Hallowe'en!

[serinusniger]

Congratulations! You've made it halfway through the winter term, and someone is determined that you will enjoy this evening. The smells of the feast started permeating the classrooms about mid afternoon, and by the time classes are let out for the day, the corridor are resplendant in pumpkins and candles.

The Great Hall, is the focus of the celebrations, with animated carved pumpkins on every table, more candles than there've been since the Sorting Ceremony and everyone somehow finding that they do in fact have better robes than the ones they usually wear.

It's the Annual Hogwarts Hallowe'en feast: Tuck in!

[OOC: Party thread! Tag into your table, tag another location. Thread hop. Come back here weeks later for more threads. Meet people you haven't threaded with before. Party!

(Alumni and guests also welcome)]

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The Gryffindor Table

[serinusniger]

Dinah has an accustomed spot on this table - right at the very end, nearest the staff table, facing the rest of the hall so she can watch goings-on at other tables.

The reason for her choice is very clear - so someone who brings her own chair and not sit on the long benche at the table - can still sit next to her best friend.

Also it gives Dinah the chance to see most of the hall and to be with as many of her friends as possible. It's been a tiring few weeks; she plans to enjoy tonight.

Staff Table

[trickswithsticks]

Before the starters are even served, there is at least one flask of firewhiskey being passed around the table.

Any accusations that Professor Ross is behind this shocked display or inappropriate behaviour in front of underaged wizards will be greeted with a cheeky grin and an acknowledgment.

Ravenclaw Table

[auraofmystery]

By luck of positioning of the houses, Niccolo Machiavelli has managed to get himself a seat as near to the physical centre of the Hall as it is possible to be, directly opposite his two best friends. It's also a convenient seat because the aisle between the Hufflepuff and Ravenclas tables, that runs up the middle, is sometimes used by a student of one of the lower years, some of which seem to have urgent things to say to Mac.

Slytherin Table

[runner-fray.livejournal.com]

Sitting with the Quidditch Team, Melaka Fray has a semi-permnent grin on her face, that may or may not be bad news for anyone who's hoping the feast doesn't end in a food fight. Occasionally she shoots a threatening smirk down the table at Charles Brigman.

She's being social with her peers. This, some teachers might say, isn't going to end well.

Ye Olde Hufflepuff Table

[mnt_mike]

Mike's place at the Hufflepuff table is dictated not by his year, or the proximity of any new friends he's made in his house, but by where Raphael is seated at the Gryffindor table. Mike always seems to find a spot at the Hufflepuff table just across the aisle from his brother, and usually spends most meal times straddling his seat so as to involve himself in as many conversations as possible.

The Hallowe'en feast appears to be no different.