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Post by arianna on Aug 7, 2006 16:25:41 GMT -5
Sitting upon her bed, Arianna looked over the items in front of her: a pair of scissors, a box of thread and needles, and a bag stuffed with materials in a variety of colours. What to do with them now? Well, make a costume, of course. She would need one for trick-or-treating and for the dance, should she go.
"But what am I going to make?" Arianna asked herself, looking over everything once more. She couldn't decide. And there wasn't enough time to go all out like she had in the past.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Aug 8, 2006 0:24:28 GMT -5
Allegra came into the room, threw her books on the bed and jumped on after them. "Whatcha doing?" she asked amiably as she started changing out of her school clothes and into something more comfortable.
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Post by arianna on Aug 8, 2006 0:34:48 GMT -5
Pulling a piece of sheer orange fabric, Arianna held it up to herself and frowned. Nope, it wasn't going to work, either.
"I'm trying to make a costume," she replied, offering a grim smile in Allegra's direction. "But for the first time ever, I just can't seem to think of anything. I'm all costumed out."
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Aug 8, 2006 0:44:11 GMT -5
"Well, what kind of theme are you going for?" Allegra asked her as she held up a piece of sheer fabric. It was black and not her favorite color, but still very pretty with its delcate lacework and detail.
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Post by arianna on Aug 8, 2006 1:04:33 GMT -5
"I don't know," Arianna replied, tossing the orange fabric aside. She flopped back on the bed and sighed, feeling quite distressed over the whole thing.
"I thought about going with something to fit the theme of the ball," she explained, pulling a pillow onto her chest and hugging it, "I can't seem to get the costume right, though. I don't really want tons of blood and gore, though, either."
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Aug 8, 2006 1:14:48 GMT -5
"I'm not into the whole blood and gore thing either," Allegra answered as she slipped the black lace over her head and wrapped it around her neck. "Drew gave me a good idea, but I'm not sure I'm even going, so I may just save it for next year."
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Post by arianna on Aug 8, 2006 1:55:12 GMT -5
"Not going?" Arianna exclaimed, sitting back up quickly. She eyed Allegra with mild surprise, one corner of her mouth turned down into a half frown. "Why not? It'll be your last Halloween Ball! You've got to come! Or...or at least do something good to celebrate with us!"
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Aug 10, 2006 2:11:48 GMT -5
The last one. She had forgotten about that one small detail. "Well, then I guess I can't save it for next year, can I?" she sighed with a crooked, humorless smile. "But I'll be Trick or Treating for sure, so that's something, right?"
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Post by arianna on Aug 10, 2006 8:15:02 GMT -5
"Yeah.....I guess," Arianna shrugged, turning her attention to the stuff on her bed again. Despite trying, she couldn't keep the disappointment from her voice. She shouldn't really care, should she? It was Allegra's choice whether she wanted to go or not. It was the first time, that Arianna knew of, that Allegra would miss a dance and, well...she couldn't help but be disappointed.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Aug 10, 2006 10:41:23 GMT -5
"So I'll still need a costume, but it doesn't really need to go with the whole gory theme" Allegra continued, trying to be upbeat about the whole thing. It was true... this would be the first dance she would be missing in her whole time at Hogwarts and while she was tempted to just go, she couldn't help but feel it was better this way.
"So what are we going to do for your costume?" she asked, changing the focus off of her.
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Post by arianna on Aug 15, 2006 23:35:18 GMT -5
"I don't know," Arianna muttered, chucking the material back down on the bed. "And I've got to let Krissy know what I'm wearing by tonight....Man, this is such a mess. Why did I even say yes?"
Shaking her head, Arianna sighed. Next thing she knew, she had rolled over and leaned over the side of the bed, digging through the various piles of junk that lay beneath it. Perhaps she could find something under there that could possibly help her.
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Aug 16, 2006 0:11:56 GMT -5
"Wait... Tell Krissy by tonight for what?" Allegra asked as Ari dove under her bed. It wasn't long before odds and ends were being shoved out and Allegra searched through them for something they might use. "What did you say yes to?"
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Post by arianna on Aug 16, 2006 0:25:49 GMT -5
"She set me up on a date," Arianna's muffled voice replied from beneath the bed as she tossed paint brushes, old paint tubes, empty potion ingredient bottles, books, and parchments out. "I wouldn't be going otherwise, but I guess it's better than what I'd originally planned."
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Aug 17, 2006 0:48:07 GMT -5
"A date?" Allegra asked, dropping the potion bottle she was fiddling with. "A date! When did this happen? With who?" The who was the biggest question. Allegra hadn't been very fond of Ari's last beau.
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Post by arianna on Aug 17, 2006 0:56:27 GMT -5
"She insisted I needed a date," Arianna replied, crawling back out from under the bed looking quite a mess with her hair now ratted up and full of dust bunnies. She had found nothing useful as of yet and couldn't help feeling a little disgruntled as she plopped back onto the bed. "She's got it all set up, I guess. But she won't tell me who it is. Supposed to be a surprise or something."
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