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nora m. peakes ([info]melindicate) wrote in [info]valesco,
@ 2013-10-27 23:23:00


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Entry tags:adian rosenberg, arista sykes, caradoc dearborn, charles spinnet, charlotte sweeting, delilah spinnet, derek dobbs, galvin gudgeon, giada dorny, glenda prewett, graeme dorny, greta catchlove, group, howell williams, jake bexley, kalista borgin, larkin whitby, louis bonaccord, matthew summerby, nona pepper, nora peakes, octavius pepper, oliver comstock, penelope fawcett, rose knightley, rupert brookstanton, saoirse mullet, seth wadcock

Halloween Haunted Castle Event! Open to Everyone!
While she wasn't particularly keen on parties, she was set on saving wildlife. Everyone else seemed to rake in the galleons by throwing large events, no matter the scandals that erupted from them, so why couldn't they? Nora had conservatory's committee for quite some time now, and being the youngest by a good forty years, had devised this plan as a new and fresh way of funding. It helped greatly that she had friends that had access to some of the best party planners (or that she could twist Charlie Spinnet's ear until he helped her out), and things seemed to have turned out well. So far.

For the brave at heart, there was a grand maze that made its way throughout the haunted castle. Guests would be offered clues to get themselves to the ballroom, and if they were truly lost (as Nora was sure was to occur), for just a small donation (it's for charity), any money dropped into a clue box would light up a blue path down the correct route to lead the way out. With all the Gryffindors that Nora had put on the guest list, she was sure they were going to triple their goal.

There was a simpler route than the maze, which was simply to walk through the double doors to the dance floor. Nora was currently wavering between the two, having run out of pamphlets to give out at the front entrance therefore giving her no excuse to join the festivities. She felt rather exposed, as Delilah had stolen her cloak, and when someone tapped her shoulder she jumped nearly a foot in the air.

"Bloody hell!" she let out, spinning around. "You scared the life out of me!"



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[info]spinnets
2013-11-11 10:54 pm UTC (link)
His hands dropped quickly at the voice, and Charlie's eyes widened at the sight of his fairy girlfriend. "Penelope!"

Feeling a great rush of relief, Charlie pushed himself off the wall to go to her. Merlin's beard, in all the chaos of this bloody maze, he had not expected to run into anyone good, let alone his girlfriend. She was a definite sight for sore eyes, and Charlie finally felt some hope in getting out of this maze alive.

"Will you help me torture Nora for making me---ow!"

In his rush towards her, the slight shimmering of the air in front of him went unnoticed and Charlie slammed face-first and hard into an invisible barrier. He stumbled back, rubbing his nose and cursing loudly. The wall was now quite visible, a delicate array of colors rippling the width and height of the room, keeping him from Penny.

"What the bloody hell is this?" Charlie shouted (though his voice had gone up an octave. He was so close to Penny, but if he backed out of the room to try and get around, he might not be able to find her again. Charlie pressed forward and put his hand on the shield, watching the colors reverberate from his fingers.

The dream-like sound of a woman's voice floated into the air of the room, as if it'd come from the spell itself, A room of secrets needs yours to share with all, speak it now, for this spell to fall

Charlie's eyes widened to the size of quaffles, staring down at Penelope with sheer panic. What the hell did that mean? Was it saying-- "I've got to tell a secret to get out of here?" he yelped.

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[info]perfectblack
2013-11-12 02:49 am UTC (link)
Penelope lurched back when Charlie smashed into the unseen force separating them, bewildered by the newest trick the maze had shown them. She then listened with dismay as the dreamy voice floated out across the room, bearing the instructions needed for their quickest escape.

Did the spell's edict work both ways, Penelope wondered. Did she have to tell a secret as well in order to lift the veil of the spell? Despite all the spooky horrors she had just faced, with and without someone by her side, Penelope felt real panic for the first time that night.

There was still so much unsaid. There were still… secrets, yes, being kept, but she had thought, she had hoped and prayed and convinced herself and those that knew them, that her remaining secrets would lay buried. That Penelope would be able to move on without involving more people in her life in the sadness and drama, and she had. She simply did not know now how revealing those secrets would fare, and did not know if she was ready to face those demons. Life had just begun to turn itself around for her.

Not to mention that she was very willing to offer Charles the same courtesy she hoped extended to herself—she had no desire in the slightest to learn of secrets being kept from her. Penelope's wings began to beat rapidly, in tune to her galloping heartbeat.

"I'm sure it's just trying to trick you," she said in a voice that might have been unnaturally high herself. Backing away, she was quick to add, "If you just want to stay where you are, I'll go around it. The maze can't change that quickly, I'll be back to find you."

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[info]spinnets
2013-11-12 04:05 am UTC (link)
"No!" Charlie shouted, moving forward too quickly and banging into the shield again. He rubbed his forehead. "Damn it! I mean--no! There's no way I'm getting out of this thing alive without you!"

Which was probably not far from the truth. Charlie knew that unless someone turned on the lights and pointed arrows toward the exit, he was going to be stuck wandering this castle's corridors until he died and became a ghost and would then have to wander the blasted halls for all of his after-life, too. No, no, Penny needed to stay right there, because at least when she was around was able to focus a little better. Charlie backed up to look around the room, noticing that the entrance he'd come in from had disappeared! Or was it the same way Penny had come through? He couldn't remember, but it didn't matter at this moment because even if Penny did leave, there was no way to come around. He'd be stuck in here for all of his life.

"I---cheated on one of my O.W.L.s!" he said, putting his hands out as if offering up the secret. His eyes ducked down to Penny, wincing, "I mean. It was Astronomy. I drew the constellations on my palm, but they rubbed off because of the sweat and---" He watched the shield shimmer slightly, but was definitely still intact.

Charlie could see by the look on Penelope's face that she was just as stressed about revealing secrets as he was. Not that--he couldn't think of one thing that would cause him to be upset with Penny, unless she was snogging that blasted Tripp fellow on the side, which Charlie found highly doubtful. No, he knew they both had their demons in the closet, but he loved her and that wouldn't, couldn't change. It used to be scary to think like that, but now it was easy, it was even nice.

Oh. Bloody hell.

"Wait, I..." Charlie's lips twisted. He shut his eyes, hands in his hair. This was really not how he'd pictured doing this, but all of his other attempts had failed, so who was to say that there was some perfect way to go about it? "I've been trying to---I've been meaning to ask you...I was wondering if---perhaps---bloody hell."

Charlie threw his hands down, opening his eyes and looking pathetically at Penelope. "I bought an engagement ring in April and I've tried to propose about--four or five---a lot of times and it keeps getting interrupted and it's got me worried that---maybe it's some sort of divine intervention." Charlie blinked as spell shield drizzled to the ground and into a pile of glitter. "And...now I'm going to vomit."

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[info]perfectblack
2013-11-18 01:56 am UTC (link)
Penelope's already large eyes widened to the size of saucers, and her wings beat triple the time they had been before snapping straight out.

He what?

Blinking furiously, Penelope's gaze slid down to the floor, and though she would have enjoyed allowing her gaze to remain there, fought to raise her eyes back up. She was at a loss for words, at a total loss for composure, as she struggled to come to terms with what Charles had just revealed to her under duress.

If Charlie had been holding on to this ring since April, and almost proposed to her four or five times, how had a witch who prided herself on her ability to observe suspected not one thing?

More than never having suspected, she'd never even thought along this vein herself. Of course, she'd imagined if Charlie and she had a future together, but those were much more like innocent, childish daydreams. Their checkered history aside, Penelope did feel quite safe with Charles, and was positive she loved him.

But marriage? She was hardly 21 years old… Barely a fifth… possibly even a sixth into her life. Penelope had envisioned what that big day might look like, of course she had. She was not sure, however, that she was in anyway ready to make that even slightly more of a reality than the pretty, dreamy picture in her head, even if it was with a man she loved.

The barriers of the spell had come down, with all her secrets safe and sound, but she felt as rooted to her spot as ever. "I didn't…" Penelope trailed off quite helplessly. "I… "

"The door," she found herself uttering. Penelope whirled around and sought out the exit in a bit of a stupor. "Doors are good."

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