#interview ask game

“All of them! Hehehe! ~ ☆ Well, cake is so yummy it’s hard to pick just one! Buuuuut, there’s a bakery by my place and I always get their strawberry shortcake whenever I can.”

“Unfortunately, I’d have to say I don’t dabble in sweet much. However, for my favorite I’d have to say coffee cake, it’s sweet but not intolerable.”

4. What is your least favorite childhood memory?

“Least favorite? Hard to say, seeing as how much of a shit show my childhood was. Wasn’t always that way though… Elaina’s death..  Eliza getting bit...Jacob’s disappearance… They all contributed to my parent’s grief which caused them to- Neglect me and my siblings… But if I am to choose.. I’d say the day my father dragged me in his office and told me I had to watch over my siblings and mother from then on.”

Eileen takes a pause. Struggling to put the memory into words before taking a shaky sigh and continuing.

“He told me because I had Ryder and Graves blood in me, I had to be strong. For them and myself. I remember the way he pulled me to his chest, with tears in his eyes and his voice dripping with despair that he was.. Sorry. That he was sorry he couldn’t be strong enough for either of us. The Ministry.. They grew suspicious of where his loyalties lied after the Daily Prophet published that horrid story on my brother’s disappearance and involvement with the Cursed Vaults you see. They even went as far as accusing Jacob to be working for You-Know-Who… I still can’t believe The Ministry believed such a foolish article. But I can’t fully blame them for it. Everybody was hurting and paranoid after the war. My family’s background as hunters didn’t help matters. In fact, it just further cemented those claims. My father was forced to work tirelessly for The Ministry if he wanted to not be thrown into Azkaban and have the Ryder name further sullied. And all because the Ministry was just scared. I consider that memory my worst because that was what finally made things...real. Elaina was dead. Jacob had really left us and my family...My family had truly been broken apart and I..I was left to pick up the pieces.”

6. What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do?

Eileen closes her eyes and appears to think long and hard on an answer for that question.

"I guess that would be learning to depend on people. I was nine when I watched my parents be destroyed by grief. I was determined not to let the same fate befall me and my siblings. So I pushed my own grief aside and worked tirelessly to be someone people could depend on. Because I was determined to never let anyone go through what I had to go through. That resulted in me thinking everything had to be my burden. That everything was my responsibility and no one else's. I regret to say it took another tragedy for me to finally understand that my actions were doing no one any favors. I- I’ll live with that regret for the rest of my life.”

23. Have you ever had a crush on someone?  Do you have a crush now?

“T-thats a rather personal question to be asking someone! Do I really have to answer? Ugh, fine.”

“I- Well of course I’ve had a crush on someone! M-multiple people actually.. It’s fairly normal to find someone attractive after all… As of now, yes I do have a crush on someone and no, I do not plan on acting on the silly crush anywhere near the future. I’d rather focus on finding my brother and keeping my friends safe from the Cursed Vaults. And besides.. I don’t even know if I’ve got a shot with him.. He’s a very charismatic man. An insufferable one but.. Charming. Doesn’t help that he’s such a dork when it comes to history and- and there are times where I find him looking at me with this look on his face that makes my heart beat faster everytime without fail and makes me foolishly think I have a chance with him.”

“But for all his charm, he gets so damn annoying on the pitch! He loves to make a fool out of me up there in the sky with those infuriatingly clever strategies of his. Whenever I’m up against him in a quidditch match my blood is on fire and I get so desperate to just win and rub it in Scarborough’s devilishly handsome face that I can’t help but want to grab and-!

Eileen pauses and looks at the interviewer. Face a hot shade of red with embarrassment before quickly grabbing for her wand and casting obliviate before they could even defend themselves.

The interviewer is overcome with a sense of confusion before their eyes settle on Eileen sitting rather nervously on the wooden stool in front of them.

“So.. What’s the next question?”

(Will Scarborough belongs to @cursebreakerfarrier)

 In the AU she ends up with Merula:

“T-thats a rather personal question to be asking someone! Do I really have to answer? Ugh, fine.”

“I- Well of course I’ve had a crush on someone! M-multiple people actually.. It’s fairly normal to find someone attractive after all… As of now, yes I do have a crush on someone and no, I do not plan on acting on the silly crush anywhere near the future. I’d rather focus on finding my brother and keeping my friends safe from the Cursed Vaults. And besides.. I-I never really know where I stand with her to be honest.”

“Me and her.. We didn’t exactly start off on the right foot but over the years, we’ve reached a kind of understanding with each other you know? I even asked her out to various school dances and festivities. But, outside of them she still acts like we're rivals and I’m someone she needs to crush every chance she gets. It’s fun, this little rivalry of ours but I can’t help but want more. She’s feisty, talented and oh so prideful. As alluring and dangerous as a siren that Snyde-’

Eileen pauses and looks at the interviewer. Face a hot shade of red with embarrassment before quickly grabbing for her wand and casting obliviate before they could even defend themselves.

The interviewer is overcome with a sense of confusion before their eyes settle on Eileen sitting rather nervously on the wooden stool in front of them.

“So.. What’s the next question?”

7. Who do you look up to?

“I look up to Professor Mcgonagall for her stern nature and her remarkable talent in Transfiguration. I will admit I’ve even gone to her for advice and for some advanced private lessons in her subject.” Eileen says as a smile breaks out on her face.

“She truly is an amazing woman and an even greater mentor to me. And it’s always so rewarding to get her to smile when you’ve managed to impress her with your work. I hope I can continue to live up to her expectations and maybe even surpass her in Transfiguration. But she’s told me I still have a long way to go if I wish to even reach her level. Fine by me. Just gives me more time to try and beat her in wizard’s chess! Ha!”

“She’s not the only person I look up to though, I also look up to Oscar Scamander. He’s my boss back at the Magical Creatures Reserve I work at in the summer and is a descendant of Newt Scamander. He used to be an Auror back in the war, but retired when it was over after surviving a blast that made him partly deaf in his left ear and left him with a limp in his left leg. You’d seriously doubt he had a limp if you’ve seen him run after a magical creature though!”

“The man’s just as passionate about creatures as Professor Kettleburn, just without the recklessness and disregard for proper safety measures. Well… Most of it anyway. He’s a good man and a great boss. A little shy and a little jumpy, probably a result of the war but he’s a good man nonetheless and he’s taught me lots about handling and documenting magical creatures and I look forward to learning more from him.”

12. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? (on vacation or permanently!)

“Anywhere huh? I’d love to go back to Switzerland. Lovely country that place. It’s where me and Will started to get to know each other too. It was completely by coincidence that both our family’s decided to spend the summer there. While we were there, we ended up tracking down this smuggled Wampus and trying to catch the little fella so we could get my boss, Oscar Scamander to transport her back to the Magical Creatures Reserve he runs so she could get better before we could release her back into the wild. A story worth telling, but perhaps at another time and place…”

16. Describe your perfect day.

“A sunny summer afternoon spent on Rowan’s family’s tree farm, in the company of all my friends. Books, treats, quills and all kinds of board games are scattered about. Penny, Finnegan, and Jae are playing exploding snap. Baddea’s painting the landscape before her as Talbott, Augustus and Chiara point out the details she may have missed as they take some nibbles off the freshly baked cookies Rowan’s parents baked for us. Bill, Charlie and Andre are racing around their brooms. Liz and Barnaby are bonding over creatures. Tonks is probably doing something stupid because Matteo dared her to and Mathias and Tulip just linger in the background, laughing at their silly antics. Ben and Merula are duelling as Diego stands as referee as Eliza comments loudly whenever one of the two make a mistake or narrowly dodge an incoming jinx. And I am under the great shade of an english oak tree, watching them all. Will is on my left and he is holding my hand as he makes some off-comments on Ben and Merula’s duel that make me chuckle. And to my right is my best friend, Rowan Khanna. She is alive and breathing and there is a half-forgotten book on her lap and she watches also. I am filled with a sense of bliss I haven’t felt in so long as I sit between the two people I love most in this life.”

(Will Scarborough belongs to @cursebreakerfarrier)

RULES: Put your playlist on shuffle. For each of the 10 interview questions, select a lyric from the random song that comes up (skip if there aren’t any lyrics and make sure to drop the name of the song in your interview answer).

1. First off, how would you describe yourself in one sentence?

And I'm so tired that I might/ Quit my job, start a new life - Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo

2. What kind of [virgo] are you?

I can feel all my bones coming up, and I’m craving motion - Line Without a Hook by Ricky Montgomery

3. You’re visiting your favourite spot, what are you thinking about?

Life feels so monotone but I keep hoping - People Watching by Conan Gray

4. If your life was a movie, what do you think the first review would say about it?

You see, it’s hard to find an end to something that you keep beginning - Memories by Conan Gray

5. Say you got a book deal, what are you titling your memoir?

Struggled through the night - This Love by Taylor Swift

6. What would you say about your best friends?

I never needed anything more - August by Taylor Swift

7. Think back to when you had everything all figured out in high school, what was your life motto as a teenager?

Please, be honest, are we better for it? - I miss you, I’m sorry by Gracie Abrams

8. Describe your aesthetic now:

You can’t force the stars to align when they’ve already died - Astronomy by Conan Gray

9. What’s a lyric that they’ll quote in your eulogy?

The universe must have divined this - Boyfriend by Dove Cameron

10. And for our final question, say we believe in soulmates, what do you think they’re first impression of meeting you will be?

You were always joking all the time - Birthday Cake by Dylan Conrique

Let's make it one each then! For OC's interview questions

14. What’s your best memory?

For Sasha -

"It was some time after we got away from the court, right after we got the apartment, earlier we lived in a car or from motel to motel, anyway...

It was like a first week or so after we moved in, I remember laying on the couch, Vivianne and Cole were sitting on the floor discussing their bathrooms decor or something like that, the dinner was cooking on the stove, and it was a nice day so the gold light was falling through the windows. And as those two started arguing for the third time about the tiles color, it hit me that this is probably the first place where we can just live and be ourselves, the first home that we've ever had, really."

16. Who do you hate more than anyone else?

For Cole -

"My father. Simple as that. For what he did to me, and for what he did to Viv and Sasha - pobably more for that."

20. Describe your dream date.

For Vivianne -

"Spending the day walking around the small vintage shops or flea markets, stopping for breaks in indie cafes or restaurant's gardens, then we could take a walk in the park or maybe even have a picnic there, preferably by the river or a lake....

And please for the love of god don't bring me roses, I hate them. I prefer seasonal flowers, I really like poppies and cornflowers, so the bouquet of wildflowers would be perfect. Or lilacs if it's the season for them.... I think if someone brought me a bouquet of lilacs, I would marry them on the spot - "