Re: [OPEN/MASS THREAD] Valentine's Day Party

[Margo P. Richards]

Clair caught her eyes and she wondered if anyone else noticed that that there were two games being played. She hoped not. It always made it more exciting. Misbehaving in plain sight.

Charlotte was already leaving and Margo quirked an eyebrow. "Lead the way, Waldorf! We can't be shaken up." She glanced around at the boys. "I expect you all to have a drink for us while we're gone."

She threw her arm around Freyja's shoulders and called over to Cassie. "Either come with us or monitor the boys - make sure they aren't staging a coup." Her eyes fell on a slight first year in her house lurking on the sides of the crowd. "Hey! Baby raven! Come with us. We might need little hands."

[Darcy Driscoll]

Yessss! Games like these had been exactly why Darcy was hanging out at this party. She hadn't expected to be invited to join in, though. Darcy had seen enough movies to know what kind of truths and dares got asked, and she doubted any of the older kids would want a first year bringing down the mood. But she'd have been happy just to be allowed to watch.

She beamed and practically skipped to catch up when the girl in charge asked her along on their raiding party. Did she even know how good Darcy was at raiding? Well, she was about to find out.

[Clytemnestra Lux]

The dare surprised Clytemnestra by virtue of being actually good. The main reason she adored truth or dare was because it let her find out other people's secrets, and what better way to do so than with everyone hyped up on veritaserum? Seemed like Sauvage thought the same thing.

She had a feeling that when they got back from borrowing the potion (it was hardly stealing, they'd only need a few drops each) this game was going to devolve into Super Secret Story Time. She hoped that was what would happen.

She crossed the room, tagging along behind the other girls to make sure the first year (how was she in Ravenclaw, she was clearly sneaky enough for Slytherin) didn't get lost.

"Be quiet, unless you all want to get caught," she warned her slightly drunken comrades.

[Margo P. Richards]

((We're going to time jump because, as fun as the retrieval thread might be, actually using the veritaserum will be much more fun))

Herding drunk teenagers from one place to another was a nearly impossible task. Margo certainly hadn't reached a level of impairment yet, but that had a lot more to do with her alcohol tolerance than it did with the amount of alcohol in her system. But a covert mission requiring silence and sneaking... not exactly made for her skillsets. She wielded her authority to keep Charlotte in line, as the shots were finally beginning to settle in the redhead's system, and mostly left the brainwork up to Lux.

It was the ickle raven, Darcy they had learned, who turned out to be the real hero. As reward, the girls let Darcy carry the vial all the way back - quietly thinking that if they were caught, she'd have the least trouble as it was probably her first offense.

Margo, however, couldn't help but make an entrance, grabbing the Driscoll girl by the shoulders and leading her through the door with a triumphant grin on her face. "Darcy? Could you serve the boys their next round of drinks?"

[Darcy Driscoll]

Darcy panicked just a tiny bit. She'd read as much about the wizarding world as she could, even if she didn't take in as much as she ought. But the truth serum, that was too important not to pay attention to.

Normally, she'd have been thrilled to do the honours, but...

"Isn't this stuff lethal in high doses?" she squeaked.

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"Yup," Clair cheerfully swiped the vial from the kid.

"It's okay, I'll do it. Don't forget, you all agreed to take some too. Including you, short-stop."

He poked the girl's shoulder good naturedly. See? This was why they ought to have had at least a bottle of decent wine. He could have given her a spritzer.

"Everyone show me your cup," he ordered, then measured two drops into each one.

"We drink on three."

[Julian Kapur]

"I hope you didn't miss me too much!"

Julian had a feeling Hitame would have preferred if he would have let her go back to the Gryffindor common room where she could sulk and wallow in her isolation, but he felt the desire to thank her for her help. And, as far as he could tell, making sure she had a good time at the party would be the perfect show of gratitude. It could turn her mood and maybe soften her heart towards the Hogwarts population in general.

The door was thrown open, and then quickly closed when he remembered prefects might be on the prowl, and he turned his grin back on the group, tugging on Hit's arm. "What's going on? Angelique says I'm gonna make it, so let's jump right back in."

[Christian Zabini]

Christian felt extremely out of place. Perhaps because something weird had happened with Apollo, and now Lux of all people was into him, and he'd made Charlotte act all mental. He just didn't know anymore. Part of him seriously wanted to just leave, and he was preparing to try and sneak out when the girls returned and Clair started passing around drinks again.

Looking up at Julian's entrance, Christian could admit to feeling pretty surprised. Something very bad had obviously happened between Julian, Violet, Hit and Apollo. Maybe even Clair. But he just didn't know, and wasn't sure he wanted to. Particularly if it involved Violet and this Gryffindor Christian had actually thought he liked rather well. For a while, anyway. Maybe not so much.

Still, he sighed heavily and knocked back the drink after the countdown reached three. It felt a bit odd, like maybe something was coating his tongue and the roof of his mouth. But Christian knew better than to just start commenting on anything. Not until he had to.

[Darian Levski]

Charlotte started laughing and looked at Margo "Follow my lead" she said solemnly and started walking once again.
Once they got veritaserum she looked at Margo and smiled once again.
"We did a great job" laughing. She had problems with the uncontrolled laugh. Maybe she should stop drinking.
Actually, she should definitely stop drink.

In the meanwhile, Darian was just standing and watching this little game.
"Mind if I join? Or am I late?" he smiled and looked at Margo and Charlotte because it seemed that they were the one who started this game.
It looked like something Margo would do but he admitted that Charlotte doesn't fit in this picture.
She was always the one who was rational and afraid that everything bad will be on her resume, and now she is drunk, she started truth or dare game among witches and wizards and worse than anything, she stole something.

[Anabelle Mulciber]

She really wished she'd just gone back up to Gryffindor tower when she had the chance. Technically, she still had the chance to bolt out of the room and make it, but then Julian tugged on her arm. He'd practically dragged her back to the party, maybe admitting she'd been having fun was a bad idea after all.

Hit sighed. It wasn't like she was going to be able to change his mind so she'd have to deal with it until she could possibly sneak away. At the very least she'd be able to hang out with her friends right now instead of sitting in the tower wondering what she'd missed out on.

"Lucky us." She rolled her eyes at Julian but there was a smile on her face to imply she didn't mean it in a bad way.

[Charlotte Waldorf]

Charlotte decided that now is the perfect time to talk about Potter's Army.
She walked over to Christian and gave him her best drunk smile.
"Heeeey, how are you doing?" she started laughing and hugged him with one hand. Yeah, she was definitely, one hundred percent drunk.

"Look, I need to talk to you about something... really important" she tried to stay serious because this wasn't some kind of the joke but no matter how hard she forced herself, the smile didn't leave her face.

"Can you come with me for one minute?" She looked at Christian and for the first time since she realized that she actually likes him, she didn't care what he would think when he sees how drunk she really was.