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EVENT: Valentine's Dance! February 13th

Dinner in the great hall was not only early, but fairly short. Everyone had to be out of the hall by six so that preparations for the party could be made, and when everyone was allowed back in at the start of the party it had transformed entirely.

The large tables normally used for meals now lined two sides of the great hall, holding a great variety of finger foods, drinks, and desserts that would continuously refill throughout the night. The ceiling above still reflected the night sky, but along its edges and throughout the walls were balloons, ribbons, and flowers of vast variety, with the most numerous of the flowers being white, pink, and red roses. All of of the flowers seemed to be emitting just enough light to effectively illuminate the Great Hall, giving it a - for lack of better term - rosey feel. At one corner near where the staff table normally stood was a group of string instruments, charmed into playing a selection of classical dance music as soon as the first students not involved with set-up stepped into the hall.

That was when Tamaki Suoh, a sixth year student and primary organizer of the dance, appeared at the front of the hall, smiling wide and dressed in an ivory-white tuxedo. He waved his wand briefly before he spoke, his voice magically projected with a charm so that he could be heard above any din that might happen with everyone's arrival.

"Welcome, everyone! I'm pleased to present you with our Hogwarts Valentine's Dance, and I hope you enjoy your time here tonight! Feel free to eat, drink, dance, and be merry in a break from studies and winter cold! Also keep in mind the Dance King and Queen contest, which can be anonymously voted for by you, the students, for the final spotlight dance at midnight tonight, as well as a prize of house points to the winners! Now, let the party begin!"

Prompt 1: Desserts, Drinks, and Wallflowers
Perhaps you're taking a break, enjoying the spread, and watching the other students dancing at various paces in different styles on the floor. Maybe you don't intend to go out onto the floor at all, because the chairs at the sides of the hall are just too comfortable or because you don't want to look like that idiot on the left. You know the one. Either way, congregating at the hors d'oeuvres can be a perfectly acceptable way to pass the night.

Prompt 2: Shut up and Dance
It is a dance party, after all! Grab a partner, whether it's ballroom dancing or just doing your own thing! Granted, the latter might get you some funny looks, but who cares as long as you're having fun? The smell of flowers is quite invigorating, the stars of the enchanted ceiling are above, and there's nothing more important than you and whoever your partner is, whether you know them intimately or have only met them for the first time tonight.

Prompt 3: A Breath of Fresh Air
Maybe the party is a little overwhelming, and you need to step away further from the hall than just sitting near the walls. Although no one is really supposed to leave the dance area for an extended period, who will know if you decide to use the loo as an excuse to get away for a few minutes? Maybe you just want to be somewhere more private, either by yourself or with someone else. Be careful not to get caught though, or it might be detention for you!

Prompt 4: "Love" is in the air?
Uh oh! We have no idea who, but someone seems to have spiked one of the punch bowls with a love potion! This potion is scentless and tasteless, and because the punch bowl is huge (and ever refilling) the effects are, thankfully, greatly weakened in comparison to a normal love potion. This little bit of mischief might result in some of the student body (or even some of the faculty) being a little more openly affectionate than usual with the first person they meet for the night, so a little bit of caution might be necessary. At least it's not at full potency!

Prompt 5: A moment in time that lasts forever!
A professional photographer has been hired to take pictures of students throughout the night! Although it might not be the last memory of the school year, it could be a night you want to cherish forever even if it’s just in a photograph! Is a photo an embarrassing moment or a precious time captured on a special slip of paper?

Prompt 6: Write your own Love Story!
Come up with your own prompts and have a ball AT the ball!

OoC: A note, there will be separate threads for Dance King/Queen contest sign-ups, as well as a contest for best-dressed and an attendance register that will be used to award a door prize drawn by lottery! The prizes are as follows; 50 House Points to 1st place, 25 to 2nd place, and 10 to 3rd place in their respective contests, and a 20 galleon gift receipt for Honeydukes (courtesy of Tamaki pulling some strings with the owner) as a door prize!

There will be a thread below for students to vote on Dance King/Queen, and the best dressed will be decided by members of staff specifically. RNG will be used to determine the door prize. Alright, have fun guys!

A NOTE ABOUT DANCE KING/QUEEN: Although the titles are gendered, who can be entered into each category is not! A boy can be the queen, a girl can be the king, and any combination can happen. The only limitation is that there will be two winners selected from the entrants in the contest!

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[ It takes her a second but she sighed, a little embarrassed at the error. ]

Sorry, just... Yeah, you're right.

[ Finally she'll sit up to meet his eye again because a change of topic is definitely necessary. ]

Had anything interesting happen tonight by the way?

So far it's been a whole lotta nothing, but with these kinds of parties it's not always exciting.

[That much he knew of course.]

I suppose that's true... I get that the point is to dance, but that's not for everyone.

... Maybe I really should just head back to the dorms for the night.

If that is what you want, I will not stop you.

After all it's up to you what you want to do after all.

[ She paused, nodding and taking in what Kaoru was saying, but... ]

... I think I'll stay. It'd be stupid if I ended the night with just the memory of a bad dance, so even if the rest of the night is boring it's worth staying until the end for the chance that it's not.

But then you also have the chance that it might get worse.

It's fifty fifty, or something like that.

[Not that he really knew.]

It can't get much worse than being forced to dance, especially since I can still turn down people I really don't want to hang around.

Who knows, I might miss out on the door prize or something if I go early.

[ Or third place in the Queen contest, but shhh. ]

Oh, it probably could be worse. Depends if people have spiked the drink or food. Pranks like that can make or break a party.

Spike it with what? Even if they are of age I've never seen Fire Whiskey or other liquors sold to students...

Who knows really. People can get creative.

I guess, but I haven't seen anyone acting that strangely so it doesn't seem like they have yet if they were going to at all.

Which people should be lucky for, but considering my brother and I are here and know how to act, for all you know we have done something and you hadn't realized it.

[He hadn't, but if they did, he knew full well they could attempt it if they tried.]

Most of the teachers are also around, is it worth the grief you two would get for getting caught if you were? Besides, what would you even do?

Plenty. Slip a potion in the punch, hide various pranks and such around the place. It's pretty simple really. You could even try and sneak in a frog or two.

[ Honestly she should have expected that answer. She sighs at him, shaking her head. ]

That does seem pretty nasty, but I'm not sure there even are as creative of pranksters as you and Hikaru here right now.

That is the point of pranks, nasty sometimes but hilarious all the same.

[He laughed slightly, leaning forward, giving a light chuckle]

Of course me and Hikaru are creative when it comes to pranks. We have way to much time on our hands and when we are bored... stuff happens. Same could be said for someone else, but I have yet to spot them.

Heaven forbid, you two are more than enough to handle.

[ In spite of the comment she can't help letting out a chuckle herself, that smile staying on her face as they continued to talk. ]

Seriously, you know he tried to dump whizzing worms on me the other day? He levitated them after I tried to walk around.

I take that as a compliment.

[And not at all as an insult. At the menton of what Hikaru has been doing, he cannot help but laugh.]

That's Hikaru for you. He will do a prank if I'm there or not.

You would. And it's funnier afterwards, getting worm slime off of my robes was a pain though.

[ At least she wasn't too annoyed any more, if how she was talking about it was any indication. She never could be mad at the twins for too long, because as irritating as the pranks were... Well, they were definitely a lot less harmful than someone she knew, and it was pretty fun to hang out with them too outside of that. ]

Same could be said of you though, using an airhorn in the library?

Yeah, that can take ages to get off, but I'm sure you saw the funny side of it.

[He shrugged slightly, it was true though, could say the same of him.]

Yeah, but that was a muggle device and no lasting damage.

I'd still be cross if I didn't. And I don't know about that, I think my ears are still ringing.

[ They weren't, she was actually just joking for once. ]

The whole lot of us are going to have to keep on our toes with you two working together though, I'll say that much.

Or people need to up there game.

[He smiled slightly as he said that, knowing that well people would to avoid it most likely.]

I really hope not, again there's enough with just the two of you.

Just one request... If you don't want to end up with a knockback jinx cast on you, no sneaking up on me?

[ She paused only a moment before immediately trying to amend what she had just said, only then realizing how it sounded. ]

It's not a threat, I swear! It's a conditioned reflex, because uhm... Well, not everyone knows how to respect personal space, you see...

Have I ever done anything by surprise like that? I've always been more upfront or hidden if I have to be.

[He was being rather honest for a change, but that could mostly be because he was by himself and without his brother.]

The air horn would have counted had I not been groggy at the time.

[ So you tell her, Kaoru. ]

Pass it onto Hikaru so that he knows, then.

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