SPOILER!!: Elliot
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kayquilz 
Elliot saw the look on his face....and began to laugh. Quite maniacally, too. Typical Ravenclaw, he was. "Neither am I. I would much prefer to attack with words." And boy, could Elliot be vicious with her words.
Or she could be snarky. That was always fun, too.
She glanced back at Lottie..."I almost thought she wasn't going to get to ride them..." she muttered, a little distracted some little voices in her ear...
House elves.
What in the world were they doing here? She scoffed, but didn't say anything...to the elves. "House elves. Aren't they supposed to be in the kitchens?" she asked, to no one in particular...
And making food? And doing whatever house elves did down there? She had enough of her own house elf over the summer.
He was about to say something but decided to just press his lips together in a polite grin and a nod. He was going to say he'd rather not attack at all if he could help it, although he wasnt sure if he could keep to that under duress, specially the kind that clashes with ideologies like her father has.
SPOILER!!: Em
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Yourenodaisy Emmaleigh had been sitting over at the hufflepuff table talking to a couple of first years when she saw someone she needed to talk to over at the Ravenclaw table. Grabbing her bag, she headed towards the sea of blue. She felt awkward walking around at the opening feast in her regular muggle clothes, but it couldn’t be helped. As she walked, she fished through her bag and pulled out two coins. When the girl reached her destination, she placed a galleon and a sickle in front of the boy with the dark hair, and piercing blue eyes. “That’s how much I owe you right, Spike?” With that, she squeezed into the vacant seat beside him.
And then he saw someone reach out in front of him and lay gold coins on the table. He turned quickly to recognize the red-head from the bowling alley
and the Prefects Compartment "Hey Em.." he greeted her with a small smile which melted away quickly when she called him by that name
"Uhm.... no no... noI'mNotSpike." he gives her that LOOK then secretly steals a glance at the others seated near him. None of them knew of the trouble
he Elijah got him into at the Prefects Compartment. Well none except Louisa, who was being all nice to him now. Please dont remind her of that incident?
"Just call me Vickers-- like you did in the bowling alley. Oh and keep this..." he said as he picked up the coins and folded it back into her hands
"It was on us.... really." he added with a casual shrug. None of the boys that day, no matter how squably they got, ever expected the only gal to pay for her share. Nope. Thats just how they roll.
SPOILER!!: Lex
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DaniDiNardo "Yeah..." There as no arguing with that. Thanks to that little episode just now Lex was convinced that she would never travel by portkey again...unless they were going to Atlantis...that would have been worth it. "You're lucky you didn't break anything like some people did." No she didn't count herself in that group of people and that was obviously because she hadn't broken anything; Vivi said so herself.
"Uhhhh..." How would she answer that...? "Well I like where I've been placed that's for sure!" Yup, she was a lion and she was proud. "But the hat was being a bit difficult...I mean I even tried being nice before threatening it and even then it didn't listen to me! You don't even know how nice I was being." After she realized that the threats weren't working. "In the end I think the hat was just stupid." She said with a shrug. "Even after I threatened to dip it in gravy it wouldn't give me what I wanted." Such a silly hat and now it would pay; it would pay dearly--but not before she got her chocolate frogs....just in case...
Lex got a nod and an affirmative grin about his luck with not being injured
"Just at the right place at the right time... I guess." He was at the train corridors, ironically, right after he left
their compartment, so he was spared the falling luggage and fellow passengers from crashing into him.
Ah so she is proud to be Gryffindor... which is a GREAT thing because everything about her reactions with the Sorting Hat was, in his view, quite Gryffindorian....but it was that last bit she added that got him wondering if his
slightly deaf ear was playing tricks on him again
"I'm sorry--GRAVY?" Did she actually say that? Sure the hat was old but it wasnt like... crispy or anything. Or edible for that matter.
SPOILER!!: Vivi
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Cassirin "Don't panic, Short Stuff." Vivi whipped off her tie and fashioned it into a very rudimentary sling. It wouldn't do much for support, but it was tight enough to keep Lex from moving her arm around.
"Can't fix... won't fix. Trust me... you don't want to let people point a wand at you without supervision." And even still... it had to be the right KIND of supervision. "If it doesn't feel any better tomorrow, you better go to the Healer. And I want that tie back."
"Jacks!" Vivi grinned at the younger girl. It was nice that SOMEONE was glad to see her, considering the reception she seemed to be getting from some glarey-faces further down the table. Not very nice.
"Did you witness that I made Hasty smile on the train? I believe you owe me a bag of Bott's beans." Yes, apparently they'd started a candy gambling ring on the train. Which reminded her... she owed Lex chocolate frogs for not getting in trouble on the train. Unless sprained things counted as trouble?
Staring was happening, this time from an older girl and boy from just down the table. Vivi wasn't really one for subtlety, and she turned in her seat and staaaaaaaaared back.
"Did I grow a second head, or are there nargles growing out of my ears again?" That had been SUCH a hassle.
"The most... distinguished. It isn't exactly a difficult title to win among this bunch, is it?" She elbowed him a bit to encourage that tight little pathetic smile to blossom into something a bit more genuine. Come on, then, chappy. Only threatened your health and well being a FEW times.
"The Sorting Hat and I were in perfect accord. We ignored each other until he gave in first and saw things my way." She was so obviously supposed to be in this house. She might have had more to say, but the Headmistress spoke, and Vivi had to sink down a bit in her seat and pretend she didn't see her mother waving. Merlin.
And then... oh. House elves! Vivi wiggled her fingers a bit as they passed, wondering if they'd remember the days of changing her nappies and putting her to bed when her Pops was at the Ministry and her mother was leading staff meetings.
Okay now that got him to chuckle!laugh, partly because of its truth (he did say it after all) but also because he was trying to evade having to confirm the obvious
out loud. With other houses hanging about their table the last thing he wanted was to stand up, beat his chest and brag about saying straight out that they were the BEST house and that all other houses got NOTHING on them. He was the diplomatic Ravenclaw, not the brash Gryffindor.
He stole a glance at Lex as Vivi recounted
her sorting. Siiiilent chuckle. See, thats how Ravenclaws do it with the testy Sorting Hat little Lioness. He did see the former Headmistress wave to her daughter and how the younger Branxton slouched in her seat.
"She looks to be real proud of you." he murmured smiling. Kinda wished
his mom was smiling and waving and being all proud about him, but that was another matter.
And THEN he noticed it. The glaring/ eye-stabbing thing between Louisa and Vivi, with added soundbytes by Max and
Addy Jacks. He gave Jacks the dont-stir-the-pot side-glance and nodded at Max introducing Louisa by name. He should do the same the other way around
"Uhm yes Louisa.... this is Genevieve Branxton, newly transferred from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and President Rae-Branxton's daughter."