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sweetpinkpixie · #1 (**permalink**) 12-28-2014, 08:11 PM

After your prefects teach you the term's password, ‘Omega Glory’, the Fat Lady swings her portrait open revealing the entrance to your home away from home. The hearth has a few low burning embers just enough to give it a homely warm feeling in the Scottish highlands, and its low light illuminates the comfy armchairs before it.

While the common room is always decked out in bold crimsons and golds, the glow and overall spirit of the room seems to really scream GRYFFINDOR - almost as if everything in the room has been charmed to accentuate the colors. And rightly so, having coming off a double win with the House Cup and Gobstone Cup last term!

On one of the walls is a large poster of a lion missing its tail. Not to worry though, there are several "spare" tails off to the side for you to try and "pin the tail on the lion" with. Those students wishing for a bit of a challenge should use their magic to locomotor it into place...but be warned, this lion does not like to sit still and may jump for portrait to portrait while you try.

The sweet aroma of chocolate frogs, cauldron cakes, pumpkin pasties, and buttered popcorn fill the common room, and there are large white mugs filled with hot cocoa or tea set out on a long table near the fireplace. A few roasting sticks, along with all the fixings (including an assortment of gourmet marshmallows in various flavors, all from your Head of House's personal collection) to make delicious hot ~~schmoes~~ smores can be found on the opposite side of the fireplace - along with a few other surprise treats.

Perhaps the most startling addition to the common room this evening is the addition of a platform running outside one of the windows into the darkness of the September night. Are you daring enough to take the plunge? Let's find out!

For those who are returning, this is an excellent opportunity to catch up with friends and for those that are newly sorted, this is an opportunity to make friends. Unless your bed is beckoning you, sit, relax, have some snacks and chat. Your Head of House and House Assistant wish you a pleasant start to the new school term.

OOC: This is the common room thread for after the start of term feast - our first night home! The general common room thread will open in 3-4 days for regular RP depending on how much fun and chaos you all cause in here. Welcome to, or welcome back to, Gryffindor!

And no dying. Magical bungee jumping is perfectly safe and will cause NO deaths or injuries

sweetpinkpixie · 01-03-2015, 09:40 PM

Scurrying into the common room after slipping away early from the feast - and banking on the fact that his legs were much longer and could cover more distance quickly than the vast majority of the lions - he performed a brief duet with the Fat Lady and was thus allowed to enter. Odd little deal he had going on with the portrait, but not one that he minded.

Taking a peek around to make sure everything was in place, he wondered if Medea had caught Chu Chu yet or if the creature would be hanging from the streamers somewhere. Just as long as the bat didn't get tangled up in his hair he was alright. Had had enough of fur for one evening, thank you.

Assuming Medea wasn't too far behind - or perhaps already here somewhere if the bat was still on the loose - he threw the fireplace a thumbs up and then gleefully made his way towards the ramp extending out of one of the windows. Seriously, there was manly skipping involved. Sitting on the ledge, he began to strap himself in - which was easily done with the tap of his wand.

This was going to be steeeeeeeeeeeeellar.

Roselyn · 01-03-2015, 10:54 PM

To say she was frustrated would have been an understatement. It'd been how long since she first started trying to catch the cute little bat flying around? Apparently long enough for Airey to leave for the feast and then return, but alas! She'd quite successfully captured the sneaky little creature.

In the girl's dormitory. Don't ask how the bat got in there.

With a triumphant grin and holding the bat close (because gosh darnit, she'd just give up if he got loose again), she hopped down the stairs, eyeing the time to see if she could sneak into the feast for just a few minutes. Except a certain someone sitting on a certain ramp extending from a certain window caught her eye before she turned to head out the portrait.

"You are truly going through vith this?" she frowned, backtracking her steps towards the window where Airey sat.

sweetpinkpixie · 01-04-2015, 01:31 AM

All strapped in and secured, Airey checked his sundial watch before wiggling to standing position. If his guesstimation was correct...they should be along any minute now. Unless the moving staircases acted up again and were reluctant to provide students with the correct platform of exit.

Her voice taking him by surprise, the astronomer's footing slipped and he waved his arms frantically to try and maintain his balance forward while his heels rocked back on the edge of the platform. "Wooooooaaaaaa - just kidding," he said, trying to play the whole thing off as an act when he regained his balance. Clearing his throat as he adjusted his tie, Airey wiggled his way back towards the window and threw the DADA professor a confident smirk. "Nah, I thought I'd just wear this for the heck of it," he winked, modeling his enchanted bungee jumping attire.

Roselyn · 01-04-2015, 07:31 AM

"OH-!" With a short flail, she hopped up to the ramp, gripping the edge of the window and just about ready to tug the man back inside but, well, for one, apparently it was a joke? And two, her free hand wasn't so free. Chu Chu squirmed in her grasp.

An eyebrow raise was happening at you, Airey Flamsteed.

With a soft scoff, she did happen to look at the bungee jumping attire. The concept didn't sound any more safe after seeing what one wore. "Must you be tied at the feet like that?"

sweetpinkpixie · 01-04-2015, 07:58 PM

He glanced down at his feet, smug expression only growing further on his lips when he looked back up at her. "That is how it is done, Medea," he said with a small, but playful, dismissive hand wave. "It's perfectly safe, I assure you. But it's not just these bits down here at the feet," he continued, lifting his suit jacket a bit to show off the rest of the harness. "See? There is a bit here that goes around the waist. It's there for increased security. Personally charmed everything myself. Compleeeeeeeetely sa---"

But before he could finish his sentence, he heard the creaking of the Fat Lady's portrait opening and the hustle of shoes against the stone floor.

"THEY ARE COMING!" he manly squealed as he shooed her away from where he stood. Seeing the first bright-eyed and bushy tailed student step foot in the common room proper, Airey threw the crowd of students a confident salute just before he leaped off the platform into the darkness of the night while shouting, "WELCOME TO GRYFFINDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!"

iBeJenn · 01-06-2015, 02:26 AM

"AYEEEE BIANCA CARUSO IN THE H-- OMG THE PROFESSOR JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW. FIRSTIES HE IS DEAD."

Bianca had entered the common room ready for the party that had taken place last term. This time she had prepared a camera. But this was a different party for sure because Bianca was like... 95% sure the professor hadn't jumped out of the tower on the first night.

Wait. Was this a plan of sorts?

"Welp. Guess he got out of teaching us all." Bianca shrugged and readjusted her camera strap. She looked at the other professor who was not dead and smiled. She wiggled her fingers. "Hey Professor, how was your summer?"

Cause you know, that one had a future unlike the dead one.

MuggleDinosaur · 01-06-2015, 02:33 AM

Parties were always so much fun here. Emmylou beamed and waved to what looked like some new students or so she thought that they were new students because if they were suppose to be in Gryffindor then she had never seen their beautiful faces before. "IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!" Emmylou sang off key and for one it wasn't a Christmas time so these muggle songs were not doing any good for the start of term but it felt so right!

The fifth year lioness twirled around. She was just so happy to be back here and to be able to see all her friends that she hadn't gotten to see over the summer so this was the perfect time to be here and welcome some new students too! Emmylou blinked as she saw Professor Airey. What was he doing? She for one shouldn't be calling him Airey in her head because there was something about him that really made her think that he could read peoples minds. "Welcome to Gryffindor new peoples!!" Emmylou waved once more and gave all of the first years and the transfers a warm, friendly smile.

She really couldn't wait to meet all of the new Gryffindors and show them around the castle.

Hera · 01-06-2015, 02:46 AM

He was fat. Very much, officially, FAT. Rotund even! That was the great thing about feasts, so much foooooooood, and on top of that, there was dessert! As a consequence, Zeke found he moved a little slower than usual, but not slow enough - he was still among the first few through to the Common Room. Heh, Omega Glory, he didn't know what it meant, but it sounded good.

Professor Airey's welcome though, now that was familiar... minus the jumping out of the window thing. ZOOOMMGGGG! PROFESSOR WALKED THE PLANK! -- funny that, considering the whole Hookstead debacle.
...

....

But, was that a?... WHAT was that?!

If it was what he thought it was, which would answer his question of why the Professor would THROW himself out of the window... then...

His hazel eyes were LOCKED on the beam.

He wanted on it!

Second year in awe over here.

*Holmesian Feline* · 01-06-2015, 02:46 AM

The feast was over, but Ben knew from experience it was far from the end of the fun for their first night, especially with Professor Flamsteed at the helm. There was bound to be something else planned for when they got to the common room. Moving with a few of the rest of his house up the moving staircase, eventually they came to the familiar frame of the Fat Lady's portrait. Once the password of the term was said, the fifth year stepped inside only to the sound of yelling. He had obviously missed something and Benny couldn't help but be curious as to what it was. His attention though was momentarily drawn to his surroundings though.

Certainly lion-rrific.

Home sweet home.

"Good evening, Professor Romanos," he greeted as he spotted the woman by a window. A glance around and he noticed Professor Flamsteed was nowhere around. Um...was he the cause of the yelling?

Uncle Moose · 01-06-2015, 02:46 AM

The Feast was interesting. Aegis hadn't seen anything like that while at Salem. He had intended to find the Curly-Haired Kid so he could prove to him it was his Birthday, instead...He witnessed a crazy fight. So yeah. Hogwarts was winning him over quickly, and it was also a big help that there were so many pretty ladies here.

Before he could about exploring the Common Room, some weirdo jumped out the Window. Wasn't he one of the Professor sitting up at the Dias?

"WHOA! DOES THAT MEAN ONE LESS CLASS THIS TERM!?!?"
Aegis blurted out in total awe of the situation, then quickly added.
"Can I go NEXT!?!" The Night was young still, and that meant his Birthday was not over yet! What a way to close your 16th Year on Earth.

itsjustjesse · 01-06-2015, 02:48 AM

Puck was about to introduce the students to the Common room really. But something was going crazy, mainly Flamsteed jumping off of the tower. What in the world, and then Bianca! If she wasn’t a Prefect she would have been laughing okay no she was laughing but she shouldn’t have been but that was what Bianca did made you laugh at things you shouldn’t laugh at.

Bianca was amazing okay.

AMAZING. But Flamsteed was not dead, “Baaaabe no, no!” She shook her head still laughing, “he’s not dead. Nope. He has a bungee cord on” did she snort? Nope. Well maybe. But still, she made her way into the room and smiled to Professor Romanos. “Hey Professor Romanos” Puck grinned over to her and then turned to eye the food.

Yes she had just eaten but she hadn’t really. She was always talking and forgetting to lift her fork to her mouth because well, she wasn’t going to eat and talk at the same time…that was well gross right? But there were S’mores and cinnamon rolls on sticks and cupcakes! SHE WAS EXCITED OKAY, very excited.

Puck grinning and grabbed a stick with the cinnamon roll wrapped around it and one of the marshmallows and carefully stuck the stick in the fire heating it until the roll browned a bit before jabbing the marshmallow on the end of it. There. Cinnamon s’mores. Eventually.

Firing the s’smore she just GRINNED and twirled the browned gooey marshamallow covered cinnamon stick! Yes, it was going to be awesome and ooey gooey delicious right? “Anyone want a Cinnamon-S’more?” She asked grinning at everyone.

Puck then grinned at the guy who ran with Bianca's joke. THAT was awesome, he had a sense of humor then? Puck grinned at the guy and chuckled "ooh! I wanna go after you and Bianca you have to go too!"

Uncle Moose · 01-06-2015, 03:03 AM

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Puck then grinned at the guy who ran with Bianca's joke. THAT was awesome, he had a sense of humor then? Puck grinned at the guy and chuckled "ooh! I wanna go after you and Bianca you have to go too!"

Aegis wanted to lean out the window and see if the Professor was coming back up! Because if he didn't Aegis would never have his chance to go too.

Ah Hello! It was the lovely looking Prefect Girl Kevin-Bob Pointed out to him at the Feast, and she wanted to have a go at the Jumping too? AH! and the Lovely Canary Cream Girl from the Train!! He scurried over them both and did a one quick twirl before getting onto one knee. "M'Ladies. If you so desire, I'll give up my spot in line so that you can have a go at it first."

Everyone has heard of Ladies First, Birthday of his be Damned!

LilFox06 · 01-06-2015, 03:06 AM

Mitchell blinked several times when he entered the common room. Wow. It was really bright. Who knew red could be so blinding?

After a second or two ~~or ten~~ seconds, he adjusted to the flaming common room enough to see CUPCAKES! Awesome. He went over and helped himself to one.

Wait. What happened? He glanced toward the window. Did he just--? Apparently. Hm. "Are we all allowed to do that?" Because that looked like fun.

Hera · 01-06-2015, 03:13 AM

He was still in awe, but he was becoming more aware of the other people in the room. Cause, y'know... there were people other than himself here and so forth - he wasn't supposed to be self-absorbed. But it was SO hard when all he wanted to do was follow Prof Airey out the window, he wanted the glory, THAT glory... that OMEGA glory? What was omega exactly? Meh...

Still, shuffling forward a bit more and to the side to where he figured the line would be, he saw Professor Romanos, "Hiiii Professor," he beamed, "ooohh, and I have questions, so I'll be coming to see you sometime..." once he'd gathered his thoughts and written them all down. Or something that resembled organisation.

But um, yeah, innocent active little second year wanted a go on the bungee thing. The older kiddos ought to make concessions for him.

"I bags third in line!!!" Ahem, yeah, something like that. He was fidgety, pulling on the sleeve of his jumper since he'd already abandoned his silly black robes. Robes were so uncomfortable, how people wore them was beyond him.

Cue bouncing on the balls of his feet.

itsjustjesse · 01-06-2015, 03:29 AM

Puck was prodding the end of her cinnamon roll infused S’more, because it looked delicious. She grinned and pressed her finger into the crusty edge of the very gooey marshmallow. She loved it, the delicious idea of how it would taste. When Ægís walked over she was pressing said finger to her lip and simply licked some of the marshmallow goo off of her finger.

It was good, so good. She grinned at Ægís and chuckled, “Aw, aren’t you precious I might take you up on that…if Bianca doesn’t want to” she grinned as obviously Bianca was important. She didn’t know the guy right? “I’m Puck by the way” she grinned introducing herself to the guy as she obviously had no clue that he already knew her name.

Puck grinned at Zeke, “if I don’t take this guy’s spot you can take mine” Puck grinned to him.

Schroyers · 01-06-2015, 03:40 AM

Nemo walked into the Party, but not until changing into his muggle clothes, they could be much more comfortable than his school robes sometimes.

He scanned the room to see who was there, obviously Professors Flamsteed and Romanos were in attendance, but that was to be expected. He saw Puck there Another expected attendee. Where was Damien? They were dorming together so naturally Nemo hoped they became good friends. Guy friends were an important thing right? He was sure Whyttyr wouldn't like it if he'd snogged all his friends...then again she said she wasn't the jealous type. So whatever.

But tonight wasn't about snogging, it was about friends and the PRIDE and being a Gryffindor.. He wasn't sure if he had that secret Gryffindor handshake quite down yet.. But he'd work on that. The Fifth Year had all term.

iBeJenn · 01-06-2015, 03:41 AM

Bianca didn't see a single thing wrong with what she had said. It was all in good fun and no one was seriously hurt. She shrugged and grinned at the babe but it was soon dropped as she let out a loud sigh. The Gryffindor grabbed a cupcake and pouted. "Well, you didn't need to tell the firsties that, Babe."

Super unfair.

Now her fun was ruined. Except the boy from the train had agreed with her. See, why did Puck have to burst that bubble? Was it just because of the badge? Did the badge cast a curse upon people and make them uninteresting and boring and burst people's fun bubbles? PROBABLY. That was the only logical explanation for Puck's behavior.

WHAT WAS SHE DOING WITH THE MARSHMALLOW ANYWAYS? "Do you need a napkin?" Cause that was a serious question.

Bianca waved to the students from last term. OOH. There was Emmy. She wiggled her fingers in hello to the fellow fifth year before watching the train boy twirl and... get down on one knee?

She let out a laugh at that sight. How utterly charming and ridiculous that was. "I totes call dibs on first," Bianca said, glint in her eye. Quickly, she snapped a picture of the students wandering in the common room after the feast. It could go into the yearbook and all. "I want pictures of me screaming on the way down."

and OMNOM CUPCAKE

Erindipity · 01-06-2015, 03:50 AM

Silas was kind of tired and full and despite the small nap he had taken during the feast... yeah. People talked too much and at great length about things that were not important. It was exhausting pretending he cared. SNOOZE FEST!

But whatever. Feast was over and here he was. In the room with a bunch of other people and the fireplace was emitting JUST ENOUGH heat to make him feel like he was going to nod off. FUNSIES! And his HoH just jumped out the window... and people were doing things. Blaaaaah.

Moving over to the sofa he plopped down and let out a great big yawn and looked around at his housemates. Hmmmm. Who did he want to talk to?

nicole black · 01-06-2015, 04:02 AM

Damien had considered changing, not into those ugly robes, no, no, no. He was not even remotely going near those hideous, shapeless things. Rather, he’d considered putting on a summer suit, but had decided his white dress shirt, tapered jeans and chucks were nice enough for the casual party amongst his new peers. The room was so Red and Gold that for a second Damien couldn’t see anything but the colors.

Thankfully, his blue eyes adjusted and after a minute or so the boy was able to see the party and it’s attendants properly. There were two older people, a man in a very nice suit and a beautiful brunette that Damien probably shouldn’t have been eyeing, but eh, kind of was – He knew they were teachers and clearly they were aligned with Gryffindor, but he didn’t know anything else. – There was Puck, hard to miss the effervescent brunette, and Nemo, and…. He recognized some of the others from the feast, but Damien didn’t know their names or anything.

Oh, and Bianca was there, he hadn’t had the chance to talk to her at the feast, which had been a shame, ‘cause she was cool, really cool. He’d say hello in a bit, first he wanted to get at those marshmallows before the vanished….

And it was while he was eating that he noticed the suited man was wearing… A harness? And was that….

His mouth slipped open. “Bungee Jumping.” Oh. Hell. Yes.

iBeJenn · 01-06-2015, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by nicole black

Damien had considered changing, not into those ugly robes, no, no, no. He was not even remotely going near those hideous, shapeless things. Rather, he’d considered putting on a summer suit, but had decided his white dress shirt, tapered jeans and chucks were nice enough for the casual party amongst his new peers. The room was so Red and Gold that for a second Damien couldn’t see anything but the colors.

Thankfully, his blue eyes adjusted and after a minute or so the boy was able to see the party and it’s attendants properly. There were two older people, a man in a very nice suit and a beautiful brunette that Damien probably shouldn’t have been eyeing, but eh, kind of was – He knew they were teachers and clearly they were aligned with Gryffindor, but he didn’t know anything else. – There was Puck, hard to miss the effervescent brunette, and Nemo, and…. He recognized some of the others from the feast, but Damien didn’t know their names or anything.

Oh, and Bianca was there, he hadn’t had the chance to talk to her at the feast, which had been a shame, ‘cause she was cool, really cool. He’d say hello in a bit, first he wanted to get at those marshmallows before the vanished….

And it was while he was eating that he noticed the suited man was wearing… A harness? And was that….

His mouth slipped open. “Bungee Jumping.” Oh. Hell. Yes.

Bianca totes had next in the whole jumping out the window thing with a cord attached. It would've been so much cooler without the cord, she supposed but it would've also probably most likely led to one's death. Though Quidditch players fell off their brooms all the time and some of them seem perfectly okay.

The Gryffindor was going to wait for her turn except she noticed someone she knew.

"DAAAAMIEEEEENNNN!! HEEEY!!!" She beamed and made her way over, slinging an arm around him to the best of her ability. It wasn't fair how she was average height and everyone... wasn't. "WELCOME..." she said, waving one arm, "TO THE GREATEST HOUSE EVER. GRYFFFFFINNNDOOOOR."

And this was the part where she stepped back and let him admire the whole place. 'Cause he was new and needed to see the beauty known as the common room and Pride the rock. And also she needed another cupcake.

Hera · 01-06-2015, 05:08 AM

Yeah yeah YEAH!... Third, he CLAIMED it. He did. And the prospect of this was making him super giddy and just YEAAHHHHHHHHHHOOWW!

And to make thins even better... Puck was proving to be a decent Prefect.

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Puck grinned at Zeke, “if I don’t take this guy’s spot you can take mine” Puck grinned to him.

"You're... the besets EVER," he announced with conviction. Yep. SOLD! It really wasn't hard to win him over, and go figure this was the PERFECT way to do it.

ArianaBlack · 01-06-2015, 05:14 AM

Seeing as Puck had taken the lead with the group, Zander decided to stick behind and wait for any stragglers. That was until he noticed his fellow Prefect bolting in Bianca's direction and OKAY, OKAY HE WAS COMING FOR THE FRONT. Merlin's beard. Gaaaaah. This Prefect thing was already an exhausting job and he wasn't even dealing with the troubled houses.

SPOILER!!: Mentions of Airey but mostly Romanos

Just as he made his way to the front line WAS PROFESSOR FLAMSTEED JUMPING OFF THIS EARLY??? Welp. That made things sufficiently awkward. Mostly because he had been on his way over to compliment the hard work the Professors had put into redoing the place, but now... Now he was just walking towards one Professor Romanos. And the discomfort couldn't be any more real. You'd think after a full term the boy would recover. Wrong. He didn't think she was evil anymore ~~she was mostly not evil~~, but still. After all his accusations, it was kind of hard to look into her eyes without feeling 10000% terrible about his terrible judgement. Ahem.

Anyways, he couldn't really turn back now that he made EYE CONTACT. So he continued over. How come once he became a Prefect, Professor Romanos had to be a part of the team? Granted, she was there last term too. BUT STILL. Couldn't they have waited until Zander graduated to give her the position or something? 'Cause awwwwwkwaaaaard. "Uh, hi Professor," he said smiling rather uncomfortably. Fancy seeing you here. No, he wouldn't say that. Lame. "The place looks great," totally great. Mhm. Yuuuuuuup. He stood around in uncomfortably silence, rocking back and forth at this point. Willing Professor Flamsteed to fly back up into the air. After all, what goes down must come up, right? PROFESSOR PLS.

SPOILER!!: Silas

Zander had his eye on this one. The one that was so condescending towards little Amur during the feast. And this fifth year was not a fan. Not. A. Fan. And oh, how fitting? The guy was just laying on the cough. Well, not laying. Just sitting mostly. And yawning. Ruuuude. They had put together SO many FUN festivities and he was just SITTING THERE??? Was he even aware of the meeting that they had over the summer to plan this thing? And he was SITTING.

No. No, no no.

Hate to burst your bubble, kid but Zander was coming over to disturb your nap. Walking towards him, but staying far enough away as to not 'contaminate' the air he breathed or something like that, the Gryffindor furrowed his brows. "Don't just sit around yawning! There are so many fun things to do," yes, he was annoyed but he was still wearing the badge... Which meant he couldn't show his annoyance, so instead he gave the boy an encouraging smile. Because that's what he was supposed to do, right? Also, didn't know the guys name so introductions would be necessary at some point. "I'm Zander Adair by the way, one of your Prefects, and everyone worked really hard on this, so why don't you try a delicious cupcake or something?" Show you care. Even just a little.

Actually, he even surprised himself a bit there. With his voice sounding a little more confident than he actually felt. Heh.

SPOILER!!: Damieeeeen

So one thing he had to keep in mind was to check with the new kids, right? Since it was a welcome party after all, despite the GRYFFINDORING theme. Seeing the blonde kid (Aegis), ~~or were they all blonde kids according to what Damien had said~~ Zander almost made his way over there, but saw that he looked... uh... rather preoccupied. So instead, he waved over at Damien instead. Winged horse guy. "Welcome to Gryffindor! Officially." The sorting was technically the real indication that he was a true lion, but he was in the Common Room now. This was the REAL DEAL.

Soooooo.... He took a great big look around the Common Room himself actually, trying to take in every aspect of their fun party activities. "Think you're in the right place?"

Erindipity · 01-06-2015, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Zander had his eye on this one. The one that was so condescending towards little Amur during the feast. And this fifth year was not a fan. Not. A. Fan. And oh, how fitting? The guy was just laying on the cough. Well, not laying. Just sitting mostly. And yawning. Ruuuude. They had put together SO many FUN festivities and he was just SITTING THERE??? Was he even aware of the meeting that they had over the summer to plan this thing? And he was SITTING.

No. No, no no.

Hate to burst your bubble, kid but Zander was coming over to disturb your nap. Walking towards him, but staying far enough away as to not 'contaminate' the air he breathed or something like that, the Gryffindor furrowed his brows. "Don't just sit around yawning! There are so many fun things to do," yes, he was annoyed but he was still wearing the badge... Which meant he couldn't show his annoyance, so instead he gave the boy an encouraging smile. Because that's what he was supposed to do, right? Also, didn't know the guys name so introductions would be necessary at some point. "I'm Zander Adair by the way, one of your Prefects, and everyone worked really hard on this, so why don't you try a delicious cupcake or something?" Show you care. Even just a little.

Actually, he even surprised himself a bit there. With his voice sounding a little more confident than he actually felt. Heh.

Okay this was NOT okay. All Silas had WANTED to do was rest and be left alone for a few moments since he had just left a feast. Seriously. No more food. Why would anyone torture themselves as such. And now this Prefect was like... trying to FORCE him to participate. No thank you.

Silas quirked a brow up at the other boy and smirked. "I just left the feast. Just like everyone else did. I think I will pass on the cupcakes and things and sit for a bit to let my food digest. So pardon me for wanting to have a sit down. Okay. Nice to meet you, Zander Adair, Prefect Extraordinaire." Now shove off and let Silas alone for a few minutes, please? Thank you.

Now the Prefect had made the boy grumpy. No bueno. Could he just go to bed now? That'd be SUPER.

Tazenhani · 01-06-2015, 05:31 AM

It was her small size that would have let her squeeze in between some of the students when she heard a manly-screaming-greeting come from the other side of what was apparently the entrance to their living quarters. But she didn't squeeze through. Not right away. There was someone exclaiming that someone had died, and then others saying they wanted to try 'that'. She assumed 'that' was whatever had let the 'dead' one to his well...apparent death?

But no one sounded too panicked, and people were greeting a Professor, so Amur allowed her curiosity to hinge on the portrait that served as their door. She stepped slowly forward, keeping close to the wall to allow other students to pass by. Only once she was satisfied her curiosity was at bay, did she turn around and...

Her jaw dropped. It was like walking into the core of the sun. Everything was so bright and festive. And the common room was beautiful. All decorated up it was gorgeous, and she could only imagine how lovely it would still look after all the deocrations were taken down. It felt homey. And that, was important. She had feared she would miss home, but this little area and the smiles and good humor that filled the room dismissed that thought completely.

The fire was the most inviting, and of course the deserts that were piled close to it. Zander and Mr. Pink Shoes had proven to her that the food at the feast wasn't a trick of her imagination, so she had eaten some. Enough to be satisfied. But that didn't mean there wasn't room enough for deserts. There was always room for deserts.

Scooting around boys on knees, kids stuck staring at the window in awe and happy reunions, Amur made it to the table and quickly grabbed three chocolate frogs, which after a moments hesitation she stuck up her sleeve, a handful of popcorn and a nice, steaming hot chocolate.

The pumpkin pastie was already halfway in her mouth it smelled so good, before she realized she was standing directly across from Mr. Pink Shoes and Prefect Zander. Her shoulders rose to try and hide the embarrassment on her cheeks and she gave them both a slight wave with her hot chocolate mug, careful not to slosh it as she move over to them. Upon nearing, she noticed that Mr. Pink Shoes and Zander both looked a little less than happy. So she did the only logical thing possible, and plopped herself on the floor beside the couch, holding her hand with the popcorn up above her head in offering to each of them.

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