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lorem ipsum mods (loremipsummods) wrote in loremrpg,
@ 2011-04-30 00:57:00

Entry tags:

!incomplete, alecto carrow, alice selwyn, amelia bones, amos diggory, amycus carrow, andromeda black, arthur weasley, aurelia parkinson, ava lovestorm, bellatrix black, benjy fenwick, bertie higgs, caradoc dearborn, cyprien finnigan, daisy hookum, damocles belby, delia peasegood, dolores umbridge, dorcas meadowes, duncan yaxley, edgar bones, edwin carmichael, emmeline vance, fabian prewett, felicity yaxley, frank longbottom, gawain robards, gideon prewett, gilderoy lockhart, gladys gudgeon, greta catchlove, hestia jones, inigo imago, james potter, kira fenwick, lily evans, lucius malfoy, marlene mckinnon, mary macdonald, merwyn spinnet, molly prewett, narcissa black, patricia fells, peter pettigrew, rabastan lestrange, regulus black, remus lupin, rita skeeter, rodolphus lestrange, rolanda hooch, septima vector, severus snape, sirius black, sophia rowle, sybill trelawney, ted tonks, theodore jordan, ursula flint, xenophilius lovegood

Characters: Everyone!
Setting: Great Hall, evening of Saturday, 30 October
Content: SFW
Summary: Everybody parties at the Halloween Ball!

This is your ball post, everyone! Here's how this will go.

Different locations in the Great Hall will be posted as separate comments, which will include a little description of each. These will be the Entrance Hall, the Dance Floor, and the Tables. You should reply to any/all of these comments with your character, and if other characters reply to that subthread, they are interacting with your character. Please indicate in the subject whether your character's subthread is open or whether it has participants in mind already (EG, maybe John is at the ball and taking a break from dancing at the tables, waiting to see if someone comes up to him, so the title for his comment would be "Jack/Open", but maybe Jill is meeting Adam at the ball, so she would reply to the Entrance Hall thread with "Jill/Adam" in the subject).

Please wait to reply the ball until all the comment locations are up. Backdating of threads/journals related to the ball is allowed until Tuesday, and posting placeholders is not allowed. If you have any questions, feel free to PM the mod account!

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Septima/Open

victory_v
2011-04-30 01:14 pm UTC (link)

Approaching the entrance way from the corridor to Ravenclaw tower, Septima was beginning to regret her decision to attend the ball. She just hadn't been in the mood for parties and celebrations lately, and it did not help that the others to which she had been invited were the high society pureblood type events which made her really nervous these days. She could only hope that Benjy, when she eventually saw him, would be understanding that she wasn't exactly jumping for joy at the moment.

Dressed as Rowena Ravenclaw in a dark blue gown, gently embroidered lace shawl and delicate tiara - a costume thrown together at the last minute following a few frantically exchanged owls with her sister, Nyx - Septima finally reached the entrance hallway, lifting her skirt a few inches as she carefully made her way down the steps. The last thing she wanted to do was to make a prat of herself on top of it all.

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Re: Septima/Open

bwick
2011-04-30 10:59 pm UTC (link)

After getting ready, and feeling quite comfortable in his medieval costume (dressing a full-out knight would have been too cumbersome, he decided), Benjy went to check if Septima was ready to go down to the ball. After all, he figured that she would still be quite reluctant to take part in the festivities of the evening. Benjy had made it his mission to make sure that his friend had a good time and - dare he think - enjoy herself.

Since they had their conversation in Hogsmeade, he knew that Septima had been having a difficult time in dealing with her family and especially her sister's upcoming marriage. He felt bad for her, having to deal with so much pressure that really did not have a solid resolution, so instead of focusing on dealing with it, he figured ignoring it - if only for a night - would do her loads of good.

A few fourth year girls were in the Ravenclaw common doing one last check to make sure their costumes were just so. Benjy stopped and asked if they had seen Septima. They responded back with a few giggles and informed him that she had already left. Offering a quick "thanks", Benjy turned and hustled down from the tower to try and catch Septima.

When Benjy reached the top of the stair case, he paused to survey the crowd gathering, and noticed Septima at the bottom of the stairs in quite a stunning outfit. He rushed down the stairs and met her at the bottom. "Oh, Septima," he paused and took a couple of breaths. "I'm glad I caught you before I lost you in the crowd. Your costume... You look amazing."

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Re: Septima/Benjy/Open

victory_v
2011-05-01 06:13 pm UTC (link)

If Septima had seen or heard of the girls giggling at the mention of her name, she would have been even more nervous. She was paranoid as it was about the act of dressing up, and she would somehow have to relax or the evening could be disastrous. She didn't want to ruin things for Benjy again.

Catching a glimpse of Benjy as he arrived into the Entrance Hall, she pulled the shawl a little tighter over her shoulders and shivered slightly. She should really have chosen a warmer costume or enchanted the wrap, but it was a little late for that now. She blushed at his compliment and tried to laugh it off with a girlish giggle. "Oh, don't be daft, Benjy" she said. "It's not even much of a costume, really."

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Septima/Benjy/Open

bwick
2011-05-01 07:57 pm UTC (link)

As Septima pulled her wrap around her shoulders tighter, Benjy noticed the small shiver. Whether it was from being cold or just in general unhappiness with the evening, he couldn't tell.

"Well, I believe that you would give Rowena a run for her galleons. And, costumes are only a small part of the evening. Really, it's just about hanging out and not having to worry about classes or anything else for a little bit."

After a moment, remembering her pulling the wrap tighter, he added, "Are you cold?" Benjy hoped that this was really just a reaction to the temperature and nothing else.

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	Re: Septima/Benjy/Open victory_v 2011-05-01 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	"If you say so" Septima replied, less shy although she wasn't quite yet convinced that she was giving a noted beauty a run for her money. Still, at least he was being kind, she thought. "A little, yes" she admitted. "I hope they have the fires on in the hall, I didn't exactly think this costume through." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Septima/Benjy/Open

bwick
2011-05-02 05:05 am UTC (link)

Benjy was convinced that the ball was going to be a good time for Septima. So he offered, "If it becomes a concern, I have a blue cloak you could wear. It would only take a moment to run back upstairs and grab it. Or how about we go inside and get something to eat? I don't know about you, but I'm starving."

Any event at Hogwarts was always opportunity for amazing food. The house elves made a huge effort to outdo themselves.

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	Re: Septima/Benjy/Open victory_v 2011-05-02 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	Food. Yes. That was a good idea, Septima thought. At least it would be something to take her mind off everyone else in the castle, and truth be told, she was also hungry. She nodded by way of reply. "Yes, let's" she said, before quickly sidestepping Filch and his secrecy sensor. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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