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Alec Urquhart (ohlaird) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-03-16 20:53:00

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! ic/ooc, # montrose, # portree, # whizz hard, alasdair maddock, alec urquhart, alex winters, bart roberts, desmond parkin, elspeth macfusty, fiona roberts, florinda mcgonagall, georgi draganov, graham urquhart, hamish roberts, jamie abercrombie, kenna mcleod, maggie macdougal, meaghan mccormack, melchior yaxley, mg mcgonagall, owen macfarlane, peggy urquhart

Whizz Hard Book Launch
Who: Anyone related to Scottish Quid/Affairs/Press/Books in general (so pretty much all of you if you want) and all current and past members of both teams (NPCs welcome!)
What: The release of the Golden Neep companion book
When: March 16th 8pm
Where: Portree and Montrose clubhouses
Warnings: Language maybe? Drinking

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the BIL's most exciting rivalry: The Golden Neep! In honour of it, Whizz Hard books is proud to present a companion book to their world famous 'Quidditch Through the Ages'.

WELCOME TO THE RELEASE OF:

Neep themed decorations are throughout the cocktail party. Including intricately carved neeps, and hors d’ouevres served in small carved out neep bowls.

At one table on each of the Montrose and Portree sides of the party is a long table set up with the book of the hour! There are even special edition versions in Montrose or Portree colours available tonight. Everyone who has prepurchased their book will get it in a bag of their choice. Options: Montrose, Portree, Golden Neep (for those who like to remain neutral) designs.

If you’d like...try to get it signed by your favourite quidditcher, you’re likely to find them around here somewhere!

The Book of the Hour

Each side has a party!

Management offices on both sides are locked and heavily warded to prevent spies (we got your back, Fergus) from sneaking around. But the main areas of the trophies, historical rooms, and social rooms and lounge are all open to the guests.

Both sides have shined their trophies and old players have even lent their individual ones to buff up the display. On each side there are articles framed on the walls at various places, showcasing historic or significant victories or moment and each has even set up a historical showroom for it to show the uniforms over the years too. It’s a chance for both teams to show off their long history as BIL clubs and their numerous successes.

Just for tonight a dedicated floo connection has been set up between the two parties connecting the main rooms to allow people to move freely between each side. The floo will not allow you to go elsewhere and there isn’t even a requirement to name your destination, though if you’d like to leave please use the regular floo available around the corner.

PORTREE SIDE

MONTROSE SIDE

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lady_dragon
2018-03-18 12:10 am UTC (link)

"Merc, if you don't tell me where your lines are, I don't know if I've crossed them." This was becoming a common point of frustration for her. Other people expected her to do things and she was never told the rules, so she just went by her reality. And that didn't seem to please anyone. "I am sorry if I have ever made you feel unsafe. Really. I am." She hadn't really thought about that reality. So, much of her recovery process was focused inward, it was hard to remember that everyone had their

"It's just hard when you're trying to get better, and everyone expects things are the same, or worse somehow." It was honest, but with his anger Ellie wasn't sure it was the right thing to say. "Or worse tells you, you're not yourself anymore." And didn't she know it?

More importantly, she could see how things could explode any moment now. And funny now that her fight instinct now switched to flight. "But, yeah, message received, Merc. Enjoy the party."

She smiled weakly, carefully making her retreat. Fuck. She just wanted to find Allie and get out of here, surely she wouldn't be missed.

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	avoidretrograde 2018-03-18 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Merc watched her go, jaw still tighter than it should be, before turning away. Was he sure that she'd gotten the message? No. With Elsie it was hard to judge. Only time would tell really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mrs_dragon
2018-03-18 12:56 am UTC (link)

Lorna's suspicions were up. She let Owen go off to do some mingling after Lorna caught a look at her sister's face before he retreated with Maddock. While she did what she could to help her sister, Lorna still didn't know how things were really going.

Either way, while on her own, Lorna spotted Merc standing in enemy territory. "Hello," she said coming up to greet her cousin. "Enjoying our purple?"

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avoidretrograde
2018-03-18 01:02 am UTC (link)

Lorna appearing suddenly was a bit of emotional whiplash to be honest, and he had to stomp his frustration at Elsie down to try and reply. Like he told Elsie about lines, they mattered, and Lorna was Lorna not her sister, he wasn't going to hold Elsie against her.

"It's a bit much for my tastes, but your side does know how to look festive," he replied as lightly as he could and looked over to give her a small smile, though it looked a tad strained.

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	mrs_dragon 2018-03-18 01:28 am UTC (link)
	That wasn't Lorna's intention (as she really doesn't know what happened). "I'm sure your side brought out all the glamour as well," Lorna said as she took a sip of her festively purple drink too. She offered him a smile back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	avoidretrograde 2018-03-18 02:09 am UTC (link)
	Merc smiled a little more naturally. "Well we do like to impress. You should go over to see, club rooms aren't often open." He lifted his Montrose-themed drink to her. "Go see how the pros work," he teased, mostly to try and push himself back into a normal mood. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrs_dragon 2018-03-18 02:25 am UTC (link)
	"I'll make my way over," Lorna promised because it was only fair to go check on the other team's side. She gave him a careful look at his tease. "Organized chaos can still be professional," Lorna teased back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	avoidretrograde 2018-03-18 02:40 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I have to gloat a little where I can. Montrose tradition." Merc paused and thought about Montrose's Hall of Cups and smiled a little. "...You'll see why when you're there." Montrose did pride itself wherever it did well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrs_dragon 2018-03-18 02:55 am UTC (link)
	"Well, and today is about the rivalry," Lorna agreed. And Montrose did a have a lot to gloat about this season with how well they were doing. For now. "Don't forget to get a good look of what we've won over here too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	avoidretrograde 2018-03-18 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Merc gestures to the Golden Neep in front of them. "What do you think I'm doing here? Come to covet the most worthy prize. " (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrs_dragon 2018-03-18 03:07 am UTC (link)
	Lorna grins when Merc does gesture to the Neep. "Always a seeker," she teases. "And also I thought it could be just a friendly visit too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

avoidretrograde
2018-03-18 03:13 am UTC (link)

"Eye on the prize, Lorna," he teased then shrugged. "It's not like I ever get to see the inside of this place, had to take the rare opportunity to look at what another team's clubroom looks like. Now any time you ward me in daylight hours I'm going to imagine you're shining one of your trophies over there," Merc gestured to the beater section of the award cabinet.

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	mrs_dragon 2018-03-18 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Always," Lorna agreed about keeping an eye on the prize. Still, hoping that the team was going to come together. She laughed when Merc mentioned HER polishing her trophies. "Well I was gone for a few years. Had to shine them up," she joked. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	maddocked 2018-03-18 12:25 am UTC (link)
	After his visit to the Montrose side, Maddock came back to the Portree side. He would have looked for Ellie right away and if she was ready to go, then they'd go. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lady_dragon
2018-03-18 12:44 am UTC (link)

Unfortunately, Allie wasn't just there when she turned around. So she had to put on her big girl knickers and pretend everything was fine, make some small talk with other party goers. As she was making her way through the crowd half tempted to go to the Montrose side where she expected Allie was, she made eye contact with Lorna.

There was no hiding the turmoil underneath. Not with Lorna. She was a fleeing dragonling running for safety. Lorna met her look with a nod and appropriate big sisterly concern, but Ellie just shook her head. She wasn't going to ruin Lorna's night too.

Before there was a chance for anything else to happen, Allie was there this time. She thew her arms around him. "Zelda." She whispered because as much as she was normally keen to share stories of her great-aunt who may or may not actually ride dragons, that was their code word tonight. Nothing else needed to said.

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	maddocked 2018-03-18 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Allie looked down at Ellie when she came up to him. He wrapped one arm around her back and leaned down to kiss the top of her head when she said Zelda. He knew what she meant of course. "Let's get to the regular floo, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lady_dragon
2018-03-18 01:56 am UTC (link)

"Yes, please." She leaned into him. It would be easy enough to make their goodbyes. Or at least she hoped so. Ellie really didn't want to talk about it just then. The way she saw things, it was still a win. She wanted to go home, take a minute or two, change and then go forth with date night plans. They both deserved a night out. Serious conversations could hold until morning - they usual did anyway.

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