After making sure his topiary garden was back to normal, and after a little bit of consoling the topiary that were DAMAGED thanks to a few first years, Waylon made his way over to the Kiosk and hopped himself over the counter. With a few flicks of his wand, the stand came to life, indicating that the students could now come up and cash in their tokens.

If they wanted to cash in their tokens, of course. Who knew, maybe some of them wanted to keep them.

Although, with one look at all the prizes, he doubted that would happen. Picking up, in his opinion the best prize there, the Gran Longbottom Squawking Vulture Hat, Waylon promptly placed it on his head and chuckling at the squawking it was doing, he leaned forward and rested his elbows on the counter.

Where was Cece? More importantly, where were the students!?

Ella walked over to the kiosk with a smile on her face. Seeing the list of prizes, she immediately decided to cash in for house points. "Hello, could I trade my token for 1 house point?" She was excited, adding another housepoint to the ones Hufflepuff had already would be great.

Ella handed a copy of the announcements over to the man behind the counter with a smile, waiting for his reply.
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Now this sort of thing was what every Slytherin's determination was aimed for--a prize center. As she approached the kiosk, Sierra immediately began reading off the list of items she could exhange her tokens for. Just for kicks, she thought about requesting the replica of the Hufflepuff Cup...

...but no. She might get stuck with the thing and be forced to drown it in the lake hours later.

She fished into her pocket and pulled out her tokens--all ten of them. Mehh. Let's see, she'd gotten one doing the Potato Sack Race, one at the Giant Lily Pad Jump, and eight at the Hippogriff Hundred Yard Dash.

Approaching the counter, she stood quietly and waited her turn. Was anyone even back there yet?

When Zhenya saw that Professor Murdoch was in the kiosk, she approached it slowly. She had made a paper flower out of coloured papers, and handed it to him. There was no way she was going to pick a flower, but her dad gave her mum flowers when he did something bad to the kitchen.

"Here," she said to Professor Murdoch, and handed him the paper flower. Maybe he would give it to the most damaged Topiary animal. She would never go to the Topiary garden again. Well, until tomorrow anyway.

"I would like to trade all my tokens for points, please" she said handing them over.

Nate walked up to the kiosk. He knew that he wanted house points. "Excuse me can I have 4 house points." Nate said while taking out his tokens.
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And just when he thought the hat he was wearing was scaring all the kids away, they all started to arrive.

Straightening himself up, Waylon grinned down at the first girl to claim her prize. He was more than ready to have a bunch of kids following in his footsteps and want a vulture hat, but alas, he was wrong. House points, of course. "Are you suuuure that's what you want?"

Picking up a quill, he used it to point up at his hat. She really didn't want one of those?

Turning his attention away from the girl who wanted house points, Waylon waved over the next student. "Hello!" he called out, grimacing as the hat on his head gave an almighty squawk, mimicking his greeting.

"What can I get for you?" His eyes traveled upwards. Surely she wanted hat.

Oh, what was this?

Eyebrows raising as Zhenya made her way to the Kiosk, Waylon eyed the flower she was handing to him before his face broke out into a grin. Look at that! His first gift from one of the students, and it just so happened to be something she made. Yes, it was safe to say that, if he was still a little bitter about what happened during the race, all was forgotten. "Thank you, Zhenya!" Taking the flower from her, he placed it on the far side of he counter so nothing would happen to it. He was going to put it right on his mantle when he got back to his hut.

Counting all the coins that she had, he picked up a quill and notepad and wrote her information down. "Fifteen house points for you!"

Did no one want an actual prize!?

Obviously not.

Vulture hat squawking in disapproval, well, that's what he was going to say it was squawking in, Waylon counted the tokens the boy had before picking up his quill and notepad. Quickly writing down the information, he took the tokens and shoved them into his pockets. His pockets were almost as noisy as the hat! "And that is four house points for Hufflepuff."

"Ok thanks." Nate said in a very happy voice.

Walking up the the kiosk Jezzabelle actually had to dig the coins out of her pocket. She had gotten one from the Magical Horse Shoes, one from the Giant Lilypad Jumping, and a final total of eighteen from the Hippogriff Hundred Yard Dash. Wow a total of twenty tokens and she knew without a doubt where she was going to send them.

She smiled and said ever so cheerfully, "I'd like to turn my twenty tokens in for twenty house points."

Kurumi made her way up to the kiosk with her pockets mildly heavy from the tokens she had won during the event's festivities. Seeing the Groundskeeper, Kurumi waited until it was her turn before setting all her tokens on the counter. "I would like to exchange my tokens for house points please," she chirped, pushing the coins forward.

Sierra opened her hand to reveal the ten tokens she'd won at the event. "House points, please," she said, peering down at the tokens. She had half a mind to attempt to trick the man into believing she had twenty, but if she got caught, she didn't want to lose what she did have. "I've got ten, but how about swinging for twenty house points, hmm?" Well, it was worth a shot. "I'll feed the ducks in the duck pond every day for a week..."

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What a happy kid. A very happy kid.

Waylon had just opened his mouth to say goodbye to him when the hat he was wearing beat him to it.

SQUAWK!

"That.. wasn't.. me." Awkward.

If he didn't see the coins with his own eyes, Waylon would have thought that the kids were cheating somehow. Not that they could cheat really, he did have a list stating how many tokens everyone should have.

He was just too lazy to actually read it.

Holding out his hand for her to drop the tokens into it, he picked up his quill and wrote down her information. "Twenty points for Gryffindor. If you're really sure that's what you want." They had a deluxe box of pranks from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes! Who wouldn't want that!?

With the way things were going, Waylon was going to be able to keep his squawking hat. And all the other prizes that were behind the counter. It made him wonder why they even had prizes to begin with, they all should have known that the house points were what everyone was going to go for.

Not that he was complaining or anything. Giving out house points was such an easy job.

Scooping the coins Kurumi had placed on the counter into his hand, Waylon shoved them into his pocket before jotting down how many house points she was to receive. "Eighteen house points to you, Kurumi."

He knew it before she even said it, she wanted house points.

Unlike the other students that made their way up to the counter, this one just had that look about her. The look that said 'Give me the house points or when you wake up you will find your duck pond drained of water.' Okay, so maybe the look didn't say that exactly, but he was correct about her wanting the points.

Waylon held out his hand so she could drop her tokens into it, except he found himself retracting said hand as he heard what else she had to say.

Ohh..

He knew what she was doing, and Waylon Murdoch was not going to fall for it! Clearing his throat, he held out his hand once more and leaned forward just a little bit, making shifty eyes at the girl. "I'll tell you what. How about I give you your ten house points, and you still feed the ducks everyday for a week?" Bwaha!

"Of course that's what I really want," Jezz said. What kind of question was that anyway. She had already gotten enough prizes anyway. "Thank you." She said smiling as she watched him scribble down something on paper. It had better be her twenty points or she just might go crazy. She turned away from the kiosk not exactly sure where she was going but she wasn't going to stay here.

Approaching the line of students in front of the kiosk, Daichi wondered if he should get the house points or a fun gift. The prizes looked awesome but...house points! Slytherin could hopefully get back to first place again!

He waited until it was his turn as he grabbed his tokens out of his pocket he had won at thethree legged race - and magical horse shoes

Beezus hopped on her way to the Kiosk. She didn't have that much tokens but she sure had so much fun. Yes, she really did enjoyed the Fandango. She was tired and exhausted but it was all worth it.

She waited for her turn and when it was, she settled the tokens on the counter and said, "I'd like to exchange my tokens for house points please." Yeap, more for her beloved house.

Fine, fine.

He could tell the girl was absolutely positive that she wanted the house points even before she said anything. He figured it would be pointless to try and talk her out of it. "You're welcome." Watching as she walked off, Waylon collected her coins and shoved them into his pockets.

What was he supposed to do with them afterwards? They were starting to weigh down his pants.

"Hey there, Daichi!" Waylon called out, waving the boy over so he'd move closer to the counter. Now, knowing that the kid liked ducks and all, the Groundskeeper was more than one hundred percent positive that he would want a squawking hat.

Imagine all the fun he could have with the ducks. Sort of like a way to communicate with another species! "What can I get for you?"

And then there was Beezus. Biscuit sure was going to be upset that Waylon hadn't taken him along with him. The puppy had become fond of the little Ravenclaw, even if it was just because he wanted to play fetch with her wand. Good thing that, didn't happen, though, right?

Right.

Grinning at the girl, Waylon scooped up her tokens and counted them. "Five house points for you then!" He wasn't even going to try and talk them out of it anymore. It was a lost cause. Sticking the tokens into his pocket, he picked up his quill and wrote down the total of house points she was to receive.

Hearing his name being called out, Daichi looked up from counting his tokens. He smiled as he waved back and quickly came to the front of the kiosk. "Hi~ Professor..groundskeeper man ..sir.." O_o

"I don't know..." he said , biting his lower lip as he looked at the prizes. "I'm guessing most people get house points, right?" he asked. He looked at his tokens , only seven... It wasn't that much. But what if he bought a prize and those seven points COULD have helped Slytherin to win this term again?

Despite the cool prizes, Daichi wanted to win the cup too so, after some thinking he extended his hand to give the tokens. "House points, please...i want Slytherin to come back again~" he was doing the right thing , right? Helping Slytherin and all...

Ella laughed. "Yes, I'm sure!"

Sierra had nearly dumped her tokens into the man's hand when he quickly retracted said hand, nearly causing her to dump her precious tokens onto the ground. She had half a mind to pretend she had dropped some, that way she could claim more sometime later.

She raised her eyebrows, realizing this man was attempting a bargain. Now he was playing Sierra's game, which meant she just had to up her bargaining a bit. "I'll tell you what," he said, holding out her handful of tokens again. "I'll feed your ducks everyday for a week." Pause. "Then when I'm done, I'll meet you in your hut and we'll talk further negotiations over cake and butterbeer."

She jiggled her handful of coins. "I'll take twelve of my house points now, please."

Alyssa walked up to the Kiosk to claim her prizes. She didn't get to play all the games but she was still happy with what she had won. So when it was her turn to step up, she told Waylon, the Groundskeeper. "I would like to exchange my tokens for house points please.

I won one in the Magical Shuffleboard game.

One in the Magical Horse Shoes game.

and one in the Giant Lilypad Jumping game."Alyssa told him.

Professor groundskeeper man sir?

Raising an eyebrow, Waylon eyed Daichi before letting out a chuckle and shaking his head. It, at least, was much better than being called Mr. Architect Guy. Or whatever it was that Anya had called him. "Mr. Murdoch?" It still sounded weird saying that.

Ahh, see! There was still hope yet! Daichi didn't know what to get, and with one look at the prizes, he would surely pick something. Although, him asking about most people getting house points left him a little skeptical of that happening.

Nodding slowly, as if any sudden movement would startle the boy and have him running away, Waylon let his hand hover over the animated plush dragon when.. he retracted it right back to his side. House points, there it was! But with the way Daichi had said it, Waylon couldn't even try to get him to change his mind. Darn kids.. being all cute. "Well, you are now seven points closer of having that happen." he said, jotting a few things down on his parchment and collecting the tokens.

Maybe he could throw the tokens in the wishing fountain later..

These kids could not be swayed, could they?

Waylon raised an eyebrow, but in the end, he picked up the notepad and wrote down Ella's information. "Okay." he drawled dramatically, "One point for you!" At least she was a Hufflepuff. Hehe.

And the negotiations continue!

Pushing himself off the counter he was leaning over, Waylon raised his eyebrows to match Sierra's. It was very difficult not to burst out laughing at how serious she was being, but somehow he managed and he scratched at his chin as he thought about what she was saying.

So, not only was she going to feed his ducks for a whole week, she was going to bring him cake and butterbeer?

That seemed like alot of work just for a few extra points, didn't it? Who was he to complain, though? He got a week off from feeding the ducks! And if they did talk further negotiations, maybe he could get her to water the vegetables in the vegetable garden for a week as well.

He eyed the tokens in her hand as she jiggled them. "I'll give you your ten points now." Since she had ten tokens, not twelve. He knew that! "Then, after you feed the ducks," and bring him that cake, "we'll discuss giving you those other points." He wiggled his fingers for the tokens.

Taking off the hat he was wearing since it was starting to itch his head, Waylon grinned at Alyssa as she walked up, his hands already reaching for the parchment he was writing on. She had that 'I want house points' look on her face, too, and it really was no surprise when she asked for just that.

"Three tokens." he said, holding out his hand for her to drop them in. "And three house points for you."

Sierra narrowed her eyes. This man couldn't be persuaded, now could he? Or, at least, he couldn't be persuaded to negotiate immediately. She remained quiet as she considered his deal. Surely it couldn't take long amounts of time each time to stroll down to the pound, throw some food at the ducks--err, to the ducks--and the head on back to the castle. She'd aim for three or four minutes tops.

...and then he was going to provide the cake and butterbeer for them to eat while they negotiated the rest of the house points. Hmm. She could handle that. "Deal," she finally said and dropped the tokens into his hand. "I'll see you soon, it seems. Have a good day, Mr..." She eyed him up and down. What was he called again? "...Murdoch." She grinned at him then turned on her heels and headed back to the castle.

Oakey hurried from the Healers tent over to the Kiosk to turn his tokens in. He thought about what was there for him to get but decided the event was as much a prize itself and would cash his tokens in for house points.

Hi there...Oakey looked at the man wearing the Longbottom Hat, he hadn't met this guy yet, Oakey wasn't sure what to call him...Mr.Squaky-Hat-Kiosk-Man Hopefully he would correct Oakey on the obviously wrong name and they could get on with his getting of house points.

Alyssa quickly placed the three tokens into his hand. "Uh...is there anyway I can earn more house points? Could I exchange these prizes in for house points too? I really have no need for them, but I definitely need the house points." Alyssa asked the groundskeeper.

"Thank you, sir," Kurumi smiled, mentally waving goodbye to her tokens. She sort of wished that she had kept one to remember the day, but it would probably only get lost in her sock drawer among all her cookie cutters. "Mr. Murdoch, what are you going to do with all those prizes?" Because...it didn't seem like anyone was taking them when there were house points on the line. Although, Kurumi couldn't help but feel that this had been the staff's plan all along. With everyone exchanging their coins for house points, that meant that the prizes could be divided up between them.

Sneaky sneaky adults.