Katie
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Post by Katie on Apr 3, 2011 18:29:15 GMT -6
When we finally get there, we were kinda late. The dumb owl didn't let us see the location and so we had to chase him across the alley until finally my cat graced me of his presence and jumped onto the bird. And for his help he said I had to give him half of the meal on the train. Great, I hope I get to eat.
"Sorry Kristen we are so late!" I say to her when we knock on the door "No prob, its cool. Want me to help with your stuff?" we shake our heads and then whisk our wands to the room she implied. She walks away and we find a soccer ball in the back. "Yeah!" i say and then we start playing.
"Hey Katie," Kenna says after hitting the ball perfectly with her foot "Yeah?" I say after head butting the ball "Do you think they think I am a pyro?" "Nah, I think they think you are cool, they are strange too." "I know but they don't know me too well and that accident a while ago...." "No its fine!" I say and then I change the soccer ball into a baseball and we throw that for a while until we get bored, then we change it once again and start playing with it until we hear a loud girly scream. We rush inside and ask quickly "Is everything alright? we heard a scream!" We walk in to see Will and the whole group talking almost jokingly, I calm down a little bit until I see Will's face. "KEEP HER AWAY FROM ME!" he shreaks as he , goes behind me. "She's insane! Loony! Stark raving mad!"
"Um.." I say as I take a tiny step away from him, weirdo. Then everyone started acting weird, yelling about and shoving hammers around. It was weird and before we knew it the conversation turned sane again. Right up until Kenna made them think she was a pyro once again. "Okay guys we can make some food. As long as we don't set the house on fire." and of course to make them crazy she has to say in a dreamy tone. "Firrree...." she says in this funny day dream look. "I vote we keep Kenna away from the Stove." Saki says looking at Kenna with a slightly amused, slightly scared look. "Seconded." somebody said quietly. "I was only joking!" Kenna says with a humph. "Still a good idea." I say to her playfully. "Yeah, remember when she set Mortimer Fremante's hair on fire!" Jinah says and I just feel Kenna stifining up in anger or whatever. "And the time she made us evacuate the charm's classroom?" Sako says, I glance at Kenna to see her small charm bracelet glow a little bit. Oh no. They keep talking about all the fire problems until her bracelet becomes white hot and it steams slighty. Then she snaps. "Okay, all right. I will stay away from the stove." she says angerly, and I know she is lying, just from the way her eyes dart. "THANK YOU!" the group say, but they don't know what will happen....
After a delicious meal that Jinah made and Kenna supervised everyone kinda split up. One group, Willow, Jinah, Laura, all the boys, went to play truth or dare in the dining room, and the other group, which is everyone else, went to the living room to play video games and do other stuff. Kenna went over to the "bathroom" but immeditly I knew she was going to do something. "Kenna...." I say caustiosly. "Yes?" she says with a very innocent smile. "What are you doing?" I ask her as I notice her hands behind her body, "Oh nothing, I am just inviting a friend to the party," "Kenna, you said you weren't going to set the house on fire." "Oh I am not! All I am doing is a little mind manipulation, nothing dangerous." I glare at her angerly until she shows me the item. "Katie, its really nothing, one of my friend sold it to me and I want to show it to them. Make them all go outside so I can show my skills in fire." she says and happily skips outside, I feel very nervous from what I read but I know that its safe so I call the others.
"Hey guys come outside." I say to them, after a while they stop and go outside with a smirk on their face. "HEY GUYS look, i know you said no stove but I brought these to the party and since they are kinda illegal in school we should use them alright?" "Will this set the house on fire?" Sako asks looking very nervous at her. Kenna just smiles in response. "Of course not silly." "I am going to stay inside." Will says backing away into the house. "NO!" she screams and whisks her wand which makes him stand still. "NO! LET ME GO! AHH FREAK! LOONEY!" she only smiles and lights the special fireworks. Off they shoot off in the air and at first they look normal, until they come downward and go into the shape of two wolves. They land on the ground gracefully, or hover above it, and change colors as they skip around Will and the group. First to blue, then white, red, yellow, lavender, red again, pink, green and finally dark blackness and with red fangs they jump at Will. "AHH!" he screams and right when they are an inch away from him they disapeer into the mist. It was so pretty yet scary. "So guys, like it?"
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Post by laura on Apr 3, 2011 19:33:24 GMT -6
At Sako's house, there was much chaos and ensuing hilarity. Willow mused upon the functionality and fashionality (fashionability?) of dress robes, JinAh hammer-face-whacked Will, and Kenna almost set the house on fire.
"This is so much fun, guys!" I said. Sonia and I were spinning around hand in hand.
"I knoooooooow," said Sonia, sounding like she might be about to puke.
"I actually haven't been having that much fun, thank you for asking," Will said haughtily. "In fact, this whole day has been quite the fiasco. First my face, which is practically sculpted out of marble, is marred by the most hideous of bruises, then I get whacked and temporarily KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS by a gigantic hammer, and then she--" he pointed an accusing finger at Kenna, "--almost set me on FIRE. So, all in all, this really hasn't been that great for me, guys." Will finally finished his tirade, leaving us staring at him.
"Is that all, Princess?" asked JinAh. "Maybe there was a pea under your mattress last night, is that why you woke up on the wrong side of the bed?" Her voice was innocent and saccharine on the surface, but I could tell another mega-hammer lurked underneath.
Will seemed to realize it. He feigned an injured expression and said, "I was just hoping for some sympathy..."
"Well you're not--" thwack "--going--" thwack "to get any!" THWACK. JinAh was hammering him, but only gently.
"I think I smell looooove," said Sonia.
"Love is a mortal feeling, and I think we all know I'm cut from finer cloth," said Will, though he turned slightly pink.
"I smell it. It's strong, and it's stinking up the place," Sonia crooned.
I wrinkled my nose. "No, I think that's actually burning plastic," I said.
We all rushed inside.
"Is something burning in here?" Kristen asked.
Sako looked worried. "My parents would not approve of burning things in the house..."
"KENNAAAAAA!" everybody screamed.
She appeared from around a corner, her guilty conscience all over her face. "It's all right, guys, I already put it out." We all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why thank you, Kenna," Sebastian drawled. "Whatever would we have done without you, putting out the fire that you set in the first place."
Kenna frowned, but Edmund stepped in. "Calm down, everyone, it's okay now. You all get riled up so easily. Be more like Charlotte! She doesn't start fights." He grinned at her, and she smiled shyly back.
"This whole place stinks, and I am most definitely not talking about plastic," Sonia said.
"Oh, I know what you're saying," I said. "On the count of three. One, two, three--"
"LOOOOOOOVE!" We all chorused, and collapsed in laughter.
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Post by JinAh on Apr 3, 2011 20:02:05 GMT -6
I have a confession to make: As much as I tease Kenna about being a pyro (although the thing with Mortimer Fremantle's hair was great. I could have kissed her afterwards.), I'm kind of obsessed with fire, myself. So the wolf-firecracker things were awesome. They were seriously, seriously beautiful. They were so firey, so sparkling, so ... alive.
They faded away, and everyone let out a collective sigh - even Will, who loved to brag that he had no sentimental side whatsoever. Ha.
"So ... beautiful ..." Charlotte said, gazing dreamily into where the two shapes had disappeared.
"They almost killed Will," Sako agreed.
"Hey!"
"Let's go inside," Laura suggested. "It's starting to get a little chilly."
We took Laura's sensible suggestion. Charlotte shivered; she had no jacket over her thin T-shirt.
"It's your fail whale shirt!" I said, delightedly. "I wonder if it will be friends with me?" Will's head swiveled around at the Douglas Adams reference.
"YES!" Charlotte said. "One of my best birthday presents EVER."
"Wait," said Kris. "It was your birthday?"
"Yeah, three days ago-"
"And you didn't TELL us?!?"
"Um, no ..."
"We didn't really do much," I explained. "I got her a gift and then we went and saw a play."
"We didn't celebrate Charlotte's birthday!" Will said. "This is not right! This must be changed at once! I, William Crowley, declare that we WILL celebrate Charlotte's birthday today! Properly! Embarrassing party games, singing, four-course meal - the works!"
"You don't have to do all that for me, guys," said Charlotte, embarrassed.
"Of course we do!" exclaimed Willow, catching her in a hug. "What else are friends for?"
"ATTEN-SHUN!" yelled Will. He was standing on the coffee table and had his chest thrust out like an army sergeant. "Operation Charlotte's Birthday is go! I need volunteers, men-"
"-and women-"
"-and women! This mission is of vital importance! If you fail, your livers will be cut out and fed to the Slytherins-"
"Hey!" came three voices.
"Does that mean I'd have to eat my own liver?"
"BLAKE! Stand up, private! Are you trying to be smart with me? Think you're smart, huh?"
"Why yes, Sergeant," drawled Sebastian. "I do."
"Why, you horrible little man! I oughta - why, I oughta-"
"You oughta stop being ridiculous and actually plan, or get off the table," I interrupted.
"Oh, fine. Mission one! Volunteers!"
"What is mission one?"
"Containment! I need men - or women - to keep Charlotte in Sako's room! She must not leave under any circumstances!"
"What if she has to go to the bathroom?" asked Edmund cheekily.
"What? Oh, er ... I guess she can leave, then - no! She can go to the one in Sako's room! You trying to be smart, too, private Blackwell? Well, you be smart over on mission one! No complaining, private!"
"All right," said Edmund, smiling at Charlotte. She blushed, almost imperceptibly - I only noticed because I was looking for it.
"Volunteers! Anyone else?"
"I'll go," said Sonia.
"Excellent! Mission two! Decoration! I need the living room, the dining room, completely decorated! Charlotte, what's your favorite color?"
"Yellow."
"The key is yellow! I want yellow on the sofas, yellow on the walls, yellow on the floors, in the air if you have to! Understood?"
"Yessir!"
"Um, guys," said Sako nervously, "please don't do anything permanent ..."
"It's okay, Sako," said Vi. "I'll do decorating - I'll make sure not to do anything that'll make your parents kill you."
"Excellent! Private Nguyen! Anyone else?"
"Ooh! Decorating!" said Laura.
Ray shrugged. "I can't really cook, so I'll do that."
"All right! Mission three--"
"Wait," I said. "Shouldn't we get the outside of the house, too?"
"Oh, Katie and I can do that!" said Kenna. Her display with the fireworks seemed to have gotten rid of her bad mood. "Sebastian, Will, can we borrow your brooms?"
"Yeah, sure," said Sebastian.
"Excellent! Mission two, outside section - done! Private Turgus, are you sure they won't be seen?"
"Nah," said Sako. "We've got enough wards, and plus we've got a pretty darn high fence."
"Excellent! Mission three! Cooking detail! Now, we have our basic four courses - appetizer, soup and salad, main course, and dessert! What do you want, Charlotte?"
"Well," said Charlotte, "there were these stuffed mushrooms I had once that were AWESOME. Um. Cheese. Cheese is good. CHEESE AND BROCCOLI SOUP, YESS. AND BROCCOLI SALAD. Um, and ... and barbecue ribs! We only ever have barbecue on my birthday! And ... cheesecake! I LOVE CHEESECAKE. WITH CHOCOLATE. AND RASPBERRIES. AND STRAWBERRIES."
"Sounds like a plan," Will said, scribbling the foods down on a piece of paper he had procured from somewhere. "All right, everyone else, you're on cooking detail! That's Lawton, Turgus, ... whatever Saki's last name is, Kim, private Blake over here who thinks he's so smart, Curry, and me! All right, men-"
"-and women-"
"- and women, to your places!"
Us cookers gathered in the kitchen. Kris got out her laptop and searched for the recipes we needed. Willow decided that, as she was the one with the most experience cooking, she would get the ribs, which she declared had to be done perfectly, or they would taste foul and disgusting. Kris and Saki decided to take on the appetizers - Kris was horrible and Saki was excellent, so we concluded that between the two of them, they would manage to churn out something edible. I chose the soup, which sounded heavenly, and Sebastian chose the salad, which sounded simple. Which left Sako and Will with the cake.
In retrospect, that was a bad idea.
For a while, everything proceeded perfectly. The smells emanating from the kitchen were delicious - every so often, one of the decorators would pop their head through the door and beg for a taste. Saki and Kris had decided to make cheese dip and spinach-avocado dip along with their stuffed mushrooms. Amazingly, I hadn't burnt any of the soup, and it smelled - and tasted - wonderful. Sebastian was having a bit more trouble with the salad; after chopping up pieces of broccoli, he had become frustrated trying to chop up the almonds until I told him to just put them in a bag and use a rolling pin to crush them. I admit, it was a bit strange cooking in a kitchen with barely any appliances; we tried not to use magic in case we sent a meat cleaver tumbling across the kitchen. That would be bad. Willow's ribs were still cooking gently in the stove; their scent was so mouth-watering that Willow had to slap away Will's hand several times when he tried to sneak one out of the oven.
In fact, it was only Sako and Will who were having trouble.
It must be made clear that the ensuing disaster MUST NOT be blamed as Sako. She did as much as is humanly possible under the circumstances. Unfortunately, the circumstances happened to be Will.
They had a recipe, one that looked excellent, but Will considered himself above such mundane things as recipes. So, as Sako patiently measured and stirred, Will raided the kitchen for things that looked good and poured them into the mixing bowl. Among the things that went into the cheesecake mix were gummi bears, butter, parmesan cheese, olives, peanut butter, parsley, stalks of broccoli snatched from Sebastian's salad, and, while Sako was making the crust and Willow was putting the ribs into the oven, a large spoonful of barbecue sauce. We didn't ever see Will put more than one of these into the oven - the full gory details only came out later, at the inquisition.
Finally, everyone seemed to be done; the hot dishes had been covered and charmed to prevent their cooling down, and garnishes and sauces had been prepared. The only problem was the cake.
It looked all right when Will poured it into the crust; it had looked all right when they put it into the oven. While it was cooking, though, it looked as far from all right as it was possible to be. Everything that Will had stuffed into that cake bubbled to the surface, turning the whitish-yellow of the cheesecake strange, unholy colors.
"Will," said Sako, who had been preparing the dark chocolate ganache for the top of the cake and had been rather distracted as to Will's antics, "what did you put in there?"
"Oh, but a few tidbits, milady-"
"What?"
He told us.
We had to pause for a bit while Kris threw up in the bathroom next to the kitchen.
"What. Were. You. Thinking." Sako's eyes were almost glowing with the strength of her fury.
"I ... wasn't."
"That seems to be exactly the problem."
Will crouched, holding his hands protectively over his head.
Sako shook her head. "No," she said. "This is not a hammer issue. This must be settled beyond hammers."
"We can decide on a suitable punishment later," I said. "Meanwhile, we need to start eating soon, and we need a cake."
"I'll go out and buy one," Sebastian suggested. "My dad gives me muggle money over the holidays."
"You're a pure-blood," I pointed out. "I'll go with you, I know how supermarkets and bakeries work."
"Oh! While you're out, you can buy Lo some presents from us," said Kris. "We'll all pay you back later."
"And take Will," added Saki. "I think if you leave him here, Sako might murder him."
Indeed, that seemed a fairly likely possibility. So, Sebastian and I went off to find a store - a Target, perhaps? - not too far from Sako's house, with Will in tow.
This was another bad idea. In retrospect, the sensible thing to do would have been to stun Will and lock him in a closet until it was time to eat.
Since our horrific journey will be recapped later, I'll fast forward to the end, where Sebastian, Will, and I run breathlessly into Sako's house, chased by several large dogs who are repulsed by some well-cast jinxes.
"What happened to you?" Vi exclaimed.
"I'll let Will explain, shall I?" said Sebastian, in an incredibly annoyed voice.
Will, looking shamefaced, shook his head.
"Will's embarrassed? Must have been bad."
"You have no idea," I snapped.
"First, Will had the brilliant idea to try and convince people that he was a mental patient, and Sebastian and I were escorting him around. I'm sure something led Will to believe that this was the pinnacle of hilarity, but, as any half-sane person will know, it wasn't. It was horrible and humiliating, and everyone looked at us like we were insane, and they wouldn't let us near anything valuable in case Will flipped out and threw it at people. Finally, we managed to get a cake, after Will went into hysterics and started ranting about how this one cake gave him "bad vibes". I was afraid that the store manager was going to call the police. Then, we went to buy Charlotte a present at the bookstore. Foolishly, we left him reading in the children's corner - we thought it would keep him entertained - and an employee had to get us because Will had taken a hundred or so books and stacked them to create a fort, and was hiding out under it and refused to leave. We had to buy over a hundred dollars' worth of merchandise to appease them somewhat. On the bright side, we got Charlotte some awesome books and some pretty great yarn for her crocheting. That was pretty much the only bright side. We were walking back, carrying a cake, books, yarn, etc., when a dog barked at us. So, of course, Will barks back. The two engage in this barking competition for a little while, until eventually the dog - it was some kind of terrier - backs down, and these two really big strays show up and growl at Will. Will, on some kind of alpha-dog high, growls at them, and the other two strays, considering him to be a challenge to their authority, start running at us. I had to hit one of them with a hammer, although I really felt like hitting Will. It was awful. It was awful. We should kill him. No, we should skin him alive, keeping him alive with a charm, and make him be Mortimer Fremantle's personal servant for all of eternity."
"That's rather harsh," said Laura.
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I HAVE SUFFERED TONIGHT." I collapsed onto Sebastian, and the two of us sat on the ground and went into delayed hysterics.
"I agree," said Sako, who had appeared in the kitchen doorway. Her expression was grim. "We'll eat dinner first, before it gets cold - and after that, Will is going on trial. Such behavior cannot go unpunished."
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Post by JinAh on Apr 3, 2011 20:09:22 GMT -6
Random: two posts in a row have Sebastian 'drawling', something you don't expect to come up in a description of an English person speaking.
Anyway, I love this RP. So much.
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Smonia
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Post by Smonia on Apr 3, 2011 20:21:00 GMT -6
lololololololol JinAh that bit about the cake and the ingredients sparked a rather obnoxious laugh from me. It lasted for a while. +12 BADASSCOOL FOR YOU
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Post by JinAh on Apr 3, 2011 20:34:36 GMT -6
o.o Sonia? What is your profile picture? Because it freaks me out.
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Smonia
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Post by Smonia on Apr 3, 2011 20:40:47 GMT -6
Raperodent | Don't worry, that's the intended effect.
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Post by Vi on Apr 3, 2011 20:50:49 GMT -6
Compared to the disaster(s) in the kitchen, the decoration of the living room and dining room went relatively smoothly. Emphasis on "relatively."
"OHMYGOSH MY HAIR!" someone screamed from the living room. I had been delegated to decorate the dining room. Therefore, Rachel and Laura were decorating the living room in shades of yellow. I wondered which hair had been ruined. Laura's hair was already blonde, so I assumed that Rachel's hair colour had gone awry. How wrong I was.
I poked my head into the living room, expecting to see Rachel with blonde hair. Instead, I saw a Laura with fluorescent highlighter pink hair.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Laura shrieked. Rachel look slightly bemused by the incident. Laura was not.
"It's all right, we'll fix it. And in any case, they match your nails," insisted Rachel, who looked like she was about to laugh. Turning to me, she told me, "Fix it, Vi. Please."
"Fine. Hm. Let me think. Let's see... Multicofors!" Laura's hair turned bright green. She shrieked again. "Well, yes, that is kind of a random spell... Probably not the best choice. Er, Finite!" To Laura's relief (and Rachel's disappointment), her hair was back to its natural blonde colour. "Yeah. I probably should have just tried Finite in the first place," I mused. I looked around. They had gotten the room pretty yellow, with streamers everywhere, the couches and chairs yellow, the rug was yellow, and the place looked as sunshiny as ever. They had even managed to levitate some balls of light that looked like miniature suns (without the danger of blindness when stared directly at). "Wow. It looks nice," I noted, poking at a ball of light with my wand.
"Wait no don't touch--" Rachel said, panicking. Too late. The ball of light crashed down to the floor and scattered. "...that. It took us a bunch of tries and about an hour to perfect the method."
"Er, sorry," I apologized. "But, you still have the other ones around the room, so it's okay! Charlotte won't even know that one was missing!" They stared at me for a bit. "Uh. I'm going to finish up decorating the dining room now, and you can try to keep decorating or take a break."
I went back into the dining room and mused about what to do next. I had already covered the room in yellow streamers, placed extra Cushioning Charms on the chairs, turned the chair cushions yellow, turned the place mats and dishes yellow, and "painted" the walls a pastel yellow color, with a few birds in it, enchanted to fly across the walls. I had briefly considered levitating candles like they did in the Great Hall, but I decided against it, knowing my friends. I was finished, so opened to the door to enter the kitchen to find a breathless JinAh, Sebastian, and Will carrying a few items, their wands, and looking visibly distressed.
"What happened?" I asked.
And then they explained the whole story that I'm too lazy to write again. Yay.
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Katie
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Post by Katie on Apr 4, 2011 15:32:56 GMT -6
Well decorating the back with Kenna was a blast, I almost forgot how much fire skills she has. Her living with purebloods now of course. We made the back as pretty as possible with yellow butterflies, corection Flaming yellow butterflies. They were so pretty, and as she did that I made balloons poof up and then created little yellow squirlls and rabbits balloons that were enchanted to hop around, unfourtantly some of them popped. Then we made some other stuff, but basiclly that was all we did and then we walked into the room to see a group of crazred people I got to go to a Lacrosse game so see ya
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Post by Teh Zu Person on Apr 4, 2011 16:55:15 GMT -6
(ooc - Saki's surname is Adams, btw)
I had been very pleased that I hadn't destroyed the kitchen - or anything in it. Saki and I spent the whole time cracking dumb geeky jokes while we were making our dish. I have to admit, while I'm usually terrible, it is pretty hard to mess up chips and dip; I let Saki take care of the stuffed mushrooms. (On the other hand, I have messed up boiling water... that aside, the food did come out well.)
It wasn't until I, the genius I was, decided to try the cake batter that everything went wrong. Everyone was crowded around the over after the weird sizzling sound had spread all over the kitchen, and we watched as the cake bubbled up into something less that appetizing that I started to feel sick.
"Will, what did you put in there?"
I didn't hear, having made a bee-line for the bathroom. When I returned, everyone else was looking grossed out.
"So, do you want to know the contents of you stomach?" Saki asked.
"No thanks," I replied. "I think I'm fine with just knowing that I'm never going to try it again."
Sebastian, Jin Ah and Will left to get the cake, leaving the rest of us to waste time while we waited on their return. Charlotte wouldn't be leaving Sako's room anytime soon, it looked like.
"The ribs are done!" Willow announced.
"Those look yummy."
Willow whipped out a wooden spoon and looked around at everyone, before lowering it. "Alright. But no one touches it until we start dinner, or you'll get a slap on the wrist."
"I'll set the table," I offered.
"Ah, right. I need to get an extra table," Sako added. "We only have the circle one in the dining room, but that won't be enough seating for all of us. Someone come help me." She started heading out of the kitchen to go get another table (a fold-up table, perhaps?) and was followed out by Vi, who had been taking a break from decorating anyway to see how the meal was going.
I started on my job - forks, knives, plates, spoons - I cast a small charm on the napkins, folding them into swans so that they would later unfold themselves if you pulled on the wings. Everything was looking nice, and finally Vi and Sako came back with another table. Saki and Sako stretched a long white table cloth across it, and all three of us set the table while Vi went back to decorating.
"Whoa, this is a lot of work," Saki said. "A lot."
"Not really. I think it's kind of fun," Sako spoke, a wide smile stretched across her face.
"You think that, but you're weird," I added.
"We're all weird."
Sako sighed. "Both of you idiots, shut up." The door crashed open, and Sako's eyes practically burst out from behind her glasses. "What the-?"
Jin Ah and Sebastian crashed onto the floor - and told their whole story of how they got the cake and presents, but with a much more nerve-wracking trip that expected thanks to Will. That's an understatement.
And it looked like we would have a Phoenix Wright event added to our party - with Will put in the stands.
"Can I be the prosecutor?" I asked. "My mother works in law."
"I kind of wanted to do it, too," Sako said.
Vi laughed. "I think JinAh should do it, after all, it's her revenge." There was a spark in JinAh's eye that told me that she liked the idea, but Will seemed to be ignoring everyone and stunned by the decorations.
"Wow, these look good." He reached out to touch one of the orbs of light, but just short Laura slapped his hand. "Hey, what was that for?!?"
"DO. NOT. TOUCH. Or I'll kill you, got it?" She replied, a sweet, yet malicious, smile crossing her face.
"Um... yes," Will gulped. Clearly, at least Laura was making him nervous.
"Great, now I'm going to do one last lap to make sure everything is perfect!"
Willow smiled. "All right, do you think it's time to go get Charlotte? We don't want the dinner to sit out too long."
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Post by Smonia on Apr 4, 2011 17:48:32 GMT -6
The people downstairs finally decided to get Charlotte out. I think they had forgotten about me, sitting dutifully outside her door while she and Edmund talked and whatnot, making sure nobody emerged before the time was ripe. But the time was apparently ripe and Willow and Kris appeared. They opened the door just slightly, and Willow called into the room: "Chaaaaaaarrrlotte! Come out, my darling!" I ran down the stairs and into the living room before Kris, Willow, Edmund and Charlotte came down. I had to see what all the previous screaming and crashing and yelling was about. And then I became enlightened. It was absolute madness in there. Everyone, especially JinAh, looked immensely tired, Laura's hair had pink and green colors at the roots, and the walls - dear God, the walls. They were quite excellent, but a little creepy with those rabbits - most definitely Vi's doing. And frankly I did not want to see what the food was like. I had missed a lot.. "Charlotte's coming! Everyone, at your posts!" Will seemed to be taking charge of the situation, because of JinAh and Vi's lack of energy. I didn't know where my post was, other than upstairs. I just sat on the couch. At the bottom of the stairs, our guest of honor's face went from a look of excitement to a look of utter shock and amazement. And happiness. "W-wow! Bahaha! You guys, this is so great!" Charlotte grinned and cracked up. I think it was the running bunnies. Katie and Kenna piped up. "Look! Look outside! It's awesome and we did it!" We went to the door to the outside and yeah. The backyard looked fantastically insane. Spouts of fire erupted from butterflies... it was like a dream enhanced by some strange drug. "Time for dinner and cake, everyone! Come get some of this masterpiece!" Will motioned everyone to the table, where there was a large, store-bought cheesecake sitting there. "Hey Will, weren't you and Sako supposed to make a cake? Not buy one?" I stared at Will. I was generally confused about this child. He seemed somewhat deranged to me.. or schitzophrenic. Except his alternate personality hadn't reared it's possibly very ugly head yet. "Oh well you see...," Sako began. Will laughed nervously and cut her off. "Let's save this story for later, shall we? Personally, I am rather hungry. I don't know about all of you but I could eat three horses right now." This got a few chuckles, because the idea of consuming horses was rather amusing. I sat down first and grabbed my fork and spoon, and banged them repeatedly on the table. "I AM THE DINNER CAT! FEED ME, BEEYOTCHES!" "Goodness, Smonia. So demanding," grumbled Laura. Oh, prickly Laura. How I loved her so. She grabbed her fork and spoon and did the same. This turned into a party of fork-and-spoon-slamming dinner-ready teenagers, except for Sebastian, Rachel, and JinAh who seemed to be the only sane ones left in the bunch. (I love Oxford Commas ) Rachel held up a platter of barbecue ribs. "ALRIGHT, SETTLE DOWN, PEOPLE. I HAVE FOOD." Will threw his arm around Edmund and they raised their glasses like beer-loving Germans at Oktoberfest. "EEYYY! PASS IT ON DOWN!" They doubled over in hysterics. The food started getting passed around and everyone began eating. Charlotte seemed to be thoroughly enjoying her home-cooked birthday meal. "This dinner earns the Charlotte Stamp of Approval," she said while nomming on broccoli. "Good to hear. And at least that old cake isn't around," Vi muttered, and everyone except for Charlotte, Edmund and I smirked and glanced at Will. "What," he said incredulously. "It looked delicious."
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Post by laura on Apr 4, 2011 20:34:42 GMT -6
After several helpings of everything, people were starting to get a little food drunk.
"You know what's great?" Sonia said loudly, giggling so that she could barely speak. "Porcupines." She was snorting now, and could barely speak. "They're so--so--" She collapsed in a fit of giggles and I had no choice but to join in.
Sonia and I were turning red could barely breathe for all the laughter.
Sako, Saki, and Kristen were having their own laugh-fest over at the other end of the table. Even JinAh was snickering at something. The only people that seemed to have their wits about them were Vi, Rachel, Sebastian, and Edmund, but they were slowly starting to crack.
Will sauntered over to me and Sonia and said, "Ladies, ladies, do you know what improves porcupines?"
Sonia chuckled and said, "No, what?"
"Tophats."
Sonia and I were quiet for a moment, then burst out laughing even harder than before. I had a vision of a porcupine with a monocle and tophat dancing around, and I literally fell out of my chair. Sonia was soon on top of me, and we rolled around there for a while.
Will stared at us, bemused, then shrugged and went to mess with some other unsuspecting victims. Edmund looked slightly worried by the whole situation.
"Are you all--all right?" he asked.
"Porcupines!" I sputtered. "In tophats!"
Edmund blinked, then chuckled. I knew I would break him eventually.
Sonia and I calmed down in a minute, only to see JinAh, practically dying. Willow looked as alarmed as I was. "JinAh?" she said hesitantly. "Are you... okay...?"
JinAh could not speak but nodded her head. She was laughing so hard it had become silent.
"Se--Sebastian--he--said--he said--" she tried to form a complete sentence, but it seemed truly impossible.
Everyone stared at Sebastian. He looked around, and said, "What?" We continued staring. A smile was tugging at the corner of his mouth. He was up to something. "What?" he asked, more insistent this time.
"What did you do?" Vi asked suspiciously.
"Nothing much," he said, and this time he broke into a full-out grin. "I charmed the cake," he said. "The old one. The one Will ruined. It's about to--" SPLAT. We all whirled around, to see Will standing in the middle of the room, looking absolutely shocked. The smorgasboard cake had fallen onto his head. Without missing a beat, Will stuck out his tongue, licked some of the mush, and pronounced, "Hmm. There's something special about this cake. I can't quite put my finger on it..."
Needless to say, we didn't stop laughing for a long, long while.
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Post by JinAh on Apr 4, 2011 21:42:48 GMT -6
Hey, guys-
I think we need a plot. Some kind of villain/villainous group/antagonist that can be doing dastardly things.
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Katie
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Post by Katie on Apr 5, 2011 15:47:19 GMT -6
Okay, and how about we go to hogwarts now? I think we need to start going...
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Post by Vi on Apr 5, 2011 16:12:16 GMT -6
Well, it's still the 31st of August. And we're not done with all of our shenanigans yet. C:
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Smonia
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Post by Smonia on Apr 5, 2011 16:21:39 GMT -6
It was late. So late, in fact, that everyone was asleep around in the living room. So was I. So I can't really narrate my sleep. These last three sentences have started with "so". I did have a dream involving Whack-A-Moles and Transfiguration class... oh well. Not very important.
There was no particular arrangement to how everyone was sleeping - sleeping bags weren't part of the equation, either. Everyone was just laying around. Vi, Rachel, Kris and Sako were taking up the couches, while everybody else slept on the floor. With pillows, of course. The boys were in the other room, most likely sleeping.. but of course, we'll never know for sure.
The next morning consisted of groggyness, frenzy, lost socks (of Kris's), and strawberry-chocolate chip pancakes in different shapes. We proceeded to wake the boys up, who I don't think were actually supposed to sleep over. But they did anyway, and did not cause us any harm, until Charlotte woke up and found a small enchanted cake - with "Happy Birthday, Make Me A Sandwich" written in pink icing - floating above her head, which then fell on her, creating quite a mess. The sandwich part gave the creator away as definitely a male.
Everyone piled into Sako's parents' magic minivan (similar to the Weasely's magic car) and we made our way to the train station.
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Post by JinAh on Apr 5, 2011 17:03:09 GMT -6
SONIA. MAKE ME A SAMMICH.
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Smonia
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Post by Smonia on Apr 5, 2011 17:19:30 GMT -6
WHAT KIND LOL jk I refuse to make sammiches for fellow females And IT'S YOUR TURN TO POST JINAH
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Post by Teh Zu Person on Apr 5, 2011 21:04:31 GMT -6
If I'm losing my socks, it's because I'm wearing them. xDD
At around one in the morning I finally fell asleep, draped across Sako's couch and sharing a blanket. Although, I kept waking up in the night from her kicking me in the stomach and complaining about my twitching. Not surprising, of course, since we were crowded together on two ends of the couch.
At some unwizardly hour in the morning, I got up and raided the panty for some bread; ate, brushed my teeth, and went back to bed; not without stepping on a few people, of course, (Sonia made a weird noise when I tripped over her foot) but none of them woke up. Or, if they did, I didn't get yelled at because they were so tired and unaware.
Anyway, I fell back asleep again, only to be awakened by a screaming voice; Charlotte. Her hair, face and torso were drenched in frosty icing. "Oh dear!" was all she said, wiping some of the icing off of her eyebrow.
"Someone's... going to pay," JinAh growled. Some of the icing had splattered and was on her glasses.
I groaned; I didn't need to deal with this in the morning. The girls who were awake--Laura, Sonia, JinAh, Katie, Sako and I--helped clean up. Willow, Kenna and Vi woke up shortly afterwords, and both Rachel and Saki refused to get up. Once the icing had been vanquished, Sako started making breakfast while everyone else got dressed in their robes, brushed their hair, and anything else that they needed to do to get ready for the day. I, of course, could not start school without my rainbow striped knee socks. No way anyone could make me do it. It took me literally five minutes to get dressed and fix my hair, and the better part of half an hour to find my socks. As I was putting them all, a bell sounded from the kitchen.
"Pancakes! Come on and get some before Saki eats them all!" Sako called out. It was around then that both Saki and Rachel decided to return to the living and were first in line to get their plate full of hotcakes. Charlotte, Katie and Kenna went to wake up the guys, who came out of the extra room looking disastrous. I burst out laughing, a lot with a few other giggles, at Edmund's hair. Usually, it was perfect from every angle, but this morning his hair had tufts sticking out in every direction.
And after we were done laughing, we ate out yummylicious pancakes, except for Will, who insisted that food for commoners was below him. He dumped a little bit of whatever he found in the pantry, covered it in a thick layer of grape juice, and proceed to have his own... "breakfast" if you could call it that.
We all prepared, packed our things up into Sako's enchanted minivan (which held all our stuff AND all of us) and gathered inside.
The only question was; Who's driving?
(xD. I'm only 15 so... I need a parent)
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Post by JinAh on Apr 5, 2011 23:10:07 GMT -6
/ooc. Will's trial. Vi's been bugging me to post this.
The dinner was absolutely scrumptious. I had smelled the food already, obviously, but the taste was even better; we all seemed to go a bit insane while eating, the delicious flavors getting to our heads. We were all a little giggly, and I wondered if Sako had accidentally given us the same cookies that Saki and Kris had eaten before.
"I'm so full," I groaned. "I couldn't possibly eat one more thing."
"You also appear to be the only other person - well, other than Edmund - who hasn't completely lost their head," said Sebastian, who was cleaning the last traces of cheesecake off his plate.
"I'm too full to laugh."
"You will when you hear this," he said, smiling mischievously. He whispered into my ear what he had done to the cake.
Well, there went my sanity. I started cracking up, almost falling out of my chair with laughter. It just felt so ... just ... to imagine Will's hair being covered with that disgusting mess.
I think my insane laughter worried Sonia and Laura a bit, but they quickly saw the reason why - as did Will. It was lovely.
"Hold still," said Charlotte, being responsible, but trying to hold in her own laughter. "Er, I think I've got this one down - scourgify!"
Will's head exploded in bubbles - large, pink ones.
My laughter continued for several more minutes - I felt gratified to see that Sebastian and Edmund had finally cracked and were laughing as well - unfortunately, Will was laughing, too. This was not right. Will had to be punished.
"Attention!" I said, banging on a glass with my spoon. This got no one's attention, so I used my wand to create a loud popping sound. "Will's trial," I reminded people.
"OH RIGHT." Vi bounced in her seat. "This is going to be fun."
"Fun, your honor? This is a matter of the utmost importance," Sebastian said solemnly.
"Your honor?"
"Well, you might as well be judge, Vi," I said. "Since you don't have a personal grudge against Will, you're fair, and you know him pretty well. All in favor of Vi being the judge, say, 'aye'."
There was a resounding chorus of ayes.
"The ayes have it! The Honorable Vi Nguyen presiding!"
Vi rapped on the table with her wand. "The trial of Orville Crowley Bridgewater is brought to order," she said. "Is the defendant present?"
"Yes, your honor."
"Do you wish to be provided with an attorney?"
"No, your honor."
"Very well. Is the prosecution present?"
"Yes, your honor," I said.
"Very well. The trial will now begin. Since we should probably go to bed soon" - there were groans all around - "I'll try to make this short. Orville Crowley Bridgewater, you have been charged with dereliction of culinary duty, reckless endangerment of taste buds, public humiliation of peers, and reckless endangerment of human legs and feet. How do you plead?"
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, honorable judge, and dastardly opponent," said Will, bowing deeply, "the defendant requires that you vote "not guilty." My errors were caused by a simple lack of judgement - the result of an uncaring home and a cruel family. My sister would beat me daily if I did not follow her every whim. My mother would buy me pink socks. Clearly, I had an unstable upbringing! I cannot possibly be found responsible for these crimes."
"So ... you're pleading not guilty by reason of insanity?" Vi asked.
"Yes, your honor."
"I see. Prosecution?"
"Everyone," I said, "we know Will. Will is our friend. Will can also be incredibly, incredibly annoying. I am someone who has experienced that firsthand. Sebastian, Sako, and everyone else who was cooking with us knows this as well. We love Will, but he must change his behavior. Do we wish him to grow up as the annoying little git-"
"Objection! She is trying to insult me to the jury!"
"Sustained."
"The ... rapscallion he so often is? No! Thus, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I ask you to vote guilty, so that we can figure out a way to punish Will for being stupid and hopefully stop him from being stupid in the future."
"Very well!" said Vi. "Deliberations will now begin."
The jury converged in a huddle and emerged a few seconds later.
Laura, the self-appointed foreman (forewoman?) cleared her throat. "The court finds Orville Crowley Bridgewater, the defendant, guilty of all charges," she said. I did a victory dance. Will collapsed, sobbing, onto the ground.
"Get up, Mister Bridgewater!" Vi snapped. "Do you wish to be found in contempt of this court? You are hereby sentenced to one month of community service. This entails being the person who throws things away, does odd jobs, etc., basically, being our servant. Hopefully, this will build up your moral fiber and help you actually grow up."
We clapped, and Vi bowed. Rapping her wand on the table again, she called out, "This court is now dismissed."
We put back furniture and vanished the outside decorations and returned to the living room. I was still disgustingly full, so I sat and read a few of the old Quibblers that Sako had. The others seemed to still be hungry (somehow) and trooped off to raid the refrigerator for ice cream. I could hear occasional shouts.
"There's pineapple!"
"And pistachio!"
"No! Don't open that one!"
"Aaaagh! It's all over my face now!"
"WILL! I TOLD YOU NOT TO OPEN IT!"
"It's coming toward the door! Don't let it escape!"
"Aha! Got you, you nasty little - BLEAGGH!"
"Accio!"
I wondered what on earth was going on, then decided not to go ask.
Afterwards, the boys were supposed to leave, but they were all too full to move, so their parents dropped off pajamas and toothbrushes and luggage and etc., and they crawled upstairs to Sako's guest room, where they probably did and discussed things which must never be written down. To be fair, we had our own bit of silly girl shenanigans. One of the best things about being witches was that we could fix any damage done afterwards.
And so the night was entertaining if not very restful, although all of us fell asleep by at least three - most of us much sooner. The next morning was all rushing around and cakes in the face and screaming and getting ready and mess. It was unpleasant. It was also loud. Eventually, I just got all my stuff together and went and sat on Sako's sofa with a pillow over my head, trying to ignore the screams and strangled cries around me.
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