She had hurried quickly to get up here on time. Fortunately, she had spent enough time in the castle to know some of the best shortcuts. Now she stood near Leobald, checking over her list to make sure they had everything they needed from the kitchens. Soon the requested assistance would be arriving from the elves and she wanted to be ready.

Blowing on the cinnamon rolls that he had just taken out of the oven Leo shot a glance over his right shoulder at Tiara. "Do we have everything we need?" In just a few minutes he knew that the students would be spilling into the common room lead by Sophie and Benzi. Eyeing all the ingredients laying about he said as an echo to the sound coming from his stomach. "I'm glad I ate a light dinner. The ingredients the house elves supplied us with look tasty." Letting his eyes wander around the room Leo felt that they had everything set up for what he hoped to be a fun night.

Kate bounced into the common room, a little too excited to start the new school year. Classes and homework? Nah, not so much. Friends and the whole Hogwarts atmosphere? YES, PLEASE. "Hey, Mr. Kittridge and Professor Tanner!" she said, greeting the two adults she'd gotten to know better than any other adults in the castle. "I was hoping we'd have a back-to-school get-together up here!" She looked around at all the food. She was pretty much stuffed from the feast, but she always had room for s'mores. "Can I do anything to help?"

AHHH, Ravenclaw. HOME.

Kate plopped down on a nearby couch, not quite ready to eat anything just yet. Looking around, she wondered where her dorm mates were. She had TWO now--Janelle and Adelynn.

Sabbath stepped through into the common room glancing from right to left taking in the surroundings. A delicious aroma wafted towards him as the door closed behind him. After the feast yesterday evening, he’d thought he might never eat again, he’d been so full, but his stomach was telling him he was wrong and he was drawn forward in the direction of the enticing flavours.

He could see two teachers (Profs. Kittridge and Tanner) whom he had not yet met and also a girl (Kate) who had just plopped herself down on a nearby lounge suite, she was looking around as Sabbath approached. “Good evening, Sir,… Madam” he said smiling gently, tipping his head slightly to his school master and mistress in turn. “I’m Sabbath, its lovely to meet you”.

He continued to cross the floor to the girl on the lounge suite, “Hi there, would you mind awfully if I sat here with you, it seems like you’ve chosen the best seat in the house?” He indicated the seat beside her, flashed a lop-sided grin, as his eyes slipped cheekily to the large platter of food in front of her.

Daxton was still getting used to his common room and the general surroundings of Hogwarts. The day before, upon arriving at the Ravenclaw Common Room, he had immediately catalogued the layout of the room, committing it to memory. That would help him acclimatise; it usually did in a new place, but of course the tactic only worked when someone didn't go ahead and change everything again less than twenty four-hours later.

When he stepped into the common room behind a couple of other students - secretly glad for their presence because he was yet to find out if the Ravenclaw knocker would accept written or signed answers - Daxton immediately noticed the changes, and he stared. This was different. He did not like it.

Teachers - he had yet to get used to calling them 'Professor', and did not really want to - were here too. That was suspicious in and of itself, without the new furniture arrangements and the stench of food that Daxton could smell from the door. He stared at the room, its contents, and the occupants, feeling quite suspicious though it barely showed on his face. Daxton's eyes flicked to the doorways that lead to the dormitories, already planning to slip through and skip this... whatever it was.

Abby smiled at Mr Kittridge and Professor Tanner she was glad that she had eaten lightly at the feast because she had no idea that there was going to be this sort of feast.

Abby spotted Kate and waved to her and waved to the two first years in the room she was ready for a new term but she was still wondering what sort of bad things might happen this term

Yesterday had been plain awful. Lots of tears had been shed and there was a lot of tension where she hadn't anticipated there would be tension - looking at you, Evangeline Shacklebolt - but today was much, much better. Getting back into the swing of things with classes and seeing her favorite professors and seeing her friends again was VERY exciting. She had been expecting a lot of it to be sad because LAST FIRST DAY OF CLASSES, but she'd mostly fought those kind of thoughts. She was milking the good feelings for ALL THEY WERE WORTH.

So, with a cheery disposition, Head Girl Sophie Brown hurried into the common room after Kate, new kid, new kid, and Abby, a delighted spring in her step. "Party TIIIIIIME!" she announced with a pumped fist raised in the air, psyched BEYOND BELIEF for HOUSE BONDING TIMES. WOOP WOOP.

...But. There was immediately a disconcerting thing plaguing their FUN PARTY atmosphere. It wasn't Kate nor the first new kid, who seemed to be chummy over there on the couch, nor was it Abby, nor the professors...

Brooding new boy who had sensitive hearing problems from the feast. The kid looked like he'd gone frozen solid, without being cold, and like he'd probably hate this gathering planned by the leaders. It was a fair assumption considering the way she'd seen him try to avoid interaction with EVERY single person at the feast, so... he was probably going to want out of this, too, wasn't he?

"How 'bout I make you a s'more, bud?" Soph asked, passing directly in front of Daxton so he'd SEE her and giving him wiggly eyebrows as she crossed right over to the fireplace, waggling her fingers at everyone else in the room in greeting, too, before smiling at the two adults. "Fearless leaders," was her choice of greeting with a nod to them before she popped a marshmallow onto a roasting stick and propped it over the fire.

Didn't have to tell her twice to dive right into food time.

Getting back into the Hogwarts' routine hadn't been nearly as taxing as the Russian one each term. Rea found she'd been eagerly anticipating it, actually...even if some of the subjects weren't her favorites (or if she'd struggled, which was the case with Astronomy). Either way, it had been a GOOD first day back, in every respect of the word.

...and since Reagan opted out of eating dinner with everyone else in the Great Hall, which was a personal choice due to the offered selections, she'd had a little picnic with herself out by the lake. And her creamy avocado pasta had been quite filling, too; along with her rose tea.

So, it'd been quite a surprise when she'd entered the Common Room to a party! There hadn't been an announcement, had there? She wasn't late, was she?! It was also a good thing she wasn't shy...because instead of shunning away from the obvious group activity, Reagan threw herself into the middle of it; waving and greeting whoever was within speaking distance. Fellow Claws, you know...They were going to be living together for the next year. Might as well make all the friends; whether they be old or new.

Specifically pausing in front of their Head of House, she thrust out her hand. "Mr. Kitridge, it's lovely to see you again...and you, Professor Tanner."...because she'd seen the lady standing just behind him. Rea wasn't rude, so everyone would be acknowledged, you know?

Also...did they think she was nutter? IF they did, that was perfectly fine. It'd been a while, after all.

The food here was (still) AMAZING. Davie didn't know WHAT to expect after the feast the first day, but he was still pleasantly stuffed from dinner. One thing was for sure about Hogwarts: you were never ever ever going to go hungry!

The first-year was a little surprised, therefore, when he found the scent of freshly-baked cinnamon rolls and s'mores in the common room after dinner. Whoa. Plus, there were two professors there, whom he knew had to be their HoH and house assistant. As full and sleepy as he was, Davie knew he should go introduce himself to them.

He smoothed out his shirt, adjusted his glasses, and approached the curly-haired cinnamon roll-baking librarian first. "Mr. Kitridge?" he piped up a little bit nervously. "Hi, I'm David Truebridge, and I'm a first year, and," his voice dropped a little, "my mum said I should introduce myself to all her former colleagues, especially my Head of House, so here and I am, and um........ I hope you have a great term, and I will see you in the library!"

He fidgeted with his glasses again and quickly stepped over to the Arithmany professor. "Hi, Professor Tanner, I'm David Truebridge, and um, I'm really looking forward to your class, and to gobstones, and um, that's all."

He clasped his hands behind his back and tried not to look to anxious. Did they need any help with their cooking/baking? They looked so busy. Maybe they'd had salads for dinner in order to save room for dessert; he wished he'd done the same now.

Janelle finally made it to the Common Room, satisfied that her first day of classes had been succcessful. She was ready to chill, but in true Ravenclaw style, it was back to school activity time. Pausing to take in the scene, Janelle was impressed with the Common Room/kitchen. "Hello Professor Tanner, Mr. Kitridge".

Instead of flopping down in her favorite chair, Janelle took the opportunity to greet some friends she hadn't spoken to at the feast. First up, her roommate who was sitting with a new student. "Hey Kate. How's it going? This is cool, right? I can't wait to try the s,mores." Turning to the new boy (Sabbath), Janelle smiled. "Hi, I'm Janelle. Welcome to Ravenclaw. How are you liking Hogwarts so far?" Janelle was on a mission this year. She was going to meet as many new people as possible and hopefully make some new friends in the process.

Oh and there was another person that Janelle wanted to talk to. Walking over to her seventh year role model, she beamed. "Hi Sophie Brown. Congratulations on getting Head Girl. I knew if they had one this year, it would be you." Janelle really liked Sophie Brown. Her sister Jasmine had told her that Sophie Brown was going places and it looked like she was well on her way.

"Hi Janelle, I'm Sabbath" he smiled. "Here, please, take my seat", he rose from the lounge chair and offered her his place next to Kate. He wasn't about to allow a pretty girl to stand while he sat. "I'm loving Hogwarts actually. Although its really rather daunting not knowing anyone at all, people have been quite friendly and already I'm in the company of two beautiful ladies" he laughed warmly and said "Actually, I'm going to go find some pumpkin juice, would anyone else like one?" he listened for a reply as he edged away.

Sabbath had seen the kid from the first year boats (Daxton) enter the room and he had a little surprise in store for him. Leaving everyone downstairs enjoying the gastronomic extravaganza, Sabbath quickly slipped away to the boys dormitory. Sabbath hadn’t forgotten Daxton's attempt to whack him in the head with a life jacket on the first year boats. It took Sabbath less than 30 seconds to short-sheet the kid’s bed, he pulled the cover back up so that it looked exactly as he’d left it and slipped out the door and back down to the gastronomic action. mmm, now where's that pumpkin juice and how about another of those smores…

Leo was still waiting on the cookies to cool off by the time that the students started to come into the common room and over to them. "Hello Kate!" Leo greeted the blond third year as she approached him and Tiara. Beaming he said "I'm glad that we could fulfil your wish." Looking around the room he said "You could string up some more s'mores on roasting sticks so they are ready to be put over the fire if you want?"



Satisfied with the rolls Leo used his wand to conjure up a bowl which he generously poured a variety of sweets into. He was considering where to put said bowl when he was approached by one of the newly sorted eagles. Smiling warmly at the dark skinned girl he said "It's lovely to meet you too Sabbath. I'm your head of house Mr Leobald Kitridge and resident school librarian. I hope you'll come to like it here in Ravenclaw."



"Hello Sophie!" Leo waved to the head girl as she hurried in with what he guessed to be a happy spring in her step. He liked that she got into things right off the bat and interact and even started to roast a s'more. It'd attract the others. Now they just needed Benzi and a house elf or two to arrive and then they could start.



The seventh year that came in and over after Sophie was someone Leo hadn't imagined would be standing in front of him once more but here the brunette was bursting with energy. Beaming Leo shook her hand energetically. "It's lovely to see you again too Regan. We are very happy and excited that you are back to complete your final year of education here with us at Hogwarts." He wasn't going to pry into where Reagan had been for the last 3 years. If she wanted him to know then she could tell him. If not that was okay too.



The next first year to come in was none other than his former bosses son. It was hard to not see the resemblance to Annie in the boys features as he came over nervously. Smiling warmly Leo replied "It's very lovely to meet you David. You're mother has taught you good manners." A plus that would most probably make it easy for him to get on good terms with most if not all of the other staffers. "I wish you a great first term at Hogwarts too." Catching onto the library he asked curiously "Are you by any chance an avid book reader?"

While he had been busy talking to David, Janelle had slipped over to the improvised kitchen. Beaming at her he said "Hello Janelle, welcome back to school! Did you have a good summer vacation?"

Ooc: Hello all lovely eagles! We'll start the event off officially tomorrow to allow more students to join in for the fun. In the mean feel free to mingle with each other and roast a s'more or two. The event is set in the evening after they have had their first full day of classes.

Pausing by the door had been a mistake, Daxton realised this. He was already starting to move away from it, feeling too exposed with his back to the door and not knowing who might come in and grab his shoulder or arm or nudge him or poke him or push him or literally anything. Assassins, groundskeepers, or students with no boundaries; they were everywhere.

But even as he started to step out of the way so that he could at least move off to the side of the room, there came a great shrill cry from behind him, causing Daxton to hurriedly cover his ears with his hands again. He didn't keep them covered for long, though, more as a quick fix solution. For reasons.

The loud girl, who was barely taller than he, got a stare. Initially at the badge, which was the first thing to catch Daxton's eye as it caught the light when she sauntered past. He caught a glimpse of her face, and then she'd wandered off anyway. Daxton was confused for three main reasons.

1. Why was she calling him Bud when that was absolutely not his name? And it was a stupid name.
2. What the heck was a s'more?
3. Why was she moving her eyebrows like that? What was wrong with her face?

Perplexing. Daxton did not take her up on the offer, and in fact totally blanked her. And a good job too, because if a s'more involved one of those marshmallows the badged girl had just gone for, then he absolutely wanted no part in it. Sweet things were disgusting.

... And he noticed his dormmate, Sabbath, across the room, slipping through the doorway that led to the dormitories. That alone was enough to make Daxton suspicious, though there was very little that didn't provoke such a reaction from him. He narrowed his eyes, and decided to stay put for a moment longer. He had wanted to return to his dormitory and rest for a while or maybe get some sleep, as he'd slept poorly (if at all) the night before, but refused to do so if someone else was in the room. Especially that boy. Even when his fellow first year reappeared, Daxton stayed exactly where he was, and resumed judging the occupants of the room, especially the loud badged girl.

Austin walked into the common room with his fellow Ravenclaws, and saw, yet again, another house party. He really didn't have anything against these parties every year, it was just that he didn't know anyone. Austin liked to keep to himself with his nose in a potions book, so having friends wasn't really up his ally. But, in coming to these things, he was able to learn the names of the new 'claws.

The fourth year was about to lean against the wall to people watch, but his blue eyes caught the sight of marshmallows by the fire. On his way over, he nodded in the direction of both Mr. Kitridge and Professor Tanner. "Good evening you two." He grabbed a stick and two marshmallows, and settled on the floor near the fire.

*POP*

Tippins is shocks yes he is, mastersss and mistresss already here they are. Tippins lates.


Tippin makes his ways to the big masterss and mistresss.

*bows*

"Tippin is heres, Tippin wants to helps" Shoutings to everyone who was arounds him, yes Tippin is a goods elfs, yes he was.

People were really starting to pour now. Ravenclaw was going to be EXTRA awesome this year. Kate just knew it! She hoped they could pull off winning the house cup, but if they couldn't do that..., well then anything would be better than fourth place like last school year. She watched as one of the new firsties (Sabbath) asked to take the seat beside her. Ohh, he was nice! Kate smiled at him and scooted over. "Yeah, sure. I'm Kate, and welcome to Ravenclaw!" she said. "I may be biased, but it's the best house here!"

Glancing across the room, Kate saw Abby wave at her and waved back. "Hey, Abby! Want to help me make some s'mores?" she asked the girl. Abby had always been pretty cool to talk to. She had twin sisters, which was cool, too!

Kate saw Sophie Brown stroll in next. Well, maybe stroll wasn't the right word for it, but either way, their new Head Girl had arrived. Oh, and she was apparently friends with another new kid seemingly named Bud. What a name. Oh, well. HIII, BUD! Kate waved at both of them from across the room. Then there was yet another new girl (Reagan), who really didn't sound all that new. She was telling the two adults in the room that it was good to see them again. Hmm. "Hi," Kate said to her. "I'm Kate Addison. Welcome back to Hogwarts!"

Then there was DAVID! "Hey, David!" Kate greeted. He seemed nervous for some reason, which was odd considering he was an old pro at this place. "How'd you like the feast? Want to help me make some s'mores?" Questions. She had 'em.

...and now JANELLE! "Hey, roommate!" Kate said, only then realizing she'd started calling Janelle 'roommate' instead of her actual name. "Did you see that we have a third roommate?" Kate glanced around the room. "I have no idea where she went, though." She...DID make it up the common room with them, didn't she? Err... Maybe Kate should go looking for her soon? "Her name is Adelynn." She nodded when the talk turned to the s'mores. "Oh, yeah. It's awesome! I thought I was full, but I'm never too full for s'mores!"

Mr. Kittridge answered her question then, so Kate turned all her attention to the Head Honcho. "Sure thing, Mr. Kittridge," she said, pushing herself off the couch and making a move for the s'mores. Then she remembered Sabbath, who'd joined her on the couch. "You coming?" she asked him. Kate also noticed another boy (Austin) who either preferred being by himself or didn't know anybody at all. "Hey! I'm Kate. Want to help us make s'mores?" she said.

Kate reached the s'more making section and began stringing a few together. One of the house elves joined them and asked if he could help. Awww, so cute! "Hey, Tippin," she said to him.

Abby smiled at Kate and said "Hey Kate, yeah i would love to help you make S'Mores" Abby liked Kate because she was cool and basically was nice to talk to seeing as they were both involved in that incident with the spiders at the end of last term

Well, the feast ended FAST. Or perhaps because he was pretty busy so the time seemed to pass quickly. Anyway, he barely got to talk or introduce himself to anyone. But he planned on remedying that. And the chance presented itself quite fast. Common rooms, of course! Seemed like people didn't go to sleep right away after the feast. A perfect chance to mingle with housemates.

First, the first-year walked over to the two adults in the room. That was obviously his head of house. Judging by the other students' greetings. "Hello, sir," He greeted the man with a polite smile. "I'm Aldous Armstrong. I'm a first year," In case that was not obvious. And there was a lady, too. "Hello, lady...Professor," He was not used to that term having spent his earlier years in muggle schools. But that shouldn't be a problem for him, he was fast to adapt.

Now that he got that out of the way he turned to the room to examine the faces. Oh, the silent kid was there. And the person with a badge was talking to him or trying to. Aldous was yet to understand why the boy didn't like to talk. But at least he now knew it wasn't only with him so nothing personal.

Oh, and that was David! The kid he shared a boat with. His talkative friend was not around, though. He was pretty sure he saw her with them on the same table. "Hi!" He stepped closer to the kid. Did he remember him?! Just in case he did not. "I am Aldous from the boat," Now that wasn't accurate. "Actually I'm from Birmingham. But we met on the boat," Much more accurate.

Benzi wasn't late what on earth where you talking about, he was perfectly on time and everyone else were simply absurdly early.

Fixing his tie and tucking in his shirt, Benzi answered the knocker's question - either he was getting cleverer or it was going easy on them in the beginning of term - and walked into the common room, relieved to see no one was awkwardly waiting for him to show up. House heads were here, the Sophie Brown was here and the s'mores were here.

Perfect.

Oh there was that weird new kid. He'd confirmed his identity with Suri - who'd been VERY difficult to find and strangely reluctant to talk - he was indeed called Daxton Prince and a bit of oddball. According to his sister the two were practically BFFs but something told the Ravenclaw that perhaps she was seeing things. This kid didn't seem like the BFF kind. Oh well. Not really his business.

On his way to grab some food, he passed by the two adults. "Professor Tanner, Mr. Kitridge... those smell really good," he nodded to the cinnamon things they'd probably just pulled out of the oven. He was about to continue ahead when he spotted a face (Reagan) he vaguely recognised also by the teachers. Last year had been all about that but he'd thought he knew everyone by now... Or at least all the Ravenclaws.

Hmm. Hmmmmmmmmm. Stepping back a bit, Benzi frowned as he tried to remember why he knew this girl's face if she hadn't gone to Hogwarts last term.

Hello hello hello. Tangling his fingers in his hair, Rooney tried to brush through his blonde locks with every intention of getting rid of the sticky pumpkin juice that had spilt on his head when he was crawling under the table to find the crayon that he had dropped. After answering the riddle, what he mainly wanted to do was get to his dorm and get his comb, but the crowd gathering in the common room was...well, distracting to say the least. His fingers would just have to do.

A little more aggressively, he pulled through a tight-knit-tangle and wandered towards the food that was laid out. He had offered smiles to a couple of familiar faces, including the staff present.

Hello hello hello.

Penelope knew exactly how the common room layout was supposed to be. She would often walk around while reading a book, and it was important to not walk into things while she was focused on reading. Something was very different about the common room. Why was there a kitchen in the middle of the common room? "Hello Mr. Kitridge, Professor Tanner. Are we going to keep the kitchen?" She suspected that the answer was no, but it would be kind of cool to always have a kitchen in the common room. It sort of took up a lot of space though. They needed the space for other things.

This looked like it would be a fun house bonding activity or whatever they called it. Penelope looked at the food on the countertops. It looked like there was some stuff here that she would eat. Although she thought that she wasn't, she was actually a somewhat picky eater. Penelope would eat most things but not really. There was a lotto food here that she would eat, and it looked like it would be fun. What would they be doing? Cooking, probably. Penelope made her way over to where the smores ingredients were. She grabbed a graham cracker to nibble on. No, she didn't like marshmallows or chocolate.

Well Mr. Kitridge seemed kind and calm. He nodded shyly at the librarian's question. Davie was definitely an avid reader and was looking forward to checking out some books as soon as he got a chance to go to the big Hogwarts library.

"Did you get any new books over the summer?" the first year asked quietly.

Hey, Kate was here again! Davie looked over at her and cracked a grin. It was hard not to like the friendly third-year, and she always seemed to be surrounded by people. Tonight was no exception.

"The feast was soooooooooo good," he answered firstly. As for the s'mores, "Okay!" He was really too full to eat anything else tonight but miiiight be able to make room for a littttle bit of chocolate. Davie skipped over to see what Kate was doing with the s'mores.

Look, another person Davie had met on his first day of school! "Hey Aldous," he smiled at the other firstie. "You're one of my new roommates now." Same boat, same house, same common room, same dorm. Cool. And he was from Birmingham, a fact which caused Davie to nod because he wasn't sure what else to say. He gestured to the third year he was talking to, Kate.

"Wanna help us make s'mores?"

SPOILER!!: Individual replies

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Originally Posted by keepmeclose22

The fourth year was about to lean against the wall to people watch, but his blue eyes caught the sight of marshmallows by the fire. On his way over, he nodded in the direction of both Mr. Kitridge and Professor Tanner. "Good evening you two." He grabbed a stick and two marshmallows, and settled on the floor near the fire.

"Good evening Austin!" Leo greeted the fourth year as he past to join the roasters by the fire. "Did you have a lovely summer vacation?" He called after the boy.

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Originally Posted by Tippin

*POP*
Tippins is shocks yes he is, mastersss and mistresss already here they are. Tippins lates.
Tippin makes his ways to the big masterss and mistresss.
*bows*
"Tippin is heres, Tippin wants to helps" Shoutings to everyone who was arounds him, yes Tippin is a goods elfs, yes he was.

A loud POP alerted him to the arrival of a house elf. Waving Tippin over Leo said "Hello Tippin, we're glad you could come and assist us tonight. Stay close and you can soon help the students with their cooking endeavours."

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Mr. Kittridge answered her question then, so Kate turned all her attention to the Head Honcho. "Sure thing, Mr. Kittridge," she said, pushing herself off the couch and making a move for the s'mores. Then she remembered Sabbath, who'd joined her on the couch. "You coming?" she asked him.

Good, good Kate was inviting one of the newly sorted eagles to join her by the fireplace. Just like a returning eagle with some initiative should do.

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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

First, the first-year walked over to the two adults in the room. That was obviously his head of house. Judging by the other students' greetings. "Hello, sir," He greeted the man with a polite smile. "I'm Aldous Armstrong. I'm a first year," In case that was not obvious. And there was a lady, too. "Hello, lady...Professor," He was not used to that term having spent his earlier years in muggle schools. But that shouldn't be a problem for him, he was fast to adapt.

"Pleasure to meet you Aldous and welcome to Ravenclaw!" Leo greeted the newly sorted eagle first year boy. Hopefully the boy would settle into the house without problem.

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Originally Posted by fire_faerie

On his way to grab some food, he passed by the two adults. "Professor Tanner, Mr. Kitridge... those smell really good," he nodded to the cinnamon things they'd probably just pulled out of the oven.

"Evening Benzi!" Leo greeted the prefect as he passed by their improvised kitchen. "Feel free to taste a cinnamon roll. They're fresh out of the oven." With both prefects here it was soon time to start.

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Originally Posted by griffin

Penelope knew exactly how the common room layout was supposed to be. She would often walk around while reading a book, and it was important to not walk into things while she was focused on reading. Something was very different about the common room. Why was there a kitchen in the middle of the common room? "Hello Mr. Kitridge, Professor Tanner. Are we going to keep the kitchen?" She suspected that the answer was no, but it would be kind of cool to always have a kitchen in the common room. It sort of took up a lot of space though. They needed the space for other things.

Shaking his head with a smile on his lips Leo said "Evening Penelope, no we are not keeping the kitchen. It's just here for the night. Did you have a good summer?"

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Well Mr. Kitridge seemed kind and calm. He nodded shyly at the librarian's question. Davie was definitely an avid reader and was looking forward to checking out some books as soon as he got a chance to go to the big Hogwarts library.
"Did you get any new books over the summer?" the first year asked quietly.

Turning to David once more he nodded "Yes I got a whole batch of new books actually in a variety of genres. Any particular genres you like to read more often?"

Deeming that a good amount of eagles had arrived Leo exchanged a glance with Tiara before he cleared his throat and called out as he gestured for them all to come closer. "Everyone, gather round so we can kick things off!" He paused while everyone scrambled to gather in half circle around him and Tiara. "Welcome to Hogwarts all newly sorted and returning eagles. I'm Leobald Kitridge your Head of House and by my side is Tiara Tanner our lovely house assistant."

Gesturing to Benzi and Sophie in turn he said "This year's house prefects are Benzi Rider and Sophie Brown. If you need assistance or help of any kind don't hesitate to seek them out." Here he took another pause to let the information sink in.

Letting his eyes wander over the eagles Leo continued onwards. "Many of you are probably wondering why we have moved a kitchen into the common room? It's because tonight we are going to have a little cooking competition/bonding with your house mates event."

Gesturing to the multiple ingredients strewn out on the counter tops he continued "Everyone is going to create a dish of their choice using the ingredients, spices and cutlery provided in the kitchen. If you want to team up with some house mates or go solo is entirely up to you. But we'd love it if you all teamed up with someone(s) to get to know them better. As an added element or spice one might say we house leaders are going to ask you all questions about British cuisine as you make your dishes. Answering the questions correctly will earn you points towards a prize and it might even lead to some expert cooking tips. The food you'll make we'll feast on together when the competition bit is over." Looking over at Tiara he said "Tiara, maybe you can get us rolling with the first question on british cuisine?"

Ooc: Find a partner/team or go solo and get to cooking a dish of your choice in the kitchen! The ingredients include but aren't limited to; wonton wrappers, pizza dough, mushrooms, pineapple, peanut butter, ground beef, canned tuna, onions, spinach, maraschino cherries, raw chicken wings, marshmallows, tomatoes, red potatoes, green beans, strawberries, red and green peppers, bacon, French bread, brown rice and of course dairy products such as milk, eggs etc and assorted spices and cutlery. Emily will post with the first cuisine question. Answering those correctly will add up to a prize at the end.

Tippin excited, tippin loves to cook things, yummy things. yas.

Tippins smiles and waveys at studentsss yes he does, "Mistressss Addison hiiiiiii" can they start to cooks nows.. Tippins getting hungrys toos, hopings students and masterss will share with Tippin.

"Tippin stay close" bows stays closessss to Masterssss mans.