Selina Skies
May 20, 2022 6:45 PM
Fast & Furious by Selina Skies
Welcome to Fast & Furious!This is a rapid fire posting event where word count rules are waived! Only got one sentence? Post it. Only got your character going 'Huh?' Post it.
You can continue existing threads or write in response to any existing school event, such as the zoo trip, Quidditch event, or classes. You can also just start brand new interactions, especially if you don't feel up to speed or confident with those events. You can literally just write your character walking down a corridor or sitting down for dinner, and wait for someone to come along and help you make it into something.
HOWEVER, please post under this thread - this keeps all the event posts in one place, and means there aren't a bunch of posts that don't follow site rules scattered about, which can be confusing for new authors if they find them 'in the wild.'
The event will run for approximately 48 hours, going Friday night - Sunday night in the USA. The usual cut off is 'when people get bored and go to bed on Sunday' rather than a strict 48 hours.
So, have fun, have at it! Any questions, ask in chatzy.
Subthreads: To the penguins! [tag Piper] by Leviosa Scurlock
[zoo] hi, cuz (Mab first then anyone younger than Mab) by Lenny Pierce with Mab
Better go for high intensity then [Henry] by Xavier Lundstrom with Henry Spellman
Good [Henry] by Oz Spellman with Henry Spellman
Dancing teacups by Yaniel Ayala Velez with Claire Osbrook
You don't sound convinced [Yarielis continued from Zoo] by Iris Cobb with Yaniel Ayala Velez
I think I don't remember how to read now. by Graham Osbrook
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Xavier Lundstrom
May 20, 2022 9:50 PM
Better go for high intensity then [Henry] by Xavier Lundstrom
OOC: Continued from the zoo trip. BIC:
Oz wanted dangerous and flammable? Well then, Xavier wanted whatever the opposite of that was. Well, normally he'd have agreed that sounded cool, and he bet that Lorena didn't like that stuff, all of which was why it made no sense that Oz was here with her, when he should have been with Xav.
"Aquarium sounds good," he agreed, because it did sound like the opposite of where Oz would be, and also because maybe he could hurl himself in and let the sharks eat him.
"Me neither," he acknowledged about the magical zoo, though he suspected it came as no surprise.
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Xavier Lundstrom
Better go for high intensity then [Henry]
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Henry Spellman
May 20, 2022 9:55 PM
I mean. I don't feel that strongly about it. But. Uh. You do you. by Henry Spellman
Henry consulted the map before pointing the way towards the thing that seemed to be the closest parallel to an aquarium exhibit. He was pretty sure this was going to be terrifying. The shark tunnels were already terrifying enough without giant squids or something."I definitely underestimated how dangerous and scary this stuff would be too," he acknowledged with a grimace as they passed a sign that said something about grindylows.
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Henry Spellman
I mean. I don't feel that strongly about it. But. Uh. You do you.
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Xavier Lundstrom
May 20, 2022 9:58 PM
I don't have strong feelings. by Xavier Lundstrom
"So long as it's not where Oz is," Xav shrugged, then realised that had probably been a bad thing to say to Oz's twin. Henry would be on his brother's side, regardless of how stupid and ill-suited his date was. He didn't need or want to know that Xav wanted to fight with Oz about it."OHHEYLOOK," he said, gesturing at the nearest thing in a tank.
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Xavier Lundstrom
I don't have strong feelings.
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Henry Spellman
May 20, 2022 10:02 PM
I'm not judging either way. by Henry Spellman
"In a tank? It wouldn't be the weirdest place Oz has shown up that he wasn't supposed to be," Henry quipped back. Enough of his own conversations and thoughts surrounded his brother that he didn't think too much of Xavier mentioning their mutual connection. He did look sharply at the tank the other student pointed out just to make sure it wasn't really Oz that was contained there though."God, it looks slimy even from here," he said. And right then and there, he discovered a squeamishness he hadn't previously been aware of. "Let's find the horse things."
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Henry Spellman
I'm not judging either way.
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Xavier Lundstrom
May 20, 2022 10:10 PM
Really? by Xavier Lundstrom
"Is there an actual story there?" Xav asked, when Henry said it wasn't the weirdest place Oz had shown up that he shouldn't be. For all that he didn't really want to think about Oz, he couldn't help himself when the opportunity was presented. He didn't want to think about Oz on a date with Lorena. But cute stories about Oz's childhood, that let him know more about him than she ever would, and bond with the most important person in Oz's life in a way that she'd never made the effort to? Xav was totally down for that, and for the fantasy it let him indulge in, whereby Oz would wake up and see how much better Xavier fit into his life than Lorena."Underwater horse things or...?" he clarified when Henry suggested they moved on. They had to stay in this section, so he guessed he meant that, but he wasn't sure if there were underwater horse things. Other than seahorses. Which probably wasn't what Henry meant.
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Xavier Lundstrom
Really?
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Henry Spellman
May 20, 2022 10:26 PM
Yeah who's got time to be judgmental about feelings? That's lame. by Henry Spellman
Henry thought back on the instances that stood out to him the most of Oz being in places he shouldn't be, sorting through the ones that could get Oz in trouble now and the ones that would be too embarrassing. He was pretty sure that there wasn't much wildness Oz had done that he wouldn't actually be proud of in front of a guy friend so that was a pretty slim category."You know the malls that have bubble drops for part of the year? We were just walking around after school one day and he decided he wanted to see where the bubbles come from, but he didn't know it would open that day." His nose wrinkled a bit as he realized that his brother's 'miraculous landing was actually probably magic. "He fell out the hole with all the bubbles but landed in a fountain and was fine." Henry didn't have any stories like that about any accidental magic. His was probably really lame and was stuff like the books he wanted always being available at the library when he wanted them.
"Yeah, they're like half horse and half mermaid thing. They've got a fish tail," he said, the name of the horse things failing him. "We'll find 'em. Let's look."
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Henry Spellman
Yeah who's got time to be judgmental about feelings? That's lame.
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Xavier Lundstrom
May 20, 2022 10:35 PM
So, you wouldn't care if I fancy your brother? by Xavier Lundstrom
Xav found himself grinning at Henry's story."How did he...?" he began, and then shook it off. "Magic?" he guessed, both as to how Oz got where he wasn't supposed to and also got out of it without getting hurt. "Yeah, he said he spent a lot of time falling off stuff and not getting hurt when we compared accidental magic stories. Though some of them, he's not sure if it was him or you looking out for him. It's kind of hard to tell if any of the times I splatted myself down a skate ramp and got away with it were luck or magic. Ditto any of the times the cookie jar was more in reach and fuller than expected. I don't have anything stand out spectacular that I can point to and be like 'oh yeah, I remember this thing that totally made no sense.' You?" he asked.
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Xavier Lundstrom
So, you wouldn't care if I fancy your brother?
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Henry Spellman
May 20, 2022 11:03 PM
Only because you clearly have terrible taste in men. by Henry Spellman
Henry blinked, his eyes round as he looked at Xavier. Oz said he wasn't sure if it was Henry's doing? He hadn't ever really thought about that. What if it was Henry's magic that kept his brother safe, not Oz' own magic? He'd seen proof, even fairly recently, that Oz was healing himself up and stuff, so he knew there was definitely some magic that was all him, but maybe it wasn't all of it. He found himself grinning back at Xavier, if for entirely different reasons."Hey, if all my accidental magic ever did was keep Oz from getting too bruised up, I'll call it a win," he told him, feeling a whole lot better about a thing he hadn't realized he was feeling bad about. "Hey, there's the horse thing. Hippocampus," he said, reading the sign. He rolled his eyes at the name. "Wizards should really read up on anatomy. Unless it was an on-purpose pun you think?"
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Henry Spellman
Only because you clearly have terrible taste in men.
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Xavier Lundstrom
May 20, 2022 11:25 PM
On both my and his behalf, hey by Xavier Lundstrom
Henry was staring at him. He was looking like Xav was telling him something he didn't know. Oops? Or maybe he'd done a good thing. Henry looked pleased at the revelation. Xav was surprised he didn't know it. He was starting to get the feeling that for two people who had special telepathic twin communication, Henry and Oz were sometimes remarkably dense when it came to what the other one was thinking."That'd be a task and a half," he added, when Henry mentioned the job of keeping Oz from getting too bruised up.
"Oh. Horse mermaid things," he nodded, the visual snapping into place as they rounded the corner. The 'mermaid' part had sort of stuck with him, making him think a people-y element was somehow involved. Except then he wasn't sure where the horse part would have been. Like underwater centaurs? He hadn't been totally clear what he had been picturing, it had been fuzzy and not fully formed, but it hadn't been this. This made more sense though. Given that mermaids and centaurs were sentient beings, it would be kind of messed up to have them in a zoo. Not that he'd put it past wizards.
Henry was saying something about anatomy and something being on purpose. Hippocampus... the word kind of rang a bell, but not enough for him to be confident at what Henry was getting at.
"Could go either way," he shrugged. He was more interested in watching the creatures as they swam through the tank, pawing at the water with their hooves, fins flickering where their manes would have been. "They're awesome," he breathed.
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Xavier Lundstrom
On both my and his behalf, hey
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