First-Year Statistics

[charmingrogue]

Number of New Ravenclaws: 10

Comments

[brummiebacon]

Five of them don't find Professor Spinnet pretty?

If you were that small all over again, and one of the very first things you saw at Hogwarts was Starla Makenna trying to put the fear of Merlin onto them, wouldn't you be scared?

[charmingrogue]

I WAS that small once! And at that time I actually fell down the stairs in a heap at the Head Girl's feet, causing her to drop everything and her inkwell to up-end on my head, if you remember. But I was more amused that half of my hair was purple than scared.

[brummiebacon]

The then Head Girl wasn't as scary as Starla Makenna, even when she was at her angriest - and I saw her angry a lot of times.

[charmingrogue]

Hush, you. No badmouthing of the lovely and wonderful Starla Makenna!! At least, you should've outgrown the terror by now, being a NEWT student unlikely to wreak havoc about the Common Room.

[brummiebacon]

I'm not badmouthing anyone. You know as well as I do that she LOVES it when people find her scary.

[charmingrogue]

Yes, that she does, if they're miscreants. Are you a miscreant? Do you REQUIRE Starla Makenna to unleash her wrath upon you? I hope not.

[brummiebacon]

I wasn't talking about me, you know. I just said it was understandable they'd get scared - and since a lot of them seem to be in a hyperactive frenzy right now, I have the feeling she'll give them yet more reasons to feel that way pretty soon.

[charmingrogue]

I think they got inducted into the Ravenclaw Common Room beverage of choice a little bit early. One of the girls posted about that.

Yeah, they're chorusing 'This is the song that never ends'. Their exuberance is, I'm afraid, bound to be rather transitory and short-lived.

[prefers_jam]

First years are too young to be drinking coffee.

[charmingrogue]

As I understand it, the kidlets had a dare of some sort. Perhaps it would be advisable to find out who initiated said dare before smiting.

[prefers_jam]

The rest are as culpable for having the idiocy to go along with it. Perhaps it is time to get them better acquianted with one of their senior housemates.

[charmingrogue]

Alas. I'll bring tissues.

[prefers_jam]

You are exaggerating. I am not that bad.

[charmingrogue]

Of course you're not. I don't think you're terrifying at all. But I'm also taller than you, so...

[prefers_jam]

Ah, but do you have a glare rumoured to be worthy of Medusa herself?

You are not taller by a great quantity. I am rather statuesque for a witch.

[charmingrogue]

Of course not, nor do I need one, with you around!

Yes, that you are. Very statuesque and stunning. This may have a rather deleterious effect on the sanity of the misbehaving first-years.