With the capture of Verandi Farley and several high-ranking Trossach members, the British wizarding world has finally caught a break. The rate of rogue werewolf attacks have started dropping at a steady rate and, hopefully, things will stay that way. The Ministry is starting to loosen some restrictions, like not arresting werewolves standing on the street for loitering, however there’s still an obvious power imbalance between wizardfolk and werewolves.
The Cotswolds pack are continuing to advocate for the rights of werewolves and petitioning to change the legislation that has been set in motion by the current Minister for Magic, whilst the remaining Trossachs members are trying to stay out of the spotlight and keep a low profile… for now.
Whilst the British wizarding world seems to have calmed down, the same cannot be said for over in Northern Europe where a rebellion of magical creatures has risen. The state of things has gotten so bad that the European Ministry has enacted protocols to protect those under eighteen whilst their adult witches and wizards fight to keep control of their countries.
Students from Durmstrang have been sent to Hogwarts to keep them safe and those not old enough to attend school have been sent to live with relatives or designated British Ministry officials outside of Europe for the time being.
Will the low rates of werewolf attacks in Britain continue? How long will Durmstrang students stay at Hogwarts? Will the creatures usurp the wizardfolk in Northern Europe? Only time will tell.
SEPTEMBER 2019 It's been a very long, eventful summer in the wizarding world. A baby was stolen, several high ranking Trossach members were imprisoned, and werewolf attacks have drastically dropped as a result. What will happen now school has returned?
MAY 2019 An attempt to capture the beta of the Trossachs has been launched. Were the Aurors successful in their mission? Go read more here!
Post by ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE on Oct 2, 2019 9:35:58 GMT
Well, that wasn’t how he had expected his first turn of spin the bottle to go. As he let go of the bottle Archie watched as it spun past Vi, past Cassidy, Clarissa and every other girl in the game before coming to a stop on...oh, you have got to be kidding me, he thought when he followed the bottle and saw it stop on Felix. The whole husband/wife thing was a joke! Well...he wasn’t going to be the one to ruin the game! “Best pucker up there, hubby.” A smirk settled on his face as he moved a bit closer to his best friend. He grabbed the boy’s cheeks with both hands and planted a big kiss on Felix’s lips. He made it a decent kiss - he wasn’t going to chicken out with a quick peck! Kissing a guy was a risk that came with playing spin the bottle...he had tried to avoid the thought but eh it was something he had to accept.
It didn’t feel...strange or unusual. It felt a bit good actually. Much like the way kissing a girl did. He pulled out of the kiss after a few seconds and quickly sat himself back in his original spot. “I totally rocked your world with that…” The joke didn’t quite have the same amount of heart in it that his jokes usually did as he stared at a random patch on the wall and let thoughts of how good it felt start racing through his head. Well...shit.
Just as Greyson had plonked his arse on a cushion, Rosalia happened to arrive. Rosa, as in his best mate who had done a complete 180 flip over the Christmas holidays personality-wise. He'd barely spoken a word to since she got back - not because he didn't want to, but because he'd barely bloody seen her. Moving over to her, Greyson nudged the brunette with his elbow. "'Sup, Rosa," he said, before leaning down to murmur in her ear. "Wanna come chill after we get tired of watching this lot snog each other with too much tongue? Got some booze we can skull."
After spinning the bottle, Greyson watched as it landed on the blonde running the game. Viola. Way too peppy and upbeat for his taste. Hell, not his type at all. Still, a pair of lips was a pair of lips and he made sure to give her a kiss that lasted a good minute, mouth hotly moving against hers as his hands framed her jaw. Breaking away from the kiss, Greyson moved back into his spot around the circle, wondering who he'd end up kissing next round. Fuck his life if it ended up being Bianchi or Mackenzie who were giving each other a very friendly snog over in the corner that made him want to retch. Not because they were dudes, but because they were... them.
Lucky for him, the neck of the bottle ended up pointing his way after some blondie with black-rimmed eyes gave it a spin. Eyes skimming her very shamelessly, Greyson took her in. Was she new or had he just never bothered to notice her before? She looked like she knew how to have a damn fun time and she was bloody hot too, so points for that. Obeying her orders to 'stay there,' Greyson watched as she sauntered across the circle, introduced herself and dropped into his lap. Immediately, Greyson's fingers spanned the width of her hips, dragging her closer against his body as he kissed her back, mouth hot and heavy upon hers. But then she was gone as quick as she came, prancing off to sit next to Clearwater of all people. Despite her shit taste in friends, he was gonna have to go and wiggle a flask at her later too, invite her to come have a drink with him and Rosa if the latter was up for it.
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Post by SKYLAR REID on Oct 2, 2019 20:00:09 GMT
As Dio's bottle spun and landed directly on him, Skylar didn't expect his entire body to feel like it had lurched sideways. He forced his breathing to calm as Dio made it clear that he thought this was all a joke--it was just a game, it meant nothing, right? There were other guys around that were actually into guys--he couldn't let himself think about Dio that way. But as the Slytherin boy came over, pulling Skylar up to his height, grabbing the back of his head, and smashing their lips together like he meant it, Skylar thought he might have just caught on fire right then and there. It was much like kissing Evan, except there was a lot less food and a lot more heat, and as Dio broke the kiss and pulled away, Skylar stumbled backwards to his seat, desperately hoping that what the kiss had done to him wasn't obvious to everyone else. This was the Room of Requirement--where was a convenient cushion when you needed one?
By the time his own spin landed on Agnes Clearwater, he was just a touch calmer, though it did mean he would be kissing the girl that Evan was always with, which could be awkward--he didn't quite know, but she did raise her drink toward him in invitation, and he had the quick thought that he wished she would give him a sip (or ten). Unfortunately for him, this was spin the bottle, not drink the bottle, and he made a note to look for any spiked beverages that might be hiding around the room. Crossing the circle, he leaned down toward the shorter redhead, connecting their lips in a quick but emphatic kiss, noting just how Aggy's lips tasted like what must be in the flask.
Felix. Alright. She had never expected him to be her first kiss--they were only really acquaintances because they were classmates, after all--but it didn't feel terrible when his lips pressed against hers, and really, she wouldn't have thought his lips to be quite that soft. She did have to admit that there were a lot less sparks than she had always imagined would happen. Her parents always seemed excited to kiss each other, always smiles and hugs. But then again, hadn't Felix just been telling her not long ago that he didn't want to deal with girls ever again? She could pin it on that. Maybe her own spin would land on someone better...
Oh. Oh no. No. As the bottle slowed, it came closer and closer to the one person Roxanne would least have wanted to kiss out of the whole group, and she desperately wished she had her wand hidden somewhere so she could have nudged it just a little in one direction or the other. But no, it settled right there on Dio Greyback, and she wondered if maybe the room could figure out that she wanted to sink into the floor and just... let her do that. Instead, the floor remained stubbornly solid, and Roxanne got up as slowly as she could, steeling herself for what she had to do. If she didn't kiss him, people would laugh at her forever. Reluctantly, she put her hands on the tall boy's shoulders, reaching on tiptoes to give him the quickest peck possible before hurrying back to her spot in the circle. Leaving would be so awkward to do right after she'd kissed him, but now she dreaded the next time the bottle landed on her even more.
@felix, DIO GREYBACK Note: Roxanne spun again because I'm forcing her to do this sorry Roxanne
The bottle spun and spun after it had been given a whirl by Clarissa and Celeste looked around the group. There were quite a few she wouldn’t mind kissing one tiny bit. Some she would mind more, but she had given in to Viola and therefore she would do what was asked of her, even if she wasn’t all that into it with some. The bottle landed on her, which was not something she had expected and in doing so she eyed Clarissa again. Now that was one girl Celeste didn’t mind. Her mind barely registering that she was asked if she was ready for the kiss it happened. Soft pink lips being pressed on her own, which she gladly went along with, not minding the lingering lips from Clarissa and her pleasant smell. Smiling as they separated she bit her bottom lip, giving a wink.
That was the moment it was her turn and so the bottle had started to spin and spin and spin some more. Maybe she had spun the bottle a bit hard and with that everything turned upside down and all around. She had had her first kiss from Viola after all, shortly followed by a very nice kiss from Clarissa. In doing so knew what it was like to kiss a girl, what she had no idea of was what it was like to kiss a boy. Celeste had to admit, she could have had a way worse spin that the curly haired boy that she did. Taking a quick peek at Nicolas she smiled. They were of the same year and the same house, even though she hadn’t really spoken with him.
Standing up from where she sat she sauntered over, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear and leaned forward a bit. ’’I’m not that scary, ask Viola. Ready?’’ Giving him a moment to either nod or shake his head she went forward anyway, tilting his chin up slightly as she steadily brought her lips to his, giving him a gentle, but her in mind very enjoyable kiss on the lips. Lingering slightly as Clarissa had done with her before backing of, giving him a wink and going for the second round.
Richard had thought of a lot of chances that could happen and he had hoped for the love of all that was somewhat okay in this world that Flora would be there. He would easily admit he had a big crush on her, even to her for that matter. Still having known the chance was there that he’d have to kiss a boy he had filed it away. He was very open in that kind of thing and had even wondered what it would be like every now and again. Those were often on the days that he found that he had been on his own a bit too much and needed some form of human interaction again.
He saw the bottle spin and spin, not even remembering who had spun it in the first place. It landed on him and he saw a boy come walking over, his musing interrupted by the realization it was coming true that moment. Being asked if he was Richard, by another Alexander had him nodding and smiling. He would see what would happen, the worst thing he could find out was that he was bisexual or not. More or less being led into the kiss, which was at the very least his first male kiss, his mind at that moment a bit foggy to remember if it was his first anyway or not he found he enjoyed it. Not that the earth stood still, but definitely not bad. A bit lacking in air he responded. ’’Yes it was Alex, thank you.’’
With that he spun the bottle himself and watched it go. Finally it stopped and it stopped on a pretty very blonde haired girl, who he had just seen make out with someone and even catch that she hadn’t gotten his name. That kind of took the wind out of his sails as that was something he did like to know, or so he figured. Walking over he steeled himself a bit and just went for it. ’’Name’s Richard, you know just in case.’’ With that he kissed her full on the lips and let it go on for a little while, not going for a make out session, but he wasn’t going to give a peck on the lips and go, so to speak. On his way back he gave another swirl to the bottle and sat down at his spot.
Was she ready? She didn’t know, however Rowena would take what came at her. Now that some time had passed and kisses had been exchanged between people she wasn’t exactly comfortable, but she was okay with how it was going down. The question that was going through her mind as the bottle spun and spun some more around its own axle, who would land on her. There were some boys that were cute, some were handsome and some she just tried to not see. She knew it wasn’t nice, or the way she normally did things, but two years younger and not her type at all.
True she didn’t have much of a type, but just no. Finally the bottle came to a stop and she knew that Viola had been the one to spin it. Imagine Rowena’s surprise when the bottle came to a stop pointing at her. Viola came crawling over to Rowena, giving the latter quite a view and a good portion of imagination. ’’Born ready Rosaline…’’Barely getting the time to throw her words out before her lips her captured in a short, yet cheeky snog. Giving a tap on Vi’s bottom to move her along as she herself went over to the bottle, muttering. ’’I hope so too Vi, I really do. I am hoping to get a certain someone…’’
Rowena was really, really hoping to get Cassidy and not just because the girl was a very beautiful girl, but more to hope and show what she meant to her. The reason for that was that Rowena had finally figured out that she had a crush on Cassi, not exactly a tiny one either. She hadn’t told anyone, because who would the brunette tell? She didn’t exactly have friends to spare. Finally her bottle spin too came to a stop, without using magic she had gotten exactly the person who she had hoped for.
Her hips swaying, her lips slightly moist, her eyes sparkling and her heart racing she sashayed over to Cassidy before lifting the other girl up a bit. Her arm under Cassidy’s shoulder, the other brushing hair out of the other girl’s face. ’’Heya Cassi, just so you know, I mean every single bit of what’s about to happen.’’ With that she kissed Cassidy lovingly yet passionately on the lips in the typical dip pose, trying to convey everything she felt for the girl from Ravenclaw. ’’I hope this isn’t the end of our friendship…and maybe us?’’ Rowena added in a hushed voice before heading back to her spot, going for the next round.
Post by EVAN OLIVER WOOD on Oct 4, 2019 4:33:09 GMT
A short jog from the Gryffindor Towers after having a fresh shower, Evan arrived at the Room of Requirement late. As he entered, his bright blue eyes scanned the circle of teenagers. Where’s Aggy? Evan quickly found his room mate Greyson underneath some blonde chick who... returned to sitting beside Aggy. Evan smiled warmly to the young host, ”I’m terribly sorry I’m late, Viola, I - “ he was going to give a long winded explanation of why he had to have a very thorough shower but with a glance around... they were all classmates. They knew what Evan lived for. Animals would always be his top priority.
Evan carefully scooted into a spot next to Aggy. ”Anyone ignited that fiery passion of lurrrrv inside you yet with a kiss, Aggy? ... probably not, cuz I’ve not been here yet huh?” he said with a cheeky grin and slight nudge with his elbow. When it was his turn, he reached over to spin the bottle.
”Eyyyyyy!!!! Soz I’m so late, yeah? I accidentally fell asleep on the common room couch readin’ the borrrrrrin’ arse History of Magic book,” Liam began as he came into the Room of Requirement, heading straight for his friends Viola and little Elena. ”And Alex ‘ere thought ‘e was gettin’ away wit not comin’, din’t ya?” Liam tugged Alex along with him. ”I’m tellin’ ya, Vi, it’s lucky I’ve been workin’ on my muscles cuz this fella is hard to drag about,” Liam said with a cheeky grin and nudge at Alex. ”Not like Elena who I can just throw over me shoulder!”
Liam gestured for some people to make room for him and Alex in the circle and eagerly spun the bottle when it was his turn. ”Look at e’eryone so excited to have Liam and Alex smooches.” The young man’s bright white teeth were showing in the biggest smile imagineable. How exciting!
Post by ALEXANDER GREENAWAY on Oct 4, 2019 7:04:23 GMT
When Alex had first caught wind of this whole kissing party, he had resolutely said to himself that no, he did not want to go. What was more awkward than lip-locking with a bunch of people who were practically strangers? Even the ones in his year... besides Liam and his dormmates, it wasn't like he spoke to them. He had done a very good job of trying to make himself hide over the last four years out of purely not wanting people to pay attention to him.
But then Liam had asked him if he was going and refused to take no for an answer. In fact, Alex had been accosted by the fit Hufflepuff boy who had dragged him into the Room of Requirement with the muscles he'd been working on... muscles that Alex was now admiring because... that's what bros did. They admired the hard work other's put into their body, and wondered what it would be like to be pinned have muscles that firm and stuff.
As Liam chattered along to Vi and the others, Alex looked around the room and then blanched because there was Skylar, the boy he'd kissed and ran away from all those months ago... and Dio, who made him want to run in the opposite direction every time... and Alexander, a friend who'd announced quite loudly that he 'liked dick' the last time they really hung out - something Alex had not really been able to forget.
Luckily, he was distracted by Liam a split second later as he said with a great big smile about everyone being excited to have Liam and Alex smooches. They hadn't even spun the bottle yet, how did Liam know they were going to end up kissing in front of everyone? Shit. The idea of kissing the Hufflepuff boy was enough to make Alex's throat dry and his skin prickle with heat. 'It's the nerves,' he told himself, before forcing out a chuckle. "Uh, yeah... can't wait to kiss all those... er, lasses." When had he turned Irish?
Cassidy didn't know really what to expect when she spun the bottle. She had enough courage to peck a stranger, she knew she had it in her but this was all very exciting and making her nervous at the same time. There was a knot in her stomach when she eyed the bottle landing on her friend archie. At least it was someone she knew and liked! Cassidy looked at her friend beside her and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before pulling away.
"That wasn't too bad." she could do this! Her eyes were on Rowena who's bottle spin landed on her and Cassidy's eyes grew a little. "Oh.." she whispered to herself before the girl came to her to kiss her. The movement was very.. odd, no one else did it and Cassidy was totally stunned after the kiss and barely registered Rowena's words.
"I eh.. okay." she managed to get out and just tried to pull herself together.
Please note that these kisses do not need to happen in that order. You have until Thursday 10th 12pm GMT+10 to post the kisses and if your character spun again, then Round 2's list will be posted. Newcomers are more than welcome to join for Round 2. If everyone posts their kisses before the time listed, then we will start Round 2 earlier than expected. Thanks!
Post by AGNES CLEARWATER on Oct 4, 2019 12:19:40 GMT
The clear difference between Colwynn and Alexander compared to Dio was astounding. The former two recognised Justin Timberlake as a renowned, iconic artist of his time, and then there was Dio calling him a 'wuzz.' "Style and Timberlake goes hand and hand just like Paris and Nicole. An absolute tragedy they had such a big falling out. I cry into my pillow every night over the lost love between those two homely gals," she said, lips twitching with amusement because yeah right.
Kissed indirectly. The flirting words that left dear Dio's mouth had Aggy blinking at him. "I'm sorry, when did we go all the way back to 2014? I'd love to know. Wait, no, let's push that back to 2010 because I don't even think first years say that nowadays," she said, before catching Colwynn's eye and rolling her own because she knew exactly what the girl was trying to say to her.
Just as Aggy finished watching Colwynn's impressive kiss with dude she had begun calling Babe in her head - not because he was hot, oh no, but because his personality very much resembled a pig - Evan sat down next to her. "Yeah, nothing inspires love deep down inside my soul than sharing spit with a bunch of teenagers who smell like Axe body spray," she said, before nudging him with her own elbow. "Yeah, can't wait to fall in love with you after you slobber down my chin. Oh, baby."
Her words were to Evan dry, but her eyes danced with amusement nonetheless. That was... until her own spin landed on Dio Greyback of all people. Dio Greyback. As in, the dude who was 100% going to win the 'most likely to come and watch you while you're sleeping' award when they graduated. Fuck. Glancing at Alexander, Colwynn and Evan with eyes that practically screamed, 'Come rescue me if he tries to drown me in saliva,' Aggy then settled her gaze on Dio. Right. She could do this. She refused to let him have the upper hand.
With that in mind, she moved the one spot past Alexander to reach Dio. She didn't even let herself think as she leaned up onto her knees so she could reach the Slytherin boy's eyes, her fingers moving to twist into his blonde locks. She gave his hair one hard tug, more as a... try anything and you're dead warning move, then crashed her lips against his in a hot, searing kiss. It wasn't too long before she tore away, moving straight back between her sandwich of Colwynn, Evan and Alexander.
As the game presumed, Aggy watched Colwynn in all her glory spin the bottle around and around before the neck pointed straight in her direction. Well, shit. "I feel like this should be the start of a joke. A redhead and a blonde play spin the bottle..." she trailed off, waiting for Colwynn to make the first move. A kiss between friends was nothing, right?
When some hair colour-changing fairy of a thing spun the bottle and it ended up landing on him of all people, Greyson grimaced. He recognised the girl, some teeny bopper of a thing that was loud and friendly with the annoying, peppy girl who'd organised this whole party. Why did he keep landing on those type of girls? But like last time, Greyson just reminded himself that a mouth was a mouth, and hell... maybe this little pixie girl was a good snogger. Raising his eyebrows at her in a challenge of come and get me, Greyson waited to find out.
Afterwards, Greyson watched as the bottle spun after his particularly hard twist of the hand, only to end up on Wood of all people. Wood, the pompous little twat-head who hadn't talked to him in months all because Greyson had told his brother a 'secret' that Wood had told him. It was like Wood didn't know him at all, divulging that particular piece of information to him in the first place, naively believing that Greyson was going to keep it to himself.
Meeting the blonde's eyes, Greyson took a big swig of firewhisky before steeling himself because if Wood thought he was going to pussy out on this because he was giving Greyson the silent treatment and he thought Greyson was scared of what Wood had between his legs, then he was wrong. He loved a challenge, and ripping a page straight out of Colwynn's book from earlier, Greyson swaggered over to his dormmate and dropped into his laps, legs bracketing either side of his thighs. "Don't get too excited, else I'll be calling you your last name for a whole other reason," he said, lips twisted in a smirk before he crashed them against Evan's, his palm gripping the nape of the other boy's neck. His lips moved against Evan's with confidence, tongue darting out to lick at the inseam of Evan's mouth teasingly after a while, before he drew away. If that didn't make Wood want to talk to him, then what the hell else would?
Post by CLARISSA JONES on Oct 4, 2019 14:02:21 GMT
This was so fun, Clary couldn't wait who she was going to kiss next! Maybe she wasn't like Viola wanting to kiss the entire school but there were some very handsome and beautiful people in this very room she wouldn't mind locking lips with. Clary didn't feel like she was an expert in making out but she was very much aware that she wasn't the worst of kissers, she made sure of that. The girl looked at her bottle and how it spun until it stopped, pointing at Greyson who gave her a look that set her inside on fire.
He looked tough, like one of those boys who couldn't get anything thrown at them that they couldn't handle. Maybe it was just the attitude but god she loved it. The girl didn't think she'd crush on him but if she was able to kiss him Clary surely wouldn't say no. The girl crawled over to Greyson and right into his lap. He tried to dare her and no adventure was too big for Clary.
"Love your ink.." she said before giving him a rough and passionate kiss. She felt like the roughness was something he liked and before she stopped the kiss from happening her hands had gripped his shirt and her teeth biting his bottom lip, even her hair turning a shade of bright red. "Mmm got to go." she said and backed away, releasing his shirt and licking her lips.
"His lips tasted good.." she whispered to Viola before spinning again. Let's do this!