Welcoming Feast (open to all)

[headmistress_d]

It is September 1, 2005 and the beginning of another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Headmistress Agnes Dumbledore has presided over the Sorting and applauded at the first years being placed in their Houses. Each House's table has empty plates and bowls, all to be filled with food once her Welcoming speech has been made

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[ynez_castillo]

Fascinated by the school ritual, Ynez watches the Sorting closely. The hat seems to be semi-sentient and she wants a chance to examine it later. She wants to know more about these "houses," too. She hopes nobody will be offended by her questions.

The magic in the Hall gives her skin a slightly crawly feeling and makes her rub her arms. In a rustle of tight fabric and feathers, she turns to the staff member next to her and asks, "Is it like this every year? With the hat? What's the story about the hat?""

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[joe__dick]

Joe looks at her, his eyebrows raised. "Are you fucking cracked? Of course it's like this every year. Goddamned hat sits on the little idiots' heads and shouts out the house they go into. Used to belong to Gryffindor. Y'know, the Gryffindor. And it sings a fucking song."

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[regina_philange]

Phoebe takes a sip of orange juice - spiked with a bit of firewhisky to take the morning edge off - and sighs.

"It could really use some help with its songwriting, too. I've offered, but it never takes me up on it."

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[joe__dick]

Joe's not about to admit that he's also offered to help the hat write a better song, but he smirks and looks over at Phoebe.

"Fucking ungrateful hat."

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[regina_philange]

"You'd think, since it doesn't have anything better to do all year, it could come up with something better."

Phoebe takes another drink of her spiked juice and look over the room. "Is it just me, or do the first years keep getting smaller?"

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[joe__dick]

"I know I wasn't that tiny when I was in first year," he agrees, looking down at the tables. "The Slytherins looks like wimps. Fucking disgrace."

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[regina_philange]

Phoebe snorts out a small laugh. "Tell me about it. I think the hat's slipping. No way half those kids would've been let in when I was there."

She looks down at her plate and frowns. "House elves are slipping, too. They gave me bacon. They know I don't eat meat. It interferes with the Sight."

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[ynez_castillo]

Ynez recovers from her shock at the scruffy man's rudeness and briefly considers sticking a knife between his ribs.

Instead she ignores him and speaks to the blonde instead.

"This food is rather... unusual."

She isn't quite sure how to describe its lack of flavor.

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[regina_philange]

Phoebe's still picking the bacon off of her plate and dropping it into an empty coffee cup.

"It's British," she says, as though that's explanation enough.

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[ynez_castillo]

This makes Ynez laugh.

"I expect that's it, exactly."

"My name is Ynez Castillo, I'm here this year to teach ritual magic," she introduces herself.

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[regina_philange]

"Phoebe Buffay." Phoebe nods in greeting and smiles.

"Ritual magic? We've never had that subject here. That's good that they're starting to teach new stuff."

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[ynez_castillo]

"What do you teach?"

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[regina_philange]

"Oh yeah, forgot that part." Phoebe smiles. "Divination."

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[_spiramirabilis]

"Cosmic Magniloquence," Viggo murmurs from behind his glass of pumpkin juice.

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[ynez_castillo]

Ynez smiles at Phoebe as her eyes go to the man who unexpectedly spoke.

"I beg your pardon?"

It sounds better than "What the hell?"

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[_spiramirabilis]

He smirks. "Bullshitting with tea leaves."