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When they return from hols, they arrive to the news that Hogwarts is restarting the tradition of the Yule Ball- after a fashion. It's open to everyone (they claim for inclusiveness, but a headcount of the older students suggests a more practical reason) and the professors seem to be treating it as a sort of Hogwarts wide bonding event. At least, they keep stressing how it's about "school unity" and suggesting that students branch outside their normal friend groups. Even the Heads of Houses are reluctantly suggesting their students should interact more with the other Houses. Alli ignores the whole spiel for the important things: there's a party! Dates and dancing and food and merriment! She is so in.
The next time she meets up with her friends, she's grinning maniacally. "Sooo? We're going, right? Oh man, I need to find a date, don't I? And an outfit! Merlin's apples this is going to be great."
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witch_please
slythervivian
Well, now Vivian is indignant on Miranda's behalf, but she tries to keep that within reasonable bounds, since Miranda's right. She was backpedaling.
"You, an actual celebrity, came to the first meeting," Vivian reminds her. "Maybe you don't realize how much easier that made everything for me? But. It did. You can do nothing, ever again, and still have done more than most people." She tries to smile. "So I get to praise you. Least I can do."
"You, an actual celebrity, came to the first meeting," Vivian reminds her. "Maybe you don't realize how much easier that made everything for me? But. It did. You can do nothing, ever again, and still have done more than most people." She tries to smile. "So I get to praise you. Least I can do."
chanuphis
The ball arrives, with no one except Vivian and Karen and Alli from their little posse having acquired a date. Alli's boy sticks out like a sore thumb in the gaggle of girls. Everyone looks very fetching in their dress robes.
Karen wants to dance.
witch_please
Alli's newly altered robe is retrieved without problems from Jenny, and turns out entirely without its periwinkle stain. Alli is delighted and her date seems to approve, so Jenny proclaims the robe a success. Alli's date is somewhat less on board with being surrounded by quite this many younger girls for the whole evening, however, so he and Alli walk in negotiating if they can spend part of the ball with his friends.
(The answer will be yes; Alli has less than no objection to hanging out with cute Gryffindor Quidditch players. But she also likes hanging out with her friends, so she's going for both.)
(The answer will be yes; Alli has less than no objection to hanging out with cute Gryffindor Quidditch players. But she also likes hanging out with her friends, so she's going for both.)
metamorphmaga
Jenny considers just morphing her face to her intended form, but discards the idea quickly; she doesn't want to have to worry about keeping the morph all evening. So she settles for pink highlights in her hair, which she won't mind if they vanish, and does her makeup the old fashioned way.
And then Emma's makeup. And then her jewelry. And then fusses over her hair, arguing that it's going to fall out if Emma doesn't pin it down with something, no, why would it have to be a pin, of course magic is fine, but it's going to fall down.
By the time they get to the ball room, it's become a running joke. Emma's been dubbed 'Wispyhead' and Jenny has been jokingly banned from touching Emma's head again for at least the next six months.
And then Emma's makeup. And then her jewelry. And then fusses over her hair, arguing that it's going to fall out if Emma doesn't pin it down with something, no, why would it have to be a pin, of course magic is fine, but it's going to fall down.
By the time they get to the ball room, it's become a running joke. Emma's been dubbed 'Wispyhead' and Jenny has been jokingly banned from touching Emma's head again for at least the next six months.
slythervivian
Vivian appears to pick up Karen all dressed up. She's not wearing makeup, because she tried to put on eyeliner three different times and finally gave up, but she has her hair streaks and her nice dress and, most importantly, she got an older student to magic her up a small bouquet of flowers. As soon as she spots Karen, she offers the flowers.
planetarium
Karen has her hair up in a heap of curls spilling over the back of her head, and she's gone for bold eyeshadow in the same purple as her dress robes. "Aw, thanks!" she says, accepting the flowers. "...I'm not sure where to put them!"
slythervivian
Vivian looks blankly at the flowers. "I don't know. Steal one for your hair and leave the rest here?" She grins sheepishly. "I didn't think it through, I guess. I just wanted to bring you flowers."
planetarium
"They're beautiful," says Karen, and she takes the purplest one and puts it in her hair.
planetarium
And so they do!
The Hall is beautifully decorated, Miranda has found a place to sit out of the way, and there is plenty of space to dance. Karen wants to dance.
The Hall is beautifully decorated, Miranda has found a place to sit out of the way, and there is plenty of space to dance. Karen wants to dance.
slythervivian
Vivian has no idea how to dance, but she's perfectly willing to try imitating everyone else. Shall they?
metamorphmaga
Jenny takes a break from teasing Emma to sigh happily at the sight of Vivian and Karen dancing. "Oh goodness, they're soooooo cute!"