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| | Term 66: January - April 2024 Term Sixty-Six: An ACTUAL Quiet Term at Hogwarts (Sept 2112 - June 2113) | 
12-27-2022, 12:45 AM
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| | Hogwarts Headmaster Jarvey
Join Date: Dec 2022
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Wilber O. Winterbottom
Hufflepuff |  Hufflepuff Table
 For those who belong in Hufflepuff House, in the middle of the Great Hall is where your table awaits. Gold banners containing an embroidered black badger float above the polished table in honour of the loyal Helga Hufflepuff. Already placed on the tables are silver plates with accompanying cutlery and goblets. All that is missing right now are the mountains of food and pitchers containing your favourite beverages.
Though your stomach might be growling as you take a seat on one of the long benches next to the table, it is important to not get hangry -- gnawing your arm away or jabbing your fork repeatedly on the surface of the table will do no good whatsoever. Give everyone some time to get settled in and wait for Headmaster Winterbottom to deliver his speech. Keep yourself preoccupied by catching up with your fellow housemates or those who are visiting from the other tables until it is time to sink your teeth into the hearty and delicious meal prepared by the house-elves.
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04-03-2024, 09:54 PM
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| | Puffskein
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When the members of Hufflepuff House made their way into the Great Hall and sat down at their table, they would find a small potted plant tied with black and gold ribbon standing at each place. These were cuttings from the plants used in the class on making tinctures in Herbology earlier in the year--lavender, marjoram, and mint. Just a little parting gift from the badgers' Head of House. | |
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04-04-2024, 06:21 AM
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| | Grindylow
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Originally Posted by MadAlice  When the members of Hufflepuff House made their way into the Great Hall and sat down at their table, they would find a small potted plant tied with black and gold ribbon standing at each place. These were cuttings from the plants used in the class on making tinctures in Herbology earlier in the year--lavender, marjoram, and mint. Just a little parting gift from the badgers' Head of House. Entering the great hall for the end of term feast, Maria steps walked almost by themselves over to the gold and black badger ribboned table. The badgers hadn't won the house cup this year, but they had finished second, and that was something the sixth year was proud about. Stopping in front of her usual chosen seat Maria regarded the potted plant that greeted her. Had Professor DeVries given them all a gift in the form of a harmless plant or was this something sinister? Walking a little step closer Maria sniffed the air. It smelled like lavender, and mint which were harmless herbs so maybe it was all okay. Resting her hand close to her wand just in case Maria sat down, and waited for other badgers to file in, and join her.
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04-04-2024, 10:55 AM
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| | Moke
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Older people oftentimes said that seven years at Hogwarts felt short, which was something Yukie didn't really believe because seven years was definitely a long time. It was only now that she finally understood what they meant. Studying for NEWTs took so much of her time and, once those were over, it all started to sink in. The Babiest Rasting, now a graduate. Of course, she was at least a little (a lot) emo about everything.
Yukie had made sure to arrive early at the feast so she could go around and spend some time with her friends a last time in the castle. Eventually she would hop from one house table to another, but for now, she occupied her usual seat in the Hufflepuff table and scanned the Great Hall for a familiar face—Moz, Luca, Ren, Maggie, Moe, Fyn, Arden, Hooper, Mercer, even her sister.
The cute potted lavender right in front of her smelled nice, too. It was hers now, right?
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04-04-2024, 05:48 PM
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So this was it, Desiree’s last night at Hogwarts. She knew this night was coming all term long, but she’d tried to block out the emotions by focusing on other things like studying for her NEWTS or picking the right university. Now she had her exams taken, her university chosen, and her trunk packed. Now the emotions were all she had left.
She entered the Great Hall, a box tucked under her arm and a smile plastered on her face. Her bright blue eyes scanned the decor. Although she’d hoped for a Hufflepuff victory for her last term, she would be a good sport about it. Slytherin had earned it fair and square.
Desiree approached her familiar house table, sitting near Maria and Yukie. “Hi, Maria. Hi, Yukie,” she greeted her friends with her usual smile and princessy wave. “Fancy a sugar cookie?” She pulled a large platter of cookies out of the box, setting the box itself under the table in front of her so as not to block anyone’s way. The cookies were shaped like badgers, scarves, and Hufflepuff shields - each decorated with yellow and black frosting. She had cookie trays for the other three houses and some for the professors as well, but she’d hand those out later.
“My p- gift to you.” She almost said “parting gift” but couldn’t get the words out. As she looked around for a distraction from her rising emotions, she noticed the beautiful little lavender plant on the table in front of her. Probably from Professor Devries, she reasoned. She giggled to herself. That reminded her of her dad; she’d heard he used to give parting gifts to his students. A thought suddenly occurred to her. Was this what her dad felt when he left Hogwarts?
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04-05-2024, 10:39 PM
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| | Quintaped
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Emma was not ready. She wasn't even the one graduating and she was already feeling the sting of this year's seventh years and the realization that she wouldn't be seeing their faces at the Hufflepuff table in September. Did she have to say goodbye? If she said goodbye it made a more permanent imprinting ....
Maybe if she didn't look at Desiree or Yukie it would be easier. Except no. That would be worse. The thirteen year old stared at the plant clippings from their head of house, trying to formulate the right words to say. There were no words though that could change the fact that they were graduating and there was nothing she could do about it.
"I'm ... I'm ... You'll write.... won't you? Both of you?" She looked between the two older girls. "When you're not like, doing incredible things in the real world." She took one of the Hufflepuff shields from Desiree's cookie box and set it on her dish, as she glanced toward Maria, whispering... "At least you'll still be here." Except she wasn't going to think about in a year, she'd be feeling the same melodramatic feelings with the current sixth year. Why did she have to get so attached to the older students? Maybe it was the big age gap between her and her own siblings that had her gravitating towards the older kids.
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04-07-2024, 05:07 AM
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What an absolutely GORGEOUS evening!
Truly, was there anything quite so breathtaking in concept as seeing peers sprout new sets of wings that would soon allow them to take flight in inspiring ways while they flew off towards the future and left Hogwarts and their foundation years behind?! Well, Anna could maybe think of a few things to parallel such an emotional triumph but for the moment her heart was entirely devoted to celebrating another year of graduates. OF COURSE she felt a pronounced feeling of sadness knowing that next term she would have no choice but to adjust to a Hogwarts that carried on the echoes of those who had touched her life up to this point and the tragedy that the next wave of new peers would ebb and flow upon the beach these peers had once walked and gently wash away their footprints … but the sand would still remember!
BUT, before Anna could even begin to reflect upon the ways in which her Guardian Angel had transformed her existence from the comforting touch she had bestowed upon the then first year Anna Walles during a cataclysmic kick to her ankles from the Dark Knight of Hufflepuffle…there was a magnificent display of flora upon the table! The smell of mint made it obvious and despite being quite fond of the color purple, the fifth year going on sixth year decided to go with a table setting garnished by a potted mint. “Oh my! These are so lovely! Does anyone know who took the time to put all these together? It is oh so incredibly thoughtful!” she chirped while looking up and down the table at her fellow Hufflepuffles. Or was there a note somewhere that her attention had neglected?
That was a very real possibility considering the curly haired sprite.
Her curious eyes danced upon the faces of her Hufflepuffle peers, smile widening with each eye, Maria’s being the first, she happened to meet despite the rather melancholy complexion that some wore. Of COURSE she had a celebratory hug and something in her pocket for theIce Princess of Hufflepuffle as well…if she ever remembered to take them out to offer to the two seventh years. Quite hard to recall these things when one was being offered such elaborate looking cookies! “I think you can call them presents if you want to,” she beamed, potted mint plant tucked against her side, as she skipped over to where the cookies are being handed out. “I don’t think there is any real significant difference between the words gift and present…other than one reflecting a specific period of time. That time being right NOW…which is almost more fitting because this night and this moment…well…the one that just past and now and all future moments until we bid good day to this day with sleep…are all to celebrate your journey and be elate for you and all those departing to be forking off the path Hogwarts’ experience has carved out for you!” It was very peculiar to see such somberness at the moment considering this was FAR from the end of all things. “The badgers are entirely too adorable to eat…but may I have a scarf?”
Anna was mid wiggly fingers towards said scarf cookie when she overheard Emma’s request and smiled a bit more. Written correspondences were so lovely and there was nothing quite like hearing the delightful screech of an owl come mail time. “I think Hogwarts is just as real as anywhere else,” she concluded with a casual tap on her cheek with her free hand. “UNLESS…this has all been a dream.” And her nightmares dreams were becoming more and more visceral upon each sleep these days. “What WILL you be doing next? Do you know or are you sort of still sorting that out and seeing where the wind might take you?” Either were completely valid in her humble opinion. Her Drama Club partner and his boyfriend were apparently more in the latter camp of things (speak of…she needed to offer that Slytherin seventh year a congratulatory hug!) and Anna did feel it was an awful lot to ask of someone to know PRECISELY what they wanted to do at that age. But wow were the ones who did know incredibly lucky to have sorted all that out! “Whichever it is…I wish you go into the world and do well…but ALSO go into the world and do good.”
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04-07-2024, 09:35 AM
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| | Moke
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Still looking for her people in the Great Hall, Yukie was distracted when Desiree arrived. "Hi, roomie. Congratulations to us." The Babiest Rasting offered the other Hufflepuff a soft smile, which only grew when she noticed the sugar cookies that were being offered to her oh so kindly. Yukie probably would have done the same, baked stuff for the school as a parting gift as well, but she'd found herself far too sentimental for her own good in the days leading to this feast to prepare cookies herself. "Those are looking cute. Thank you." Yukie took a closer look at the badger cookie in her hand now. Adorable! She almost didn't want to take a bite.
And then her attention was then taken by the younger Hufflepuff who spoke, Emma. Oh, no, not the emo! Yukie was battling her own too, and she had to glance to Desiree to ground herself a little and to see how her fellow graduate was handling all this, but she manages it more successfully than usual. She'd had the last few days to really...feel things, the weight of it all, of what was waiting out there for them when they leave tomorrow. "Of course, I would. Would you like me to? You know, that just means you'll have to write back," the eighteen-year-old teased gently.
Yukie was grateful to have Anna around, given the young girl's presence seemed to brighten things up and shift things away from the sappy emo vibes. Don't get Yukie wrong, she was all for sappy emo too but she was choosing to celebrate her end-of-term feast on a happier, optimistic note. "Hello, Anna. Excited for summer? Do you have any exciting plans?" Yukie asked, offering her a soft smile too. "I've been accepted into university. Magizoology and creature healing." She hadn't told a lot of people yet, save for her parents and anyone who'd asked her before. Yukie definitely planned to do well and do good.
Next thing she knew, the Headmaster was delivering his speech. The last speech Yukie will ever hear as a student of Hogwarts, at that. It was all she could do to keep her emo controlled. Then, there was food spread out on all the house tables. Her last feast.
Yukie was so going to miss all the food here. It's true. She'd previously told all the house elves in the kitchens just how much.
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04-09-2024, 03:05 AM
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Desiree returned Yukie’s smile with a small one of her own. “Yes! Congratulations to us - all of us!” she replied with an enthusiastic nod, because everybody at the Hufflepuff table deserved congratulations, not just the seventh years. Her smile grew as her roomie took a badger cookie off the tray. “You’re quite welcome!” she replied. “They were super easy to make. I can share my recipe if you’d like.”
She was doing a decent job of keeping her emotions in line (which for her, meant not crying in front of everyone) until Emma spoke. Feeling her eyes sting, she blinked a few times. Oh no, she wasn’t going to tear up already, was she? She sat silently for a moment until Yukie’s response made her giggle softly. “Of course!” she added, beaming at Emma. “You’ll get so many letters, you won’t know what to do with them all!”
Leave it to Anna to lighten the mood! Desiree smiled, taking the younger girl’s words to heart. “That was beautifully said, Anna”! She exclaimed, applauding softly. “I hope I do go into the world and do good.” That was why she’d chosen to become a healer instead of a dancer or fashion designer. Speaking of which… “I’m off to the Wizarding University of Edinburgh. Healer Studies program.”
Oooh, Yukie was studying magizoology and creature healing? Interesting! “Which university are you attending, Yukie?” she asked. Wouldn’t it be something if they were going to the same one?
Desiree giggled as Anna asked for a cookie. She was right; the badgers had turned out rather cute, if she did say so herself! “Sure, have as many as you like,” she replied. That reminded her she still needed to deliver cookies to the other three house tables and the professors as well, but that would have to wait a bit. The headmaster gave his speech, and food appeared on the table. Since this was her last feast at Hogwarts (unless she someday came back as a professor like her mum), she wanted to savor every moment of it.
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