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@ 2018-05-04 15:20:00

Entry tags:

character: ambriel triádhos, character: blake hartley, character: caitlin murphy, character: cheyenne, character: davian rivera, character: felicity bainbridge, character: galadari rubinhart, character: gilderoi rubinhart, character: hayden jordan, character: natália santos, character: neculai antonescu, character: ryuuko hartley, character: sasha park, character: van carlyle, character: wendelin golightly, character: winifred jordan, location: school grounds, npc: headmistress menides

Thread: Carnival
WHO: Everyone in the pool!
WHERE: Academy lawn
WHEN: Saturday the 5th of May

Fairlights lit up the lawn just as the sun was going down. Ms. Menides grinned to herself. She could hear the familiar tinkling of a carousel and she could smell popcorn and cotton candy. She always had a thing for fairgrounds and carnivals, those hidden patches of the world where the lost, the freaky and the lovelorn could hide. As a metaphor, it worked perfectly for the Academy. Both students and staff had been galvanised for the theme and, once again, the result was spectacular.

A makeshift tiled floor on the lawn constituted the dance floor for the evening. It was surrounded by standard fairground attractions: a carousel, a ferriswheel, a large slide, a funhouse and various little booths where you could dunk fellow students in water or win large plushies. There was also plenty of free food, ranging from chicken legs and popcorn to huge lollipops and cotton candy. There were also tons of places to hide booze, so Ms. Menides figured that, for once, they did not need to worry about anyone spiking the punch.

She had still asked Blake to keep watch over the punch, because sometimes, it were the little things in life.

A DJ – one of their old students – played a mix of pop music and amusement park jingles and several sound systems ensured that you could hear that music everywhere. It was early, but Ms. Menides could already hear laughter over the music. Good.

The dress-code had suggested formal, mixed with carnival, though it was up to the students to decide how far they would push that. After all, the Oracle had decided to make it a competition, so she was sure that some of them would pull out all the stops. Ms. Menides, on her end, was dressed like an old fashioned ringleader, with a large red coat and a top hat.

Tonight was powered by nothing more than a lot of electricty and can-do attitude, but some themes did not need magic. This was perfect as is, Ms. Menides figured. Now, where could she get her hands on cotton candy...

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Ferris Whee-- Oh SHIT! Cheyenne and Tanek

creoboros
2018-05-29 11:02 pm UTC (link)

"Yes!" She answered incredulously. Seeing Tanek was bleeding made her confused and she started checking him over. "How..." She knew for sure she had dropped over him to shield him from any damage. Looking around she could see that the steel spokes hadn't hit them. So why was he bleeding?

"Tanek! Cheyenne!" A staff member was calling out to them and Cheyenne stood up to peer over one of the bars. She jumped up to wave and be seen. "Over here! We're okay!"

Dropping back down, she more carefully touched Tanek this time. "You did something. Something that saved us." Thinking of how close she must have come to death brought up a swell of emotions and she felt the lump rise in her throat. In response, she hugged Tanek tightly against her. "Thank you."

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Ferris Whee-- Oh SHIT! Cheyenne and Tanek

would_not_die
2018-05-30 06:32 pm UTC (link)

"I did something," Tanek repeated dazedly. It was half an affirmation, half testing the hypothesis. He had felt something, that was sure, but... how?

He then had the wind knocked out of him when Cheyenne hugged him, which made him realize how sore he was. He winced, but he gingerly returned the hug. God, even compared to her he was thin as a rake. "Um," he murmured, "you're welcome?"

And then they were swept up in a wave of teachers and concerned students, who were whispering about the miracle of them both being okay.

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