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Following an unfortunate incident with magical fertilizer and an experimental variety of extra large carvable pumpkins, the gardens have been overrun by the gourds. Students that help to harvest them all get extra credit in Herbology, as well as the gratitude of Mr. Hightower (and Mr. Oakes who came out to help him).

Now with an excess of pumpkins, Mr. Hightower decides to hold a pumkin carving contest after dinner. The gardens are lit up with festive orange fairy lights, and there are pumpkins everywhere. Anyone who shows up gets their choice of pumpkin, which range from the size of a basketball to the size of a smallish toddler. Anyone who takes one of the largest ones will quickly discover carving them is more trouble than it's worth.

Participants and audience members will be served cider and pumpkin cream cheese muffins. Vegan options are available as well.

The rules of the contest are:

• Individual contestants only.
• You have two hours to complete your pumpkin.
• You may not use magic for anything except lighting your pumpkins.
• Hightower reserves the right to tell you if anything you're doing is too dangerous.
• Gentle Ribbonfin-style trashtalk is allowed, but no sabotage!

There will be two winners, one will be an IC win, the other will be an OOC win.

• Mr. Hightower and Mr. Oakes will pick their favorite pumpkin, and the winner will recieve a tiny vial of Felix Felicis, enough to last about one hour of luck. You're not allowed to use it before an exam or Quidditch match. Mr. Oakes jokingly suggests taking it before asking someone to be your date to the dance, and almost launches into a story about how that's how he met Aristotle, but Mr. Hightower affectionately shushes him.
• Out of character, the mods will pick someone who wrote something we found particularly funny/charming/moving. That character will receive a meaningful interaction with the NPC of their choice.

To enter your character in the contest, please respond to this comment!