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Jul 3, 2018 15:21:43 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 15:21:43 GMT -7
Oct. 30th, 2024 Callisto had a brilliant idea... or maybe it wasn't that brilliant but it was something. She decided to get Rory and Mina to go to the Haunted Hogwarts with her, and Shawn of course. she thought Rory would be a good influence on Mina. And with Emmy gone and Rory not knowing where he stood with her, it wasn't the worst idea to think that Mina and Rory could maybe hit it off, but Rory wouldn't just sleep with her and bail so that was a great thing. Really, Callisto thought his influence could be really great if Mina let it... that was the hard part. Still, the three of them were to meet on the Hogwarts grounds near the entrance to the school where they had to go through a security gate to be let into the event. Callisto thought the idea what the students put something on for the adults was really cool, albeit a little dangerous. She wasn't the biggest fan of Halloween, but it seemed like Shawns sort of thing and he was teaching at the school anyway, so she knew that's how he'd heard of it. Once her, Mina and Rory got through security Shawn would be on the other side to show them the sites of the event. She came separately from Mina, coming straight from work. She didn't wear a halloween costume, but she'd adjust her outfit if Shawn really wanted her too. She could add cat ears or something. @rory or mina pandora oliveira first then shawn lesley ashcroft third :>
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Jul 3, 2018 16:50:34 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 16:50:34 GMT -7
Rory was excited. He wasn't entirely sure what was going on at the school, but he'd heard from Shawn that the students were planning something and Callisto invited him to come and see it with her. He loved going to Hogwarts, and was excited to see what the students came up with to celebrate Halloween. He made it through the day at work, and once it was done apparated straight to Hogsmeade, taking the path to walk back up to the entrance to Hogwarts. That was where he was supposed to meet with Callisto, right? As he approached, he smiled when he saw her already there. "Hey Callisto," he said with a big smile. "Are you ready to see what all those kids came up with?" Rory quirked an eyebrow at her, teasing. mina pandora oliveira shawn lesley ashcroft @callisto
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Jul 4, 2018 9:20:20 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Jul 4, 2018 9:20:20 GMT -7
10.30.2024 Going back to Hogwarts was always an experience. Having Callisto ask her to join her there for the Halloween event the students were putting on? Duh she was going. That wasn’t even a question that needed to be asked. Trekking through the halls once again was something she had been yearning for over the last few years. She had gotten close during the previous term, having tried to convince Imogen to let her back in for a few minutes following one of the tournament trials, but apparently she was too drunk for that. In her opinion there was no such thing as too drunk: one was either sober or drunk. She could debate that getting sick everywhere could start to constitute being overly drunk, but that only happened to people when they were idiots and didn’t eat enough or hydrate properly. Mina wasn’t an idiot in that regard.
Today, though, it was impossible for her to get any bevs in her from when work ended and the time she was supposed to be at Hogwarts. There wasn’t even enough time for her to change into a costume, which supremely bummed her out. Walking the dog and making sure she was set until they got home was more important than a costume, unfortunately. Popping her way over to Hogsmeade, Mina joined the throng of adults heading towards the school. How she was expected to find her sister in this mass was beyond her. Now if she found Shawn first, that would be funny. Devilish grin on her face, she completely disregarded the meeting place outside the school and went through security. Cal chewing her out probably wouldn’t happen in front of Shawn, or in public for that matter.
As she was ushered further into the entrance hall, Mina couldn’t help but take in everything the students had done to the castle. It was impressive. Halloween had always been cool, the floating jack-o-lanterns and the ghosts making their rounds more often. But this, this took the cake for sure. How come they hadn’t done something like this during her time here? Maybe she would have been more inclined to pay attention in class if she had been allowed to let loose every so often. With her head turning in all directions, trying to take as much in as possible before Callisto got to her, Mina realized she had made it pretty far in, and that Shawn and her sister were going to be near the entrance. Slowly heading back the way she came, pinpointing the backside of Shawn’s head wasn’t entirely difficult thing to do. “Excuse me Professor Ashcroft,” she said as innocently and school-girl like as possible, tapping him on the shoulder as well, “I think I got separated from my sister. Do you think you could help me find her?” The real kicker would be Cal’s face when she saw Shawn standing there, Mina hanging onto his arm dangerously. What a great night already!
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Jul 5, 2018 0:11:19 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Jul 5, 2018 0:11:19 GMT -7
It would be a lie if Shawn said that he didn’t enjoy Halloween. It was possibly his favorite holiday in fact . Most people jumped right to Christmas but Shawn never grew up with very many merry Christmas’. His family was pretty poor while he was growing up and his father was... less pleased by the holiday it’s self. Yet Halloween was just right for him, the costumes, the pranks and the free candy. Everything spoke to him as a child and still did as an adult even if he had come to terms with the fact that he couldn’t eat candy like he used too. So when he heard that the students would be setting up certain events for Halloween for the general public he was totally behind it. He couldn’t really help them plan anything and Shawn didn’t really want to either, he wanted to be surprised by whatever the students had going on also.
On top of it just being Halloween, Callisto had also agreed to come to Hogwarts to check everything out. She also told him that she had invited Rory and Mina. He didn’t have a problem with it but it did make him realize he had forgotten to invite them himself. Especially Rory who he had already told about the event. Yet it had all worked out anyway so he wasn’t to hard on himself about it. Once the event was about to start Shawn made his way toward where they were supposed to meet up. He was already in costume of course as he had worn it for most of the day. It was hard to pass up having an excuse to walk around as an cowboy. Yet on his way he was stopped by a familiar voice and tap on his shoulder. The voice was familiar but the tone and words sounded like something a student might say to him. Once he turned around it was obvious that it was the voice of Callisto’s sister Mina. She continued what he assumed was just a joke saying she lost he sister and needed help finding her. “Well little lady, I imagine we’ll find this lost sister of yours over yonder.” Shawn replied with the smallest of smirks attempting to act as serious and in character as he could. “Shall we mosey on?"
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Jul 12, 2018 15:15:41 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 15:15:41 GMT -7
Rory arrived and Callisto smiled at him briefly and then continued scanning the crowd. "Yeah, yeah, I'm sure it'll be fascinating," she said halfheartedly. She groaned and looked lifted onto her tiptoes, looking over the people getting ready to go inside. "Where the hell is my sister? She's late, Shawn's probably already waiting for us," she turned away from the crowd in order to try and see through the security gate to see if Shawn was on the other side waiting for them. "Do you see hi-" her eyes narrowed and her fists slowly clenched by her sides. Mina was already on the other side, hanging onto Shawn and smiling like the evil little min she was. "She's already over there," she said through gritted teeth. "Come on," she grabbed Rory's arm and pushed toward the front so they could get through. Once they got through, Callisto glared at her sister and slowly approached, tightly squeezing Rory's arm, probably harder than she should have been... @rory mina pandora oliveira shawn lesley ashcroft
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Jul 13, 2018 11:32:14 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 11:32:14 GMT -7
Callisto seemed a little distracted when Rory arrived, saying it would be fascinating, but not really sounding interested at the same time. He gave her a quizzical look and then glanced around. Was he missing something? Or were they meeting with someone else? Callisto groaned and Rory decided to just wait. He was sure she'd explain in a minute or something. Then she mentioned her sister. Ahhhh. Her sister was coming too. Rory didn't know anything about her sister; he and Callisto hadn't talked about her family at all. Then she mentioned Shawn waiting for them and he started to look for his friend. He spotted Shawn just as Callisto cut off, and he thought he knew why. A girl was holding onto his arm, which was weird. He hadn't really talked about it with either of them, but didn't Shawn and Callisto ...? "That's your sister?" Rory asked as Callisto grabbed his arm. He was pretty sure it was, considering how annoyed she was, but he figured it was better to be safe than sorry. "Are you okay?" He whispered as they approached. Her grip on his arm was really tight, not that Rory would say anything about it. "Hey Shawn," he greeted with a smile before looking at the girl. Wait. Didn't he know her? She looked really familiar and he had a thought ... didn't she have a dog? He vaguely remembered helping a girl with a dog ... "Don't I know you?" He asked after a second, trying to remember her name. Had he even learned it? Probably. He remembered her dog's name, if that helped at all ... Titania. Lot of help that was. mina pandora oliveira shawn lesley ashcroft @callisto
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Jul 21, 2018 23:13:53 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Jul 21, 2018 23:13:53 GMT -7
10.30.2024 Shawn reacted to her exactly how she had expected him to. They were basically on the same wavelength, so that made it easy. Even easier when it came to getting on her sister’s nerves, and from the looks of it, that was exactly what was going to be happening. “We can mosey on up to your office if you’d like...Professor,” Mina crooned tactically, making sure to add a couple eye bats in there as well. Shawn was perfect for this. How’d she get so lucky? The best part was that she could feel the daggers Callisto was shooting at her from across the entrance hall, the rage of a stampeding bull heading in her direction on a war path. Cal had some other guy by the arm as well, and Mina managed to raise an eyebrow at her sister as they approached, trying to figure out what this was. Did she just grab any old dude that happened to be passing by to try and make her jealous for some reason? That didn’t make sense, but this was also Cal they were talking about here.
The new guy her sister was hanging onto seemed to know Shawn as well though, and Mina looked up at the professor before turning back at the man. She knew him from somewhere. And as if it were magic (thinking about magic working like that always made Mina giggle), he voiced her thoughts. “In what capacity, friend?” Mina asked, grinning slightly to try and make Cal uncomfortable. If she implied that she had slept with this guy, it would make it even better than it already was. Hanging onto her sister’s boytoy and possibly having banged her new sidepiece. It was perfect. “Was there a dog collar and leash involved in it?” she continued, now putting it together. This was the guy that helped her with Titania that one day when she was being a stubborn brat. Some sort of lesson was supposedly learned from that, if she remembered correctly, but it hadn’t been applied much after their encounter. Oh well. Making Cal furious was more important anways.
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Jul 24, 2018 23:48:15 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Jul 24, 2018 23:48:15 GMT -7
Shawn just laughed as Mina suggested where they could go instead. “No thanks ma’am, while there are a number of reasons why, The biggest one being I’ve taken a shine to your sister. Also I enjoy having all my limbs still attached to my body.” He joked at the end while trying to stay in character but he was already expecting Callisto’s reaction to her sister having found him first and her being attached to his arm like so. Still he wasn’t making any attempt to have her let go, he’d also like to see this play out. He knew Mina was just playing up this role to annoy her sister anyway. Why deprive them both of the fun?
It wasn’t long till he could see Callisto and Rory making their way over. Oddly enough Callisto has decided to grab Rory’s arm just like Mina had been grabbing his. Shawn might have thought she was trying to make him jealous if he wasn’t busy holding back from laughing at the glare on Callisto’s face which was directed toward the girl wrapped around his arm. “If you want to run I can try and buy you some time missy. I don’t have my lasso on me but I can at least give you a few seconds.” Shawn attempted to stay in character for a moment longer while whispering toward Mina. It wasn’t long till the four of them were all together. Rory greeted him and Shawn just smiled, “Howdy partner, I see you were guided here by this little lady.”
Rory then began to talk to Mina and it seemed they knew each other. At least it kind of did but from the questions Mina was asking it looked like she had forgotten Rory for the moment. “Wow Rory, dog collars and leashes? I don’t believe I want to hear anymore of these details. I’ll just be taking my girlfriend and you two can work this out.” Shawn laughed after saying that, he wasn’t expecting anything too bad knowing Mina did own a dog after all. Still he couldn’t help but make the suggestion and see Rory’s reaction. “This was her idea.” Shawn mouthed silently while looking toward Callisto just happy to see her once more.
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Aug 10, 2018 7:08:15 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2018 7:08:15 GMT -7
Rory questioned the girl Callisto was marching toward, trying to clarify that she was indeed Callistos sister. Cal nodded, "yup," she said, her voice snappy and harsh. Not toward Rory, of course, but toward the fact that yes, sadly, that was her sister. Her sister with Shawn. Rory asked if she was okay and Callisto nodded, "oh, just fine," she said through gritted teeth. Very convincing. When they reached the two, Shawn greeted Rory, referencing Callisto as 'this little lady'. She wanted to smile at his funny cowboy accent, but she was too busy staring daggers at Mina. Then Rory spoke to Mina and.. apparently they had met before? But at the mention of dog collars and leashes Shawn butt in, saying he didn't want to hear the details. Then Shawn added that he'd just be 'taking his girlfriend' and Callistos face immediately flushed bright red. She tore her dagger eyes away from Mina to smile at Shawn. "Yes, I think that'd be good," she said, finally releasing Rory's arm and stepping forward. She didn't really believe in public displays of affection, or even most private ones, but she still stepped forward and kissed Shawn on the cheek, standing in front of him with a hand on his chest. She looked over at Mina, "so, you made it," she said flatly. mina pandora oliveirashawn lesley ashcroft@rory
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Aug 13, 2018 17:52:30 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 17:52:30 GMT -7
Callisto didn't fool him one bit when she said that she was fine. It was quite obvious to Rory that she was upset, and when he thought about it he decided that it was probably because Mina was being so familiar with Shawn. He knew that Callisto liked Shawn, but he didn't realize it was this much. Maybe he should talk to her about it at another time. It didn't seem healthy for her to get so jealous ... then again, she probably wouldn't like him to intervene. Ugh, he'd see how he felt about it later. He chuckled, shaking his head at Mina's words and nodding at Shawn as he spoke. Rory couldn't quite tell if he was trying to smooth things over or if he was just being his "charming" self. Either way, Rory was glad he was here. He was about to say something back to Mina when she asked if it had anything to do with a dog collar and leash. "Yes, along with a very enthusiastic puppy," he answered. "How is she doing?" While his meeting with Mina had been very short indeed, he remembered her dog vividly. A beautiful puppy, that he happened to get along with very nicely. Also, maybe talking about her dog would help Callisto calm down a bit? Potentially not, but it was worth a shot, wasn't it? Rory rolled his eyes at Shawn's remarks, looking over at his friend and giving a fake glare, but saying nothing in resopnse. He didn't need Shawn to try and make this awkward too. Sure, when he and Mina ran into one another the first time it was a little odd, but they didn't need to extend that here. He smiled just a little as Callisto and Shawn drew closer to one another, Callisto giving Shawn a kiss on the cheek. Rory's eyes widened slightly. She must have been a bit more jealous than he expected, because he never saw that coming. He gave them a few seconds before clearing his throat and speaking loudly. "Okay, so are we all ready to go in? I'm interested to see what this Halloween event has in store for us." Really, he was quite excited. Even if this ended up being an awkward double date, Rory wanted to see what the students here came up with. mina pandora oliveira shawn lesley ashcroft @callisto
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Aug 28, 2018 21:37:40 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Aug 28, 2018 21:37:40 GMT -7
10.30.2024 “Boooo,” Mina pouted, letting go of Shawn’s arm and crossing her own in front of her chest. There wasn’t much time to get under Callisto’s skin before her Shawn-shield was taken from her. She knew she could get away with a lot more if he was on her side, but once Cal had her clutches on him things were going to be more serious and less at her sister’s expense. In other words, boring. “No, it’s fine. Knowing her, she’d lock me out of the apartment if I bolted. Better to let her think she’s won this time.” She shot a wink up at Shawn as she moved off to the side so Cal could get to her man. That was not a pairing she wanted to be stuck between. Grown adults going all goo-goo eyed at each other was kind of gross, though Mina was sure that her sister was equally nauseous when it came to the things she occasionally brought home. At least they were always gone the next morning. With these two she had the unfortunate habit of visualizing them all nasty and kissing each other, even when Shawn was cracking jokes and Callisto was yelling at her. There was no way she was going to ever do that to herself, and experiencing this basically sealed the deal on that.
While Shawn wanted to be spared the dog-collar conversation and Cal seemed to dismiss it as well, Rory decided to give the real answer. “Yep! She’s doing excellent. Still doesn’t listen to me, but neither do I, so it works in the end,” Mina laughed, hoping the self-deprecation hit everyone the right way. It always left a weird taste in her mouth, mostly because she wasn’t sure if her statements were depressing or funny. “Came right from work,” she responded, not bothering to look at her sister as she did so. “Unfortunately all the bars in Hogsmeade were crowded so I couldn’t get a few drinks before getting here. Would have made this waaaaay more enjoyable.” Snorting at herself, Mina gave Rory a thumbs up that she was ready to get going. For now, it was easier to tag-along and give color commentary, possibly antagonizing Cal’s love life more than she already did on a daily basis. Mina loved the simple things in life.
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Aug 28, 2018 23:33:57 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Aug 28, 2018 23:33:57 GMT -7
Shawn laughed as Mina boo’d about having to let go of his arm. Knowing full well she just wanted to annoy Callisto just a little bit longer. While Callisto was his girlfriend now it wasn’t like he himself wasn’t a stranger in spending time annoying her. It was literally how they met when they were both in school. “Don’t worry the night is still young, you might win at making her angry a couple more times before it’s over. I am contractually obligated to take her side though if it comes down to it.” Shawn laughed for a moment as he took his small turn at teasing Callisto. Realizing he had broken his terrible cowboy type accent already which a little sad but what could he do. Trying to do that all night would have just been a little much.
While Shawn was just joking and assumed a dog wasn't involved in whatever Mina and Rory were talking about it was that they did bring up a dog. It would have been just a little awkward if he was anywhere near close with his joke. Callisto said she was fine with him taking his girlfriend as she left Rory’s arm and walked closer to him. It was surprising that she actually kissed his check but he wasn’t about to complain. Callisto then commented about how Mina had made it and laughed slightly at her response. Stating she couldn’t find any place to get a drink at Hogsmeade before coming to Hogwarts. “We have the closet where we keep all our contraband we find at school. You could probably stock a whole liquor cabinet with what’s in there.” Shawn said laughing as if it was just a joke but it wasn’t too far from the truth.
Rory asked if they were ready to go and Shawn nodded. “I tried not to spoil too much of it for myself. I am worried with what they might have done to my classroom though.” Shawn explained, it was a valid worry as he might end up having to fix whatever they had done the next day. “Nice angel costume by the way.” He said to Callisto with a small smirk and a wink having a moment of fun with his compliment while they all got ready to go. Sadly he was the only one who was actually in a costume but like Mina they all probably came from work Shawn assumed.
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Sept 12, 2018 11:50:24 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 11:50:24 GMT -7
Rory and Mina talked for a moment, and Callisto was only half listening. Apparently the two had met while Mina was out with the dog, but there wasn't much more detail than that. Still, Callisto was sure that Rory could make a good impression on her... maybe. Or maybe Mina would just corrupt sweet Rory and Cal would be to blame. She wasn't sure if she could take that on her conscious. Mina acknowledged Callistos comment only verbally, saying that she came straight from work. Of course she brought up drinks and how that would make this more enjoyable... in a way Callisto actually agreed with that, but she wasn't going to tell Mina that. Shawn suggested the confiscated alcohol closet and Callisto quickly snapped her gaze back to his face to glare at him. "Don't encourage her," she said firmly. Cal didn't think he was joking. Knowing Mina... she would try to find that stash. As Rory asked if they were ready Callisto nodded, moving to take Shawns hand and walk beside him as they headed inside. He commented her 'angel' costume with a wink, which made her roll her eyes. "You're the only person who would say that," she muttered, shaking her head a little as well. They stepped into the castle and Callisto glanced over at the map of all the different things to do. "If anyone is hungry we could start with this.... Haunted Banquet thing," she suggested. @rory mina pandora oliveirashawn lesley ashcroft
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Sept 13, 2018 21:29:43 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 21:29:43 GMT -7
Rory laughed as Mina talked a little about her dog and how she didn't listen still, but it worked out. "As long as you two have an understanding," he teased, hoping she wouldn't take it the wrong way. Part of him assumed she wouldn't. Mina didn't really seem like the type of person who took too many things seriously. He listened as the others started talking about drinks, but didn't really say anything else. Rory was pretty content to watch and listen a bit, try to figure out the dynamic here before he was thrown into the middle of it. They all agreed they were ready and the group started making its way to the Castle. Rory found himself a little surprised when he noticed Callisto take Shawn's hand, but not too much. After all, Mina was just teasing her and it was obvious she cared a lot about Shawn. It made sense that she'd stay close to him now. He turned to Mina as they walked, "So, you have any idea what to expect here? I've heard the students have a bunch of different activities, but I've never really done anything for Halloween before." Rory wasn't speaking quietly, so Shawn and Callisto could join in the conversation if they wanted, but they also didn't have to. Once they made it inside, Callisto mentioned a Haunted Banquet and Rory started to nod almost immediately. "I'd love to get some food, if that's what the rest of you want." He was hungry, hadn't really eaten since work, but if the others had he'd just distract himself with whatever activity they chose and eat later. It wasn't really a big deal. mina pandora oliveira shawn lesley ashcroft @callisto
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Sept 30, 2018 20:50:11 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Sept 30, 2018 20:50:11 GMT -7
10.30.2024 Shawn’s statement about potentially making Cal angry a few more times tonight was totally feasible. If she was feeling it, Mina would have made it her goal. There would be other people she knew here anyways, so if worse came to worse she could shack up with an old classmate for the night. It was amazing how much cooler a lot of them were when they weren’t stressed out all the time or had their parents looming over them. And then there were the usual suspects that wandered into the bookstore who were still the same, never changing dull souls since the good old days of school. Like Callisto. She liked to assume that Shawn and Rory were cool dudes back in their day as well. Supposedly they all attended Hogwarts at the same time, but that would have placed her in her first year, and she barely remembered that year. It had been insanely overwhelming for her.
“Yeah don’t encourage me,” Mina agreed, with her sister of all people. “You’re supposed to be taking her side, remember?” But the idea was already planted. She didn’t recall there being a contraband closet back in her day, so either it was something new or so closely guarded by the professors that it had never been leaked to her before. “They might have wine with the food though,” she mused as the rest of the group discussed what to do next. Since she hadn’t had time to get drinks, she also hadn’t been able to get dinner yet. And what went well with alcohol? Food and people in scantily clad Halloween costumes. Mina hadn’t spotted anyone looking like they belonged in a strip club yet, but she was sure she would find someone eventually. Be it a succubus or a shirtless Hercules, she would find them. “So my vote is for food first.”
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