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ArianaBlack · #1 (**permalink**) 02-08-2021, 05:20 AM

September 2093.

Some may say that ten is the ideal age to be. At age ten, one has very few expectations placed upon them. Moreover, responsibilities are few in number. When you are ten, you can make requests for playdates and expect that they will be taken very seriously. Case in point: Jasper Botros and Edric Cambridge. Both boys are ten years old, an ideal age to be. They had very few expectations placed upon them and their responsibilities were few in number. They made a request for a playdate and their request was taken very seriously.

It was a warm, autumn afternoon and the playground in Diagon Alley looked as though it had been waiting all day for the two boys to arrive. Though it was a little troubling how close the oasis was to Knockturn Alley, the swingset, carousal, monkey bars, and slides would assure anyone that there was nothing to worry about; The kind of place where kids could do kid stuff.

This is a closed RP for

Edric Mason Cambridge (BanaBatGirl)
Jasper Amir Botros (ArianaBlack)

ArianaBlack · 02-13-2021, 01:20 AM

Jasper talked non-stop the whole way to Diagon Alley. It actually wasn't until he saw the playground from a distance that he shut up. "Baba, look how fast I can run!" He grinned big for his dad before taking off, his shoelaces coming undone in the process, but he paid no mind.

When he reached the swingset, he turned and threw his hands up triumphantly. That was probably fifteen seconds. Man, he should've asked his baba to keep count. Or, maybe Edric would be willing to help with that later. Where was he anyway?

Jasper paused for a moment, but didn't linger on the thought for very long. He'd be around soon enough and when he did show up, he'd find Jasper on the swings, curly hair flying in every direction. Swinging was a little like flying, but it wasn't as much fun. There wasn't much of a challenge in going back and forth on repeat. But Jasper would take what he could get. He was just glad to get some quality time with his friend before school really started kicking their butts. Auntie Dora did not go easy on Stark School kids.

BanaBatGirl · 02-13-2021, 02:03 AM

Edric was actually hanging upside down on a bar thing, some kind of vaguely gymnastic piece of equipment, his longish straight blonde hair dripping off his head like pasta of some kind. Like noodles! He LOVED noodles! He could go for some noodles right NOW! Maybe Jasper would want some noodles!

Speaking of, there was his friend.

Edric spun off the bar in a smooth flip, landing with a big grin and immediately running over to his friend. But not with too much energy. He wasn't hyper like SOME Cambridges. He had restraint. And dignity. And class. And a healthy sense of entitlement which was still developing.

But here he was, utterly grateful and excited to see his friend on the swings. Know what, swings sounded alright right now. Just like noodles! The two were definitely linked in his mind. "Hi Jasper," he calmly greeted, settling himself in on a swing next door to Jasper's. Wow! Jasper was REALLY good at swinging! Did he know that? Should Edric tell him that? He pushed off the ground to start swinging himself, but quickly became distracted by a particularly interesting cloud shape in the sky.

Look at that! Did Jasper see that? That cloud that looked like a giant hippogriff? He stretched a finger out as he started swinging, just pointing to the hippogriff cloud, but forgetting to actually divulge this thought aloud.

ArianaBlack · 02-14-2021, 07:36 AM

Oh, hey! There he was!

Edric took Jasper by surprise, but he still greeted his friend with a big wave (look, baba, one hand!). "Hey, sup dude?" He asked whilst on the up-swing. Hopefully Edric wouldn't mind starting with swings because Jasper was aiming to get all the way to the very top just to see if he could. Just like flying. He loved the feeling of wind against his face. He had his baba to thank for that, of course.

Leaning back for the sake of aerodynamics ... or something, he looked over and gave Edric a big grin. He was glad to see his pal joining in. Wouldn't have been as enjoyable if only one of them were swinging. "......"

Huh?

The ten year old looked up at the sky, trying to find whatever it was that Edric was pointing to, but all he saw were .... clouds? "What did you see, Edric?" Did he miss it!? Was there something COOL? Like dragons?

BanaBatGirl · 02-19-2021, 03:21 AM

Sup, dude? Edric nodded, feeling pretty sure he'd said wassup back at Jasper, but then completely losing his train of thought as he started to get absorbed in the swinging. He even forgot he was pointing a bit, because how high could he get, really? If he pumped his legs like so, back and forth a bit, and then up and down, and then swung waaaaaaaaay out and then back, and then up again, and then, but, come to think of it, he might actually need both hands for this, yus, he should really have BOTH his hands wrapped around the swing chains, because if he got high enough, if he really got up there, to the top, and then released himself from the swing at just the right mome----

"Huh?" Jasper? Ed tore his gaze off the cloud in the distance and forced it back to his friend. "I----" Oh, there was his hand, yes, he'd ultimately not moved it back to his swing yet. It was indeed still pointing up up and away. "I, uh huh, yeah. There's a hippogriff up in the sky, did you know?"

Had he seen it? Well? Had he?

ArianaBlack · 02-22-2021, 11:24 PM

Edric was real quiet sometimes, but that didn't really bother Jasper all that much. Dude was probably thinking big thoughts and it was nice to have a quiet friend. He didn't have a lot of those. Speaking of friends, it got Jasper to wondering. "Have you heard from Emm lately? We should send letters to her and Kizzy." His baba could help them send it off and everything. Maybe they could even stop by the owl post before they left Diagon Alley! Because it'd be better to do it sooner rather than later. Especially because Jasper was missing his friends big time (it was almost even worse this year knowing he was thaaaaaat much closer to joining them). Auntie Dora was great and all, but Stark School just wasn't the same without them. Being the oldest now, he was starting to feel like a babysitter.

Still looking at the sky, he searched for whatever it was that Ed was pointing at. Either he was really bad at pointing or he just really liked clouds. "A HIPPOGRIFF?!" His jaw dropped in excitement. "NO WAY?!?" Ed once again had Jasper's full attention... or rather, the sky did. "Where'd it go?" Because once again, Jasper only saw clouds. The disappointment on his face was plainly visible.

Aw, man! Did he miss it!?

BanaBatGirl · 03-04-2021, 05:01 PM

Edric was indeed a big thinker, not a big actor. Unless he had something stimulating to do, and then he could become quite hyper, one might say. A stimulating train of thought for him might include his FAVOURITE PERSON EVER, perhaps, Emmerson Cambridge!!!!!!!!!

Or was Kinsay James his favourite?????? He did, actually, enjoy spending time with her as much as (and sometimes more than) his cousin-of-sorts. Edric's little mouth fell open slightly as he considered this NEW floo of thought. Kinsay. What were Kinsay and Emmerson up to at Hogwarts right now? In this very moment? Could he write to them? Would the owl get to them? And how long would it take for an owl to get there? He wasn't very good at writing, he was afraid, and had rather poor pensmanship, as the tutors liked to say; Jasper would have to be the one to do the writing. And then perhaps Edric could be the one to acquire an owl for them. And then perhaps the owl would get the letter to Kinsay and Emmerson, but speaking of owls, and owl treats, did owls like spaghetti noodles? Or noodles of any kind, really, he cou---

"Yesh," the ten-year old announced in conclusion to all these thoughts. "I mean, no, I haven't heard from them, but I WANNA write to them, if you wanna write. I mean, do the writing for us, k?"

There, he'd managed to get the thought across quite well. See! The tutors didn't even KNOW what they were talking about.

Edric, meanwhile, had nearly forgotten all about the hippogriff clouds, as his attention had been diverted elsewhere. "Huh?" He continued swinging at a slow pace. "Oh yeah, um, it flew off." What he wanted to say was it was a cloud, but he read his friend's face and saw how down he looked. So he thought it best to change the subject. Ish.

"Is there a petting zoo at this park? D'ya know?" Sometimes there was. Sometimes there were animals in parks and if you were a kid and you were brave enough, you could just go up and pet the animals; ergo, there was a petting zoo in the park. It made sense to him.

ArianaBlack · 03-16-2021, 03:11 AM

Jasper wouldn't actually mind doing the writing. He had plenty to say (in general, but also about Hogwarts specifically). He had heard so many stories! Pretty much his WHOLE family had gone there - which was saying something because he had a big family. So. "That's cool with me," he shrugged without giving it much thought. "They'll want to hear from both of us though, so you've gotta say stuff too." He wasn't sure Ed would need the reminder, but sometimes he wondered if his friend lacked confidence or something. Jasper had plenty of it to go around.

He tipped his head back again, to gain more speed on the uptake before thrusting his feet back behind. Pro swinger. Was his dad catching all of this!?! Jasper would look back to check, but the angle wasn't really working for his neck (this didn't stop him from trying, of course).

And despite the distractions, he was still hung up on the hippogriff that he had apparently MISSED??? "Aw, man! Can't believe I missed it! Next time, you've gotta warn me quicker, Ed!" It was kind of weird. Jasper was usually so good at noticing things. Even though he always played as beater, coach always said he had the eye of a seeker. It was one of Jasper's favorite compliments. He was about to say as much too, but Ed was talking about petting zoos now and it felt like the moment passed, so Jas reluctantly let it go. There'd be other times to mention it. Maybe he already had.

"Uh, I don't think so, dude. Park's not that big. There's a REALLY cool slide though. It's super fast." The most desirable quality in slides. "Wanna do that?"

BanaBatGirl · 04-09-2021, 02:22 PM

"Yeah I'll say stuff," Edric answered promptly, only half-remembering and half-forgetting exactly what stuff he'd wanted to say to Kinsay and Emmerson just moments ago, but his little chest puffed out slightly with the confidence that he could, in fact, say stuff. And then have his buddy write it down. And then, right, if they did this letter-writing soon enough, they could probably still have time for noodles for lunch and hippogriff clouds after that. Or whatever.

Um wait. Did Jasper want him to say the stuff now? He nearly fell off his swing as he lost concentration in swinging and spent too much time focusing on Jasper and how his neck was doing that thing and that tipping and like.... whoaaaaaaa! His buddy was super cool. Jasper was very grateful to have a friend in Jasper Botros. Which reminded him; he took a deep breath and started in his high-pitched little boy voice, "I was thi---" oh never mind, hang on, they were going back to the hippogriff. "I WILL warn you quicker, my friend. I mean, I'll try. No promises. B---"

Oh, right, the animals. Edric's mind was a house elf's nightmare most of the time, just a load of jumbled thoughts and crisscrossed wires and etc. He literally could not manage to get a complete thought out sometimes, but it wasn't his fault. He was simply born to be a dreamer, alright. "Um, so, a slide, you say?" He shook his head so his stringy blonde locks parted to allow his eyes see. "Yeah, a slide sounds fun. We can do that instead. You're like, almost falling off your swing anyway." Said the boy who currently had half of his own gluteus maximus dangling off the swingset.

But wait. A little burst of neurons in said boy's brain reminded him that he actually needed to bring this conversation full circle. He hopped off the swing, taking Jasper's information about the slide to mean that they were going to go down the slide now, and cleared his throat. "Don't let me forget about the letter-writing. Okay? I really want to do that." He shoved his hands in his pockets and tilted his head this way and that way as his hair swished about a bit, and then gave a big grin to Jasper. "But let's slide first."

Yeah!

ArianaBlack · 04-19-2021, 03:25 AM

"Cool," this seemed to be enough to satisfy him as he continued swinging back and forth. Jasper didn't want Ed to think he wasn't paying attention to him, but Jas still continued to periodically look over to his dad. (Even though the angle made it hard). He had to make sure his baba was still looking. This was probably the highest that Jasper had ever managed on the swings. It felt like an important milestone and he'd want baba to see!

And hopefully Hassan wouldn't miss it the same way that Jasper had missed the Hippogriff. Speaking of which, he turned back to Edric in time for the not-promise. "Thanks, you're awesome." He really was, even though sometimes he didn't make much sense. Jas didn't seem to mind though. It was kind of fun trying to follow Ed's train of thought sometimes.

And for the record, Jasper was so not falling off the swing. He was just doing a really good job at thrusting forward and pulling back at all the right times. Swinging was almost as dynamic as Quidditch, but it wasn't nearly as fun. Before he had the chance to say all this though, Ed had already hopped off, which meant that Jas had to do the same. Wanting to show off a little, he didn't wait to slow down and instead timed his jump so that he went bounding for the ground right when the swing reached its highest point!

ANNNNNNNNNNND!

He stuck the landing - which wasn't really much of a surprise because he was usually good at these things. The jolt of his feet hitting the ground sent a little pain up his legs, but he did look mighty proud of himself despite this. Did his baba SEE that!? "I won't let you forget, Ed!" He flashed the boy a toothy smile, before then looking over to the slide.

With a mischievous glint in his eyes, he took a deep breath, before then calling out, "Last one to the slide is a rotten dragon egg!!" And then, naturally, he took off, speeding towards it.

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