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Pandora's Box Mods ([info]pandoramods) wrote in [info]pandorarpg,
@ 2011-10-26 12:23:00

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Entry tags:!status: complete, ^date: october 31 2003, character: adrian pucey, character: alicia spinnet, character: angelina johnson, character: bianca dunstan, character: cade warrington, character: cho chang, character: dean thomas, character: ernie macmillan, character: hannah abbott, character: harry potter, character: hermione granger, character: jayne dough, character: justin finch-fletchley, character: lavender brown, character: luna lovegood, character: melinda bobbin, character: percy weasley, character: ron weasley, character: seamus finnigan, character: theodore nott, character: tracey davis, character: zacharias smith, npc: kingsley shacklebolt, npc: pandora zurlo

Ministry Gala Event!
Characters: OPEN TO ALL. Please tag with your own character(s) when you comment/they arrive.
Setting: The Ministry Atrium, Level 8, beginning at 7 PM and running until midnight
Summary: It's the Halloween ministry gala/party! Come in costume (muggle or otherwise), in elegant wear, or in dress robes. The event begins at 7PM with refreshments, appetizers, finger foods and cocktails. Desserts are served later in the evening, but the cocktails remain available all night long. There is no full dinner, as it would be quite unwieldy with the amount of people expected to attend. The dance floor is open, a live band is playing, and the atmosphere is almost aggressively pleasant. For safety reasons, wands are being checked (surrendered) at the entrances. Unless your character is on-duty at the party, he or she will not have her wand on his/her person after entering.
Rating: Let's go with R for now, as there will be some dark occurrences later in the evening. We will update as necessary.





The event coordinators at the Ministry of Magic were in fine form in the hours leading up to the start of the gala. Everything had to be perfect, and not just in appearances. The atrium had been decorated in gold and silver, slightly reflective, to capture light and brighten the large, spacious room. The band was in place by 6:30, playing quiet music that set the mood. Off to either side, slightly out of the way, were two cocktail tables, fully stocked. There was also a number of wait staff who would be walking around with trays of red or white wine as well as champagne.

The attention to the decor was due to the head events coordinator, one Ismay Plimpton, who was an absolute perfectionist. With attention down to the very last detail, she was very nearly driving the Minister mad with her questions and comments, not to mention crucial changes. Her voice and general looks had Kingsley Shacklebolt nearly thinking her related to Delores Umbridge, if Ismay weren't so remarkably pleasant and likable.

With his assurance that everything was just fine, Ismay hurried off, gently but firmly reprimanding some poor chap setting candles afloat too low for her liking. The ceiling above twinkled like night stars, and between that, the candles, and the reflective decorations, the room was perfectly lit.

Everything was ready. All they needed now were the guests.


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10 PM - 11 PM
[info]pandoramods
2011-10-26 04:36 pm UTC (link)
People may very well have stopped thinking about the terror of the last few night and just continue to enjoy themselves as the night wears on.

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time)
[info]basilisk_srvivr
2011-10-29 07:07 pm UTC (link)
Justin has spent the night having fun, going around from person to person and handing out leis with as many variants on the 'Would you like to get lei'd?' line as possible. He of course meant every single one of them, but he always said them in such a way that people could roll their eyes and fob it off as a joke if they weren't interested. He was glad, however, at his choice in outfit - the grass skirt, no shirt, and straw hat and leis - as the more people entered the Atrium, the warmer it got.

He'd had so much fun that he eventually realized he hadn't even sought out his best mates yet. It didn't take long, however, particularly with Hannah's gorgeous Hufflepuff-coloured gown. He made his way through the crowd and approached them from behind, then suddenly slung an arm over each of their shoulders and hugged them to him.

"I've been having a wonderful time!" he said, the few drinks he'd had beginning to show in his voice. "How's yours been?"

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time)
[info]about_abbott
2011-10-29 08:13 pm UTC (link)
After tasting the fare for the evening Hannah and Ernie had enjoyed a few rounds on the dance floor. The night was turning out to be so wonderful that no one could have guessed how the day had begun by looking at the two of them. In her mind, the night couldn't be more perfect.

Hannah had just returned to Ernie's side after a trip to the ladies room. Even though her dress moved easily enough, her feet were starting to hurt and Hannah wished they could go sit somewhere. She was just about to make that suggestion when she was pushed back a bit from Ernie in order for Justin to make his presence known.

Hannah in turn tossed an arm around Justin's shoulders. "So, we can tell," she shook her head. "Any luck this evening?" She asked knowing that she was still living a bit vicariously through Justin's conquests.

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]ernsthename
2011-10-30 12:47 am UTC (link)
The evening has been great so far, the food was great, the music was great, he had a bit of a second wind (not that it didn't have to do with the alerting potion he had taken prior to leaving his flat coming into effect), he hadn't stepped on Hannah's toes while dancing, and everyone seemed to be alright.

Ernie had relaxed through the evening, having had a couple of drinks himself, which was quite fortunate for Justin as being sneak-hugged from behind earlier in the day may have resulted in something not as good. "Hi Justin," he greeted, his friend, patting the arm over his shoulder. "I'm glad that you're enjoying."

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]basilisk_srvivr
2011-10-30 01:01 am UTC (link)
"Well, I've had some good snogging," he grinned widely. "But oooh, I forgot!"

He pulled back enough to grab two leis from among those around his neck, and slid one each over Hannah and Ernie's heads. "There, you have official been lei'd by Justin Finch-Fletchley."

He returned his arms to where they were and hugged his friends tightly. "I love you both, you know that?"

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]about_abbott
2011-10-30 02:15 am UTC (link)
Hannah wouldn't have minded in the least if Ernie had stepped on her toes, the simple fact that he hadn't been stressing work (at least not outwardly) had been enough to put her on top of the world. Of course, she would be rather irked at him if she knew he'd taken an alerting potion. She knew from experience that potions weren't always the best solution to overcoming stress.

After Justin placed the lei around her neck, Hannah slid it back up over her head. Once he'd placed his arm around her shoulder again, she ducked out from under it and stepped so she was facing both of her boys. "Sorry Justin, but I think I'll have to give my lei to Ernie," and she placed it around his neck with the one Justin had just finished placing. She simply couldn't let the joke just die there, especially considering how relaxed and loved she felt at the moment. "But never fear," she leaned in and gave Justin a quick peck on the cheek, "I still love you anyway."

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]basilisk_srvivr
2011-10-30 02:21 am UTC (link)
Justin snorted as Hannah 'lei'd' Ernie. "Well, at least you let me watch," he teased, then pulled Hannah into a great big hug.

"So what have you two been doing all night? I've been... dancing, and snogging, drinking, and singing, and drinking..."

He grinned sloshily. "Hey, Ern - guess if I'm going regimental!"

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Re: Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]ernsthename
2011-10-30 02:29 am UTC (link)
"Love you too, Justin, in the platonic--" Ernie said to Justin's earlier statement just before he was 'lei'd' by Hannah and turned his usual shade of pink. It took him a moment to laugh again once more at Justin's joke about being able to watch. "So now you can't complain that we don't let you watch anything," he said with a grin.

"Yeah it sounds like you've made a routine there," Ernie commented, trying to gauge how much Justin has been following that routine. Especially as far as the drinking was concerned.

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]about_abbott
2011-10-30 02:47 am UTC (link)
"Pretty much the same," she moved to stand between her friends. "Though I think we've focused more on the dancing part of that equation." A few shared simple kisses couldn't exactly be compared to Justin's rendition of snogging.

Girl talk earlier with Lavender and the way she'd lately fed off Justin's energy gave Hannah the nerve to continue along the line of joking that Justin had started them along. "You can't complain either, Ern," she said reaching her arm around his waist. "You've been lei'd twice in a matter of minutes." She turned to watch for Justin’s reaction and to gauge if he had been drinking entirely too much.

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]basilisk_srvivr
2011-10-30 02:56 am UTC (link)
Justin drunkedly looked from one to the other as they spoke, getting someone lost but getting the gist of everything. Of course, his brain hit on the one thing they both missed.

"Hey, you guys didn't answer my question." He looked down and fingered a frond of his grass skirt. "Though I... can't remember myself. I might have taken my pants off... or maybe that had just been my plan. My plans haven't been turning out so good tonight."

He pouted and lay his head on Hannah's shoulder. "I think Jasper's tired of me. He turned me down, said he don't do casual no more." He pouted more. "I'm not pushy, am I?"

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]ernsthename
2011-10-30 03:14 am UTC (link)
"Well you can be a bit persuasive, sometimes, but I guess I can be too on some things." Persuasive or opinionated? Ern knew he was more on the side of opinionated, as Justin just tended to be persuasive, or something like that.

"Are you alright, Justin?" Ernie asked, trying to make sense of what Justin was saying. He looked over at him as he laid his head on Hann's shoulder. "And don't worry about him," he added, at least a bit surprised that Jasper did manage to stand up for himself in such a way. "I'm sure there are plenty of other fish in the sea."

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Re: Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]about_abbott
2011-10-30 03:50 am UTC (link)
Hannah removed her hand from around Ernie so she could pat Justin's hair back while the other arm went around Justin. He was obviously in need of more comfort than any of them at the moment. "You are very lovable," she reassured him, "but it isn't cute when you add drunkenness to the mix." She gave Ernie a look that clearly showed she was concerned for Justin's state.

She hadn't seen Jasper around that evening, but that didn't mean the young man wasn't around there somewhere. "You know that promiscuity is not everyone's cup of tea." She turned to Ernie. "Speaking of tea, I think our friend here could use some." Surely not everyone was drinking something alcoholic and there was regular tea available somewhere.

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!)
[info]basilisk_srvivr
2011-10-30 03:55 am UTC (link)
"You guys are sho right," Justin grinned, pulling Hannah in for another hug. "I'm terribly lovable. Maybe too lovable."

He gasped and pulled back, his eyes wide open. "That's it! I'm too lovable! People love me, but can't have me! It's all clear now."

He nodded to himself as if the greatest question in the world had just been answered. "All right, time for more dancing!" he shouted, letting go of Hannah and pulling Ernie into his arms for a dance.

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Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]about_abbott, 2011-10-30 04:05 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-30 06:00 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]basilisk_srvivr, 2011-10-31 12:24 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-31 01:20 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]basilisk_srvivr, 2011-10-31 01:27 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-31 01:42 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]about_abbott, 2011-10-31 01:58 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]basilisk_srvivr, 2011-10-31 02:34 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-31 02:44 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]about_abbott, 2011-10-31 03:02 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-31 03:24 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]about_abbott, 2011-10-31 03:50 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]basilisk_srvivr, 2011-10-31 04:04 am UTC
Justin, Ernie and Hannah (Puff Trio Time!!!) - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-31 04:40 am UTC
Ernie and Hannah - [info]about_abbott, 2011-10-31 04:59 am UTC
Ernie and Hannah - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-31 05:51 am UTC
Ernie and Hannah - [info]about_abbott, 2011-10-31 06:13 am UTC
Ernie and Hannah - [info]ernsthename, 2011-10-31 09:21 pm UTC
Ernie and Hannah - [info]about_abbott, 2011-10-31 09:38 pm UTC
Theodore and [Open]
[info]fiadornott
2011-10-30 02:12 am UTC (link)
After a few dances with Tracey he slipped away when she was catching up with other friends. Despite his typically apathetic and non-committal demeanor, he did care about her in the way he could. He listened, and was quite contented that she wouldn't often pry since she was rather busy airing her concerns. He was quite happy with that.

It was his plan to take a short round about the gala and then head home prior to the end of the event. This really wasn't his sort of thing, but it was interesting to see observe people in different costumes, doing what people do. He was one to engage in people-watching on a regular basis. Just since it added variety to his day in the ways books seemed to lack. He needed to get to sleep too. He readjusted his hat for a moment, still feeling at least somewhat indignant that Tracey would ask him to dress as a madman.

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]overlooked
2011-10-30 08:50 pm UTC (link)
Zacharias had no clue why he was here. Well, he did suppose that his mother had hinted that it would be nice for him to make an appearance, although really how she would know if he was here or not with his devil's mask was beyond him. Still, it could prove to be an interesting night and quite the opportunity to just see people have it.

Given all of the crap flying around the past of couple of days, it had to come to a head at some point. Why not while everyone was having a good time? It would serve them right. Armed with a well-aged whiskey on the rocks, he glanced around the room trying to find something interesting happening. His attention momentarily fell on the Hufflepuff trio doing something, but hardly anything worth his attention.

The way this night was going, it looked like he was going to be disappointed. Zacharias had been depending on something exciting happening tonight to make him being her worth the effort. Maybe, just maybe, if he was lucky he would get his wish. But until then, he spotted a fellow people observer and couldn't help but approach. "Have you seen anything interesting?"

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Re: Theodore and Zacharias
[info]fiadornott
2011-10-30 10:59 pm UTC (link)
Theodore noticed someone approach to ask whether he had seen anything interesting. He looked at the person, to try to determine who it was, before answering the question.

He wasn't quite sure straight away, but answered the question nonetheless. "The usual. Gold diggers, the unusual costume and schmoozing, drunkedness, bad dancing--the usual fare." He looked at the masked man again to determine the reasoning for the question.

"You're looking for something unusual though, probably after the reports of what happened here at the Ministry the other day. Or maybe you would want to know whether anyone had been foolish enough to try to infiltrate the Department of Mysteries to try to figure out what's been happening?" He paused to consider the elevators on the one side of the room. "But none of that has come to pass. It's just a party, after all."

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]overlooked
2011-10-30 11:44 pm UTC (link)
It was far more of a thoughtful answer than he expected. Which ultimately meant that nothing of note was happening. Zacharias took a sip from his glass. "Actually, I'm just bored enough to drink." He smirked, at least finding himself amusing, but then again he often did.

"And I would hate to leave and miss the boiling point of this fine affair." Maybe it was the best idea to be making such statements, but as he said. He was bored. "Although perhaps it is only a matter of time before one of the self-righteous decides to do as you suggested and wander into out of bounds areas." They had certainly gone to school with a fair few of those people, but then again many of them worked for the Ministry now and if they had any wits about them knew how to do that less illegally.

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]fiadornott
2011-10-31 01:59 am UTC (link)
"Yeah it is one of those evenings," Theodore said with a shrug, noticing the fellow smirking at his own jokes, which in a way reminds him of a few of his dorm-mates back at Hogwarts. It certainly didn't sound like Draco. Theodore had wondered what had happened of his former classmate though.

"It wouldn't be surprising. Just since there are too many overly-curious people out there. But they do have the right to be curious though. It is said to be one of the noble characteristics, and it is a rather interesting case that seems to be taking place around here. Or from what my very limited knowledge on the matter tells me, at least."

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]overlooked
2011-10-31 02:12 am UTC (link)
"And yet here they are," he motioned to the rather crowded dance floor in front of him, "just dancing away their troubles without a care in the world." He might have sounded bitter or even jealous, but mostly he was just annoyed and the general population's ability to deny or compartmentalize things. Just a few hours ago people were still a flutter about those nightmares and now that seemed like a think of the past.

"It would serve them right for the whole thing to blow up in their faces right now." He muttered those words into his glass, following them with another sip. Zacharias shook his head, he wasn't doing him any good to just stand here commenting to Theodore Nott, but sometimes an audience was an audience.

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]fiadornott
2011-10-31 02:22 am UTC (link)
"Maybe it would help to live like that," Theodore commented airily as a seemingly carefree couple floated by on the dance floor. He wasn't sure whether that was something he was longing for or whether he feared it in his own way. Perhaps this was why he did occasionally find himself in spots that one would normally not think he'd go to. (i.e. the Honeypot, amongst other places.)

"We're not a little bit bitter, are we?" Theodore said, with a playful grin that normally lit his face when he noticed a bit of annoyance he could toy with. He knew that it wasn't something that he should indulge in, but he was tired that evening, and dragged out to a gala that he didn't altogether feel like going to. But probably not as angry as this bloke seemed to be.

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]overlooked
2011-10-31 02:55 am UTC (link)
Zacharias rolled his eyes at the thought. That sounded absolutely horrible, living up in some sort of magical world were nothing hurt and no one died. That wasn't even life. No, life was messy and it hurt like a bitch, but that made all the moments when it was good all the better.

"More like a realist. I haven't ever once seen denial lead to something good." If anything it just made matters worse and more complicated. "Although please feel to try to convince me otherwise." Not that it would work, but the attempts were always amusing.

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]fiadornott
2011-10-31 03:47 am UTC (link)
Theodore noticed the man's reaction and grinned. "You don't want to live in a world of bunnies, puppies and kittens; of gumdrops and lollipops, and everything being wonderful and dandy?" He was playfully inquisitive at this point since he knew that this would make for a bit of interesting in his day.

"Me neither. At the very least, one can be truthful to oneself." He was barely wholly truthful to anyone else, instead opting to share bits and pieces of the truth. Often not anything more than necessary, if even that. "But perhaps the most basic argument one can make or living a lie would be that it'd make one happy. Wouldn't life be that much happier if one was blind and ignorant of all that makes it what it is?"

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]overlooked
2011-10-31 04:00 am UTC (link)
Believe it or not, Zacharias had given a significant amount of consideration to that very question. Was ignorance bliss? He could imagine moments when it just might be. "Maybe for a while, but the thing with lies is that they always seem to catch up to you and I'd much rather be ready for them than surprised."

Being aware of the reality of a situation made it more manageable. Not knowing or choosing to ignore, meant you forfeited any power you might have over it. "So, I'm content in knowing that puppies become dogs and die and sweets will eventually rot your teeth because maybe then I'll enjoy it knowing full well it won't last and not be upset when it's over."

That was more of a profound statement than he was normally capable of, but sometimes Zacharias Smith could surprise even himself. He only wish that he had that sort of sense when he was younger. Not that it would help him, he suspected he would always end up in some variation of this situation.

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]fiadornott
2011-10-31 10:01 pm UTC (link)
"Or would it be that you would choose to enjoy it more fully, while it is actually enjoyable?" Theodore added as a suggestion. He at least found these sorts of conversations tolerable, but certainly quite a rarity as people would much prefer talking about the Weird Sisters or quidditch (he did enjoy the latter, but talking about quidditch eventually does get boring).

"I can imagine that people grow tired of sunshine without the rain at least once in awhile. Too much of a good thing is just too much. And that difficulty helps one appreciate what may be good." Well that has certainly been the case for Theodore, at the very least. And despite it all he has been able to find at least a measure of peace; sanity among the chaos

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Theodore and Zacharias
[info]overlooked
2011-11-01 02:48 am UTC (link)
"Only get the rainbows after the rain or what have you." Zacharias shrugged, looking out at the crowd for something else. The conversation was fine, but he wasn't sure he really wanted to keep talking. Not when there were other things he might be doing. Through the crowd of badly dancing people, he spotted a group of girls dancing just as badly, but that wasn't really what he was looking at anyway. Zacharias Smith didn't need a dance partner exactly.

He threw back the rest of his drink, placing the empty glass on a nearby table. "And if you'll excuse me I think I'm going to have to go see about those puppies before the become dogs." It wasn't smooth, but he didn't feel any real need to be. If the night wasn't going to get better, he was going to turn it around himself. And the blonde with the less than modest dress? Quite vital to this plan.

"Always a pleasure, Theodore." Zacharias inclined his head toward the other man before starting off toward the girl in question.

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Theodore and Zacharias - [info]fiadornott, 2011-11-01 03:41 am UTC

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