How did she get stuck manning this booth? No, really. How. Dora wanted to know. Because she didn't recall signing up for this.

... It was probably Alice.

It was most definitely Alice. If anything she would have done the snogging one cause snogs, but she was stuck here. Games. Sigh. The sixth year crossed her legs, knitting her feet between the bars of the stool she'd claimed as her own and managed to look somewhat excited about being in-charge of anti-valentines day games.

Not too excited though, she did actually like this day.

At least she had cool people with her.

Oh, games.

And even though these games were sort of labeled for those who snubbed Valentine's Day, those who LIKED the holiday could still play. Yeah? Yep. Schuyler was going to.

Also, she happened to catch a glimpse of Dora heading in that direction, so she and Dora could be partners. If partners were needed. To be honest, Schuyler didn't even know what the games were. When she got close enough to the other girl, she gave her a poke square in the back. "Oh, Dora! You didn't see. I think you just got shot by Cuuuuupid." Was she going to call him stupid? Stupid Cupid was picking on Isidora.

Schuyler grinned.

She was being poked. Yes, she was.

Dora, who'd manage to turn her attention to one of her bracelets, was half through flicking an irritated glance over her shoulder when a voice followed and her facial features relaxed into a half smile. "Oh, yeah? Who am I falling for tonight then?" One brow rose curious and she turned a bit on her stool to properly face her friend.

"Wouldn't have thought to see you on this side of the party." For Olly reasons.

The poke was supposed to be an arrow. Dora didn't seemed very affected by this cupid arrow, though.

In fact, she seemed annoyed. Until, of course, she realized who was behind her. "Well, the first person you set eyes on was me," Schuyler noted with a grin and a little wink. She laced her fingers together behind her back and looked from one game to the next. "Are you in charge of all of these, or just one?" Trying her hand at the real arrows looked most appealing.

And then she flashed a smile. "Yes, well, I won't be here for too long. Olly's very into romance and Valentine's and she's insisting on going through the tunnel of love." Very Olly-like, you know.

It was extremely easy to infer that Alice did not approve of this event. Nor did she want to be in attendance. Nor did she want to be clad in a prissy little dress and girly shoes that most definitely weren't her ever present sneakers. Nor did she feel like letting her best friend have free reign on her hair and turn her into the queen of braided updos. But that was exactly what had happened.

A grumpy looking Gryffindor Captain padded over to the snubbing side of the Great Hall where the game center was, her dress swishing as she walked. Upon arriving, Alice wasted no time greeting Schuyler or being even grouchier because Dora had only worn a skirt and she could have done the same.

"Gimme the bat. I wanna hit something."

She'd aim for the piñata. Maybe.

Dora was hardly affected by any cupid.

A grin did manage to spread on her lips though, however slow it was. "Then you," She browed Schuyler a bit. "Must be the keeper of my heart. You must part from all other lovers at once, and be mine." Yeah, sorry Olly. Going to have to find someone else, at least for tonight. Oh, the games? "Alice and head girl manning this booth. I prefer to think of myself as a supervisor until I get to dancing." She wanted to dance with all her friends while listening to her friends play.

And then she wanted to dance with the band.

For her part, Dora did a damn good job of not laughing at Schuyler. Very good one. "I can totally see this being Olly's kind of holiday. The candy hearts and stuffed animals are totally her." More like, what the gifts got you was Olly.

At least, if she had to be at this literally stupid station, she got to be here with Alice. Who was looking beautiful and Dora was taking full complacent credit for every little detail. Looking at her best friend was almost as fun as doing her hair.

Tilting her head, she squinted and considered her best friend. Then she picked up the bat and considered it thoughtfully. "If I give it to you, does it mean I get a dance?"

Bart had come to the event.. See he was here though the love stuff was still dumb in his book and he wanted nothing to do with all that mushy effort that everyone seemed to be involved in. Though Donny had a great idea about reminding people they cared. He talked a big talk of hating love and not wanting love, but he knew he had a major crush on someone that wasn't even worth crushing over. She was older and he was just twelve. So it was stupid, but it wouldn't hurt to be nice would it?

Rubbing at his face that he had finally trimmed up a bit. No more big long epic beard. It had gotten the way at quiddtich and sorry his true love was quidditch, Duh! Hence the reason his broom was in his hand as his date!

He shuffled his slippered feet through the event looking for a specific person and finding this person at he game. Oh a hitting game, Bart might have to try that later if his arms felt up to it, but right now he was on a mission before he backed out. That's when he noticed bra girl. She was here! Why was she here.. Maybe this was the wrong time to do this.

No.. no he was going to do it so he shuffled right up to Captain Alice and gave a smile under the beard. "So.. I wasn't going to come here, but thought it'd be um a good time to well give this to you. Happy Valentine's Day Captain." He shoved the chocolates and handmade card at her.

She'd cleaned up pretty well considering. A fresh batch of that wrinkle potion and some hair dye had done most of the work. Still moving like a 95 year old, though. How did people that old even survive like this? The eighteen year old was pretty fed up with the old age thing at this point and it probably showed a bit on her face as she wandered over to the game center, one hand on the small of her back for support. Back problems, y'know?

Oh and she'd forgotten her badge... ... ...cool.

"Hey."

Was she late? Seemed like it. If anyone asked, she had been checking on the other student leaders, making sure they were here and stuff. YUP. Just doing her job. Speaking of, now that she was here, could she maybe sit down somewhere? Dora seemed to have found herself a stool and Ella wanted one too. Hm.

Schuyler laughed at Dora's response and placed a hand over her heart. "Anything for you, lovebug." Look at these fine Cupid skills at work. Schuyler had been a pretty successful Cupid, right? Aah, okay, that made more sense that Alice and Ella were co-supervising. Three separate games was a lot for one person; that was a recipe for cheating. "Maybe I'll see you on the dance floor too, then." Because she never passed up dancing. Although she didn't foresee any of that Cotton Eye Joe dancing happening with her. Sorry, Airey. "So, what about you, hmm? Have your eye on anyone this Valentine's Day?" Other than Schuyler, now.

Heh. Yeeaah, this event really wasn't Olly-ish at all. But she did do a good job of tolerating it for the sake of her girlfriend, and Schuyler couldn't ask for more than that. "Also, anything frilly," she added, flashing another grin.

And then some blue blur went buzzing by. Kind of stomping a little bit, if her eyes served her correctly. Oh whoa, WAIT. That wasn't just a blue blur - that was Alice in a B-E-A-uuuutiful blue dress! Schuyler gasped and smiled simultaneously. "Alice! I knew dresses were growing on you. Especially the strapless, it seems." Had that dance lesson triggered it? Schuyler ignored any grumbling coming from the fellow Gryffindor. Why grumble when you looked so pretty? It tarnished the image.

She suppressed a smirk when she noticed the Dweeb offering the captain some chocolates and a card. "Awwwww. How sweet." She said it almost a little TOO sweetly, too.

The third student leader supervisor arrived just then. Head Girl Ella. Fashionably late. Maybe she was making a statement. "Hi, Ella," she greeted with a wave. Speaking of nice dresses, there was another one.

Adi had not forgotten about his best friend just because he had gotten a date for this event. He still remembered that Benny was dateless though he had seen him with a girl at the Seating area just now. Had Benny gotten a date and not told Adi? Hmmm. He'd have to ask when his friend joined him.

He headed over to the game centre, looking for something fun to do. Oh looky! It was the Head Girl! "Hi, Ella! Happy Valentine's day.'' He grinned at her. Where was Alec, anyway? Adi hadn't seen him as yet.

A seat. She'd finally found one.

The blonde was tempted to summon the stool but flying chairs and nope, bad move. So instead she slowly made her way over and dragged it back as gracefully as she could. Dress and heels, y'know? Not exactly prime chair moving attire but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Once she was settled, the blonde sat up a little straighter and just people watched. That was until Schuyler greeted her. "Hey. Pretty dress. I like that color." She'd gone a bit overboard with the red on her part and she was regretting it a now. Red wasn't exactly her color despite what Alec seemed to think.

And aw, Adi. Ella expression softened a bit and she gave him a big smile. "You too, Kiddo. Enjoying yourself?"

Benny had slowly be wandered around, needing to stretch his legs for the moment and wound up by the game area. Stupid Cupid. Yeah, that worked. It was there that he spotted Adi...on his own...and moved closer to his friend. The second year stayed quiet as the Hufflepuff spoke with the head girl, looking around instead to see if there was any other familiar faces around. Bart and Alice were there, also in conversation or playing.

"Hey...." he finally greeted, absently running a hand through his gray hair. "Having fun?" You know, with whatever you've been up to since getting here.

Dora drew a heart in the air around her face with both hands and made kissy faces at Schuyler, finishing with a wink. "You have too, you've gone and stolen my heart. It'd be rude not to dance with me at least once." Because when she said she wanted to dance with everyone, she meant everyone. The sixth year shook her head and smiled secretively. "No, not for Valentine's Day." Noope. "It's kind of weird being single for it though." Not been without one for three years now.

Olly in something frilly, that got a laugh from the girl.

The little gryffindor that came over got a wave with the bat from Dora, and an amused eyebrow raise at the card but now words. Ella though. "You look lovely." She really did. And Alec looked nice too, she'd noted.

More kids were coming over, they got waves with the bat and nothing more.

"The hair, don't forget her haiiir." Dora was really fond of Alice's hair.

Adi nodded enthusiastically. "I wasn't sure I would but you guys put together some really cool activities.'' And now he was totally looking forward to dancing! Who would have thought that would happen? "Where's Alec anyway, Ella?'' Super Seeker was just about the only he hadn't seen so far.

Just then, Benny ambled up. "Hey, Dragon. Looking sharp.'' He grinned, momentarily forgetting that little bit of annoyance he felt because he thought his friend had neglected to tell him about him acquiring a date. "Wanna play a game? I was thinking of the pinata one.'' They'd need a bat, yes? Did Ella and the other prefect have one there?

Did Schuyler really have to point that bit out? "All Dora's dresses with straps are too girly. I'd rather have bare shoulders than a load of dumb frills 'round my legs." Perfectly sound logic, thank you. Because Alice Fischer did not under any circumstances wear frills. Ugh. Disgusting.

"Maybe we should switch dresses. I like yours better." Sleeves and all, plus it was really pretty. Her fellow lioness had good taste.

But not in shoes. MerLIN, how did she walk in those things?

"Only if you let me stand on your toes and do all the moving," she answered sincerely. Could she have that bat now?

Waiting patiently until Dora's attention was being lapped up by Schuyler again, she sneakily crept her way up to her best friend, yanking the bat from her fingers at the last second before she was noticed. Hah. Success! But she could have a dance, so Alice supposed it was fair enough.

And now for piñata whacking. She'd just pretend that the fat heart was the person who'd thought up the bloody eve-

Oh. "Hey Chaser. I like your tie." .... why did he have a beard, though? That was sort of creepy.

And.... er... what was this...? Alice slid the bat under her arm, blankly taking the little chocolates and his card from him. It was probably far more clever to wait until a time when people weren't around to read the written bit, but she was curious, so she opened it right then and there. Which she immediately regretted.

An uncharacteristic blush crept over her cheeks, deepening even more when Schuyler started mocking him. "I... um... thanks, Bart." Awkward clearing of the throat here. "Uh... I... uh...... I think you're... um... pretty, too."

Well. She wasn't known for being eloquent.

After trying to rub away that blush a bit and setting down Bart's... er... gifts, she extracted the bat from under her arm, only to hear that little puffer kid near the newly arrived Benny and Ella- who both got waves- say he wanted it. What? Did he think his skinny lil' arms could break that thing? Please. Wait until the master had her turn.

"Sorry, kid. It's in use." With herrrr. Was supervising a station supposed to mean that she was supposed to let the children go first? Whatever. SHE had the initial swing, thank you.

Without further ado, Alice raised the bat and swung.... and missed.

Owww. Her elbow. Her joints. Damn these rheumatisms.

Alice probably should have been banned from bringing a bat, y'know? Considering once she had her hands on one, it was likely to be a while before anyone else got a chance at the pinata. Maybe something Ella should have considered before the event started but she was pretty sure she'd brought her own bat and had stashed it somewhere just in case. Maybe. Only now she couldn't remember where. OOPS. Old age. lol. This was the worst.

She'd have to find it for Adi, though. So the eighteen year old glanced around, squinting slightly. Where on earth could it be? Hm.. "I'm glad you like it, Adi." Grin! Reassuring to know the younger kiddos didn't find this to be too much or too lovey dovey. As for Alec, Ella's green eyes flicked over to where the Magical Photo Booth was stationed and motioned her head in that direction. "He's hanging with Mo over there. Definitely check out the Photo booth if you get a chance, yeah?" See what a good girlfriend she was? And the boy with Adi? Ella didn't know him but he got a smile from the Head Girl. Welcome, welcome.

Compliments from Dora were unexpected and Ella looked surprised for only a moment before the corners of her lips tugged into a smile. "Thank you. Your skirt is really pretty." Perfect for dancing and probably had a nice twirl to it. The Head Girl approved. She also approved of Alice's attire. She was wearing a dress, did she know? "You look pretty too, Hulk. Still ferocious though." Bat and all.

OH!

And she knew where she'd stashed her bat now! With a crack and a wince, the blonde carefully got up from her spot on the stool and headed over to the Love Tester, disappearing behind it for only a moment before returning with another bat. "Here Adi. You can swing next."

And Alice would be done soon, yeah? For the kids?

Ian shuffled into the great hall for this other opportunity at 'fun'. He wasn't sure what everyone thought about all this valentine's stuff. He liked people, not girls and so this seemed like the perfect chance for him to enjoy himself amongst like-minded 12 year old boys (at least the ones that had a modicum of self-respect).

He looked around, tapping his cane slightly as he heard music (maybe that was just in his head). He saw people he knew and smirked (smiles were getting hard to come by as his face seemed to only work well on one side). He began his shuffling gait to go toward the archery looking booth. Tap, step, slide...Tap, step, slide would have been what you heard as he moved his cane and feet if you would have been able to hear them over the din of activity.

This whole valentines event was making him feel sick. Maybe it was because he was still young but the thought of having to watch love struck couples walking around made him vomit. He didn't even know WHY he was here, he'd rather be up in the common room but his parents had given him a letter that he should try and socialising. Stupid socialising... He was not dressed in anything fancy but at least he wore something red.

The eleven year old Gryffindor with gray hair, dragged his feet slowly towards the game centre. From a far he had noticed that it was something different and when he was closer he realised that this was the place where the normal people where. He looked at the games and the heart shaped piñata that the others were going to hit caught his attention as well. "Give me a bat too!" he demanded said.

The heart-shaped face frame and kissy face was a good touch, Dora. Schuyler liked it. And dancing? How could Schuyler turn Dora down for dancing? She couldn't. "Of course I will! Your heart is in good hands." Now if only Olly were so willing to dance. There was something cryptic about that smile, though. And the way she felt the need to tack on 'not for Valentine's day.' Interesting. Very interesting. Then again, Dora did have a sort of innate mysterious quality about her, so it could totally just be that. "I believe it." She had dated Theo for a pretty long time, after all. "It's still a fun holiday to celebrate regardless of relationship statuses and everything." And it seemed Dora wasn't all bent out of shape over not having a Valentine, so all was good.

Ooh, Ella liked her dress? Schuyler smiled widely. "Thanks, Ella. I almost wore a light pink, cap sleeve dress, but it just wasn't flying. Would have looked good on you, though." Namely because of her light hair. Still, the Head Girl didn't need it because the one she had on already suited her quite well.

Now Alice. The fact that Alice so disliked wearing dresses only made Schuyler all the more apt to point out each and every time that the girl was wearing one. Also because she looked GOOD in them, hello. "Oh, I agree. I'd take strapless and short over frilly and long any day," she smiled. Switch dresses? "We could, but that would only work if I liked yours better." And for the occasion, Schuyler liked her own dress better as well. The periwinkle and the cut seemed very Valentine's to her. "You can borrow it anytime after today, though." Even though she probably had a nice selection of her best friend's dresses to choose from, it didn't hurt to offer.

And okay, the Dweeb had given the Captain those gifts right in front of them, so OF COURSE Schuyler was going to notice the blush that spread across Alice Fischer's cheeks. Also the fumbling words. Schuyler bit back a smirk and refrained from commenting for the sake of her friend. Why did Ella call her Hulk, though? That was a horrid nickname. What even was a hulk?

Schuyler didn't ask. Instead she took a few steps over and picked up one of the arrows. "How am I supposed to shoot this?" She needed some guidance, student leaders. So, GUIDE. LEAD. Do what you do.

Bart was embarrassed YES.. and second guessing why he even did this. He hated this holiday and why did he listen to Donny anyway about reminding people he cared. Like Alice the hottie captain seventh year cared what a dumb second year thought anyway. He heard bra girls words and turned sticking his tongue out at her. Yes it was very childish, but he didn't care he just wanted her to shut up. "Where is your girlfriend bra girl?" HINT go find her and leave him alone.

Then he noticed the other student leaders standing there. Puffer Ella and some claw he didn't know. They all saw what he just did and Adi, Benny, Kevin. Now it was Bart's turn to turn beat red. He rubbed his bald head uncomfortably. Then Alice started stuttering and did she just call him pretty? He looked down more and more embarrassed, "I.. well. umm I guess thanks." Why was she being so weird. It was just candy and a card. No big deal right.

Plus he had his broom as his date so no pressure or anything. He wasn't asking, he didn't want girlfriends. Too much effort, but just wanted her to know she was pretty. He didn't take a bludger in the gut for nothing. "I..guess.. I should.." He turned shuffling and looked at the other prefect, "Can I try to hit it?" He pointed towards the pinata.

That's when he saw Ian, did book boy see what he had done. That would not go well and if the boy tried to say one thing the bat was going to be used as bludger practice towards him. He glared before shuffling his slippers.

It wasn't as if Lux hated Valentine's Day or love, it was more that she wanted to play games. That was the only reason that she had ventured over to the game centre. Surprisingly, there were quite a few older students in this area, though she had expected it to mostly be kids around her age. The ones that believed in cooties still mostly.

Spotting a boy she had seen in class before, she wondered if he was okay. "Are you alright? Your face is all red." Hopefully he wasn't sick or didn't have a rash. What with all this oldness stuff, anything was possible.

Bart was starting to think maybe he should just leave instead of play the game though he wanted to use his embarrassment to hit the pinata. Glancing back at Alice just quickly though he really couldn't look at her though his eyes gazed longer on her blushing. She was so pretty it was hard not to look.

No..no he couldn't look she called him pretty that was awkward. It was all awkward and he just should probably leave, but before he could someone was saying something. They weren't really speaking to him, right? He looked around and saw a girl and then looked to see who she was talking to. Yep it was him.

"I'm fine.. fine.. no need to look at my face, it's not red. Just hot in here is all." Yep it was hot. He rubbed his bald head uncomfortably trying not to show how embarrassed he really was. He told a girl she was pretty no big deal!

Yeah, no.

Lux wasn't sure she was buying that. Eyes wide, she wanted to put her hand to his head to see if he had a fever, but decided not to in case he had something infectious on his face. "Are you sure you don't want to go to the Healer? Maybe you have a rash?" Because it was not normal to be so red, and maybe it was something that came from being so old. Lux had no idea, because the only old people she really knew were her grandparents, and they never had red faces like that before.

Stand on her toes..... nah. That didn't sound likely, but she still planned to get her dance. Dora didn't seem ready to part with the bat either, mostly because she was still bargaining this dance, but also cause it was sort of fun swinging it around. She got why quidditch players and her best liked hitting things so much. It was no wand, but it was still fun.

And she could throw it at someone without caring if it got damaged.

She was distracted by Schuyler enough to not be paying Alice much mind until she was right up on her and stealing her bat. Well then. "I'm going to want that back when I feel violent." Just so she knew.

Compliments from Dora were unexpected because they rarely happened. Made them more special that way, in her opinion.

But really Ella was always pretty.

"Thanks. I was going for something more casual since we're supposed to be anti-valentine's day." Though Dora was very much all for this day, even if she didn't have a date this go round.

"This is good to know on account of how fragile it is." She pat patted where her heart was and grinned at Schuyler. It was good to know that she had now two dances lined up, now she just needed to get some of her guy friends to dance with her too and a few more of the girls.

Speaking of Theo.... she peaked over at his booth and noticed the line that was finally forming for him. Hm. Okay. She didn't know how to feel about that, and turned her attention back to Schuyler. "It is, any excuse to dress up and go around dancing with everyone."