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Birchwoodmom · 04-17-2019, 04:42 AM

Once you have correctly given the Fat Lady the password, you enter the circular room. Inside you are greeted by a warm crackling fire, plush sofas and chairs, beautiful scarlet tapestries, and a general feeling of homeyness.

There are rich wooden tables placed around to study at or have a nice chat with your housemates. Towards the back of the room, you will find two large staircases that lead to the boys' and girls' dormitories. To the left, you will see an area that leads to the newly designed game room.

Whether you have come to study, take a break between classes, or read a book by the fire, the Gryffindor common room is sure to offer what you are looking for.

siriusblackliveson · 07-07-2019, 10:09 PM

He was just about to walk down the entrance hallway stairs that lead to the Slytherin common room. Force of habit. He had spent six years going down to the dungeons and going anywhere other than the dungeons to sleep felt ridiculous. Turning back around after his run in the room of requirement since he couldn’t run outside... stupid mist.

Stepping into the common room he had to blink a few times brushing his hair out of his face. Ridiculous amounts of red in here and he missed the slightly damp cool air of the Slytherin common room. Looking up from adjusting his sweatpants from sticking to his leg he noticed Eiji and Nina. He felt like he was intruding on them only to realize that they just couldn’t figure out where to sit.

Harron Peasley · 07-07-2019, 10:25 PM

Józef wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea of sharing his common room with Slytherins, but the thought of seeing Nina around definitely cheered him up a little and distracted from the fact that it was going to be overly crowded. Of course, she was the first person his eyes landed on when he entered the room, and then he looked at the other Slytherins looking awkward.

Well, there was only one thing for this, then.

"THE FLOOR IS LAVA."

And with the shout, he clambered up onto the nearest table.

*PhoenixRising* · 07-08-2019, 02:49 PM

Maeve didn't want to be here. Not here, here as in her common room. She liked her common room. She liked her dormitory. Her dormmates were mostly some of her great friends. But here at Hogwarts. Where Kamryn Keighley was missing and the Headmaster seemed to shrug it off, like there was nothing he could do about it. And to top it all off, now Slytherins were sharing her common room. Which perhaps one of the only good things about that was knowing that Patrick Dooley was there and safe, but really, her heart just wanted to find Kamryn. To know that the Hufflepuff was safe.

And Józef was shouting the floor is lava game. The seventeen year old just rolled her eyes. How could he want to play a game at a time like this?? At a time when TWO students were missing? She didn't know the Tad guy, other than him being a quidditch player, but she knew Kam. She adored Kam.

Standing over in the corner, she wasn't going to make these slytherins feel welcome. Her arms were crossed and she just watched, judging.

sweetpinkpixie · 07-08-2019, 11:37 PM

Distracted by his own thoughts, Eiji almost missed Nina addressing him though it was growing more and more difficult for him to ignore her voice or her presence. "Something like that," says with a heavy sigh and an even heavier shoulder shrug. "Did I ever tell you that mum, two of my uncles, and grandpa were Gryffindors?" It was all he needed to say to her to get the sentiment of his private thoughts across. He had, somehow, opened up to her about it all over bags of hand-shaken ice cream.

And yes, Patrick, there was much more to their conversation than seating arrangements.

"Their view is terrible," he noted with disdain. "At least in ours...you couldn't see the mist and still had the creatures of the Black Lake swimming by." Now it felt like a ghost had draped its mantle over the castle, shrouding it in nothing but bleak gray.

His mood already dampened and brooding, he just wanting to hold Missa and his little sister right now, things were only made worse when some little Gryffindor decided to shout utter rubbish.

"......the floor is what?" he questioned with an arched brow as he looked down at it. Sure, the red carpet bore a somewhat uncanny resemblance, but what was this third year going on about? "...is that supposed to be funny?"

Watson · 07-09-2019, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

It had been an entire year since she had transferred to Hogwarts and despite how regularly she made it known that she wasn't a fan of the school, Slytherin had grown on her. Not the dormitory (as there were still many problems there), but the Common Room. She had grown accustomed to the dimly lit corners, the placement of the portholes, the green. She had even picked a favorite sofa.

But the Gryffindor Common Room was far different. She hated it.

It was far too crowded (something all the suffocating RED contributed to in its own right), far too LOUD, far too everything she didn't like about the House itself. There were only a few Gryffindors she could tolerate. Even less that she genuinely liked (Calyx and Józef being the top two). As if having to live alongside Karlin and Eloise wasn't enough already. Now she had to deal with Lenora too. And Céline, apparently.

She felt uncomfortable. Displaced. And very, very small.

As she made her way down from her temporary accommodation, her eyes fell upon Eiji (who equally disapproved of the switch, she hoped). Nina made her way over to the boy, sidling up next to him. "Can't decide where to sit?"

Chase forgot that the Slytherins had moved in. Ugh... If only Lucas and Beth had been here this year then he would be in a better mood. He reached for his girlfriend's hand and brought it to his lips. "Maeve..."

This boy was definitely in a VERY BAD MOOD. He missed Kam. He hated this year at Hogwarts. He lost a close friend and he couldn't do anything to protect her. He frowned.. If only he could have been t here.. but what would he have been able to do?

He took a seat next to a Slytherin and offered a small smile. "Penny for your thoughts?"

ArianaBlack · 07-09-2019, 02:35 AM

She knew better than to assume his lingering was due to indecision. In a matter of mere months, she had grown quite fond of Eiji Rasting, in a way that she couldn’t quite explain. He was different from those she typically chose to surround herself with, but he had proved to be a friend through and through. The fourth year had suspicions that he knew far more about her than he chose to let on. She watched him with curiosity, understanding all that he was saying with the words he hadn’t said out loud. ”No, you didn’t,” hopefully her eyes conveyed the words that she wouldn’t say out loud either.

She only broke eye contact when she heard Patrick nearing. Turning to see who it was, as there were a few people she liked to avoid, a list which only grew when their Common Room became merged with another. Perhaps this is why she was hyper aware of her surroundings, noticing another (Maeve) lingering in a distant corner. The room was growing far more crowded than she would have liked.

Her thoughts were disrupted when a Gryffindor boy (Chase) came to sit nearby where she had been standing next to Eiji. Nina was taken aback by the question, her eyes giving way to how intrusive she felt the question was. ”What’s a penny?” Nina Castillo was not daft. She only pretended to be. She knew what a penny was, that the phrase was commonly used by muggles. Despite having grown up in lineage made up entirely of wizards, she did study her Muggle Studies textbooks. But that wasn’t information others were privy to, and it also provided for a good excuse to avoid his intrusive quest—

Just then Józef came bounding into the room shouting about LAVA?

”EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!”

Nina typically chose to react after thinking, but the sudden exclamation had sent panic through her head. There was already enough to worry about and now the floor was turning into lava???? In a moment of pure FEAR, the Slytherin followed the young Gryffindor’s lead, jumping up onto the table he stood on and clung around his (Józef's) hips. Clung for her dear life.

…. And then her eyes fell on Eiji as he spoke… And then to the floor, where… There was a large absence of… lava.

What was going on????? The fourth year looked back up at Józef with immense confusion.

sarahlooo · 07-09-2019, 03:12 AM

No, Piers wasn't technically invited to this party. But that was the great part about being a professor and head of house... no one had to invite him. He could crash whatever party he wanted to. Truthfully, he wasn't here to party-crash. Piers had heard of the "party" and thought it was a good idea to help the Snakes and the Lions merge. Would it work? Only Merlin knew. He knew that both Slytherins and Gryffindors could be equally strong-willed and bold, which could cause a few... confrontations... But he was hopeful. Not extremely hopeful, but hopeful enough.

Anyway, Piers was just dropping in to supervise and make sure that no one was picking fights with their new dormmates or plotting the demise of anyone. Or, you know, any... other activities. He was a teenager once. He knew how teenagers thought.

So, there he was. Just... lurking by the door, leaning against the wall, watching whoever that was trying to start a game of "lava floor" (and failing, really - no one seemed to want to play with them and he couldn't blame them). Don't mind him, though. Have fun.

griffin · 07-10-2019, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Harron Peasley

Józef wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea of sharing his common room with Slytherins, but the thought of seeing Nina around definitely cheered him up a little and distracted from the fact that it was going to be overly crowded. Of course, she was the first person his eyes landed on when he entered the room, and then he looked at the other Slytherins looking awkward.

Well, there was only one thing for this, then.

"THE FLOOR IS LAVA."

And with the shout, he clambered up onto the nearest table.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

She knew better than to assume his lingering was due to indecision. In a matter of mere months, she had grown quite fond of Eiji Rasting, in a way that she couldn’t quite explain. He was different from those she typically chose to surround herself with, but he had proved to be a friend through and through. The fourth year had suspicions that he knew far more about her than he chose to let on. She watched him with curiosity, understanding all that he was saying with the words he hadn’t said out loud. ”No, you didn’t,” hopefully her eyes conveyed the words that she wouldn’t say out loud either.

She only broke eye contact when she heard Patrick nearing. Turning to see who it was, as there were a few people she liked to avoid, a list which only grew when their Common Room became merged with another. Perhaps this is why she was hyper aware of her surroundings, noticing another (Maeve) lingering in a distant corner. The room was growing far more crowded than she would have liked.

Her thoughts were disrupted when a Gryffindor boy (Chase) came to sit nearby where she had been standing next to Eiji. Nina was taken aback by the question, her eyes giving way to how intrusive she felt the question was. ”What’s a penny?” Nina Castillo was not daft. She only pretended to be. She knew what a penny was, that the phrase was commonly used by muggles. Despite having grown up in lineage made up entirely of wizards, she did study her Muggle Studies textbooks. But that wasn’t information others were privy to, and it also provided for a good excuse to avoid his intrusive quest—

Just then Józef came bounding into the room shouting about LAVA?

”EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!”

Nina typically chose to react after thinking, but the sudden exclamation had sent panic through her head. There was already enough to worry about and now the floor was turning into lava???? In a moment of pure FEAR, the Slytherin followed the young Gryffindor’s lead, jumping up onto the table he stood on and clung around his (Józef's) hips. Clung for her dear life.

…. And then her eyes fell on Eiji as he spoke… And then to the floor, where… There was a large absence of… lava.

What was going on????? The fourth year looked back up at Józef with immense confusion.

Cordelia was going completely bonkers being trapped indoors and the common room being overcrowded was just making things worse. She couldn't even mattress surf down into the common room anymore because there were too many people in the way. Of course, her new roommates happened to include some of the few people she didn't like very much. At least there were a couple of other girls from Stemp House in her year who were Slytherins. Not that she particularly liked those people, but they were familiar and familiar was better than total strangers. What was that? THE FLOOR WAS LAVA? FINALLY, SOMETHING FUN TO DO! As soon as her quidditch teammate shouted the start of the floor is lava game, Cordelia squealed and hopped up onto a sofa without any regard for whoever might have already been occupying the sofa. "EEEEEEEEEEEEE! Everyone off the floor or you'll be out!" She giggled as she saw Nina clinging to Jozef for dear life. It was funny to see her so panicked looking. Nina was really getting into the game! Cordelia rolled her eyes at Eiji's question. "It's a game. You can't touch the floor. Come on, get up here!" Or "die" in the "lava." His choice.

Beezley · 07-12-2019, 03:50 PM

Beezley popped into the common room with the small amount of items she was able to get safely just as someone yelled about the floor being lava. Beezley wasn't quite sure what lava would be doing in the castle, but she knew it would hurt her little feet and she didn't want the studenties to be hurt.

Jumping up on a table and snapping her fingers water started rain in the common room. "No worries Beezley will cool the lava so studenties don't get hurt. Beezley will help."

Maybe if Beezley would have listened better Beezley would have heard a studentie say it was just a game.

TakemetotheBurrow · 07-13-2019, 06:25 PM

.......

First one raindrop, then two, then it was raining right there on all her study materials and Vita sighed. The rowdy lions could be ignored easily enough, but the rain was just...ridiculous. First they'd been uprooted, then crammed all together in the Gryffindors' space (which wasn't suiting her, if she was being completely honest), and now the little studying she was managing was being disrupted by rain? "Merlin's beard." Thankfully there were charms for such situations, but this was not ideal, and the seventh year's eyes fell on her head of house with an expression that said: HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS?!

She was used to stress, but Vita Mallari was right on the edge of having herself a nervous breakdown and no one wanted to see that.

Hey Ju · 07-14-2019, 09:52 PM

Anna walked through the Fat Lady's portrait just in time to hear Józef shout that the floor was lava. Normally, she'd be happy to join in the game, but with what was currently going on, she wasn't exactly in the happiest of moods.

She wasn't about to rain of his parade tho--

And almost as if on cue, it was literally raining. What even?

She looked around and noticed the house elf. Again, that would've normally made her laugh, but this time it only warmed her heart a tiny little bit instead. Cute elf. Bless her.

The prefect saw Maeve standing there with the most judgemental look she seemed to be able to muster. Walking by, she nudged her friend's arm. "Don't be like that..." She requested, giving her a meaningful look. The situation was already bad enough, you know?

That Slytherin kid's reaction (Eiji) wasn't helpful either, but Anna didn't really know him, so she chose to let it go. Józef was just trying to liven up the room and Anna wished his good will wouldn't be that badly received. "Sorry about that." She told Vita, casting Impervius on the girl's study material as she went over to Patrick. "Let's try and get along?" She offered, not meaning the two of them - who were already friends and got along just fine - but... well, the rest of their houses. She'd try and be the peacemaker for Gryffindor and Patrick could be the peacemaker for Slytherin? Seemed like a good plan in her head.

emjay · 07-17-2019, 02:39 AM

Gunnar had heard, at some point in his nearly five years at Hogwarts, of the game known as "The Floor is Lava," and that it was something the Gryffindors sometimes indulged in. But it wasn't something that had ever sounded remotely appealing to the Slytherin and he certainly wasn't interested now. He supposed that the sudden shouted announcement was likely the Gryffindor's way of welcoming his house into their common room, but Gunnar really wasn't here for it. There was just too much weighing heavily on him and he couldn't force himself into any sort of mood.

He hung back from the crowd the best he could and peered out one of the windows into the thick mist outside. His mind wandered with solemn thoughts but he was soon snapped out of them as rain began falling on his head.

"Seriously?!" Was this more crazy nonsense that happened regularly in the Gryffindor common room? He wasn't sure he'd be able to put up with it for long if that was the case. He cast an umbrella charm from his wand to keep his head dry for now, but Gunnar really just wanted to go to bed. At least he'd be rooming with Kodee, but he could just imagine how crowded the dorm was going to be now.

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