Happy Birthday to Juhi!

[emogen_ackart]

Week Name/Date/Time: 'Trick or Treat' / Sunday, October 30 / 7:57 pm
Location: Ravenclaw Tower
Open To: THE BIRTHDAY GIRL! + Friends of Juhi, Ravenclaws of all shapes and sizes, approved non-Claws (Juhi's non-Claw mates must have permission from Emmy to sneak in, of course, as she's in charge of things here and is handling any and all sneaking-in

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[cassidy_f]

Rather like Clover, Cassidy had not known about this whole dressing-up thing. But not wanting to be a party-pooper, she just conjured something up quickly- the first thing that came to her mind.

She walked down the stairs in a long, purposefully-overdone-with-sashes-and-hems-and-other-things black dress with a long ribbon on her arm that said "MISS EUROPE" in big shiny silver letters, that she planned on giving to Juhi. Under said arm was a medium-sized box that she was very eager to put with the other presents. It was rather heavy- and inside it was a large book of music she had found at Hogsmeade. And even better- the music changed. Not like the actual songs changed, but every time you open the book you have a different song. Cassidy thought Juhi would like it as she played piano and guitar.

Walking into the common room, both eyebrows shot up as Cassidy looked around. She placed the box on the table with the presents, and walked over to Emmy. "Wow," she said, impressed. "You did this in what, five minutes? This place was normal when I was last down here."

[jacimannix]

Jaci stood quietly at the bottom of the stairs and peered around the doorway into the common room. Normally, she wasn't at all shy about making herself comfortable, it was her common room after all, but this was different. This time, it was a party for Juhi, someone she looked up to and adored, but that also meant it would likely be mostly upper years.

Her gaze shifted quickly around the room, taking in what each of the other party attendees was wearing and then she glanced down at her own outfit. Her purple dress wasn't nearly as fancy as what some of the other girls were wearing, though that was to be expected, as she was only twelve. Still, it was her favorite, particularly because of the way it had a satin ribbon to wrap around her waist as a belt, and was long enough to fall just past her knees. Her mum hadn't even questioned why she wanted it, just owled it over as soon as she'd asked. With her free hand, she smoothed an imaginary wrinkle out of her skirt and then gave herself a nod. Now or never.

As silently as possible, she moved the rest of the way into the room, making a bee-line for the gifts table. The pink and purple wrapped box in her hand wasn't very large, but she was pleased by the selection of Muggle gel pens, highlighters, and markers that she'd had her sister purchase. It was the stationery she was most proud of, however, the simple pink parchment with her friend's name embossed across the top of it. Even the small pink envelopes made her smile. She lowered her box to the table and gave it a little pat before moving onward to the hats table to see what she could create.

[niamh_gannon]

Niamh had been terrified when she'd heard the news about the party, however, since it was for Juhi, she'd been determined to go anyway. She'd spent all week working on Juhi's birthday present. She couldn't afford to buy her older friend anything, but she couldn't not give her a gift. So she'd worked long and hard on a sketch. It wasn't very good, certainly, as Niamh was rather shaky as an artist, but she'd poured all she could into it.

It was a drawing of Juhi playing her guitar, with Erik standing on a bench nearby, singing his heart out. Well, at least, that was what it was supposed to be. The shapes were all a bit off, but she had worked very hard on it and felt sort of proud of it. She'd rolled it up and tied a piece of festive ribbon around it. It was one of her hair bows, but it was all she had to use and Juhi was worth it. She'd saved Niamh several times over, especially when that horrid Slytherin had taken her wand.

And now the party had arrived. Niamh stood on the last step from the girls' dormitory, staring in awe at the common room. It was an entirely different room. And what was worse was that everyone was all dressed up. Niamh looked down at her sad old skirt and blouse and blushed. She really didn't belong here, did she? She sighed and made herself enter the room anyway, going directly for the gift table and setting her drawing on it with the other presents.

Then she moved to the hat table and stood beside Jaci to make one of her own. She was still blushing and feeling extremely uncomfortable, but at least she had Jaci to talk to for now. She smiled at the older girl, "Hi, Jaci," she mumbled, reaching for a quill.

[brenden_elliot]

Brenden checked himself over in the mirror. He looked nice, spiffy even. He was wearing a faded pair of jeans, a casual button up shirt, with a blue tie hanging loosely from his neck. He had no idea why he was dressing up, really, just that he was. And Emmy was. Which may or may not have influenced his decision. They'd spent most of the day in Hogsmeade, shopping for the party, so he was sure the common room below was completely transformed. He winked at himself in the mirror, and set off at a trot down the stairs.

Emerging in the common room, he saw that is was already semi-packed, though nothing like it was going to be. He sat the music box he had found at the antique store, which he had wrapped in frilly blue gift tissue, on the table with the other guests and looked around. He spotted Emmy, Clover, Cassidy, and Sascha standing near the door.

Walking over, he gave a slight wave. "Wow, Em, things turned out great." He patted her on the back, but quickly pulled away. This was for Juhi. His feelings for Emmy weren't going to influence his having fun at the party.

"So, when is her royal highness coming? I imagine that Erik is some how involved?"