all the time these days.
Anyway. "So, how are you guys?"
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Eve was a good hugger, y'know. Ella was convinced it was her Hufflepuff side shining through. She BEAMED up at the brunette and bounced a bit, her excitement obvious. BUT LIKE SHE WAS HERE! "I'm really glad and we have a lot to catch up o-"Oooomph!
Just them someone else joined their little reunion and the blonde was sort of in the middle of an Ella ice cream sandwich so she couldn't be sure who it was. She just shrugged it off and continued hugging cause why not, yeah?
Blue?
Course it was Blue! BEAM!
Ella took a step back and turned a little pink as Eve said they looked grown up and beautiful. "We look Bluetiful, actually." She corrected with a grin, giving the younger girl a nudge in the arm playfully.
"Erm me? Well I sort of got asked to be Quidditch Captain so um..." GRIN!Shuffle "...So there's that. Oh and I'm dating Alec now. Erm...Alec Summers. He's the Hufflepuff seeker." And the most handsome boy in school, obviously. Ella wasn't looking at Blue right now either because she knew what the younger girl was thinking and yeah, NO WEDDING TALK.
...Unless it was about Edric and Eve. AHEM.
"Very grown up," Blue beamed, standing back to give the two a little space. "I measured myself on the wall of my dorm and I've grown like the much since the start of third year." She held up her index finger and thumb and a wiiiide gap between them to demonstrate.
Even West thought she'd grown. And that dude was a GIANT.
Heh.
Bluetiful. This fourth year loved the word. "And Ellagant. Don't forget Ellagant." She beamed in the blonde's direction, rubbing her arm slightly after the gentle nudge. "...Ella came up with that." Give her lots of hugs and credit Eve.
Alec. Blue WINKED at Eve. No, she wouldn't say anything right at this moment but later on she'd be sure to let her most favourite ever aaaaaall the details.
"I haven't been up to much....but I need to borrow some money." Shuffle. "I'm kinda broke and I'm gonna have to sleep on the floor soon." She clearly knew about Hogwarts' completely lacking in the money department.
"But how are YOU?"
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Emily heard talks of a fundraiser for Hogwarts, what with their financial difficulties and all... and opted to make an appearance at the festivities. She wasn't here to dance or talk to professors. In fact, she figured most of them would have retired or moved on by now, such a shame.
Giving a lady, no doubt the Headmistress or Head Governor person, a small smile and nod, she dropped a few shiny gold galleons into the gold box thing... done.
Now..
Where was the food around here? They DID have food did they not?
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Oh she was always so quick with a joke especially when she knew that he was right. "Oh Annie. There's plenty of things I've learned since we last met." He gave her a tiny eyebrow waggle. "Unfortunately you won't get to see it." Or experience it. Your loss Bun Bunz.
The look on her face as he made himself at home right beside her was priceless and he wished he had brought a camera with him. Hadn't she realised yet that he was here to give her a hard time about her misfortunes.
Axe gave her another raised eyebrow. "Really Anastasia. Your school is in dire need for cash, but you question my motives." He lent back in the chair and placed his hands behind his head. He would have placed his feet on the table if it wasn't already taken up by the huge chest. "Does it really matter where the money comes from and why?"
And she just had to bring up the ex-wife didn't she? That was okay, it was a long time ago and Marcus was definitely over Iliana. He tipped his head back and laughed. "You thought wrong my dear. Since the kid wasn't mine, she's now Masterton's problem." So he was free to spend his money how he liked. As for being broken-hearted, well that lasted for about five minutes. Only one woman had truly broken his heart and she was sitting beside him and it's not something he was ever going to let happen again.
Grin still in place, Lawson placed his hand over hers and removed it from his leg. "And I thought you would learnt how to manage money by now."
Apparently not!
...Anastasia was thisclose to throwing up in her mouth. An eyebrow waggle, with hints of what he had learned? "Oh puh-leeeease," the redhead mumbled, rolling her eyes so deeply they just might get stuck in their sockets. Axe grossed her out.
She eyed his all too familiar posture and crossed her arms over her chest in a bit of a pout. "What matters is that I know you're here just to annoy me," she pointed out. "Don't you have better things to do with your time? Like gamble and womanize?" There were no casinos in Hogsmeade, hello. As for the womanizing... well he was probably capable of that at a family fundraiser.
Annie pretended not to look shocked over the mention of Masterson. So the two people she had liked the least during her stint at Hogwarts turned out to be two of the slimiest. Well well, no one could ever say her instincts weren't right! Losers.
She tried not to squirm when he touched her hand and instead wrinkled her nose at him like he disgusted her. "I didn't mis-manage Hogwarts' money, for your information. We have a treasurer to do that for us." And where was Hops anyway? She could use some relief at this donation station. "If you really are capable of reading, you would realize that the Prophet already reported on our MISSING funds. They were stolen from us, Axe. Over the summer. By I don't know whom."
Obviously she'd been too busy vacationing to have stolen them herself. Duhhh. Also she didn't need to steal from her school. She was rich already.
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He'd started tipping to contents of his coin purse into his MAN hand, when the Headmistress commented on his brooch. "Oh yes!," he nodded enthusiastically, glancing down to admire the glittering fruit. "I felt it was PERFECT for the occasion." Or at least, the pineapple and the fundraiser event DID marry well, in his head at least.
Sorting through his change, he dropped in a number of galleons, ten or so... and some sickles and a generous pile of knuts. Those pesky knuts always seemed to weigh him down, at least he could travel light now!
How was a pineapple perfect for a fundraiser...? Annie just smiled as though Cope were being funny, not just touched in the head like he usually was, and nodded with each coin that dropped into her treasure box. "Well I hope you and your pineapple have a good evening, Mr. Cope. Thanks for the support."
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This was a pretty cool place! This being Jameson's very first time being at Hogsmeade and knowing that he would have to try and mingle with some people because he just might be working with some of them when he goes and works for the Ministry. Jamie had his savings with him, he was saving all of this money to buy himself a lovely house but he knew that the school needed the money more than he did at this point and besides Jamie has always been the person to go out of his way to help anyone that needs the help and he always thinks of himself and his needs last. So where did he need to go? Oh, there? Maybe. Hmmm. Jamie just didn't know where to go but he just walked around for a tiny bit so he could think of how much to give to the castle, he knew that both the students and staff would be better off with the money and it would make everything a lot easier for them.
"Please donate," the redhead called out as she noticed a young man seemingly try to sneak by without giving so much as a single coin. Ah ah ah, we seeeee you!
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Emily heard talks of a fundraiser for Hogwarts, what with their financial difficulties and all... and opted to make an appearance at the festivities. She wasn't here to dance or talk to professors. In fact, she figured most of them would have retired or moved on by now, such a shame.
Giving a lady, no doubt the Headmistress or Head Governor person, a small smile and nod, she dropped a few shiny gold galleons into the gold box thing... done.
Now..
Where was the food around here? They DID have food did they not?
This one looked like a tough cookie alum, to be sure. "Hellooo, thank you for donating," Annie called out her usual response to the woman. Anddd then she went back to looking for richer people who could drop in more than just ten measly galleons.
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"Hi Ella!" Evelyn wrapped her arms around the girl, the biggest grin plastered on her face. Gosh, she was SO happy to see the blonde again. She'd missed her, a lot. "Of course I came! I just had to see you, of course."
But before she could say anything else, someone else had wrapped their arms around them. And she wasn't exactly sure who this person was. The girl pulled away after a couple of seconds and.....
OOOOOOOOOH.
"BLUE!?" The older girl laughed, her face almost pink with excitement. "For a second, I couldn't even recognise you! Both of you are so grown up now. Grown up and beautiful." Oh, gosh. She was so happy. She honestly felt like she was happy all the time these days.
Anyway. "So, how are you guys?"
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Eve was a good hugger, y'know. Ella was convinced it was her Hufflepuff side shining through. She BEAMED up at the brunette and bounced a bit, her excitement obvious. BUT LIKE SHE WAS HERE! "I'm really glad and we have a lot to catch up o-"Oooomph!
Just them someone else joined their little reunion and the blonde was sort of in the middle of an Ella ice cream sandwich so she couldn't be sure who it was. She just shrugged it off and continued hugging cause why not, yeah?
Blue?
Course it was Blue! BEAM!
Ella took a step back and turned a little pink as Eve said they looked grown up and beautiful. "We look Bluetiful, actually." She corrected with a grin, giving the younger girl a nudge in the arm playfully.
"Erm me? Well I sort of got asked to be Quidditch Captain so um..." GRIN!Shuffle "...So there's that. Oh and I'm dating Alec now. Erm...Alec Summers. He's the Hufflepuff seeker." And the most handsome boy in school, obviously. Ella wasn't looking at Blue right now either because she knew what the younger girl was thinking and yeah, NO WEDDING TALK.
...Unless it was about Edric and Eve. AHEM.
"Very grown up," Blue beamed, standing back to give the two a little space. "I measured myself on the wall of my dorm and I've grown like the much since the start of third year." She held up her index finger and thumb and a wiiiide gap between them to demonstrate.
Even West thought she'd grown. And that dude was a GIANT.
Heh.
Bluetiful. This fourth year loved the word. "And Ellagant. Don't forget Ellagant." She beamed in the blonde's direction, rubbing her arm slightly after the gentle nudge. "...Ella came up with that." Give her lots of hugs and credit Eve.
Alec. Blue WINKED at Eve. No, she wouldn't say anything right at this moment but later on she'd be sure to let her most favourite ever aaaaaall the details.
"I haven't been up to much....but I need to borrow some money." Shuffle. "I'm kinda broke and I'm gonna have to sleep on the floor soon." She clearly knew about Hogwarts' completely lacking in the money department.
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Cale Newell had heard about the fact that Hogwarts was struggling for cash, and since his own children would be there very shortly, he HAD to come out and do something! He was making a nice chunk of change at his Ministry job, so a few galleons to the school was the least he could do. After all, he had such fond memories of the place, even if he did only attend the place for three years.
But if they thought he was going to donate his prefect badge that he may or may not have stolen well, that wasn't happening.
As he approached the donation station, however, he saw someone he hadn't expected to see--someone he hadn't seen in YEARS, since he was in school himself.
"NO WAY! PROFESSOR BUNBURY?" he exclaimed. He hoped she still recognized him...granted his hair was a little shorter, thanks to pesky male pattern baldness, and he had a wrinkle or two on his face, he still looked mostly the same.
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Nyx decided she would leave her house for this event. Fundraising for her children's school, always worth putting on the itchy wig she wore whenever she left her house. No way was she leaving the house without it. Since the chemo had finished her hair still hadn't come back which was okay she got to be blonde for a while.
She squeezed Nerida's hand as they walked into the donation center. She had prepared a pretty big donation and Nerida insisted she use some of her money to donate too. She let go of both her husband and daughter's hands before looking around once more to see if Sarasi was going to follow them, nope still not there.
She reached into her bag and pulled out the money bag. Dropping in a couple at a time just to make sure nothing fell to the side. Finally finishing she whispered "50." Yes it was much but she didn't care besides if it affected them badly she had parents and friends that could help her. She gave a smile to the Headmistress
Nerida smiled at her mum. It was great to see her again! And to see her moving, the letters she had gotten from the family back home had said she constantly cleaned the house but never actually left the house. After her mum put her donation in Nerida added 25 galleons. She never really used money so she was perfectly fine with giving that amount.
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...Anastasia was thisclose to throwing up in her mouth. An eyebrow waggle, with hints of what he had learned? "Oh puh-leeeease," the redhead mumbled, rolling her eyes so deeply they just might get stuck in their sockets. Axe grossed her out.
She eyed his all too familiar posture and crossed her arms over her chest in a bit of a pout. "What matters is that I know you're here just to annoy me," she pointed out. "Don't you have better things to do with your time? Like gamble and womanize?" There were no casinos in Hogsmeade, hello. As for the womanizing... well he was probably capable of that at a family fundraiser.
Annie pretended not to look shocked over the mention of Masterson. So the two people she had liked the least during her stint at Hogwarts turned out to be two of the slimiest. Well well, no one could ever say her instincts weren't right! Losers.
She tried not to squirm when he touched her hand and instead wrinkled her nose at him like he disgusted her. "I didn't mis-manage Hogwarts' money, for your information. We have a treasurer to do that for us." And where was Hops anyway? She could use some relief at this donation station. "If you really are capable of reading, you would realize that the Prophet already reported on our MISSING funds. They were stolen from us, Axe. Over the summer. By I don't know whom."
Obviously she'd been too busy vacationing to have stolen them herself. Duhhh. Also she didn't need to steal from her school. She was rich already.
BWAHAHA!!!
Every time. She fell for it every time. Axe continued to chuckle as Annie continued to have that look on her face. He loved getting a reaction out of her.
He also loved the pout she was giving him and Marcus lent forward and poked the end of her nose. "Well yes, I have to admit that was my main reason for coming here." To annoy her. But he didn't mind parting with some coin to help her out. "Don't knock the gambling, my dear." He patted his pocket causing the coins inside to jingle again. His gambling was about help her out.
As for the womanising, Axe looked around at the people milling around and he grinned. "Not my fault women find me irresistible." His gaze followed a young woman (Emily) as she walked away. Eh, probably a bit too young. But it was likely to annoy Annie.
Yeah, yeah he had read about the 'missing' money, but it was more fun to blame her for Hogwarts predicament. "Too cheap to hire good security, were you?" He was not going to let her off that easily. "So how much have you donated?"
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Iris really couldn't believe it, the state the Hogwarts had found itself in. She also couldn't believe that she'd been gone from Hogwarts almost as long as she'd lived there.
She was supposed to be meeting Fallon at some point today, but because of the time differences, Iris accidentally arrived an hour early. Aaron was busy. She brushed down her skirt and neatened her hair before making her way towards the masses of people.
First - before seeing if she could find any familiar faces - the ex-Head Girl had a heavy bag of coins she needed to give away.
It took a while to actually find the donation station, but she grinned and strode up to it, smiling to the woman stood by it.
"Bonjour, Professor Bu- Truebridge! You look well." Shame the same can't be said for the school. "Has the day been successful so far?" Man, she's been spending too much time in France. The accent. Ugh.
She took the purse our of her bag, and took a handful of coins - both her's and Aaron's contributions - and dropped them one-by-one into the box.
Pink table cloth. Ha. Iris gestured to it, with a smirk. "Y'know, I'd be upset if you told me you hadn't charmed at least half of the suits of armour to be glorious shades of pink at the start of the year."
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Cale Newell had heard about the fact that Hogwarts was struggling for cash, and since his own children would be there very shortly, he HAD to come out and do something! He was making a nice chunk of change at his Ministry job, so a few galleons to the school was the least he could do. After all, he had such fond memories of the place, even if he did only attend the place for three years.
But if they thought he was going to donate his prefect badge that he may or may not have stolen well, that wasn't happening.
As he approached the donation station, however, he saw someone he hadn't expected to see--someone he hadn't seen in YEARS, since he was in school himself.
"NO WAY! PROFESSOR BUNBURY?" he exclaimed. He hoped she still recognized him...granted his hair was a little shorter, thanks to pesky male pattern baldness, and he had a wrinkle or two on his face, he still looked mostly the same.
"Well I'll be!" Anastasia exclaimed as she definitely, definitely recognized the next face to walk in. Who could forget that curly-haired cutie former Gryffindor! Even if his curls were a little shorter and much much much thinner!
"How are you, Cale?" the redhead just had to stand up from her table and run around to give him a hug. He had kinda been one of her favorites... when she had mentally regressed to his age, that was.
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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight
Nyx decided she would leave her house for this event. Fundraising for her children's school, always worth putting on the itchy wig she wore whenever she left her house. No way was she leaving the house without it. Since the chemo had finished her hair still hadn't come back which was okay she got to be blonde for a while.
She squeezed Nerida's hand as they walked into the donation center. She had prepared a pretty big donation and Nerida insisted she use some of her money to donate too. She let go of both her husband and daughter's hands before looking around once more to see if Sarasi was going to follow them, nope still not there.
She reached into her bag and pulled out the money bag. Dropping in a couple at a time just to make sure nothing fell to the side. Finally finishing she whispered "50." Yes it was much but she didn't care besides if it affected them badly she had parents and friends that could help her. She gave a smile to the Headmistress
Nerida smiled at her mum. It was great to see her again! And to see her moving, the letters she had gotten from the family back home had said she constantly cleaned the house but never actually left the house. After her mum put her donation in Nerida added 25 galleons. She never really used money so she was perfectly fine with giving that amount.
Aww look, a mother and her daughter were donating now. How wonderful for the school. Bunz watched and waited until the coins were firmly in the box before extending her gratitude. "Thank you both ever so much," she greeted them warmly. "Please, enjoy your evening."
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Originally Posted by Nixy!
Iris really couldn't believe it, the state the Hogwarts had found itself in. She also couldn't believe that she'd been gone from Hogwarts almost as long as she'd lived there.
She was supposed to be meeting Fallon at some point today, but because of the time differences, Iris accidentally arrived an hour early. Aaron was busy. She brushed down her skirt and neatened her hair before making her way towards the masses of people.
First - before seeing if she could find any familiar faces - the ex-Head Girl had a heavy bag of coins she needed to give away.
It took a while to actually find the donation station, but she grinned and strode up to it, smiling to the woman stood by it.
"Bonjour, Professor Bu- Truebridge! You look well." Shame the same can't be said for the school. "Has the day been successful so far?" Man, she's been spending too much time in France. The accent. Ugh.
She took the purse our of her bag, and took a handful of coins - both her's and Aaron's contributions - and dropped them one-by-one into the box.
Pink table cloth. Ha. Iris gestured to it, with a smirk. "Y'know, I'd be upset if you told me you hadn't charmed at least half of the suits of armour to be glorious shades of pink at the start of the year."
Oh hey, another former student she knew. Or sort of knew... Bunz would have been kidding herself if she recalled this girl's name. She recognized her, and she was pretty sure she had been a Slytherin, but....... that was about it.
"Bonjour," she returned politely, smiling gently at first and then more broadly when she saw the hefty bag of coins the girl had brought with her. "Thank you," she continued in the same polite vein. "Oh, it's been going fine... better, with your donation I'd say."
She smiled almost wolfishly at the pink comment. "Half? I had them ALL pink at one point in time," she laughed evilly. "Unfortunately the caretaker went to great lengths to change them all back." Party pooper. Who cared if they were pink during the summers anyway?
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Originally Posted by Mell
BWAHAHA!!!
Every time. She fell for it every time. Axe continued to chuckle as Annie continued to have that look on her face. He loved getting a reaction out of her.
He also loved the pout she was giving him and Marcus lent forward and poked the end of her nose. "Well yes, I have to admit that was my main reason for coming here." To annoy her. But he didn't mind parting with some coin to help her out. "Don't knock the gambling, my dear." He patted his pocket causing the coins inside to jingle again. His gambling was about help her out.
As for the womanising, Axe looked around at the people milling around and he grinned. "Not my fault women find me irresistible." His gaze followed a young woman (Emily) as she walked away. Eh, probably a bit too young. But it was likely to annoy Annie.
Yeah, yeah he had read about the 'missing' money, but it was more fun to blame her for Hogwarts predicament. "Too cheap to hire good security, were you?" He was not going to let her off that easily. "So how much have you donated?"
"So you've finally stooped to the level of taking liquid luck in order to win your money back, I see," Anastasia positively sniffed at the sound of the coins in Axe's pocket. It was bad enough that he was laughing at her and getting a real kick out of the school's poor state, but to be laughing AND rich now? Well she just didn't like that.
Irresistable... she gave a loud SNORT! at that and wrinkled her nose away from his poke. NO TOUCHY! "Soooooooo irresistible. Ugh, Merlin, yes yes yesssssss, you're sooooo irresistible... that's why you're still single, right? Because you'd haaaate to cut yourself up into little pieces for all the women that want you." Her poisonous voice was positively dripping with sarcasm.
"Since when does Hogwarts need security?" She bristled at the idea. "We offer defense lessons... and have a full staff of capable adults. What are you suggesting, trolls? Like yourself? Or are you volunteering your services as big bad 'former Auror.'" Yes she did make air quotes around his old job title. It was hard to believe that Axe had ever done anything productive in life, including teach.
How much had she donated? She side-eyed him warily. "Enough. More than you at this point." So impress her, oh-so-rich one.
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[Color="IndianRed]"So you've finally stooped to the level of taking liquid luck in order to win your money back, I see," Anastasia positively sniffed at the sound of the coins in Axe's pocket. It was bad enough that he was laughing at her and getting a real kick out of the school's poor state, but to be laughing AND rich now? Well she just didn't like that.
Irresistable... she gave a loud SNORT! at that and wrinkled her nose away from his poke. NO TOUCHY! "Soooooooo irresistible. Ugh, Merlin, yes yes yesssssss, you're sooooo irresistible... that's why you're still single, right? Because you'd haaaate to cut yourself up into little pieces for all the women that want you." Her poisonous voice was positively dripping with sarcasm.
"Since when does Hogwarts need security?" She bristled at the idea. "We offer defense lessons... and have a full staff of capable adults. What are you suggesting, trolls? Like yourself? Or are you volunteering your services as big bad 'former Auror.'" Yes she did make air quotes around his old job title. It was hard to believe that Axe had ever done anything productive in life, including teach.
How much had she donated? She side-eyed him warily. "Enough. More than you at this point." So impress her, oh-so-rich one.[/color]
Aww look at her getting all feisty. She always hated to see him do well. Axe wasn't even going to bother telling her that he won the money fair and square, he had been playing cards since he was...well for a long time. Naturally he was going to reap the rewards from his skillful playing. Instead he smirked at her. "Well I never claimed to have many scruples Annie." And she could take that anyway she liked.
Marcus could not help but laugh again. She was making this all too easy for him and he lent back in his chair and grinned like a cheshire cat. The more defensive she got, the more amused he became. "See! I knew you would understand." He chuckled again, wondering how long it would be before she smacked him. "And anyway, who says I'm single?" He was, but unless she had been stalking him, she was not to know that.
At that, Lawson burst out laughing. He laughed so hard that he almost fell off the chair. "You offer defense classes to a bunch of children and if your staff was so capable then Hogwarts would not be in this predicament." It was his turn to snort this time. She might want to consider the trolls. "My dear you could not afford my services." And he was not about to put himself in danger. Those days were definitely over.
Placing his hand into his pocket, Axe pulled out the leather pouch that was full to bursting onto the table. "Not sure how much is in there, lost count after a thousand."
pffffft now that you've finally donated... I'm going to close this thing tomorrow! :P
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Originally Posted by Mell
Aww look at her getting all feisty. She always hated to see him do well. Axe wasn't even going to bother telling her that he won the money fair and square, he had been playing cards since he was...well for a long time. Naturally he was going to reap the rewards from his skillful playing. Instead he smirked at her. "Well I never claimed to have many scruples Annie." And she could take that anyway she liked.
Marcus could not help but laugh again. She was making this all too easy for him and he lent back in his chair and grinned like a cheshire cat. The more defensive she got, the more amused he became. "See! I knew you would understand." He chuckled again, wondering how long it would be before she smacked him. "And anyway, who says I'm single?" He was, but unless she had been stalking him, she was not to know that.
At that, Lawson burst out laughing. He laughed so hard that he almost fell off the chair. "You offer defense classes to a bunch of children and if your staff was so capable then Hogwarts would not be in this predicament." It was his turn to snort this time. She might want to consider the trolls. "My dear you could not afford my services." And he was not about to put himself in danger. Those days were definitely over.
Placing his hand into his pocket, Axe pulled out the leather pouch that was full to bursting onto the table. "Not sure how much is in there, lost count after a thousand."
Merlin! He liked being rich.
"No, at least you haven't claimed that," she murmured in reply. Scruples and Axe hardly belonged in the same sentence, much less the same paragraph.
Annie threw a nasty look in his direction. He was chuckling and laughing. She wasn't going to give him the pleasure that he would no doubt derive from a slap across the face. No, she would keep her hands to herself at this... family function fundraiser. "Oh you're single all right," she spouted before haughtily turning her head away. "And I'm sure you'll stay that way, right up until the day you die alone." Alone and cold and flat broke, she hoped.
She continued to hold her head high even as he laughed so hard he nearly fell out of his chair. "It's Gringotts' fault we were stolen from, Marcus Lawson, don't confuse the two establishments. I know it's hard for you to tell one place from the next when you're stumbling around late at night, but this school is still a top-notch educational institution, and despite any obstacles thrown our way, we will continue to survive and strive to be the very best."
With that, the redhead stood. Just in time too, as the man was FINALLY producing the goods he had bragged about all night. "And here I didn't think you actually had it in you." She picked up the heavy sack and dropped it into the box without any grandeur, whipping out her wand to levitate the whole thing behind her. "I think it's time we closed the donation station for the evening," Annie declared stiffly. "Thank you ever so much for your donation."
She turned on her heel and with the box floating along behind her, promptly left.
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