The Gryffindor that had come in after him received a look in response to the rather loud declaration, before Evan went back to staring at the flames. If he looked at all melancholic, it wasn't intentional as he was rather just enjoying looking into the flames. He was only distracted from watching them dance, by the interruption of ruffled hair and he looked up as Jude passed, resisting the urge to correct immediately. Evan smiled at his friend, tilting a head at his declaration. "What is it that you love about it?" The Ravenclaw did not particularly have a favorite holiday. They were all fine, he supposed, but there wasn't one that made him particularly overjoyed. If he had to choose one, it would have been Chuseok, but it had been years since he'd had a chance to celebrate given it usually fell in the first weeks back at school.

Besides, he loved it because of Halmeoni's cooking. He couldn't get that here.

Not many of the other entrances were noted, though he did happen to turn at the moment Cailyn and then his sister made their appearances, both which Evan waved back at and then caught sight of Ash sitting close by but not quite joining them. He shot a smile her way, before tilting with his head in an indication she should come closer and join their conversation. "How did gift shopping go for you both? I certainly had difficulty." There had been someone he could have asked for help, but that would have spoiled the mystery of it all and he was trying to play by the rules.

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Well... coordinating with one of his people would have probably been a good idea, especially considering the more people entered the... more people he realized he did not know. Which normally wouldn't have been THAT big of an issue, except... majority of these people felt a good few years older, which he supposed he should have expected, and he was feeling the smallest bit out of his element.

Or a lot.

He DID notice Lisa Nam enter, and he was VERY tempted to try to rile her up again merely because that certainly held fond memories from his previous Hogwarts years, but there was a lot of people around her. And he was pretty certain her brother was here and messing with someone within earshot of a sibling was never high on his list of things. So instead, he focused on someone else who didn't seem to have come with anyone and figured best to start there.

A plate HEAPED with food, he skirted around Lisa in order to make his way towards the blonde who'd come in around the same time - Rosa. "How strange of a stranger did you get a name for?" And in case she didn't speak Pabu -- Did she know who she'd purchased for?