imperturbatus | 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I'm trying too.

[She exhales softly dropping her smile.]

It's a little exhausting. What about you?

What about me? Well I am tried from all the training and I'm doing my best to speak to people more, myself.

[She felt like she hadn't spoken to people as much lately due to training, but now she knew she had to do her best to speak to people more again.]

[Namine smiles at her sister.]

But you're very good at talking to people.

[She's still a little envious of that.]

Yeah, but lately I've not been doing much in that way.

[At least that is what she believed anyway. Perhaps she had been a bit too focused on other things instead.]

Oh...

[Namine flashes her sister a smile.]

I've missed hanging out with you.

I miss hanging out with you, which means we need to do it sometime. Apart from now.

[She smiled sweetly, she did want to spend more time with her sister.]

Now I feel confident with training, we can do that soon.

I'd like that.

[Namine smiles.]

I go to your practices still. [Even when she doesn't talk to Kairi there.] I began to draw some of the other players too.

Really? I would like to see those drawings sometime.

[She she wanted to see what the other players would look like in her style.]

[Namine nods.]

It's in the room. I can show you whenever you like.

Then how about tomorrow. The party here is first and we can't leave until it's over.

[Seemed logical, really.]

Yeah.

[Sounds like a good plan.]

Then it was a plan.

[She smiled slightly as she watched the people dance and be happy.]

So, are there any boys you would be interested in dancing with?

[Namine feels her cheeks flush lightly.]

Um… I wouldn’t say no if someone asked.

[She ends up dancing with three boys by the end of the evening.]

I don’t want to… I mean… there is one person I’d like to dance with but…

[She doesn’t think Kaoru will be able to dance considering he’s spending the evening with Hikaru and she’ too shy to ask.]

But what?

[She as glad that Namine was at least considering saying yes to people if they were to ask, so that was better than nothing. It was enough to make her at least glad her sister was doing okay.]

I'm scared to ask.

[So she isn't going too.]

Are you worried they will say no?

[She thought that might be the problem.]

Yes...

[Namine looks out towards the dancers before looking away.]

How cute. It's okay to be worried. Pretty sure that would be considered normal.

[Namine blushes a light shade of pink at her sister's comment.]

I'm... not cute.

Hey, why do you think your not?

[She didn't see why she didn't think she was.]

I can't draw myself.

[She can draw everyone else though and they always look so good when she does.]

I'm sure you can if you had more confidence in yourself.

[She was going to try and help with that.]

Maybe...

[Namine doesn't sound convinced.]

Is there someone you wanted to ask to dance?

[Besides her of course.]

[She shook her head slightly, finishing off whatever she had been eating a moment ago.]

Not right now anyway. While dancing can be fun I only really dance with friends.

[Namine nods and then takes a few more bites of her food. She isn't sure what else to say and instead begins to watch those dancing.

They look very pretty.]

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