Ravenclaw Morale Party

[PadfootAndTheWolf]

Yes, Ravenclaw House was out of the running for the Quidditch Cup this term but Callie knew they were still winners. They've done well in the points race, had kept out of trouble for the most part and they still had the lead in the Gobstones Cup. The Common Room was brightly lighted with blue and bronze steamers with charmed balloons and piñatas flying through the air. There were tables ladened with ice cream and a huge cake. There was enough Butterbeer for everyone too.

Come on in, brush off your shoulders, and keep your spirits up because Ravenclaw is still awesome.

[Goblinfrog]

Raven's eyes widened in surprise as she came out of the Girl's Dormitory and saw that the party stuff had all been set up. Oh yeah! She had forgotten it was now. But at least she was the first one here, she thought to herself happily as she walked towards the table with the cake and ice cream.

[Lollipop!]

WELL, at least they were getting a party. With cake and ice cream and... a piñata apparently. Okay so losing wasn't so bad with Elwood at the helm. She was starting to feel a little better already. But the place was pretty empty except for that third year girl. So time to change into nicer attire than her Quidditch uniform. Blue made a beeline for the dorms. She dressed quickly and dried her hair with a spell. We'd like to take a moment to appreciate all the time saving she had done thanks to magic. She had better things to do than wait around with wet hair, no doubt catching a cold.

Like eat all the ice cream before more ravenous Ravenclaws came along.

Or something like that.

[Cassirin]

A party for his team? Mo wasn't much in the mood for it, which was odd since they'd been absolutely last the previous term and he'd been all about celebrating a well fought Quidditch term. He was going to make an effort today, since he was PROUD of his team even if he wasn't proud of himself.

"Let's have ALL the cake, Blue. Latecomers can eat carrot sticks." He served them both up heaping platefuls, offering one to Raven as well. "Ready for OWLs?"

[Erindipity]

Why was she even here? Ugh. She had no idea, but here she was... and people were there already and ugh some more.

Walking into the room she immediately made for a wall. Yeah she'd just be a wall flower and just watch everyone and perhaps think bad things about them. That thought made her a little happier. Heh.

But yeah. We see you Mo and person. But going to lean against this wall and examine our nails instead.

[oh its Erik ok]

Nigel could not say no to a party. Though knew this one would not be as fun as the one last term. You can't beat a slip n slide and music. Just forget about the dementors. But Nigel loved free food so that was that. He had just walked into the common room when he heard Mo talk about latecomer getting carrot sticks

"Carrot Sticks do sound good right now"

Sounded better than cake and ice cream, that was for sure. Nigel walked over to the butter beer and took a cup.

So there was Blue, why hello there. Mo, Kalla, and a third year he did not know. Hopefully more people showed up before Aidan. You always know what happens to Aidan's mood after we lose. Kind of the same with Theo.

So now what?

[feeheeheeny]

Sophie had a lot of conflicting feelings as she entered the common room. On one hand, she was bummed. Really bummed. And she didn't really want to be near either of her best friends because she felt like she didn't do well enough during the match to make them proud. She could've done a whole lot better. She should've done a whole lot better. On the other hand, there was... a party. With good-looking food and streamers and balloons and all sorts of fun. There were even piñatas flying around! Her mum had filled one of those with loads of chocolate frogs once for her birthday. That had been super fun, so despite wanting to wallow in self-pity, it was kind of hard to do so when she just walked into the closest thing to heaven she'd ever experienced.

But one of the two people she had wanted to avoid was there. Well, she supposed that was kind of expected, yeah? He was the captain, after all, and she was going to do her best to act casually around him and not seem as ashamed as she was. Just for the sake of the party.

Which was, so far, kind of dull.

"Someone find something to beat these things with," she said to no one in particular, her eyes momentarily scanning the room for sticks she expected Elwood to have provided them before jumping at one piñata in particular, her fist swinging at it wildly. "There's gotta be some chocolate frogs in here..." Now that their Quidditch season was over, Sophie would not feel any regret in eating her weight in chocolate, whether she earned that or not.

[Luna_Midnight]

Nerida loved parties! And look cake, ice cream, and a pinata!!! Elwood was awesome!!!! She smiled as she came into the party. She waved to the few people that were there. "Um this party is just a little bit boring..." she whispered... Where was everybody?

This was a Ravenclaw Morale Party for them since you know they were out of the running for the Quidditch Cup but you know they were still in the running for other things right??

[Cassirin]

Mo honestly didn't even WANT all the cake, but he wanted to make Blue smile... or anyone. ANYONE? SMILING? He cut another huge piece for Kalla when she entered, although she didn't come to the table, and then he cut one for Nigel and Sophie and Nerida.

Ain't no party like a Ravenclaw party.

"Everyone eat cake. Including you, Ogden. And and and..." He tried desperately to think of a way to liven up the party. "Let's use Blue and Nigel and Kalla's beater bats to open up the pinatas. They're pretty high to reach, but maybe we can levitate someone. Or Sophie... get on my shoulders."

[feeheeheeny]

Good ol' Mo had a GAME PLAN. Right. 'Course he did. He was the Captain and that was his job. But did the Beaters have their bats with them? Sophie eyed them, wondering if they had already put them in their dorms. Where was Benjy? He'd be good at this game, too, 'cause he was so tall and big. HEY SHE WANTED TO BE LEVITATED. Or... ON MO'S SHOULDERS. FUN FUN FUN.

"Don't hafta tell me twice," she chimed, grinning broadly for the first time since the match ended as she jumped onto the nearest couch excitedly to get a boost, extending grabby hands toward Mo for him to come over and crouch down. "And I call dibs on crushing that one," she announced, pointing at one piñata that appeared to be an overstuffed bronze eagle - the one she was convinced had been filled with the most candy.

Someone needed to go find Aidan, too, she thought, because he deserved to have (and would probably benefit from having) a piñata to smash. Good release of anger, surely.

[Erindipity]

Kalla was still holding up the wall. Mhmmmm. She pretended not to see Nigel. Nope. Or that girl. Whatever. She did, however give Mo a slight nod of and then suck her head at the cake. She had no appetite. Thanks though. Meh.

And yeah... beating piñatas sounded fun but she didn't particularly care to get involved just yet. And well... She didn't have a bat anymore seeing as she smashed hers to bits in a fit of rage... but whatever.

She's just watch for now.

[Goblinfrog]

"Thank you" Raven accepted the cake that Mo so nicely offered her. Then she stood a little to the back and watched everyone talk. Mo's idea for a game sounded fun, she thought as she took a bite of the cake. The cake was the first sweet food she had had in almost a year, the magic ice cream had frightened her away from them for awhile.

[DH Vixen]

Lana noticed the difference in the Common Room and even if she had wanted to ignore it, she couldn't bring herself to it. A little voice in her mind reminded her of what it meant to be a Ravenclaw. Yes, the past few years hadn't been easy but that didn't really mean that it was okay to just mope. No, she thought back to a piece of parchment that she still carried with her on occasion. Looking at the parchment had lead her down to join her fellow Eagles.

Of course, Lana had been very scarce all term and she really wasn't completely sure if her attendance would be noticed; but she wanted to at least show her support for her house as a whole. There was always next year for them and there was always hope for the House Cup and it wasn't like they didn't have it in them to pull an upset by the end of the term.

Eagles were always resilient in the end.

Eyeing the cake, she made a beeline for it. Cake was always a friend of hers and she just knew the ice cream was calling her name.

[hermygirl]

So, there was party?

Benjamin trundled down the stairs from the boy's dorm, wrapped in an oversized jumper with a Ravenclaw scarf wrapped round his neck. He wasn't entirely sure what there was to celebrate, given that he'd been ill and missed not only ONE but TWO matches. Hmph.

What was that point in ALL that ridiculous yoga when he didn't even get to play the last two matches? Sorry, Mo, but yoga WAS ridiculous. He wouldn't miss that for the rest of term, for sure.

The sweet smell of cake hit his nostrils, and Benjamin surveyed the room. His eyes fell on Kalla, who got a brief "'Lo", before he spotted Sophie on the sofa. Whatever she was up to, it looked kind of fun, and a smile crept on to Benjamin's face. "Need a hand?"

Well, he was here, and she looked like she was having the best time so far. Of course he wanted IN.