the horror & the wild

[enshadows]

Pulling his eyebrows together, Ellio looked around, almost sure she was talking to someone else. But there was no one else around, he didn't really know much about the younger woman other than the fact that she was a bit... weird. Not that he'd not been called weird before himself. "How did that happen?" Usually dugbogs were violent when bothered, so the fact that it was in her arms like it was and that it was hurt but alive was confusing. "I didn't know they could be picked up like this." Still, he stuck his hand out and patted its head.

[curicsities]

it didn’t much matter to luna that they didn’t really know the other. surely everyone cared about looking after an injured creature. “i don’t know. i was just on a walk and i found the poor thing, i think he was preparing to die. obviously i had to save him, it’s only a little injury.” they smiled at ellio when he patted the dugbog’s head, an encouraging sort of smile. “i mean, i had to levitate him to get him here, he’s a bit heavy, but he’s a good boy really.” luna looked down at the wound again, lifting her wand and casting some healing magic.

[moonscts]

there's an overwhelming sense of curiosity as ripley listens to effie's words, but she knows better than to ask questions before the other is done with her thoughts. "i'm honestly just glad you decided to do this outside," she offers as her eyes run over the black, burnt material that was once a tapestry - half impressed, half struck by the lengths her friend would go to. you'd think she'd be used to it by now. "you thought of what you'll put up to replace this?"

[curicsities]

ripley’s somehow incredibly no-nonsense response to her ramblings made effie burst out laughing. “give me a little bit of credit, rip. i’m destructive but not crazy. i didn’t want to fill my dorm room with smoke.” she hummed a little when ripley asked her question, she honestly hadn’t thought that far ahead. she had been too preoccupied with getting rid of the tapestry. “no idea. do you have any thoughts?”

[moonslost]

minseok had been fiddling with his sneakoscope and casually eavesdropping when a familiar voice & the mention of fire caught his attention. he looks up to see effie and the now burnt tapestry – an unsurprising, but interesting sight. putting the sneakoscope back in his bag, minseok leaves it behind to join the fellow slytherin. "effie, are you torturing our classmates again ?" he asks with a laugh, arm slinging around her shoulders as he joins the conversation. "snape is going to have a conniption fit if he sees that," he points out in excited tone. all the reason to burn some more things. "what's next ?"

[curicsities]

“it’s education, not torture.” effie protested with a smile, accepting minseok’s arm around her shoulder with a gentle pat of affection to his hand. the other students dissipated, and effie vanished the mess she had made with a sigh. “now snape won’t see it, will he?” she grinned easily, looking at her friend and shrugging her shoulders. “i just wanted to get this tapestry out of my dorm. i didn’t have plans on setting anything else on fire, which i know doesn’t sound like me, but it’s true.”

[percywsly]

“oi, put that out now--”  why did he bother? “what a marvelous discovery - fire does burn stuff.” percy remarked, rubbing his temples as he let out an exasperated sigh at the sight of the fire. every day he was reminded why he opted out for living off campus, though growing up with fred and george made one get used to it. “i fail to see the point of destroying a perfectly good tapestry.”

[curicsities]

“come on percy, it was mostly out already.” what a buzzkill. “besides, that wasn’t what i was saying and you know it.” she rolled her eyes, stamping out the last few glowing embers with her foot. “well there’s your problem; you’re not understanding that it wasn’t a perfectly good tapestry it was a butt-ugly foul looking tapestry which the world is better off without.”

[wxtchisms]

gemma opened her mouth to say something, but the smell and sight of smoke stopped her from actually saying something. instead, she was greeted with the sight of burnt tapestry, something that once hung in the dorm room that had been reduced to absolute ruin. she raised an eyebrow, her unable to hide the slighty amused look she had on her face at possibly never having to see this piece of tapestry ever again. " so, did you mean to burn this or did it just sort of... happen? " she tilted her head to the side, her voice quiet, yet audible as she spoke. " it wasn't the prettiest thing in the world, so it's not a total loss... "

[curicsities]

“oh, it was absolutely deliberate. i thought snape was full of shit when he said it had an anti-incendio charm on it.” effie touched the charred remains with the toe of her boot, tilting her head to the side. “i think i might have improved it, honestly. not that i’m going to put it back up.” she looked over at her roommate with a smile almost amused. “i think we can all agree the dorm is going to look better now.”

[tolvajok]

Eddie had gone on many walks and yet, none of them ended up with him happening upon a dugbog, of all things. He'd seen many things on walks before. Wild puffskeins. Battling pixies. The tail end of a centaur. People who thought they were alone. That last one was usually more interesting than everything else. It was mad what others could get up to in secret. But anyway... the dugbog actually reminded him of his own toad (whom he very fittingly named Harry), and he didn't even hesitate before taking a step closer and reaching a hand out ever-so-slowly to pet the injured beast's head. "If this is friend shaped to you, I wonder what your mates look like." He glanced at the gash on the dugbog's leg, a twitch of concern appearing as a frown on his forehead. "Is he going to be alright?"

[curicsities]

luna was glad of the ease with which eddie petted the dugbog. so often they found their fellow students were overly cautious with the magical creatures that they encountered. some caution was deserved, of course, these were wild creatures. they smiled easily at eddie, taking the comment about her friends in stride. “my friends are all different shapes.” they took a better look at the injury, now that they were sure the dugbog would be kept calm by the petting. “i think he will. i’ll heal it up, hopefully let him back into his home as soon as possible.”

[tolvajok]

Eddie was in the general direction of the voice. He was even listening, not quite so intently, but it was hard not to pay attention when her voice was the only one filling the silence in the room. The smell of the burnt tapestry that was possibly centuries old and practically priceless made him pull a face. It wasn't his dorm room. It wasn't his tapestry, do he didn't care much about it. He twirled the wand in his hand, taking a moment to act as if he was considering setting something on fire himself. Alas, he did not feel the urge to do so. Eventually, he pointed the tip of his wand at himself, glancing at her. "...I can't be set on fire."

[curicsities]

effie rolled her eyes a little at the words from eddie, shaking her head a little. “come on, eddie, i already know you can be set on fire. people are wonderfully flammable.” her tone was teasing, a wry smile on her lips. she might not have any issues with throwing a punch when it was needed, but she didn’t enjoy hurting people. “besides, you’re not as offensive as this tapestry was. truly, it was beyond ugly.”

[wxtchisms]

poor baby, huh? hannah adored luna, but she needed the other to reassess what she was calling a 'poor baby', although her facial expression softened at the sight of a gash on its leg. it looked while it was staying still, it looked like a piece of wood. hearing that luna wanted her to pet its head a little bit, she raised an eyebrow. " pardon? " oh, no, hannah heard her perfectly. she just wanted to make sure the other was serious. " just pets, right? like i won't have to hold it? because if so, i think i-i can do that, although it does look like it wants to pounce. "

[curicsities]

luna had never understood why so many wix found the magical creatures that inhabited their world intimidating. these creatures didn’t act out of malice, or hatred, not the way that humans did. if they ever attacked it was for survival, an instinct as natural as breathing. to luna, that was so much easier to understand, to empathise with. they knew that it was often fear which made these creatures become potentially violent; to understand them, to treat them with kindness, was the simplest thing in the world. “he’s not going to pounce on you, he’s far too injured, and all creatures like pets.” they smiled softly, demonstrating what they meant by gently running their hand over the scaly back of the dugbog. “i mean, be sensible, don’t put your hand in his mouth, but if you just give little scratches between his ears, he’ll be as good as gold.”

[enshadows]

"I don't think anyone has ever said you can't set most things on fire." By now, Dean probably should have known better than to really bother any of the Lestrange family with his opinions, they didn't care what he had to say but he didn't care about that much. "You are an inspiration to everyone who's a budding arsonist, though. Maybe that's something you should be proud of if you really need credit for something."

[curicsities]

"it was snape. he said it has a fire resistant charm on it. after he said he wouldn't have it taken out of the dorm room, and i said i would have to take action myself," effie explained, her tone simple and easy, looking up at dean with a grin. "i don't think i need credit, but it's nice to have. have i inspired you to commit arson?"

[curicsities]

open to: everyone location: transfiguration courtyard

"sometimes people tell you that something can't be set on fire, and they tell you this because they think it will stop you from trying to set it on fire," effie looked down at the burnt remains of what had once been a particularly ugly tapestry which had hung in her dorm room. "I, personally, have found that in those situations it is best to try and set that thing on fire anyway, just to check." her grin was perhaps verging on unsettling but that was overwhelmed by the clear pride she felt, and the honest belief she was imparting crucial wisdom to her fellow student.

[curicsities]

open to: everyone location: aurelius grounds

"i was just on a walk, and then i found the poor baby," the dugbog that luna was sitting beside, stroking like it was a particularly friendly house cat, was definitely not what most people would describe as a 'poor baby'. it did have a gash through one of its legs, which luna had begun to clean out. any anticipated apprehension in the person they were talking to was clearly meant to be swept away by their next statement. "he's friend shaped. just pet his head a little while i finish healing his leg?"

[curicsities]

closed for @wartorns location: halloween ball

she enjoyed scarlet’s company. yes, there had definitely been an aspect of getting back at aria which precipitated their relationship, but she felt like she had gained a new friend out of it. if it was a friend who she enjoyed seeing naked, that was just a bonus. effie looped an arm loosely around the other’s shoulders, smiling easily. “i’m thinking when all of this gets too boring, i grab some wine from my dorm, you grab a blanket from yours and we go and drink and sit in the grounds and look at the stars.”

[curicsities]

closed for @incndiox location: halloween ball

“i might hate my father, and by extension most other senior lestranges, but considering how hot we’ve both turned out i think we might have some thanks to give to our shared genes.” effie mused, giving her cousin a wry smile. in truth, lottie was the only other lestrange that effie could stand. “how can we make this party more exciting like we did when we were younger?”

[curicsities]

closed for @vcritaservm location: halloween ball

effie let out a long sigh, frowning as she rested her head on lisa’s shoulder companionably. “why is there no wine at this party? we are all adults, we’re all legal to drink, so why is there no damn wine?” for some reason, it was this above all other potential issues that effie had decided to fix on. she pulled away from her friend, looking at lisa. “you can’t tell me that this outfit wouldn’t look even better if i had a glass of red wine to sip from ominously?”

[curicsities]

closed for @vcritaservm location: halloween ball

leo was always grateful for weston and their friendship. sometimes he felt like there was no-one else who understood him the way wes did. which was why he felt more than comfortable letting out a long rant which he felt like he’d been holding in for hours but had probably been more like five minutes. “have you seen willow? i can’t stop looking at them, they look so beautiful, i think i’m losing my mind. why is life so difficult? do you think i’m ever going to be able to move on?” he took wes’ hand in his, squeezing it as though asking for reassurance.

[curicsities]

closed for @mcgicals location: the entrance hall

luna leaned on the wall next to the runespoor enclosure. getting to look after the runespoor since it had arrived at the campus had been a particular highlight of the magizoology course that luna already loved. now, they were going to get to see one of the rarest occurrences in her speciality. still, she couldn’t help but want to prolong their joy. she looked over at neville, smiling at them. “you know, we could take one of the eggs and hatch it and have a pet runespoor. we could take it in turns to keep it under our beds. thoughts?"

[curicsities]

closed for @vcritaservm location: halloween ball

luna knew that sometimes people thought of them as innocent or naive, and perhaps they were a little, so it didn’t bother her. but they loved mischief, and there wasn’t anyone better at mischief than fred and george weasley. fred just had the unfortunate privilege of being the first weasley twin they tracked down. she practically bounced over to him, smiling brightly. “you have to be planning something. and i want in.”