Students actually had to pay to enter a school sponsored party? Pathetic. Durmstrang would never make their students pay and certainly not their guests. Though she supposed Hogwarts got around that little technicality by having one of the professors - or whomever - put a little coin jar out by the turnstiles. Still, she looked at the turnstiles with disgust as she approached them.

The only other person out by them was Mischa and Bronislava gave him a curt nod as she dipped her hand into the jar taking out the required amount of coins. She was about to drop the coins into the slot when she had an idea. She wondered how likely the other students would be to attend if they did have to use their own money, especially considering all the other places they did have to use it just to keep academically fit.

Looking around, she could see that Mischa was the only one anywhere near them and that she was completely hidden from view by those inside the observatory. Once she was absolutely certain that no one else could possibly see her, she gave her classmate a smirk and a discreet wink, then quickly moved the jar onto the floor somewhat behind the turnstiles as if she was moving it out of the way for her to drop the coins into the slot. Dropping her coins in, she then reached over and waved her wand at the jar, muttering a few words in Croatian, and cast a disillusionment charm on it, completely hiding it from view. Giving Mischa a smirk, the Durmstrang girl made her way into the party.
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Divination to Gaston was a subject, interesting like most but in his case he did not find it very realistic. If it weren't for certain reasons he perhaps would have rather been in his dormitory studying something of more relevance such as Astronomy. He was slightly thrilled for the lesson though, he just needed the right moment for the excitement to begin and one where he wouldn't be caught so easily.

His wand was well hidden behind his robes and he made sure that nobody could see him. He was also wise about what spell he chose. He knew if he chose one emitting light he'd be seen immediately as well as he knew that if he targeted his own self he'd be seen as a victim too which he thought was a clever idea.

An imaginary smirk lit up in his mind, but his actual face appeared to be focused on the lesson. Then like that a few spells were casted. "Waddiwasi." He whispered a few times over and over and aimed at several people's crystal balls, one of them being his own...

He then waited for the chaos to happen.

Mischa's mind was at work as he calmly cleaned his crystal ball. Yes. Now would be the perfect time. Trying to be as inconspicuous as he could he removed his wand. Any random student would do. Even students. More would be better yes? He had mastered non verbal spells. This would be easy.

Mischa pointed his wand at a girl (Ella). "Langlock!'' His wand was still hidden and now he aimed it at another student. A boy (Tag). "Langlock!'' That would do it for now. Miischa kept his eyes fixed on the crystal ball as he fixed it on the stand using the levitation charm.
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Well, Karina could fix this problem. A little wand work and the others wouldn't be able to set their sticks straight, much less light them! She smirked and joined the Gryffindors. "So? Shall we get started then?" she asked the group, bringing over firewood as a contribution. If they wanted to win they had better begin.

She looked about the room to see if any of the other groups had started yet, hmmm none yet. They were to be the first.