#nox.event030

[dramaqveens]

❛   i came because they brought me and i don’t know how to get home from here.  ❜   @hoggleswart

diana's initial response was to stare blankly at justin as she was uncertain how she was meant to respond to such a statement. "i’m not sure what i’m meant to do with that information,” she ultimately responded. it wasn’t a particularly nice response, and it certainly wasn’t helpful, nor was it thought out - but it was nice. “do you think you can point me in the direction of one of your friends? or maybe tell me what they’re wearing?”

[ofzvbini]

              𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊   𝖟𝖆𝖇𝖎𝖓𝖎   ,   𝖘𝖔𝖔𝖓   -   𝖙𝖔   -   𝖇𝖊   𝖋𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗  and   well   aware   that   everyone   now   knows   this   fact   ,   moves   through   the   festival   grounds   with   ease   .   he   remains   unruffled   and   his   face   remains   remarkably   unshiny   despite   the   fact   that   everyone   else   in   the   surrounding   crowd   is   sweating   at   least   a   little   bit   .   some   might   call   it   magic   (   it   is   )   .   some   might   even   call   it   annoying   of   him   (   also   correct   )   .   but   years   and   years   of   being   a   somewhat   public   figure   has   taught   him   that   vanity   will   help   more   than   hurt   and   that   keeping   a   cool   head   in   the   court   of   public   opinion   is   the   best   and   most   amusing   way   to   face   the   backlash   .   he   is   not   of   the   opinion   that   he   has   ANYTHING   to   apologize   for   and   his   mother   did   not   stop   being   oliviette   zabini   when   she   took   on   the   role   of   mother  ,   so   he   fails   to   see   why   he   should   not   follow   in   her   footsteps   .   he   pastes   on   his   public   smile   ,   all   pearly   whites   on   show   in   a   grin   that   reaches   his   eyes   but   is   never   as   genuine   as   it   seems   ,   and   stops   the   next   person   he   sees   .   ❝   hey   there   ,   ❞   he   says   ,   smooth   baritone   at   odds   with   the   cacophony   of   instruments   coming   from   the   stage   .      the   look   he   gives   them   is   apologetic   for   interrupting   their   afternoon   .   ❝   you   wouldn’t   happen   to   have   seen   pansy   parkinson   around   ,   have   you   ?   i   seem   to   have   lost   track   of   her   .   ❞

[noxtms]

❝   AND NOW TO THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE’S LIPS : can we expect a weird sisters reunion at this years wrock en seine festival ? regulars and newcomers alike have been theorising for weeks as to whether or not the underdog headliner TOIL & TROUBLE may be the nfamous ( and only recently retired ) band under an alias, but it seems like we’ll be heading into the six day event without confirmation ! with camps divided down the middle between wix who think the reference is obvious and others who imagine it a little TOO much so, wwn reporter PAULA OGDEN reached out to ( ex ) lead singer myron wagtail to ask, though he remained tight lipped ! the mystery of it all has certainly aided ticket sales this year, but regardless of who walks out on stage come friday night, wrock en seine 2022 promises to be an event like no other !  ❞

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE :  

for over twenty years, wrock en seine ( name derived from the shortform of wizard rock and a play on the french for stage and the nearby seine river ) has been europe’s BIGGEST wix exclusive music festival, known for drawing in the biggest bands across the globe for six days of near non stop performances. located in the idyllic domaine de saint-cloud ( just twenty minutes from paris ), stepping into the andré le nôtre designed park once yearly is like stepping into another world, which for many, it is. the festival has a daily capacity of over 50,000 wix and shines a spotlight onto both musical heavy hitters & up and coming newcomers for the world to see across five individual stages. 

this year, wrock en seine takes place over the final few days of august and boasts close to sixty names signed to appear. there’s literally something for everyone, with the hungarian horntails being the most hotly anticipated new kids on the block and many experienced festival goers theorising that the mysterious headliner toil & trouble may just be the recently retired WEIRD SISTERS beneath a thinly veiled alias, though myron wagtail and kirley duke have so far declined to comment ! ticket holders can dedicate themselves to one stage or choose to divide their time between any number of all five, depending on their personal preference, and designated apparition spots have been arranged by the french government for wix to make their way across the site at speed - as well as discreet portkey spots for individuals arriving, daily. 

the city of paris and several nearby towns and villages are at the disposal of wix travelling for the occasion over the course of the event, though rooms in nearby hotels and bed & breakfasts sell out fast in the weeks leading up to the event and many end up availing of the makeshift campsites dotting neighbouring fields. muggles are compensated well for the use of their space ( and the subsequent obliviation ), and wix who rent out a spot for their tents must agree to a lengthy set of rules & regulations before they’re granted their permit, though not even the promised fines can stop hundreds of drunken wix. 

having seen what happened in england over the summer, the french government have taken great care this year to ensure the safety of their festival goers. law enforcement presence and magical security measures have been discreetly increased, with the hired staff having gone through a lengthy interview process under guise of ensuring better quality of staff in order to weed out anyone who might attempt to cause trouble. the list of prohibited items has been increased, too, and fines for being found carrying dark artefacts have been tripled. as long as they have anything to do with it, nothing will be getting in the way of their staple event. 

OUT OF CHARACTER :

finally, i get to give you guys an event i’ve wanted to do for a while ! wrock en seine 2022 is a very veiled reference to rock en seine, a real life music festival located in the west of france. for the purposes of nox, please imagine that the only one to exist is the wix version ! characters who are willing to spend a long weekend trudging through mud will be able to enjoy a variety of wix rock bands from across the globe, some of them fondly familiar and others new favorites just waiting to be discovered. per a muggle music festival, there’s the option of sleeping in comfort at hotels and bed & breakfasts in nearby towns and, of course, the more cost efficient option is to camp in the allotted areas. imagine the chaos of the world cup and then magnify it to account for way more people - british ministry workers should feel very lucky indeed that it’s being dealt with entirely by the french ! 

the event officially begins with the posting of this message and will run for two weeks, right up to the 9th of october. the in game date is the 26th through the 31st of august, with the festival closing out our summer.

you do not have to pause your current threads, provided that threads taking place over the course of the event are appropriately tagged and differentiated from them. this is a dash only event, but you can find a channel for festival wear on the discord ! 

all event related starters can be tagged with nox.event030 ! the location is saint cloud, france. characters that are attending can stay in tents in surrounding areas or, of course, rent rooms in nearby towns. 

if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to message the main with them ! please comment your favorite day of the week on this post to show you’ve read it ! 

[hcavyhead]

              ❝   𝒄𝒉𝒐   ,   𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆   .   .   .   ❞   𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔   𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒔   ,   𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔   held   out   at   his   side   in   bemusement   over   this   attack   on   his   character   .   the   bottle   in   his   hand   drips   condensation   over   his   knuckles   ,   only   still   chilled   because   of   the   spells   he’s   recasted   over   it   multiple   times   .   it   was   later   in   the   year   but   the   parisian   sun   beating   overhead   certainly   made   it   easier   for   drinks   to   grow   tepid   and   for   polyneices   to   start   REGRETTING   the   double   layer   of   trousers   he’s   currently   working   with   .   still   ,   the   biggest   problem   he’s   got   with   the   day   is   with   cho’s   mother   -   henning   .   ❝   i’m   a   single   father   ,   not   a   puritan   .   ❞   and   an   auror   on   top   of   that   .   surprisingly   ,   the   auror   bit   has   probably   landed   him   in   less   strange   situations   than   the   father   bit   has   .   that   title   certainly   took   precedence   .   ❝   i   have   been   to   festivals   before   ,   you   know   .   ❞

【  𝒄𝒉𝒐   𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈   𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅   :  ‘   i   know   this   can   be   a   little   overwhelming   ,   but   you’ll   get   used   to   it   .   ’  (   @indemnae​   )   】

[petriichvrs]

𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽  :  saint cloud, france  ! 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙶  :  @ddudleys​​​​  !

"are you sure we’re doing this right?” with a tent string that had no obvious source wrapped around her ankle and one of the space buns that she’d worn for the first day of the festival hanging loose after a tussle with some of the inner stick bits, ginny was quite aware that she wasn’t the MOST qualified person to argue with dudley’s tent building logic. she was trusting him, here, the same way that she expected him to trust her when it came to the magical expansion spell that she’d spent the previous week working on with hermione, to varying degrees of success. she was pretty confident, now, and even if that was all she had going for her, it was better than nothing. she was PROBABLY going to be able to wow him, once they got their flimsy accomodations upright - but getting there had already been a troublesome journey. “i’ve never done this by hand, before-” she’d never done it herself FULL STOP, but she didn’t want to admit it, “i’m not sure what the pointy things are for.” 

[witchbiitches]

𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽  :  saint cloud, france  ! 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙶  :  @maelstrvm​​​​​  !

everything looked a little different on this side of several lethal cocktails. thanks to exclusive access to some of the more high end bar set ups that wrock en seine had to offer, pansy had been indulging in some of the more EXPENSIVE - and consequently, potent - drinks available since the day had started, a journey that had only ( and some would say finally ) come to an end when the festival had wrapped up until tomorrow. she wasn’t entirely sure how she’d made it back to the hotel, only that she had without having to aimlessly search for draco, which was a win, she thought. she had gotten out at the first stop that her elevator came to, and carpet passed like a blur underfoot until she reached the end of the corridor and - this part was fuzzy, though she assumed she struggled for a while with the keycard to her door - then she was stood in the middle of a sitting room that seemed flipped from the one she’d gotten used to, though everything was vaguely upside down, at the minute, so that wasn’t really as much cause for concern as the unfamiliar figure that appeared in the archway. “what’re you doing in here?” 

[cvriousheart]

( 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 ) — wrock de seine ( 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ) — closed ( 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ) — cho chang ( @indemnae​ ) !!

“-oh shit!” oriana said, their review of a mid-tier band they were giving cho aborted at the sight of pansy parkinson in all her glory. their week had heavily featured ducking behind bushes, jumping into random people’s tents, and once trying to squeeze under the stage at the sight of either pansy or blaise. they grabbed cho and pulled her behind a group of porta-potties. “i was hiping she would stay home. parkinson’s probably going to try and hex me again that.”

[hoggleswart]

𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍  :     the  wrock  en  seine  festival 𝐅𝐓.   :    @kxbellem​​

‘     Ugh.     ’          A  simple  word  and  yet,   it’s  the  only  one  Millicent  truly  needs  to  display  their  complete   &   utter  dismay  at  somebody  trying  to  dance  with  them.   Swift  elbow  quickly  digs  into  the  perpetrator’s  ribs,   helping  to  really  deliver  the  message  before  shoving  at  their  shoulder  to  get  them  a  fair  distance  away  before  they  spill  even  more  drink  on  what  was  previously  one  of  Millie’s  favourite  outfits.   What  a  damn  waste.          ‘     What  is  it  about  festivals  that  make  people  forget  their  basic  manners?   Absolute  animals.     ’          They  continue  to  voice  their  displeasure,   approaching  the  one  familiar  face  standing  out  from  the  crowd.   They  offer  Knox  a  cup  of  beer  as  payment  for  their  time.          ‘     Honestly,   Bellamy.   If  it  continues  like  this,   I  may  have  to  hire  you  as  a  potential  alibi  because  I  won’t  be  responsible  for  my  actions.     ’

[praefcrtis]

( 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 ) — wrock de seine ( 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ) — closed ( 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ) — antigone xu ( @antigonai​ ) !!

“so,” daisy pulled antigone throw the crowd, their hands laced together. “are you having fun? any complaints?” for her own part, daisy was nearly giddy as they walked around wrock de seine. music festivals were not really her thing. she saw little appeal in packed crowds, heat, sunburn, and mind-numbingly loud music. it all really sounded like a recipe for disaster to her. but antigone had asked, had invited her along with her as  date. it was enough to make up for the thousands of times she had to stop and put sunscreen on and the back pain that had developed after days of sleeping in the van with her. 

[exsilivm]

( 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 ) — wrock de seine ( 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ) — closed ( 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ) — keira quirrell ( @volatiicus​​​ ) !!

lavinia wasn’t exactly sure how old keira was, assumed she was somewhere between sixteen and twenty six but hadn’t had any luck narrowing that range down at all. “you have anything to eat today kid?” there was no time for keira to answer the question before lavinia kept talking. “like anything with leafy greens? i read somewhere that’s high in calcium. kids need that, don’t they? good for bones and shit.” 

[astrcphe]

( 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 ) — wrock de seine ( 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ) — closed ( 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ) — grace moody ( @graciieux​ ) !!

a sober henri would’ve said no to the request to give a grace moody a stick and poke tattoo at this point in the night. wrock de seine wasn’t the best place to get a tattoo, really. most of the ones they had done so far had been for people who were leaving that day—not those that would be living in the sun-soaked grime of the festival till it crawled to a close. and they had a strict rule against tattooing anyone who seemed even a little less than sober.  but the performances has come to a close earlier that night, the sun already set and henri already pleasantly buzzed when they made their way back to the tent they shared with the rest of markus scarr’s crew. by the time grace moody stumbled by and asked for a tattoo, the reason that would’ve led henri to say no had been dulled by a drink or two too many. “what do you want? like a dolphin or something? you look like a dolphin tattoo type of person.”

[ofmccnlight]

            𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚊   𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜   𝚞𝚙   𝚊𝚝   𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗   with   wide   eyes   and   pupils   a   bit   too   large   for   one   to   be   completely   confident   that   she’s   got   control   of   all   her   faculties   .   she   remains   at   ease   ,   as   always   ,   and   unbothered   by   the   way   her   hair   sticks   to   the   back   of   her   neck   with   perspiration   .   it’s   hard   to   tell   whether   the   looseness   of   her   limbs   is   due   to   her   own   preternatural   ability   to   remain   calm   at   all   times   or   if   she’s   had   .   .   .   help   from   other   sources   .   ❝   the   inclusion   of   the   word   ‘   that   ’   already   implies   that   the   chair   is   at   a   distance   from   your   person   ,   ❞   she   explains   ,   mouth   set   in   a   moue   of   seriousness   .   this   is   business   of   the   utmost   importance   and   luna   desperately   needs   justin   to   understand   this   in   relation   to   himself   .   ❝   which   means   that   if   your   comfort   zone   is   in   that   chair   ,   you   are   ,   contextually   ,   ALREADY   outside   of   it   .   which   means   we’re   most   of   the   way   there   already   .   you   see   ?   ❞

【  𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗  𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚑 -  𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚢   𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍  :   ‘  my   comfort   zone   is   the   size   of   .   .   .   that   chair  ’ (  @hoggleswart​​​  )   】

[hcavyhead]

              𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔   𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚   𝒉𝒂𝒔   𝒕𝒐   𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉   a   little   bit   to   place   his   ear   in   range   to   hear   antigone’s   complaint   but   the   pointed   straightening   of   his   shoulders   in   response   to   her   words   is   still   noticeably   threatening   .   it’s   less   to   do   with   his   stature   and   more   to   do   with   the   loose   way   he’s   holding   himself   ,   all   smooth   lines   and   a   pronounced   set   to   his   jaw   .   absolutely   ready   to   throw   down   at   just   a   SINGLE   word   from   his   sibling’s   mouth   .   ❝   which   one   ?   ❞   he   asks   ,   eyes   roving   over   the   entire   crowd   ,   narrowing   in   on   a   few   people   that   he   judged   ‘   shady   characters   ’   .   polyneices   was   what   one   would   consider   an   easy   -   going   guy   but   it   was   never   that   simple   to   leave   his   job   at   home   even   on   his   days   off   .   ❝   i’ll   kick   his   ass   .   ❞   then   again   ,   he   was   like   this   before   the   job   .

【  𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆   𝒙𝒖   𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅   :   ‘   his      eyes      were      really      mean   .  ’  (   @antigonai​   )   】

[petriichvrs]

𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽  :  saint cloud, france  ! 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙶  :  @tiimetvrners​​​​​​  !

she can’t help herself. an innocent glance behind her to see how much longer the line has gotten since she joined it ends disastrously as, the minute that ginny realises theodore budak has just HAPPENED to find himself queueing at her back, she loses all sense of what’s right & what’s polite. sure, it isn’t his drama, but they’ve always presented as one unit and that can’t change, now. “morning,” she says, before turning her head back around and smiling, to herself - a baring of teeth, a brief consideration given to whether she’ll say anything more at all before she turns right around in the queue to face him and, with no further hint of that brief hesitance, “if we’re believing the rumor mill nowadays, zabini’s going to be a dad, and obviously parkinson’s getting married off any day now, so... any thought to what you’re gonna offer the group, budak?” 

[witchbiitches]

𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽  :  saint cloud, france  ! 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙶  :  @kxbellem​​​  !

“is that a hip flask?” it’s a wonder that she saw any kind of glint in the general chaos of wrock en seine, but then again, she’s NEVER been so on the look out for a possible lifeline. the news that broke just before they left the country has certainly impacted the overall festival vibes, and the dark cloud one would expect to hang over her head feels less like one at all - there is a certain edge to everything unfolding that inspires the same, daunting feeling of a noose tied high above her. she knows it’s waiting, that a mistep ( or, in this case, an inevitable run in ) will wrap it into place, and she isn’t really feeling any of this anymore, but she can always find time for the numbing properties of copious amounts of alcohol. hand stretches out towards the other, expectantly, “go on, then.” 

[cvriousheart]

( 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 ) — wrock de seine ( 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 ) — closed ( 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 ) — pansy parkinson ( @witchbiitches ) !!

oriana hadn’t been sure that pansy left the area when they said their goodbyes to cho. twenty minutes spent hidden behind the porta-potties before they spotted the one person they wanted to see less than pansy parkinson: blaise zabini. “shit. shit. shit.” they muttered under their breath and walked away as discreetly as they could. they looked around for a place to hide, saw the green that signaled an unlocked porta-potty. when they yanked the door open and slipped in they were greeted with the sight of pansy parkinson standing on one side, seemingly having the same idea as they had. “blaise is right out there and if you start yelling at me i will throw you to wolves.”