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Ancient Runes Lesson I: Dramatic Arts of the Runic Era
The Ancient Runes classroom was transformed. There were no chairs or tables or the usual nametags for students, but a couple of big boxes with unfamiliar and unusual clothes inside them were laid down by the professor's big desk. The walls of the classroom were the unusual color of bright white. The blackboard was still there, though, with the date of today and a title of 'Dramatic Arts of the Runic Era'.
Professor Botros was standing near the entrance of the classroom as his habit, waiting to greet students who walked in.
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SPOILER!!: This!
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
Text Cut: Maid and Giant!
Brother. BROTHER. Gabe was calling him his BROTHER. It took everything in Grayson's power not to make a disgusted face or to retort in a manner that wasn't very Thor like. Perhaps he'll do Freyja some justice? PSSSSSH. "You are forgetting that I am Thor, god of thunder," The booming voice was back. "And I will get my beloved Mjolner back." Which even meant dressing up as a woman and pulling it off because HE WAS FREAKING THOR, SNITCHES.
Jeez, was Gabe asking for a slap? Or a hex? The Slytherin would be MORE than happy to provide either one. "Oh, how you jest me, dear Loki."
Oh man. Catcalls. Grayson's ego boosted a whole bunch and, to play the part, he let out a small girly giggle. Ehehe!
Also. LOL, eyebrow wiggles from Toby. Oh, how the boy wanted to respond to that as well.
Before long, they had arrived at the giant's place and Grayson had to pretend to be in awe of the place. He also had to try and get out of the freaking carriage in the big, poofy dress, which he pretended was hard to do as Thor because freaking heels, man. Not exactly hard to play because of that one time he'd dressed up as Ruby for Halloween. Wearing heels during then was TORTURE.
Right then. Giant. LOLOLOL, Dante, man. Bahaha! His giant impression was hilarious, partly because of how small the boy was. Thor!Grayson fluttered his eyelashes again at the giant, doing his best to act like a blushing bride to be who had just spotted the luuuuuuurve of her life! He also had to remember to act like a goddess, which meant walking gracefully once he headed inside to the FEAST. Or a pretend feast. Merlin, where was the food?
And so, Grayson started stuffing his mouth. Or, at least, pretended to. Nom nom nom. ALL THE FOOD!
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Originally Posted by Meizzner
SPOILER!!: Thor & Loki
"OH, NOT LOKI." Dante squinted at Gabe. It was true the giant would not be THAT smart. Shame if he had been he could have married a Goddess.
"OKAY TIME TO FEAST"
Wasn't there something about a feast for them or something. Oh well made sense to Dante. And he felt that a Giant would love have feast considering how big they are. And it was a wedding for Gods.
Food all around.
Gabe tried HARD not to register the reactions of his peers in the audience...but it was impossible not to look to Toby from time to time. BROS, you know? And his Hufflepuff friend was smiling and loudly cheering...and that had to count for something. If Toby thought they were doing a nice job, Gabe would....take it, yes. Try to use it as further inspiration to do the best he could...or something. Even if he WAS blushing at the moment.
Gabriels blushed. It was simple science.
As they were to be feasting now, the Ravenclaw tried to recall the next few bits of the story. They sat to feast and...Thor was eating EVERYTHING, essentially, and Thrym had...made comments on it? Wasn't that right?...causing Loki to cover for Thor...
A preemptive strike was in order. Maybe Thrym conveyed his wonder in awe'd looks and staring.
"Forgive my lady. She's...atrociously famished..." Gabe blushed, preened somewhat, and batted his eyelashes at the Giant!Dante. Was his girl voice still okay? Was it dainty enough? "She's not consumed a single morsel for eight whole days due to her elation."...which Gabe thought an impossible explanation as who could survive that long without food? Science discredited such a thing. Organs would fail and bodily functions ultimately shut down. "Forgive her lack of table manners for this evening, good sir."
*girlish giggle*
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Originally Posted by Meizzner
"OH, NOT LOKI." Dante squinted at Gabe. It was true the giant would not be THAT smart. Shame if he had been he could have married a Goddess.
"OKAY TIME TO FEAST"
Wasn't there something about a feast for them or something. Oh well made sense to Dante. And he felt that a Giant would love have feast considering how big they are. And it was a wedding for Gods.
Food all around.
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Originally Posted by Govoni
Gabe tried HARD not to register the reactions of his peers in the audience...but it was impossible not to look to Toby from time to time. BROS, you know? And his Hufflepuff friend was smiling and loudly cheering...and that had to count for something. If Toby thought they were doing a nice job, Gabe would....take it, yes. Try to use it as further inspiration to do the best he could...or something. Even if he WAS blushing at the moment.
Gabriels blushed. It was simple science.
As they were to be feasting now, the Ravenclaw tried to recall the next few bits of the story. They sat to feast and...Thor was eating EVERYTHING, essentially, and Thrym had...made comments on it? Wasn't that right?...causing Loki to cover for Thor...
A preemptive strike was in order. Maybe Thrym conveyed his wonder in awe'd looks and staring.
"Forgive my lady. She's...atrociously famished..." Gabe blushed, preened somewhat, and batted his eyelashes at the Giant!Dante. Was his girl voice still okay? Was it dainty enough? "She's not consumed a single morsel for eight whole days due to her elation."...which Gabe thought an impossible explanation as who could survive that long without food? Science discredited such a thing. Organs would fail and bodily functions ultimately shut down. "Forgive her lack of table manners for this evening, good sir."
*girlish giggle*
There was laughing from the crowd and obviously -- OBVIOUSLY -- that meant that they were fantastic. It meant that he was freaking fantastic, which wasn't hard to believe to be honest. Grayson simply batted his eyelashes more as he continued pretend!stuffing his face.
Honestly, Botros? Give them some real food because he was dead hungry what with all this pretend eating.
My lady. My LADY. LOLOLOL you WISH, Gabriel Banner. You cannot have a piece of this hot stuff. No SIR. But at his words, the Slytherin sat up a little and pretended to flip his hair Agatha!style, as if he was VERY proud of not eating for a couple of days for the giant. His groom. HIS LUUUUURVE SMOOCHY SMOOCH.
Not that he'd kiss Dante. Dude was kinda young for him and all.
He did, however, blow a small kiss over towards the giant because you know what? Blushing bride over here. This might have been a bit out of character of him but WHO CARED. This was kinda fun and all. He pretended to grab a glass of mead, winked at the giant in a girly and seductive way before pretending to take a sip.
Gabe tried HARD not to register the reactions of his peers in the audience...but it was impossible not to look to Toby from time to time. BROS, you know? And his Hufflepuff friend was smiling and loudly cheering...and that had to count for something. If Toby thought they were doing a nice job, Gabe would....take it, yes. Try to use it as further inspiration to do the best he could...or something. Even if he WAS blushing at the moment.
Gabriels blushed. It was simple science.
As they were to be feasting now, the Ravenclaw tried to recall the next few bits of the story. They sat to feast and...Thor was eating EVERYTHING, essentially, and Thrym had...made comments on it? Wasn't that right?...causing Loki to cover for Thor...
A preemptive strike was in order. Maybe Thrym conveyed his wonder in awe'd looks and staring.
"Forgive my lady. She's...atrociously famished..." Gabe blushed, preened somewhat, and batted his eyelashes at the Giant!Dante. Was his girl voice still okay? Was it dainty enough? "She's not consumed a single morsel for eight whole days due to her elation."...which Gabe thought an impossible explanation as who could survive that long without food? Science discredited such a thing. Organs would fail and bodily functions ultimately shut down. "Forgive her lack of table manners for this evening, good sir."
*girlish giggle*
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
Text Cut: *can't*
There was laughing from the crowd and obviously -- OBVIOUSLY -- that meant that they were fantastic. It meant that he was freaking fantastic, which wasn't hard to believe to be honest. Grayson simply batted his eyelashes more as he continued pretend!stuffing his face.
Honestly, Botros? Give them some real food because he was dead hungry what with all this pretend eating.
My lady. My LADY. LOLOLOL you WISH, Gabriel Banner. You cannot have a piece of this hot stuff. No SIR. But at his words, the Slytherin sat up a little and pretended to flip his hair Agatha!style, as if he was VERY proud of not eating for a couple of days for the giant. His groom. HIS LUUUUURVE SMOOCHY SMOOCH.
Not that he'd kiss Dante. Dude was kinda young for him and all.
He did, however, blow a small kiss over towards the giant because you know what? Blushing bride over here. This might have been a bit out of character of him but WHO CARED. This was kinda fun and all. He pretended to grab a glass of mead, winked at the giant in a girly and seductive way before pretending to take a sip.
TEEHEEHEE.
Well the crowd seemed to be enjoying it or laughing at how awkwardly he is going about be a giant. Probably both and more. Though if that for him trying to be in character. He would be rolling on the floor laugh at the two of them. Batting Eyelashes and Winking.
Oh this was hilarious.
"OH OF COURSE. THOUGH WHY ARE HER EYES SO SHARP, HUH"
Giant was suspicious see and yeah that was all Dante ha. He was a horrible Thrym. How do you even say that name.
Though pretty soon.They meaning Thor and Loki were about to literally bring down the hammer on this wedding. Though that was after this scene was over.
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
Text Cut: *can't*
There was laughing from the crowd and obviously -- OBVIOUSLY -- that meant that they were fantastic. It meant that he was freaking fantastic, which wasn't hard to believe to be honest. Grayson simply batted his eyelashes more as he continued pretend!stuffing his face.
Honestly, Botros? Give them some real food because he was dead hungry what with all this pretend eating.
My lady. My LADY. LOLOLOL you WISH, Gabriel Banner. You cannot have a piece of this hot stuff. No SIR. But at his words, the Slytherin sat up a little and pretended to flip his hair Agatha!style, as if he was VERY proud of not eating for a couple of days for the giant. His groom. HIS LUUUUURVE SMOOCHY SMOOCH.
Not that he'd kiss Dante. Dude was kinda young for him and all.
He did, however, blow a small kiss over towards the giant because you know what? Blushing bride over here. This might have been a bit out of character of him but WHO CARED. This was kinda fun and all. He pretended to grab a glass of mead, winked at the giant in a girly and seductive way before pretending to take a sip.
TEEHEEHEE.
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Originally Posted by Meizzner
SPOILER!!: That!
Well the crowd seemed to be enjoying it or laughing at how awkwardly he is going about be a giant. Probably both and more. Though if that for him trying to be in character. He would be rolling on the floor laugh at the two of them. Batting Eyelashes and Winking.
Oh this was hilarious.
"OH OF COURSE. THOUGH WHY ARE HER EYES SO SHARP, HUH"
Giant was suspicious see and yeah that was all Dante ha. He was a horrible Thrym. How do you even say that name.
Though pretty soon.They meaning Thor and Loki were about to literally bring down the hammer on this wedding. Though that was after this scene was over.
What his sister seen in the Slytherin, Gabriel would never, EVER understand.
Anyway, he had some awful, awkward acting to carry on with. Pausing minutely, he tried to recall the next few lines. His 'costars' where doing a great job, too...positioning him for them. Dante had been helpful in dropping his last cue...
Clearing his throat in the DAINTIEST way possible, Gabe offered an apologetic smile. "Alas, sleep. Something else she simply could not submit to. She was just....so anxious to prepare for you wedding. You have a very dutiful woman."
Ahem.
Gabe SNIFFED daintily as well. Sniff, sniff, SNIFF. Some of Loki's persona would certainly leak through at this point, whilst still keeping his cover, naturally. Loki was a very cunning mind...and Gabe...wasn't nearly as much so. Cunning was a Slytherin attribute...but hopefully he'd done a sufficient job.
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Ohhhh dear All-Father. Botros was openly laughing and covering his mouth politely again, his face was red from trying to keep the laughter in and his eyes were wet with laughing tears. Whitlock was such a great comic bride, as was Banner and Barrington. This group had such harmony between them. When the Ravenclaw finished his lines, the old professor sprang to his feet clapping. "Bravo, bravo!" He cheered. "Great performance everyone, absolutely entertaining." Clapclapclap.
Next was the last scene and portion of today's class. Botros clapped his hands for attention this time.
"Alright everyone, ready for our next scene?" He beamed at the remaining three groups. "So; Mr. Fullmer will be Thrym the giant, Ms. Kittredge as Loki, Mr. Atreyu as Thor, and Mr. Lecium as Thrym's sister." Same costumes as before were distributed. "The next two groups will be the giants present at the feast. The scene begins when Loki asks for the hammer, as soon as Thor takes hold of it, everyone erupts into a short-lived fight that Thor easily wins using the magic in his hammer." Botros quickly added, "All pretend, there will be no magic used and no real fighting." Okay? Okay. Anyone breaking that rule would suffer the consequences after class. That went without saying, plus Botros had faith that his students wouldn't step over the line and shoot hexes at each other. "The scene ends the story when all the giants are defeated and Thor takes Loki back home safely." They were creative enough to carry this scene out on their own. Children had rich, undying imagination. "Now, if you all will act as if you're sitting around a feast... that would be... yes.." He was talking to the giants, by the way.
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After he gave them the identical costumes of their fellow students, he took his usual place in front of his desk and started narrating. "Thrym became very impatient. 'Bring in the hammer,' he shouted, 'that the bride may be consecrated, and wed us in the name of Var.' If the giant could have seen the bride's eyes when she heard these words he would have sent her home as quickly as possible, and looked somewhere else for a wife..." Begin! Bring in the hammer!
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Professor Botros cut off the group's scene right as Norah was sure she was going to explode from holding back her giggles. Nice timing, Professor Head of House Dude. She gave the three boys a thumbs up each before jumping forward at the sound of her own name. LOKI! AWWW YEAH. Beaming, she took the costume from Professor Botros and pulled it on. It was far too long and dragged on the floor when she walked but she didn't even notice because look how COOL she looked! The fourth year took a step to the side, the hem of her costume dragging on the floor, and looked out to the audience. Had the class been this big the entire time? She ignored the reddening of her cheeks and instead grinned excitedly at all of them. Her audience. HER audience. Eheheheh this was probably the best job ever for whomever got to act out runes stories all day long. Did people do that? She was gonna do that. Maybe by the time she was old enough she'd be big enough to actually fit into the costume and everything.
Norah had been a bit preoccupied with giggling at the prior performance to REALLY be sure what was going on, but she went to pretend she was in a feast anyways because that's what Botros had said and he was in charge so he had to be right. AHA. Bring in the hammer. Riiiiiiight. But she wasn't the one who did that bit, no? Could she say something anyways? She was gonna say something anyways. "I'M JUST A SERVING MAID, I CAN'T BRING YOU YOUR HAMMER." Was that too loud? That was too loud. She batted her eyelashes 'cause that's what Gabe had done, before continuing, "I shout because I'm a serving maid. That's all I am. A serving maid. Somebody else will bring it to you." NICE SAVE, NORAH. She grinned at the audience 'cause did they see how totally chill and not suspicious she was being? The real Loki probably wasn't even this good at pretending to be a serving maid.
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Benny almost didn't want the latest scene to end. It meant that the scene he was to be part of was next and those butterflies had grown bigger. But sure enough, it soon ended with Loki asking for the hammer as instructed and they were moving on. The Gryffindor weakly clapped more because he was anxious as to what was become not that the Sixth group was bad. Botros spoke up and introduced the next scene and casting the roles of characters. It seemed the last three groups were going to play together since it was a big exciting and important scene. But what got Benny's attention the most was the role attached to him. It was bad enough to have to act. It was even bad enough that he had to wear a costume...a dress no less.
But he was THOR as a BRIDE. And had to fight with the hammer at the end of the scene. Which meant he had to first be girly but then be totally into it and a whole of attention was going to be on HIM.
Benny wanted to crawl under something and hide to the end of class but there was nothing in the room to do so with. A great time not to have desks or at least a table and chairs. And Botros had already seen him as he handed his costume over to him. So he was stuck. Stuck doing something he really wasn't cut out for. He just hoped he didn't get ribbed TOO much for this as he sighed and accepted the blue frock. The likes of Gabe and Grayson had already gotten quite a bit and Adi had been part of it.
Even Botros had been laughing hysterically.
Taking note of his fellow players; Norah as his brother Loki, Kace as the giant's sister and a younger Ravenclaw boy as the Giant. The Giant that Botros was speaking the lines for it all to begin. Benny swallowed nervously and hastily put on the dress, tentatively shrugging it around himself to fit better and trying not to look totally awkward in it as it fell over his school clothes.
Too late.
The veil came next, the boy placing it haphazardly on her his lanky dirty blonde locks. Benny then moved to settle into the scene as if continuing on where Grayson had left off. Except he wasn't quite as ravenous in eating as the former 'Thor' was. No...his attention was drifting from all the food at the table in front of him to the so-called door where the order for the hammer had been sent. His eyes sharp almost narrowing behind the veil as he played his role as trying not to glare at the thought of consecrating the wedding while anxious for the return of his hammer as Norah!Loki nearly yelled in her role.
His beloved Mjolnir.
His own fist absently curling as if ready to grip the familiar handle.
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A giant? Could Zander act like a giant? Questionable. But, a feast. Zander could totally act like he was at a feast. TOTALLY. He did feasts all day every day. No problem. Easy. Zander could definitely handle this. Just had to pretend he was sitting around at a table. Cool. With that he looked around at his fellow giants. Which included friends like Marigold, Sophie Brown, and Tia. This wouldn't be all that hard okay. He liked the group. Could totally act like he was at a feast with them. Easy.
What did giants eat exactly? Well Zander wasn't quite sure but he was pretending to sit around and eat a chicken leg. And if giants didn't eat chicken legs... Then he was eating some other kind of something. Yeah. That. Total acting material right here. Totally.
But he was supposed to be suspicious, wasn't he? 'Cause of all that little Barrington's observations on how much Grayson was eating? Yeah. If Runes was like this all the time, Zander could've totally passed the exam. Made tons more sense this way. But anyways, Zander wasn't sure if he was meant to say anything so he was just opting to be one of them quiet giants. Suspicious. Looking for that hammer thing. And trying not to chuckle at Norah's proclamation about being a serving maid.
So when were they gonna fight? He remembered that part of the story.
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This group just might be the winner in the "Janelle's favorite scene"contest. Then she heard Professor Botros end the scene and call her group to the "stage". She clapped enthusiastically for her classmates and then it was her turn. How would she ever live up to all of the great performances?
So Janelle would be a giant. That was pretty hilarious, given her size. But if the other little people could do it, so could she. She donned her costume and practiced thinking "big". Trying to get in character, Janelle walked in a big, stomping way. That was how she imagined giants walking. She puffed up her chest and tried to look scary and threatning. Then Janelle sat down and started to pretend that she was eating. It was a feast and she was a giant with a big appetite so Janelle pretended to eat a big turkey leg. She didn't eat in a dainty, girly way, she pretended to tear into the imaginary meat in a manly way. After gobbling that down, Janelle took a big swig of her imaginary drink. Then she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. She followed it up with a big burp. Yeah, that's how giants do it.
Janelle looked around at her fellow actors all decked out in their costumes. She almost giggled, but that would not be appropriate for a big, manly giant. Continuing to eat, she waited for the action to get started.
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Dot was READY to be part of things, even if she wasn't going to get any lines and had to be in a fight scene (okay, mostly because she wanted to be in the fight scene). She rushed forward as soon as the professor invited up the last group, taking her place at the "table" that the last group had vacated.
But no fighting yet? Just... waiting. She could wait. Sure. Yes. And get in character. Dot snarled and crossed her arms. Frost giant was cranky. "Thrym, your new bride will eat us out of house and home. You should marry a rabbit instead." And man, that bride was uuuuuuuugly. Or you know... not really, but this was ACTING.
Speaking of Thrym, Dot made expectant faces at Zander. Who exactly was gonna go GET that hammer?
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That scene had been AWESOME. Lux was still giggling as Professor Botros called on the next set of actors so that they could perform. Oooh, they were going to be seeing more of the giants!! This should be thrilling as there was to be a fight involved. Just because Lux wasn't big on violence didn't mean that she couldn't enjoy a bit of fake fighting with giants while in class.
Just so long as no one got hurt and everyone was having fun!!
Lux watched as the scene started. Everyone was doing a spectacular job, though Norah made her wince a little. Bravo to her for getting REALLY into her role!! And Benny was doing a great job as Thor. Haha, she just couldn't get past the costumes. They were fantastic. She loved wearing dresses, but didn't think that boys would be nearly as comfortable in them. Benny probably wasn't having a great time, but at least Norah was a girl.
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The funniness of it all! Zhenya wasn't sure what was going to happen, after Thrym spotted Loki, but Gabe saved the day. In his hilarious girly voice. But what was funnier, Gabe's girl voice, or Grayson's girly laugh? Either way, both of them made Zhenya laugh. The giant/Dante was rather forgiving, and well played, and Gabe's Loki had very good ways of covering for his brother/maiden. And Thor/Grayson's kiss blowing? A laugh for that, too. And then the scene was over, and Zhenya clapped for Dante, Gabe and Grayson. Fantastic scene, fantastic acting!
The next scene was called, and Zhenya was looking forward to it because there were so many people in this scene. Lots of Giants! Zhenya giggled a bit when Norah/Loki's costume was dragging on the floor. She knew all too well about being short and hems getting in the way. She sensed Benny was a bit shy/nervous, but he was doing a great job so far. So far in the scene, Zander was making a great giant. Eating something, acting it out very accurately. AND LOOK AT JANELLE!! Zhenya beamed at the second year, who was doing a great job of acting like a giant, and eating like a giant. Hehe - Thrym marry a rabbit instead, that was a GOOD line!
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Man...that had been DIFFERENT...but a GOOD different. No one was teasing or mocking...but applauding, instead. And the look on Botros' face...was priceless. The elder Runes professor looked SO pleased and tickled...that Gabe couldn't help but feel a rush of satisfaction. The humiliation had been worth it.
Peeling the costume off, he handed it back to the professor....before taking a seat with the others finished with their scenes. A large group was up...and if Gabriel remembered this story correctly, this was the bit where the hammer rejoined with Thor...Though, he didn't recall any fighting, just death...but the Ravenclaw could've been remembering it wrong. Against popular belief, Gabe's mind wasn't THAT great at remembering things. If it had been, why on Earth would he take so many notes?
A good point, right?
There were several Ravenclaws (including his co-Prefect) in the upcoming bit and he made sure to show his support. What? Gabriels could be supportive, too. Also, other co-Prefects, Marigold and Zander as giants...This was surely going to be entertaining.
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This whole thing had been WAY hilarious - nothing funnier to Sophie than Tobes being a giant, though - and then it totally backfired on her when SHE was dubbed a giant, and Sophie Brown laughed even more. A GIANT. Her and her 5'2", dainty frame - the giant costume was too BIG but she totally worked it. And it was okay, though, because she got to be with Janelle, who was tiny, too, and Dot and Tia were good supporters. Zander had inches on them, though, too, so.... hahaha. Zander was the REAL giant of the group. THE HEAD GIANT. Could they dub him so?!
But... oop. THEY WERE ALREADY STARTING. Soph hurried to get into place when Botros began his narration, hurrying to sit right next to Zander and tried to sit AS TALL AS POSSIBLE to be as tall as him. Was she standing a little? Undoubtedly. She was trying to be as CONVINCING as possible, though - but she wasn't a very good actress currently, for she couldn't stop grinning stupidly as giggles bubbled in her throat. The whole thing was way too funny. They were GIANTS. GIANTS. HEheeheheheheheeh.
And Norah as Loki? Even better.
But as the scene started, Sophie gave the skit her best efforts - she tried really hard to mellow out and be very serious alongside Zander as she mimed eating. If giants had big appetites, she was SUPER good for this role, when it came down to it, because she could've eaten ALLLLL the imaginary food. All of it. She even took some non-existent food from in front of Zander and pretended to eat that, too, because she was a GROWING GIANT and they were FEASTING to CELEBRATE which meant SHE as a frost giant wasn't paying for this food, no. This tab was on someone else, so...
Soph was eating all the pretend food. Om nom nom. If anyone asked, she was eating her feelings of jealousy because she didn't get to marry a goddess. Or... god. However she decided her frost giant persona swung.
Dot was good at speaking. Maybe SHE should've been, like, the head giant of the giant kids. DOT FOR GIANT PRESIDENT.
...Who was supposed to bring in the hammer? Sophie stopped to recall the story - and... she... wasn't sure. It wasn't the giants, if they were supposed to be already settled and sitting around a feast like Botros wanted them to be, right? RIGHT? WHAT WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO?
...And that Norah as Loki, shouting away? HILARIOUS STILL. Sophie EYED her, though, because... how suspicious of a SERVING MAID to be making such a ruckus, right? SUSPICIOUS. How dare she speak out of turn. Or something.
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So admittedly the worst part about being a part of the FINAL scene, was just sitting and waiting and watching her peers. But after what seemed like forever, she watched her prefect along with the two males - ironically two of which dressed as females - wrap things up with their scene and Botros narrated a short bit to lead into the next scene. Which apparently she was being grouped with as a giant sitting around at a feast. She could do that; because her fellow "giants" were totally cool people. Never mind that she was totally not big-boned as a giant might be and even though she was now five foot five, that was no match height-wise for a giant.
Donning her costume, and some heavy boots, Tia stomped over to join her fellow giants - Soph and Marigold and Zander and Janelle and Dot - plopping down on the side of Zander.
And Dot was totally the head giant; taking charge. Tia just observed as she tried to recall the ending. Wait, weren't they going to die? Thinking about that prospect, Tia definitely didn't have an appetite anymore - even if the feast was just pretend food.
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Norah looked around with her mouth shut tight this time to keep the laughter from coming out. Sophie AND Zander AND that Dot one AND Janelle being giants and burping and EVERYTHING? Priceless. Man, this was awesome. Especially the fake eating and Janelle's burp. She nearly DIED trying to keep from giggling at that one, but serving maids didn't laugh, right? It'd probably be suspicious or something, and Soph!giant was already eyeing her and everything, even though that wasn't very fair because serving maids should be able to laugh too. With that, she broke character for a second, grinning at the floor before looking up all serious again. It was only a second, okay? She had NEEDS.
The fourth year lifted the bottom of her costume, revealing her purple trainers AND sparkly laces, so she could move around the giants without falling over. Falling over was un-ladylike AND un-Loki like so it was a DOUBLE no-no. With her other hand, she mimed giving out more and more food that she had apparently gotten out of thin air. She was LOKI, okay? She could do cool stuff when she was Loki. Or so she had decided. Stopping in front of Zander!giant to give him EXTRA food because Soph!giant was eating all of his, she straightened up and let the bottom of her costume fall back to the ground. "If ONLY I weren't so busy serving people stuff," 'cause she was a SERVING MAID, remember? "MAYBE if they stopped eating so much and brought in the hammer, we could get ON with our LIVES." And with the scene, 'cause you know, the fight scene was going to be radical. With an angelic smile at the audience just to prove how innocent and non-Loki of a serving maid she was, Norah went around the table again pretending to DO STUFF. She was running out of stuff to do, but it didn't matter as long as she still did STUFF. She mimed sneezing and continued. That was stuff. Maybe Loki was allergic to giants or something. And next came a ginormous yawn. It had to be tiring to be a serving maid, right? Right. TOTALLY made sense.
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They'd only been up on the stage a few minutes, and Dot wasn't impatiently waiting for the battle scene or anything (she totally was), but it seemed like no one was really sure how to get the hammer onto the stage. She didn't want to step on any toes, but Dot was wiling to take one for the team if need be.
She mimed eating like her table mates, even though it was SO RUDE of the bride to be to have eaten all the good stuff. Grumble grumble greedyguts. Y'know what was nice about being a giant, though? It was nice that she got to be a giant with Soph and Zander and that Puff called Norah...
Norah, who was Loki, who was a serving girl, who made a good point. "You know what? I really like your shoes, Serving Wench, and I think you make a good point. I shall retrieve the hammer for my good friend Thrym."
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So Marigold was in good company. Zander and Sophie were also giants, yes, and Norah was ROCKING IT as Loki.
The only problem was that Mari was five two. So, her being a giant? Didn't make much sense.
The only way that she could EVER actually come across as a giant was if what she eating was proportionally small compared to her, but big compared to humans. So, like, if what she was "eating" was a chicken leg, she definitely looked small…but if it was a dinosaur leg? SHE WOULD SEEM GIANT.
So…she didn't think dinosaurs were at ALL in Ancient Runes, but WHO CARED. She was a GIANT. She could do what she WANTED.
"SERVING MAID. I AM STILL HUNGRY. BRING ME SOME MORE DINOSAUR MEAT."
Okay… she hid her blush with her hands as she continued to "eat."
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The lion's cheeks were starting to hurt from all of the smiling and laughing she had going on. Even the professor seemed to really be enjoying himself. It was hard not to when you had Grayson and Gabriel both trying to out girl the other. Grayson was steady stuffing his face while Gabriel kept trying to cover for him. Although, AJ thought there was nothing at all unusual about a girl having a healthy appetite. Girls got hungry too!
Just when you thought the performance couldn't get anymore entertaining the scene changed again. The next group was up. Wait, were the last three groups all going to go up there together? This was going to be awesome.
Fight scene!!! Too bad AJ couldn't have gotten in on that action. Benny was getting to be a girly Thor. This was just too good. He would end up getting the best scene though at the end of it.
Snort. Did the Hufflepuff prefect just demand more dinosaur meat? HAHAHA! If possible AJ was laughing even harder at this point. Good stuff, man. Good stuff. All of this play eating was making her stomach growl. The fourth year could go for a real feast right about now.
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"Hey!" he gently nudged giant!Sophie as she went to steal some of his food. Zander was a hungry giant. Not cool, Soph. And he had to try his best to stay in character and not burst out laughing at that. He wasn't really mad. But Giant!Zander was supposed to be mad. Didn't they have temper problems or something? Anyways, back to the feasting. Zander was trying to do his absolute best to chomp down on whatever it was he was eating...
And uh, unlike Marigold he was not eating dinosaur meat, thankyouverymuch. He'd leave that one to her. Ahem.
Appreciative grin at Norah!theservingperson by the way. He NEEDED more food 'cause Giant!Sophie had stolen some of his. Giant!Zander ANGRY. Not really. Though he was pretending to give Soph disappointed looks. Now, about that hammer. Whose job was it to get that because honestly Zander wasn't too keen on this Runes thing and so he only vaguely remembered the story. Ahem. Oops?
He caught the expectant looks from Dot though, but before he could volunteer to go fetch it... Looks like she went herself. "Good, good! The hammer is coming!" He watched as she walked away to fetch it, before turning back to food.
Ah. Food GLORIOUS food.
Also, no more stealing it Soph. That's RUUUUUDE.
Oh and one more thing, did anyone wanna talk about how good Norah was doing? 'Cause she was really the shining star in this scene. Even Zander could see that much.
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Janelle looked around at her fellow scene-mates as they played Hammer, Hammer, Who's Getting the Hammer. Finally it seemed that Dot was going to get it. That meant that the chaos would soon commence. In the meantime, Janelle continued to eat her pretend food at the pretend feast. Then she banged her imaginary goblet on the table a few times because she wanted a refill of whatever it was she was drinking.
Janelle thought to herself, "What else would a giant do? She leaned back and patted her giant belly for a moment before she began to eat again. This time she mimed eating an apple, because she didn't know what else to do. Taking big bites out of her fruit, Janelle chewed with her mouth open. Giants didn't rerally have manners, did they? Well this one certainly did not. When she finished, she casually tossed her core onto the table. All the while, Janelle was mentally planning her Academy Award winning death scene. Oh she would be ready for the big finish. Now where was that hammer?
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Norah beamed at Dima's-friend-that-Dot-one because she liked her SHOES! Or at least she liked the serving wench's shoes and a serving wench and a serving made were the same thing, right? She wasn't entirely sure what a wench was but it made sense. Deductive reasoning, SEEE? Plus she knew what deductive meant. So there. "Thank you, Do--" Hold up. Not Dot. Random giant person thing. Right. "GIANT. DA GIANT....YO" Serving maid by day, COOL GANGSTER!LOKI BY NIGHT. Or was the serving part at night and the gangster part during the day? WHATEVER. Whatever it was, it was all A-okay. Who said staying in character was going to be hard? "That's a grand idea, Da Giant. Maybe the hammer will speed things up considering you've all been eating for AGES now. Not that I'm not used to it, being a serving maid for my whole entire life." Had she mentioned that she was a serving maid? 'Cause that's what she was. Loki!Norah continued about the table with all the imaginary food and stuff, trying to add a swagger to her step for REASONS, yo.
And then it was hard to stay in character because guess what? Marigold was asking for a dinosaur leg. A DINOSAUR leg. There were no dinosaurs at this time..........right? They were long gone. They went kaboom. The fourth year let out a snort as she turned to face Giant!Mari. Uh oh. Did serving maids laugh? Well, they did now. "YOU MAKE A FUNNY JOKE, GIANT. I, A MERE SERVING MAID, COULDN'T POSSIBLY GET YOU A WHOLE ENTIRE PIECE OF DINOSAUR MEAT," because......becaaaaaaaauuuuse..."MY UNCLE IS A DINOSAUR. THIS IS A DINOSAUR-FREE ESTABLISHMENT. HERE, HAVE SOME BROCCOLI." She mimed handing Mari a piece of broccoli and turned away from the audience to hide her giggles.
Hammer. Please. Soon. For DRAMATIC EFFECT. Y'know. She couldn't become an award winning actress JUST for talk of dinosaur uncles.
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Was it just him? Or were there a whole lot of would-be giants sitting around eating and stuffing their faces and being all gianty and not getting him HIS HAMMER?!
Why did this...this charade...have to be prolonged?
At least Benny thought as much, having briefly hoped that maybe it could be over and done with without too much issue. But there were Zander and Janelle, Sophia and her fellow Ravenclaw, and Marigold the prefect playing the parts of the icy giants but not following through with what was supposed to happen, at least if he was remembering it correctly. Who was supposed to be bringing it?
Not 'Loki' the serving maid, still loudly speaking of her duties as such.
He was sure his anxiousness was translating into his character which maybe was fitting...maybe how Thor would have really been like. Awaiting his precious possession to be returned to him so he could get the show on the road. So close yet so far away in the grand scheme of things.
They would pay for making him wait. Cue fighting the urge bang fist on table.
But wait...a Slytherin girl spoke of getting the hammer. YES! Benny thought before fixing his expression to be more like Thor pretending to be Freyja. Eying her/his would-be groom from beneath the veil.
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Well done, Grayson, Gabe and Dante! Adi clapped his hands off for those three. Especially Grayson. The dude made a cool Thor. YUP! Annnnd the next group was up! This was a HUGE group, yo! With Benny apart of it... as Thor... in a dress. Now, Adi knew allllll about Benny hating the spotlight being on him and he figured his friend was under enough pressure as it was so he was just going to hold his jokes back. He was going to be a good bestie for once.
YUP!
NOPE!
"Benny, you make the most beautiful bride ever!'' AHAHAHAHA! Well that lasted for only a second. Sorry, Benny. Feel free to ditch him as your bestie. Stifling back his laughter, Adi focused on the others. Queen Dot was doing well! The Hufflepuff liked watching her do the acting. The same went for Norah and Mari. Though... dinosaur meat? LOL!!!
Norah was LOUD. Merlin. A bossy one, at that. Had Soph never noticed, or was she just totally embodying what she thought Loki would be as a serving maid? She was REALLY mean and trying to MANIPULATE her and her fellow feasting giants into getting the hammer, but Soph just SHRUGGED at her and kept pretending to eat. HOW DID IT EVEN WORK? How were they supposed to transport it? WHO WAS WORTHY OTHER THAN THOR? WHAT.
At this point, Soph very briefly broke character to give Botros a quizzical look. WHAT WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO?
Dot seemed to think she had it covered, though, and Sophie gave a GRUNT of approval at her fetching of the hammer. "YES. GO FORTH." Is that how the frost giants talked? Was that okay? MORE GRUNTING.
And more stealing of Zander's non-existent food, despite his protests. She nudged the Gryffindor, pretending to be grumpy with Zander's own protests, and ignoring his disappointed looks. What else was a kid pretending to be a giant to do, besides antagonize her giant best friend?
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