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PhoenixRising · 02-04-2014, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Ben didn't like the sound of bumber cars. It didn't sound safe, or at the very least comfortable. Who would want to be bumped and jostled around by others? Unless these cars allowed you to move away fast enough...like a broom allowing you to fly away from a bludger during Quidditch. There had to be escapes...right?

He let the other students attempt to answer Professor Hadley's question, the answers not helping the Gryffindor's ideas of their activity at all. Which in turn was making him quite in a funk. To say he didn't really want to participate was a slight understatement. But as the woman directed them back off the bus, Ben doubted he had very much choice. Especially when Adi was excited about it because his friend could be quite stubborn and would no doubt lead him off to the bumper cards regardless.

So with a soft sigh, he followed the Hufflepuff out of the seat they had shared and moved to the front of the bus to get off. He hadn't thought he needed to be careful simply going down the aisle but in a bout of clumsiness managed to either trip over his own feet. Or maybe something that had fallen from the ceiling. Benjamin pitched forward arms flailing and trying to grab onto something to catch himself and getting a hold of Hadley's arm.

As the students filed off the bus, if there was one thing Hadley hadn't expected it was for a student to go flailing backwards as they tripped over .... themselves? Reaching out her arm for the second year, she smiled consolingly at him. "Careful there! Don't want to hurt yourself before you get jostled around!" She winked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazinga

So pretend magic he should have known. Muggles were strange creatures. Honestly they probably should have a beast ranking all for themselves. As he sat and hardly heard her talk about cars. They were going to ride cars now. He squinted at the tiny picture not being able to make it out, but someone else said about bumper cars. Bumper cars? What in merlin's beard was she going to have them do.

Then a smile crossed his face, "Are they like bumper brooms? I've done those before." If it was like that but with muggle cars that could be kind of cool. When the bus stopped Bart eagerly looked out the window and saw some tent thing. Was that where the cars were?

He hurried to stand and right away wish he wouldn't have. "Owww my back." Stretching it must have been the uncomfortable seats. Yep had to be. He followed the rest out and found himself a cool red car.

Let's do this!

"Yes. They're pretty much exactly like Bumper Brooms." Hadley nodded in affirmation.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

But right now he needed help. Raising his hand, he tried to get Professor Hadley's attention. "Professor I'm stuck!! I can't move at all. I don't think these cars are meant for someone my height. May I have permission to use the enlargement spell on this car?" he whispered to her.

Just as she was about to give off the rules, she heard a request from one of her seventh years and stared in confusion. "Um... all the cars are the same size... and should be quite roomy, but as you wish." She nodded in approval. "BUT only enlarge the inside of the car, not the outer appearance, got that?" There would be no unfair advantages with regards to size of vehicles.

*****

Once everyone was off the bus, Hadley followed into the tent-like area to address them all the rules of the game. She glanced around to make sure everything was set up the way planned.

"For today's activity, you will be collecting these." She held up a standard rubber latex balloon filled with helium with long strings attached to them.

She let it go and it floated to the top of the ceiling, but the string was long enough that they could still grab it even while seated in the car. The balloon floated and bobbed along the ceiling, the string wiggling beneath it.

"There are four different coloured balloons, each with corresponding coloured strings. Your task is to grasp hold of as many different balloons as you can, drive over to the appropriate coloured hurdle and tie it onto the hurdle. Tying a blue balloon onto a yellow hurdle will earn the yellow house points. Tying the correct balloon will onto the correctly coloured hurdle will earn that house points. Understand?"

"The balloons and their strings don't stay still. And even less so when we're all driving around, they'll definitely be difficult to grasp while driving. But fortunately if you bump each other, you can collide without too much danger due to the rubber bumper." Smiling at the class she gestured toward the cars.

"Any questions?" Hadley glanced around to see if they were all ready. "Alright, on my count to three ..." She held up fingers as she counted. "One.... Two .... Three!"

***** GAME RULES *****

Object is to collect as many balloons in your house colour as possible and tie them to the correctly coloured hurdle, one hurdle located in each of the four corners.

* Do NOT Double Post
* Only one balloon per post, please
* It's FINE if you character ties a balloon not in their house color
* It's fine if you mis-tie a balloon and comes undone off the hurdle
* Don't RP the results, such as if you bump another character's car
* Perfection is definitely NOT expected
* Having FUN is expected though

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to VM, PM, or IM me!

You will have until approximately 9pm EST on Wednesday February 5th

02-04-2014, 01:31 AM	#50 (permalink)
PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 59,316 Hogwarts RPG Name: Ayden Diggory-Keighley (#07ad01) Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Levi Draguar (#062807) Ravenclaw Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Bailey Crawford (#bb04bc) Hufflepuff Sixth Year x12 x8	❄ Chasing Waterfalls & Wonder ❄ \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Ben didn't like the sound of bumber cars. It didn't sound safe, or at the very least comfortable. Who would want to be bumped and jostled around by others? Unless these cars allowed you to move away fast enough...like a broom allowing you to fly away from a bludger during Quidditch. There had to be escapes...right? He let the other students attempt to answer Professor Hadley's question, the answers not helping the Gryffindor's ideas of their activity at all. Which in turn was making him quite in a funk. To say he didn't really want to participate was a slight understatement. But as the woman directed them back off the bus, Ben doubted he had very much choice. Especially when Adi was excited about it because his friend could be quite stubborn and would no doubt lead him off to the bumper cards regardless. So with a soft sigh, he followed the Hufflepuff out of the seat they had shared and moved to the front of the bus to get off. He hadn't thought he needed to be careful simply going down the aisle but in a bout of clumsiness managed to either trip over his own feet. Or maybe something that had fallen from the ceiling. Benjamin pitched forward arms flailing and trying to grab onto something to catch himself and getting a hold of Hadley's arm. As the students filed off the bus, if there was one thing Hadley hadn't expected it was for a student to go flailing backwards as they tripped over .... themselves? Reaching out her arm for the second year, she smiled consolingly at him. "Careful there! Don't want to hurt yourself before you get jostled around!" She winked. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga So pretend magic he should have known. Muggles were strange creatures. Honestly they probably should have a beast ranking all for themselves. As he sat and hardly heard her talk about cars. They were going to ride cars now. He squinted at the tiny picture not being able to make it out, but someone else said about bumper cars. Bumper cars? What in merlin's beard was she going to have them do. Then a smile crossed his face, "Are they like bumper brooms? I've done those before." If it was like that but with muggle cars that could be kind of cool. When the bus stopped Bart eagerly looked out the window and saw some tent thing. Was that where the cars were? He hurried to stand and right away wish he wouldn't have. "Owww my back." Stretching it must have been the uncomfortable seats. Yep had to be. He followed the rest out and found himself a cool red car. Let's do this! "Yes. They're pretty much exactly like Bumper Brooms." Hadley nodded in affirmation. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 But right now he needed help. Raising his hand, he tried to get Professor Hadley's attention. "Professor I'm stuck!! I can't move at all. I don't think these cars are meant for someone my height. May I have permission to use the enlargement spell on this car?" he whispered to her. Just as she was about to give off the rules, she heard a request from one of her seventh years and stared in confusion. "Um... all the cars are the same size... and should be quite roomy, but as you wish." She nodded in approval. "BUT only enlarge the inside of the car, not the outer appearance, got that?" There would be no unfair advantages with regards to size of vehicles. *** Once everyone was off the bus, Hadley followed into the tent-like area to address them all the rules of the game. She glanced around to make sure everything was set up the way planned. "For today's activity, you will be collecting these." She held up a standard rubber latex balloon filled with helium with long strings attached to them. She let it go and it floated to the top of the ceiling, but the string was long enough that they could still grab it even while seated in the car. The balloon floated and bobbed along the ceiling, the string wiggling beneath it. "There are four different coloured balloons, each with corresponding coloured strings. Your task is to grasp hold of as many different balloons as you can, drive over to the appropriate coloured hurdle and tie it onto the hurdle. Tying a blue balloon onto a yellow hurdle will earn the yellow house points. Tying the correct balloon will onto the correctly coloured hurdle will earn that house points. Understand?" "The balloons and their strings don't stay still. And even less so when we're all driving around, they'll definitely be difficult to grasp while driving. But fortunately if you bump each other, you can collide without too much danger due to the rubber bumper." Smiling at the class she gestured toward the cars. "Any questions?" Hadley glanced around to see if they were all ready. "Alright, on my count to three ..." She held up fingers as she counted. "One.... Two .... Three!" * GAME RULES *** Object is to collect as many balloons in your house colour as possible and tie them to the correctly coloured hurdle, one hurdle located in each of the four corners. * Do NOT Double Post * Only one balloon per post, please * It's FINE if you character ties a balloon not in their house color * It's fine if you mis-tie a balloon and comes undone off the hurdle * Don't RP the results, such as if you bump another character's car * Perfection is definitely NOT expected * Having FUN is expected though If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to VM, PM, or IM me! You will have until approximately 9pm EST on Wednesday February 5th __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯ Last edited by PhoenixRising; 02-04-2014 at 02:20 AM. Reason: adding in Sander real quick ;)