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Eagle pride: Welcome to the home of the Ravenclaws!
Graphic credits goes to Danielle/fire_faerie
It's night, the day after the feast and you've had your first full day of classes. After a light dinner in the Great Hall you head back to Ravenclaw Tower together with your peers and prefects. Stepping into the common room after answering the bronze knocker's riddle your hear soft music emanating from a wireless radio nearby.
Near the big fireplace a big tray of smores and marshmallows have been put on sticks just waiting to be grilled over the fire. Watch out so you don't burn your fingers! If you feel like sitting down and conversing with your new house mates or rekindle a friendship from the previous year the comfy navy sofas and arm chairs are just a few steps away. They have though been pushed to the side to make room for an improvised kitchen.
On some of the counter tops of said kitchen an array of ingredients have been haphazardly been strewn about from pizza dough, ground beef, red potatoes to brown rice and a selection of assorted spices and more. Mr Kitridge you can spot waiting for a tray of cinnamon rolls to cool off while Mrs Tanner is skimming through parchments and making notes behind him.
Want to grill a smore? Want to get to know the girl/boy you just met yeasterday better? Or maybe you just want to know why your house leaders fitted in a whole kitchen for the night? Come in, converse, mingle and find out!
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"Okay, cool," Kate said to Abby. Kate managed to go piece together a nice handful of s'mores in the next few minutes. She stopp there, since she didn't know how many people actually wanted to eat them. Kate turned her attention back to Davie and nodded in agreement. "Mmhmm, it was. Think you can spare some room for some s'mores, though?" she asked. Hopefully somebody would, because she had quite a few pieced together now.
Kate grinned at Tippin's hello. "You can just call me, Kate," she said, even though she doubted the little elf would. Kate turned toward their Head of House as tonight's little competition was detailed. Ohhh, this sounded fun!
There was a girl (Kate) waving at him, and Daxton was immediately suspicious. Why did people keep trying to talk to, wave at, assault, annoy, or otherwise interact with him? He found it hard to believe there wasn't some kind of ulterior motive, though it was possible. Maybe they were all just cheerful idiots who would try to befriend every human, every animal, every falling leaf that drifted past their faces. It wouldn't surprise him. Again, he gave no response, simply stared for a moment, then continued watching those in the room.
From where he stood now, with his back against one of the walls, Daxton could see other students as and when they entered the common room, so he didn't miss the male prefect arriving. He watched the older boy closely, mentally scoffing at the sight of the prefect badge again but showing no outward expression. Prefect. Honestly. As if it wasn't bad enough that they were supposed to respect 'adult authority', they went and put kids in charge too? Daxton had even less respect for those badges than he did for any regular adult. It felt almost like an invitation to challenge the authority of a badge and the student behind it - though he wasn't sure he cared so much about it to try it... perhaps if he got bored, though. Those badges... they made even less sense than the ridiculous points system implemented at this school.
More and more students were filling up the room, and Daxton was growing more and more uncomfortable. He recognised most people in here already, purely by sight, as he had been paying attention to everyone all day - particularly those in Ravenclaw uniform. David Truebridge was in here, and so was Aldous, but Daxton approached neither, having no real desire to make any friends and preferring to hang back and watch everyone and wait to find out exactly what was going on.
As it happened, they were about to find out. Daxton switched his attention to the two adults in the room as one of them explained who they were, the names of the badged people, and the meaning of the set up in the common room. It took all of about half a second for Daxton to decide he didn't like it. A cooking competition did not sound like much fun; dealing with food and bonding with others all in one go? Unpleasant. The question/answer portion was hardly inviting either.
So instead of heading to the counters, he instead made his way across to the man who was apparently his Head of House, and the woman there with him. By the time he reached him, Daxton already had his notebook out and had flipped to the page he wanted, and so held it up so the man could read it.
'Can I leave?'
The activity, the room, that was. Because it wasn't exactly his idea of fun.
The question was pre-written, as it was one he often used. It had taken a long time to get into the habit of asking before just going ahead and leaving of his own accord, and he still didn't always remember.
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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.
"Sure, Kate, I love to come and make smores with you." Sabbath replied. A quizzical look crossed his face, "umm, What exactly is a smore anyway?". He was intrigued and wasn't about to miss the opportunity to find out. He sidled up to her ready to learn the secret art of smore-making when he suddenly clapped eyes on the most bizarre looking creature he had ever seen (Tippen).
He was so shocked, a small "eep" escaped his lips, as he stared at it wide-eyed. "Not cool, Sabbath", he thought to himself as he regained his composure, looking around to see if anyone noticed. The little creature had just said Hi and offered to help out. “Hi there” Sabbath replied, still amazed, “I’m Sabbath”. A new competition was being announced, and Kate was asking around for a comp partner. “I’ll partner with you, if you like?” Sabbath smiled, but because she was older and he was just a first year, he doubted she’d take him up on the offer. “I might not know what a Smore is, but I know a little about other food” he offered sheepishly.
Another loud POP! sounded, and Argyle the house elf appeared in the Ravenclaw Common Room, blinking into sight not far from the Mr. Kitridge and Professor Tanner.
"Argyle is here for helping, Professors!" the elf declared, sinking into a respectful curtsy towards the two staff members, before hurrying to their sides. "Argyle can help wherever she is needed!"
Such a delight it was, to see all the students in the castle again! More people to cook for and clean up after, the very reason Argyle had her job. She loved the students so, and was thrilled to see them again.
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Text Cut: Sabbath!
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Originally Posted by Scorpio Vulpeculae
"Sure, Kate, I love to come and make smores with you." Sabbath replied. A quizzical look crossed his face, "umm, What exactly is a smore anyway?". He was intrigued and wasn't about to miss the opportunity to find out. He sidled up to her ready to learn the secret art of smore-making when he suddenly clapped eyes on the most bizarre looking creature he had ever seen (Tippen).
He was so shocked, a small "eep" escaped his lips, as he stared at it wide-eyed. "Not cool, Sabbath", he thought to himself as he regained his composure, looking around to see if anyone noticed. The little creature had just said Hi and offered to help out. “Hi there” Sabbath replied, still amazed, “I’m Sabbath”. A new competition was being announced, and Kate was asking around for a comp partner. “I’ll partner with you, if you like?” Sabbath smiled, but because she was older and he was just a first year, he doubted she’d take him up on the offer. “I might not know what a Smore is, but I know a little about other food” he offered sheepishly.
Ohh, a partner! Sabbath at that! Kate thought the guy seemed pretty cool, even if right now she thought he was a little shy. Oh, well. She was, too, at first. Kate picked up one of the s'mores she'd pieced together. "This is a s'more," she said, showing it to him. "It's basically melted chocolate and a marshmallow in between two graham crackers. They're really good." She held out the treat for him to take.
She blinked a little at his apparent shock over the house elf's appearance. Her blue eyes changed from Sabbath to Tippin and back again. "Of course I'll be your partner," she said, responding to his request. "What do you want to cook? I don't know if I'd be any good with the wraps. Want to try for a pizza?" Kate really should have saved her appetite. She wasn't even sure she could eat what she made. Kate eyed Professor Tanner. The Arithmancy professor was meant to be asking questions, but Kate doubted she could answer anything about British cuisine. "Do you know anything about British cuisine?" she asked Sabbath.
"Okay, cool," Kate said to Abby. Kate managed to go piece together a nice handful of s'mores in the next few minutes. She stopp there, since she didn't know how many people actually wanted to eat them. Kate turned her attention back to Davie and nodded in agreement. "Mmhmm, it was. Think you can spare some room for some s'mores, though?" she asked. Hopefully somebody would, because she had quite a few pieced together now.
Kate grinned at Tippin's hello. "You can just call me, Kate," she said, even though she doubted the little elf would. Kate turned toward their Head of House as tonight's little competition was detailed. Ohhh, this sounded fun!
"Anybody want to partner with me?!" she asked.
Tippin likes littles studentssyyss. *bows* "KA----TTEE" Tippin thinks she has prettys names.
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Originally Posted by Scorpio Vulpeculae
"Sure, Kate, I love to come and make smores with you." Sabbath replied. A quizzical look crossed his face, "umm, What exactly is a smore anyway?". He was intrigued and wasn't about to miss the opportunity to find out. He sidled up to her ready to learn the secret art of smore-making when he suddenly clapped eyes on the most bizarre looking creature he had ever seen (Tippen).
He was so shocked, a small "eep" escaped his lips, as he stared at it wide-eyed. "Not cool, Sabbath", he thought to himself as he regained his composure, looking around to see if anyone noticed. The little creature had just said Hi and offered to help out. “Hi there” Sabbath replied, still amazed, “I’m Sabbath”. A new competition was being announced, and Kate was asking around for a comp partner. “I’ll partner with you, if you like?” Sabbath smiled, but because she was older and he was just a first year, he doubted she’d take him up on the offer. “I might not know what a Smore is, but I know a little about other food” he offered sheepishly.
"Tippin" he laughss,, Tippin is having funs he is. "hellos" Were they starting nowes. Tippin wants to helps.
"Can Tippin helps yous? I's a goods cooks" Tippin Smiles.
Tippin seesss Argyle and waves hers wayss!!!! hellos fellows elfes...
Toddles is hersies. Toddles helps studenties because Toddles does so. Toddles sees professors and says, "Toddles heres to helps. Toddles helps. Toddles is a goods elfs." Toddles bows to professors yes Toddles does.
Toddles sees Tippins and Argyle. Toddles nots alones. Toddles waves to elfsies. Toddles sees foods. Toddles loves foods. Toddles moves feetsies towards foods.
Ohh, a partner! Sabbath at that! Kate thought the guy seemed pretty cool, even if right now she thought he was a little shy. Oh, well. She was, too, at first. Kate picked up one of the s'mores she'd pieced together. "This is a s'more," she said, showing it to him. "It's basically melted chocolate and a marshmallow in between two graham crackers. They're really good." She held out the treat for him to take.
She blinked a little at his apparent shock over the house elf's appearance. Her blue eyes changed from Sabbath to Tippin and back again. "Of course I'll be your partner," she said, responding to his request. "What do you want to cook? I don't know if I'd be any good with the wraps. Want to try for a pizza?" Kate really should have saved her appetite. She wasn't even sure she could eat what she made. Kate eyed Professor Tanner. The Arithmancy professor was meant to be asking questions, but Kate doubted she could answer anything about British cuisine. "Do you know anything about British cuisine?" she asked Sabbath.
‘She said yes!’ Sabbath mused to himself, ‘Partners they were then’. He shook off his surprise and hoped he hadn’t looked like a fool in front of such a pretty girl after being startled by the house elf.
Kate started explaining the smores, holding one out to him. He took the morsel from her outstretched hand, his smiling eyes meeting hers, “mmm, scrumptious!” he said playfully. “Pizza sounds great, or, we could make empanadas - I know my grandmother’s recipe” he gave a lop-sided grin. “I’m happy with either - ladies choice”. He bowed gallantly, laughing.
“I have to admit, I know more about Spanish cuisine than British, but hey, I’ll I try my hardest for you” he grinned at her, “What will it be then, what shall we cook?"
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"Tippin" he laughss,, Tippin is having funs he is. "hellos" Were they starting nowes. Tippin wants to helps.
"Can Tippin helps yous? I's a goods cooks" Tippin Smiles.
Tippin seesss Argyle and waves hers wayss!!!! hellos fellows elfes...
"It looks like this little fellow is keen to help us out too, Kate" Sabbath smiled openly at Tippen.
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SPOILER!!: Sabbath
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Originally Posted by Scorpio Vulpeculae
"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…
Oh this one was a charmer for sure. Janelle listened as the new boy introduced himself. Well he was certainly quite a gentleman. She was definitely not used to this behavior, at least not at Hogwarts. "It's nice to meet you Sabbath. I'm glad you're enjoying things so far. Ravenclaw is a really cool house to be in so I'm sure you'll like it here."
As Sabbath offered her his seat, Janelle sat down and made herself comfortable. "Thanks", she said with a smile. It felt good to relax after a long day of classes. When he decided to get pumpkin juice, Janelle repied to his offer. "No thanks. I'm good for now." She watched as the boy departed, thinking that he was quite interesting for a first year.
SPOILER!!: Mr. Kitridge
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
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.
Mr. Kitridge seemed enthusiastic and ready for the new term. As he returned Janelle's greeting, she smiled. "My summer was great, but I was pretty ready for school to start again. How was your summer?" It was hard to imagine that the professors had real lives away from Hogwarts, but of course they did. "I hope you had a good one", she added.
SPOILER!!: Kate
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
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.
Janelle was surprised to hear that she and Kate had a new roommate. "I didn't know that. I can't wait to meet her. What's she like?" This was going to take some getting used to because it had been just the two of them for so long. She supposed that it would be a good thing though. Hopefully the new girl was nice and they would all get along well.
Before she knew it, Mr. Kitridge began to speak to the group and they all found out what they were going to be doing. Janelle watched as Kate and Sabbath paired up for the activity. The big question was, should she seek out a partner or go it alone? Surveying the room, she pondered her choices.
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Kitridge, Kate, Benzi, Kitridge (again), and Daxton *kicks cold*
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SPOILER!!: Kitridge!
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
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.[/FONT]
"Thank you for the warm welcome back, sir." Really, it meant a lot to have people be so kind to her...and they had been. Even if most of them weren't aware of her NOT!new status.
Mmm, lots of good KARMA in this room...Reagan found herself immersed in the positivity and good vibes, deciding not to stay too long in one place. See, there were just as many unfamiliar faces as there were not, and she wanted to acquaint herself with each one. Especially the precious baby Claws, though she'd NEVER use such a nickname out loud. They were...eleven-year-olds, mhm. It was her experience that most people around that age did NOT appreciate being called babies. So, Ms. Penrose would tread carefully. It wasn't her wish to offend anyone.
SPOILER!!: Addison!
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
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!"
...
...Of course, they weren't all baby!Claws. Take Ms. Kate Addison for example. She was easily a Third...or Fourth Year; in that ballpark. And she was being absolutely lovely. "Why, thank you, Kate. I'm Reagan; returning Seventh Year. It's nice to meet you." What a precious girl..."We'll have to hang out sometime."...Was she a vegan? Did she want to forage for seaweed? Or plant a tree or flora? Perhaps...feed the animals?
Mmm, she needed to remind herself NOT to overwhelm people...So, Rea smiled, instead. They could decide on something for funsies at a later time.
SPOILER!!: Rider!
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Originally Posted by fire_faerie
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.
...and where there had been warm smiles and comfort, there was always that one.
This one, the ONE she was referring to, was giving her a look, and not one with knowing smiles, but with a slight crease between the eyebrows, like something was especially puzzling and he was determined to figure it out. The customary CLAW look, Reagan had called it once.
Luckily for him, Rea knew exactly who he was, since she was good with faces and names (being as naturally inquisitive as she was) and not at all shy. Approaching him, she was all warm smiles and friendliness as she reached for his hand, gripping it. "Benzi Rider. It's good to see you again. How HAVE you been?"
...Oh, right! Rea kept forgetting that she needed to ASK before touching people. Allowing her hand to fall away, she left the question to hang in the air between them. It was perfectly okay if he didn't recognize her. She wouldn't take offense. She wasn't the type.
SPOILER!!: Activity!
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
[FONT="Georgia"]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 housemates 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 housemates 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?"
Having her attention pulled towards Mr. Kitridge once more, Reagan absorbed all of the dialogue much like a sponge would...and it was only then...when the counters had been gestured to...that she'd seen the meat.
Cow meat.
Nope. NOPE.
So utterly DISTURBED by its casual RAW presence among the other ingredients, Reagan's warm, beaming smile slowly fell away from her face. There might've been a slight mist to her eyes as she STARED at the meat, so saddened that a cow had been slaughtered solely for THEIR consumption. How dare people...? How DARE they...?!
......She was going to need a moment.
Struggling against wanting to excuse herself...but not wanting to come off rude and ungrateful, Reagan apologized to Benzi with tight lips; migrating towards Mr. Kitridge once more. If she could explain, he'd understand why she would NOT participate in this activity, or maybe...if they would...move that meat to a different area...? It was literally making her want to throw up.
SPOILER!!: Prince!
As it happened, they were about to find out. Daxton switched his attention to the two adults in the room as one of them explained who they were, the names of the badged people, and the meaning of the set up in the common room. It took all of about half a second for Daxton to decide he didn't like it. A cooking competition did not sound like much fun; dealing with food and bonding with others all in one go? Unpleasant. The question/answer portion was hardly inviting either.
So instead of heading to the counters, he instead made his way across to the man who was apparently his Head of House, and the woman there with him. By the time he reached him, Daxton already had his notebook out and had flipped to the page he wanted, and so held it up so the man could read it.
'Can I leave?'
Of course, someone else was already there...and Reagan hadn't meant to read the thing he was flashing towards the two adults, but she had...and because it was written, and not so easily spoken, she took that to mean the small boy was unable to speak...or hear. Perhaps if he was...uncomfortable...he'd want to step away from the festivities for a bit with her. Rea most definitely did. Maybe if she could focus on him, she would forget about the massacred cow over there on the kitchen counter. Doubtful, but she was an optimistic girl. Alarmingly so.
Getting the boy's attention in a gentle way, she broke out her BSL, signing to him carefully; basically asking if he'd like to step away for a moment...but also saying it was fine if he wasn't comfortable in doing so. They didn't know each other. She wouldn't be offended.
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
[Color=#003eff]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?"
Roommates, yes! Aldous was curious about the dorms settings and couldn't wait to get in there but now he was going to stay here with the rest of his housemates. "Yes, sure," He nodded enthusiastically at the offer and took a step closer to the s'mores and the fireplace. That was going to be fun. Although he never expected to come to such a gathering involving snacks, not after that big feast which was like the biggest feast in his life. And apparently that thought didn't just occur to him but to others which was why their head of house explained further.
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
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.
Cooking competition. Of all the competitions in the world it had to be cooking. Whatever happened to intellectual competitions. Although they probably didn't want to start off with that in order not to chase away people. Aldous tried not to hide his disappointment, not because it was not a fun idea but because his experience in cooking was pathetic. Living with a busy single father meant not much cooking happened around. They survived on soup and noodles and a lot of takeouts. So this was a competition he was not going to excel at. Even answering the questions was going to be hard. Which did not appeal to him. So he was now between TWO options, step back and watch. Or partner up with someone and bring them down with him, ahem. Unless they were really good at cooking and wouldn't need much help except like chopping stuff. Did Davie know how to cook? Aldous glanced at his new roommate. Was it too early to take advantage of someone? Not that he meant to be mean or anything. Aldous would help in the things he was good at anyway. Man, hard decisions from the very first day. And all the thinking let him to one conclusion; Only the judges in this competition would have a lot of fun. Oh wait.
"Excuse me Mr.Kitridge? Will there be winners for the best dish at the end? If yes, who is going to judge? Do you need help with THAT? I have very good taste buds?" He just thought asking all the questions at once would save time.
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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.
She double-checked. "I think we have it all... but if not, we can send one of the elves to fetch something for us." They could Apparate within the castle, which meant they would be much faster. "So am I, because I think they'll come up with some good dishes for us." Eagles were a creative bunch, despite their reputation as bookish.
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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.
Ah, the students were arriving! And there was one of her favorites, right off the bat. "Welcome, dear! I'm glad you are excited, because this should be fun!"
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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.
"Hello there!" she greeted happily. The girl's name was Rea, yes? Better not risk it if you weren't sure. "Make yourself at home, go have some fun!"
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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.
Ah yes, this was Anastasia's boy. She really hadn't heard much about him, as the woman hadn't been one to open up about family life, at least not to Tiara. "Hello there, David. Welcome to Ravenclaw!" She smiled at the boy, happy he had been Sorted here. Maybe his father had been a Ravenclaw sort of man? His mother was intelligent, but she had been a Hufflepuff, if memory served. But back to the boy in front of her. "I look forward to seeing you in class, my dear boy. And on the gobstones court as well!"
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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.
And there was Janelle! "Welcome back, Miss Guidry!" she waved across the room.
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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.
"Evening, Austin!" Tiara really hoped he would stretch himself out of his comfort zone tonight to meet some new people. He had a tendency to be a bit of a loner.
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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.
She chuckled to herself. "Professor Tanner, to be precise. It's nice to meet you, Aldous." At least that's what it had sounded like when he was speaking with Leobald. Tiara hadn't heard that name before, which surprised her. "Make yourself at home!"
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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.
She sniffed the air. Her nose had become used to the mingling of several smells, so she wasn't exactly sure what exactly he was referring to. "Good, I hope you're still hungry!" They had decided for after the first day of classes because usually dinner wasn't as huge.
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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.
Tiara laughed. "Unfortunately no, the kitchen will have to be going after tonight." Getting the common room back to normal would probably help the new students settle in a bit, after all.
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"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.
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."
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.
"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.
"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.
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?"
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.
Good, Leobald was getting things moving. She nodded in reply to his question, but she was also a bit confused. She thought they had agreed on international cuisine, not just British. Hopefully she had enough questions to cover Britain..
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There was a girl (Kate) waving at him, and Daxton was immediately suspicious. Why did people keep trying to talk to, wave at, assault, annoy, or otherwise interact with him? He found it hard to believe there wasn't some kind of ulterior motive, though it was possible. Maybe they were all just cheerful idiots who would try to befriend every human, every animal, every falling leaf that drifted past their faces. It wouldn't surprise him. Again, he gave no response, simply stared for a moment, then continued watching those in the room.
From where he stood now, with his back against one of the walls, Daxton could see other students as and when they entered the common room, so he didn't miss the male prefect arriving. He watched the older boy closely, mentally scoffing at the sight of the prefect badge again but showing no outward expression. Prefect. Honestly. As if it wasn't bad enough that they were supposed to respect 'adult authority', they went and put kids in charge too? Daxton had even less respect for those badges than he did for any regular adult. It felt almost like an invitation to challenge the authority of a badge and the student behind it - though he wasn't sure he cared so much about it to try it... perhaps if he got bored, though. Those badges... they made even less sense than the ridiculous points system implemented at this school.
More and more students were filling up the room, and Daxton was growing more and more uncomfortable. He recognised most people in here already, purely by sight, as he had been paying attention to everyone all day - particularly those in Ravenclaw uniform. David Truebridge was in here, and so was Aldous, but Daxton approached neither, having no real desire to make any friends and preferring to hang back and watch everyone and wait to find out exactly what was going on.
As it happened, they were about to find out. Daxton switched his attention to the two adults in the room as one of them explained who they were, the names of the badged people, and the meaning of the set up in the common room. It took all of about half a second for Daxton to decide he didn't like it. A cooking competition did not sound like much fun; dealing with food and bonding with others all in one go? Unpleasant. The question/answer portion was hardly inviting either.
So instead of heading to the counters, he instead made his way across to the man who was apparently his Head of House, and the woman there with him. By the time he reached him, Daxton already had his notebook out and had flipped to the page he wanted, and so held it up so the man could read it.
'Can I leave?'
The activity, the room, that was. Because it wasn't exactly his idea of fun.
The question was pre-written, as it was one he often used. It had taken a long time to get into the habit of asking before just going ahead and leaving of his own accord, and he still didn't always remember.
Ummm, could this boy not talk? She hadn't been alerted to that, and she would think she would know about that ahead of time.. so maybe he was just shy? Before she could even reply, Reagan was signing to him. She decided to see how the boy would reply to that before saying anything.
Alright, it was time for the first trivia question! "Go ahead and keep getting started, teams, but I'm going to start us right off with a trivia question! This one's about Scottish cuisine specifically." They were in Scotland, after all, but she knew many of the students were actually from England, Wales, or Ireland. She cleared her throat. "Question one, then: Scotland's national dish is haggis. From which animal are the heart, liver, and lungs taken?" She thought she'd start them out with a bit of an easier question. After all, these animals outnumbered people in Scotland.
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Kyroh was ready for the Ravenclaw PARTY! Or....cooking competition. Since that's what he had heard from above in his dorm. He could cook! He was an expert cook. His mum had taught him so much- by mum of course he meant Althea and not Glo- but ANYWAYS he could properly cook and kick everyone's bums and WIN. Not that he knew what the prize would be, but he hoped it would be getting to eat what he cooked since it would probably be a-maz-ing.
So YES, Kyroh Scabior was ready. And by ready he meant that he, excited, ready to mingle, and of course was shirtless. Yes. But his chest painted the PROPER Ravenclaw colours, so that was alright, right?
Because Ravenclaw colours helped when cooking.
Taking the steps two at a time the newly turned fifth year grinned as he glanced around the room. He was even about to answer the question until Abby did it first. Hm. Now he needed a partner....
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Kate grinned at Tippin. Such a cute little elf! And look, he was trying to say her first name, just like she asked him, too! "That's right. It's Kate, but if you feel more comfortable calling me something else, you can," she said. So as long as that something else was actually a form of her name. Like what he' called her earlier. He was also offering to help Sabbath cook, and since Sabbath was Kate's partner, that meant Tippin was going to be on their team! "Alright! We got TIPPIN!" she said to Sabbath. Kate spared a little wave to Argyle and Toddles, too.
Turning back to Sabbath, Kate watched as the younger boy accepted the s'more. He seemed to like it, which she knew he would. "Empanadas?" she asked. Hmm. "Okay! I've never had one, but at least it'll be something unique." She doubted any of the other groups would make empanadas. "I don't even know what they are, so I'm just following your lead." Kate looked at Tippin. "Do you know how to cook empanadas?"
While Kate waited for Sabbath to tell her what to do, she turned to Janelle. "Her name is Adelynn, and she seems pretty nice," she answered. Although, either lost or late, too, would also describe her. Kate noted that Janelle turned her attention to Mr. Kittridge, so Kate didn't say anything else. One of the new girls was talking to her, too (Rea). "Oh, yeah, sure! Hanging out sounds cool," she said. NEW FRIEND ALERT! "I'll catch up with you later, and we'll figure something out." Kate could go to Hogsmeade now, which she thought was super cool!
Kate missed the first question. Abby got it. She wouldn't have really know that anyway, so YAY, Abby!
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Teams? Cooking? Trivia?
Was this the best night in the world or not? It was. It was. It really was. From the tangles in his hair, Rooney moved his hands to his pockets and looked around. No one had called him over to be their teammate, and he didn't blame them. He was the acting kid. Not the cooking kid. But he had learnt early because Mama wasn't the most talented in the kitchen. She had somehow set fire to rice once. The choice was in his hands. Go at this solo, or claim a colleague.
...
...... Was that Miss Sophie Brown (of Hogwarts) free?
No partner?
Taking a deep breath, Rooney straightened up and made his way towards her. He tried to play it cool, or as cool as he could, and nudged her carefully with his elbow. None of that tugging on her arm or clothes thing. If he was going to be a prefect one day, then he had to be responsible and an adult about all things. Including the girl he was modelling his future wife on. Moral wise. "Miss Sophie Brown," of Hogwarts... "I, Rooney Bronwyn, request your companionship in our common-room-slash-kitchen. Please and thank you." And for good measure, he smiled up at her.
And then mumbled the answer to Professor Tanner's question, just as an older Ravenclaw answered it aloud.
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.
Making a s'more, making a s'moooore... Sophie continued roasting the marshmallow and only dared to peek over at the quiet boy with the hearing problem to see-- the boy, mellow and staring at her like she was completely crazy. Definitely hardcore judging her.
...Fine, then, more s'mores for SOPHIE BROWN.
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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.
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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!"
As she finished roasting her marshmallow and started getting the fixing to make the s'more set up, cutiepie Janelle approached and was saying a WHOLE lot of nice things. Nicer things than Sophie Brown deserved, probably, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Kate wave to her. Smiling and returning the wave, Soph then addressed Janelle, "That's awfully sweet of you to say. Don't say it too loudly, though, 'cause people are mad at me over getting it. Either jealous or think m'not worthy of it, m'not sure, but." She shrugged shortly. "I don't want people to be mad at me or, like, scowl at me from 'cross the room when people mention it, y'know?"
It was clear that Sophie Brown wasn't handling this badge thing well. She should have been enjoying it and graciously accepting praise, but she couldn't enjoy it. Not when one of her best friends, Evie, hated her for it. She just wanted the badge to go away so she could have her friend back.
"...But thanks, really. Means a lot, your support does." She smiled a bit sadly, but there was genuineness behind her words.
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"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.
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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.
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Alright, it was time for the first trivia question! "Go ahead and keep getting started, teams, but I'm going to start us right off with a trivia question! This one's about Scottish cuisine specifically." They were in Scotland, after all, but she knew many of the students were actually from England, Wales, or Ireland. She cleared her throat. "Question one, then: Scotland's national dish is haggis. From which animal are the heart, liver, and lungs taken?" She thought she'd start them out with a bit of an easier question. After all, these animals outnumbered people in Scotland.
"Hi Mr. Kitridge," Soph replied with a smile to the man's greeting, and just as she finished smushing her s'more together, Kitridge went into a spiel of instructions and explanations. So, while it was clearly not her turn to talk, Soph went ahead and worked on devouring the s'more. YUMMY GOODNESS.
A cooking competition, though? Not Soph's cup of tea. She was better at baking. She could bake loads, thanks to Caterina Branxton, but the only stuff she REALLY knew of cooking was from Javy. Not a chef here. So... this wouldn't be a competition SHE would win, unless her partner was a cooking genius. Her eyes scanned the room - if she was supposed to pair up with someone to get to know them better, she needed to be looking toward the younger ones - and she missed Tanner's question completely when...
Text Cut: Rooney!
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Teams? Cooking? Trivia?
Was this the best night in the world or not? It was. It was. It really was. From the tangles in his hair, Rooney moved his hands to his pockets and looked around. No one had called him over to be their teammate, and he didn't blame them. He was the acting kid. Not the cooking kid. But he had learnt early because Mama wasn't the most talented in the kitchen. She had somehow set fire to rice once. The choice was in his hands. Go at this solo, or claim a colleague.
...
...... Was that Miss Sophie Brown (of Hogwarts) free?
No partner?
Taking a deep breath, Rooney straightened up and made his way towards her. He tried to play it cool, or as cool as he could, and nudged her carefully with his elbow. None of that tugging on her arm or clothes thing. If he was going to be a prefect one day, then he had to be responsible and an adult about all things. Including the girl he was modelling his future wife on. Moral wise. "Miss Sophie Brown," of Hogwarts... "I, Rooney Bronwyn, request your companionship in our common-room-slash-kitchen. Please and thank you." And for good measure, he smiled up at her.
And then mumbled the answer to Professor Tanner's question, just as an older Ravenclaw answered it aloud.
Almost.
She was being claimed by the CUTEST CUTIEPIE IN THE WHOLE WORLD. Sophie giggled at the boy's very formal and sweet request, and she wrapped Rooney up in a grateful hug because he made her feel VERY good about herself. "No, thank you," she grinned and released him from the hug, then softly took his hand and led him over to the kitchen area where... food. Cooking. What... were they going to DO?
"Are y'any good at cooking? D'you have somethin' y'wanna make? A favorite food or dish or somethin'?" Hopefully maybe?
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She was being claimed by the CUTEST CUTIEPIE IN THE WHOLE WORLD. Sophie giggled at the boy's very formal and sweet request, and she wrapped Rooney up in a grateful hug because he made her feel VERY good about herself. "No, thank you," she grinned and released him from the hug, then softly took his hand and led him over to the kitchen area where... food. Cooking. What... were they going to DO?
"Are y'any good at cooking? D'you have somethin' y'wanna make? A favorite food or dish or somethin'?" Hopefully maybe?
OOOOH. Um. Uh. The second year squeaked ever so slightly, patting the older girls back just before she released him a-- oh. OH. She was touching his hand. To avoid the biggest attack of stage fright ever recorded, Rooney recited the alphabet under his breath and nodded as he walked with her. Did Sophie -- no. Did Miss Sophie Brown (of Hogwarts) understand that it was going to look like she had a favourite if she continued to hold his clammy twelve year old hand? He didn't want to tarnish her reputation. Her sweet as sugar, golden nugget, perfect Head Girl reputation.
"It's sheep." He offered to his co-cooker in a whisper, after realising that he hadn't at all said anything to her after his offer of partnership.
Sheep wasn't the best thing he could have spoken about, but it was okay because his hand was his own again and he was able to wipe the sweat onto his trousers and Sophie -- Miss Sophie Brown (of Hogwarts) was offering conversation to him, which he was most grateful for. "Mama taught me how to put chicken nuggets and chips on a tray and into the oven without getting freezer burn or an actual burn." But that wasn't helpful and he was internally kicking himself with all of his might. Actual violent kicking. "Let me...uh...look and see? Unlessyouhaveanyideasbecauseyou'retheHeadGirlandsm artandprettyandsmartsmart."
Table attack him now. Floor, swallow him now. Please.
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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?"
A whole new batch of books! The idea of being the first student EVER to read one of Hogwarts' books was very, very appealing to Davie, and his bright eyes lit up with the prospect. "I like science, and history, and maybe science fiction and historical fiction, although I haven't read many like that." And the books had to be written by wizarding authors, though he didn't voice that aloud. He just hadn't tried anything written by Muggles before.
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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?"
Whoaaaaaaa, a cooking competiton?! Davie had never entered one of those before. After all, why cook when you had a house elf (or a plethora of house elves, like at Hogwarts)? Still, Davie looked around for a partner. He nodded at Kate who asked if he wanted a s'more, but now they were PARTNERING UP and so the s'mores would have to wait.
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Pop!
Toddles is hersies. Toddles helps studenties because Toddles does so. Toddles sees professors and says, "Toddles heres to helps. Toddles helps. Toddles is a goods elfs." Toddles bows to professors yes Toddles does.
Toddles sees Tippins and Argyle. Toddles nots alones. Toddles waves to elfsies. Toddles sees foods. Toddles loves foods. Toddles moves feetsies towards foods.
Like the genius he was, Davie went for the nearest house elf to ask for a partner. "Toddles!" he recognized the baby elf right away. "Will you work with me to make a dish? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease?" The elf was cute and adorable and OBVIOUSLY a good cook because he was an elf. He'd probably be able to snap his fingers and make Davie win this thing.
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Ah yes, this was Anastasia's boy. She really hadn't heard much about him, as the woman hadn't been one to open up about family life, at least not to Tiara. "Hello there, David. Welcome to Ravenclaw!" She smiled at the boy, happy he had been Sorted here. Maybe his father had been a Ravenclaw sort of man? His mother was intelligent, but she had been a Hufflepuff, if memory served. But back to the boy in front of her. "I look forward to seeing you in class, my dear boy. And on the gobstones court as well!
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Alright, it was time for the first trivia question! "Go ahead and keep getting started, teams, but I'm going to start us right off with a trivia question! This one's about Scottish cuisine specifically." They were in Scotland, after all, but she knew many of the students were actually from England, Wales, or Ireland. She cleared her throat. "Question one, then: Scotland's national dish is haggis. From which animal are the heart, liver, and lungs taken?" She thought she'd start them out with a bit of an easier question. After all, these animals outnumbered people in Scotland.
In class AND at Gobstones? Alright, but Davie hadn't ever aimed a gobstone before... he nodded respectfully to the professor anyway. Scotland's national dish was WHAT? He'd never ever had haggis before... because why would he? He was English, not Scottish.
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Kyroh was ready for the Ravenclaw PARTY! Or....cooking competition. Since that's what he had heard from above in his dorm. He could cook! He was an expert cook. His mum had taught him so much- by mum of course he meant Althea and not Glo- but ANYWAYS he could properly cook and kick everyone's bums and WIN. Not that he knew what the prize would be, but he hoped it would be getting to eat what he cooked since it would probably be a-maz-ing.
So YES, Kyroh Scabior was ready. And by ready he meant that he, excited, ready to mingle, and of course was shirtless. Yes. But his chest painted the PROPER Ravenclaw colours, so that was alright, right?
Because Ravenclaw colours helped when cooking.
Taking the steps two at a time the newly turned fifth year grinned as he glanced around the room. He was even about to answer the question until Abby did it first. Hm. Now he needed a partner....
OH LOOK, a cool older student Davie recognized! "Kyroh!!!" he shouted and waved to the older boy coming into the common room. "Will you work with me on this?" This being the cooking competition, of course. He gestured to himself, Toddles, and the cooking station.
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OOOOH. Um. Uh. The second year squeaked ever so slightly, patting the older girls back just before she released him a-- oh. OH. She was touching his hand. To avoid the biggest attack of stage fright ever recorded, Rooney recited the alphabet under his breath and nodded as he walked with her. Did Sophie -- no. Did Miss Sophie Brown (of Hogwarts) understand that it was going to look like she had a favourite if she continued to hold his clammy twelve year old hand? He didn't want to tarnish her reputation. Her sweet as sugar, golden nugget, perfect Head Girl reputation.
"It's sheep." He offered to his co-cooker in a whisper, after realising that he hadn't at all said anything to her after his offer of partnership.
Sheep wasn't the best thing he could have spoken about, but it was okay because his hand was his own again and he was able to wipe the sweat onto his trousers and Sophie -- Miss Sophie Brown (of Hogwarts) was offering conversation to him, which he was most grateful for. "Mama taught me how to put chicken nuggets and chips on a tray and into the oven without getting freezer burn or an actual burn." But that wasn't helpful and he was internally kicking himself with all of his might. Actual violent kicking. "Let me...uh...look and see? Unlessyouhaveanyideasbecauseyou'retheHeadGirlandsm artandprettyandsmartsmart."
Table attack him now. Floor, swallow him now. Please.
Goodbye.
Sheep? Soph hadn't actually heard Tanner's trivia question, but she ASSUMED that's what the kid was talking about, so the seventh year just smiiiiled and nodded and gave Rooney a thumbs-up. "Good call." Because he was probably right, to whatever question had been asked. Rooney was a smart kid. He wouldn't have thrown an answer out there if he wasn't sure, she felt pretty confident about that. So SHEEP IT WAS.
His use of "mama" made Sophie Brown's heart melt, but she listened to him intently as he spoke. So... they could make chicken nuggets, except Soph didn't see the fixings for chicken nuggets here. Hmm.
...There was a mild word-vomit happening very suddenly, and Soph only caught the words "ideas," "smart," and "pretty," at which the Head Girl giggled again. Funny kid, wasn't he? "Thanks, Roon, 'n m'sorry to disappoint, but baking is actually my specialty. I can make loads of desserts and sweets 'n stuff, but dunno as MUCH about cooking... though I can do breakfast pretty well, I've had some practice with that. Like... eggs 'n stuff... there's bacon here," she pointed, so they could do THAT if they wanted, maybe with some fruit on the side or something. "Oh. Wait. Those are..." There was pointing over at the raw chicken wings, and Soph squinted at them suspiciously. "Think those are chicken WINGS, not nuggets. D'you wanna try those?" Soph didn't know what to make WITH chicken wings if they went that route, but... Kitridge hadn't said they needed to make a full meal, did he?
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In class AND at Gobstones? Alright, but Davie hadn't ever aimed a gobstone before... he nodded respectfully to the professor anyway. Scotland's national dish was WHAT? He'd never ever had haggis before... because why would he? He was English, not Scottish.
OH LOOK, a cool older student Davie recognized! "Kyroh!!!" he shouted and waved to the older boy coming into the common room. "Will you work with me on this?" This being the cooking competition, of course. He gestured to himself, Toddles, and the cooking station.
WHY WAS HE BEING YELLED AT FROM ACROSS THE ROOM BY A SMALL LITTLE - OH DAVID!
The fifth year RUSHED over, absolutely excited. He hadn't paid that much attention during the sorting and he had completely forgotten that the previous Headmistress' SON was now at Hogwarts! Stopping right in front of the boy Kyroh wrapped his arms around him (don't worry the paint was dry) and LIFTED him up. "HI DAVIE!!!! I'm glad you're a Ravenclaw!!!" REALLY! He WAS!
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WHY WAS HE BEING YELLED AT FROM ACROSS THE ROOM BY A SMALL LITTLE - OH DAVID!
The fifth year RUSHED over, absolutely excited. He hadn't paid that much attention during the sorting and he had completely forgotten that the previous Headmistress' SON was now at Hogwarts! Stopping right in front of the boy Kyroh wrapped his arms around him (don't worry the paint was dry) and LIFTED him up. "HI DAVIE!!!! I'm glad you're a Ravenclaw!!!" REALLY! He WAS!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY KYROH WAS HERE AND HE WAS COOL and he was acknowledging little Davie Truebridge with a BIG HUG. Davie squirmed and beamed appropriately, wondering why his COOL HOUSEMATE was blue but not really caring WHY as long as he wasn't contagious. This, this encounter, was just a cool moment for him.
Ahem. Moment aside, squished!Davie squeaked, "ME TOO! Isn't this place COOL? The room is so ROUND and you're so BLUE and WHY are you blue, Kyroh?" He looked up at him curiously. Was this a thing he didn't know the older students DID? Should HE be blue TOO?!?
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Making a s'more, making a s'moooore... Sophie continued roasting the marshmallow and only dared to peek over at the quiet boy with the hearing problem to see-- the boy, mellow and staring at her like she was completely crazy. Definitely hardcore judging her.
...Fine, then, more s'mores for SOPHIE BROWN.
Text Cut: Janelle & Kate
As she finished roasting her marshmallow and started getting the fixing to make the s'more set up, cutiepie Janelle approached and was saying a WHOLE lot of nice things. Nicer things than Sophie Brown deserved, probably, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Kate wave to her. Smiling and returning the wave, Soph then addressed Janelle, "That's awfully sweet of you to say. Don't say it too loudly, though, 'cause people are mad at me over getting it. Either jealous or think m'not worthy of it, m'not sure, but." She shrugged shortly. "I don't want people to be mad at me or, like, scowl at me from 'cross the room when people mention it, y'know?"
It was clear that Sophie Brown wasn't handling this badge thing well. She should have been enjoying it and graciously accepting praise, but she couldn't enjoy it. Not when one of her best friends, Evie, hated her for it. She just wanted the badge to go away so she could have her friend back.
"...But thanks, really. Means a lot, your support does." She smiled a bit sadly, but there was genuineness behind her words.
Text Cut: Kitridge & Tanner
"Hi Mr. Kitridge," Soph replied with a smile to the man's greeting, and just as she finished smushing her s'more together, Kitridge went into a spiel of instructions and explanations. So, while it was clearly not her turn to talk, Soph went ahead and worked on devouring the s'more. YUMMY GOODNESS.
A cooking competition, though? Not Soph's cup of tea. She was better at baking. She could bake loads, thanks to Caterina Branxton, but the only stuff she REALLY knew of cooking was from Javy. Not a chef here. So... this wouldn't be a competition SHE would win, unless her partner was a cooking genius. Her eyes scanned the room - if she was supposed to pair up with someone to get to know them better, she needed to be looking toward the younger ones - and she missed Tanner's question completely when...
She was being claimed by the CUTEST CUTIEPIE IN THE WHOLE WORLD. Sophie giggled at the boy's very formal and sweet request, and she wrapped Rooney up in a grateful hug because he made her feel VERY good about herself. "No, thank you," she grinned and released him from the hug, then softly took his hand and led him over to the kitchen area where... food. Cooking. What... were they going to DO?
"Are y'any good at cooking? D'you have somethin' y'wanna make? A favorite food or dish or somethin'?" Hopefully maybe?
Janelle looked at Sophie Brown incredulously as the Head Girl tried to downplay her appointment. Why anyone would think that she didn't deserve the honor was beyond Janelle. She could see how some might be jealous, but to get mad about it? Really? Shaking her head, Janelle moved closer to Sophie and lowered her voice.
"Well I think you absolutely deserved it and you should be proud of yourself. And if anyone is mad about it..........well that's their problem. You can't let other people's issues get you bummed out. Everyone should be happy for you. I know I am. Anyway, I know you'll do just great so enjoy the badge."
It made Janelle sad that Sophie Brown didn't seem to be enjoying her new position because someone had a stank attitude toward her. From the looks of it, it was someone she cared about. Otherwise she probably would not be as bothered by it. Not cool at all. Janelle hoped that everything would work out for the seventh year.
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"Yes Sir!" He said cheerfully to Mr. Kittridge. He nodded again at Professor Tanner.
When Mr. Kittridge began speaking, he joined the rest of the group in a half circle.
Cooking?
Well he wasn't one for cooking. His dad always ordered something for dinner. His mother was the one who did all of the cooking in the house. She had taught him a thing or two, but no actual dishes. But cooking was basically like potion making... right? The right ingredients would make the best outcome. If only he had a beat up notebook for cooking.
But that was besides the point. It didn't have to be the best dish he could make. It just had to be something. And preferably with a partner. He paused for a moment and glanced around the room. Everyone started to pair up into teams, and there were quite a few house elves running around. To be honest it was quite a bit hectic, and the one thing Austin wanted to do was hide off in a corner and hoped nobody would notice him. The sad thing was that his HOH would notice. And if not him, surely Prof. Tanner would. One of them always noticed when he was hiding, and tended to pair him up with somebody. But NOT TODAY. Today Austin was going to find his own partner.
He walked over to the table of ingredients and stood next to a few people, hoping one would take him as a partner. Merlin knows he was too shy to ask himself.
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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.
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. 
