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Magical Soul · 08-13-2015, 11:02 AM

Directly below the Great Hall is the Hogwarts kitchen, complete with five tables identical to and directly below those of the Great Hall. Numerous house elves have returned and are busily working, always working, on the castle's next meal. They're surely willing to serve you a snack though, if you ask politely enough.

OOC: Please do not RP for the House Elves! We have a lovely group of actual elves who would love to RP with you if you will please be patient.

Fallon Chanel · 10-28-2015, 01:19 AM

SPOILER!!: H

"I've seen them... I just haven't personally met any..." Was Maxon rude for thinking elves were creepy-looking? It wasn't his fault he hadn't grown up around them, so he wasn't used to them. And knowing they walked around just doing work all day... It kinda made him sad.

At the mention of how to make donuts, Maxon pulled out a recipe he'd printed off at his house back when he wanted to try to make the donuts there. Was it weird that he'd kept the recipe? Maybe, but... It wasn't weird that he'd held out hope that he'd get to use the recipe someday. THE BOY HAD A DREAM, OKAY? "I have this," he showed it to Hady. "Maybe it'll help."

*Kolyander* · 10-28-2015, 01:38 AM

SPOILER!!: Maxon

Hady tilted her head a him. "Something wrong?," She asked softly brushing her hair back off her face. He seemed like he was unsure about them maybe. Had he never seen them before outside of Hogwarts? That could be the issue there. It wasn't a big deal though.

Now this is what they needed! A recipe. Great work Maxon. Hady grinned brightly at him. "It sure will!" Leaving the paper with him she went ahead to begin taking out what they would need, which meant she was basically checking all the cabinets and drawers setting things onto a table.

ArianaBlack · 10-28-2015, 05:33 AM

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Toddles hears master calls for elves? Toddles hears and walks yes Toddles does. Toddles knows voices. Yes he does. Toddles peaks around and sees...MASTER ZANDER. Toddles is happies. Yes he is. Toddles beams and walks up to Master Zander. "Master Zander. Toddles happies to sees you."

Y'know, maybe shouting for a house elf wasn't actually the best way to get a--

And he stood corrected.

Merlin. These guys were efficient.

And better yet, it was just the one Zander needed to see. "Hey, Toddles," the Gryffindor grinned. "I was gonna ask Tippin or someone to leave this by your bed... But I thought maybe a personal Christmas delivery might be a better idea? Don't want anyone to steal your gift before you can get to it yourself," ahem. The stealing thing. Still bitter. But also, moved on beyond that. Ahem.

Hehe.

He took his hand from behind his back and revealed a medium-sized shiny box. "Happy Christmas, Toddles." He extended the gift forward, fully intending for Toddles to take it from him.

.... The gift was er... Sort of thrown together like most of the gifts he gave this year... But he was saving up for something big. So funds were a little low at the moment. But hopefully the chocolate frogs and hand-me-down Gryffindor scarf would suffice. Toddles didn't strike him as one of them to throw a present back out of spite.

littledhampir · 10-28-2015, 02:41 PM

Olly liked that his common room was not far from the kitchens. Because then he could eat whenever he got hungry. Literally whenever. The house elves even liked giving him food. Which meant that he liked them. But there usually weren't so many people in the kitchen. And...fancy?

He approached the group of people who appeared to be having a tea party. It looked like most of his friends were there, in fact. And other people he knew. Which made him wonder why he had not been invited. Oh well, he was there now whether they liked it or not.

"Hello!" He greeted them. There was David Truebridge who seemed to be in charge. And that other Ravenclaw boy whose name he had found out was Rooney. Oh no. Olly made sure he was on the other side of Charlotte, near Blaise and not near that other boy. "Are you guys having a tea party? Can I join? Is there a dress code?" Should he be wearing a dress too?

RandomRaven · 10-28-2015, 04:45 PM

Her dorm mate did mention about a tea party for muggle studies assignment down at the kitchen. But Ava actually already had a tea party with Hady so, at first she didn't really want to join. But weeeeell.... this wasn't only about the assignment, right? Come on, this was the opportunity to hang out with fellow firsties. To be honest, she hung out with the older students more than her fellows. So... she decided to come down here.

Walking down to the kitchen, Ava noticed that there were so many people down there. And not only the firsties, but she saw the fainting boy Rooney and another older student that she didn't know her name yet. "Hey, guys. Mind if I join?" Because she didn't really dress up like the others... but it seemed like Oliver didn't too.

Shanners · 10-28-2015, 10:59 PM

Rooney WAVED sooooo big at Miss Reagan and felt bad about her wicker basket. Had she brought food with her so as not to be rude that she couldn't eat the same as them? MAN. But they could all just imagine they had food like she did, right? Maybe... "You're just on time, Miss Reagan! Isn't she Davie?" Oh and she was dressed all nice too. Definitely his second favourite seventh year in forever and ever. He'd tell her later that his scrapbook was under his pillow and he was frequently showing her amazing work to his sister and no one else. Because that would be weird.

Roo adjusted his bow tie at the mere mention Davie made of it, almost worrying that it was askew or he actually didn't like it. "I like yours too. It's.. coooool." And now this meant that they could be adult and talk bowties whilst reading their newspapers or doing their homeworks. Something very adult. They couldn't talk about girls though, especially not Miss Charlotte - YES. He had heard Davie say she looked "SO PRETTY". ~~Which she did.~~ But no comment. No girl talks. No, no, no could they get on with their tea party now, please? AHA DIG IN. DIG IN. OH YES. GOSH.

Rooney scrambled for a cup and sipped eagerly from it....until he CHOKED on the appearance of Olly. Who then sat with Miss Charlotte and furthermore confirmed the boyfriend theory. This was going to be revolting. He didn't want to be here and WITNESS a date. He didn't want to -- ugh. Could he leave now? No..no..he couldn't. He was here because it was Davie's tea party and he felt obliged to stay, but he really didn't want to witness the first years having a fully married life at the same table he was at.

G R O S S.

And he really just didn't like Olly whatsoever.

But the dress code was NOT what he was wearing. GROSS.

"Hi Ava." He patted the seat beside him and smiled.

BanaBatGirl · 10-29-2015, 01:50 AM

Reagan had brought chocolate frogs TOO?! "Wow, thanks!" Davie beamed, nearly bouncing as he accepted the gift of unopened, possibly collectable chocolate frogs. "Do you collect too? You can trade with me and Blaise of you want." And Davie would eat all the ones she couldn't handle. Any time. He'd be so happy to take those off her hands.

He settled Reagan's frogs in with the others and nodded to her idea. "We could all pretend to be different people. Like a mystery tea party..." Speaking of mystery, he hadn't known Olly and Ava were coming! "Hi guys! It's okay that you didn't dress up... you can pretend to be wearing a dress or a bowtie..." like him and Rooney. He completely missed any tension between his fellow Ravenclaw and the incoming Slytherin.

Davie, you see, was not done playing with these chocolate frog cards. He cracked open one of the brand-new packages and caught the frog, biting into it and then dunking it headfirst into his tea. Mhmmm mmmm mmmm. Just the way he liked it.

DaniDiNardo · 10-29-2015, 05:02 AM

Of course he brought his cards, this was gonna be really neat and his collection was gonna grow. The boy actually couldn't wait to see all the cards Davie had. His eyes widened and he found himself leaning over the table when that older girl (Reagan) popped out a pack of chocolate frogs. Were those for everyone? Could he have some too?? "You can definitely trade with us!" Or just let them split the cards between themselves. That worked too.

Also, he liked how willing Davie was to go with this, pretending they were pretend. It made everything so much easier. AND MORE FRIENDS! Olly got a wide grin and Ava got a wave as they both joined the fun. He wasn't so sure about the Rooney kid but he wasn't sitting next to Char or anything so maybe this time the Ravenclaw boy wouldn't get up in his feelings. Yeah...he'd.....stay on this side of the table and she could stay on that side and he'd enjoy all the yummy food that Davie said they could dig into.

Blaise sipped at his tea, decidedly glad the elves couldn't stand to see them starving in here. He was listening too, they were gonna pretend to be someone else. "In that case I'm the famous Reporter covering this VERY fancy party." And he pretended to tip an invisible hat. "This tea is absolutely bland. I can't taste a thing." Because they were pretending it wasn't real, see?

littledhampir · 10-30-2015, 06:34 PM

Technically, he was supposed to be dressed up for their dress up tea party. But he had not known this was going on, because he was more of a gatecrasher than an actual invitee. So he was just going to pretend he was dressed up. Their were playing pretend anyway, so he figured that would be okay. Besides, what kind of homework required a specific dress code?

But Davie said it was okay for him to join! Great! Olly grinned and took a seat by Blaise. He did eye those chocolate frog the older girl had got. Did they know that chocolate frogs were his favorite candy? Was this a sharing kind of tea party?

Pretend to be different people? Olly had to consider that. Who would he be? Blaise was the reporter, that was fitting. But who was Davie going to be? He hadn't mentioned that. "I'll be someone famous," he decided. Why was he famous? That was the mystery.

BanaBatGirl · 11-02-2015, 12:58 AM

Right, Blaise was going to pretend to be the reporter writing all about their fabulous tea party, Olly was going to pretend to be someone famous in attendance at the tea party, so Davie was going to pretend to be....

"I'm a chocolate frog trader and collector. Oliver, you can be one of the famous people on these cards!" He pulled out the card from the frog he'd just eaten and waggled it at him. "Do you collect these, by chance?" Maybe he had a few that Davie didn't. But Blaise probably had some too... time to see what he had.

Davie spread out his duplicate cards near his handcuff buddy: Agrippa, Circe, Cliodna, Dumbledore, Uric the Oddball, Ronald Weasley, Morgan le Fay, Hengist of Woodcroft, Gringott, Gregory the Smarmy, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Hermione Granger, Merlin, Bertie Bott, Ptolemy, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin, and Newt Scamander. Popular cards, all of those. Who DIDN'T have a Harry Potter card these days, huh?

"So... got any you want to get rid of?" Davie sipped his tea and raised his eyebrows at Blaise.

Govoni · 11-02-2015, 02:10 AM

All these precious little boys...Gosh! Reagan beamed at Rooney, Davie...and Blaise, though she wasn't as familiar with Blaise (as he belonged to Gryffindor house). That didn't make him any less adorable, though. "No, no...they're for whoever wants them. I'm not much of a collector, myself. So..." She put on her best prim and proper tone, winking at them. "...I respectfully decline."

As for the pretending bit...who could she be? Since the small group seemed to enjoy her idea. Hmmmmm, Reagan was drawing a blank, so, she asked her companions. They were a clever bunch, you know. "If we're pretending, would you lot mind picking out a persona for me?" Whatever they decided, it'd be okay with Rea.

Also, much less frenzied than before, she dainty picked up her tea cup and sipped from it; replacing it on its saucer only moments later. Then, she carefully dabbed at her mouth. It was all very ladylike and proper, rah rah.. "I used to imagine being a princess."...to explain her tea party 'manners'. It was not her fault that she'd been indulged...or that the experience had stuck.

...and she didn't have any cards to trade, but...

"Which would you recommend for a person wanting to start a collection? Which cards are the least rare?"

RandomRaven · 11-02-2015, 11:29 AM

Oh, glad that Davie didn't mind she joined (or crashed, to be exact) his tea party. Since she didn't wear any dress and she would NEVER want to wear one, so.... "I'm gonna be a female knight in shining armor." Yes, she didn't want to be princess or queen or anything else. And as a (pretending) knight, Ava also pretended that she's on her armor suit with the mask and the sword! "Where should I put my mask and my sword then?" HEHEHE.

There's something... wrong in Rooney's face when he saw Oliver joining them and he let her sitting beside him. "Hi there, Rooney." The Gryffindor girl then sat beside him and smiled. She also waved to the others. Oh, look! There's real food and also real tea! "Oh, I didn't know you're collecting the chocolate frog cards!" She said to Davie. Were ALL Ravenclaw boys collecting them? She thought it was just her twin brother's thing. She pour the tea to her cup and sipped it. Hmm... Was it the taste really bland? She didn't think so. "Do you have a favorite tea, Blaise?" Ava suddenly asked.

littledhampir · 11-02-2015, 03:30 PM

"My card is very rare," Oliver declared. But, as a professional collector and trader, someone like Davie would probably have one of him. Yes, Oliver liked that idea very much. He was distracted, though, by the question about his real life. "Yes I do collect." He leaned over the table, peering at the different cards there. They were all pretty common. "I don't have Gringott!" Oh man, what an opportunity this was. "But my cards are in my dorm, I don't have anything to trade right now. Should I go get them?"

Two more pretend people. A knight and....Oliver had an idea and smiled at the older girl. "You can be the princess, and Ava can be the knight protecting you." Since she wanted to be a knight, she might as well be given a knight kind of job. "Why do you need protecting though? Hmmm." Their tea party could get even more dramatic.

Govoni · 11-02-2015, 11:33 PM

A princess?! Reagan beamed at the younger boy, immediately taking on the persona. "Why, thank you, good sir." As if to emphasize her role, she pretended to adjust an invisible tiara; a magnificent one, too...because royalty would wear tiaras to tea parties.

Fluffing her hair afterward, Rea tried to proceed how a royal person would. Needless to say, it was very much as she once acted as a small child. Yes, her childhood years had prepared her for this homework..."Oh, brave knight. How are you enjoying your tea?" The question was directed at the cute little Gryffindor girl named Ava. These precious kids.

As if remembering herself, as a princess would, she smiled graciously at the rest of those assembled. "How is everyone enjoying their tea?"

BanaBatGirl · 11-03-2015, 12:10 AM

Which cards are the least rare? "Well these ones, Miss... Princess...." Davie replied, to play along with Reagan's charade. "I think my first-ever card was Harry Potter, and now I'm pretty sure every fourth box I open contains him." So if she wanted a place to start, definitely start with Potter.

To Ava, he raised his eyebrows and held up the Andros the Invincible card. It seemed to apply to her, heh. "Do you collect, Lady Knight in Shining Armor?" Interesting that she wanted to be a knight. Cool that Olly collected too! "Yeah! I mean, after you finish your tea, sir, we can trade.... did you say you needed Gringott?" Davie had about four of those, so he shyly pushed one closer to the Slytherin.

Now he just needed to determine WHO Olly would be, card-wise. Hmmmm. Bertie Bott? Felix Summerbee? Mopsus? (Davie didn't have the latter two though.) "Do you like Astronomy, Olly?" he asked suddenly, reaching for another one of Reagan's donated chocolate frogs so he could see what card was inside.

Govoni · 11-03-2015, 12:33 AM

Reagan pretended to fan herself with one of those...jeweled fans? she'd seen in pictures, regarding her younger housemate with an overly pleased look. In her opinion, which had been fueled by some photos she'd seen, princes and princesses always looked overly pleased with themselves. "Harry Potter, you say?" Fishing an unopened chocolate frog from the basket (with her free hand! Rea was, after all, still holding her fan...), she made a show of setting the accessory down, so she could open the package.

At seeing the card, she laughed.

"I got Harry Potter. Good guess, Sir Davie." Tucking the card away, she helped herself to a bit more tea. "Are there any particular cards you're in the market for? So...I may keep a keen eye open."

All her movements were very dainty and exaggerated. Rah, rah, raaah.

BanaBatGirl · 11-03-2015, 01:00 AM

Yep, Harry Potter. Davie bit into his new chocolate frog and eagerly took a peek at the card. "Mopsus! Heck yeah!" He didn't have that one! Reagan's cards were good luck for him (so far). He chuckled as she (unluckily, in his opinion) pulled out a Harry Potter card. Typical.

So. "Other common cards, that I've seen, include the four Hogwarts founders, anyone from the Trio or Harry Potter's era, and a few ancient magicians like Merlin, Circe, and so on. So if you want a starter pack, I can give you my spare Founders cards.... m'lady?" Because he was just that nice? And also, he might as for something in return. Maybe. He had to think like a real chocolate frog trader would, and they wouldn't just give cards away for freeeeeee.

In the meantime, Davie gently dunked his frog into his teacup.

Govoni · 11-03-2015, 01:17 AM

"You are a very kind chocolate card trader, Sir." Of course, if he were really offering, Reagan didn't see any harm in accepting. Besides, finding new hobbies WAS one of her hobbies. Bah-dum-tiss. See what she did there?

"Of course, being the expert that you are in this profession..." She gave him a teasing wink, playing along with his role as he was doing for her. "...I expect you'd want something in return. Galleons? Food?...a royal knightship?"

Rea matched his tea!drinking with her own, slowing down in her sipping. Ugh, she could never be a real princess. She wanted to just DRINK ALL THE TEA...and snack on the biscuits. Le sigh.

littledhampir · 11-03-2015, 02:00 AM

That card was being pushed across the table. Toward...Olly? Really? He beamed at the other boy, forgetting the game for a moment. "Wow, thanks." He slid the card even closer to himself and stared at it for a moment. He would have to remember to keep an eye out for some of the cards that Davie didn't have yet. Unless, of course, Olly also did not have them. He wasn't that nice.

"Astronomy? Eh, not really." Why? Was he some sort of spy for Flamsteed? Wait no, the game. He was trying to determine what famous person Olly was. Right. Olly considered that for a moment. Harry Potter was a possibility, but he'd already said he was a rare card and Harry Potter was definitely not rare. Aha! "I'll be Bertie Bott!" He declared. Yes, he was going to be the creator of a delicious, if sometimes dangerous, candy.

He took a sip of his tea, then. Maybe tea flavored beans was something he could think about. But he would have to talk to his invention team. "What is your favorite flavor of my bean?" He tried to sound all sophisticated and stuff. He didn't know what the inventor of candy sounded like.

Govoni · 11-03-2015, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

That card was being pushed across the table. Toward...Olly? Really? He beamed at the other boy, forgetting the game for a moment. "Wow, thanks." He slid the card even closer to himself and stared at it for a moment. He would have to remember to keep an eye out for some of the cards that Davie didn't have yet. Unless, of course, Olly also did not have them. He wasn't that nice.

"Astronomy? Eh, not really." Why? Was he some sort of spy for Flamsteed? Wait no, the game. He was trying to determine what famous person Olly was. Right. Olly considered that for a moment. Harry Potter was a possibility, but he'd already said he was a rare card and Harry Potter was definitely not rare. Aha! "I'll be Bertie Bott!" He declared. Yes, he was going to be the creator of a delicious, if sometimes dangerous, candy.

He took a sip of his tea, then. Maybe tea flavored beans was something he could think about. But he would have to talk to his invention team. "What is your favorite flavor of my bean?" He tried to sound all sophisticated and stuff. He didn't know what the inventor of candy sounded like.

Assuming this question was for the party at large, Reagan helped herself to a sweetie from the middle of the table - exaggeratingly consuming it according to etiquette - and then answering the cute question. Cute kids, they all were.

"Mr. Bott, I personally enjoy a good many of your flavors...but as for a favorite, I lean more towards the butter one. Or the honey."

Mmm, nothing was better than natural, pure honey.

BanaBatGirl · 11-03-2015, 02:35 AM

"Ah, I'm only doing Your Highness a fair service, m'lady." And he pretended to tip a top hat at the older Ravenclaw.

Did Dave want something in return though... was that even a serious question. "You don't happen to have any more of these unopened boxes, do you?" he asked curiously, hopefully as he picked up another one and quickly opened it just to slide the card out. He was pretty full of tea and frogs already, so he'd save this chocolate treat for later (minus the card). See, a fair trade could be exchanging the opened cards for the unopened ones! There was a lot of potential there, and David liked potential.

Oh! Olly was Bertie Bott! David laughed and snapped a little. "I knew I recognized you from somewhere Mr. Bott," he played along. "How's Antarctica treating you and your family?" He knew the Botts, see. Davie had a cousin (a second cousin, maybe?) who was dating the eldest Bott boy. Something like that.

As for his favorite bean... he couldn't help but wrinkle his nose at Reagan's flavor. No offense to her, but his favorite was, "Blueberry Muffin." Most definitely.

littledhampir · 11-03-2015, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Govoni

Assuming this question was for the party at large, Reagan helped herself to a sweetie from the middle of the table - exaggeratingly consuming it according to etiquette - and then answering the cute question. Cute kids, they all were.

"Mr. Bott, I personally enjoy a good many of your flavors...but as for a favorite, I lean more towards the butter one. Or the honey."

Mmm, nothing was better than natural, pure honey.

What was that woman's name? Olly had no idea but oh well. All he knew about her at the moment was that she was a princess. One who liked butter and honey flavored beans. Honey was a nice choice but he didn't really understand the butter one. But whatever.

"Well princess, you can come to my headquarters and get all the free beans you want." As long as she knew it was just part of the game. He was not going to actually give her a bunch of candy for free. Maybe a little bit though.

Antarctica? Was Bertie Bott actually in Antarctica? Probably now, because who would want to be there? And how would Davie know anyway? He wasn't related to Bertie Bott, it was just a game of pretend of course. "It's cold," he answered. BLUEBERRY MUFFIN! That was a much better choice, but no offense princess lady. Olly grinned at his friend.

TeafortheSoul · 11-03-2015, 11:40 AM

If Char was being honest, she was a LITTLE BIT PUT OUT that there were other girls here too, even if they were her friends (except that big girl because she didn't really know her). It was just that she was SUPPOSED TO BE the special one, because Davie was HER best friend. HERS.

She DID beam at Davie when he said she looked so pretty (and Ellery but HER BEST FRIEND so she was claiming the majority of that compliment too ok). AND she smiled at Olly but ALSO Char was sort of silently side eyeing that bigger girl.

.... Reagan? Right? DID SHE know that Davie was HER best friend? HERS? CHAR'S?

IT WAS TOO MUCH because ALSO she had to think about OTHER things (GROWN UP THINGS) like the fact that Blaise had got her a valentine and not said anything about it, and that she was PRETTY SURE ROONEY DIDN'T KNOW she was the one that sent him that secret Santa, but also did Roo hate Blaise because that whole thing in dueling club where he smacked Blaise's hand away was VERY CONFUSING and also why was he giving Olly weird looks?

AND TO TOP IT OFF Davie was paying A LOT OF ATTENTION to everyone else and not enough to her and nobody was calling HER princess and it was DEFINITELY ALL TOO MUCH and she didn't know WHY she felt all funny and not herself at ALL and... and....

Charlotte's lip wibbled slightly and she stayed unnaturally (for her) quiet. Instead of saying anything, she opened the little carry case she had with her and took out a couple of her snails.

At least THEY snoved (snail loved) her best!

RandomRaven · 11-03-2015, 01:18 PM

Oliver did have a good idea! She's being a knight that protect a helpless and fragile princess like the older girl.... whatshernameagain? "Oh, I know. The princess is being forced to marry a prince that she doesn't love, so the knight is helping her to avoid the wedding." Hehehe. Was that possible? Well, this was just pretending, right? So anything could happen. Including having a girl as a knight. "Knight Ava of House Burton is here to serve you, your highness." The young lioness knelt down to the 'fake' princess.

She sipped her tea and turned to Davie, the chocolate frog collector. "Not really... But my twin brother loves that very much." It was more Teddy's thing than her. But she did have some, including the one that Olly gave her before. Speaking of, that Slytherin boy just decided to be a Bertie Bott? Interesting. Like she's said, anything COULD happen and everybody could be someone that they wanted to. So she's not gonna judge. "The tea is great, your highness." She answered. Then she grabbed a muffin and nibbled it. Hmmmm... "You should try the muffin too. It's good and not poisoned." She's still the knight who protect the princess, right?

And.... something's wrong with Charlotte Kettleburn. Ava looked at her dorm mates in worry look.

littledhampir · 11-03-2015, 03:01 PM

That was a new twist! Nice job Ava. Olly grinned at her for a second before managing to regain his very serious Bertie Bott face. He turned to the older girl. "Who are you supposed to marry, your highness?" Was it one of the other partygoers? Rooney, perhaps? Because no one would want to have to marry him. Or maybe it was someone not at the party, from whom she was hiding. That would make sense too.

You know who was not talking? Charlotte Kettleburn. And you know who usually talked the most? Charlotte Kettleburn. Olly glanced at her but didn't really know what to say. Was she okay? He could have asked but what if she was fine? And just quiet? That was the less likely option but still. Was he supposed to say something?

Instead, he poked her arm gently and grinned. "Who are you going to be, Charlotte?" Olly thought for a moment about some good options for her. "A secret spy? A pop star? Queen?"

Were those snails?

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