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"That's great," Rosemarie replied. She likewise switched to English. "Sure. Okay..." She apprehensively followed Sauvage right to the blue haired boy. She didn't know the others but was surprised to see one girl covered in fur. She did her best not to stare. The girl was sure Sauvage was asking the others and not her so she nervously hung back.

"'Ey, me name's Magnus," Magnus said. "Nice to meet you. Yeah I was just explaining to Paddy what parasailing is. Wanna give it a go?"

Zoe got her food from the buffet table not realising that Jona was on another part of the ship. She sat down to eat.

"Hm, I am not sure what zat is, but I am sure it is fun?" She said it as a question, looking to Fade and Paddy for a sign on whether or not it actually was. As an afterthought, she looked back at Rosemarie, wondering if she might know as a muggle-born.

@/Raven Slurping down a virgin pina colada and ordering some onion rings, Jona swumg his legs around on the tall bar stool chair. Where could Zoe be? Was she that slow? As his onion rings came to the table, Jona had the sudden thought that maybe during her running to meet him that she might've slipped and hurt herself. He quickly jumped to his feet and ran to find her - but not before grabbing his basket of onion ring to take with.

Toru was feeling a little overwhelmed at the size of the boat. They had followed instructions to get to their room, but was finding it impossible to retrace their steps back to the lowest deck where everyone was chatting. Instead they found themselves at the pool. It wasn't their intended destination, but it was a wonderful place to start. Any place was good if they could be in the water, even if it was chlorinated.

Fade’s hand went to his cheek when he felt the impact of the kiss. Magic was a strange and wonderful thing, he grinned at Sauvage trying his best not to blush. Soon enough she came over with her new friend trailing behind. “Hey there, I’m Fade.” He leaned over so he could see the pink-haired girl better, and waved before straightening back up. “Parasailing for sure!” He nodded enthusiastically at the group. “I’ve never tried it before, but flying is fun and we could get a better view of this monstrous ship. This place is freaking HUGE.” He stretched his arms in the air for emphasis on how big it really was, and noticed the same girl and boy from their Hogsmeade visit earlier in the week lingering toward the edge of the large room. Maybe they would want to come too. Fade waved toward them.

"That sounds like a weird form of flying," Paddy replied, "it does look like it'd be fun, and the water would give a better landing than solid ground." Paddy smiled as Sauvage and Fade approached, along with a girl she didn't recognise. "Hey, I'm Paddy," she said to the new girl, "are you new at Hogwarts?"

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Niamh looked round, surprised to be addressed so formally, "erm yeah," she replied, "I wondered if you could explain what paddleboarding is, please"

Lorcan looked around and heard a boy () say the words 'Parasailing'. He had seen tourists at the island do this and he was curious about it. Maybe he could try it here as well. In fact, he had never thought about trying it at home. It was not that his father would disapprove...but it seemed like a strange activity. But he enjoyed flying, so he could give it a try.

Elizabeth was thinking about following Lorcan for a moment, they still had a lot to catch up, even though they had studied at the library pretty often by now, but parasailing wasn't her thing at all, so she fell back and was glad to spot Zoe. () "Hello Zoe!", she replied, "Swimming sounds nice. The pools look very comfy." And harmless, she added in her mind as open water was always a little frightening to her. She sat down next to her, grabbing a small plate with fruits from the table. "We never had something like this before. It's really exciting!", she said.

Rosemarie was shyly looking at the others not sure how to respond. Then Magnus and Fade introduced themselves and she blushed a little. “Hello,” she said with her German accent. “Rosemarie is my name.”

“It’s brilliant! We went over the Christmas break,” Magnus said about parasailing. “Yeah it’s massive and swanky.” He grinned. “Let’s all try it out then! C’mon EVERYONE!” He started running to the area with the operator.

“Hello,” Rosemarie said shyly to Paddy. “I-I would start next term. The staff said I can come and look around. See the students since mine English is not the best.” She blushed.

Zoe was blissfully unaware she had worried Jona by eating in the ballroom. "Aye, isn't it," Zoe said to Elizabeth. "This is really good food." She was impressed. "I've nee been on something like this either. We'll have a lot of fun."

THe man smiled. “It’s very similar to a canoe except you are standing.” He showed a video Demo

Elizabeth smiled. "Me neither. The ship, I mean.", she said and ate a piece of pineapple, looking around. "The ballroom seems nice. Pretty spacious. I hope it's not impolite to ask, but do you dance?", she asked Zoe and looked at her. "Scotland has a lot of traditional dances. I had to learn the Pride of Erin Waltz lately...", she added and left the sentence open.

"Yes, I agree, it's very lovely." Zoe was taken a little by surprise at the question. "Aye, I know how to dance, but I have nee danced with a boy before." She had never actually ever been on a date before either. "Did ye like it?"

Callista had decided to wear a more daring swimsuit this time. She couldn't leave Sabrina in the castle unattended for two days, but she had the serval on a harness again. After acquiring breakfast for both of them, she found Zoe and Elizabeth.

"I noticed the ballroom too. Do you think they will put on a dance for us tonight? That would be fun."

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Elizabeth smiled. "Once I was familiar with the steps, it was quite an enjoyable dance. But it's easy to learn. However... I still have a book with instructions back at the Slytherin dormitory.", she explained and blushed a little at the last sentence. She looked up then. "Hello Callista! Good to see you.", she said. "Well, I hope the ballroom is not purely decorative. Would be a waste."

"Your English is much better than my German," Paddy replied with a smile, "the most I can say in German is 'good morning'." She noticed Magnus sprinting towards the operator, "coming?" she asked Rosemarie, before heading in Magnus' direction.

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Niamh hadn't come across canoeing before, but the video looked pretty neat. "That sounds like fun," she said, "what gear do I need other than the board & paddle?"

Toru eased into the pool, unsure of how cool the water would be. They were used to swimming in the icy waters of the lake after all and they were not wearing their wet suit. The water of the pool was actually quite warm from the sun and it wasn't a harsh transition. The Hufflepuff decided to bask on the steps of the pool for a while since the sun felt amazing and the water was a nice contrast. They would move of course if anyone else wanted in to swim.

It sounded like almost everyone was still below them, as their voices carried to the pool. Perhaps someone would join them soon?

Blade made his way around the ship and upon reaching the pool, he spotted a very happy Toru. “I should pretend to be surprised to see you up here,” he said in a droll voice. “Mind if I join? A dip in the pool sounds nice.” He sat his iphone on the table near the pool. Might as well let the sun charge it. He took off his shirt and neatly folded it before setting it on the table and easing into the pool.

“Nothing wrong with keeping the instructions,” Zoe said. “Glad ye like it though. I’m sure they’ll have something here.”

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“Aww thanks you,” Rosemarie said. She nodded. Might as well. “It sounds fun.”

“Well we’d give you a lifejacket too, just to make sure you’re safe and we have lifeguards watching as well. Want to give it a go?”

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"It really would," said Callista, "and I'm itching to get Wayland out on the dance floor if possible. Did everyone bring a dress? And thanks, Zoe. I've worn more swimsuits this year at school than I have in the last five!"

She looked up at the glass bottom of the pool above. That...was a little nervous-making. There was Toru--she waved to them, and made sure that they saw the serval was properly harnessed.

Callista had looked up a talk-to-animals spell and done her level best to impress upon Sabrina that they both had to behave if they wanted to stay at the yacht party. Fortunately, nobody had set up an apparently unattended display of tiny prey animals to tempt the serval to misbehave. Whose idea had that been?

And Sabrina loved swimming in pools. There might not be anything to hunt in a pool, but there was also nothing that would bite or pinch back.

Toru gave him a slow smile as he joined them in the pool. "H-Honestly, y-you should know I'd b-be the first to f-find water." They scooted over so Blade to could utilize the steps to get in the water. "A-Are you doing o-okay?" They asked their best friend quietly so nobody around would be able to hear.

They saw movement below them and they realized that the pool had a glass bottom and they could see into the floor below. Toru waved back at Valiska who had been getting their attention. They gave an "OK" symbol to indicate they saw Sabrina was harnessed.

"Ye have it bad for Wayland don't ye?" Zoe asked. When asked if she brought a dress Zoe shook her head. "I did nee. But it won't matter anyway. Nee one will ask me to dance." She said it so casually.

Blade gave Toru an arrogant smirk before slipping into the water. It was perfect temperature. The question surprised him a little. "Of course. I'm happy to be out of the castle and swimming. Got my music to listen to. Had to leave the fish at the castle and Mavis wouldn't enjoy it here I don't think. But the other pets came. Even Imp came." He had not wanted the pygmy puff but it adopted him. "Why are you not okay?"

Toru shook their head softly. "I-I'm okay. We just h-haven't gotten t-to talk much s-since the lake." They said with a small smile. They were going to be worried about Blade for a while. "M-Mum d-did ask if I k-knew anyone w-who needed a j-job over w-winter break, if you wanted t-to pick up s-some money d-during the holiday...?" They added quietly so nobody could overhear.

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"Well, yes, I like him." Callista smiled. "He shares a lot of my interests. That's important, you know." She grinned at Toru through the glass bottom of the pool, then looked back to Zoe.

"Why don't you think anyone will ask you to dance? We can do a little charms and transfiguration on some of your clothing and perhaps some of mine if you want to dress up, or at least dress up the outfit you already have on. There are flowers in your hair--that's a start. You might be surprised! Is there no one you like enough to dance with? It's a dance, not a proposal of marriage--and, well, it is 2018, no reason you can't ask someone yourself."

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Right the lake. Blade had told Toru his little secret. He had been disowned. He made a vague grunt. "I'll think about it." He didn't see it as a possibility. He'd have to buy floo powder and find a floo which he could go to on his days of work. It would be hard. He also didn't think there were many places he could camp in the middle of London. It just didn't seem plausible.

"Oh I see. I do nee really know him," Zoe admitted. She shrugged. "Nee one's ever seemed the slightest interested in me. It's okay," she said. Her ask someone to dance?! "Holy crabmonkeys are ye kidding?!" She was thirty shades of red. How the hell could she ask a boy to dance? And what boy anyway? There were several here it was true but a large number of them were already dating.