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Ludwig Common Room
By: EloquentMisprints Date: November 24, 2013, 4:29 pm
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#Post#: 417--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: maskednicci Date: December 14, 2013, 1:06 am
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Reese Middleton
"This place is just so ritzy," Reese chuckled, his arms full of
cords and controllers as he made his way to the large television
screen in the Ludwig Common Room. "I mean, of course all the
rooms here are straight out of Hogwarts Castle or something, but
still. I think you music people kind of win in this category. By
the way, do you say it 'Lewd-wig' or 'Lewd-VEEG', out of
curiosity?" He smirked, setting the Wii down and starting to
untangle the cords. Even if it was an inch-long piece of wire,
he always managed to make a rat's nest out anything available.
"Super Smash Bros. Brawl!" Reese exclaimed over-dramatically,
gesturing to the game case in his hand, "Who will you choose?"
He waved his hand in front of the console, the chipper little
beep was a welcome sound as it booted up, and he tossed Erin the
second controller.
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: GGJ5 Date: December 14, 2013, 1:50 am
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Erin Spenser
"This place is just so ritzy," Reese announced as Erin pulled
and pushed the furniture around to suit her ideal set-up. They
needed plenty of room, and people loved to put coffee tables in
annoying places.
"I know, right?" She pushed back one of the couches that should
have been soft and fluffy but instead felt like they were pulled
from some lawyer's office. "I think they want us all to be
pretentious Bach scholars or something." She rolled her eyes.
"I mean, of course all the rooms here are straight out of
Hogwarts Castle or something, but still. I think you music
people kind of win in this category. By the way, do you say it
'Lewd-wig' or 'Lewd-VEEG', out of curiosity?"
"Oh, dude, I wish it was Hogwarts, 'cause then I'd just magic
all my homework done! Poof!" She swished an invisible wand.
"Avada kedavra homework!" She tugged on one of the cords that
was dangling from the pile in Reese's arms, slowly pulling it
out of the fray. "And only the pretentious Bach scholars say
LOOD-veeg." Erin dropped onto the nearest chair and mimed
swirling a glass of wine in her hand. Assuming her best
over-the-top upper-crust voice, Erin teased, "Ah-ha-ha-ha, ol'
chum, that LOOD-veeg was a smashing success, why, yes, yes... We
should get him to perform on our yacht, if only he wasn't dead,
isn't that right, chap? Ah-ha-ha..." She giggled.
"Okay, okay, is it ready yet?!" Erin kicked her feet out, then
hopped back up to her feet. "Why do these things always take so
much work to set up? Which one did you bri-i-ing?" She drew her
word out, stretching her arms as if that helped to stretch the
word.
"Super Smash Bros. Brawl!" Reese exclaimed over-dramatically,
gesturing to the game case in his hand. "Who will you choose?"
She caught the controller, and scrolled through until she found
who she wanted. "I choose you, Pikachu! Except by Pikachu, I
mean Kirby, because he's cute and awesome, but doesn't rhyme at
all in that sentence." She shifted her weight from one foot to
the other, making a little dance floor of the space she had,
moving to the music of the game. She sang into the controller
like a mike. "I-I-I-I'm gonna own your face! Without an ounce of
grace! Prepare for a disgra-a-ace!" Erin punctuated the song
with a raspberry in Reese's direction.
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: maskednicci Date: December 14, 2013, 7:53 pm
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Reese Middleton
"I mean, of course all the rooms here are straight out of
Hogwarts Castle or something, but still. I think you music
people kind of win in this category. By the way, do you say it
'Lewd-wig' or 'Lewd-VEEG', out of curiosity?"
"Oh, dude, I wish it was Hogwarts, 'cause then I'd just magic
all my homework done! Poof!" She swished an invisible wand.
"Avada kedavra homework!"
"Killing your homework won't get it done," he teased, sticking
out his tongue at her playfully.
Erin tugged at the cords in the pile, helping him fix the huge
knot he made of it all. "And only the pretentious Bach scholars
say LOOD-veeg." She plopped into a nearby chair, miming a wine
glass in one hand an a posh, stuck-up attitude in the other.
"Ah-ha-ha-ha, ol' chum, that LOOD-veeg was a smashing success,
why, yes, yes... We should get him to perform on our yacht, if
only he wasn't dead, isn't that right, chap? Ah-ha-ha..." She
giggled.
"Quite, quite!" Reese countered in an uppity accent of his own,
pretending to smoke a cigar. "But the old blidger seems bloody
barmy, should you ask me. But death is no object, hahaha! We
could use a bit of magic to chat him up some Sunday. However, I
heard he was oft on the piss out by the Nightowl, looking
beastly, and Bob's your uncle!" It was a horrendous mash-up of
things he had heard in films, but it was still funny to the two
of them. Even if they were getting looks from other students for
being loud and 'posh'.
"Okay, okay, is it ready yet?!" Erin ended up back on her feet
again, always impatient and forever four years old.
"Just one more second, Erin," he chuckled, as the Wii quickly
booted up.
"Why do these things always take so much work to set up? Which
one did you bri-i-ing?" She whined, reaching out as if to draw
the game towards her.
"Super Smash Bros. Brawl!" Reese exclaimed over-dramatically,
gesturing to the game case in his hand. "Who will you choose?"
She caught the controller he tossed her, and the character
selection screen came up. Epic waiting music played while they
scrolled through character options. Some of his friends were the
type to go through and analyze each character's strong and weak
points, but Reese felt that a true gamer knew by experience
which character they worked with best.
"I choose you, Pikachu! Except by Pikachu, I mean Kirby, because
he's cute and awesome, but doesn't rhyme at all in that
sentence." She was dancing around, and he couldn't tell if it
was simply the music or if she had to go to the bathroom. He let
out a hum of consideration, then chose Sheik. "I-I-I-I'm gonna
own your face! Without an ounce of grace! Prepare for a
disgra-a-ace!" Erin punctuated the song with a raspberry in
Reese's direction, which he promptly returned.
"A-a-a-a-as if!" he sang back, "You think you've got it but you
d-d-d-d-don't!" He chose a random scene from Mario and the game
started. Their characters hovered at the top of the screen on
lit-up platforms, along with computer players Donkey Kong, Link,
and Yoshi. Then the platforms disappeared beneath their feet,
dropping the characters to the main platform, and the brawl
began. Reese jumped towards Kirby and aggressively started using
combos, trying to inch Kirby toward one of the two edges, but
accidentally knocked him into a special object, which turned out
to be one of the hyper-active hammers. He cursed under his
breath and had Sheik jump up on one of the overhanging platforms
to escape, wanting to avoid her until the hammer attack faded,
but Donkey Kong came up behind him and threw him off the edge
and off into the oblivion on the side of the screen. He let out
another loud curse, waiting for his character to re-generate.
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: GGJ5 Date: December 16, 2013, 7:56 pm
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Erin Spenser
"I-I-I-I'm gonna own your face! Without an ounce of grace!
Prepare for a disgra-a-ace!" Erin belted out, ad-libbing a song
in as close to the rhythm of the game music as she could.
"A-a-a-a-as if!" Reese attempted in retort. "You think you've
got it but you d-d-d-d-don't!"
Rolling her eyes, Erin scoffed at him. "That didn't even rhyme,
Reese," she chided playfully. "Obviously I have a lot more than
you do. Bring it!" she exclaimed, pushing her face close to his
in an attempt to be threatening.
Erin screeched and shouted sounds instead of words as Reese
tried to shove her Kirby off and into oblivious. "Stop it!" she
demanded, shoving Reese in real life, a grin splitting her face.
Then, when his plan backfired and Kirby got the hammer attack,
Erin let out a shriek of victory, working her best to attack
Reese's character as much as possible before the time ran out.
Of course, he was pretty good at avoiding her, but luckily he
got shoved off anyway, and Erin punched her fist in the air.
"Yes! Ha-ha! I win! Fear the Kirby!" She danced in victory,
moving in a little circle, lavadora style. "Okay, okay, so,
another fight, or is this when all the bad guys come out and
we're forced to team up?" She punched an invisible punching bag
for each word of her question, making her voice dramatic as if
she was narrating a movie trailer. "Two foes find common ground
for the common good, and other common stuff! Commons!"
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: maskednicci Date: December 17, 2013, 5:59 am
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Reese Middleton
Rolling her eyes, Erin scoffed at him. "That didn't even rhyme,
Reese," she chided playfully. "Obviously I have a lot more than
you do. Bring it!" she exclaimed, pushing her face close to his
in an attempt to be threatening.
"Pshh.." Reese pretending to wave away a bad smell that emanated
from Erin, "Why don't you bring a breath mint instead? And
besides," he nudged her with one elbow, "No one ever claimed I
was lyrically talented."
As the game progress, Erin grew less and less talkative and
began to focus on making as many noises as possible, her shouts
and screeches reminded him of when they used to play with Hot
Wheels toys and had to make all the sound effects. Also, Erin
had no rules against physical interception when it came to
gaming. Reese laughed as she shoved against him, shrieking with
delight as she got the hammer attack.
"We have to rematch, Erin. There's no way I'm letting you win
because of a stupid CP," he complained, his character finally
re-generating at the top of the screen, but his damage already
too high for comfort. He immediately turned his character around
and started aggressively pulverizing the nearest Yoshi, knocking
the creature off the screen and to his (final) demise.
"Okay, okay, so, another fight, or is this when all the bad guys
come out and we're forced to team up? Two foes find common
ground for the common good, and other common stuff! Commons!"
"I didn't choose Adventure Mode, just multi-player brawl," he
explained, finally getting an upper hand in their second round,
and managing to knock Kirby off the edge of the platform to his
death. "YES!" He exclaimed, punching the air and then waiting
just below Erin's re-generation platform to attack her again.
I'm winning this round.
He wasn't sure what happened the next moment, but he suddenly
felt a cold, hard plastic object make contact with his jaw, and
his head flew to the side. "Gah!" he shouted, realizing with the
accompanying pain that Erin had - hopefully accidentally -
smacked him with her controller, "God, Erin. Calm yourself down
a little bit!" He paused the game, rubbing his jaw with one
hand. It had been the very corner of the controller (sans rubber
cover, maybe he should have invested in those) that had made
contact with his jaw, and therefore it felt like she had tried
to remove one of his teeth from the inside.
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: GGJ5 Date: December 19, 2013, 6:42 pm
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Erin Spenser
Rolling her eyes, Erin scoffed at him. "That didn't even rhyme,
Reese. Obviously I have a lot more than you do. Bring it!" she
exclaimed, pushing her face close to his in an attempt to be
threatening.
"Pshh.." Reese wafted the air in between them as if something
nasty lay there, making Erin's mouth drop open in shock. "Why
don't you bring a breath mint instead?"
Erin gasped, giving Reese's shoulder a shove. "You jerk! Take
that back!" She couldn't suppress her smile entirely, though.
"And besides," he nudged her with one elbow, "No one ever
claimed I was lyrically talented."
"And no one ever will," Erin retorted smugly, grinning fully
now.
The first round consisted of Reese's character falling into
nothingness and Erin claiming victory.
"We have to rematch, Erin. There's no way I'm letting you win
because of a stupid CP," Reese complained while his character
regenerated.
Erin let out an exaggerated laugh. "You just don't wanna admit
I'm better!" she said, bouncing on the balls of her feet as the
next round progressed. "Okay, okay, so, another fight, or is
this when all the bad guys come out and we're forced to team up?
Two foes find common ground for the common good, and other
common stuff! Commons!"
"I didn't choose Adventure Mode, just multi-player brawl," Reese
commented.
"But life is an adventure!" Erin announced, then her face
dropped when Reese sent her pink ball of punk off the platform.
"HEY! Ree-eese!"
"YES!"
"I wasn't ready!" Erin protested, voice high pitched in
objection. "Come back, little Kirby! Get your pink punk butt
back here!" she shouted at the screen, even though she knew he'd
regenerated. She hadn't even realized it, but her shouts were
coupled with eager movements and gestures to get the game to
hurry up. When Kirby reappeared, Erin let out an excited,
"Yeah!"
Her hand smacked against something and Reese gave a shout, and
Erin quickly realized what she'd smacked, and just how hard.
Plastic hurt. Her free hand slammed over her mouth, through
which she shouted, "Omigod! My bad!"
"God, Erin. Calm yourself down a little bit!" Pausing the game,
Reese proceeded to rub his jaw fervently.
"Omigod, Reese, I'm sorry! Are you okay? Let me see." Her words
tumbled out like an avalanche as Erin reached out to examine his
jaw with her own eyes. Already she could see the mark she'd
left. "You want ice or something? I didn't mean to break you!
Should I kiss it to make it better?" she asked, desperate to
make him laugh so it would help his pain. She gave an anxious
smile. "I should get you ice. You sit down, so nothing else on
you breaks, okay?" With one hand on his shoulder, Erin tried to
guide him back to the couch. "I'll be right back!"
The ice was super easy to get, and soon Erin returned with a
baggy full of ice and wrapped in a brown paper towel. "Here!"
She tried to wedge it between his shoulder and neck, thinking
he'd just hold it by his jaw that way, like a cell phone. "Are
you okay?" She bit her lip anxiously, waiting for his response.
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: maskednicci Date: December 20, 2013, 4:23 am
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Reese Middleton
"I didn't choose Adventure Mode, just multi-player brawl," Reese
commented.
"But life is an adventure!" Erin announced, then, he knocked her
Kirby entirely off the platform in one beautiful, beautiful
combo. "HEY! Ree-eese!"
"YES!" He punched the air in sweet victory, his confidence in
tonight's match growing stronger.
"I wasn't ready!" Erin protested, voice high pitched in
objection. "Come back, little Kirby! Get your pink punk butt
back here!"
"Excuses are like armpits," he countered, focusing on finishing
off Mario. In the corner of the screen, he saw Kirby returning,
the platform aglow.
"Yeah!" Erin shouted, her arm shooting out and the hard plastic
controller in her hand making rough and undeniable contact with
his jaw. Reese gave a shout of more surprise than pain - or so
he told himself later - as Erin called out, Omigod! My bad!"
"God, Erin. Calm yourself down a little bit!" Pausing the game,
Reese proceeded to rub his jaw fervently. He couldn't tell if
she had injured his jaw or his pride more. He just imagined his
gamer friends asking how he got the mark tomorrow, and him
having to say Erin got too excited while playing the
Wii...God...
"Omigod, Reese, I'm sorry! Are you okay? Let me see." Erin
quickly flew into protective and apologetic nurse mode, moving
to inspect his jaw. She could see it better than he could,
afterall, so he let her. "You want ice or something? I didn't
mean to break you! Should I kiss it to make it better?"
"Yeah, you should," he said, his voice a little reprimanding and
more than a little sarcastic. "Right here," he pointed to the
spot with his finger, furrowing his thick eyebrows at her
grouchily.
"I should get you ice. You sit down, so nothing else on you
breaks, okay?" With one hand on his shoulder, Erin tried to
guide him back to the couch. With a sigh, he relented, waiting
there as she called over her shoulder, "I'll be right back!" and
vanished. When she was gone, Reese found himself wrapped up in a
weird cloud of funk, coming around him quite suddenly and making
him stare blindly at the couch cushion. His jaw, his shoulder,
his chest...there was a weird thickness to the air that he let
himself sink into, for just a moment. Caught up in a reverie, he
almost didn't see Erin returning.
"Here!" She held out an ugly brown paper bag to him, shoving it
between his shoulder and neck, and he held it there partially
with his hand and partially with his jaw. The throbs of pain
were receding, but he didn't feel like telling her it was no big
deal.
"Are you okay?" She bit her lip anxiously, waiting for his
response.
He looked up at her, bangs falling in his eyes as he sent her a
playful smirk, "Of course I am, you dork. You hit me with a
Wii-mote, not an axe." He laughed, the tension in his jaw still
causing a bit of an aching sensation, despite the ice. "It'll
take more than that to KO me."
"However," he drew out the word, tilting his head toward her
coyly, "I think it would be best that you - I mean, we - take a
little break from Super Smash Bros for a little while..."
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: GGJ5 Date: December 20, 2013, 4:33 pm
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Erin Spenser
"Omigod, Reese, I'm sorry! Are you okay? Let me see." She could
see the red little welt she'd given him, and Erin felt horrible,
not to mention pretty stupid, for it. "You want ice or
something? I didn't mean to break you! Should I kiss it to make
it better?" she tried, in an effort to get him laughing, or at
least smiling again. But it didn't work.
"Yeah, you should," Reese said, voice tinged in irritation.
"Right here." He pointed, sending her a glare.
Erin frowned. "I should get you ice. You sit down, so nothing
else on you breaks, okay?" With one hand on his shoulder, Erin
pushed him back onto the couch. "I'll be right back!"
"Here!" She'd rushed back, and the ice baggy was a bit messy,
but it would work just fine. She tried to wedge it between his
shoulder and jaw, and Reese picked up the slack on it. He still
looked red and grumpy, which made Erin swell with feelings of
guilt.
"Are you okay?" She bit her lip anxiously, waiting for his
response.
Reese looked at her, and to Erin's surprise there was a smile on
his face. Her brows met together in a confused wrinkle. "Of
course I am, you dork. You hit me with a Wii-mote, not an axe."
He laughed.
Erin still wasn't convinced, though. She put her hand on his
shoulder, trying to get close enough to see the welt again,
despite the ice pack in the way. "Are you sure? It was a really
loud thwack, and I'd feel really bad if I, like, broke your jaw
or something."
"It'll take more than that to KO me." That comment drew a smile
from her, and Erin started feeling the guilty swell ebb a bit.
"Oh, good," she breathed, exhaling slowly as if that let out all
the bad feelings and worry. She leaned against him, enjoying the
ability to feel relaxed again. "I'm really glad it wasn't an
axe! Ice can't fix that, and I dunno how to sew."
"However," Reese said, drawing out the word and making Erin send
him a quizzical look. "I think it would be best that you - I
mean, we - take a little break from Super Smash Bros for a
little while..."
Erin's face shifted into a pout. "Wha-?" She sighed.
"Oh-kaaay..." Picking at the hem of her shirt, Erin drawled,
"Soooo... what do you wanna do instead? I'm gonna try to video
chat with Jason later, but if he can't, then we can, I dunno,
make fajitas! Ooh... I really want fajitas now..."
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Re: Ludwig Common Room
By: maskednicci Date: December 22, 2013, 8:43 pm
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Reese Middleton
It was obvious that taking the blow had made his face look worse
than it felt, and Erin was becoming increasingly anxious with
each passing sarcastic remark. She didn’t' pick up on him trying
to lighten the mood until he said, "It'll take more than that to
KO me." He was glad to see the smile on her face, even if it was
weak and still riddled with guilt.
"Oh, good," she breathed, coming to lean against him. Reese felt
as if his arm suddenly became ten times warmer than it was
previously. "I'm really glad it wasn't an axe! Ice can't fix
that, and I dunno how to sew."
“You'd have to learn fast,” he teased, taking the opportunity to
reach down and poke her in the side. "However," Reese continued,
drawing out the word and making Erin send him a quizzical look.
"I think it would be best that you - I mean, we - take a little
break from Super Smash Bros for a little while..."
Erin's face shifted into a pout. "Wha-?" She sighed.
"Oh-kaaay..." Picking at the hem of her shirt, Erin drawled,
"Soooo... what do you wanna do instead? I'm gonna try to video
chat with Jason later, but if he can't, then we can, I dunno,
make fajitas! Ooh... I really want fajitas now..."
“I want fajitas, too...” he commented, his voice trailing off
along with his thoughts. After a long pause, he added, “How are
things....with Jason, I mean? It's been a few months now,
right?” He kind of hoped his apprehension didn't shine through
like a nightlight in a dark room.
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