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Post by michelle on Jul 26, 2009 0:52:12 GMT -5
The steady drumming of rain against the window and the overcast sky was the only explanation as to why Alice Somerset was still tangled in the covers of her bed, a subtle snore emitting from her mouth every time she exhaled. It was usually the sun filtering through the sheer blue curtains and fighting against her closed eyes that served as a wake-up call, and seeing as the sun was barely peering out from behind the heavy gray clouds, Alice was still asleep. But not for long.
Her eyes fluttered momentarily as she tried to twist onto her stomach, restrained by the mess of sheets that were indubitably the result of a restless nights' sleep. She jerked awake and lifted herself onto her elbows, widening her lipstick-stained mouth into a yawn that was so big, it allowed a glimpse at all her teeth. She had never been a fan of mornings, and today was no exception. If it could even be considered morning. She didn't worry herself with the time since she wasn't running on a schedule to begin with.
Alice slipped off the bed and danced across the room to avoid contact with the cold wooden floor, making her way toward the bathroom, her arms spread wide in an attempt to stretch the sleep from her limbs. Running a quick comb through her hair, she pulled it back into a messy ponytail despite never having been fond of the hairstyle. She didn't expect to be seeing any friends today and hardly cared what the people she passed in the halls thought of her. She hastily brushed her teeth, washed her face, and pulled on a wrinkled pair of jeans that had been kicked into a corner of the room.
Tugging a simple green t-shirt over her head as she went, Alice took the stairs three at a time, landing in the Common Room a little off-balance and with a thump. She was a little disappointed to see it completely void of any activity besides the occasional flipping of the page. You couldn't help but laugh at how often Ravenclaws proved to be true to their stereotype, and Alice suppressed a giggle at their unwillingness to even look up from their books.
"Good morning to you, too!" she called, startling them out of their trances as she tucked her feet into a pair of shoes and clambered out of the portrait hole. Maneuvering the hallways required little thought, and Alice's mind wandered to today's plans as she sauntered along, her hand held out to trace her fingertips along the stone walls of the castle. If anything, she had to take a few minutes to stand out in the rain, there hadn't been much in a long time. It wasn't long before Alice found herself shouldering the heavy oak doors open and stepping out into the courtyard. From the looks of the people standing outside, they had been there for quite some time. Alice's mouth spread into a smile at their drenched faces, and she sped up her pace to go talk to them. "Great weather we're having, huh?" she trilled, holding a hand above her eyes to keep the rain out of them.
ooc. surry, that was kinda suckish of me.
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Post by Haine on Jul 26, 2009 14:56:11 GMT -5
Remember before when I said that Phil was King Dork and therefore guaranteed to do or say something exceptionally stupid (Even if just in his opinion)? Well this was one of those times. Clearly he had not understood much of what Thalia had just said yet it was a heck of a lot of words to describe three letters. And clearly Phil was not thinking when he was speaking. "You really are amazing if you can put that much meaning into such a small word." It may not seem like much yet it was enough to make Phil want to go walk into a wall. A few dozen times sounded good. But then... then he was suddenly dry and had an umberella over his head. Phil looked up blankly at the person holding the umberella. Awww, now he was blushing. "Thankyou."He murmered quietly.
Woo- once again saved from further embaressment by Marlene. "4th July, yet I get the feeling I'll need a calender quite a while before that. I'll probably get one on the next hogsmaede trip, so then I won't have to wake up every Saturday thinking it's Friday." Phil replied with a chuckle.
How was Phil this lovely rainy day? That was actually a very good question. At the present moment in time, he was annoyed at himself, dry and having a good time with friends. Confusing or what? Ah well - he'd try to sum that up as best to his abilities. "I'm fine thanks, Nex. You?" Nex's other words then sunk into Phil's brain. "You love Snape? Severus Snape? That's..." Phil was really trying not to be mean or judgemental here. "interesting. A game sounds good. What do we have to do?"
And once more, another newcomer joined the group - Phil only recognised her because she was Ravenclaw. That was all he remembered. Stupid memory. "Absolutely brilliant weather for ducks, I guess. Can't get any better than this, can it?"
ooc//Suckishhhh.
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Post by Dea on Jul 26, 2009 15:19:37 GMT -5
Thalia raised an eyebrow. "Amazing? Well. Thanks. I think. Unless it's opposite day."
It was plausible.
And then she realised he was going red. "Er. Phil. You're going red." Well crap. Was this one of the things that he didn't want anyone to know? Well. Now she had to change the subject. "Um. Hi. I don't know you...I'm Thalia. Wintringham. Hi." Well. She was really one for crappy introductions today. What? It ran in the family.
The first thing her dad said to her mum was, 'Hi. So. What did you have for breakfast?'
And her brother to his wife? 'Hi. So. This is....Kensington?' And Ajax's favourite pickup line...'Meet me in the broomcloset.' So...
That was good, for Wintringham standards.[/size]
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Post by michelle on Jul 27, 2009 12:20:03 GMT -5
Alice gave up on squinting through the rain at people. The droplets were getting caught in her eyelashes and running down her cheeks, making it look as though she was crying. She wiped at her face with the back of her hand, a little more exasperated than she usually was, and brought away a palm full of smeared mascara. "Faaantastic," she dead-panned, puffing out her cheeks as she exhaled, evidently a lot more annoyed with the weather than she had been moments ago.
She rested her forearm against her head and blinked a few times to clear her vision. "Ohh, Phil, right?" she inquired, recognizing him a little now that she could see. Although she remembered his face, the only other thing she could recall was something involving a couch, and she figured she'd leave that conversation for another time. "Great weather for ducks and Alices, then." she stated, extending her free hand so that the water could pool in her palms.
Another introduction caught her attention next, another person she didn't remember having met. That wasn't too good. Alice liked to consider herself one of the few people who knew nearly everyone. Well, there was no point in fussing over that, and she always looked forward to new acquaintances. "Alice Somerset", she responded, offering a smile and rocking back and forth on her heels.
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Post by katelyn on Jul 27, 2009 13:08:11 GMT -5
[glow=purple,1,000] Marlene raised an eyebrow at Nex. She loved Severus Snape? She laughed. "Don't mind Nex," She told Phil and the sixth year who's name she couldn't remember. "She put extra sugar in her cereal this morning. I saw her." Hmmmm. Play a game that Nex had made up? The last time they'd played a game Nex made up was with a few girls from her dorm, to see who could get the most fucked up hairstyle. "I dunno, Nex. The last time we played something you though of you wound up with a purple moe-hawk and I spent three hours trying to get my hair out of that knot." She couldn't help but smile at the memory. "But then again, if we're pissing people off.....what kind of game is it, exactly?" She looked to Phil and bit her fingernails, a bad habit she'd had since she was little. "Oh, Damn. Missed it." She paused. "Oh, well. I'll get you a calendar anyway and just call it a late birthday present, mmkay?" She smiled at him. "Nice to meet you, Alice Somerset and Thalia Wintringham." She said, even though it wasn't her that either of them were introuducing themselves too. "I'm Marlene McKinnon." She glanced at Alice's hand. "You know, Alice, there's a nifty little charm to water-proof make-up." [/glow]
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Post by Dea on Jul 27, 2009 13:22:23 GMT -5
Alice. Somerset. Mental note.Marlene. She already knew her. "Well. It's nice to meet you." Well. No 'meet me in the broomcloset'. Maybe it didn't run in the family. Or maybe it did and this just proved she wasn't a lesbian. But she hadn't said that to Phil. Oh god. Maybe she was going to join a nunnery.
She briefly had visions of this, and very nearly commited mental suicide. Back to reality.
No nuns. No 'eternal virginity' pacts.
Oh thank god.
Where the fuck had this come from?
Concentrate. [/size]
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Post by Becca on Jul 27, 2009 13:28:21 GMT -5
Nex laughed, and thanked whatever god existed that Marlene knew her hyperactive tendencies. Nex smiled at the memory "Good times, good times... that'll be the last time anyone lets me suggest anything to do with hair I think" she giggled slightly before showing off a large Cheshire cat reminiscent grin
"Weeeellll" she extended the word out for a second " Lets just say its like playing matchmaker, with a couple of differences. I like to call it the lovechild maker!" quickly realising how wrong this sounded Nex giggled noticing the innuendo "But not in that way, it just requires some of my morphing skills and us picking out people we want to pair up!" after her little speech Nex noticed Alice
"It is indeed a lovely day for ducks and Alice’s... and Nex's for matter of fact" she nodded to herself "Nice to meet you Alice, I'm Nex. You may know my under names like crazy moe-hawk girl and the one with colourful eye burning hair" she grinned once again... yep shouldn't have had the caffeine and sugar today.
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Post by Haine on Jul 27, 2009 14:09:56 GMT -5
"Opposite day?" Phil asked. It would make sense if it was actually an opposite day (If such things do exist) as he was swarmed by people at the moment, which counted as exceptionally unordinary for King Dork.
Turning red? Well that was just bloody brilliant - having the matter pointed out by Thalia didn't really help matters. Then again, having it pointed out by anyone wouldn't have helped. There was still time to save himself from further embaressment... (Yes, Phil did think of very little else, considering how many stupid things he did each day.) A smooth comment, witty maybe? "I am? Ah shit." I guess that works just as well.
"Really? Thanks. I'm sure my dorm-mates'll want to thank you too. Occasionally I resort to throwing things at whoever's nearest at the time until they're awake and then tell me what day it is. Usually this is Gideon and he's definitely not what you'd call a morning person-" Bugger. Phil seemed to have caught Thalia's verbal diarrhea. Time for a subject change.
"She's not usually like this then?" Phil asked Marlene carefully. If Nex was only like this due to extra sugar in cereal, that was probably the best news he had heard all day. Phil had been starting to fear that he'd soon need counseling if Nex said anymore insane stuff like 'I love Severus Snape'. He let out an inaudible sigh of relief, yet quickly took it back as he listened to Nex's game. No matter what, she still sounded quite crazy to Phil. "Does this game come with an example?" Something was telling Phil that he was going to regret asking that.
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Post by Dea on Jul 27, 2009 14:19:13 GMT -5
"Yes. Opposite day. You know, where yes means no and I hate you secretly means I love you and a boy is a girl and woah I have not thought this through. So on a quick subject change, does ah shit mean it's like, a disease?"
Well that was a wasted minute of her li-
Lovechild?
Interesting.
"Ooh, yeah. Can we have an example?"
Well. This sounded fun. For the moment. She then found herself wondering what a Sirius/Snape child would look like.
Woah.
Sirius would single-handedly kill her if he could read minds.
Oh god. Here came the bad images.
Get them out.[/size]
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Post by Becca on Jul 27, 2009 14:25:32 GMT -5
"An example you ask?" Nex paused swirling a lock of blue hair around her finger " Give me the names of any two people... preferably well known people so I know there appearence. And I'll change to look like a mix of them.They can be the same gender as well if you wondering" she smiled. She never had played this game with others and hoped there imagination might be more interesting then that of her own
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Post by Dea on Jul 27, 2009 14:51:39 GMT -5
Don't say it Thalia. Don't say it.
'Severus Snape and Sirius Black.'
Oh god. She said it. This would not end well. Then there was the fact it was raining. Oh yeah, It was raining. For Christ's sake. She was so spacey today. Weird. Very. Very. Weird.
Reality. She was in the real world. Real. World.
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Post by katelyn on Jul 27, 2009 15:14:12 GMT -5
[glow=purple,1,000] Marlene smiled at Phil. "Well, tell your friends that they will no longer have things thrown at them in the early hours of the morning. " She paused. "Well, after the next Hogsmead trip they won't. Because I dunno where I'm going to find a calandar otherwi - wait, maybe....no, I don't think that's legal....hmmm. Yeah, you'll just have to wait until Hogsmead." She paused, glancing over at Nex before looking back to Phil. "And she's pretty much like this all the time, but you know she's had extra sugar when she starts declaring her love for people. We spent two hours eating candy non-stop once, and she announced that she loved Slughorn." She smiled. "Didn't we play that in fourth year, Nex?" She asked. "Except with Professors?" She burst into laughter at the memory. "Oh my god, remember Slughorn and McGonagall!?" "Holy shit!" She grinned and the thought of Severus Snape and Sirius Black. "Thalia, that's bloody brilliant! Do it, Nex!" [/glow]
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Post by Haine on Jul 27, 2009 15:41:13 GMT -5
Phil laughed. "I don't think they'll believe me. And if they do, they'll probably be bowing at your feet. I usually end up throwing my alarm clock at them. Then when I go to retrieve it, I get kicked." He explained jokingly. The sad thing? That was all 100% true. Sadly, the happy aura was quickly taken away by the impending feeling of doom. "So she's always like this except that when she hasn't had extra sugar, Nex doesn't confess love for random people?" Phil was really going to need a therapist for this sometime soon.
"Nope, Ah Shit does not mean it's a disease. Yet if that's now the opposite....You've probably made my brain start melting, you know that Wintringham?"Phil said with a smirk. Sirius and Snape's love child... "That's pure genius. Nex, You most certainly have to do that."
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Post by Becca on Jul 27, 2009 15:53:31 GMT -5
Nex looked at Marlene with horror "Ok never eating that much candy again if I say stuff like that" she declared out loud before laughing from the memory of 4th year "Ah that was brilliant" she paused "Severus and Sirius you say? God I love you for that. Sounds like a plan" she grinned standing up to show her full 6 feet of height.
"Okay I have an idea" she said closing her eyes and concentrating. Her hair changed from vivid blue to a darker black colour into that of Sirius's whilst her nose and jaw line mimicked Severus's perfectly with other cosmetic changes. Her eyes shaped to those of Sirius’s and with a dramatic twirl she grinned "How do I look?"
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Post by Dea on Jul 27, 2009 15:58:05 GMT -5
'Wintringham? Fine then, Jacques,' Thalia replied with a sniff. Well. It wasn't a disease. But...it was opposite day.
Right. She may have just triggered the end of the world.
'That is confusing. Ow. Just pretend I said nothing.'
Nex was going to do it. My god. She had managed to get the images away. Oh no. It was like the horrid images had sprang from her head and onto Nex's face.
Thalia stared with wide eyes. 'Disturbing.'[/size]
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