Headmaster Brockert
May 26, 2019 8:16 AM
Concert by Headmaster Brockert
Tonight was the concert. Mortimer could not say he was thrilled about this. He had to give a speech-of sorts-that was actually might qualify as one. At least it was more than he usually said but it still wasn't going to be very long. However, he was going to have to concentrate on not scowling or sneering for a longer period of time than usual. This was going to tremendous effort on Mortimer's face since he'd been born scowling. A smile looked odd on him.And he was just going to be so awkward up there. Now, usually he took pride in the fact that he was awkward and unsociable but it usually didn't play well with crowds.
The concert was being held here at school this time as well. In the past they'd done it a hotel. Mortimer quite frankly didn't understand why they changed it. Or why he was the one who had to emcee when in the past he'd gotten one of the staff to take care of it. He knew there were going to be lots of important people there as well as some not so important ones. Mortimer was not sure which he dreaded dealing with more.
In fact, there were a couple sets of parents he very much wanted to avoid and would quickly engage with one of his sons. Zeke and Ben were coming tonight with their younger children and Opal in tow. Shannon was staying home with baby Uriah.
In particular, Mortimer was specifically wanting to avoid the Fintocs, since their daughter Gwen had not made the Head Student ballot. He still remembered the hard time he'd been given by Arianna Tate's parents last summer as well as Uncle Clifford.
He also wanted to avoid the McLeods. Not even because Topaz didn't get along with their daughter. It was just that they were.... activists . A sort Mortimer was not fond of regardless of their particular platform. They were super picky about everything and everything was wrong in their eyes if you didn't agree with them exactly. As a white pureblood straight man, Mortimer was sure that he was doing something wrong in their opinion and the last thing he wanted to get into was a conversation about how he-or someone else on staff or one of the pureblood students- wronged the muggleborns or the gays or the minorities or the international students or the girls or someone who was not pureblood,white, straight, American and male.
Never mind that the Head Girl was muggleborn. Never mind that Kir had gotten on the head student ballot for this year. Never mind that last year the two pureblood girls-two from his family-were left off the ballot. Yeah, they'd really been wronged.
The time for the concert to begin came and Mortimer took the stage, putting a quick Sonorus charm on himself. "Welcome to Sonora and our Midsummer concert. We are pleased to have you here tonight to celebrate our students, our traditions and the values of each of the four houses, Aladren, Teppenpaw, Crotalus and Pecari. The students have worked hard on their performances the last few months, so give them their due."
He went on, making sure to keep his face not scowly, which was taking a considerable amount of effort on his part. Mortimer was not used to addressing crowds for this long. "Our first act will be the Aladrens. Aladren students are the problem solvers of the school. Both logical and strong willed, they are always looking for solutions. Please welcome them to the stage."
Hooray, Mortimer was finally done speaking, at least until they finished and he had to introduce the Teppenpaws. He settled back on his chair off to the side, with his bourbon and watched Emerald and her housemates perform.
OOC-Mortimer's opinions are his own and do not reflect that of his author. He is a grumpy insensitive old man. The order of the concert acts will be Aladren, Teppenpaw, Crotalus, Pecari.
Subthreads: Aladren Act (nm) by Headmaster Brockert with Zevalyn
Teppenpaw Act (nm) by Headmaster Brockert with Zara Jackson, Dorian Montoir, Georgia Kirkly, Kir McLeod
Crotalus Act (nm) by Headmaster Brockert with Arianna Tate
Pecari Act (nm) by Headmaster Brockert with Evelyn Stones
Audience Thread (nm) by Headmaster Brockert with Natalie Atwater (and parents), Bridget Ferguson, Allegra Brockert (and family, ft. Topaz)
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Headmaster Brockert
May 26, 2019 8:19 AM
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Natalie Atwater (and parents)
May 28, 2019 8:30 AM
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Though Natalie was not participating in the concert, her parents were coming anyway. Even though she'd done her best to prevent this by warning them that the Muggle parents would be there. Father had responded that he'd figured as much, and that they'd do their best to ignore them as there were plenty of purebloods that they could talk to, including several of Mother's relatives.Which, she supposed, was the real reason they wanted to come. Not to see her, as they would be doing so soon enough anyway, or watch Ivy perform or to visit Mother's old stomping grounds, but to schmooze. And that annoyed the Pecari on principle.
The good news was that Kelsey was not coming, probably because....... Muggle parents would be there. While Mother could be polite,even somewhat pleasant, if need be and Father could ignore the fact that they were there, Kelsey had a strong desire to never breathe the same air as Muggles. Added to that the fact that significant others of older siblings were not invited, even if they were married like Ryan and Sophie, the former of whom was allowed as Peyton's older brother, so Malcolm certainly couldn't come when he and Kelsey were only engaged and the fact that Natalie wasn't even participating meant that the Crotalus alumna really had no reason to attend.
She wondered if Ivy would care though. On the one hand, the fifth year wasn't close to Kelsey at all-nobody was, really, except Malcolm sort of and Father and at one point, Caelia Lucan and Alistair Johnson-and half their close relatives weren't invited, and plenty of ones Ivy liked better were coming but then the Teppenpaw had had a rough year and needed the support of everyone available.
Still, Natalie was glad not to have to deal with her older sister, her parents were bad enough. She braced herself as she saw them approaching. "Greetings, Father and Mother. Welcome to to our concert night." Sometimes, when she talked to her parents, the Pecari didn't sound like herself, but rather as awkward and stiff as Headmaster Brockert did, though at least she didn't sneer at everyone. but rather kept a bland polite smile on her face.
"Hello." Father greeted her,
Mother followed suit, a bit more warm and genuine sounding. "Hello,Natalie." She embraced Natalie briefly. It was no Teppenpaw hug, but it was a display of affection and appreciated. She supposed she wouldn't like it much if her parents were more demonstrative in public, as that would be mortifying. "It's lovely to see you dear."
Father appeared to be looking around at the other families. And so it begins Natalie thought, as her father made his way towards someone he thought was worth talking to.
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Bridget Ferguson
May 29, 2019 9:34 AM
Feeling sorry for myself by Bridget Ferguson
Bridget waited in the hall with the others who weren't participating in the concert for the parents and siblings to finish the tour. She wished very much that she could just stay in her room tonight. There was literally no point in her being down there. Her parents were not coming, they couldn't what with Mama being sick again. Why should Bridget stand here watching everyone else be happy when she was alone?Well, not technically alone, since she could, of course, sit with Sophia, her parents and Lydia. Still, it was not the same thing, not at all, and she felt very very left out as everyone reunited with their parents. Bridget didn't begrudge anyone else their joyful reunions but did they really have to make her watch? It was cruel. As far as she knew, everyone else had parents coming to see them tonight, even if they weren't in concert. Sophia did, Johana Leonie did, Zara did.....she did not.
It just wasn't fair, Bridget thought. It wasn't fair that she was by herself and it wasn't fair that Mama had to feel like this. Sometimes, she wished she had a normal family, a normal life. Sometimes, she envied Sophia hers. True, Kaylie and Ian had their problems but at least they were coming . One could ask why they should bother when she wasn't performing, but that was the major reason why she had chosen not to in the first place.
The Teppenpaw looked around the room for her dad's cousins, resigned to her fate-not that she minded being around them but she would rather have her parents-when someone approached her. "Hello." Bridget greeted them.
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Allegra Brockert (and family, ft. Topaz)
May 29, 2019 1:50 PM
Who wants to talk to eleven people? by Allegra Brockert (and family, ft. Topaz)
Although, Allegra was quite disappointed that Mother and Uriah weren't coming, she understood. A concert wasn't really a good place for babies and Mother was still recovering from the birth. She was doing well, but since Uriah had been-and still was-so big, it was still taking her a longer time to...recover from giving birth than it had with the rest of them. Plus, he was still so young that Mother really didn't want to leave him with a nanny yet.At least though, Father and her three other younger siblings would be there, as well as Uncle Zeke, Aunt Opal and their three younger children who were coming to see Emerald and Ruby perform. Unfortunately this meant she was going to have no choice but to sit with Topaz, though Allegra would probably be able to put a few people between them. Plus, it wasn't as if the Aladren could really do any major damage with three adults sitting there, though her presence still made Allegra very tense.
She stood there, searching for her family. The Crotalus really disliked big crowds, they made her nervous. Hopefully, she'd find everyone before Topaz found her and decided to wait with her. Being alone in a crowd was bad enough, being alone with the other second year was worse.
"There you are!" Ben Brockert exclaimed, giving his eldest daughter a big bear hug. "How are you doing, sweetie?"He asked. The others trailed along with him, a chorus of greetings following as well as a hug from her younger sister Isla and Allegra bending down to give one to her little brother Olaf. She didn't hug her other sister Esme as the nine year old was not a hugger but still greeted her warmly.
"Fine, Father." Allegra replied. "How are Mother and Uriah?"
"They're doing great!" Ben exclaimed. "I swear that boy gets bigger everyday. I brought pictures." His pride for his last child was no different than it had been for his first and all the ones in between. He handed Allegra the pictures and she looked through them.
"Aw, he's adorable." The second year said of her youngest sibling. "So did you all like the tour?" Allegra asked.
"Yup." replied Ben. "It was so nice seeing the old place and going down memory lane, wasn't it, Zeke?"
"Sure was." Allegra's uncle responded.
Allegra looked at her cousin Sapphire, who would be attending Sonora next year. The eleven year old looked rather anxious. The Crotalus didn't know if it was the crowd or the impending arrival of Topaz "Did you enjoy it, Sapphire?"
The younger girl looked down at the floor. "Um, the school is very nice." Sapphire was really not looking forward to coming to Sonora next term. It had been nice at home without Topaz, very peaceful and the eleven year old was not looking forward to being around her all year again. Plus, she was afraid the other students wouldn't like her. And that they'd make fun of her epilepsy.
Just then Topaz arrived. Allegra and Sapphire both tensed. "Hello everyone." She greeted them. "Mother, Father." The Aladren nodded at her parents.
"Hello Topaz." Uncle Zeke said.
Aunt Opal greeted her third child as well. "Hello, darling."
Topaz felt briefly like vomiting at her mother's term of endearment. It was so fake . "It looks like the concert is starting. Shall we sit?" The Aladren headed for the Hall, and the rest of them followed.
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