#nox.event018

[scapegrvce]

( 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ) — white wyvern ( 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 ) —  battle of the bands ( 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ) — open

“shots?” augustine held a tray in her hands, looking for a table to camp out at with them. “apparently yelling across the bar isn’t the best way to order drinks. dude heard a higher number than i said.” if not she tray, she would’ve shrugged. “the choice was between taking them and the bartender having to throw them out so, you know.”

[noxtms]

❝   WITH HOPE OF PROMOTING ( AND STRENGHTENING ) COMMUNITY SPIRIT, a small number of past & present members of the appleby arrows have joined forces with diagon alley businessowners and wix world volunteers to host the appleby autumnfest from october 6th to october 12th ! the 11th annual festival will take place just outside of the village of appleby, and will be protected, week long, by strong muggle repelling charms ! prior festivals have drawn thousands of wix and we are once again expecting a huge crowd to come out and enjoy the food and fun arranged for this year ! a number of exciting events have been arranged, including a blood drive and charity relay on the 10th, all in aid of st mungo’s hospital. come one, come all, and enjoy what autumnfest has to offer you !  ❞

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE :  

the appleby autumnfest ( say that three times fast ) is a celebration of the spookest season endorsed by past & present members of the appleby arrows, located JUST outside of the sleepy little village the dismal quidditch team hails from. running from october 6th to october 12th, inclusive, it’s considered a family friendly precursor of sorts to the halloween celebrations along diagon alley, later in the month. 

ministry officials lend their hand to placing a few strong muggle repelling charms over the festival area, which includes three large fields kindly borrowed from their muggle owners for the duration of the event. of course there’s a pumpkin patch ( where you can take home a wheelbarrow of pumpkins made of all shapes and sizes for the tiny asking price of two galleons ), but there’s also an impressive maze made of maize that appears and takes form overnight, and that disappears in much the same fashion at event end. these fields sit either side of the main event area, where wooden boothes sell reasonable priced wares & friendly wix have volunteered to run an impressive number of autumnfest games. 

there’s fun for wix of all ages with classic games such as bobbing for crab apples, pin the tail on the thestral, a potato sack race, carved pumpkin golf and a ring toss that sees brave wix trying to loop a plastic hoop onto the many legs of a fake acromantula - and it wouldn’t be half as fun without the opportunity to win some cheap prizes ! when you’ve swung by every booth and given each game a shot, there’s plenty of booths serving the stickiest and sweetest autumnfest treats, so don’t miss the opportunity to wash down a caramel apple and funnel cake with a cup of homemade hot apple cider ! 

and that’s not all ! this year, the usual fun comes accompanying an opportunity to do good in the form of a spooky scary blood drive in aid of st mungo’s on the 10th, followed ( yes, followed - it’s really rather bad timing, on their behalf ) by a charity relay, with sign up fee and additional donations going straight to the hospital itself in its time of need. volunteers will be randomly paired up and magically tied to one another at the ankle, all the better to participate in several relay style games like a ~ faux ~ dragon egg & shovel race and a gruesome hand - in - pumpkin golden apple search that’ll all, eventually, lead one pair to victory ( and a tacky plastic trophy ) and the rest ... not to victory, anyway, but there’s a 50/50 shot of developing close friendship or seething hatred by the end of it ! 

OUT OF CHARACTER :

another season, another festival in the spirit of said season ! the appleby autumnfest is one half of october’s lineup, and kicks off yet another opportunity to take part in the noxtms galleon system ! that is, of course, all well and good - but something that was quite important to me was working out a way to have another ‘sign up & get randomly partnered’ opportuntity since our last one was so long ago, and i really hope you guys get as much a kick out of the relay as i’ve had in imagining it ! there’ll be a channel on the discord to put forward names, and your partners will be up by sunday ! please remember, though, that as with all of these arrangements - you will be required to do at least one thread with your partner. 

this event officially begins today ( wednesday the 6th ) with the posting of this message ! 

it will last for two weeks, though you are not currently required to pause any current threads. you’ll be given a heads up if that’s going to change at any point ! 

all event starters should be tagged nox.event018, and the location is appleby ! don’t forget to keep the galleon system in mind for this event, as threads can earn you points ! 

if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to message the main with them ! please comment ‘boo’ on this post to show you’ve read it !

[anxtherhxliday]

location: appleby autumnfest starter status: open @startertms​

“You know what this place is missing?” An open box of Bertie Bott’s rattled in her hands as Rhea gestured about. Her face was lit with a creeping smile, a beacon of freedom and excitement for a moment. “A Ferris Wheel. I know, I know, they’re a very muggle creation and all that, but really--they’re a lot of fun. You get to just relax and--yeah. I dunno, I just think even the wizarding world could benefit from something like that at a festival like this.” 

[delefleur]

ᴡʜᴏ : fleur delacour & open ( @startertms​ ) ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ : appleby ᴡʜᴇɴ : october 10, 2021 – spooky scary blood drive

“I’ll just need you to hold still,” Fleur chuckles, the NEEDLE in her hand precariously poised over the point of insertion. She’d been at it for most of the morning, having VOLUNTEERED to do her part and help collect donations for the BLOOD DRIVE. She knew that ST MUNGO’S would be able to make use of every donation they could get, and had every intention of donating herself once her shift was over. “There you go,” She says to her current patient as she successfully gets the needle into their arm, offering them a kind smile, “It should just take fifteen minutes or so.” Fleur explains, before turning to the newest person to peek through the entrance of the blood drive tent.

“Are you here to donate?” She asks the newcomer immediately, smiling brightly in an attempt to win them over. “It is for a good cause, and we’ll give you a free cookie once it’s all over.”

[qviddiitch]

location: appleby autumnfest participants: oliver wood & open ( @startertms​ )

"this fucking blows,” oliver mumbled, his words slurred, the contents of the cup in his hand sloshing over it’s sides as he took a seat on one of the hay bales lining the course of the relay. “i should be out there,” he continued, gesturing broadly towards the race course, pausing his rant only long enough to take a sip of his drink. “and yet, here i am watching! because my partner is a bloody moron!” with that final outburst, oliver sunk back in his seat, arms folded across his chest and a pout plastered on his face. 

[karkarofftms]

             𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲   𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬   𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝   𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦   𝐭𝐡𝐞   corner   of   her   eye   and   eulalia   did   not   bother   to   hide   the   smile   pulling   at   her   cheeks   ,   head   tilted   just   so   to   best   suit   the   angle   of   the   shot   .   with   her   overly   large   cable   -   knit   sweater   layered   over   jeans   perfectly   set   over   the   backdrop   of   the   pumpkin   patch   ,   she   was   the   picture   of   casualty   ,   the   perfect   set   piece   for   the   day’s   events   (   and   she   could   already   see   the   images   splayed   across   newspaper   articles   —   the   minister   and   his   wife   :   they’re   just   like   everyone   else   .   not   exactly   front   page   news   ,   but   the   society   pages   were   nothing   to   sneer   at   .   )   she   drifted   along   the   pathways   ,   nudging   slightly   at   the   prospective   pumpkins   she   happened   across   .   ❝   did   you   know   there   was   a   trick   to   all   of   this   ?   ❞   she   asked   ,   eyes   alighting   on   whoever   had   walked   up   ,   friendliness   written   in   every   inch   of   her   countenance   .   ❝   i’d   call   myself   an   expert   at   picking   the   perfect   pumpkin   ,   if   i   do   say   so   myself   .   ❞

[gelsemivm]

( 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ) — the pumpkin patch ( 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ) — open ( @startertms​ )​

“it’s a shame, really.” dionisia knelt in front of a cluster of pumpkins, inspecting them. black rot marked a few already, an inevitability, but if she had any say here (and to be clear, she did not) this section would’ve already been purged. best to cut off the source of the infection before it spread. “you would be surprised how likely this stuff spreads.” with that she stood up. “i’d look elsewhere. even if you only want to carve them, these ones won’t last long.”

[aliciaspinncts]

feat. @chacswins​ !

“ are you committed to this? ” coming as a surprise to roughly no one : alicia spinnet is a competitive little fuck. flexing her ankle to test the strength of the bonding spell holding her to kaz, a girl once casual might be a bit out for blood. a sore loser & an ungraceful winner were an awful combination, but someone had to have that mix in them — alicia was the lucky recipient, with kaz the unlucky co-conspirator. it was all for charity, of course, so it didn’t matter who won in the end ( except that it DID, and the charitable ruse is easy to see through ).