Headmistress Kijewski-Jareau
June 01, 2012 7:47 PM
Returning Feast by Headmistress Kijewski-Jareau
Midterm had been eventful with Angel now living in the house, but Kiva was happy to have helped him and her family was warming up to the idea of having Angel around. Emery and Chloe had had the luxury of growing up together since Jeff and Kiva had become friends shortly after the two were born, so they were going to have a difficult time accepting someone else right off the bat. Chloe seemed to have taken to him rather easily, but then, Chloe took to most people rather easily. Kiva sometimes worried about how easy and open she was with people. Emery had a much more difficult time with accepting new people, but he eventually grew to trust them. Kiva wasn’t sure how well Angel had accepted all of this since he was so quiet and withdrawn, but hopefully, with time, he grew to accept all of them as family. He was stuck with them for the next five years.She stood in front of the students waiting for them to all calm down she that she can get to the point of it. She couldn’t really blame them for being so excited. They had just spent the last two weeks at home, getting gifts of all sorts, probably had loads of sugar, and a crazy amount of free time that they wanted to tell all their friends about, which they could do… after the feast. Clearing her throat, Kiva cast the Sonorus charm on herself and called to the students to quiet down.
“Welcome back, everyone!” She greeted with a smile. “I hope that all of your midterms were eventual and full of good cheer. We have a few things to discuss before I can set you off to eat.” Kiva advised them all. “First, I would like to introduce to you are new Divinations teacher, Professor Lowrski. For those of you who would like to take her class, please be sure to advise your Head of House so that they can update your schedule.” Kiva waited for the murmurs to die down before continuing. “This year our Midsummer Event is the school concert. I’m excited to announce that we will be hosting this event in Phoenix and inviting your immediate family members to join us during the celebration. Because we are going to be showcases the school to your family, we are making it mandatory that all students participate in this Midsummer Event.” Kiva knew that she wasn’t going to have happy students with the announcement that it was going to be mandatory, but she felt that if the parents were going to be traveling to see them, they ought to have their children actually participating.
“Now, you don’t actually have to be on stage to participate. Backstage work, creating the show that you are going to put on, or whatever other role you may have at making this successful is just as well as being the person on the stage. We just want to make sure we are putting on a wonderful performance for your families in which everyone participates in. You are to choose how you do it. Whether as group performances or individual ones, we will be marking down what everyone is doing so that everyone is getting the proper credit and when the programs are printed, your families are aware of what your duties were.”
That was probably a lot for them to take in. That was alright. “If you have questions, please see any staff member or myself. Okay, that was all that I had to tell you, enjoy your feast!” And with that, the food appeared.
Subthreads: Wanting to get out (Tag Prof. Fawcett) by Maximilian Joshua McLachlan with Professor Fawcett, Josh McLachlan
Relieved by Lucille Carey with Aria Yale, Lucille
Returning with a sigh. by Heaven Baird
Complicated Contemplations by Lucian D'Alesandro, Aladren with Jay Carey, Lucian D'Alesandro
Feasting, and plotting, and wishing, and hoping. by Alicia Bauer with Cepheus Princeton, Cepheus
Return me to the Napa Valley, PLEASE! (TAG: Kirstenna) by Arista Thornton, Teppenpaw with Kirstenna Melcher, Arista, Arista
Returning to who I should be... by Addison Thornton, Teppenpaw
Funny being back by Clara Abernathy, Pecari with Sullivan Quincy, Sully
I don't mind the returning part of that. by Autumn Collins
Magic in the making! by Regina Parker with Madeline Parry, Derry Four
I have returned to feast by Thad Pierce
Oh joy. by Valerie Lennox
Are you kidding? by Amira Thornton, Pecari
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Clara Abernathy, Pecari
June 06, 2012 11:26 PM
Funny being back by Clara Abernathy, Pecari
Clara sat at the Pecari table with the rest of her house feeling both a little sad and a little glad to be back at school after the busy holiday. She was ecstatic to be back home in Napa seeing her dad. He was waiting for her at the drop off point when the carriage from Sonora dropped her off for the holiday. She threw herself into her father's waiting arms and giggled as he piggy-backed her back to the house. She had left her trunk of stuff back at school seeings how the 11 year old had more clothes in her closet than even she knew what to do with. Why bring home more? Her dad told her that he had received her letters and was very proud of the fact that she managed to do a potion on her own without hurting herself or anyone else. He admiitted that he had been a little concerned when he had learned that she had joined a baking club considering how her last attempt at the activity had gone. The fact that again she had managed not to hurt herself or anyone else astonished him greatly.Clara had just barely begun to settle in when she heard her father on the phone with his sister, her aunt Alora. She had had a feeling she knew what that call had been about, but was surprised to learn that it had been an invitation to visit and not about the baby coming. She had been instructed to pack a small bag (which she did) and they drove the day and a half to Oregon. Once there Clara spent most of her time watching Addi trail around Arista, Brielle...be well...Brielle and her cousin Alexander be coddled by his dad, uncle Alexander, who barely spoke to them. She found she didn't mind that part so much. Arista seemed to be moping around the whole time so she was really no fun to be around and with Addi following her like a shadow it seemed they both were pretty occupied already. Clara didn't quite understand why her acousin Addi chose to do such a thing so she decided to leave well enough alone. Due to her father's hectic schedule they were only able to stay a couple of days, but Bryan insisted they come back with them to Napa so he and Alora and the children could spend Christmas together.
Clara smiled to herself as she remembered how much of a circus that had been getting 13 cousins into a vehicle and trying to drive with them all and 2 adults back to California. They had had to stop on the way like a million times. The drive back felt like an eternity to the impatient little redhead. Once they all made it back to uncle Bryan's (her dad) then it became a mini circus just trying to get everyone into the house and settled in. Thank god for Lucy or none of it would have even been possible. Once everyone was settled in things finally began to quiet down somewhat. As quiet as it can be with 14 kids, 2 dogs and 2 horses running around; not to mention parents, vineyard workers and a rather put out nanny.
A few days before Christmas, her dad and a few of the other vineyard guys went out and got the biggest tree they could fit into the house. It took all of the children almost an entire day to decorate it for the holiday. Arista was still moping around and didn't participate much and Addi was still following her around. Once the tree was decorated everyone sat around it and giggled, poking eachother, pushing eachother and lightly rough-housing. Clara's dad had promised everyone a tour of the vineyard, but the day they set out for it aunt Alora began feeling funny. Bryan left the children at the house with Lucy and Arista taking his very pregnant sister to the hospital. Clara's newest cousin was born christmas day. There's an interesting present to get from santa Clara thought to herself as she watched her aunt coddling the new baby after she was born. She was a little sad when her aunt Alora took everyone home including the new baby. She was a little surprised when Arista of all people wanted to stay with them until they went back to school. Surprised, but not upset.
She tried spending as much time as she could showing Arista around the vineyard. She was hoping that by doing so she could cheer her cousin up a bit from the whole Quidditch thing. Clara had really been hoping for Teppenpaw to win....oh well. Her house would be playing soon and she wondered how well they would do against Aladren. She felt a teenie tiny bit like a traitor because on the one hand she wanted her house to win, but at the same time she wanted her cousins' house to win as well...sucked being stuck in the middle. She put the match out of her mind and found she had something more immediate to worry aout. Arista was talking FLYING lessons and given Clara's current standing of success with that area the 11 year old didn't hold much hope for that.
As Clara sat back at school at the table with the other Pecaris her thoughts wandered back to the disaster of a flying lesson that Arista had tried to give her. Clara inwardly cringed as saw the whole thing clearly in her mind. There she was out in the open field holding her cursed broomstick and wondering to herself how Ris had managed to talk her into the mess she would later find herself in...AGAIN! She had managed to get the broom up into her hand and had mounted it like she had many, many times before. She was following Ris' instructions to hover and was managing to do so fairly well until she lost her concentration (worrying about the flying lesson) and sent herself careening into the blackberry bushes on the far end of the field by the fence. Clara winced visibly as she recalled the multitude of scratches and small punctures she received from the thorns on the bushes. Her hands, arms, legs and even part of her neck and face still showed evidence of her epic failure.
Clara tried to put the memory of her immediate thoughts and focus on what the headmistress was telling them. She nodded when she heard the announcement of a new teacher and wondered briefly is she was even allowed to take that class being a first year and all. She decided to look into it later. She would have been excited about the spring concert thing if it hadn't been for the fact that ALL of the students were being made to participate. Clara almost laughed aloud when she realized that the spring concert gave Brielle the "stage" she had always been craving and the audience to match. However, she smiled a little less when it occured to her that Brielle might try to recruit her for the performance piece. She wasn't quite sure whether she liked that idea just yet. It would depend on what crazy idea B came up with for the performance piece before she would be truely afraid. Another thought the little 11 year old tried to push out of her mind for the time being.
Clara sighed lightly as the headmistress finished her speech and the food plates began to appear on the table. Clara stuffed her plate full of everything she could reach as she found herself ravenously hungry all of the sudden. As she stuffed forkfuls of sporatic food into her mouth, she thought slightly about what sort of thing she might do for the concert. I could always play my violin she thought to herself as she continued eat. As the thought continued to cross through her mind her mother's favorite melody floated through her mind. She smiled lightly as the melody continued and she continued to eat. This next term is going to be fun she told herself as she looked around the large hall. At least...I hope it will be she said to herself before she noticed her plate was empty of spaghetti.
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Sullivan Quincy
June 14, 2012 9:57 PM
Hilarious by Sullivan Quincy
Sullivan's midterm had been normal except for two things. Karen had been as annoying an older sister as she had always been. The tree had been set in its usual spot and still stood taller than him (though not by as much as he remembered and that had to be because he was finally starting to grow like teen-aged boys were supposed to; it was an artificial tree so it certainly wasn't getting any shorter) and decorated with all the ornaments that he remembered from his previous thirteen Christmases as well as new ones for both him and Karen with year on it.The first difference was one that had actually occurred the year before as well, but Sully still wasn't used to the California Pierces. He'd gone to their place down near the Mexican border, with half the people there not speaking English, and all of them being completely foreign to him except for his immediate family and Simon. They had been there for the New Year's party. Fireworks, music, the whole big deal among strangers related somehow to his mom's boyfriend.
The other difference was that Simon was apparently living at Sully's house now. Karen said he'd moved in back in October, though the first Sully had heard about it was when they were driving home from the wagon stop. Simon had been the one driving. It was getting to be a terrible habit, people not telling him about changes in his mother's relationship status. He didn't exactly get Facebook at Sonora.
He didn't even mind Simon. He just wished the biweekly letters exchanged during the school year mentioned important things like radical changes to his household. He could get that sometimes it was better to hear certain things in person, but if waiting until he was in-person meant he got news months out-of-date, he would prefer getting the news in ink rather than in person. After he thought he managed to make that point clear, his midterm break went better. Even the New Years Party had been okay. That Yoko girl was pretty cute and she'd given him a sparkler. He guessed she wasn't a witch or she'd probably be at Sonora and he was sure Sonora didn't have any girls who looked like her.
Sitting at the Pecari table at the Return Feast, he looked around just in case, but the only girls he couldn't remember being there were some of the first years he hadn't really interacted with now that he was in the intermediate level classes. One such girl was sitting across from him.
Sully listened (more-or-less) to the Headmistress as she gave her speech. He spared a glance toward the new Divination Professor, but without much interest since he was already taking Muggle Studies and had little interest in adding an additional elective. The Concert was of slightly more interest since he seemed to be required to participate somehow. (He had no idea how he would end up doing that since he had no performance skills to speak of but maybe Mom or Simon might have ideas.)
The food that appeared when she was done talking, though, that was great. Sully filled up his plate, and then mostly emptied it again. He reached for more spaghetti and saw the unknown first year also needed a refill. He didn't have huge amounts of manners trained into him like some people at the school but he had enough to offer the serving bowl to her first. "You want more?"
"I'm Sully, by the way. Third year."
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Clara Abernathy, Pecari
June 15, 2012 10:00 PM
Thanks by Clara Abernathy, Pecari
Clara had been seriously contimplating getting more of the spaghetti and was about to reach for the bowl when she heard the boy sitting across from her speak. "You want more? "I'm Sully, by the way. Third year." Clara gave Sully her friendliest smile and replied "I would love some, thank you. It's nice to meet you Sully. I'm Clara. You don't mind me calling you Sully, do you? I'm still getting used to some of the people here at school." She grinned sheepishly as she filled up her plate and then handed the bowl back to him. "It must be exciting being a third year. I can only imagine what your classes must be like," she half rambled as she spun some of her pasta onto her fork.She half stuffed the over-stuffed fork into her mouth and chewed as carefully as she could to keep from getting any sauce on herself or spit any pasta out at him by accident. After she swallowed she found like a million more question swimming through her head about her other house mate. Before the curious little sprite could stop herself she heard herself bombarding him with questions. "So how do you like being here at Sonora? It must be way different from home, huh? Do you have any siblings or are you an only child like me? Are you from Arizona too like my friend Waverly?" She could hear the questions pour out of her mouth and she half way hoped that hadn't just scared the poor guy with them. She was curious by nature and knew that sometimes she tended to go slightly overboard. She hoped this was not one of those times.
As she blushed slightly she apologized for practically assualting him with questions. "Gosh, I'm really sorry if I just went overboard just then. I have a tendency to do that sometimes. Can't help myself sometimes," she grinned sheepishly, as she pushed her fork around her plate before stuffing more pasta into her face to keep her from talking more. "You really don't have to answer any of those questions if you don't want to." She offered him an apologetic smile as she waited for him to either laugh at her or ignore her.
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Sully
June 16, 2012 11:11 AM
Welcome by Sully
Sully handed the first year the bowl of spaghetti, then retrieved it to fill up his own plate again when she was done. It hadn't been a long trip on the wagon - not compared to some of the people who were coming from the East Coast - but it still left him famished. Plus, Sonora elves cooked better than his mom did, so he hadn't eaten much before he left.Having opened conversation, Sully wasn't surprised that she started talking to him now even though they had eaten their first plates in relative silence. What did surprise him was the sheer volume of questions she fired in his direction.
He blinked at her a few moments, trying to figure out how to start answering them all (at least, the ones he remembered, he was sure he couldn't remember them all; his grades proved well enough that his memory was certainly fallible). She took the moment of glazed silence to apologize and try to take back her questions, evidently concerned that she'd broken his brain.
"No, it's fine," he promised. "Sully's good," he added, too, so she didn't try to call him something else, though since he hadn't offered his full name or surname, he wasn't sure what else she might call him. A made-up nickname? Extrapolate that Sullivan was the most likely name that Sully was short for? Or worse, Mister Sully? Sully narrowly avoided a mental shudder.
"And I have one older sister, but she's a muggle so she doesn't come here," he added, "We're from Nevada. Las Vegas, actually. Where are you from?" he asked, thinking it only fair that he could return some of her questions back on her.
There had been more, but he kind of forgot what they had been. He twirled a forkful of spaghetti and lifted it up off his plate as he asked, "What else did you ask? I have enough trouble answering all the ones on tests and they're written down." He stuffed the spaghetti into his mouth and chewed while she answered.
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Clara
June 19, 2012 1:11 AM
Las Vegas must be neat by Clara
Clara was actually relieved that he didn't seem mad at her for bombarding him with questions and watched as Sully took a bite of his spaghetti and thought back to the questions she had fired at him. Since he had already told her he had a sister that answered the sibling question and since he said he was from a place called Las Vegas that answered the "where are you from" question as well. Clara heard him ask where she was from and she finished chewing her bite of food before she replied. "I'm from Napa Valley California," she told him before taking another bite. "My dad and I live on a large vineyard with my nanny, Lucy." Since Clara didn't have any siblings and her cousins were about as close as it got to them, she had always wondered what it was like to actually have one.But before she asked that question she remembered that he had asked about the other ones she had asked him. "Well, I had asked if you were from Arizona, but I know now the answer to that question is no," she chuckled slightly. "I had also asked if you had any siblings which you've already answered as well. I think the other question I asked was how you liked being here at Sonora. It's my first time going to a magic school so I really have no idea what to expect outside of having to use magic of-course." She smiled at the last part. "This may sound like a strange question, but what is having an older sister like? I mean, I have an older cousin and she's like an older sister, she goes here too, but I've always wondered what having a sibling is like. Whenever I ask my cousin Arista that question she always rolls her eyes and says they're a pain. Do you think she's right? Are having siblings a pain?" She watched him curiously, her sapphire eyes and freckled face half turned to her own plate.
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Sullivan
June 22, 2012 1:40 PM
Eh. It's home. by Sullivan
Napa Valley, vineyard, nanny. These three factors led Sullivan to believe his younger housemate was of the wealthy variety of Sonora student. It wasn't neccesaily a bad thing, but he became suddenly aware of the secondhand nature of his robes and the piece of duct tape that served as an integral part of his left shoe.As she continued talking, it seemed he had done a better job of hitting most of her questions than he'd thought he had. Either that or she'd forgotten some of them, too, which might be more likely given the sheer volume. She seemed more interested in Karen, anyway, which completely baffled him. Must be an only child thing.
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but your cousin is right. Siblings are a pain. I'd be happy to give you Karen, if you'd like," he offered hopefully. "She's fifteen and thinks she knows everything."
He didn't ask about her mom, though he had noted that she said she lived with her dad. It was none of his business and he hated it when people asked about his dad. He just put in a mental note that she was also probably from a single parent household, albeit one much more well off than his own.
He took another bite of spaghetti and when he was mostly done chewing it, he asked, "You have any ideas what you might do for the concert? Something, maybe, that you might need a taller," taller as opposed to tall, but he definitely had relativity working for him when addressing a first year, "guy to carry things for you?"
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Eh. It's home.
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Clara
June 27, 2012 6:38 PM
Don't know yet....maybe by Clara
Clara giggled when Sully offered to give her his sister Karen. Clara had never had a sister much less an older one. She wrinkled her nose slightly when she heard him say her cousin Amira was right about siblngs. "I don't know so much about Mira being right," she began. "I think she says it mostly cuz she's the oldest of like 16 kids. When you have that many siblings I can see how you could think they are a pain." She laughed slightly, putting another bite of spaghetti in her mouth. She chewed it up and swallowed before she spoke again. "Besides, at least she has both of her parents especially her mom. Mine died when I was really little so I don't know what she's really complaining about. At least she had someone to play with growing up even if my other cousins are kind of noisy and nosey," she grinned about the last part. She knew that despite all the complaining Amira did about her younger siblings that she loved them all dearly. Heaven help anyone who threatened one of them. Clara had seen Amira angry once and it was NOT pretty."Anyways, I'm sure that eventually you'd miss Karen and ask for her back, but it was nice of you to make the offer. Besides I think she'd want to come home after spending the day with me. I'm not known for being very graceful. I'm willing to bet that there has to be at least one thing about your older sister that you like," she teased him lightly smiling. Clara thought about Sully's qustion when it came to the concert. She hadn't really thought about what she might do for it to be honest. She shrugged lightly at the first part of his question. "I'm not really sure. I was thinking I might play my violin or something," she replied simply. "I can sort of sing, I can't really dance, I can play a couple of instruments really well. I could try doing some horseriding tricks for it, but I highly doubt the headmistress would allow that. I suppose I could astound everyone with my ability to crash my broomstick into the floor, but that might require rebuilding the stage afterwards and my being rushed to the hospital wing so I guess thats out," she rambled off ideas.
"So I think I'm gonna stick with the violin playing thing," she told him finaly. "I'm not sure yet if I'll need any help carrying anything, but it was definately very sweet of you to offer. You're welcome to come up to the music room and hear me practice if you'd like. You can tell me if you think I should play or not. Be nice to play for someone other than my cousins for a change," she laughed slightly. She took another bite while she waited for him to reply.
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Don't know yet....maybe
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