french fancy

Dash Delacour / Gryffindor / 6th Year / Half-Veela

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chesterwakefield :

With his gaze on his feet as he made his way in the opposite direction of his next class, a small oof escaped his lips upon colliding with someone. For a moment, his heart beat faster at the thought that it was a professor who would send him to his proper location, but looking up only brought on a sigh of relief. “Way to scare me, mate. –Sorry.” He added then with an apologetic smile. “On your way to class?” He would know, considering it was one of the classes they shared.

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Dash was walking through the grounds, chatting to his sister in their home language before saying their goodbyes and parting ways for Arielle to return to her friends and for him to go on his daily run round the castle grounds. He had picked up quite a pace in the time he had been running but was pulled from his daze when he collided with someone “Oh merlin, I’m sorry. Are you okay?” he asked holding his hands up. “I was out for a run actually. I’m a bit ahead in the class so the professor said that this class was optional for me today. I decided to give it a miss and go for a run” he smiled “What about you?”

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caradochld :

“Nah man- a fortune teller told me my future at a fair when I was nine. I’m destined for death at a young age. I wish I had all the time in the world. But I’ve come to terms with it.”

“-and on that incredibly, incredibly depressing note- the Paris catacombs?? White Ladies of Normandy? Beasts? What’s with the Gardens of Versailles? Marie Antoinette running around? With or without her head? I need answers Dash! Where do we start?”

“When you were nine? That’s pretty cruel to tell a child that. Fates change, you can change it, right?”

“I’m telling you, France is crazy haunted. That’s depends, what one do you want to know about the most” 

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ofdorcs :

“I know how to apologize, how to order coffee, and how to ask the flavor of cake. That’s all I’ve ever known, though.”

“Of course you don’t hate anyone, but that’s because you’re the nicest. And I did a pretty shit thing and you’re still here- having a chat, you know?”

“That’s all you need”

“Hating people only brings out the negative sides of life. I told you, I don’t hold it against you. I’m not going to be bitter about it, Arielle is just protective. She always looks out for me.”

[dashdelacour]

okay so...hi all. 

im so sorry i’ve been away for so long, tbh my mental health took a complete nose dive and i really haven’t been able to come online until now. i’m going to catch up on the dash and try to do some replies. i know there’s an event going on right now and for the purposes of that & since i’ve been away for so long i’m going to drop all old threads - sorry to everyone this effects. my muse is really lacking atm but i don’t think its fair on you all to be away for so long without me trying to make some effort to get back into routines and day to day movements. 

if the admins require any specific reasoning to why I was away instead of the rather cryptic ‘mental health’ thing then by all means if one of you would like to get in though through the main I am willing to offer an explanation to why things have been so sudden in my disappearance. 

also, i want to thank you all and the especially the admins for being so understanding about everything. i really do appreciate it, more than you guys know <3

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ofdorcs :

“Thank you. Finally. Someone understands the friendship survey. Question one is literally ‘what do you think the purpose of the friendship survey is?’”

"Dash- I don’t know what any of that means. But I do appreciate you not hating me.”

“ know right, you think everyone would have got the memo”

“It means that you can still learn French if you want, you know a little bit already. Why would I hate you? I don’t hate anyone?”

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chesterwakefield :

He was already shivering, but maybe the waves they created during the splash covered it up. “You jumped!” He exclaimed in delight the moment he saw Dash. Not that he had doubted the other blond, but you never know with some people. “It’s fucking freezing!” Chester was laughing though, happy to go swimming in the lake even if he turned into an icicle.

Dash pushed the wet strands of hair away from his face while he resurfaced from the water, a smile growing on his face “I told you I would” he immediately nodded and took it upon himself to swim around a little to try and heat up “It’s far too cold, we need to do something about this”

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chesterwakefield :

“Pfft, that’s–alright, maybe you have a point.” But he was moving on from it, not wanting to let it slow them down. “I’m holding you to it!” With a grin, he looked back to the water and knew it was now or never. “Yes, together?” He proposed, shooting another glance before getting ready. “One…two…THREE!” Chester jumped, really hoping Dash went with him. All he could think about was how cold it was the moment he hit the water, before he reached the surface for air and in search of the other blond.

“I can’t go back on my word. What type of person would I be if I did?” he smiled. Dash looked down at the water and knew it was going to be freezing when he hit the water “Okay, one...two...three!” he counted along with Chester and jumped in after him. He resurface the water with a puff of breath from how cold it was and looked over at the other with a grin of his own. 

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ofdorcs :

“’mmmmm sorry, pal. Left it off the introductory friendship survey. I’ll add it.”

“Well I suck and I’m sorry, alright. Like- I am. I mean it. Je suis désolé?”

“Regular survey updates are needed” 

“I’m not going to spend my days being mad at you Dorcas. Vous pouvez apprendre le français si vous le souhaitez. Vous connaissez un peu de français”

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chesterwakefield :

“Thank you, I’ve been trying to tell everyone it is a great idea.” He lifted his head a little higher, proud that someone finally agreed. “–No! No backing out!” His hands lifted as if he were ready to give Dash a little push into the water for mentioning such a thing. “We’re doing this! On the count of three?” 

“If it was the summer then I think more people would be on board but it’s mid fall - that’s practically winter to some people” Chester was so happy when he had agreed to join him that Dash couldn’t back out even if he wanted to. “I’m not! I promise. You have my word” he held up his hands in surrender “Wait...We’re just jumping in?” The other was spontaneous, he liked that. 

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ofdorcs :

“I don’t pay attention to everyone’s coffee habits- I just assumed, you know? Wait-”, she handed over the smoothie, “You like smoothies, right? Be honest.”

“Dash- how’am I supposed to learn French this late in life? The only French people I know besides my wacky cousins are you and your sister. And your sister hates me. And you- I don’t know. I don’t know how you feel about me nowadays but I think the world of both of you.”

“Yeah, I don’t know why I thought you would have known that” he apologised and nodded his head “I live off cereal and smoothies so yeah I think it’s safe to say I like smoothies”

“You can learn a language at any age, there’s no limit. Arielle doesn’t hate you, she doesn’t hate anyone. She’s protective and more guarded when it comes to trusting people than I am - which is my own downfall. I don’t hate you if that’s what you’re trying to ask. Was I hurt? Yeah. Am I going to be angry and bitter about it? No.” 

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chesterwakefield :

“You’re the best, I mean, have I told you how you’re the best?” Chester had been praising the other blond for the past several minutes, especially now that they stood by the water. “No one else wanted to do this with me.” Even though he had put on his best pouty face just to sell the idea of going for a swim, it finally worked with someone and Chester couldn’t be happier. 

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“More than once” he laughed and looked down at the water “Well they’re boring because this is a great idea” Dash must admit, it did take some convincing but once he agreed the general hype over the idea only grew when he saw how happy Chester was when someone agreed to his plan. “Let’s do this before I change my mind”

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arielle-delacour :

Hearing the nickname her brother had given her when they were younger never failed to warm her heart. “I got caught up with finishing up some classwork and then I had Care of Magical Creatures club” she explained softly. “What’s your excuse? Don’t let Gram learn that there’s a possibility that Quidditch may be more important than her. The woman will never let you go the next time she has you in her arms.” Arielle remembered a whole series of times her grandmother was the overly emotional and hilariously endearing woman that everyone loved. “Hurry up and get your letter sent. If mines arrives and yours doesn’t follow Gram might just barrel over here” 

“Quiddich practice and I bumped into a few people so I ended up losing track of time” By the time the conversation faded out, Dash had hurried back to his dorm to pick up the letter to have it sent out. “Quidditch is Quidditch but family is priority, you know that. Besides Gram would be mad if I didn’t play.” he grinned “Yeah I know, you know for an eighty-four year old she is alarmingly strong.” he laughed, almost dropping the letter. Nodding to his sister, he slipped the letter in his pocket “Give me five minutes and I’ll walk back with you” he called and sprinted up the stairs to his owl. Dash attached the letter and sent his long-eared owl on its way. “Alright done, we’ll have one happy Gram for at least another week” he smiled as he returned to meet his sister and held out his arm “Shall we?”