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[packprincess]

Blue and Dae had the party all planned out. It was going to be a  small civilized thing with food and some drinking.

That's what it was supposed to be. But instead half of Hogwarts was there. It was loud and bordering on obnoxious and Sofie knew Blue had to be having a panic right now.

But Sofie looked super hot. Maybe Blue wouldn't notice all the

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[teachthechange]

Ten minutes before curfew, Professor Popa entered the badger den with an unamused look on her face, silenced the music with a flick of her wand, and waited to see who would notice her.

[not_who_uthink]

Holden had just returned from his adventure. She might have actually been behind him and he didn't notice. But man, Holden felt bad for Blue. Blue hardly ever broke rules and he was head boy, this wasn't going to be good.

Holden approached her, he motioned for some of his younger housemates to start cleaning up. "Good evening, Professor," he tried to sound casual.

[teachthechange]

"Yes, it does seem to have been, Mister Lewis," Elena said dryly. She did not particularly raise her voice, but the question that followed was projected across the room in a way veterans of the stage would have envied. "Are you aware that curfew is ten minutes?"

[not_who_uthink]

"I am and we are just wrapping up our study session," he feels like he owes Blue so he turns announces,"alright everyone, clean up your stuff and head on out."

[teachthechange]

Seeing at least the first flutters of movement to this end, Elena addresses her next remark only to Holden. "I'm sure the food, music and general conviviality of your 'study session' no doubt aided you immensely, and will be reflected in your marks."

[not_who_uthink]

"I hope so, Professor," Holden replied. "Though I think in the future we'll keep our study groups smaller."

[teachthechange]

"And preferably dryer, especially if you are going to allow the younger years to participate." Elena honestly didn't object to reasonable alcohol consumption by the sixth and seventh years; she just had reservations about the ability of children, especially British children, to understand what reasonable meant. "Nine minutes, now. I expect Outstanding level work on the next piece of homework you all turn in, or I will be inviting you to join my study session."

(Professor Popa's detentions were so well known for a needlessly meticulous attention to theoretic detail that some of the Ravenclaws had been known to try and get sent to one on purpose.)

[not_who_uthink]

"That is an excellent suggestion. Dryer, absolutely." This isn't as bad as he thought it would be. "I will do.my best as always, but one of your study sessions would definitely do more good than harm." He doesn't socialize with her peers much but he tries to have a good relationship with his professors, he's going to need glowing recommendation letters to get into the auror training program.

[teachthechange]

At some point, she really needed to talk with him about the weird British obsession with biological determinism-and also about the value of social skills to his intended career-but Elena instead chose to say, "If you're not constantly trying to be better than your best, Mister Lewis, you are falling behind."

[not_who_uthink]

"I will remember that, Professor." He turned to see if people were actually cleaning and they were. "I should probably go and help them."

[teachthechange]

"You should," she said approvingly. "Many wands make light work, as they say; eight and a half minutes. Tick tock."

[not_who_uthink]

"Right, eight and half minutes," he's off to work and surprised to see it's not Hufflepuffs. Several Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Slytherins stayed to help clean up. Good for them. Especially since most of them weren't invited.

[gaenari]

Having spent most of the party either keeping the youngest students from getting too stupid or completely bored out of his mind grazing on snacks, Dae was probably best placed as co-host to notice the head of house coming in to break up the party--which would be the only thing that could make it any worse. But he didn't, because he couldn't hear the music and therefore couldn't hear it stop, and therefore it was only after other people started reacting to the professor that he popped up like a jack in the box and jogged over. Blue absolutely couldn't get in trouble for this. A proper party sure, but this? No way, not on Dae's watch.

"Hello, professor! We're cleaning up and going to sleep now!"

[teachthechange]

"Yes," Elena agreed. "You are." In sign, she added, "You're not wearing your hearing aids."

(Or at least, that is her intent. Having learned in Romania, and with limit chances to practice, Elena has an unfortunate tendency to accidentally swap in some LSR for BSL; at least LSR is close enough to LSF that Dae should still be able to work it out from context.)

[gaenari]

Communication is one of his strong suits. Thinking on his feet not so much, and keeping his entire thought process from showing on his face not at all. There's an entire story told there as he weighs the possibilities of what is the most and least incriminating thing in this situation and comes up with, "It got a little bit loud." Look at how tiny the loud is, so small, only the littlest bit loud. He does look so apologetic.

[teachthechange]

"And that concerned people enough to cast a muffling charm on the room-which I do appreciate; five points to whoever remembered that-but not, I note, do anything about the source of the noise." Her unamused look softens to something at least neutral, if not bordering on actual amusement. He does look very apologetic; it's kind of adorable. Like a sad puppy.