3 Oct 2018, 04:41
Rumour Has It
[font=Times New Roman]10:07am
Saturday
22 September 2018
The Great Lake
Bella Hills and Landon Riley
The water of the Great Lake seemed especially captivating today. Or at least it seemed that way to the Second Year Slytherin who was sitting on the grass under the shade of a tree as she skipped flat pebbles on the shimmering surface on the lake.
While it may look like it on the outside, Isabella wasn’t focused on the pebble skipping as much as she appeared to be. Choosing instead to occupy her mind with opinions and memories rather than the task at hand, a slight frown creased her face as her brain flitted between thoughts.
The main thing all her thoughts seemed to be based around was uncovered identify of the Masked Man. It was hard for her to not think about it when she had time for her brain to roam. The subject was one that was difficult to avoid. Rumours about the boy, the Mask and the suspicious person who controlled the boy had been spread around the school like wildfire. With the knowledge of the Eckenrode boy being the one that caused so much terror throughout her First Year, and the information that he wasn’t in exact consciousness being so recent you could easily find multiple conversations about it being held as you walked through the Hogwarts corridors.
Flitting between opinions on the Masked Man - or the Masked Boy if we are being realistic - and theories about who could be ultimately behind it, the brunette couldn’t stop the sigh escaping her lips. Everything about this was just such a mess, she didn’t even know where to start trying to make sense of it.
Throwing her next pebble with a little bit too much force, she watched in dismay as it plopped into the shallow water that was on the edge of the lake - sinking down to join the other pebbles at the bottom.
Putting her head in her hands as she sat in the cool shade of the willow tree she was seated under, she sighed once more. It felt like today was just going to be one of those days she was down in the dumps for reasons she wasn’t entirely sure of.
Being plagued by those days had become more and more frequent after her own incident with the Masked Man last year, and she guessed they came because of something to do with be setting on fire in the trophy room in the dead of night. She couldn’t blame herself for feeling down on the down days though, after that anyone would be entitled to more than a few down days - even if forgiveness had been given by them.[/font]
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[font=Times New Roman]Note for Moderator: Our ICs originally met on the top of the Astronomy Tower out of class hours, with neither of our OOC selves knowing about the restriction on the out of class hours thread. We’re remaking the meeting thread in an area where we are permitted to RP out of class hours. Not entirely important, but I just thought I’d let you know : ).[/font]
Last edited by Isabella Hills on 3 Oct 2018, 14:19, edited 1 time in total.
You see? Even death has a heart.
3 Oct 2018, 05:16
Rumour Has It
Landon was really tempted to jump in the lake, it looked so crystal-like and peaceful, the reflection of the sun shedding light on the colored fish swimming close to the surface.
He thought about what it would be like to be a fish. Did you have friends, enemies? Did you get into trouble? All in all, one guaranteed nice thing about it would be no schoolwork.
He surveyed the stunning scenery, the pine trees to his left and the meadow to his right, the shining lake in front of him and... he strained his eyes to see a girl sitting under a tree, the sunlight glaring in his eyes and partially blinding him for a few seconds.
He did want to talk to her-- it was a natural behavior for the social boy, wanting to talk to and goof around with people. But, he had done a lot of the conversation-initiating the past few weeks, and he was starting to grow tired of it. Maybe, he thought, she'll start a chat with me if I go near her and seem to not care.
Well, it might not work, but it was worth a shot.
The messy-haired boy put his hands in his pockets and casually walked around the side of the lake to where the girl was, skipping stones on the calm water's surface. Noticing a small bunny rabbit, his mind temporarily was distracted, forgetting about the girl and his objective. He slowly approached it, quietly beckoning the creature over to him. It hopped over cautiously, and Landon pet it in a gentle manner that no one who knew him would have thought possible for the normally reckless boy. He wished he'd had something to feed it, but he didn't.
3 Oct 2018, 08:21
Rumour Has It
[font=Times New Roman]Moving her head up from her hands, the Second Year looked around her - taking her surroundings in for the first time since she got there. Her eyes settled on a boy who looked about her age. From what she could see, it looked like he was patting grass.
Great, they've let nutcases into Hogwarts was her first thought. Surprising herself at the sarcasm and cruelty of her initial theory, she shook her head - as if she was trying to shake the thought away. While she was in Slytherin, her kindness was one of a Hufflepuff. She had been pegged for one by her family before she had left for school, but had surprised everyone by being out in Slytherin.
But still, the Sorting Hat must know what it's doing. After the initial shock of her house, she put it down to her ambition being a trait that was bigger than her kindness. Even so she waited for the day she could ask the Sorting Hats the reason as to why she was sorted into Slytherin.
Standing up, feeling slightly guilty, she looked back over to where the unknown boy stood. Shrugging, she started make her way over out of curiosity over what he was doing. He couldn't really be patting the grass, could he?
Upon closer inspection, she realised he was not patting the grass - but a small animal. A smile broke across her face when she realised exactly what it was.
The desire to pat the creature followed almost immediately after her realisation. After all, who didn't see a cute animal and want to pat it? Plus, bunnies had always held a soft spot in her heart.
Slowing her footsteps so as not to scare the little thing, she made her way towards them.
Stopping short a few steps away, she smiled at the boy before pushing a stray few strands of hair off her face - looping it behind her ear. Whispering in a small voice, so as to not scare the bunny he was patting, she spoke to him. "Hello! Can I pat it? Please?"[/font]
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You see? Even death has a heart.
3 Oct 2018, 08:40
Rumour Has It
sorry for such short and underdeveloped posts, it's been a long dayLandon had practically tamed the small creature, it now sitting contented on the ground next to him, making quiet noises every time Landon stopped petting it, as if begging him to continue.
It was a sweet little thing. A tiny bit smaller than a football and white in colour with grey patches, its long ears perked up that would pull back onto its head when stroked. Landon was very fond of the animals you could find in Hogwarts.
As he softly laughed at the cute little animal, he heard a voice next to him.
Looking to see who it was, Landon realized that it had been the girl from earlier, who he had forgotten was present upon noticing the rabbit. She looked at him with pleading eyes, bright blue and frankly, stunning.
He thought that her eagerness to give the little guy some love was quite cute."Hello! Can I pat it? Please?"
"Sure, go ahead. He's a tame one, for sure."
As he let the girl take a turn stroking the creature, he took the opportunity to introduce himself.
"I'm Landon, nice to meet you!" He smiled, one of his rare sincere and sweet smiles. The cute little bunny had put him into a sweet and pleasant mood.
3 Oct 2018, 09:58
Rumour Has It
[font=Times New Roman]Jumping forward at the boys approval, Isabella knelt down next to him - smiling as her fingertips touched its fur. It was one of the cuter bunnies she had seen, soft with long, floppy ears.
Turning to face the boy as he spoke, she nodded slightly as he introduced himself. "I'm Isabella, Isabella Hills. But everyone calls me Bella. I don't like Isabella, it makes me sound old. Plus, it's not a pretty name. Bella's way prettier." Crinkling her nose as she explained why she didn't like her full name, she turned her almost full attention back to the bunny.
"You're a First Year, aren't you? I didn't see you around last year. I'm a Second Year, as you can probably guess." Then again, she didn't see most of the Second Years this year around the school. Only becoming confident enough to make friends and branch out halfway through the year - so she wouldn't be really surprised if he was a Second Year like her, he looked like he would be around the right age as well.
"He's so cute, but he needs a name. What do you think it should be?" If she may of been coming off as bold or bossy, telling a boy she had just met that a bunny that he had found needed a name, she wasn't aware of it. As oblivious as she normally was to how she may be coming across, she flicked through the jumble of names that had jumped into her mind when she decided the bunny needed a name.
The Slytherins cheeks turned pink when she realised how close she was to the boy - Landon as he had said. Her veiws on boys had been pretty solid over the last few years - and the two ugly haired hooligans had confirmed that over Summer Camp. But this Landon showed him that boys weren't all bad - they could even have a heart at times. It was confusing for the stubborn twelve year old to say the least.
Straightening back up to stand, so as to keep her legs from dying after crouching for too long, she put her hands in the back pockets of the muggle jeans students were permitted to wear outside of class hours and looked down at Landon and the unnamed bunny.[/font]
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Hahaha no it's fine, I know what you mean. You're writing isn't as bad as you say, I've met people a lot worse at writing 
You see? Even death has a heart.