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‘look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath’ || Carina Travers

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emmee​:

emmeline had always enjoyed a good party. anything that gave her an excuse to run away from her average life was automatically right up her alley. she’d seen her favorite tailor and created a custom dress in a beautiful baby pink hue. she’d spent the first part of the evening catching up with friends, reminiscing on their days spent frolicking throughout those very same halls they were currently reveling in. it wasn’t until she’d seen a familiar face across the hall that she was shocked back to reality. without thinking she ducked behind the nearest person she could find. realizing her sudden need for a hiding spot was not welcome she apologized,“bloody hell, i’m sorry. if you could just stay put for like..three more minutes. we should be good.”

Oh, what the hell. A bit of trouble for old time’s sake never hurt anyone. Carina’s whole demeanor shifted, as if a light-bulb appeared above her head. She beamed, bright and confident in her abilities to cause a little hell. The party was dull and full of people so far up their own asses she doubted anyone would notice. Regardless, even if the brilliant plan she concocted in her head failed spectacularly, she’d still get a kick out of it. “Well you can’t stay behind me for three minutes,” Carina said matter-of-factly. She stood shorter than some Hogwarts first years; it was all too obvious there was someone crouching behind her. She scanned the crowd of faces around them, but no one quite stood out. “Can you point out who you’re hiding from? I might have an idea.” She threw a glance over her shoulder, “Just checking: how would you feel if I jinxed said person?”

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curseburdened​:

“Don’t mention it, thank you for the information. It was very interesting.” the reporter replied with a warmer smile. While babble was rarely anything of interest, the passion behind the words was intriguing, refreshing, especially from the doom and gloom of their everyday life. Taking the hand offered, and shaking her hand gingerly, the witch responded in kind “Rita Skeeter, it’s a pleasure.”

"Oh! You’re the, uh, reporter from the Daily Prophet.” While Carina mostly stayed away from that specific newspaper these days, she was familiar with Mx.Skeeter’s works. “My mother is a big fan of your column. She thinks you’re the only one that ‘tells it how it is.’ I’m not quite sure what she means by that, but I think it’s supposed to be a compliment.”

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eleonora-charles​:

Elle shook her head at the girls comment. Surprisingly it was a question she got fairly often. After she’d ordered, the older woman waited for a moment. “I’ll put that right in- do you want some water while you wait?” 

She slumped in her chair, so lost in her thoughts she almost didn’t catch what the woman had said to her. “Huh?” said Carina, she paused. Then she nodded. “Oh, yes. Thank you, that would be lovely.”

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@alie-ramirez​ said: “Brings back memories, doesn’t it?”

Where: Great Hall

She hummed in agreement. “Definitely,” said Carina, eyes wondering over the familiar, although well-decorated, sites of the Great Hall. “I recall some Gryffindor thinking it was a good idea to try and start a food fight back in fifth year. They threw a pie and hit McGonagall straight in the face.” She giggled at the memory of the notoriously tightly-wound woman’s expression-- it had been positively murderous. Carina craned her head to look at the person who stood beside her. She smiled wistfully. “I never realized just how much I missed it. Everything’s changed so much since we left.” The only problem was she wasn’t sure if it were for better or worse.

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mcgicalhearts​:

“octavius zabini, at your service.”  his lips curl into a cheeky smirk as he offers the woman his hand to shake, chuckling softly, “i’m sure my family name is familiar.”  although some days he would rather lose his last time and forget the idealogies they believe in, other days he was proud to be apart of such a high standing family.  “may i be graced with your name, miss…?”

“Zabini? Of course, I’ve heard great things about your family,” agreed Carina, who accepted his hand. As a member of the so-called Sacred Twenty-Eight,  her family had a tendency to look down on those they deemed inferior. As far as she could tell, they held a high opinion of Octavius’ family. Not that she cared much either way; she’s never been one for politics. “Travers. But please, call me Carina.”

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curseburdened​:

The grin the other wore was convincing enough, but there was something there behind her eyes. Whether it was positive, or something more nefarious, Rita couldn’t quite tell, but she kept a smile on her face through it all. “No no, I insist.” the witch replied as they reached inside their coin purse, pulling out the required funds. “And you can keep them.”

“Oh.” She blinked, as if she were processing the witch’s words. “Thank you. That’s very kind of you.” She was genuine this time, unsure why she felt a tad wary about the person. Carina dismissed the train of thought. It wasn’t right to have such a snap decision about a person she didn’t know. She held out her free hand for the other to shake. “I’m Carina. It’s nice to meet you.”

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@emmee​ said: “Hide me!”

Where: Hogwarts Courtyard

A mere minute ago, she was doing little more than wallowing in a bout of self pity. Her parents were an embarrassment and the rest of the rotten, prejudice brood they associated with weren’t much better. She all but stormed out of the great hall to get away from them, muscle memory leading her to a familiar hiding place. Carina threw her hands up and let out a loud, frustrated groan. Of all the people in the world she could be related to-- she barely had time to register the blur of pink tulle and dark hair barrelling straight towards her. Whatever it was, it shrieked a few words at her before nearly tackling her to the ground. “What the hell?!” Carina exclaimed at the figure cowering behind her, trying to steady herself.

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Charity Ball Sentence Starters 

❝ Let’s go explore! ❞

❝ I think someone spiked the punch ❞

❝ I swear, it wasn’t me! ❞

❝ Wow, you look different ❞

❝ What the hell are you wearing? ❞

❝ I’m only here for the pumpkin pasties ❞

❝ Why Hogwarts though? ❞

❝ Hide me! ❞

❝ Let’s dance! ❞

❝ How many tickets did you get for the raffle? ❞

❝ These heels are killing me ❞

❝ Where did you disappear off to? ❞

❝ Did you do your hair yourself? ❞

❝ Enough champagne, I want a real drink ❞

❝ Merlin, I’ve missed the elves cooking ❞

❝ I can’t believe you made me come to this ❞

❝ Well, don’t you look dapper ❞

❝ I really wish I was at home ❞

❝ How much do you reckon all this cost? ❞

❝ Did you bring a date? ❞

❝ Help me make someone jealous? ❞

❝ If you try a pickup line I will hex you ❞

❝ I only say I’m not dancing to avoid the creeps ❞

❝ I’ve been standing too long, let’s sit down ❞

❝ There’s no gossip like ball gossip ❞

❝ I wonder if the library is out of bounds ❞

❝ It’s too beautiful a night to be stuck indoors ❞

❝ Have you tried the appetisers? ❞

❝ Looks like the whole magical world came out tonight ❞

❝ Feel the fabric ❞

❝ I feel like royalty ❞

❝ Brings back memories, doesn’t it? ❞

❝ Just one dance ❞

❝ Follow my lead ❞

❝ I don’t think that’s food ❞

❝ Just where do you think you’re going? ❞

❝ You look happy ❞

❝ I’ve missed you ❞

❝ Let me buy you a drink ❞

❝ If I have to force one more smile, I’m going to start throwing hexes ❞

❝ I’ve never seen anything so beautiful ❞

❝ You scrub up well ❞

❝ One hell of a welcome back party ❞

❝ The only dance I know is the Chicken Dance ❞

❝ How do so many people know how to waltz? ❞

❝ Don’t leave me ❞

❝ What even is that? ❞

❝ Don’t suppose they have good old cups of tea? ❞

❝ Is it over yet? ❞

❝ I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun ❞

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Carina Travers’ Charity Ball Attire

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mcgicalhearts​:

“hm, expected as much,” he chuckles softly with a quick wink before his gaze flutters away to the crowded area of vibrant blossoms. “does that mean i should keep my eye out for you, miss?  you’re not going to hex me the moment i turn around now, are you?” a smirk pulls at his lips as he looks back to the woman.

Her eyes lit up with mischief at his words and she chuckled in response. “I don’t see why you should, sir.” After a beat and without an ounce of shame, she added, “It bodes well to ask handsome men to dinner rather than hex them when their backs are turned. But at the very least I could settle for you telling me your name.”

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coldwwinds​:

He wasn’t sure of that. A cozy life had never really been on the map for Severus Snape. It was only a fantasy at this point, one he didn’t dare to dream. Studying the other, he then nodded and let her lead the way. Clasping his hands behind his back, he sighed a little. “I am a writer. But at the moment I am suffering with a bad case of writers block”

“Maybe you need a source of inspiration. Something to look for and experience, rather than wait for a stroke of genius to go and clobber you ‘round the head.” She gave a half shrug, unsure of how to be helpful in that matter. “But what do I know? My job consists of scolding fully grown witches and wizards on the proper uses of engorgement charms.”

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vet-subin​:

Taking a good look at the flowers he recognized them, having given them to his wife a few times in different bouquet’s he used to get for her. He was familiar with the names of most common flowers but never really looked into their meanings. “It’s perfect.” Su-bin told her with a rather sad smile. 

She could see the sadness on his face as plain as day, but could offer him nothing more than a look of reassurance. For one, she doubted the man would like it if she prodded around his personal life. “Here. I’ll buy them for you.”

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mcgicalhearts​:

“that’s truly brilliant, i’ll have to keep that in mind for future liasons…”  the eldest zabini smirks with a short chuckle before inspecting the flowers himself, taking in the vivid yellow and the beauty of the flowers.  “such pretty flowers for such a cursed meaning, hm?  i suppose most beautiful things hold a sense of darkness in them, don’t you agree?”

“And should something unpleasant arise from that, I asure you that I’ll vehemently deny any involvement,” she teased and flashed the man a charming grin. She inclined her head in agreement. “I do. I find the deadliest things are rarely forthright. Usually, it’s those capable of hiding behind a guise of beauty and altruism. It makes for a quite convincing cover.”

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eleonora-charles​:

“Pizza.” She said bluntly. “We also have some pretty good wings too.” Eleonora told her, pulling out the chair from the adjacent table and sitting down. 

“Yeah, that was dumb of me to ask.” She replied, “I’ll take the cheese pizza and the buffalo wings then.” She observed the witch as if she were going to say something, but chose not to.

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coldwwinds​:

“That sounds very cozy. I am jealous of the fact that you had beautiful flowers where you lived. The only thing surrounding my home was fog” he mumbled and shrugged. He didn’t want to say anything that could offend the other, didn’t want to hurt her feelings because she truly did seem kind. When she gave him the flower, he just looked at it and smiled to himself. “Lunch would be nice”

She wasn’t sure ‘cozy’ was the correct term to describe her childhood home, but she nodded nonetheless. “Perhaps one day you’ll be able to have the same.” She watched him carefully, astute hazel eyes scanning over his face. She chuckled and motioned for him to follow her. “Now that I think about it, this is the first time we’ve talked in years. What have you been up to?”

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acciopericulum​:

“If only people could still do such a thing nowadays, right?” They were sure maybe some people could be quite poetic, but it seemed more and more illminded people were showing their faces everyday, but he still had to have hope. His eyebrows rose a bit at the suggestion, but after a split moment, he nodded and gave her a smile. “Sure, I’d love to. I’m always up for a little decorating, especially floral.”

“Exactly!” She exclaimed, “The world would simply be a much better place. At the very least, it wouldn’t hurt for people to be properly educated.” It wasn’t such a horrible thing to ask in her opinion. She clapped her hands together and beamed. “Oh, thank you! I find it’s always best to have a second opinion on things like these. I’m Carina, by the way. Carina Travers.”

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curseburdened​:

“How … quant.” the witch mumbled about the origin of the love language they had only just learned about courtesy of the bubble witch in front of them. Looking over the bouquet more closely, careful to listen to the witch, they nodded in agreement. As much as the topic of love made her heartache, she couldn’t help but cling to the idea it might not always be that way. “They are stunning… how much are they?”

 Her lips twitched upwards into a convincing grin. She knew that tone all too well. It was the same one her family took whenever she spoke of other types of the wixen population without contempt. Though, even if she wanted to say something about it, she did not. Instead, she chose to check the price tag. “Only 12 sickles. I could pay for them, if you’d like?”