She almost smiled when Cardigan began doodling rain clouds above her depressed little figure. Almost. "What if I don't want to feel better, though?" Alice was so much better at being a grouch than a sunshine-filled bubble, to be honest, and it took a lot less effort.

"I mean.. you could go there if you want." It was an activity, and she wasn't keeping anyone from participating there, right? That definitely wasn't supposed to happen. The sixth year had just wanted to whine a bit was all. "But...... um... thanks?"

Alice would never understand perky people. Never ever.

Grinning even more at his lame pun, Alice followed his bubble with her eyes. Were they all going to end up that big? "If I were you, I wouldn't be making anymore bets against me, seeing as you're already losing the first." Because he was. Totally was.

"Are you going to teach me how to use one of these, though?" She wiggled the bubble wand at Mo for emphasis, dipping it back into the soapy water. If he could blow one bigger than his head, Alice's had to be the size of... like... Ascanius' head. Nothing was bigger than that.

Mmm, yes, finally. Here was the Head Girl with her SNACKS. If Alice's mood had already improved immensely, it was nothing compared to the pure glee she felt reaching for one of Kat's sandwiches. The sixth year didn't even check to see what was inside of it, just dug right in. Which she began to regret in the next few seconds or so.

..... was.. was that... turkey?

"Kat." Don't panic. Don't panic. "What's... in these?"

Cat didn't even get a finger wiggle back, because did she SEE the turkey too? No. No. Mo and his girlfriend were getting no acknowledgement at the moment, because freaking out was happening at the moment. Alice hadn't lost. She couldn't have.

Nope.

Hadn't.

BUBBLES!!!

There were BUBBLES.
Ariana Liked bubbles and surely she spent no time at all picking up a bubble wand and twirling with it letting the bubbles blow freely in the wind. She watched some of the bubbles on their journey up and through the trees as the wind carried them. It was sad that bubbles had such a short life span, they we're so pretty and mesmerizing with how they caught the rays of the sun and showed every color of the rainbow on their surface. they were pretty. nad she needed more.

Minerva was walking back to the Gnomes when she noticed someone at the bubbles and made a quick detour. She still had a few minutes before she had to be back at the Gnomes and give Theo a break. Laughing a bit as she watched best friend enjoying the bubbles Minerva grabbed some of her own.

Walking towards her Min blew some before making her presence known and watching them fly around Ariana. "Hey" She finally called out to her friend. "Having fun?" Well at least she hoped the seventh year was. She blew a few more bubbles of her own.

Feeling a tad bit childish doing it she still was enjoying it. "This is kind of fun isn't it?" Blowing a few more while standing there. "Have you been to any other stations yet? We have some good ones." All of them were great really. Plus the food, well she would tell Ari not to go near that after her run in with Gaston.

She was giggling and twirling and giggling some more having more fun than shed probably admit too with the bubbles. She dipped her wand in the soapy solution once more and was about to twirl again when more bubbles appeared out of no where! she opened her eyes wide before spinning around to see no one other than her best friend. "Minerva, you could of given me a heart attack" could of, but she didn't. Ariana nodded enthusiastically at her question before responding "it IS! i loved bubbles as a child, mainly cause it was one of the few things i could do in the house." Min knew her story and why that was significant so she really did enjoy them. " none yet. I was making my way down there when i found the bubbles." and well, bubbles took over and here she was. " what other things are going on?
"

Min laughed, "Let's not be overly dramatic now." She knew she hadn't snuck up on her that bad, did she? Blowing a few more bubbles she nodded, "Yeah I know." She knew everything about Ariana Logan, there wasn't a secret kept between the two of them. Ari knew everything about her as well. "Bubbles were always a fun thing at my house too. Jacob loved them." She could remember her little brother running around with them and mostly spilling them all over the other toys.

She smiled, "Well I'm working the Gnome toss, that seems to be going well. I think I'm the only one that's been bit." Which was a good thing in her eyes, she was the leader there no one should be getting bit under her watch. "There is also a roller rink, bumper brooms, and a picnic area, but Ari.. be careful eating or drinking anything. That french guy that gave Claudette and Alexa a love potion was around the food. I just don't trust him." Really she didn't trust that he hadn't put something in their food before she confronted him and since Claudette felt the same her suspicion was very high.

"No one's being over dramatic." at least she wasn't, Min really did make her skip out of her skin practically. she spun around and let some more bubbles free and looked up at them as they flew into the trees and bushes. She wondered if the birds like them, or if they were terrified of them. Poor birds, must be hard living in these trees today if they were scared of them. She then smiled at Min as she mentioned her brother. " oh im sure he did." she didnt like that she never got the chance to meet her best friends little brother or her parents but they still meant the world to her if if she only knew them through stories.

"Gnome toss." she raised an eyebrow at her, "that sounds terrifying." gnomes we're no fun. She dipped her wand back into some bubbles as she heard the word bit. "You got bit!?" call her a worry!wart but she didnt like that." Are you ok?" was she hurt did she need the healer!? " well, thankfully i dont plan on eating anything today, yeah?" she said the world today but only meant the event though she knew min would give her crap about it anyway so she didnt even try to redeem her words casue she knew what was coming.

And there was the Head Girl, who so generously came bearing gifts of food. Mo waved his bubble wand at the girl and grinned broadly in welcome. Of course she had food. Kat was a smart cookie, and smart cookies knew that the way to a Mo's heart was through his stomach.

"I'll have a sandwich in a minute. I have to fully trounce all comers at bubble blowing first. D'you fancy a go?" He carefully blew a mid-sized bubble, which shimmered purple and green before bouncing off toward the castle. Pretty!

And girlfriend brought food too? Mo decided to go for girlfriend food instead of Kat food, if only for the sake of his sanity. And because something made by Cat was 100 times better than what the kitchens had managed to produce.

"I can blow a bubble bigger than you. Here... you stand in the middle between me and Alice, and we'll try to blow a bubble big as you. Or... I bet I could put you IN a bubble." He could. Take that Ace.

"It isn't over until it's over," Mo responded absently. He was busy, okay? He was busy trying to figure out how to make a big enough bubble, and how to put Cat IN a bubble, and how to teach Alice to blow bubbles.

How did Alice not KNOW that already? "You just make sure there's a film of soap on the bubble wand, and then you blow gently. It pushes out the film and captures your breath inside." Pause. "Do you suppose you could use bubbles as a dispersion device for aeresolized potion?"

That wasn't a smile, but Kat knew that it made him a bit better. It also lightened up the Head Girl's mood. Mission accomplished, she thought. "That's much better." Sad Slytherins made the Head Girl sad too. Just saying.

Yeah, so he did have a point. Being a student here for the past years, Kat understood how awful it felt like to be left by the friends she'd made. Now, it hit her too that she was the one leaving after this term ended. Merlin, why was this sad? Shouldn't she be happy that there's no more homework to stay up late for and classes to attend? "I won't be around here as a student next term, but I can visit," she said. She'd be able to have all the time in the world after graduation so why not come visit, right? There was Hogsmeade and Quidditch matches to look forward to.

"Sort of. It's nice to finally rest after seven years of mental battle," Kat said thoughtfully. Headaches and all, they weren't what she wanted to experience as a student. "But it's also sad cos I'll be leaving friends and some cool Professors. I'll be missing them, and also you." Because that was important. She will really miss one of her favourite firsties.

Well, SOMEONE looked starved. Kat sort of blinked when Alice reached out for a sandwich. Wouldn't blame her though. Manning the artist-ish section of an event was a lot of hard work. Or not. Maybe eating would just make up for the boredom that came with watching people blow bubbles and doodle on the wall with chalk. Yeah, totally nothing interesting at all.

Hmm. What's in the sandwich? Kat looked at the sandwich in her hand and took the loaf on top. "Uhm. I'm not sure. It looks like turkey." Or ham. Head Girl was clueless. She had no future on being a chef.

"Why? Does it taste weird?" She'd go to the Kitchen right now and complain about the weird-tasting sandwich if it was.
WE SAW YOU ARIANA LOGAN.

And because of that, the Head Girl blew a BIIIIIG bubble towards her dorm mate. That was her unique way of saying 'hello, I'm here so please come and entertain me?'

Okay, so sandwich later. Kat sort of set that aside for a while. They can go and grab a bite or two whenever they want. No big deal. She was a kind Head Girl, am I right? Kat nommed on her sandwich while watching the bubbles.

OH HEY, that was a pretty bubble. "Sure thing," Kat replied. She took a bubble wand (was that how they called it?) and blew a bubble. Hmmm... too small. It wasn't bigger than the one Mo made. "I can do better." Giving it another go, this time Kat blew a big bubble. Well, not exactly big, but it was bigger than Mo's. She beamed. Told ya.

She nodded and finished up the shadowing on the bag. "Yeah. We do make a pretty good team," she said, returned her focus to Cha and smiling. It wasn't much they were doing at the moment, and Mischa must be incredibly bored, but she appreciated the moment of camaraderie that was happening. Had been happening. She smiled more. Before returning happily to her sketch of Mischa.

Karina looked up from her drawing, a little startled, but not overly surprised that he had noticed and blushed. "Thanks," she said absently chalking the wall a bit more. She looked back up just in time to see his smile. What a wonderful smile. But he was teasing, so she just had to tease back.
"Are you sure about that? I thought that to say something clever you needed a mouth. If you had a mouth..." she squinted at his chin as if she couldn't see anything of interest there. What she said, or rather implied, was kind of mean... and she really hoped that her mock frown would cue him in that she was playing.

Cat giggled at Kat's dramatic catching of her kiss. She sure did like that Kat with a K. She was Cat's favorite, her and Ariana. The two older girls were sort of like sisters to her now, though sadly, they were leaving soon. She didn't like that part much at ALL.

Cat wiggled her basket again, "I switched out the turkey and ham to other people's baskets." Surely no one would mind having a surprise extra sandwich on their basket, right? "There's cucumber in here. I ate the grapes already, but apple and orange are there if you want." Cat leaned close to whisper then, "Plus, I smuggled things with me cause I didn't know what would be around that you could have." Mo needed to be fed, obviously. That was her job. She beamed at him and continued wiggling her basket. She liked having a basket. "I feel like Little Red Riding Hood."

She was going to bounce around with her basket when he told her to stay put so he could put her in a bubble. SWEET. "Oh. I want to be in a bubble and float all the way up there." She pointed towards the very highest spot of the castle.

Mischa decided he should start sketching Karina. The picture would not be complete without her. Without a second thought he began his sketch watching her closely so he could get the details right. Her pretty face was distracting him. Every time he glanced at her it kept getting more difficult to look away. When he got to her red hair he took extra time perfecting it. In his opinion her hair was her best feature. "Vou,'' Mischa stated unnecessarily. His sketch was not as great as hers but this was his best drawing he ever had done. Would Karina like it?

Mischa laughed. Of course he knew Karina was teasing. "Here vou can see better,'' he told her and leaned closer. As if something had completely taken him over he leaned toward her ever further and softly planted his lips on hers. He proved he had a mouth now.

K, then. Panicking was happening now. How could Kat FEED her turkey? Alice was about to call her out on serious betrayal before she realized the Head Girl had been totally oblivious to this little bet, and that she should have checked inside the sandwich herself before shoving it down her throat.

"... no. It's good."

Life wasn't, though. Life sucked. Merlinnnn.

She turned back to Mo idly, shoulders slumped. "There's turkey in my mouth." Did he want a visual aid, too? Peeling back the bread on top, Alice held out her sandwich to show him before stuffing more of it into her mouth in the most ladylike way as possible.

It WAS a really good sandwich.

"Aerosolized potion? You're going to aerosolize potion? What kind of potion? Think if that worked, it could be used for aerosolized unctions too?" Food in one hand and bubble wand in the other, she swallowed her mouthful before dipping it into the soapy water again.

"And after Cat comes back down from the castle, let me know so I can put her in a real bubble." 'Cause Mo's were no competition. Hmph.

Minerva couldn’t help but to continue to laugh, “Oh Ari, I just blew a few bubbles and you acted like I screamed boo or something.” She put her arm around her best friend, “I’m sorry.. forgive me?” giving her puppy dog eyes and then laughing again. “You know you will..” because best friend always forgave now didn’t she.

Minerva smiled as she blew some more of the bubbles watching them fly higher and higher. “This would have been perfect for him… Well I guess the him I remember.” He would have been older now, a second year to be exact so her memory of him was still when he was seven years old. “It would have been neat to have him here with us.” She shrugged as she continued with the bubbles, not worth thinking about since there was no way to change it.

Min just chuckled, “Really it’s not. The Gnomes just kind of fly and then stagger around. They come back for more it seems so they must not mind it.” She still wasn’t a big fan of it, but if others liked the event and it was the one she was assigned too, so she would continue keeping an eye on the gnomes. A chuckle left her at Ariana’s concerned, “Heck no I don’t have to see the healer.” Gosh she wasn’t seeing Tillstorm for a silly gnome bite. No way! “I’m fine, just some teeth marks is all.” She showed Ari her hand. Minerva huffed, but for once didn’t say much else to the eating. It was good that she wasn’t planning on eating anything at the event. She just didn’t trust Gaston. “I’ll make us something in the Kitchen later. Maybe pancakes.” She chuckled, because Ari knew her new love for pancakes.

Karina smiled at his sketch of her. And it wasn't half bad either, so she decided to add a bit of surprise to it. Her hand crept to her pocket and tugged out her cherry and korral wand to tap his finished sketch. Tricky work it was, this spell, but when she pulled away Sketchy Karina moved and smiled. It wasn't a perfect spell, Karina's hair on the left side seemed to get a little stuck every couple seconds and she wasn't animate like the portraits on the walls of Hogwarts and Durmstrang, but she moved!

Thankfully Cha had taken her teasing just how she expected, and hoped, and was laughing along with him when

He kissed her.

...and she might've kissed back.

It wasn't a very long kiss, but it sent thrills through Karina and was grinning when he pulled away. Well, he definitely proved that he had a mouth. A nice one too. For once after the first task Karina wasn't thinking about Ström in Mischa's presence, no she was thinking solely about Mischa and how she wanted to kiss him again. But not here. Here was too... public and her natural sense of suspicion caused her to look quickly around.
"That was..." she started over. "I like..." one more time. "Can we go somewhere else?" she finally got out, her laughter a bit nervous. That little stuttering speech scene wasn't like her.

But wait; what if he did that by accident and is now mortified? Or what if Ström put him onto her to see how loyal his girlfriend was? She didn't care. She turned back to the wall and Sketchy Mischa and quickly filled in his mouth because she couldn't bear to leave a drawing so unfinished before grabbing his hand and turning to go. He could stop her if he wanted.

"Nice touch,'' Mischa commented. Karina was always good with spells. It was not a perfect one but he liked watching his sketch move. Not as much as he liked watching the real Karina.

He thought Karina would pull away or object to the kiss but he was pleasantly surprised when she did not and what was even better was that she kissed him back. He wished it could go on forever but he was smiling when they parted. He smiled even more at her stuttering. It was so unKarina- like. But the understood. The kiss had flustered her. She had a boyfriend but kissing her felt so right.

"Vhere do you suggest?'' Mischa asked. Their sketching was done anyway.

All the way up THERE? Mo glanced up at the castle and made a face. "I don't know how to make you fly, Caterina. I was just gonna put you in a bubble. Maybe I can levitate it, though?" He considered the problem as he magically enlarged the bowl until it was big enough for her to stand inside.

"Gimme the basket, and we'll have a picnic after I make the biggest bubble ever. Can you stand here in the middle of the bowl?"

Oh. Mo was torn between excitement that he had WON the bet (HOORAY MEAT AGAIN) and despair on Alice's behalf that she'd lost for a stupid reason. He didn't even want to win for a stupid reason, like that Kat gave Alice the wrong sandwich.

He grabbed the next sandwich in the pile and shoved half of it in his mouth. "Tie. It's basically a tie. I win on a technicality, 'cause you would have given up soon anyway." It was a good sandwich. He was gonna make them curry and chicken again SOON, too, 'cause that was what Mos and Alices did.

"I'm asking if you can aerosolize it. And obviously you can. What unction would you aerosolize?" He waved Alice away, now that she was some sorta bubble expert and positioned himself to put Cat inside the big bubble.

Brodie walked up... Drawing this was his strong suit and he was actually kind of excited. He loved drawing and even if it was going to be kinda odd for others, he figured he might as well draw his bandmates. They were his closest friends after all, so why not? The seventh year picked up a couple of the chalks and started on Vikki, seeing how she was the easiest, and she was the only one with blonde hair... Well, aside from Leroy with his tips still being slightly blonde.

He smiled as he continued to work. He always did see art as his strongsuit but unfortunately that wasn't going to be getting him anywhere anytime soon. Right now he just had to focus on getting a job and getting a home of his own away from his parents and probably just work a minimum paying job alone until he could retire around seventy... Yeah, that was about all he expected for his future. With Vikki in America, Vince in the ministry, Rachel no longer being a friend, and Charlie, Leroy, and Nickolas all leaving for university he was basically losing everyone he cared about. Or at least the ones he could talk to anyways.