Selina Skies

January 01, 2022 7:39 PM
In many ways, the ball looked set to be the same as ever. The house tables had been replaced with small tables, draped with white tablecloths and laid with sparkling centrepieces. Chairs with bows on their backs were clustered at each table. At the back of the room was a table of refreshments, and a floral archway with a photographer. The main space of the room was given over to a dance floor. Underneath these superficial similarities, things were a little different this year. For one thing, the prefect dance was going to be a group number. There were a few non-prefects involved, those who had already been asked as the dates of existing prefects before the matter had been settled, but it had worked out to a neatly even number, so that was all well and good. For another thing, John was not the only member of Selina’s family in attendance. Not that staff routinely brought their children (unless they lived there), but they did routinely bring their partners… It was a little strange, seeing Ema at a Sonora ball, and Selina wasn’t ever quite sure how comfortable she felt with people knowing that Killian was dating her daughter. But… well, it seemed unavoidable. And they looked very happy, which helped soften any nerves she had about it. And perhaps those differences were small and inconsequential to everyone else. She was sure there had been floundering over dresses and dates, and that there were a mixture of elated hearts and slightly bruised ones, and people who felt fabulous and some who felt self-conscious, and that every other thing was just like every other teenage ball that had gone before it – for all that it probably felt like life and death matters of a totally unique nature to the students living it.

The main student body made their way in. Selina gathered the prefects and their dates in the entrance hall, checking they were ready. Once she had everyone, she made her way in.

“Good evening. Welcome to the ball. The majority of the evening will be yours to do with as you wish – to dance, to take pictures, to enjoy refreshments. Later in the evening, we will announce the winners of the house cup, and provide a special treat for them. But first, I would ask for just a few minutes of your attention, as the prefects present their chosen opening dance.”

She initiated a small round of applause, stepping to the side and gesturing for the prefects to come in. The music started, and the group moved through their choreographed routine. When they were finished, she gave a brief round of applause, and then the music resumed, leaving the dance floor open to any who wished to take to it, and everyone else free to do as they pleased.


OOC: Writing for the prefects based on what was agreed in their meetings. Making the assumption that nothing goes horribly wrong with the dance, but happy to correct if need be.
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Dora Xavier

January 02, 2022 7:21 PM
This was not Dora's first ball, but it was the first one she could remember since Daddy said she was only two for the last one. Now, she was six years old, and practically old enough to be a Sonora student herself. (She wasn't; Daddy and Mommy were making her go to First Grade right now instead.) Otto was going, too, and he looked cute, she guessed, in his tiny bow tie, but he wasn't nearly as lucky as Dora was.

The pretty yellow dress she was wearing made her feel like she was a fairy princess. It was sadly lacking in wings, but it twirled very nicely, and she had a yellow ribbon for her hair, and she had fake earrings that clipped to her ears, and she was beautiful. She did another twirl in front of the mirror, whipping her head around so fast so she didn't miss a moment of what her dress was doing as she spun that she nearly dislodged the earrings, but they did stay on, mostly. "Daddy," she said, pulling on his pants leg.

"Just a second, hon," he brushed her off, as he did something complicated with a scarf around his neck. After getting it knotted up in a way that it clearly wasn't supposed to be he pulled out his wand and pointed the stick at the scarf thing and it fixed itself. "I don't know how muggle men get their ties tied," he commented to Mommy before kneeling down in front of Dora. "What did you need, sweetheart?"

"My earring is loose," she told him very solemnly.

"Thank you for staying calm and being patient," he told her and she smiled at him as he adjusted both of her earrings, feeling very proud of herself. Then he used his wand to give them a sticking charm, and told her, "They should stay on good now."

She gave him a big hug. "Thank you, Daddy!"

When the whole family was ready, they headed down to the Cascade Hall, and everything was even more magical and beautiful than usual. "Wow!"

Daddy let her sit on his shoulders so she could watch the prefects dance together, and that was beautiful too, and all the people were beautiful, and "It's so beautiful!" she just burst out, unable to keep it inside.

"It is," Daddy agreed, and they both clapped lots when the dance was over and then Daddy put her down. "Don't run off too far," he instructed, and she nodded in agreement, but then she started walking around, and telling every girl she saw, "You're beautiful!" and every boy she saw, "You're dashing!" Dashing princes and beautiful princes were everywhere tonight!

And then one of her favorite songs started playing and she ran up to the closest dashing prince she could find and asked, "Can you dance with me?"
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Janis Rosemary Silver

January 04, 2022 3:53 PM
Janis was a bit confused about all the fuss around the ball. People had been talking about it all year. Couples seemed to have been matching. Others has been eyeing each other during classes, during meals, after classes, even in the common rooms. Or at least that's what it had felt like. Still, the idea of dancing did seem nice, and music, how Janis had missed music constantly playing. She hummed to herself a lot, sang to herself in her room and the shower, but the near constant of music playing that happened in her home... her old home, could not be made up for with that.

Janis was thankful that no one had asked her to the dance. She wouldn't know how to react, and which person would she have wanted to ask her anyways? Part of her hoped she could dance with Quincy at some point. If that didn't come to pass, it wasn't the end of the world though. Was she normal? All the moves she'd watched as a kid and a lot of the books and magazines she read were about how much she should want to be asked or to do the asking, but she just enjoyed being around people, and didn't need to be in a relationship with one to feel worthy. Maybe that wasn't how everyone felt. Maybe she was the one that was off.

Day of the ball she decided to go a different route than originally anticipated. Putting the dress her mom had sent her back into the closet, she reached in and pulled out pants and a jacket. Looking at them she took out her wand.
"Lets see how much I've learned" she thought as she started to work. In the end it was close to perfect. The sleeves of the jacket were a bit short, but she'd just roll those up.

Putting on a black top she normally wore under her school uniform she looked at herself in the mirror. She liked the way she looked. The deep red color suited her. Too bad she wasn't a Crotalus, just for the color scheme. She added gold ear climbers that looked like leaves to make it up to her fellow Pecaris.

She entered the ball looking for anyone she knew. Lots of students were coming in wearing tuxes or ball gowns, then the Prefects came in. Suddenly Janis felt wildly under dressed, but she stood her ground. No going back to her room, where she suddenly felt like going. No, she was here to dance, and she was going to dance. A great song came on and Janis felt her left foot start to tap.

Just then she felt someone close to her waist, and that someone had a small voice that asked if she would dance with them. She turned and looked down see a lovely little girl in a yellow dress. The girl looked like someone from a movie Janis had once seen, but the thought left her mind as soon as rolled into it.

"I was just going to start dancing and I'd love a dancing partner," Janis said with a smile, "That is if you're ok with me not being as good a dancer as you." She held out her hand to the girl.


OOC: Her earrings: https://www.etsy.com/listing/223888128/ear-climber-climber-earring-leaf-earring?click_key=0653577117699487fe3c381ef94706b71348a293%3A223888128&click_sum=d71ea321&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=leaf+ear+climber&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&col=1

(Janis' new photo is her outfit for the dance)
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Dora Xavier

January 07, 2022 7:34 AM
Dora, being shorter than most people here, had made the mistake of assuming red pants meant boy, but as she looked up, she realized her mistake. This was another beautiful princess! Luckily, she wanted to dance with Dora anyway, so all was good. "Yay!" the six-year-old exclaimed happily.

"You just need to try," she added seriously when the older girl said Dora would be the better dancer. "You can't get better if you don't try and mess up sometimes." Her daddy told her that a lot.

When, they got out onto the dance floor, Dora moved how the music told her to move, and tried to encourage the older princess to spin her sometimes, because that's what her dress told her to do. (And also Dora wanted to, because spinning wasn't fun, it was super fun!)

As she turned back to face the older princess again, the light caught on her earrings, and Dora exclaimed, "Oh! You have plants on your ears! They are so pretty! My daddy is the Ball-ol-ogy teacher so I know lots about plants!" 'Herbology' always got twisted up on her tongue, so she took it slowly, and she still wasn't sure it came out right. "Bob-ol-ogy," she tried again. "The one about plants."
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