As Professor Culloden called for everyone's attention, Lux listened carefully. It all seemed simple enough to her. Having taken her potion before heading out of the castle, she was feeling very strong and pumped to get started.

Smiling as Cris joined their little group, she was definitely up for working with him. "I would love to help with that!" Maybe she could go around and work with the different groups too.

Oh, look. Adi was coming over too. "Hey there, Adi! How are you doing?" She was totally up for working with her fellow Puff!

Sophie was near the back of the group huddle, having gotten distracted on the way to the groundskeeper's hut - she tested her potion's strength with every heavy-looking object she passed on the way, totally enjoying the feeling of actually having strength. She had taken the potion right in the entrance hall, sat by the hourglasses while the effects kicked in, then went on a fully-controlled rampage. Lots of fun, really, and now she was standing on her tip-toes to see Culloden over someone in front of her as he gave instructions. Oooooooo. Stone-carriers and fire-pit makers sounded like a fun group, but the wooden plank-carriers and porch-builders could be cool, too, and were probably the more difficult of jobs. Now that she was super strong and everything, she sort of wanted to do it ALL.

She wondered, though - what kind of relationship did Culloden have with the groundskeeper? They... didn't particularly seem like the type to get along, did they? Strange. Very strange. Maybe Culloden wanted something from him.

For now... Sophie thought it'd be fun to be super strong and cool and show off how powerful her potion was. "I'll carry planks," she declared smugly, already moving over to the pile. They were the heaviest things, she thought, even moreso than the stones, so what better way to put her potion to good use? She'd never be able to carry one by herself when she wasn't under the influence of the potion, so she eyed the large stack excitedly, surveying them for bugs out of curiosity, then used both hands to haul one up and let it rest on her shoulder, careful to make sure no one was going to get hit or walk right into it. "Where would you like this one, sir?" She struck a pompous sort of pose that said 'LOOK AT ME GO' - she just wanted the professor to see her, really, and knew where he wanted it, so when she was done beaming at him and showing off, she carried it around to the back area of the hut where they'd be building the porch.

GO TEAM GO.

Bay moved over to stand with Cris, Adi and Lux. They were all going to start to work on building a porch "hey guys" smiling he continued "so what should we do first?" asking if anyone hand some suggestions. "all i know is that it should be totally manly for our awesome strong groundskeeper" he laughed while flexing his own muscles.

Later on the skateboard? Okay! If the boy would let him.

This whole building thing sounded pretty cool! The only bad thing though was that...Kyroh didn't have his potion. He had maybe...kinda....technically....poured it down the drain in the boys bathroom.

It was technically a waste of potion but he was never going to DRINK it. Even looking at it made him feel bad. So he had tossed it. So no super strength? That was okay though! He could still pull off this whole building thingy! He was still strong! Grrrr!

Looking between the groups Kyroh ran over to the area where the stone pit was to be build and stood beside a Slytherin guy. "HI! I'm Kyroh!" And he COULD push rocks! Yup! "What's your name?"

Normally, she did not think she would have been able to carry anything very well, but considering she'd taken the strength potion she would probably be able to manage. She walked over to one boy (Grayson) who said something about group 1 - carrying stones and such. She didn't know why she picked that group, she just wanted to build the fire place more than she wanted to do any of the other things, which was not much. "I'll help you," she said. So far it didn't look like anyone else wanted to join them. She was ready to do what was needed of her, but she was going to wait until someone in her group, maybe that boy because he was the only one who had taken charge so far, told her what to do. She had to carry the stones, she knew that much, but where exactly? And Hayden had no idea how to build a fire pit. So yeah, she was going to wait for instructions.

He hoped? Of course it will be super cool! The Slytherin hoped that the Groundskeeper would love their surprise. What if the big guy got disappointed and started eating them for lunch? Yikes.

The Slytherin got the small jar containing his Strength Potion out of his pocket and drank it in one go. He stayed on his skateboard as he listened to the professors instruction and took mental notes on what to do. The first step's easy...choosing a group. Hmm. Plank Group sounds good.

Ethan stood up from his skateboard as soon as he felt refreshed, picked up his toy and boarded it up on the nearest wall and made his way towards another small Ravenclaw. A boy this time. Smiles and a wave for this cool dude! And just like what the professor said... "I'll let you try it out after we're done here, okay?" Ethan's not the stingy type. He's cool with sharing his stuff, since he doesn't get to do it all the time back home.

Now for the activity. Planks! Yes. He'll join that group. Ethan waved at another Ravenclaw girl who was already carrying a plank. The Slytherin gave her a thumbs up and carried on towards the pile of wood and got himself a piece. He lifted it without difficulty and returned to the group with a goofy kind of smug smile on his face. Ethan lifted the plank up with right, twirled it with his hand, tossed it in the air, and caught it again with his left hand this time. "This...is so cool." Pleased with himself, he balanced the plank with his finger as he made his toward the Builders Group. "Here you go, guys!" Well away from the group and from anyone, Ethan let the plank tilt and eventually fall from his finger. "Timberrrrrrrrr..." Plonk.

Grinning, Ethan gave the group a salute and got back to the pile of wood for another piece.

Jasmine greeted Lux and Cris as they arrived, hoping that she would get a chance to work with her friends. When the Professor called for their attention, she turned to listen to what he had to say. So they would break into three groups and Jasmine knew which one interested her the most. Before she could respond, all of her friends volunteered for her dream group. Even better.........she could do the job she wanted to do aaaand be with her friends.

Jasmine went over to join her friends in the Porch -building group. "OK, guys, do you mind if I join your group?" There was a boy there that she did not know so she introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Jasmine, looks like we will be teammates."

Having waited until the last moment to take her potion, Jasmine took out her container, opened it and drank the contents all at once. By the time they got their instructions she would be good to go.

Maddie WAS brave and she didn't REALLY think the Groundskeeper ate kids cause if he DID, he BET the Headmistress would have FIRED him by now, UH-HUH! But STILL, best to be careful around BIG guys who said they ATE children. The small brunette was going to keep her EYE on him from now on.

Having already taken the potion, the first year beeeeamed and looked around for a group. Who wanted a super de-duper strong first year, hm? Hooow about that Ravenclaw girl AND skateboard boy? They looked like they needed some strong first year awesomeness FOR SURE!

"Plank people unite!" She annonced as she wandered over to the pile of planks and picked one up like it was NOTHING at all. Feather-light, this was. Did Kyroh SEE how strong she was? She waaaaaved her plank in the air at him and THEN decided that was probably a BAD idea because she could take out a fellow planker and she promptly stopped. STILL. Building stuff was FUN!

Making her way to where the porch builder people were, the tiny eagle dropped her plank down and smiled.

YOU'RE WELCOME!

Marigold absolutely adored the idea of this homework. One advantage, she would get her homework over with in one event, no procrastination allowed. But there was still fun allowed, yeah? She had a couple ideas of.... Fun stuff to do during this building stuff. But first, drinking her potion.

She took the glass vial out from her pocket and swirled it around once before uncorking it. She drank it in one gulp, the taste not being as strong as she remembered from class. She stood still as it spread throughout her body, then smiled at the professor, giving him two thumbs up. Great idea for homework, honestly.

She approached someone who was talking about fire and them realized it was Gray! She tapped him on the shoulder. "Are you the rock carrying group? Coz I'm in that one too. Well, I want to be."

Kace made it down to the grounds and he realized that a lot of students were here to help out. He wasn't the only one. He smirked and as he walked down, he noticed the potions professor was here. He smiled and showed him the potion in his pocket. He took one swig of it and thought it was a lot stronger in class. He shrugged his shoulders and felt the effects working. He tried to figure out what group he was gonna be in. He could either pick the porch one or the fire pit. He wanted to play with the fire.

He saw Grayson and Marigold and new people and thought why not join the group! He went over and said, "Hey guys do you mind if I join in? I will sure like to make a great fire pit. I've had practice ya know." he smiled.

Okay, so can Sophie just be maybe the first to say that Professor Culloden had the coolest assignments ever? This was homework Sophie didn't mind doing. It seemed pretty cool to be able to drink their potion and actually put it to a real use.

Speaking of drinking their potion... Sophie uncorked her's and turned it up and into her mouth. There--potion drank and in her system. She wondered if the effects happened immediately, and if so, what would happen if she just turned on her heels and picked up a huge plank right at this very moment?

Distractions, distractions.

"I'll work with the porch builders," she said, then she strolled over to where a group of them had gathered. They were going to build the biggest and best porch out there, and they were going to fight a Nundu off the side of it, too!!! Okay, so that was over-reacting a bit, but it was all in good fun. "So is there a plan yet?" Had that been developed, or did they need to work on one?

Cris was initially worried when some of the other students joined the other two groups. Would he be the only porch builder? But then a young Hufflepuff came over to join him and Cris breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hi, I'm Cris. I'm really glad you decided to team up with me. I thought I was going to be the only one," Cris smiled gratefully and stuck out his hand to shake his new team mate.

He looked around hoping for others to join their two boy group and was relieved to see Lux coming over to join them, followed by Bay and then Jasmine.

"I'm so glad you're here to help," Cris grinned at his friends. Right now they had three Hufflepuffs, one Gryffindor and one Ravenclaw. Cris wondered whether any more would join them. He hoped there would be. A couple of Slytherins would be nice too.

"So does anyone know what type of porch we'll be building?" Cris asked the others. All he knew was that they needed one and that of course required planks of wood and stone, both of which the members of the group were gathering from them.

Testing to see whether his potion had taken effect, Cris picked up a plank of wood and balanced it upright in the palm of his hand. Yep, the potion was definitely working.

"Hey look everyone. One hand," he turned to grin at everyone before placing the plank of wood down on the ground. "I guess this could be part of the porch's extended roof or the floorboard of the patio. Anyone has any other suggestions?"

Yes they were working as a team and that meant sharing ideas.

....and then yay! Cris wish was answered, when a young Slytherin joined their group.

"Hey hi, Sophie. I'm Cris," Cris waved at the girl. He had heard Professor Culloden mention her name in class. Then he shook his head,"I don't have any planned design yet. Maybe the others or you or the Professor?"

Today was the day she had wanted to just stay in bed and stare at the ceiling. But nope. She had things to be doing. Like helping out and being a student and a role model and whatever the hell else this thing was to do with. She'd have been so much cooler with lying in bed and blowing spit bubbles or bonding with Wanda the worm. Obviously that wasn't happening. She followed a group of students who were heading in the direction she was aiming to go in, and kept an eye on them as she did so. She could probably lift some of them with incredible ease right now, seeing as she'd drank her potion on her way. You know..didn't want to drink it in front of people because she made faces.

Didn't like the particular taste of this or something. Maybe it just didn't agree with her. But whateeeev. SHE WAS ALL COOL.

They were splitting into groups? Right. So she needed to choose one that people she could stand had chosen. And she supposed little Sophie was one of those people she could stand. You know..she didn't bug her or anything, and if she was going to be plank lifting, then so would Elodie. Follow the rugrat, or something like that. "I'm with Sooooophie. Plank stuff." And just to make her point, she tapped the kid on top of her head a couple of times and ducked out of the way as she went for her first plank.

Momentarily, Elodie forgot about the potion and panicked about how it was going to be too heavy for the younger student, but when she had it securely on her shoulder, she remembered and WAS OKAY. Phew. No dead Sophie. Actually, Elodie panicked when she saw another rugrat doing the plank thing and had to keep reminding herself of what this whole thing was and that they were okay and that sitting on the floor and crying over potentially dead students just...wasn't okay. Or normal.

Once she was over that though, she was okay and hoisted one of the planks up, up, and onto her shoulder. She had the urge to lift it onto her head, but she'd wait and get that done on the next one. Maybe she'd get Sophie involved. LITTLE CLAW, LET'S GO PLANK.

Drink the potion now? Which potion? OH YEAH! The potion they had made in class duhhh. The third year rummaged through his bag and pulled out a vial. Yes. How much were they supposed to drink exactly? Eh, whatever. He just took a giant swig and BOY DID THAT FEEL GOOD! So much energy. He just wanted to lift stuff! It just sort of came over him, the need to pick stuff up. And heavy stuff. He MUST be in the rock group! YES.

Zander made his way to the group of students talking about fire-pits and what-not. "Hiya, I'm Zander and I wanna help with the rocks!" Something about this strength potion made him feel pretty adventurous too. He wasn't totally about that making friends kind of life, but this potion. It definitely brought out something more than just strength. Or maybe the strength brought out the guts? Hm, who knew? Anywayyyyys.... He wanted to help with rocks. And possibly make a few friends? Because he definitely needed some more of those.

WHEEE SHE WAS SO STRONG. Sophie threw the plank down on the ground like it was nothing when she got to the back of the hut, and turned to head back around to see a ... very good-looking Slytherin boy doing the same thing and giving her a thumbs-up.

Heeeeeehehehehe. She gave him a thumbs-up right back and proceeded to question where Tobes was.

But she soon forgot about her missing Hufflepuff for little first year Maddie Cooper - the girl had already made a name for herself with this Ravenclaw third year - had joined their squad and looked far too precious waving her plank around like it weighed nothing. "Nice work, Cooper," she nodded on her trek to the pile of planks, staying far away from the members of her group on the way back because they seemed dangerous. But then ELODIE WAS THERE. CAT'S BESTIE WHO WAS NOW HER IN-PROGRESS BESTIE. "Hi Elodieeeeee." Soph was especially excited to be joined by her and instinctively gave her a hug because that's what she would've done with Cat and it was happening before she could stop herself. Oops?

She caaaaaasually detached herself moments later, though, trying not to let it show on her face that she was certain she had just made a mistake, and picked up another plank without looking at Elodie further. She hurried with this one, bouncing a bit in her step and totally psyched at how EASY this was. Merlin. She could get used to this. As she went to put the plank down behind the hut, she checked around her to make sure no one was there and swung it around freely, adding sound effects like sword slashes. "It'd be so wicked to have, like, a sword fight with these now that we're all buff and stuff," Soph thought aloud, grinning as she tossed her plank into the new pile forming behind the hut where the others would build the porch. "Y'know, if like some sort of army charged at us from the forest or something." Just sayin'.

On his way back to the pile of planks, Ethan noticed that two more girls joined the group. Oh hey, look! That’s Elodie! The badged badger he met during the feast! Heeyyy! The Slytherin quietly got himself a plank and held it with ease, like he was holding a wand, and hid it behind his back with the top poking above his head. Not so discreet, actually.

With a mischievous grin on his face, the Slytherin jumped in front of the girls and revealed the plank behind him. “En garde!” You know…sword fight? With a plank? Hehehe.

But hold on. Where are the other boys? YO WE NEED MORE PLANKERZZZ.

So it took every ounce of willpower for AJ not to drink her strength potion before she got to the hut. She wasn't sure if the effects would wear off, but she wasn't going to chance it. Downing the potion she decided that while all of the jobs sounded cool, she definitely wanted to join the peeps doing the planks. What better way to show off her strength that by carrying heavy stuff? It made sense to her.

Plus, the people that were in that group were people that she had never met before. Maybe she could meet some more cool people. It would be a win, win for her. AJ strolled over to where her group was assembled. "Hey guys. My name's AJ." Just so they knew. Were they ready to get started because she was ready to throw some planks around.

Adi grinned at Lux, the first person to greet him. "Heya, Lux. Excited to get started on this porch,'' he said happily. "What about you?'' Adi turned at the sound of another familiar voice. "Hey, Bay.''

And here was a new girl whom Adi never met before but of course he saw her around the Castle. "Hi, Jasmine. Nice to meet you. I'm Adi.'' He smiled at her. Now they were no longer strangers. Hehe. He turned his attention to the new Hufflepuff dude. "Hello, Cris. I'm Adi.'' Shaking the boy's hand he added, ''Couldn't let a fellow Puffer be stuck alone, could I?''

And here was someone Adi knew well. "Hi, Sophie. How's it going? '' It had been a while since he'd talked to her. Anyway, who else was joining them? One thing was certain though, this was going to be the best group!

It was nice to hear that Adi was doing well. "I am really excited too! I feel like I could lift a car over my head or something." Maybe not the best idea, but she liked feeling so STRONG. A welcome change for someone who was pretty tiny.

More people were joining, and she had to laugh at her boyfriend flexing his muscles. Bay was so silly. "Looking good. I think we can totally come up with a good plan for this that is manly enough for the Groundskeeper." Sophie got a smile as she joined the group. She hadn't had the chance to properly talk to Sophie yet, so this was nice. Oh, and there was Jasmine!! Jasmine was awesome, so Lux was happy to be working with her.

When Adi introduced himself, Jasmine said, "It's nice to meet you Adi". He seemed very nice. She had the feeling that this group was going to be a good one.

Jasmine saw that their little group was continuing to grow as a Slytherin girl walked over to join them. Hearing Cris mention her name, Jasmine said, "Hi Sophie, I'm Jasmine." "Welcome to group three."

Laughing at Lux's comment, Jasmine realized that she was feeling pretty strong too. Not that she was anxious to lift a car, but she felt like she could if she needed to. Actually, she was really ready to get to work. Since they hadn't been given any specific qeinstructions other than form groups, it was hard to know what to do. "It would be helpful if we could find out what the Professor has in mind for the porch since he has a plan. What can we do in the meantime to get things all set up and ready to start?" Jasmine looked at her teammates. Brainstorming time.

Arista skipped down to the hut, excited, she could finally drink the potion! She was ready!! And super pumped for it! She got to drink the potion, her parents never told her anything about being able to try the potion, so just that alone was epic! Downing the potion she decided that she wanted to be with the planker peeps. What better way to show off her strength that by carrying heavy stuff? Even if she wasn't the strongest tool in the tool box.

Arista walked on over to where her group was assembled, and introduced herself, "Hello everyone. My name is Arista!". Like all of her other introductions this one included a curtsy. After the intro, she picked up her first plank and saw the others sword fights. These people knew how to make stuff fun! She walked over to where she saw the other girl (Sophie) toss her own plank.

She tossed the plank she was holding into the pile before jogging back over to her other group mates. Okay she moved one now could she be in the sword fight?

With her first plank up on her shoulder, Els made her way over to where the others had put theirs with eaaase. This potions was going its job and she was ALL FOR BEING STRONG. Though, she was sure that afterwards...she'd just want to lie in her bed and sleep because ugh manual labour. At least she hadn't painted her nails earlier. Or so..she didn't remember. Nope. No nail painting had happened, and she checked on the state of her nails as she headed back to the group, after a shorter rugrat. "Righto. So. AJ and Arista. New group buddies! Hi. I'm Elodie." And she ALREADY knew Ethan.

She knew him well because he'd called her a variant of a parental name at the feast. PARENTAL. She was not a mother. She was not his mother. But she gave his hair a fluff anyway, and then gave Sophie a glance as she collided into her and gave her a hug. Well. Okay. Hi there, kid. Elodie smiled down at her and nodded. "Hiiiii, Sophie!" It was hard to try meet her level of enthusiasm. Sophie was...one of those kids, huh? Bounce, bounce, bounce. Bounce, bounce, ENTHUSIASM. It was fine though. Elodie could deaAAAL.

Kinda.

With a raise of one eyebrow, she looked back down at the planks of wood and then up at Sophie. A sword fight? Was that...possible with the planks? "Or you could try carry five planks at a time...." Just..a thought? Picking up another plank, Elodie nodded. "Sword fights could woooork." Yep, yep it could. Whilst the group deliberated or..started up their sword fight, she traipsed off with the plank on her shoulder, only to dump it with the others and head back to them a minute or so later.

Yeah. That Ethan was...peculiar one.

There was a sort of awkward tension between them, he could just feel the energy in some way. So after he said his thank you in his own way, he walked away immediately. Not wanting to stand near the Professor because this had been embarrassing enough. He folded his arms as the man began to speak and he listened to what he had to say. So they were going to build something for the Groundskeeper and he was going to tell him who had helped with the project. Kevin let out a chuckle as he thought of how the Groundskeeper's reaction would be when he found out that HE had helped as well....maybe he could get something out of it? Candy perhaps? 'i build half a house for you, i want candy now' hehehe

Taking the potion inside of the vial out of his pocket, the Gryffindor looked at it but quickly put it back. It was the exploding potion not the strength one. Good thing he was good at the subject or else he had drank that one and Merlin knows what could have happened O__o He switched to the other vial in his pocket and opened it up.

He drank it in one gulp and breathed in and out for a moment before the effects wore off and he felt like himself again. Plus the superstrength of course. He pocketed the vial again and groaned when he heard that they had to work together. As in groups. He hated working together but he should have known as this was a building project. And he refused to go and ask the Professor if he could do something else because that meant he had to ...talk...to him. ugh.

The second year looked around and decided to become part of the fire pit builders. At least he would be working with fire which was cool. He walked away from his place and spotted the group. "I want to help with the fire pit" he said. "or carrying the stones, i don't care"

New peopleeee, NEW FRIENDS. Sophie wanted to high-five everyone new that joined their group, but with their super-strength, they'd all probably knock each other's arms off or something. Probably not smart. Instead, she just beamed at them. Hi, friends. "Hi AJ, Arista," she greeted, picking up a new plank and balancing it on her shoulder once more. "M'Sophie Brown." Since there was more than one Sophie and it was necessary for her to distinguish that she was not a Newell.

Sophie was avoiding eye contact with Elodie for the time being after their spontaneous hug, sensing the older girl's discomfort with it. Maybe she should've apologized or something, but it was far easier to pretend like nothing had happened and simultaneously not make eye contact with the her. Heh. "We could do that," Soph responded to the "carrying five planks at a time" recommendation. They totally could, she bet. They were strong enough now!

She still thought sword-fighting was a fun idea, though, and just as she made her comment about it, Mr. Cutiepie Slytherin DECLARED WAR. "Oh, bring it on," she encouraged, grinning and holding her plank out in front of her, intentionally clashing hers with the Slytherin's - not hard enough to break either of them, and she wasn't planning on hitting anything but his plank - and made sword-clashing sound effects with her voice. Look at THEM, other groups. THEY WERE HAVING A BLAST.

SPOILER!!: Professor's instructions

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Oooh, look! People were coming! Well, wasn't this great. Cosgrach cleared his throat, wrapped himself better to his coat (why so chillyyyy?) and started to take a mental note of who was here.

Seeing as no one else came, Cosgrach turned to the group there and clapped his hand once to draw their attention.

"Alright everyone, first, thank you for coming. I'll make sure to tell our groundskeeper your names so that he'll know who to thank to." Ehehe. His voice was slightly raised for everyone to hear. "So, I thought that we can divide into three groups: first one: the stone carriers and fire-pit makers, second one: wooden plank carriers and third one: porch builders." How did that sound? Did anyone else have a better idea? He was all ears.

"I have a plan of how to build it," he went on after a short pause, "and I'll assist you during the process. Those who haven't drank their potions yet - do now. Those that have already done that - pick your group and start building. I think we can build the porch here," he showed the general area at the back of the hut, "and the fire pit here." He showed the area at the right side of the hut. "I think the bags there have all the equipment you might need. If anyone has any questions, I'm here. Let's get this started!"

OOC: As I've already said, you need three posts doing building stuff (so drinking and RPing the effects of the potion does not count) for full credit. There is no maximum limit of posting, but there can only be so many stones and planks to be carried, so please keep IC reality in mind with post number too.

You can switch groups, you don't have to stick to just one.

The carriers don't really need my directions, but it'd be nice if the porch builders followed Cosgrach as he has a... radical design in mind.

It'd be helpful for everyone if you titled your post with the group.

You can join on the last day too - basically, anytime that suits you until 3rd of June, 23.59 GMT+1/19.59 EST+1.

The grading will be based on creativity. You are allowed to 'prank' your friends and stuff (*insert cool ideas here*) so that it's not a dull RP. But severe pranks IC will have IC consequences.

I'll update the first post of this thread with the progress of the groups.

Lastly, I will post again tomorrow around this time. As it'll take me a day to post again, the builders may also begin 'building' as they wish.

If you have any questions, PM away!

SPOILER!!: Group 2: Sophie, Els, Arista, AJ, Ethan, Maddie

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New peopleeee, NEW FRIENDS. Sophie wanted to high-five everyone new that joined their group, but with their super-strength, they'd all probably knock each other's arms off or something. Probably not smart. Instead, she just beamed at them. Hi, friends. "Hi AJ, Arista," she greeted, picking up a new plank and balancing it on her shoulder once more. "M'Sophie Brown." Since there was more than one Sophie and it was necessary for her to distinguish that she was not a Newell.

Sophie was avoiding eye contact with Elodie for the time being after their spontaneous hug, sensing the older girl's discomfort with it. Maybe she should've apologized or something, but it was far easier to pretend like nothing had happened and simultaneously not make eye contact with the her. Heh. "We could do that," Soph responded to the "carrying five planks at a time" recommendation. They totally could, she bet. They were strong enough now!

She still thought sword-fighting was a fun idea, though, and just as she made her comment about it, Mr. Cutiepie Slytherin DECLARED WAR. "Oh, bring it on," she encouraged, grinning and holding her plank out in front of her, intentionally clashing hers with the Slytherin's - not hard enough to break either of them, and she wasn't planning on hitting anything but his plank - and made sword-clashing sound effects with her voice. Look at THEM, other groups. THEY WERE HAVING A BLAST.

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With her first plank up on her shoulder, Els made her way over to where the others had put theirs with eaaase. This potions was going its job and she was ALL FOR BEING STRONG. Though, she was sure that afterwards...she'd just want to lie in her bed and sleep because ugh manual labour. At least she hadn't painted her nails earlier. Or so..she didn't remember. Nope. No nail painting had happened, and she checked on the state of her nails as she headed back to the group, after a shorter rugrat. "Righto. So. AJ and Arista. New group buddies! Hi. I'm Elodie." And she ALREADY knew Ethan.

She knew him well because he'd called her a variant of a parental name at the feast. PARENTAL. She was not a mother. She was not his mother. But she gave his hair a fluff anyway, and then gave Sophie a glance as she collided into her and gave her a hug. Well. Okay. Hi there, kid. Elodie smiled down at her and nodded. "Hiiiii, Sophie!" It was hard to try meet her level of enthusiasm. Sophie was...one of those kids, huh? Bounce, bounce, bounce. Bounce, bounce, ENTHUSIASM. It was fine though. Elodie could deaAAAL.

Kinda.

With a raise of one eyebrow, she looked back down at the planks of wood and then up at Sophie. A sword fight? Was that...possible with the planks? "Or you could try carry five planks at a time...." Just..a thought? Picking up another plank, Elodie nodded. "Sword fights could woooork." Yep, yep it could. Whilst the group deliberated or..started up their sword fight, she traipsed off with the plank on her shoulder, only to dump it with the others and head back to them a minute or so later.

Yeah. That Ethan was...peculiar one.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

Arista skipped down to the hut, excited, she could finally drink the potion! She was ready!! And super pumped for it! She got to drink the potion, her parents never told her anything about being able to try the potion, so just that alone was epic! Downing the potion she decided that she wanted to be with the planker peeps. What better way to show off her strength that by carrying heavy stuff? Even if she wasn't the strongest tool in the tool box.

Arista walked on over to where her group was assembled, and introduced herself, "Hello everyone. My name is Arista!". Like all of her other introductions this one included a curtsy. After the intro, she picked up her first plank and saw the others sword fights. These people knew how to make stuff fun! She walked over to where she saw the other girl (Sophie) toss her own plank.

She tossed the plank she was holding into the pile before jogging back over to her other group mates. Okay she moved one now could she be in the sword fight?

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

So it took every ounce of willpower for AJ not to drink her strength potion before she got to the hut. She wasn't sure if the effects would wear off, but she wasn't going to chance it. Downing the potion she decided that while all of the jobs sounded cool, she definitely wanted to join the peeps doing the planks. What better way to show off her strength that by carrying heavy stuff? It made sense to her.

Plus, the people that were in that group were people that she had never met before. Maybe she could meet some more cool people. It would be a win, win for her. AJ strolled over to where her group was assembled. "Hey guys. My name's AJ." Just so they knew. Were they ready to get started because she was ready to throw some planks around.

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Originally Posted by Mordred

On his way back to the pile of planks, Ethan noticed that two more girls joined the group. Oh hey, look! That’s Elodie! The badged badger he met during the feast! Heeyyy! The Slytherin quietly got himself a plank and held it with ease, like he was holding a wand, and hid it behind his back with the top poking above his head. Not so discreet, actually.

With a mischievous grin on his face, the Slytherin jumped in front of the girls and revealed the plank behind him. “En garde!” You know…sword fight? With a plank? Hehehe.

But hold on. Where are the other boys? YO WE NEED MORE PLANKERZZZ.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Maddie WAS brave and she didn't REALLY think the Groundskeeper ate kids cause if he DID, he BET the Headmistress would have FIRED him by now, UH-HUH! But STILL, best to be careful around BIG guys who said they ATE children. The small brunette was going to keep her EYE on him from now on.

Having already taken the potion, the first year beeeeamed and looked around for a group. Who wanted a super de-duper strong first year, hm? Hooow about that Ravenclaw girl AND skateboard boy? They looked like they needed some strong first year awesomeness FOR SURE!

"Plank people unite!" She annonced as she wandered over to the pile of planks and picked one up like it was NOTHING at all. Feather-light, this was. Did Kyroh SEE how strong she was? She waaaaaved her plank in the air at him and THEN decided that was probably a BAD idea because she could take out a fellow planker and she promptly stopped. STILL. Building stuff was FUN!

Making her way to where the porch builder people were, the tiny eagle dropped her plank down and smiled.

YOU'RE WELCOME!

Gulp, gulp, gulp. Leah drank her potion immediately. She wanted to save it for other important stuff, but was also willing to help Mr. Groundskeeper with her incredible power too. Grinning, she tasted the familiar metal again and felt the super power. She ran around in small circles a few times before rushing towards a group where there were people she recognized.

"Hi plank carriers! I'm your new member Leah." Hi Sophie, Els, firsties and weird boy. And a sword fight started off. "Woo, cool, a sword fight?" The second year picked up a plank and waved it in the air. It was kinda light. "Where do we move this to, anyway?" She looked around.