Latest Site Notices

sweetpinkpixie · 01-05-2016, 09:56 AM

September 2nd. The morning after the evening where Gryffindors went Gryffindoring at the start of term feast. Hopefully you got enough rest to look lively - or at least be able to fake it - for this 8:30 am meeting in the common room. Despite the chill in the crisp morning air outside, the common room itself is quite pleasant thanks to the roaring fire and the tantalizing smells coming from a long table set out beside it. A humble breakfast buffet of pancakes with various toppings and syrups along with other breakfast essentials such as scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, and toast await your arrival. There are paper plates, cups, and plastic cutlery for your disposal and jugs of juice as well and hot coffee and tea set to the side.

But this morning isn't all fun and games as you are well aware of and the presence of Professor Flamsteed lounging on one of the lush red sofa's may be a reminder of that. Although he does seem to be in better spirits this morning and nibbling on a danish with his trust pet rock nestled on a pillow at his side as he looks over the morning's agenda. Above the fireplace written in large crimson letters is a sign that reads :

Quote:

ASK NOT WHAT HOGWARTS CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR HOGWARTS.

So come on down, pajamas are welcome, and hopefully this will not be too painful an experience for all?

Meeting Progression
How can we make the house elves be appreciated rather than disrespected and do so in a Gryffindor manner?

discussion wrap up & H.E.L.P delegation

Ask not what Hogwarts can do for you, but what you can do for Hogwarts

Gryffindor Retreat Announcement & professor's departure

Davvy_Wavvy · 01-06-2016, 01:14 PM

Welp it was obvious that Blaise felt just as horrible as he did. Idly, he wondered who would get the worst death...him or Blaise. Technically both sets of parents could be very stern but his mother was a HufflePuff..he was hoping he could play on her puff consciousness. If he couldn't she'd just turn into Grandma Bellaire and nothing his dad said would be able to save him.

He sighed at the thought and poked his food..until he found out that he was the recipient of a beamy grin from the first year (Tenacious). He returned the grin briefly, because despite being semi dead, he was still quite proud of their accomplishment.

Then they were joined by Blaise's friend. She seemed like good people...unlike the headboy who Blaise was smart to ignore.

Good on you cousin.

Bully?

Bentley looked at Blaise then back at their Head of House. He was spending way too much time with his pet rock. He and Blaise were far from and he resented that comment...but he did not fuss. They were already in enough trouble as it was.

"What's wrong with just telling them sorry?" He asked after raising his hand. "Mum says that always makes things better."

weasleyrima · 01-06-2016, 02:14 PM

Jessie tied her long hair into messy buns when she entering the meeting.
She was wake up early this morning. But she need to preparing herself before meet many peoples. A maroon pajamas wrapped around her petite body.

[B]"Morning." [B] she greeted lazily.

Her eyes snapped open in wide size when realized that there was exist so many peoples already.

"Sorry, am I late?"

Jessie made her way to the closest empty seat in hurry.

RandomRaven · 01-06-2016, 03:44 PM

"Morning, Head Boy!" She addressed to Yoongi. Wow, since he became a Head Boy, not he's calling people with the last name... and she didn't mind because it sounded better that being called 'Tall Ava' like he used to do. Yeah, a good Head Boy ~~like Zander~~ never insulted younger students... Good good. "Hey, Candice!" She also greeted the female prefect and continued with her breakfast. And then Dora walked down from the dorm and leaned against her. "You're not gonna have breakfast?" Since that girl just took a glass of juice.

Those looked warm? Oh, her pajamas of course. "It is, Admiral." Hehehe... She had like... so many giraffe-themed pajamas and this one was her favorite. Hehehe. And now the meeting had started. Ava just sat down enjoying her breakfast and listened to the head of House talking. Gryffindoring? That's a good word. Like doing something that's so Gryffindor, hehehe... "Yes, maybe we should send them good treats? Like muffins and brownies... And maybe not clothes. Didn't give them clothes mean that we're freeing them?" Did that make sense?

Uncle Moose · 01-06-2016, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

And...that was...interesting. Airey was not entirely sure what was going on with Mr. Spades at the moment...but he was going to casually pretend not to notice

...................

"Now, I am sure you have all noticed the banner behind me, but that will be addressed later. Until then, does anyone have any suggestions for what can be done?"

And he supposed questions about the feast were allowed as well, but such thoughts went unsaid. He would rather they dwell on that no longer.

Oh he caught the pretend to not notice of noticing looks. Nothing could escape Torrance WILDCARD Ugo Spades. NOTHING. He grinned a big grin at the Professor and hopped up from beside Ace. He scurried back over to the Food Table and grabbed himself a second cup of coffee, this time with 5 scoops of sugar.

He plopped back down beside Ace and looked back at the Professor who was now just finishing his talk with them. He looked around at all the others who were now talking about doing something for the Elves who worked very hard on the feast that they had ruined. "Let's put on a Play for them!" Yup not even Torrance was sure what he was even saying anymore. he took a few sips of coffee before speaking again. "A play like a PSA. 'The Dangers of Food Fighting.' It'll be all about how The Elves suffer from out our careless actions." What what what!? "THEN!" He added. "Then, at the end we shower them with our own sock. Clean socks of course. It wouldn't be nice throwing dirty stinky socks at the elves. I do my laundry all the time. My Aunt helped me though...okay so she actually does my laundry and I watch."
He took a quick breathe because he was running out of air. Why was he running out of air!? "She does something with some kind of liquid soap. One time I tried to do my Own Laundry so I grabbed a Bar of Soap because I couldn't reach the Liquid stuff she used. I chucked it in the the Washer and turned the washer on for 2 Hours. I saw a movie once that was 2 hours....
He paused this time to take a few more sips of coffee... WOW 5 spoons of sugar was better than 3!!!

Stormdancer · 01-06-2016, 04:43 PM

Text Cut: Airey

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Live long and prosper, Miss Hanover," he smiled, obviously returning the Vulcan salute as well.

……...

"GOOD MORNING GYRFFINDOOOOOR," he roared with his usual chipper tone. "Thank you all for waking up and attending our breakfast meeting. Please feel free to move about to grab more food and drink during its entirety. I personally guarantee that nothing here will turn you into something emulating a werewolf." Because that much had become apparent to the man after catching the various questioning looks. "As you may or may not know, I am Professor Flamsteed, although you may call me Professor Airey if you prefer, and I have the honor of serving as your Head of House." He was also their Astronomy professor, but he was not acting in such capacity right now and therefore superfluous information.

"As you are all well aware, I called this house meeting in light of the events of last night," he continued, his gaze not falling on any one Gryffindor in particular but rather sweeping over he entire crowd. "Now, some information has been brought to my attention as to what and why this food fight was initiated in the first place and I will echo the words I shared with those who orchestrated it. Feeling slighted is never a reason for retaliation in the form of bullying. Gryffindoring for the sake of Gryffindoring is not constructive to anyone, and my challenge to you all this term is to turn that you channel that energy. Too often Gryffindors are placed into boxes and written off as this or that, but when I look out at all of you I see a generation ready to not only not conform to those stereotypes, crush them. CRUSH."

He paused for a moment to take a sip from his coffee.

"And sweet solstice, if you want to have a food fight then do so in a manner that is not disrespectful to the house elves who spend all day preparing for feasts like these as well as the countless other deeds they perform on a daily basis that go unnoticed by most. Which is why ALL of you will be required to show some sort of appreciation for the house elves."

The man was no house elf activity, but the creatures DID help keep the castle clean and that was to be respected and appreciated.

"And no, that was not an invitation to start throwing your breakfasts at each other," he clarified. JUST to be safe because Merlin help him if they did not make it through this meeting because the prefects had important things to discuss.

"Now, I am sure you have all noticed the banner behind me, but that will be addressed later. Until then, does anyone have any suggestions for what can be done?"

And he supposed questions about the feast were allowed as well, but such thoughts went unsaid. He would rather they dwell on that no longer.

Marsha had smiled at her Head of House - no… it had been more like a BEAMING smile - when he had told her to live long and prosper. Really, she knew it was some quote from a muggle television programme - but she liked it. She liked that you got to tell people you hoped that they got to live a long and glorious live that they enjoyed. It was a better way of saying “‘all the best” or “wishing you every happiness” which both sounded stupid to her.

As she got comfortable, she waved as Lance slid into the other side of her chair ~~see, being little had its advantages~~ and they sat quietly eating as Professor Flamsteed started his talk. She couldn’t help the disappointed look off her face at the reminder of the food fight and the 100 points lost. What a way to start the term.

p.s. Marsha Cerys Hanover was going to CRUSH Gryffindor Stereotypes. Yup.

Listening to her housemates opinions and thoughts on what they could do for the house elves was entertaining to say the least… but maybe a few of them needed to lay off the sugar? And… were they drinking coffee? Didn’t they know how bad caffeine was for you and your body? Sighing and shaking her head once more, she tried to think of something that they could do for the house elves that wouldn’t insult them. "They like it when you spend time with them, particularly if you go down to the kitchens. They really like it when I go down and make cookies… especially if you leave some of the cookies for them to eat.” She grinned, remembering that time she had left Toodles with some of her cookies.

Talikins · 01-06-2016, 07:36 PM

She was prompt as always. No less could be expected of Vivie. She was a planner and thus she often ensured that her daily schedule was to it's utter perfection before proceeding. Today she'd ensured she woke up at seven, giving her plenty of time to not only get dressed but to also practice charms on her currently blonde waves.

With a nibble on her peanut-butter toastie, the sixth year shifted her attention to the Professor in the room. She took note of his introduction, yet knew such information already. She then gave a quick nod to his lecture about stereo types to show her agreement. As for the elves...her only current suggestion was that she could design them clothes-but then she remembered how elves became free creatures.

Anything else then? She rummaged through the right side of her brain.

"Professor, perhaps we could honour them by creating a day that revolves only around them? Or we could create a bold statue? Surely they would feel pleased?" Vivie felt no special connection with the elves at the school as of yet but she had some humanity in agreeing that they deserved some appreciation for their efforts. Again, Vivie was a firm believer that hard work deserved reward.

sweetpinkpixie · 01-06-2016, 07:51 PM

Conjuring an easel with a large piece of parchment paper upon it, the Head of House gave waved his wand at a quill he had removed from his enchanted breast pocket to enlarge it. With another flick, he had enchanted it to act in a similar manner to that of a Quick Quotes Quill - just without the flowery embellishments.

Truth be told, the astronomer did not know much about house elves other than they were exceptionally efficient cleaners...so he was quite looking forward to learning a thing or two himself this meeting. Hopefully? Learn and delegate this little house elf appreciation to a student or two who showed exceptional interest in the task.

But first...it seemed that he had derailed conversation elsewhere, however temporarily.

And yes, he thought as much, Miss Royal. Heh.

Before he could respond to Miss Swynford's inquiry, Miss Kyle chimed in with an interpretation of her own. Precisely the stereotype he had been alluding to, which elicited a smug grin from the man's face. "Precisely, Miss Kyle. Or rather THAT is precisely the image those ignorant to the true nature of a Gryffindor will paint the actions of the entire house - that put all Gryffindors in a box labeled 'reckless idiotic brutes'. Actions like last night, for example. But Gryffindors do not go in neatly labeled boxes, they transcend all boxes." Including those actions of his own. Gryffindor level rage was a real thing, after all. "Now, as a former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor once said, being a reckless idiotic fool can be helpful, but you have to be GOOD at it and not mediocre." Which was all rather vague and Master Yoda of his friend, but quite true. "After all, it can only take five seconds of reckless courage to change the course of a battle. No matter how big or small. " Clearing his throat and adjusting his tie, he took a moment to collect his next thoughts. "Each of you will come to figure out what that means for you during your time here at Hogwarts. Gryffindor has seen a boy who was told he was not Gryffindor enough in his early years here and became Head Boy later. A young woman who was suspended in her first term and nearly written off who became a Head Girl in her final year. Similarly, there was a young man who could not control his Gryffindoring who was also suspended and became the Gryffindor Head of House in his later years. Each found their stride and so will each of you. I do not expect perfect, but I DO expect growth."

And he was done being preachy now, yes? He thought so.

"SO, about these house elves, yes?" he chirped, rubbing his hands together eagerly as he waiting for the first suggestions to come rolling in. No idea wouldn't be considered - especially since he was not fluent in house elf by any stretch of the imagination - and nodded to the quill to do its thing as each student spoke.

"A point well made, Miss Richards," Airey nodded, putting on airs that he really did recall this bit of information. "Certainly something that you all will need to consider as we move forward with the execution of things. Take 5 points for that thoughtful reminder." The quill did, however, still pull something from the fifth year's words to add to the list.

Mr. Zeke got ANOTHER look. Sweet solstice. Although he did rather like the idea of leaving notes. Sticky notes were something Medea often did and he rather enjoyed them.

Miss Neverwinter's suggestion, however, did not seem like something that was even possible for them to accomplish. Given his crude understanding of house elf magic. But her enthusiasm was duly noted. Yup, there was one of the students with perhaps Miss Richards to help counterbalance that...er. spunk. His eyes had glazed over a little during her speech, but had come to towards the end so perhaps it wasn't to terribly noticeable.

Blue eyes falling on Miss Kettleburn as she spoke, the astronomer quickly shook his head. "No, Miss Kettleburn, not entirely. This is just a small piece to that but a piece that can be more easily repaired. The house elves were not the only ones to have the feast ruined for them. There was also the faculty and left an astronomically poor first impression on those just joining this term, which was not only an embarrassment to me but the Headmistress. Then there were your classmates from other houses who just wanted to sit down and celebrate the evening, but found pea soup and Merlin knows what else in their hair and on their robes. Finally, there is the sobering knowledge that the entire fight was orchestrated in retaliation of the words of few and those few were the intended targets of the entire assault." He need not mention the bullying aspect again, right? The message seemed to be sinking in to the two boys - whether or not for the reasons he hoped for was still unknown, however. His whole delivery may have been a tad on the dramatic side, but the man knew no other manner in which to speak on such matters.

Now. Back to brainstorming?

Back to brainstorming.

Or not.

"Yes, Miss Champbell," he cooly informed the first year, checking his sundial watch to see just HOW late. "Grab yourself some breakfast and find a seat."

With the, er, story telling of Mr. Spades over, Airey gave a small nod to the quill to take a break and then looked towards the crowd of attentive Gryffindors again. "This is a stellar list to start things off, and your guesses are as good as mine if not better. I have never been any good at having empathy for creatures and beings not of the homosapien variety." Although that was questionable as well. "Miss Neverwinter and Miss Richards have shown the most insight during our discussion, and thus I would like to put you both in charge of the House Elf Lionization Project." CONGRATULATIONS! "As co-leaders, work together to come up with a formal mission statement and guidelines on how to show respectful appreciation and bring it by my office when you are done."

Quote:

HOUSE ELF LIONIZATION PROJECT

make a sign up sheet for people to do a chore for a house elf
make them a meal
embellish how much we enjoy the food the make and how clean things are in front of them
make them some little shoes for their feet
throw them a party
say thank you when we see them
leave them thank you notes around the castle
FREE THEM
eat the food they make instead of throwing it
clean up WITH them
send them good treats
put on a play for them
shower them with CLEAN socks
spend time with them
bake cookies in the kitchen and just so happen to leave a few behind for them
create a day that revolves only around them
create a bold statue

And speaking of respectful. "Before I turn things over to Miss Messer, who will be addressing the banner behind me in just a moment, I would like to formally thank you all, even those not directly involved in the food fight and unaware of the causes, for being chivalrous and cleaning up without a fuss. While it is wished such actions were not needed at all, the effort was appreciated. 20 points will be returned to Gryffindor."

And with that, the astronomer took a step to the side and nodded towards Miss Messer to come on up. He, in the meanwhile, was going to get another danish.

crimsonlion · 01-07-2016, 12:07 AM

Hope looked at Spencer. He didn't look like he felt good. He was a little pale too. Maybe they should revisit the idea of going to the hospital wing... "maybe you should go to the hospital wing? After class I am going to make you some soup. Maybe that will help you out." She didn't know much about the magical way to heal and get someone healthy but she knew the muggle way and that was good enough for her!

She smiled at Thomas as he excused Arista for not being a morning person. "I guess all of us cant be morning people." She laughed. "It's ok if you aren't Arista. I still love ya! I'll just make sure I bother you around say... 11?" She grinned. She loved picking on Arista. "Maybe then, Hopefully, You will be up and ready for the day!"

She quieted herself and listened to what Professor Flamstead was saying and the suggestions that the students were throwing out. A lot were really good ideas! She was definitely was going to be spending some time with them and when she baked she would make extra for them. They deserved it! Especially after we wrecked the feast.

Poolicious · 01-07-2016, 04:56 AM

Candice was back to listening mode when Flamsteed started talking about. He was talking about some Gryffindors who then became Gryffindor leaders after years of growth. She tried to identified who is who but it just giving her headache. So she just nod here and there. Then he was addressing their ideas about the elves situation. Wow. Okay. There's a lot of ideas there.

The sixth year attention went from her toast to Flamsteed when he mentioned her name. Its almost her time to speak? Right. Okay. She's ready. And 20 points will be returned to Gryffindor? That's good. Even though they still at the back of the pack right now but they can catch up. No. They WILL catch up.

She saw Airey gave her a nod. Its her time now? Okay. She stood up from the couch. "Hey. For those who don't know me, I'm Candice Messer. I'm one of your Prefect this term along with Yoongi and Frankie." They will get to meet with those two boys later now its her stage. "Like Professor Flamsteed said, I'm here to address the banner above the fireplace." So if someone still didn't see it go look now! "What can you do as an individual that will benefit Hogwarts." And their house. She was thinking about using dog leash for the ickles that way they could control them and make them behave but Airey probably wouldn't like that very much so she just go with the safer option. "For example, I'm a very competitive person. I don't like to lose." And they're currently behind in house points didn't help. "So I'm going to earn a LOT of points for Gryffindor to win that house cup again." They're not going to lose. Not in her watch. "So what about you guys? What's it that you good at? And how can you implement these strengths for the benefit of school and our house?"

LilFox06 · 01-07-2016, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"A point well made, Miss Richards," Airey nodded, putting on airs that he really did recall this bit of information. "Certainly something that you all will need to consider as we move forward with the execution of things. Take 5 points for that thoughtful reminder." The quill did, however, still pull something from the fifth year's words to add to the list.

With the, er, story telling of Mr. Spades over, Airey gave a small nod to the quill to take a break and then looked towards the crowd of attentive Gryffindors again. "This is a stellar list to start things off, and your guesses are as good as mine if not better. I have never been any good at having empathy for creatures and beings not of the homosapien variety." Although that was questionable as well. "Miss Neverwinter and Miss Richards have shown the most insight during our discussion, and thus I would like to put you both in charge of the House Elf Lionization Project." CONGRATULATIONS! "As co-leaders, work together to come up with a formal mission statement and guidelines on how to show respectful appreciation and bring it by my office when you are done."

Kaycee smiled just a little. Good. No offended house elves. She did not want to think about vengeful house elves possibly spitting in her food. Although, the fact that she chose only a drink this morning probably meant that she was worried about it without thinking about it.

Plus. Housepoints.

... oh wait. The smile quickly faded. She blinked several times. Professor say whuuut? This is probably why she decided to stay quiet a lot. Responsibility was overrated. Especially responsibilities involving telling some girl to calm down because they were not freeing the house elves. She glanced at her new co-leader. Was it too late to change the name of this?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poolicious

"So what about you guys? What's it that you good at? And how can you implement these strengths for the benefit of school and our house?"

Kaycee's attention was turned to the banner and the Prefect. She thought for a second. She even debated keeping her mouth shut. She didn't want to accidentally be volunteered into some other random thing.

Unless...

"Just to be clear, you don't necessarily mean academic, right?" Because she had, like, literally nothing to offer there. She did however have talents. She looked around the room. "Because, there's other things you can do besides points. Like, I'm a pretty good dancer. That's good for like, parties." Wait... "I mean... showing school spirit."

Or parties. Spirit parties? "What I meant was it can be used for fun. Because fun is good for the soul and unity." Was she making sense? Probably not. Whatever. She was mostly still thinking about house elves.

"I'm also really fun at parties." Just saying. She was totally willing to put that talent to use.

Poolicious · 01-07-2016, 06:12 AM

Candice attention went towards Kaycee. "No. It don't necessarily have to be academic stuffs." She should probably mention that earlier so thank you Kaycee for pointing that out. She nodded her head when the girl mentioned about being a good dancer and school spirit. "Yeah. Stuff like that. Or if you guys good at cheering other people or have a very loud voice and like to wave pom-poms you can be Gryffindor supporter during the Gobstone game." Was that clear enough? She hoped so.

Luna_Midnight · 01-07-2016, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poolicious

Candice attention went towards Kaycee. "No. It don't necessarily have to be academic stuffs." She should probably mention that earlier so thank you Kaycee for pointing that out. She nodded her head when the girl mentioned about being a good dancer and school spirit. "Yeah. Stuff like that. Or if you guys good at cheering other people or have a very loud voice and like to wave pom-poms you can be Gryffindor supporter during the Gobstone game." Was that clear enough? She hoped so.

Arista listened to Flamsteed as he spoke, okay sounded cool. Who were those people he mentioned, she only knew first names not last names. She looked over at Thomas and poked his cheek, had he fallen asleep she was curious since he had yet to speak. Oh it was Messer's turn to speak she sent up a thumbs up for encouragement! Not that the girl needed it.

"Oh I am good at cheering!! I could so go do that!!!!" That was good right, she didn't need to say anything else that she was good at right? Because she couldn't think of anything other than playing the piano.

Hera · 01-07-2016, 07:53 AM

This meeting... was boring. He was bored. And suddenly Timmy's hair seemed even more amusing. Amusing in many ways. Firstly, there were the various shades of blonde, all pretty... of course, and then it smelt fresh. Like, she smelt like a girl. And then... it was comfortable. As awake as he had been earlier, he could do with a nap now. The whole Gryffindoring thing and house elf thing was really none of his concern. Zeke Browne just did what Zeke Browne did. He wasn't about to change that.

Head flopping against the back of the couch, his face partly turned into Timmy's hair to hide the fact that he was resting his eyes, Zeke half-listened to what was being said.

It came as no surprise that Amur was one of the people asked to take on this 'project' -- which he still thought was unnecessary --and while her idea wasn't bad, it was radical. FREE the elves, might result in them not having food at the desired hours of the day = all hours of the day. Besides, who actually owned the house elves?... It wasn't something THEY could do.

Kaycee being Amur's co-planner on the matter was amusing, but who knew, the two might make the perfect HEPT HE HOUSE ELVES team.

It didn't matter to him.

When Candice was asked to take over, Zeke blinked his eyes open a bit, pulling away slightly in the hopes that he might become less bored. Please. Candice. Please.

...

And then that happened.

What was he good at that would benefit the school or Gryffindor? Uh, everything? Or nothing? He didn't really know. There were many things he could do, that he was successful at, but how to apply them to.... THIS... was not obvious, and so he sat silenced. He supposed his answer could be the same as Candice's, but he didn't much feel like sharing the sentiment right now.

Just sitting here, contemplating life and how great we were at everything and nothing.

feeheeheeny · 01-07-2016, 08:39 AM

Callum was very, very into his breakfast at this point. There was a lot of Gryffindor talk happening, and though it was helpful to now know that Gryffindors were known for being reckless, idiotic fools, Callum knew immediately that he did not fit in that box. Looking around, he became increasingly even more aware of how he did not fit in with the crowd at large because it seemed that everyone was vying to give their piece and let their voice be heard.

That was, except for him. He was quite content to continue eating his toast and absorb everything everyone was saying without actively contributing. It was not like he was not paying attention - he simply preferred to keep his thoughts to himself. It also did not escape his notice that Flamsteed spoke of a Gryffindor boy who got suspended and one day became the Gryffindor Head of House. That sparked his interest, and Callum made a mental note to ask for confirmation as to if that was Flamsteed or not. And the whole House Elf Lionization Project idea was slightly strange, but cute, and Callum was game. There were lots of things they talked about that he could easily do and enjoy, so he did not have a problem with the house as a whole moving in that sort of direction for a mission.

When Flamsteed turned it over to one of their prefects, however, Callum's good feelings toward the meeting already began to fade. More questioning the crowd for ideas, and this time it called for really personal self-reflection. Callum... was fairly certain that there was nothing that he as an individual could do for Hogwarts. Nothing in particular that made him overly special, save for his vast knowledge and interest in the sciences, but there was no practical application for that here. He was not good at many other things, perhaps besides being quieter than everyone else as evidenced by this meeting, but he saw no strength in that. He was also pretty good at cleaning his previously full plate of breakfast foods, there was always that, and he could help Gryffindor by finishing off the rest of the table when it came to clean-up time. Yeah, totally relevant and useful skills.

As he racked his brain for ideas on what made him special and what he could bring to the house in a practical sense (and came up empty), Callum's gaze drifted over toward their Head of House a bit solemnly. The man wanted them to not fit into the Gryffindor house stereotypes, and yet... what if that meant not having anything to contribute to the house in a useful manner? Callum was not sure that he had anything to contribute at all, and the thought was incredibly disheartening.

Roselyn · 01-07-2016, 09:08 AM

Now that was a question he had no idea on how to answer.

Adverting his eyes down to his half empty plate of food, he shoved another piece of bacon into his mouth so he didn't have to speak. That was an eye opener wasn't it? He had no clue what he could do to benefit Hogwarts. Academically, he was probably below average. Physically, he wasn't great except climbing trees. Maybe eating all the house elves' food was something special. No crumb would be left behind!

Yet, as awesome as that was in his head, it also... was not awesome. Sounded pretty useless. Having spotted Marsha when she'd spoken up during the last question, he slinked on over to her and sat by her side, offering a piece of toast as he did so.

Steelsheen · 01-07-2016, 09:17 AM

House meetings…. they are serious stuff innit? Inspirational, but serious. It’s a bit like his dad's boardroom meetings but with lots more kids and lots of charts instead of banners. But it’s the same: some are cooperative, some are bored and some completely misses the point of the discussion.

Gryffindoring-- he likes that word. Bullying, he don’t like that one bit. And as far as Tenacius could understand in his simple, eleven-and-a-half-year-old mind, they are not interchangeable.

And the discussion has drifted towards the house elves. Tenacius doesn’t really understand what the fuss was all about because the elves he grew up with were employees. Like all the other Witches and Wizards and Squibs and Beings in their employ. Nobody was forced to do anything that wasn’t stated in a contract. Wasn’t that the same here in Hogwarts? And if it wasn’t…. why not?

He looked down and realized that his plate was empty. Oi! So when Flamsteed turned the floor over to the next person, the curly top rushed to the food table and proceeded to pile up his plate once again. And while that was happening, the Prefect launched her question.

What was he good at? "Uhmmm… I'm good at this." he beamed as he raised his plate aloft, piled high with food. "I'm really good at eating!" How does that benefit Gryffindor and Hogwarts? "I can eat all the foods so that they wont get spoiled? And the elves will be happy about that because it means their efforts are appreciated and nothing is going to waste."

Hera · 01-07-2016, 09:29 AM

It seemed as though he wasn't the only one unwilling to participate in this conversation. It was a weird question, really, was this something they would actually have to do? Because that was just weird and maybe even intense. Just let it be. LET IT BE.

Drawing his hand down the side of his face as he exhaled a breath, Zeke was almost motivated by the first years thing of EATING. Eating was something he aced too, that, and sleeping... in fact, add breathing to the list. He aced it all.

"My existence benefits Hogwarts, you can all thank me later," he mused with a flourishing wave of his hand.

There, Candice had an answer, now... could they (heavens forbid) go to class now?

RandomRaven · 01-07-2016, 10:53 AM

Just because Ava had enjoyed her breakfast too much, it didn't mean that she didn't pay attention to the house meeting. Nom nom nom.... But glad that Professor Flamsteed had agreed on her idea, leaving them good treats, because he put it down to the house elf lionization projects. Well that sounded cool. Hehehe...

And now it's Candice's turn to speak. She really liked this girl, she wasn't as annoying as Yoongi and didn't think that she was a useless and spoiled young student, and she did call her as Ava, not any other funny nicknames. She paid attention to the Prefect and... What can she do as an individual that will benefit Hogwarts." Well, Ava knew one of them. "Participating in gobstones match!" Yes, gobstones player of the Consolation match was talking here, hehehe...

Stormdancer · 01-07-2016, 10:59 AM

Text Cut: Lance and Candice

Marsha grinned at Lance as he sat down next to her, turned a little bit in the chair so that she could lean into him (what? he was warm?) and accepted the slice of toast happily her fruit bowl long empty. Leaning her head to the side slightly onto his shoulder, she listened as Professor Airey told them about making it up to the House Elves and she smiled when her own suggestion got added to the list.

What? Cookies were good.

Moving her head around slightly, Sha managed to have a good view of Candice as she stood up to say her part. Listening, she nodded along as she introduced herself - she knew that much - and then moved onto the banner. The huge banner. How could people have missed it? What could she do?

”I’m a great runner?” More to follow on that, Professor Airey!! She grinned at Ava as the second year mentioned Gobstones and she nodded her head happily. ”I’m a decent writer too? Write for the Quill or get on the Yearbook?” Poor thing didn’t realise that the Quill wasn’t being published this year, though the Yearbook was hiring… Maybe it was time to swap ship?

DaniDiNardo · 01-07-2016, 12:12 PM

Do you know what Blaise Bellaire got from Airey's speech about Gryffindors rising to power? That past Headmistresses ad Headmasters have had shoddy judgement. That....that was about it. Unfortunately--or rather quite fortunate at this moment--he didn't think it was something he needed to share so 'round and around the eggs went on his plate, running into everything else at some point or the other.

Perhaps he shouldn't have taken the pancakes. They were making it rather hard to shift the smaller items around without effort and it didn't seem they'd be going down the hatch anyway.

A part of him wanted nothing more than to say only the losers at the Ravenclaw table seemed to mind the food fight, with some even thanking him after--and that a NEW Professor had been cheering him on but there was no point at all. The Professor wouldn't care, he wouldn't consider it, he'd just dismissively remind him he was a bully. A clearly very awful person like that girl at Wizarding Prep with him and Bentley. To think he was on her level was nearly unbearable. The boy didn't think he'd done anything THAT bad.

"I have very few talents that don't seem beneficial." Sorry Candice. Everything he did turned to dung real fast. Winners didn't need that.

Davvy_Wavvy · 01-07-2016, 02:05 PM

Could they leave now?

Bentley was waaaay over the lecturing. He got it. The head of house did not get that people in power needed to be respectful. They did not understand that some people would not take well to being treated crappy and that was too bad for him..and for all of them.

He just didn't care. He'd also lost his appetite, so Bentley put his plate of food by his foot and tuned out. They'd be finished soon right? Hopefully he'd get to go back to his bed and plan his funeral.

Uncle Moose · 01-07-2016, 02:33 PM

.......Second Cup Done........

What was it that he was good at. He looked at the Candice girl and thought vert briefly. "I'm a really good at Air Guitar!" Torrance hopped up from his spot on the floor and proceeded to show off his awesome moves...Duck Steps, the Stomp and Stagger. He included some Angry Picking followed by a few head bangs, Star Power, more Angry Picking and Head Bangs. Torrance even pretended to through his Guitar around his waist into the air and then squated down to show off his crabcore moves.

After he finished showing off all his awesome moves. Tory flopped backwards exhausted....Wow. "I'm also really good at Flying, I like flying. I learned from my cousin how to fly though I'm not really interested in Quidditch like him. I just want to fly on a broom forever." He caught his breathe then sat back up quickly.

Savannah Granger · 01-07-2016, 03:00 PM

Spencer knew that he was good at drawing, maybe he could design some Gryffindor banners for the Quidditch team or something. "I'm pretty good at drawing, maybe I can design some Gryffindor banners and stuff for when we have the Gobstone game. "said Spencer. Spencer was willing to do whatever it takes to get Gryffindor back on top again, he didn't want them to lose the house cup, not after winning it for so long. Surely he could use his drawing talent for good use right, and what better way was it then helping Gryffindor out? Gryffindor was taking the cup home this year, indeed they were, out out other houses your in for some extreme growl power!

Although with the help of Arista and Thomas as well as Hope, he was sure with their talents they could help bring Gryffindor back to it's former glory. Ok...so they were pranksters, but that didn't mean they didn't care about their house, because they did. Well...he did, and knew that Hope did, and by the sounds of it so did Arista.

weasleyrima · 01-07-2016, 03:17 PM

Jessie enjoyed her breakfast quietly in her seat. She's staring at Professor Flamsteed at first. A blush creep upon her cheeks in a shame. Remember about her fault. Urh...she didn't do it in purpose!

She's always being so shy in unfamiliar place. And as a firstie she hopes that she will no need to starting the conversation first.

Then her eyes travel into another students. Noticed the girl in second year, Ava.

"So what about you guys? What's it that you good at?And how can you implement these strengths for the benefit of school and our house?"

Jessie heard the sentences spoken by another girl who introduced herself as the prefect. Who is her name again? Candice Messer? Jessie's attention was turned to the banner.

"H-how about being a good girl? Don't bully other peoples. Is that enough? "

Jessie felt some pairs of eyes stared at her. Did she made another mistake?

Roselyn · 01-07-2016, 06:04 PM

Shoving some eggs into his mouth, he brought his feet up onto the chair in criss cross apple sauce style. Man, he should've said his thoughts earlier. That one guy totally said what he'd been thinking. He was a GREAT eater. That was totally beneficial.

And he totally played gobstones that one time... once.

Although, he was feeling much like Blaise was at the moment with the lack of talents to contribute to the school apparently, but Marsha had said one word that made him straighten up suddenly in his seat. "The yearbook! I'm on the yearbook team."

BOOM! Beneficial.

Latest Site Notices

Latest Harry Potter News

Latest FanFics

Latest Forum Posts

Latest Games

Hogwarts RPG

Wizarding World RPG

Members