Headmaster Brockert

May 01, 2015 1:36 PM
This year's annual Midsummer Event was to be a Renaissance Faire. Honestly, despite the horrible things that had been done to witches and wizards in this time period-or rather the unsuccessful attempts that stemmed from hostile intentions of Muggles-Mortimer had to admit, he did prefer this to last year's ball. He really didn't much enjoy hormonal, overly emotional, teenagers causing more drama than usual and getting together to listen to bad music. Really, the quality of popular music seemed to get worse every year.

On the other hand, today's musical selections would be the tunes of long ago. As would everything else. There were stands featuring merchants selling their medieval and Renaissance themed wares including handicrafts, artwork, books, clothing, as well as of course, food and drink. While the other items were available for a small price, food and drink were free. There were also handicraft demonstrations where students could make things themselves if so inclined and medieval themed games, such as archery, axe throwing-with axes charmed to only stick in the word and not cut anyone-and a dunk tank. Not to mention live animal and falconry displays and a chance to learn about the time period, celebrating all that wizards had done back then....like devise ways to avoid being killed by Muggles who considered them evil. Some of that might not be politically correct but it wasn't a politically correct time period. It was a hard brutal one, and yes, some of that was going to be taught. Besides, if anything, Muggleborns were the ones more likely to be in danger anyway. The day would commence with a traditional feast while watching a joust.

The California Pierces had been hired to wander around putting on skits, juggling, playing music and interacting with the crowd like those in Elizabethan England, as well as a fortune telling booth. Anything that they didn't provide, others had been hired to do. No student or staff member had to do any work for this event, beyond those Advanced Charms students who had to present research projects. Granted there was also the little California Pierce girl who Mortimer basically realized existed because she was in the same year and house as Owen and played Keeper for the combined "Teppalus" Quidditch team. It was certainly possible that her family would put her to work too.

He stood on the main stage, which would serve for performances later in the day, and cast the Sonorous Charm on himself. "Welcome to Sonora's Annual Midsummer Event, our Renaissance Faire. There are no other announcements at this time, so please enjoy yourselves." Mortimer really did mean it this time, because while he genuinely didn't care about people's enjoyment that much usually, they'd rather gone all out on this. He stepped down and went to get himself an old time medieval breakfast.

OOC-Students would have also gotten their yearbooks and I'm sure Amelle will get them up when she can. You may write for any fair vendors other than the California Pierces. Have fun!
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Barnaby Pye

May 21, 2015 1:36 AM
Now that the school year was over, Barnaby could say that he had happily survived the horrors of American boarding school and was ready to return home to London. He could not, however, say that he had made a friend. While the Barnaby who had started Sonora at the beginning of the year would not have minded leaving the year without a friend, the Barnaby who had finished off the year felt somewhat odd and uncomfortable with the idea that he was friendless. While he was looking forward to seeing Tarquin again, it just wasn’t the same thing, especially since in a year’s time Tarquin would be off to Hogwarts making all sorts of friends to replace him with. While logically Barnaby knew that he was Tarquin’s platonic soulmate just as much as Tarquin’s was his, the twelve year old was having a bout of irrationality as he wondered if Tarquin had replaced him with his father’s house else.

Luckily, Barnaby had been able to get one of his roommates, Spencer, to agree to go to the Midsummer’s Faire with him and he hoped that the day would end in at least a tentative friendship that could be continued over letters or even picked up again at the start of the next school year so that he wouldn’t be utterly alone when Tarquin went off to Hogwarts. Neither himself nor Spencer had ever been to a Renaissance Faire before and so Barnaby was pleased that they would be on euqal grounds entering into the experience together. Also pleasing to Barnaby was that Spencer seemed to have some reservations regarding the event—if the other boy’s comment on stake burning and flame freezing charms was anything to go by at least.

At the very least, their conversation in which they had agreed to go to the Faire had been rather agreeable and Barnaby found himself actually looking forward to meeting Spencer at the Faire—even though they were roommates, Barnaby had asked to meet Spencer there since he had a letter he needed to owl home before hand. Barnaby had even lent Spencer one of his clips, something that not even Tarquin had ever gotten from him. Granted, this was because Tarquin had never asked, but Barnaby also wasn’t sure if he would lend one to Tarquin if he should ask since it was now something that was unique to his and Spencer’s roommate-ship.

“Hey,” he said when he found Spencer. “Hope I wasn’t too late, I couldn’t get the letter tied to the owl’s leg properly and it was rather important that it be on there securely.” The school owl he had chosen to use had been particularly fidgety that morning as he only had a few crumbs to offer it as a treat since it was the end of the year, and as a result it had taken Barnaby about twice as long as it normally would have to tie the letter on. “I’m so excited to get back to London*. How about you?”

OOC: *After saying he was from London, Barnaby would have asked Jack where he was from so I took liberties here with information I remembered from one of Emrys’ interactions with Charlotte. Apologies if I got it wrong! Also, I tried to address all of Jack’s questions in this response so that you’d have the info for Jack’s/your knowledge. Sorry it took so long to get back to you!
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May 21, 2015 2:50 PM
 
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