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HOGSMEADE!

It's that time of year~ In preparation for the yearly Masquerade Ball on the 31st, Hogsmeade is officially open! All characters may go, regardless of their year or permission slips, but ONLY for the week prior to the ball. First and second years either have to be accompanied by a teacher or an older student willing to be responsible for them. After the ball those first and second years are back to being banned from the village until their third year. Sorry, kids. It's just the rules.

It is very encouraged that these trips be in groups, but that is not explicitly mandatory.

The Three Broomsticks
Run by Madame Rosmerta, The Three Broomsticks is the perfect place to warm up on a cold day. It's a pleasant little bar known for it's Butterbeer.

Honeyduke's Sweet Shop
A favorite of Hogwarts students, Honeydukes is a purveyor of a wide variety of sweets including it's world-famous chocolate, Fizzing Whizzbees, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Acid Pops and so much more. Might want to watch out for the Cockroach Cluster though.

Zonko's Joke Shop
Another favorite for the Hogwarts crowd, Zonko's is the best place to buy all your magical jokes and pranks. A perfect place to pick up dungbombs, Dr. Filibusters wet-start no heat fireworks, and if you're in the right mood, skiving snackboxes.

Madame Puddifoot's
Another little cafe, run by Madame Puddifoot. Typically favored by couples due to it's cozy atmosphere.

The Shrieking Shack
Rumoured to be one of the most haunted locations in Britain, so much so that the locals avoid it. While it's stood silent for years, it's still worth seeing. Due to the season being of the spookily festive sort, The Shrieking Shack is now a popular attraction and has even become a haunted house filled to the brim with ~terrifying~ decorations. There is even a walk through! But the feint of heart should not enter...

The Hog's Head
Run by Aberforth Dumbledore, The Hog's Head is another pub that has been known to attract a less than reputable clientele. However, it's something of a tourist spot as well, due to it being the starting point for Dumbledore's Army and the role the pub played in the Battle of Hogwarts, much to Aberfoth's chagrin.

The Post Office
Need to send an owl? The post office has you covered with owls of all shapes and sizes to send anywhere in the world.

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[Sano almost smirks. Almost. Because this ought to blow Shinpachi off the stool on onto his ass, but there's nothing about a cool delivery that wouldn't amplify the effect.

So he just shrugs and smiles, like it's the most common thing, when he says.]

Oh, there's this genius student here, who figured out a spell for how to make muggle tech work here. Cool, huh?

This is something muggle?!

[ Mind. Blown. KAPOW!

He looks from the phone in his hand to Sano and he just knows his best friend is smug. ]

Damn. I didn't know Hogwarts turned out kids that smart!

Yup~

[It's a monosyllabic answer, but Sano drags it out, lets it roll on his tongue and pops the 'p' delightfully, enjoying every single millisecond of the affirmation. He loves getting a surprise out of SHinachi like that, he doesn't even deny it.]

Why? Because Mahoutokoro only takes idiots and tortures them with quidditch?

[he asks with a teasing smirk.]

Pfft. You say torture but we both know Mohoutokoro churns out pretty damn fine players.

[ Speaking from experience there, thank you very much. SO SORRY FOR NOT LETTING THAT GET UNDER HIS SKIN. Except not because he has his pride. ]

You just don't see that kind of genius that often. Who is this kid?

Not saying it doesn't. It's just from what I remember, you used to swing at the bludger like your entire life depended on it. It's kinda amusing.

[Sano teases with a grin. Amusing... But amazing as well. Sano has always had an admiration for a beater's stance and physique, the broad shoulders and the strength, and all that harnessed power... Maybe that's why his male lovers were usually beaters. That, or dancers.]

He's a Ravenclaw, as you'd expect.

It usually did!

[ Which was true. Training at Mahoutokoro... It was intense to say the least. Shinpachi chuckles and slugs some of his own firewhiskey down, as if remembering some of those training days was cause enough to do it.

He soon rubs his chin, thinking about the Ravenclaw house. They were known for their out of the box thinkers, so it doesn't really come as much of a surprise that the one who made the device Sano sent him was from that house. What was the most surprising was definitely that someone figured it out. ]

I might have to thank this kid in person sometime then.