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Once you've given The Fat Lady the correct password, you'll enter the Gryffindor common room. On one side of the room is the game room; on the other is the gymnasium. At the back of the room are two spiral staircases leading to the dormitories: boys to the left, girls to the right. Two lion statues sit on either side of each staircase. Don't forget to give them a pat before heading to bed; you're sure to get a roar or a purr in return!
The circular space is decorated in the signature Gryffindor colors of scarlet and gold, and there are plenty of plush armchairs, sofas, and beanbags for lounging. The room's most prominent feature is a fireplace; over its mantel hangs a portrait of a lion. A large portrait of the house's founder Godric Gryffindor adorns the back wall. Several other tapestries and paintings depicting animals and famous Gryffindor alumni decorate the walls - who knows? You may even find some of the famous Harry Potter himself! There's also a plaque and a bulletin board on one side of the room. Don't forget to read up on important announcements!
this room is your home away from home during your time heare at Hogwarts. So, relax, take a load off!
START OF TERM PARTY
As you take your first few steps after meeting The Fat Lady, you'll find yourself in the centre of the Gryffindor haven. Welcome to the Gryffindor Common Room. Veteran lions may notice that the room looks very different as their is a GIANT trampoline -- WAIT! No, it's not just one giant trampoline, it's an entire trampoline park accompanied with several foam pits filled with foam blocks that are beckoning you to just jump into them! However, that's not the only thing that's different about the beloved den. The room may seem bigger but that's only because the furniture has been pushed back to create more space in the room. The walls of the common room are still the same with the great Lady and the Unicorn tapestries hung proudly around the room.
The common room itself has been divided into three separate areas. One for a game, one for a trampoline park with a massive foam pit, and the other for resting. Feel free to explore!
The Battle Zone
The first area has a paneled wood floor like one that you would find in a muggle gymnasium. However, it has taped off in order to create a dodgeball court. There is a thick white stripe that distinguishes the two sides of the court. One side of the court is painted a majestic red and the other side a bright gold. The bright red dodgeballs are lined up at the dividing line of the court. Quickly! Grab a coloured shirt of your choice, whether it be red or gold, and join either the Head Boy or Prefect before the game begins!
SPOILER!!: gryffindor dodgeball game rules
Set Up Logistics:
1. There are 2 teams Red Team (headed by Tenacius) and Gold Team (headed by Olivia) ; Choose your team and title your posts accordingly
2. You must stand on your team's side of the court for the duration of the game
3. Soft balls are lined up at the center of the court along the devising line between teams
4. Title your posts with your charrie's action (i.e: "GOLD: Catching Zoryn's ball", "RED: Bringing Tenacius back in", "OUT") - this will help us keep track of the game
Game Play:
1. On Marchand's go, everyone can run up and grab the soft balls to start the game
2. Throw the ball at a player on the opposing team, if you hit them they are eliminated from the game
3. If you catch a ball coming from the other side before it hits the ground, your team is allowed to bring back one of their eliminated players (first eliminated = first to be brought back, in that order)
The Jump Zone
To the left of the dodgeball court, lies a trampoline park next to a few foam pits. The foam pits are filled with red, gold, and white foam cubes. Feel free to jump into them. They're extra cushiony thanks to a cushioning spell that's been cast on them. At first glance, this park may just seem like your average trampoline park; however, if you look up at the ceiling, you will notice a big difference. From the ceiling, gold party favours are strewn. Feel free to jump up and grab one. Who knows there could be something inside? But what exactly is inside? Who knows! You'll have to grab one to find out. Happy jumping!
The Chill Zone
If dodgeball isn't your thing or if you simply want to take a break from the craziness of the trampoline park, come over to the Chill Zone and enjoy some refreshments. The refreshments have been lovingly laid out by the Hogwarts house elves on a Gryffindor red table cloth. Looking closely, you'll be able to see the small sparkled golden lions that have been dispersed around the light feast. An assortment of mason jar beverage dispensers have been filled with a variety of drinks, ranging from water to freshly squeezed juices. Next to the drinks, the house elves helped placed platters of fresh fruits and vegetables next to hummus and then followed by crackers and assortments of cheeses. The end of the table contains platters of delicious mouth-watering cookies that just came out of the oven. Might want to grab one before their all gone!
So come play, grab a bite to eat, jump and dive into foam pits, and have some fun at the start of the term party at Pride Rock!
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YooOOOoooOOOOooo !!!!!! Time to have FUN!!!!
Was she required to wait behind for the firsties too? 'Cause oops. Zoryn Spinnet definitely didn't do that. It's not like she was a prefect or anything though, so if anyone asked. Eh. It wasn't in her job description, alright? Not that she'd know because she didn't really read the fine print on that thoroughly either, let's be real. ANYWAYS, what she was really getting at here was that it was time to PARTY and after stuffing her entire face at the feast, she was READY.
Upon entering the common room, her eyes pooled with excitement. A TRAMPOLINE PARK !!!!! DUDE.
D U D E
Dude.
Yes.
Running (and maybe low-key screaming a bit too), she launched herself onto the springy floor and did some flips. YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Eh, maybe she had been too soon to decide that Professor Marchand was no stinkin' fun. Maybe he was actually SUPER fun but just lousy at showing it. She owed him an apology. Maybe.
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Alright, hopefully the first years were following behind her, right? Vi internally panicked for a minute as she led the students up the moving staircases, past the Fat Lady, and then into the...
WOAH.
This looked AAHHHHHMAZING. Heh. She stopped for a moment with her mouth gaping as she took in the sight of the room and admire their handiwork. Not too shabby, she thought as she took a step further into the room before turning back to (hopefully) greet a few followers. Hopefully she hadn't lost anybody. And hopefully Ace had been able to grab them. She scanned the room, looking for anybody that had snuck up and then she found Zoryn bouncing away. "How's the Jump Zone?" she asked, calling out to the Quidditch Captain who looked like she was already having a blast. With that question thrown out, then Vi turned around to the group with a smile.
"Welcome to Gryffindor!"
With that welcome, Vi took out her wand and then pointed it at her clothes. Colovaria she thought, thinking of a beautiful gold that sparkled in the light. With that, she had turned her clothes gold and she was ready to lead her dodgeball team. "Alright, please enjoy yourselves! If you want to play dodgeball, I'll be on the Gold Team."
Not that he didn't trust Vi, whom he'd followed closely behind to avoid getting lost already, but because he didn't like the unknown and, boy, was he in for the biggest surprise of his life. His eyes widened at the sight that awaited him in the Gryffindor common room, and somewhere along the way, his jaw had dropped open too, until he'd taken notice of it and closed his mouth before he caught a fly.
Was that an actual trampoline?! Of that size?!
He took a couple of steps back until he'd found himself in a corner, praying to Merlin that he could blend in with the shadows. He was perfectly content to remain there unmoving till everyone went to bed if it meant no one would notice him.
Hmmm.......something seemed very very different from the last time Théo was in this room. It was not just the trampoline or well ok it's it was an ENTIRE TRAMPOLINE PARK WITH A HOLY SARDINES BATMAN A FOAM PIT.
Was this just put here or did Marchand do this after he was pulled out last year because then Théo would be jealous? He was going to go with for opening party and yeah.
Ok ok real decisions now, Théodore.
Dodgeball or tackling Captain on the foam pit.
SEE how tough it is.
Well being him he did not take too long thinking about it and ran over and launched himself onto the foam pit in the jump zone
This was so worth it.
Oops he should have greeted Vi and the first year.
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Amara was closely following Vi until she reached the Gryffindor area. She'd been super excited seeing the Common Room door, the portrait with the moving lady that she stood there for a few moments watching the lady fussing about her dress and hairstyle. It was amusing. Imagine being stuck inside a painting forever. You'd run out of things to do! "DID SOMEONE TRAP THAT LADY TRAPPED INSIDE BY EVIL MAGIC?" she asked Vi as she followed her, disappearing behind the lady. She knew there was wrong magic. Wrong. Wrong.... very bad. Why would anyone. . .
F R E E Z E
Amara was dazed. The room before her was a bright.
JUST PAINSTAKINGLY BRIGHT
It was like walking into a volley of red and gold. She was confused and amazed at the same time. She'd never seen a room like this in her old school. Not even any room anywhere in the world Not anything like this! The furniture was all pushed to the walls and the common room was sort of split into three.
ONE - FOR THE SUPER ASDDFFFFGGGGDSFDSF EXCITED LIONS!
TWO - FOR THE SLOW DOWN AFTER BEING EXCITED LIONS
THREE - WHO CARES. Hehe
Welcome to Gryffindor was her cue, when Vi turned around Amara just dashed into the common room, running towards the trampoline first. Zoryn was already into some gymnastics. She dived in straightaway. One explosive jump, Amara went soaring inches above the ground and landed back on the trampoline, and after and after. After the third jump she spread her hands and legs wide mid-air, "LOOK AT ME GOOOOOOOOO" she called out to the jumping Zoryn.
"THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!" She plopped down, the trampoline sent her flying a little lower. 10 second break.
Wonder if Ravenclaw did this? Or would they have book reading marathon? Poor Zyanya. Hehehehehehe She noticed Vi, her clothes suddenly golden in color. "Hey prefect gold! ! Let's trampoline before dodge-ball.... COME ON!!!" It's so much fun!
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After eating all the food ever at the feast, Sylvie Norcott should probably not still be hungry and yet here she was, in the flesh, walking into the Gryffindor tower silently hoping there will be food inside. She'd lost her friends after she'd went to say hello to her favourite Ravenclaw, one Chris Montmorency, who is really nice and interesting and who grew over summer just like her. Sylvie was somewhat surprised to see that she was one of the first people who'd made it to the common room as she followed a Théo (hi bestie) inside. Did the Ravenclaws walk quicker than the Gryffindors?? A mystery. One she wasn't going to dwell on for very long because-
WHOA. Wait. BY THRALL. What happened to the common room?! It's a TRAMPOLINE. One HUGE trampoline! Like, ALL of it. ... Where was the food though?! There's always food at these things! Food was important you know, very very important, and she definitely hoped whoever put the trampoline here also thought to put food because, as she'd explained, it was important. Mmhm. Her archery teacher said food is why archery exists! But she didn't like to think about that too much because it made her sad and anyways, food anyone??
Heading around the jungle gym thing, noting to tackle Zoryn in just a moment, Sylvie walked past an unfamiliar face as she spotted the food table. "FOOD!" the fourth year yelled RIGHT by the small stranger (Daehyun) and zoomed over, holding a hummus covered cracker in her hand not five seconds later. YUM.
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Jessi joined her fellow first years and followed Vi up to the Gryffindor Common Room. They passed the Fat Lady portrait and crossed the threshold. She was not prepared for what was inside. What she saw literally took her breath a way. A trampoline park! “I love Gryffindor!!!, Jessi said with her first year enthusiasm. Before she could comment on the awesomeness of the room to her new friends, they were gone. Amara was jumping on the trampoline and Daniel.......where was Daniel?
Ok then. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Jessi went over to the trampoline, hesitantly at first. After a moment, she decided to take the plunge. Jessi took off her shoes and placed them to the side. Then she stepped onto the trampoline and began to jump and jump and jump. In the middle of her next jump, she spotted her housemate way back in a corner. “Daniel. Come on over. This is fun!”. It never occurred to Jessi that anyone would not want to jump, bounce and generally go crazy in the Common Room.
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Daehyun nearly jumped out of his skin when someone (Sylvie) had yelled it right next to him. Trying to even out his breathing, he wondered if he was going to survive the first week... or even the first night. His heart seemed too frail for what the energetic Gryffindors had in mind. If only he knew where the dormitories were... he could have sneaked in unnoticed - for once, he was grateful for his small frame - but somehow he found it impossible to cross the Common Room through that whole mess.
... which looked like a fairly fun mess, but he wouldn't be caught dead on that trampoline or in the foam pit. Only the thought of all the injuries the accident-prone master could get made him shudder, so he was perfectly content to hover close to the refreshments. Hearing his name, he recognized Jessi from earlier at the feast, beckoning him to join. He shook his head and said, "I-I'll just have a snack first." Or two, or twenty seven.
He was going to stay glued to the refreshments table. It sounded like a fantastic plan.
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With her little belly all full of food and a very very long day full of loads of emotions stacked within this small girl, a good nights rest was in order... after mirror calling her family first of course! She wandered along after all those much taller than herself only catching a quick glimpse of the Fat Lady portrait, the password just reaching her ears. Thankfully. She would need to be keeping that in mind. Right now though.. all she wanted was to find her dorm room and crawl up into her bed.
Only that didn't seem to be the plans by the look of the common room!
WHOA!
Rylee looked at everything! Bright blue eyes sparkled as she caught sight of a dodge ball game about to happen AND a TRAMPOLINE! Eeeee! Yes! Yes! She was so in for all the fun things!
It had taken .O1 seconds for sleep to be forgotten as she wandered further into the room. Was this always how Gryffindor was? If she would never be leaving the common room. Making her way straight for the trampoline, Ry kicked off her shoes and set them aside before leaping right onto the thing with her friends! "This has got to be the best thing ever!" She giggled.
Would it be to much if she did a few front flips? It was all in good fun, right? Bounce. Bounce! Reese would have loved this if he were here.
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Ace was trailing sliiiightly behind Vi and their newly minted Lion Cubbies, because Hogwarts Head Boy duties keep popping in between Gryffindor Prefect duties, so by the time he managed to finish his quick pleasantries with the Fat Lady-- who noted that he was far more interested with whats behind her than her and thusly turned her nose up in a huff-- he blundered through the portrait hole, blue-green eyes shining and his megawatt smile all a-beaming.
The Trampoline Park. Boy oh boy he's been waiiiiiiting for this all evening!
"GERONIMOOOO!!!" he hollered as he made a running leap onto the trampoline, bounced so high he managed a somersault mid-air before landing back onto his feet, which sent him back into the air as he started to wave his arms and legs like a starfish. "WHEEEE!!!" he was squeeing like he was a ickle firstie again and not a lumbering half-giant upperclassman. What does benefit his long limbs are the PARTY FAVORS on the ceiling. Makes him wanna bounce harder and snag one or ten.
Look at all his housemates having the time of their lives! The cup has runneth over with joy in his heart as he beheld the sight. But oh Daehyun making like a weeping angel over at the Chill corner did not escape his notice "Daehyun! Come on dude give it a try. Cant hurt yourself here, everything will just BOUNCE." he laughed as he continued to starfish in the air.
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Did someone trap that lady trapped inside by evil magic? Vi blinked at Amara's question. Errr... how to go about explaining this. She glanced at Tenacius for some help with this one. "I don't know if she's trapped in there per say.... I think its just a portrait of her... but I'm not entirely sure." The question had certainly stumped her but she didn't believe that evil magic had been used. "You can talk to the majority of the portraits at this school. Important figures and whatnot." Maybe Professor Marchand had a better answer? Or Ace?
Vi noticed that Daniel hung close to her and seemed... perhaps a little hesitant at the sight of the Gryffindor Common Room. She turned her gaze towards the trampoline park and foam pits, wondering if they had gone a little overboard. Was it too overwhelming? Glancing at the other students' reactions, she suspected not. Perhaps Daniel was just shy. Before she could say anything else, her boyfriend had asked the young cub to join him on the trampoline. Then Amara had called out to her and asked her to come join her. Vi smiled and nodded. She'd be there momentarily once Daniel figured out what he wanted to do. Or... she'd offer at least. She turned to Daniel and grinned. "I'm going to head over there too. Do you want to join? No worries either way," she grinned as she headed towards the jump zone to join her fellow housemates.
Then she headed over to the trampoline and began bouncing up and down. Yeah, Vi was just going to keep bouncing. She wouldn't try anything knowing her luck as a Professional Gravity Tester. No flips or cartwheels for her. She probably could have gotten away without getting hurt bust still she was sure that she'd get hurt regardless.
Nervously she brushed her hands against the soft fabric of her corduroy pants. Merlin, did she really have to pick between two of her closest friends? Sure, Tenacius was he was…well, Ace but Vi – Vi she actually lived in the same dorm as her.
Oh there was food…maybe that was her area? Food and not the game?
”you made a great party Professor Marchand, I’ll remember it forever.” Mel grinned before glancing over to Ace and Vi in turn. ”Viiiiiiiiiiiii I’m so happy we’re roommates again!” Mel beamed at the now blonde-gryffindor girl.
Really, she was the best.
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After the events of the feast, Stasya had begun to wonder if she was doomed to always be stuck in her own thoughts on the first day of school. Although, at least this time she hadn’t felt the need to track down Professor Hirsch to speak with him, and she wasn’t dwelling on her family. She just had a lot to think about, so she’d hung back as everyone had started heading up to the common room. In fact, she’d actually thought about sneaking off into the grounds to visit the creatures and make sure Dobby and Albus were settling in okay, but the tiny little part of her that was curious what was waiting for them all in the common room this term had kept her following the others up the staircases. She remembered the last couple start of term parties, so she wanted to see what there was this term. Plus, there was the fact Liv was back, and she had Rylee to look after plus making sure Emmeline was okay not having her guardian there. Sort of. She still didn’t know if the redhead knew she hoped she’d be looked up to.
And as she’d slipped through the portrait hole, she immediately decided that she’d made the right decision. Missing a trampoline park and all the other stuff scattered throughout the room wasn’t going to happen. She could check on her pets in the morning before breakfast or before her first class. Her grey-green eyes had taken in the refreshments table and the dodgeball, but most of her attention was on the trampoline. Actually, the golden prizes floating above the trampolines. “You’re not getting all of those!,” she called out, slipping her shoes off as she took a sort of running leap onto the springy floor and bounced toward Ace. Maybe her height actually could help her for once. Even if she wasn’t nearly as tall as the head boy, she was taller than a lot of the others on the trampolines. Plus, she could try and get one for Rylee, as she grinned at the redhead as she’d bounced past her, trying to get more height out of each bounce..
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After a quick detour to his office, Gaston finally arrived in the Gryffindor common room, feeling just as down as he did at the feast. His mood brightened somewhat when he saw the new prefect and Quidditch captain. He'd meant to congratulate them at the feast, but he was a little... distracted at the time. "Hello, Miss Holden, Miss Spinnet," he greeted the girls with a smile. "Congratulations on your new positions!" And there was still one more person he had to congratulate. Now where was the Head Boy?
Oh, there he was. All he had to do was follow the sounds of squeeing to find him. He couldn't help but laugh a little. "Nice acrobatics, Mr. Salander," he said. "And congratulations in the new badge, by the way!"
Gaston hung back, just taking in the party atmosphere and the students' reaction to it for a moment. His eyes were on Mr. Montmorency and the foam pit when an unexpected shout caused his dark head to whip around in the direction of the food table... and Miss Norcott. He smiled; he could hardly blame her for being excited about the food! Which reminded him... He would have to sample some of those cookies later.
But for now, he turned his attention to Miss Dalgaard-Volkova and the three little Lionesses on the trampoline (Amara, Rylee, & Jessi); watching them having so much fun made him forget all about his worries from earlier. He couldnt help but overhear some of what they were saying, and he couldn't help but beam. He thought the trampoline party theme might be a bit much at first, but now he was very glad he went along with it!
Between the little girls' enthusiasm and Miss Sorin-Ward's words, Gaston thought his heart was going to burst. It took him a few moments to find his voice. "Thank you, Miss Sorin-Ward," he replied, "but I can't take all the credit. The student leaders did most of the work."
He turned to face the group. "YOUR ATRENTION, PLEASE!" He waited a moment for the students to focus on him before continuing, "I won't interrupt your fun for long... I just wanted to welcome our new students to Gryffindor and welcome our old ones back. Those of you who don't know, I'm Professor Marchand, your Head of House. If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to come to me."
He nervously ran a hand through his hair; somehow public speaking never got easier for him! "We have a dodgeball game starting soon. If you'd like to play, you may join either the Red Team, led by Tenacius-" he inclined his head toward the Head Boy. "-or the Gold Team, led by Olivia." Nod toward the prefect. "Pick which team you want, but please try to keep roughly the same number of people on each team."
As he talked, he noticed one little Lion cub (Daniel) who hadn't joined in the fun yet. He wondered why... was something wrong? Or maybe the little one was just shy, much like himself... He made a beeline toward the food table as quickly as he could and helped himself to some juice and a cookie. "Hello, there," he greeted the boy with a sympathetic smile. He hoped to get the boy talking, but for now, he was keeping the conversation light. "Have you tried the cookies yet?"
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Thanks, Professor M!" Y'know, for all of his awkwardness... Professor Marchand was still pretty cool. Especially for making this event happen. Like. Bruh. Zoryn was having a BLAST heh. But for real, trampolines were so much fun!!! And it looked like the first years had just arrived too, which meant FUUUNNNN. Speaking of which, she gave Amara a THUMBS UP as the girl began jumping with all sorts of height!! "Yoooo, NICE!!!!!"
Moments later, she decided to take a dive into the foam pit!! Popping her head back up to the surface she only had a few seconds to register the fact that Théo was launching himself into the air and was about to FALL RIGHT ON TOP OF HER!!!! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," too late.
Ooof. That was painful.
"THEO YOU ALMOST SQUASHED ME INTO OBLIVION!" What exactly that meant.... Zoryn didn't actually know. But it sounded just about right. Also, could he get off now? She was starting to loose feeling in her legs. Why was it so hard to move around in this foam pit?!?! WHY, MERLIN. WHYYYYYYY.
But of course all of her dramatics were accompanied by a big smile. This was fun.
When were they gonna play the game? 'Cause Z wanted to be on the team with the Headboy!!!!!!
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Professor Marchand! Oh hello! And he was congratulating her and Zoryn on their badge assignments. "Thank you Professor," she said with a warm smile. She was very glad to see her Head of House here as she was certain that he and probably he majority of the staff had been preoccupied with watching out after the "intriguing" Hufflepuff snog fest. "Did you have a good summer?" She wanted to know how it was and how Rose NEWTON Marchand was doing.
And Mel had arrived. ABOUT TIME!!! She had missed her roommate immensely at the feast and had briefly talked to the girl on the train. "MEL!!" she cried, waving over to her roommate before taking a step forward and losing her balance. Fortunately her fall was very cushiony and so when Vi landed on her butt, she just bounced straight back up and landed on her feet. Merlin. Why couldn't the earth or surfaces in general be this forgiving? Was it too much to ask for?? Perhaps. Bouncing towards Mel now... Vi was quickly getting the hang of this. "Come join!! And yes, we'll be roomies again. Double the trouble this year," she winked.
Speaking of trouble and not being in trouble, Vi had to put on her slightly more serious face as the dodgeball game was being explained. Ah, yes, right. Her versus Tenacius. She was the epic GOLD TEAM. And the boyfriend would be going down. "No hard feelings about this, love? I promise that I won't go TOO easy on you," she teased, planning to give her all in this dodgeball match.
Look at all his housemates having the time of their lives! The cup has runneth over with joy in his heart as he beheld the sight. But oh Daehyun making like a weeping angel over at the Chill corner did not escape his notice "Daehyun! Come on dude give it a try. Cant hurt yourself here, everything will just BOUNCE." he laughed as he continued to starfish in the air.
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Vi noticed that Daniel hung close to her and seemed... perhaps a little hesitant at the sight of the Gryffindor Common Room. She turned her gaze towards the trampoline park and foam pits, wondering if they had gone a little overboard. Was it too overwhelming? Glancing at the other students' reactions, she suspected not. Perhaps Daniel was just shy. Before she could say anything else, her boyfriend had asked the young cub to join him on the trampoline. Then Amara had called out to her and asked her to come join her. Vi smiled and nodded. She'd be there momentarily once Daniel figured out what he wanted to do. Or... she'd offer at least. She turned to Daniel and grinned. "I'm going to head over there too. Do you want to join? No worries either way," she grinned as she headed towards the jump zone to join her fellow housemates.
His head snapped to the side upon hearing his name, and his eyes widened at the sight of the Head Boy doing somersaults in the air, and basically everything he was afraid to try. Then he looked up when Vi addressed him about joining, too. "I-I'll just stay here and-and have a snack," he said, grabbing a couple of crackers just to make a point. Besides, he was a growing boy, and he still had some room left for cookies after the feast. "If that's alright?"
He really didn't want anyone to think he didn't like what they'd prepared - the only thing was that his kind of party would be to stay curled up in bed with one of his favourite bestiaries and a mug of hot chocolate. Now that sounded awesome!
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He turned to face the group. "YOUR ATRENTION, PLEASE!" He waited a moment for the students to focus on him before continuing, "I won't interrupt your fun for long... I just wanted to welcome our new students to Gryffindor and welcome our old ones back. Those of you who don't know, I'm Professor Marchand, your Head of House. If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to come to me."
He nervously ran a hand through his hair; somehow public speaking never got easier for him! "We have a dodgeball game starting soon. If you'd like to play, you may join either the Red Team, led by Tenacius-" he inclined his head toward the Head Boy. "-or the Gold Team, led by Olivia." Nod toward the prefect. "Pick which team you want, but please try to keep roughly the same number of people on each team."
As he talked, he noticed one little Lion cub (Daniel) who hadn't joined in the fun yet. He wondered why... was something wrong? Or maybe the little one was just shy, much like himself... He made a beeline toward the food table as quickly as he could and helped himself to some juice and a cookie. "Hello, there," he greeted the boy with a sympathetic smile. He hoped to get the boy talking, but for now, he was keeping the conversation light. "Have you tried the cookies yet?"
His attention had been averted towards the man he hadn't noticed enter the common room - he was pretty sure he was missing many things in all that madness, but he supposed he had plenty of time to observe everything after the trampoline was taken away... or was it something that's always been there?
He focused on what their Head of House was saying, making a mental note to remember his name, and deciding he liked the professor. He saw the man approach him after his short speech, his eyes becoming just a little bit wider. "H-hello," he greeted with a hesitant nod, but immediately felt more at ease upon seeing the man's reassuring smile. "Yes!" he responded a little too enthusiastically, glad that there was finally someone who didn't ask him to join the others on the trampoline or foam pits or-
... he wasn't even going to consider playing dodgeball. He'd be the easiest prey there.
"Err, you-you don't happen to know where to find the house elves that prepared these for us, do you?" He'd heard something about house elves cooking for them, but he had no idea where to find the hardworking creatures. "I've been meaning to thank them for the feast, as well." Good food made him happy, so he figured he'd have a happy stay at Hogwarts.
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She may have been bouncing to her little hearts content and having a blast but Rylee's bouncing came to a sudden stop or (nearly sudden as bouncing just doesn't stop without a few more tiny bounces) when the older person guy called out to them all. Professor Marchand did he just say his name? He was their Head of House. This would do her well to remember, mhmm. "Hello, Professor!" she giggled giving him a two-handed wave as she returned to bouncing once he had finished talking. This was definitely one of the BEST ways to start off her very first term.
The dodgeball game was about ready to begin and that caused a problem for the small girl. To remain here bouncing about or go join the others. She wasn't sure! It was so tough to choose!
Might as well get a few front flips in while she tried to make up her mind! She really should've tied her hair back or something before she started jumping around, ginger hair flying all about her face with each leap, jump, bounce and flip she did.
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Who was being loud this time. Which is something Théodore think regularly in this common room and oh it was just Marchand greeting everyone and being cool and all. He was getting better each year and the foam pit and food helped a lot.
"............"
He did land on something that really did not feel like foam or trampoline. So in Théo best guesstimation he landed on Zoryn since she was yelling his name. He rolled off her onto some foam
"OH HI MARK ZORYN. DIDNT SEE YOU THERE. How did you like the Falling Lion it's my newest move"
The description of it could be He smashes someone into oblivion.
ALSO SYLVIE WAS A TRAITOR FOR GETTING FOOD FIRST
There he said it. What OH OH there was dodgeball going on Théo was all for hitting people with balls. The only problem is which team would he pick.
Team Vi or Ace.
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She had not gotten all sappy like some of her year mates but, Samantha was determined to make her final year a good one. She was going to do her very best to be happy, and not sit around frowning and upset the last few years. Her making up with Mel had been a part of that, even if it had happened much sooner than she had expected. Smiling and cheering for all the new little lions during the feast had been another. She even had a grin plastered on her face as she took in the common room. It looked highly amusing, even if she never understood why they had to always have a big party after the feast, and couldn't just go to sleep.
"Hi Professor Marchand." she greeted, before settling down to wait for the inevitable speech. When it came, she did end up with a slight frown. Dodge ball teams, and she had to choose between Ace and Olivia? That wasn't choice she really wanted to make, but honestly she didn't really have to make one. She would be on the Red Team. She knew well enough than to go against Ace, and family first, right?
Mel just looked back and forth between Tenacius and Vi…gosh, this was TOUUUUUUUUUUUUGH…okay she could do – wait…Sammy picked Ace’s team? ”we gotta keep this fair eh?” Mel grinned as she looked between Sam, Ace, and Vi.
”Good luck Sam…Ace, no hard feelings eh?” she offered as she moved and stood by Olivia’s side….c’mon, she had to room with Vi and maaaaaaybe they could have a HUGE party if everything worked out properly?
”lets do thisVi-cious” she grinned as she pulled her hands to her hair and quickly tied it into a neat high ponytail.
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Amara sez what? His bouncing slowed somewhat as he considered her question. Did any one of them really know the story behind the Fat Lady's portrait? "Well, we're not really sure Amara, but given how she is, she doesnt look like she's being held against her will is she?" he beamed. The Fat Lady was most certainly quite the dedicated Gryffindor taking care of their security.... or something like that.
Then he heard the voice of one happy Stasya. Happily bouncing Stasya. Now thats something worth celebrating "Oh yeah? Just watch me!" he joked as he laughed an evil laugh as he pretended to swipe everything within reach.
Oh oh Head Honcho in da House yo! This he stopped his bouncing about for and hopped towards his Head of House, shaking Marchand's hand quite enthusiastically. Hey its that adrenaline high from all that bouncing "Thank you Professor! I'll try my best not to let you down Sir." Which is something he's been doing all these years but being made Head Boy just added that much more gravitas yknow?
Daehyun still seems to be quite snug in his shy shell, and he watched the Charms man try another approach. Ok since he's taking care of that, now they can take care of THE WAR TO END ALL WARS!!
Ahem ahem. Dodgeball. Bouncey edition.
"RED TEAM HOOAH!!" that is his battle cry as he motioned to pull his team together, making his way hopping to one side of their bouncey court. Ohhh is that his girlfriend's attempt at trash talking. Ace laughed that evil villain laugh, as cheesy as he can make it "Of course Love. All for Gender Equality right? No special treatment." Mwehehehe.
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Oh ho ho ho what was that? Melbourne raised an eyebrow at the head boy….did he think he was funny. He did. It was Tenacius he always thought that he was funny.. ”Vi, babe we’ve got to get him first don’t we?...” she offered with a smirk of a grin.
Yeah, they loved eachother but this was war.
”and this year is going to be stellar eh?” she meant it, really.. ”Sammy, I’m glad you’re here…we are going to make this SO much fun and later we’ll have to have a giant party in our dorm later? Eh?”
that was cool right?
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Vi offered Daniel a small nod and grin. Yes, it was more than okay for him to stay there and enjoy the Chill Zone. "Of course! Enjoy," she said with a nod before turning back to prepping for the great dodgeball WAR game. Alright. She was in all gold. Now...... Who'd be on her team? BOO Sammy. Sammy chose Ace? She expected that as the two were practically family. Ah well no hard feelings. "Good luck!" she called out to Sammy.
Then she heard MEL say that she was joining her!! VICTORY WAS HERSSS!!! Huzzah. Now they needed more team members. Who else was gonna join? Firsties? C'mon. In the meantime, Vi focused on her partner in crime and roomie. Oh, ho, ho, ho MEL was on her team. Yeah that's right she was Vi-cious. Alright Mel, let's do this! "We're going to rock this," she beamed, showing that she was fully confident and ready to go.
Then the enemyboyfriend spoke again, promising that he would give no special treatment. And the evil cackle? Hmm.. He was REALLY getting into this. "Good. I wouldn't have it any other way, dear."
Turning to Mel for another time, Vi nodded. "Yeah, he's our first target," she said as she winked at Ace. Heh. No hard feelings. AND OF COURSE THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY. "Of course, we'll have a victory celebration afterwards. i'll bake lots of delicious treats!!"
She so totally wasn't trying to bribe people onto her team. Nope. Not one bit.