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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Maggie Woods
Gryffindor
Seventh Year

Hogwarts RPG Name:
Levi Jourdan
Slytherin
Sixth Year
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Having made his way over from the carriages with Evie after a frustratingly long train ride, Benzi had been thoroughly distracted as they all waited for the firsties to appear. He was rather invested in this year's sorting you see, because for some mind-boggling reason, Suri was now old enough to be a first year. Suri Rider was at Hogwarts. SURI. Tiny little brunette with big sad eyes and messy pigtails was now wearing a Hogwarts uniform and shuffling into the Great Hall.

Scary how time flies by.

He'd briefly been distracted from watching her squirm in the line - he'd make fun of her for that later - when hatstalls happened and people were sorted into Ravenclaw. The badge meant he had to clap when that happened. Also Charlotte Kattleburn happened but after laughing heartily, decided to deal with that whole situation later. Speaking of, what was with this sorting? They had a fake Ravenclaw, a 'claw who didn't know that they were the blue house and one who was apparently sensitive to noise and went to sit VERY far from them all. So far he counted one normal Ravenclaw.

Hmm. Perhaps he'd go chill with Mr. Sensitive in a bit.

FINALLY, a Serena Rider was called up and as predicted by both him and their mother she was an 'almost hatstall'. LONG MINUTES LATER - Merlin Suri, he was hungry, hurry it along - she was eventually placed in Slytherin. HA. He'd been RIGHT. Very pleased with himself, Benzi waited for the smile!smirk thing she did when she was satisfied but it didn't come.

Sobering up instantly, Benzi watched her making her way to his table and raised an eyebrow. This was... unexpected. But then not really? Ravenclaw was kind of the Rider home, the majority of them had been sorted into it, though apparently not with Jake's kids. With Suri in Slytherin, that's them having representation in every single house. Kind of neat actually. Come on kid, chin up, he thought, silently urging her on. He watched as she paused at the table, looked to him then took a deep breath and seemed to make up her mind about something. A second later all hesitation disappeared and she puffed out her chest, striding confidently to the Slytherin table with a slightly alarming but deeply satisfying smirk on her face. Atta-girl. He'll ask Cutty to keep an eye out for, and perhaps have a talk with Freckles and Newell when he saw them next.

RIGHT. Now that that wass over... Ravenclaws. His housemates. Yes. And Adi. Being prefect was all sorts of great and nice but it had kind of ruined his plans of setting the school on fire just before NEWTs, and it generally meant he had to be helpful and friendly. Or at least that's what mum had kept telling him since the second the badge came in the mail. All things considered, this was probably a good thing. He needed good recommendations from the staff in about ten months. This was why Benzi promptly decided to take a stroll down the table for a bit, say hi to firsties and be welcoming and whatnot.

.... 'And whatnot' was turning out to be harder than he thought because oh Merlin he was awful with names. ERM. "Hey guys! How's it going?" he decided on instead as he neared Adi's little group (Adi, Janelle, Tia). "Had a good summer?" There, nice save, he didn't need to mention them by name.

Grinning at them, Benzi was still in the process of deciding if the younger girl was called Joanne or Jackie when he heard a certain Kettleburn caw and couldn't resist. Thank Merlin she wasn't actually a Ravenclaw though, Benzi was very pleased someone else would be taking care of Charlotte from now on. And, you know, he didn't want to do it for free. Seemed like a step down. Ahem. "Oi, kid," his term of endearment for literally everyone under the age of fifteen, and what he'd been calling Char for years now, "you're forgetting another big Ravenclaw influence in your life." Aka him. Aka, he'll let Sophie Brown deliver the bad news because he didn't really want to do it. Cue WIDE grin and a raised hand for a high five.

Sitting relatively close to Char were two additional first years, and what he liked about them was that a) they were actual Ravenclaws, even if one had taken a detour before coming here, and b) they were MUCH quieter. Yes. Quiet firsties were a blessing. Shifting along so that he didn't have to yell - Charlotte, pay attention - Benzi grinned warmly. Little known fact about him? Surprisingly good with children. "Hey there you two (Ruby, Riley), welcome to Ravenclaw! I'm Benzi Rider, and that" he gestured over at the Grey Lady,"is our house ghost, the Grey Lady." HELPFUL AND SMILES YES HELLO. He also puffed out his chest a little bit so that his badge caught the candlelight. Subtle right?

Speaking of their house ghost, he turned to smile at the transparent woman as well. "Hello there Ma'am, how are you today?" how does one greet the Grey Lady again? She wasn't a Mrs, and Ms seemed a bit inappropriate since she was hundreds of years old. Ma'am would do. Hopefully.

"Hey Abby," HEY YO he remembered someone's name, GO HIM. "Good to see you back! How was your summer?" all the smiles for Abby, whom he'd met during last year's Ravenclaw paintball game which had been extraordinarily fun. Any chance of a repeat of that? Hmm. He'd need to talk to Sophie. And Kitridge. Perhaps they could make it an annual thing? Wouldn't make much of a difference for him, but it would be a nice legacy to leave behind.

Last but not least, the hatstall kid with the hands over his ears (Daxton). Perhaps this was the child Suri had not stopped talking about all summer. She did always seem to like the weird ones best. No, but that kid had no trouble hearing, it was the talking he couldn't do. "Hey kid," Benzi said, his voice raised ever so slightly because said kid had his hands over his ears. "You doin' alright?" and he gestured with his hands too just in case the kid was doing a particularly good job of keeping the noise out and literally couldn't hear anything he was saying. Perhaps he was actually scared of noises or something. Unfortunate, at Hogwarts. He'd advise him to not take Astronomy.
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