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Jezabel Black · 01-15-2012, 01:40 PM

SPOILER!!: Lezleighd

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Originally Posted by Lezleighd

"Thank you! You are all correct!!!" she said with a tilt of her head towards the right. Instantly a diagram popped up on the screen showing an arrow going around a round table and then an arrow going around a square/rectangle table. "You pass the food to the left going in a clockwise direction...if you were sitting at the table with the host, you would let the host start the food...but since we are all here learning together we don't have an official host, so the plate will just start with a random student..." with that the plates of bruschetta levitated to one person at the table and waited for it to be grabbed. "Please just grab one bruschetta off the plate. The plates have been charmed not to fall" she added before someone got nervous about that. "Because the bruschetta is a bread you may eat it with your hands....and place it on your bread dish..."

She flicked her wand and the menu appeared on the screens again and the appetizer was crossed out on the list. "Okay now onto to our next course...and no worries about not being able to finish all of the courses. Each course isn't a huge serving but just enough...." she said moving her wand to signal the cups of soup to come in. Each one flew in and levitated above the tables. "Now before we get our next course I just want to remind you of some common rules that apply in any eating setting...." she said with her sweet smile.

"Number One...never talk with food in your mouth...Number Two....Do not put your elbows on the table. This is rude and can knock items off the table...Number Three...Don't blow on your food, just let it cool down while you have conversations with other guests...and Number Four...If you ever get something that you don't like. It is always customary to take atleast one bite to try it out....unless you are allergic and then you just don't touch it...." yes those were some simple and good ones to start with.

"So before the soup is delivered, can anyone tell me from which side the food will be served to you? And when you done with a course, which side the dish will be removed from?" she asked hoping her question made sense.

OOC: Remember to raise your hand before you answer. .And as always remember she is always watching you! But remember she doesn't handle rudeness towards Muggle ways very well, so you might want to keep those prejudices to yourself unless you want face the consequences! Try the bread!!!!

Jez bit her lip, playing with the hem of her dress. She knew the answers to most of these questions - Merlin's beard, they'd been drilled into her since the moment she'd been old enough to sit at the table properly. Her parents would be turning in their graves if they knew she wasn't answering. But she'd kept quiet for most of the lesson. Let's stop that right here.
Jez raised her hand, not in her usual 'I know the answer!' quick way, but hesitantly. "The dishes are served from the right and taken from the left," she said clearly. "Basically a clockwise rotation." She took a piece of brushetta, carefully biting into it to try and avoid spilling everything. That would be undignified, and Jez was nervous as it was without adding humiliation to that.

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Jezabel Black Puffskein Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Australia - GMT +10 Posts: 2,075 Hogwarts RPG Name: Adelaide Kettle First Year Ministry RPG Name: Lights Lennox Magical Law Enforcement	Don't Cross the Book \| who turned out the \| Lights Lennox SPOILER!!: Lezleighd Quote: Originally Posted by Lezleighd "Thank you! You are all correct!!!" she said with a tilt of her head towards the right. Instantly a diagram popped up on the screen showing an arrow going around a round table and then an arrow going around a square/rectangle table. "You pass the food to the left going in a clockwise direction...if you were sitting at the table with the host, you would let the host start the food...but since we are all here learning together we don't have an official host, so the plate will just start with a random student..." with that the plates of bruschetta levitated to one person at the table and waited for it to be grabbed. "Please just grab one bruschetta off the plate. The plates have been charmed not to fall" she added before someone got nervous about that. "Because the bruschetta is a bread you may eat it with your hands....and place it on your bread dish..." She flicked her wand and the menu appeared on the screens again and the appetizer was crossed out on the list. "Okay now onto to our next course...and no worries about not being able to finish all of the courses. Each course isn't a huge serving but just enough...." she said moving her wand to signal the cups of soup to come in. Each one flew in and levitated above the tables. "Now before we get our next course I just want to remind you of some common rules that apply in any eating setting...." she said with her sweet smile. "Number One...never talk with food in your mouth...Number Two....Do not put your elbows on the table. This is rude and can knock items off the table...Number Three...Don't blow on your food, just let it cool down while you have conversations with other guests...and Number Four...If you ever get something that you don't like. It is always customary to take atleast one bite to try it out....unless you are allergic and then you just don't touch it...." yes those were some simple and good ones to start with. "So before the soup is delivered, can anyone tell me from which side the food will be served to you? And when you done with a course, which side the dish will be removed from?" she asked hoping her question made sense. OOC: Remember to raise your hand before you answer. .And as always remember she is always watching you! But remember she doesn't handle rudeness towards Muggle ways very well, so you might want to keep those prejudices to yourself unless you want face the consequences! Try the bread!!!! Jez bit her lip, playing with the hem of her dress. She knew the answers to most of these questions - Merlin's beard, they'd been drilled into her since the moment she'd been old enough to sit at the table properly. Her parents would be turning in their graves if they knew she wasn't answering. But she'd kept quiet for most of the lesson. Let's stop that right here. Jez raised her hand, not in her usual 'I know the answer!' quick way, but hesitantly. "The dishes are served from the right and taken from the left," she said clearly. "Basically a clockwise rotation." She took a piece of brushetta, carefully biting into it to try and avoid spilling everything. That would be undignified, and Jez was nervous as it was without adding humiliation to that. __________________ ... PERCEPTIVE ... ALOOF ... PHILOSOPHICAL ...