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 VIOLA ROSALINE on Apr 26, 2019 14:08:43 GMT
As Viola entered the library, it was with a sigh. Not a sigh of happiness, but a sigh of annoyance because homework? That was for fuddy duddies and people who actually had an attention span longer than five minutes, something she sorely lacked. It was just so easy peasy to distract her... which was exactly what happened as she caught sight of someone she knew sitting nearby.
Immediately, she whizzed over to them, getting a chiding from the librarian in the process. With a grin, she dropped into the person's lap before reaching up to plant a great big smoochy woochy on their cheek. "I missed you, Liam Jordan," she sing-songed."It's been a while since we saw each other. Hours, in fact! I 'spose that's what happens on weekends though. We're not all smooshy wooshy in a classroom so we see each other at meal times mostly instead which is a gosh darn tootin' shame because I want to see you and your handsome, chiseled face all the time."
The library was certainly not Liam's favourite place to be... but it was a 'necessary evil' because he had an assignment that required in depth research that could only be found in the ancient texts hidden deep within the shelves, under a layer of dust. On a large parchment, Liam had scrawled a big brainstorm diagram with goblins in the middle, a fluffy cloud drawn terribly around it. He was busy getting sidetracked by stick-figure drawing a nasty little goblin (that really more resembled a troll) near by when he heard his name sung by the sweetest cherub in fourth year. Liam looked up from his work with a grin as wide as the ocean is deep.
"I've missssed yoOooOoo tooOOoo," Liam sang back at her as she plonked down in his lap. He wrapped his arm amicably around her waist and tugged her tight for a quick squeeze. "I 'onestly dunno 'ow I get through the weekends without that cheeky smile distractin' me," Liam said merrily planting his own kiss back on her cheek with a big 'muahhh!'. Liam was told to shush from a student across the aisle and he chuckled a little guiltily. "Whatchu up ta girl?" he asked in a lower tone as he sat back in his chair. His dark eyes were attentively on Viola - a little ball of energy that matched his own. "Y'know, y'could always come sit with me for dinner t'night," Liam said, a cheeky grin and a playful wriggle of the brows accompanying it. "Get a taste of life as a 'Puff. If y'can 'andle it!"
Post by VIOLA ROSALINE on Apr 30, 2019 13:24:03 GMT
Liam's smile was the equivalent to the sun, the way it broke open his entire face as though rays were beaming through and Vi couldn't help but touch his gorgeous cheeks that were straining with his huge grin. She adored it. Adored his grin to absolute bits and pieces! No wonder she wanted to kiss him - his cheeks, all the gosh darn time. "Merlin must have been feeling generous the day you were born, to give you all this handsomeness and personality all in one lot!" she declared brightly.
It was like getting a hug from a great big teddy bear when Liam squeezed her around her waist and she loved it. She wanted him to give her cuddles all the time. "Anyone ever tell you that you're sweeter than fairy floss, Liam? The sweetest. How some lucky girl or guy hasn't swooped your cutie patootie behind up yet, I'll never know," she raved, grinning at the compliment and the subsequent kiss.
"Guess what! I lost one of my firsts in the holiday..." Pausing for dramatic effect, Vi left Liam in suspense before declaring, "I got my first kiss with tongue. It was super duper weird, all slimy and stuff. It felt like... like a worm was in my mouth or something." Nodding sagely, as though she was the authority of kissing after a few smooches, she told him, "Don't ever try it. You'd hate it."
"A formal invitation to sit with the great Liam Jordan himself? How could I resist! It sounds like the bees knees," Vi responded immediately, beaming up at him. "I reckon I was almost a Huffy Puffy in another life! I think I'd fit in better there. I mean... they always shush me at the Ravenclaw table. I don't know why. I just want to tell them how much I love them..."
Moving back to his past question, Vi's face scrunched up in distaste. "Homework. History of Magic homework. Professor Avery seems like... a lovely dovely person butttt I don't like History of Magic homework 'cause I always get bored." Curiously, Vi tilted her head as she nodded towards Liam's own book. "Whatcha doing?" By the looks of it... he'd been testing out his artistic skills. Was that... a balloon? Or... or a poodle?
Basking in Viola's compliments, the Hufflepuff boy smiled from ear to ear because heck it was quite awesome to be showered in praise! "Eyyy, I'm just a greedy boy y'know? Merlin 'ad no choice in whether or not I got the lion's share cuz I just took it - ask me bruva Leo, 'e'll tell ya," Liam said with a warm chuckle that began deep below, from the depths of his belly. "Y'see when we Jordans was linin' up; Leo got all the bravery 'n' chivalry 'n' brains 'n' shizz that makes him a lion like me da, I got all the good looks 'n' the gift of the gab ta make e'erone forget I ain't that smart... 'n' bebé Sally? She got them mad flying skills 'n' balls so big that Merlin 'ad to put 'em on 'er lil chest," Liam explained happily, making a motion with his hand so that Viola would know he was talking about titties.
"Eyy fairy floss ain't exactly a manly comparison Viii," Liam said, putting his large bottom lip out in a pout. "Maybe that's why no boy or girl's snapped me up - e'eryone 'ere seems ta be sugar-phobic or somet'," the boy said with a shake of his head. Liam didn't watch what he ate very much because he did more than enough physical activity to make up for the bottomless pit that was his adolescent stomach. "Whaddabout you, mmm? Got those purdy blues trained on anyone in particular?"
All of a sudden though, Viola was telling him that she had lost her fir… oh wait nope, it wasn't virginity. Liam closed the mouth that he'd accidentally allowed to become a bit slack jawed and blinked as she spoke about her first experience with kissing with tongues. "Ewww gross Vi, why does e'eryone make it look like it's super good then if it's like a worm in yo mouth?" Liam screwed his nose up at the thought and shook his head. "Kissin' on the lips is nice though, yeah?"… then Liam realised he'd forgotten to ask an even more important question of - "wait up, 'old yo 'ippogriffs - mayhaps it was just whoe'er you were kissin' that 'as worm mouth? Who was it?" Liam would have to stay clear of that kid.
Liam laughed loudly - hushed again by a rather peeved librarian as they went past on their rounds - when Viola accepted his invite to dinner. "I do wish y'were a Puff Vi, then when we were littlies we coulda built pillow forts in the 'ufflepuff common room 'n' roastin' marshmallows by the fire," he thought it would be a grand old time down in the Badger Hole with his bright little bestie to keep him company. "Next time they try shush ya, yell out for me. I'll come sit with ya 'n' we can chat up a storm just t' show 'em," Liam grinned wickedly.
"Proff A needs to mix up 'is routine a lil. I dunno 'ow Gem can be 'is girl, 'ey? She musta taken after 'er mamma," Liam whispered loudly to his friend and then glanced down where she motioned to what he was doing. "I got bored writin' an essay so I thought I'd draw an ickle troll for the Proff. See? the fangs there and big belly?" Liam said before he wriggled his fingers on Viola's belly for emphasis. Hopefully she was ticklish because that would be hella funny.
Post by VIOLA ROSALINE on Jul 20, 2019 10:47:39 GMT
Liam's response to Vi showering him with compliments was enough to make the girl grin brightly yet again, giggling as he proclaimed that he was greedy and just took the lion's share. "Maybe you're actually a Gryffindor at heart," she said with a twinkle in her eyes, though she resolutely shook her head as he claimed he had the gift of the gab so people forgot he wasn't smart. "Don't be a silly billy, Liam! You're super duper smart, just like that, uh... the man that Ed reads about. Something about strings and... theory. I don't know why they need a theory all about wool - I mean, you just twirly whirly it around two sticks and then wiggle them together to make a blanket. Why does there need to be a theory?" She'd gone off on a tangent, completely moved away from her point that he was a smarty pants, but as Liam gestured towards his chest, Vi was soon distracted once more. She tugged at her own shirt, looking straight down before scrunching her nose up. Then she announced at the top of her lungs, "I wish someone would put balls on my chest!"
"Why does it matter if it's manly wanly or not?" Vi asked, dismissing Liam's complaint with a wave of her hand. Everyone knew he was a boy anyway, and fairly floss was fabulous. Besides, there were certain people out there who seemed to like fairy floss a lot... more than once, she'd heard Sally declare that Liam had his own little harem! Her 'purdy blues' blinked up at Liam innocently as he asked if they were trained on anyone and she reached up, tapping her chin in thought for a moment. "Hmm... no! Nope-ity nope. Just wanna smoochie wooch everyone I can, y'know? It's a goal. A great big ol' one! I just need people to help me get there. I get by with a 'lil help from my friends, like that song that the... uh... The Bugs sing!"
Liam's jaw had dropped like it was waiting for a great big mouthful of food to be aeroplaned into it and Vi started giggling once more, finger reaching up to stroke the side of his jaw as it clicked shut. "Hmm, I dunno! People are nutty nuts like... like peanuts. I like kissing with my mouth open and stuff, but not with loads of slimy wimey tongue," she told him, before a slow, impish smile slid onto her lips. She leaned forward, mere inches away from his face and she wiggled her brows mischievously as she asked, "Have you ever smooched anyone before?" His question of who she was kissing went unanswered as she focused her attention wholly on whether somebody had actually ever gotten the pleasure of kissing Liam Jordan and utterly kissable lips.
Merlin, the sound of Liam laughing was just brilliant and Vi sighed dramatically as he told a story of what could of been. "Meanwhile, when I was a littlie, we played chess. D'you know how snoozy woozy chess makes me? Gosh, and it takes super duper long too. So boring," she complained. His suggestion of locating him next time she was shushed made her light up however, sitting up straight. "Yessss! Totes. I will totally do that. They'd hate it. Sounds fun!"
"I know, golly gosh. Gem's just so fun and upbeat and stuff, but Professor Avery is stiff as a board!" Vi agreed enthusiastically, before peering at Liam's drawing once more. She was distracted by the nuances of the itty bitty troll, and so when he started tickling her, it took her by surprise and she let out a shriek. "You are... so... super... duper... mean, Liam! You're... you're... gonna... get... it!" She gasped between giggles, wriggling instantly to try and make her escape off his lap. Such a meanie weenie!