Second School Pride

[Orwell Brocken]

Orwell Brocken thought that this pride was more important than the last, if the fact that Archie's family had had troubles because of Archie's sexuality, even though it wasn't at all his fault it was still affecting him, so this really was so important. He wanted to show Archie and show to the school the importance of learning and being open about their sexuality and being open to other people's sexuality. The boy had put in so much more work into this LGBT+ pride event, he had taken the hall after breakfast and the hall was entirely decked out with the various LGBT+ flags associated with the different sexualities as well as anarchist flags, and his hair was in the rainbow colours. Brock had Tholomyes once again taking a care of the face painting stall, and Lydia taking care of the flower crowns and he knew that Archie was probably about the place taking the pictures like last time, Orwell like last time was at the information stall, and with the help of the muggle studies department had set up a little film section which was playing the old muggle film Pride, and he was just finishing setting up the last of the posters and directing the house elves to put the multi-coloured cakes and biscuits and other food items before heading over to his stall with all the information, he grabbed a flower crown on the way and took out his rainbow flag and draped it around his shoulders, the boy was ready for it, and he couldn't wait for others to arrive, for other wild patch members to arrive so that they could help out and enjoy the LGBT+ pride event they'd helped put together, and he couldn't wait for the rest of the school to enjoy it to.
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Out of Character:

This is the second event run by the Wild Patch Club, Wild patch members can help out in any of the sections described, and people can come enjoy a party, get a flower crown and celebrate with others in this second school LGBT+ pride event

 

[Lydia Warrick]

Lydia knew she had to enjoy herself at this event, while she was looking forward to it, the fact she had important exams coming up were putting a negative spin in her head, she wanted to study but knew the event was more important. Lydia had carried the finished flower crowns up to the hall, as well as a box of flowers and a few of the lanterns, that were multicoloured from the last event. She had a summery, flower dress on, and the crown which Felix had made for her on her head, Lydia had expertly set up the flower section, she was just finishing tying the second lantern and scattering petals around the area she was in. Lydia had to say as she finished and the lights within the lanterns, filled the light room with various colours. She was ready to give out the crowns that were made and help those who perhaps wanted to learn how to make the crowns. It was as she got ready for people arriving and couldn't help but love it, love all they'd done, the room was mostly scattered into three areas, hers with the flowers and things from the gardens, Theo's was the face painting, and the leader had his little area with far more politics than she could handle, but the hall was a myriad of joy, festivities and colours. She was proud of her and the rest of the wild patch for doing this once again, standing up and letting the students at hogwarts know it was okay and that they were accepted no matter who they were.
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[Tholomyes Fontaine]

Since he had come to the conclusion that it didn't matter how good he felt after helping someone learn that he'd never be good at it, his grades would never be good enough, he would just never be good enough for that. The young boy was feeling pretty happy about what he was doing for the pride event, though he was fairly certain he wasn't anything other than straight, he knew it was important to do these things, and he had seen how it could make a different from his experience in his last school. The boy was sat with all the face paint he could ever want, could ever need and was just ready to get started, he liked to think that since the last year he had managed to improve in his artistic skills and perhaps he'd just be better at it this time around. The teen was using a mirror to paint his own face, adding a rainbow flag on to his face and on the other cheek a smaller brush to write the word pride on his cheek. The teen was pretty happy with his role, and last time a good few people had helped him out ensuring that he didn't become too bogged down and people didn't have to wait that long, which he hoped would happen again, since while he believed in himself he didn't think he was going to be capable of everyone who wanted one without help, he took his time with the work, but a perfectionist who was just never happy. He was wearing a t-shirt he'd convinced Orwell to let him print which had HNZ LGBT+ Pride written in a multitude of colours, and had a few more spare. He hoped that people would actually attend, but if not he would just continue to paint his own face or the faces of the various other wild patch members until they were told to clear out.
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[Kayleigh Zhefarovich]

Kayleigh was feeling nervous. She didn't know what to expect at the Pride event. The still-pink haired girl knew that Orwell was excited for it, so she was definitely going to attend it, just to support him. Kayleigh knew that he was probably also going to be busy, so she managed to convince her best friend, Desislav, to go along with her. She wasn't sure how she managed to convince him, but she was incredibly grateful, now that she knew she would know someone else there, someone to keep her company in case Orwell was too busy. Kayleigh pretty much dragged Des into the Great Hall, her eyes looking around, taking in the site of the place. She noticed Orwell straight away, but dragged Desislav to the flower crowns first, making sure she put one on his head as well as her own, not caring if he wanted it or not. Kayleigh was trying to get in the mood! She didn't feel like getting her face painted just yet, so she headed over to Orwell, a big grin on her face.
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[Pia Morales]

Pia's enthusiasm to attend that year's pride event after hearing about the previous one was unmatched by any other enthusiasm she felt so it only seemed natural that she offered to take part and support the literal and figurative rainbow of sexualities in the school. She was to be placed at the face painting stall where she had offered to draw flags of various orientations with her extensive lipstick collection. It would be quicker and easier to both apply wash off than regular face paint and especially useful for anyone that did not care about their design looking perfect because Pia was able to apply her standard red lipstick near perfectly on her own face but it was an entirely different story when applying make up to someone else's face. It was a whole new kind of pressure but she was sure she would be able to handle it as she bid Orwell adieu at his information stall and arrived to the face painting stall where she tipped her small bag filled with her lipsticks out, nodding and smiling a greeting at the other person at the stall before organizing all her lipsticks by colour and unfolding an index of LGBT+ flag designs she was going to use as a reference. As Pia waited for the first students to arrive she drew a small Bisexual flag on her left cheek and smiled to herself, pleased with the fact she was now out and proud and able to show support for her fellow students no matter what their identity was.​

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[Desislav Zhefarovich]

With his hands stuffed deep in his pockets and an expression that looked as if he would prefer to be anywhere else, Desi followed Kayleigh into the Great Hall. He didn't know how he'd been convinced to join her. One minute they were talking about their recent secret room developments and the next he was here, trailing the pink haired girl. "Kayleigh. Come on" he responded as she put a flower crown on his head. "This one's not even my shade" he added, switching for one that was all red roses. As she headed to Orwell, Desi turned in the opposite direction. He figured she might want some 'alone time' with the Ravenclaw guy. "I'll be at the food table" he called out.

 

[Damide Snow]

Damide had stayed far, far away from the school Pride event that occurred in his first year. He was far too shy to go adventuring into the Great Hall with throngs of students without a definitive escape route, but by second year he knew the castle back to front and top to bottom. There were seven different passageways leading away from the Great Hall that weren't obvious, which would do him just fine. He really needed to stop thinking like a mouse, though.

He soon realised that he was a stupid git for not going the first time, because there was cake, and flowers, face-painting and all of his favourite things. Truth to be told, he wasn't entirely sure what all the pride was for. Rainbow pride? Flower pride? Mister King-of-the-Flowers was up the front, the leader of the Wild Patch Club, and he seemed to be very passionate about the amount of garlands he possessed. Strange symbols were being painted on people's faces, and there was a very nice t-shirt that Theo was wearing that Damide decided he'd like for himself. He had a few sickles and knuts on him, because he could buy one.

Damide wandered all around the stalls, sampling cakes and listening with feckless curiosity to people talking about being themselves and not being ashamed or hidden, which sounded nice to him. He sat down to watch a strange muggle 'moobie', or 'movie' or something, with a bunch of rainbow-people raising money for mining. Maybe all this rainbow stuff was related to mining support ... But that didn't sound like something the Flower King would like. Damide received a daisy and dandelion crown and wandered over to get his face painted by Tholomyes next, asking him to buy a shirt and giggling at the colourful 'blusher' facepaint he got. He liked Flower Pride day.​

 

[Eleanor Hope]

Eleanor couldn't contain her excitement for the next Wild Patch Club event. She really enjoyed the last one and Orwell was always very good with organising everything. She didn't feel like she was an important part of the club yet but was still willing to show up to each event with a big smile on her face, very excited for the fun that was to come. This particular event didn't include lanterns though and was all about LGBT, something that Eleanor should probably do her research on. She had no idea what it was but figured that it had something to do with rainbows when she showed up due to the colourful stalls and decorations in the great hall. She began to walk around the stalls and waved at Orwelll as she walked passed him and a couple of his friends. She didn't want to go over there though and instead walked straight up to the face paint stall where she recognised Tholomyes who painted his own face with a rainbow flag and the word 'pride'. She wasn't sure what it meant but walked up to both him and the other Ravenclaw boy with a smile on her face.

"Hey, It's Eleanor!" Eleanor exclaimed to both of them once she came close enough. She made sure to clarify her name just in case Tholomyes thought she was Lily again. She knew that Tholomyes did some really good drawings and was eager to see what he could do to her face. "You should paint my face too with whatever you like! I heard you're a good drawer and I'd love to see what you could do. Also, do you know what all of this rainbow is? I know it's LGBT but what does that stand for?" she asked, hoping that Tholomyes knew the answer. She also hoped that he didn't think she was stupid and tried her best not to sound like it. Eleanor wasn't sure if it was harder or easier to draw on a face but she was curious and sat down on one of the stools, glad that she had found someone to talk to.

 

[Isaiah Jeffreys]

Isaiah had been so happy when he'd found out that the wild patch had decided to throw a second pride event, he knew that it was a good thing, that it had helped in feeling confident to talk to his parents and his brothers about his own sexuality, in helping him feel confident in everything that he did. Isaiah had told his brothers to come along, he thought that a picture with the three of them, with the rainbow flag and generally just supporting their parents was the best thing. The teen stepped into the hall and was unsurprised by what stood in front of him but still impressed with what the wild patch had achieved in the short amount of time since breakfast. He was very impressed with it all. Isaiah made a beeline to the flower crown and grabbed one from the girl who was giving them out, adjusting it to his head and moving his hair so that it was out the way, Isaiah had thought about trying to convince keye to come to this, but it was loud filled with people and things she didn't like, so he was here alone. As he adjusted the flower crown, Isaiah easily noticed Pia at the face painting and wondered over to her, smiling at her, "You should do a flag for me Pia, just like yours" he greeted sitting down next to her with a smile on his face, offering himself up to be the first to get his face painted by her.
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[Ares Jeffreys]

Ares had no idea what he was, he'd been surrounded by a lot of different things, primarily in school and at home with his parents and with Isaiah having come out to them prior to him starting at school this year, Ares was too young to really know what he was but he was beginning to have a small clue about it, and he was definitely happy to be going to the pride event which his brother had told him to attend. The boy hadn't been sure what to expect but it was so much more than he had ever thought it would be, the young hufflepuff spotted his brother easily, as well as Ellie at the face painting but he liked the flowers, the petals and the flowers, the crowns and the lanterns. It was just such a lovely thing, and he wandered over to where the flower crowns were, ask for one, and then how to make one, which resulted in Ares sat cross legged on the floor of the Great Hall with a flower crown sitting making a crown himself. It was a pretty difficult thing, and Ares was spending a lot of time carefully selecting the flowers before even getting started, his mind had already created the fantasy that he was a king making a crown for his prince or princess. The boy was pretty happy in doing that, he was pretty happy to be surrounded by colours and crowns and the fantasy of being a king.
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[Orwell Brocken]

Orwell had been definitely happy to receive help from Pia, and once they were done, he introduced her to Theo with whom she would formally be attending to the face painting, Orwell wasn't too bother about how they went about it, or what they did, just that it got done and no one was left crying. Orwell was pretty happy as people seemed to start arriving, Eleanor from the wild patch whom he waved back to as she headed over to obviously the person she knew and then his day just grew better as he spotted the pink hair of Kayleigh, she was with someone else, a friend he assumed and he just smiled to himself, but as he focused on setting up and lining up all the information and papers that he had, he just stayed focused in his own little world, finally glancing up as Kayleigh joined him. The king of flowers smiled warmly at her, "Bambi," he greeted as warmly, before giving her a small and somewhat nervous kiss on the cheek, "I'm so glad you came, I was going to ask you to be my date to this, but I got so busy actually organising it, it slipped my mind" he told her honestly as he pulled away from her and then looked out at the hall, "What do you think?" he asked, since he trusted her opinion on it, and was sure that she wouldn't be the type to hide the truth from him, if she didn't like it, she would say.
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[Jean Snow]

Jean hadn't done as much with the Wild Patch Club as he had last year. Being busy with quidditch and Victoire had kept him from doing more than the bare minimum, something he felt bad about. The Gryffindor entered the room, seeing that everyone had a job. He didn't know where to put himself. Next to Orwell was out of the question. He knew nothing about politics, and he was quite happy about that. Lydia looked like she had the flowers handled, and he'd be sneezing in no time if he stayed there too long. So did Tholomyes with the face painting. But he headed in the boy's direction anyway. He wanted to help somehow. "Can I help?" he asked his girlfriend's brother, his voice perhaps a bit gruff though it was more because he was feeling useless than that he was mad.

 

[Tholomyes Fontaine]

Theo smiled as one of the Hope sister arrived in front of him, and he greeted her warmly thankful she had the good sense to tell him which of the sisters was in front of him, and he blushed lightly as she asked him to paint her face, he just nodded and then motioned to the seat in front of him with a little smile, "I'm sure Lilyanna over-exaggerated," he assured her as he pulled the paints towards him and then at the question he leaned back a little looking at her with a curious expression, "The rainbow flag is a symbol for the LGBT+ community, it's meant to stand for freedom and unity, the community as a whole," the boy then glanced, "It's visible and it can be associated with the movement," the boy had stopped what he was doing so that he could explain what it was.

However he just get started on painting, and as he worked, he handed Damide one of the t-shirts he'd made, taking no money from him since he wasn't selling them and was just happy to give one away to him. It took him a moment to decide what he wanted to paint on Eleanor's, but eventually settled on a butterfly on her face. Tholomyes began painting her face, alternating between brushes and sponges as he worked, focusing solely on that until a voice spoke, Jean, Theo didn't know him very well only by association due to this and his sister, but he gave the older boy a friendly smile, "Sure, you can just use the face paints I have," he motioned to them as he focused all his attention on Eleanor, just continuing until he was done. Painting faces was hard, he had to focus a lot more and he thought the butterfly he'd painted wasn't too bad, it was a mixture of colours, as colourful as he could make it, and he'd done his best to give it texture, since this was face painting he didn't know how well he'd managed it, "What do you think?"
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[Archie Renner]

Archie was the equivalent of a kid in a candy store at the previous year's pride event and the same could be safely said for that year. He was using the same rainbow flag draped around his neck as a cape and he held the same polaroid camera in his hands as he ran around taking photos and basking in the prideful glory of the hall surrounding him. Archie was once again completely in his element. The family problems that once dragged him down were a faraway thought in his mind as his attention was focused solely on the event and showing support for everyone of all sexual orientations and identities. One thought that did pop in his mind however was the lack of a rainbow flag on his face, and it caused him to stop where he was walking and turn his feet in the direction of the face painting stand. Both the face painters were clearly occupied, with one of them in particular chatting away to Isaiah. Archie wasn't one to wait in queues so he took the liberty to have a little fun while not wasting any of the time he planned to utilise for taking photos. He moved and sat directly on Isaiah's lap and shifted a little to get more comfortable before smiling at the red haired girl in front of them and pointing to his right cheek. "A rainbow flag right here please." He said, smiling at the girl politely before turning his head back in Isaiah's direction and flashing him a grin that was equally as polite but further more playful as he waited for his face to be painted.​

 

[Kylie Ortiz]

Kylie wasn't sure what her part in Pride would be today because she definitely had never faced the troubles her best friend had with her identity but wanted to be supportive of Pia as well as the other students of Hogwarts, whosoever they may be. She assumed that she would not be the only ally there but was admittedly a little curious of who would be there as well. Making her way down to the Great Hall was a longer trip than she liked and more often she was frustrated with the place and had a keen mind to actually learn to fly properly to avoid such a lengthy walk just to the great hall where her friend was. Still it washed away when she saw her newly open friend looking happy with people she couldn't tell from afar - only her friend with the brightly coloured hair stood out to her so to surprise her the Ravenclaw walked behind her and raised a finger to her lips to the two boys sitting in front of her and hugged the girl affectionately. "Hello beautiful," she said as she let the girl go but kissed the top of Pia's head then cheek, to clearly show how proud she was of the girl before she took a seat beside her, finally getting a proper look at the two boys and was surprised to see Isaiah with a boy in his lap but she still smiled at him and said, "Hi Isaiah," but she didn't know the red head in the slightest so she smiled towards him, hoping he didn't think she was ignoring him.

 

[Kayleigh Zhefarovich]

The tinge of pink at her nickname was nothing compared to the blush that grew on Kayleigh's face when Orwell kissed her on the cheek. The spot tingled and she continued to smile at the boy as he spoke about wanting to ask her as his date. Kayleigh didn't realize that the Pride event called for dates, but she would have gladly said yes had he asked. Still, she wasn't offended, she knew how busy he was and how stressful it must have been to set it all up. "That's alright, don't worry about it." Kayleigh replied, her smile still lingering as she slid her hand into Orwell's and squeezed it softly, before slipping it back out. It was just a small gesture to show that there were no hard feelings, and that she still liked him. Like, like liked him. Besides, he was happy she went and that was good enough for her. Kayleigh looked around the Great Hall at his question, noting that it had filled up quickly. The pink-haired girl spotted Desislav at the food table, and wished she had dragged him over with her so she could introduce him to Orwell, but she supposed she'd have to do that later. Kayleigh also saw other familiar faces around, everyone seemed to be having a great time and the place looked amazing. "Well, the flower crowns are definitely my favorite part." Kayleigh answered, turning back to Orwell with a grin on her face. "But it looks really good Orwell! You've done an amazing job." She replied. Kayleigh didn't want to take up all of Orwell's time, she was sure people would come soon and ask him questions. "Don't let me keep you, if you need to go and appease your fans, I won't stop you." Kayleigh joked.
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[Aeon Summers]

It brought Summers great pride to see the students coming together and organising an LGBT related occasion, for the second of what he hoped would be many more events. During his time in school, his sexuality was something that had taken a little bit of time to come to terms with and adjust to. It was a difficult period, and though society had come far and there was less homophobia in the world, it still had a ways to go. He wished the kind of awareness the school was spreading had been around during his youth. Entering the Great Hall dressed in a cobalt-blue coat enchanted to gradually change colour, the Transfiguration professor took a long look around at the decorations and stalls that had been set up, accompanied by his young cousin. "This is nice, right?" He said brightly. "As much as you hate everyone, the other students don't seem as bad as you make them out to be. It's such a great atmosphere." He didn't understand how she felt so coldly toward people who were so accepting. "But I'm glad you came. You might even learn something by being here, you know?"

 

[Esme Lancaster]

Esme cared about very few other people in her life, but Aeon made the cut. Just. If they weren't related, perhaps she would have never come to like him, but under the circumstances she had gotten to know him better in the last few years, and she was happy to call him family. Even so, she didn't always agree with him, such as when he suggested she not curse younger students, or kick brats out of Ollivanders less than a minute after they entered the store, or make an effort to tolerate her classmates. All were awful ideas. Yet he had managed to convince her to tag along on this little pride event the muddy kids from that cabbage patch club, or whatever it was, had organised, believing she might learn to become more accepting and tolerant. Reluctantly, she had agreed, if only for him. While she didn't care about the event, it meant a lot to the older wizard, and even Esme could bear an hour or two around the lesser people. "Nice isn't the word I'd use, but I agree it could be worse." The Lancaster witch responded, absently fidgeting with the rainbow bracelet Aeon had given her to wear for the day. It was the only thing she would agree too - rainbow wasn't exactly her colour. "Just keep those flower crowns away from me, and I might have a good time."

 

[Pia Morales]

Pia's surprise at Isaiah asking for a bisexual flag and her sudden urge to ask if he too was bisexual was suddenly interrupted when another boy appeared in front of her and situated themselves in Isaiah's lap. She shook the urge to ask the question away from her head, reminding herself that face painting was her task for the day as she smiled at the boy and moved to pick up her red lipstick from the table. A pair of arms wrapped around Pia's torso from behind and the familiar, affectionate voice of her best friend filled her ears in the very moment Pia was applying the first line of colour to the boy's cheek and she had to pause her movements entirely not to make a mistake. She smiled and leaned into Kylie's body slightly, whispering a quick "Hi to you too, gorgeous." and ending her words with a giggle. She reveled in the kisses and then leaned forward and returned to the task of painting the flag on the boy's face. When she was finished she stood back to admire her handiwork. It wasn't the best looking rainbow flag but it was recognizable as a flag which was enough to give her more confidence in her abilities. "Alright, you're done." Pia said to the boy as she returned the lipstick she was holding to her pile and waited for him to leave so she could paint Isaiah's face.​

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[Eleanor Hope]

Eleanor smiled as Tholomyes began to paint her face and shook her head at his statement. "Who said she told me?" she told him with a cheeky smile. It was obviously Lilyanna who told her but he didn't need to know that. "So, is the LGBT community some type of organisation? Is it something wizards do in their free time? What does it have to do with plants?" she asked, willing to analyse the whole situation. She didn't want to miss the point of the fair and felt slightly horrible for not knowing exactly what it was before coming. She wanted to know all about it so she could have a vital part in organising it just like Tholomyes next year.

Once Tholomyes was done with her face, Eleanor picked up a nearby mirror and looked into it, quite happy with the outcome. It was a beautiful butterfly and Eleanor's face lit up as she turned her face both ways to admire the work Tholomyes had done. "It's amazing! How do you do it so perfect?" she asked him, ignoring the seemingly disgruntled Gryffindor prefect who had come to help. "Can I paint people's faces too? I'm not as good as you but I can make their face rainbow just like everything else!" She smiled at him knowing that if the fair was going to get any busier that he would definitely need more help from people who didn't look so intimidating like the older Gryffindor. Hopefully neither of them minded too much if Eleanor joined too.

 

[Isaiah Jeffreys]

Isaiah would've been perfectly satisfied if he had just gotten the flag on his face from her and then been able to leave, but of course, Archie had different idea's and he was left with the slightly lankier boy sitting on his lap, definitely making Isaiah a little uncomfortable though unable to really express it fully, mostly because he didn't mind it all that much, it was very typical of him. It always seemed like he was just out to make him feel uncomfortable but it didn't stop his crush, though did in a way diminish it. And it was only made worse by all the people he was surrounded by and Archie's need to make Isaiah just want to kiss him, and he had to admit it got worse as Kylie arrived and he had to greet his friend through Archie, "Hey Kylie," he told her warmly, though there was a hint of being bothered in his tone, though it would obviously be directed at the guy sitting on his lap. Thankfully a flag wasn't too much of a issue because it didn't take long for Archie to have his, and Isaiah like the flag on his cheek, he'd noticed the change in Archie recently and was glad he now looked a lot better, "Are you done now Archie?" he asked him though he made no motion to move away from him, which he mostly wanted so that he could get a flag on his cheek before going to see how Ares was over in the flowers.
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[Orwell Brocken]

Orwell was more than a little pleased with how this was going, he could see the transfiguration professor arriving in the room, and though he wasn't a huge fan of the man, at this event Orwell would always put all differences aside so that they could come together for the one positive message of this event and could just have a little bit of fun with it. It was why there was music playing and an almost carnival feel to it, and he was the only one to have manned the political bit, because that was his role, everyone could part and he could happily just spend the time talking to those who had questions, queries, and if anything seemed to be going wrong to deal with it. He was however a little glad to have Kayleigh by his side, usually manning the political part of the room wasn't as much fun as the rest because not as many people spoke to him, but he was always happiest when speaking to people when talking about the LGBT+ movement and the importance of such event, so much so that once a few more had arrived he was definitely planning on giving some sort of speech. Brock was pleased that she didn't feel annoyed about the fact that he had simply forgotten to invite her to the event, though that wasn't a norm, he thought that as they were starting out in what ever it was that they were that it wouldn't be a bad thing to ask, "Oh no, today I let the people come to me," he told her, "I'm in charge of the political information, and just general information," Orwell was obviously proud of his position, "You don't stick around here, feel free to explore more," He didn't want her to feel the need to stick with him and not be able to explore the event because of the changing nature of their relationship.
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[Rudolf Lagowski]

Rudolf couldn't actually remember if he'd signed up for the Wild Patch Club or not; but Reuben definitely had, and the two boys were pretty much interchangeable anyway. Together they skidded into the great hall, pulling each other in different directions to see and do a little bit of everything. After getting their faces painted identically, Rudolf sprung up and dashed across to a familiar student, shortly followed by Reuben. "Esmeee!" he said affectionately, showering her with flower petals like confetti. Next he turned to Professor Summers. "Woah! That coat is wicked, sir. You've got style!" He winked happily.

 

[Reuben Pendleton]

Reuben couldn't have been having a more brilliant time. Not only was there face painting and flower crowns and a cool looking Muggle thing he'd never seen before, Rudolf was there to enjoy it all with him. The Hufflepuff hurried after his enthusiastic twin, keeping half an eye out for Damide. He hadn't shown up before, but Reuben remained ever hopeful that he might. Whilst Rudolf was chatting Professor Summers up, he finally caught a glimpse of the Ravenclaw through the crowd, and snuck off to say hello.

 

[Victoire Fontaine]

Victoire hadn't ever attended something like this before but this year unlike the last she had decided she would, and after all, she was open to all people whatever they were, and believed that acceptance was a necessity to life and not just because she knew that acceptance of her and her blood would go a long way for her and Jean, so perhaps in her mind she felt that any growth in acceptance might help her in the end. It was not perhaps the best attitude to have, but the Gryffindor went regardless, plus this was the only event held by the wild patch that likely didn't end with all of them getting into trouble. The girl had bought over the last weekend, brand new red bowed heels and was loving how colourful they made her feel joining her already colourful dress, not quite flower themed but definitely suited to such a colourful and bright event. She took one of the flower crowns from one of the girl handing them out, and easily spotted Jean in the crowds at the face paints with her brother, which to her was a slight odd thing, but she knew they were both in this club together. Victoire adjusted the crown on her head easily before reaching them, she greeted her brother first, kissing on both cheeks as they had been raised doing, before she turned her head to Jean, and gave him a little smile, and sitting in front of him, "I didn't know you painted," she told him with a little smile, wondering if he could, but thinking of this as an innocent little occasion in which they could spend a little time together in slightly closer quarters without really raising any alarms.
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