The Baron’s appearance startled Felicity, who was decidedly going to take longer than a year to get used to the presence of the weird ghosts. She was about to reply to his question, but it seemed that he’d already moved on and noticed the kid with the food, so instead she just pulled a face behind his back. Who was he to tell her to keep her voice down? Gosh, the other ghosts seemed practically lively compared to the Slytherin one. The fifth year couldn’t help but grin a little as The Baron was so effortlessly put down by Vivian: the girl was taking being prefect in her stride, of course, but Liss had never had any doubts. She was more than glad that the poor kid could continue eating – acts of genius were not to be punished! Even if she was completely and utterly a tad jealous of him.

Shrugs happened at the question from the newly sorted Patrick. “I don’t know,” Liss said with a smile. “Depends how good at magic you are. And how well you can carry food.” Because if they were clumsy there was a high probability of them spilling the food before they even got it into the hall, and that was just a fact. Grimacing slightly when she realised that she’d practically sent a new kid (Kei) to the brink of tears, Felicity couldn’t help but be glad that Vivian was already consoling him. Oops. Was that bad? Biting her lip, she shook the guilt away – it wasn’t her fault she was completely useless with helping upset children. Vivi was the prefect for a reason, after all.

Leaning her head dramatically on Vivian’s shoulder in a display of I’M EXHAUSTED AND HUNGRY CAN THIS HURRY UP PLEASE, Felicity was only absent-mindedly watching the sorting. She grinned at Junia’s arrival, returning her wave, and mentally reminding herself that she must tell her how incredible her eyes were at some point.

And this newly sorted Snake was an absolute bundle of energy – if Felicity hadn’t been tired already, watching the kid might have made her so. “Hey, Philippa,” she said with a grin and a wiggle of her fingers. “I’m Felicity. Welcome to Slytherin.”