"Well alright, if you're sure about that." he shrugged and watched her closely. She seemed.. distracted almost? Jay shook it off. "Ah, very true. Gravity is only nice when you're on a broom, and even then it's not always nice." he said as eh remembered one of his best girl friends struggling to stay on a broom and eventually falling and hurting her leg pretty badly.

"Eh, it's alright. Nothing special really." he shrugged. "There's a lot of tourist spots and random things. For example, i lived in Orlando, Florida. Ever hear of that?" He asked curiously, but then continued without waiting for a reply. "I lived right by a muggle amusement park, called Disney World. In the summer time, it was crazy. And Merlin was it hot down there." he shook his head. He hated the heat, seeing as he was already his own personal space heater. "I like just about any kind of meat on my Pizza. Especially pepperoni. But meatballs are pretty good as well. I think the only thing i don't like is the whole pineapple/ham combination. I like plain ham on it, but not with the pineapple." he shrugged. It just seemed to wrong to him to put a fruit right along side of the meat.

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Whoa. WHAT?! Kylie had JUST gotten herself untangled from Evelyn's arm and her own dress. She still looked gorgeous, model-like, as always, in her baby blue, shimmery dress with a dark blue strip around her chest. Her hair was a little... flopped on her face after being dragged from point A to point B.
And as soon as Evelyn left, she got shy.
WHAAA?! She hadn't been shy for YEARS. Then again, she hadn't really met new people for years. First impressions weren't her thing. Second impressions were more her thing..
Well. She couldn't just stand here and look like a doofus (spelling?) forever.

She hesitantly stuck her hand out, hoping he would as well. "Well, I'm Kylie." She was going mentally blank here.


Ugh. First impressions. NOT fun.

Patroclus watched on as Evelyn tugged Josh to the dance floor. His body suddenly grew very hot, blood as pulsating in his ears and he didn't know why. He just stood there rooted to the ground, his head rushing to explain his reaction, but then Evelyn and Josh were lost to him in the crowd.

Hearing a voice to his side, Patroclus snapped awake from his trance of selfpity and turned to see, a girl about his own age, the one Evelyn had returned from Destiny with.
"Nice to meet you," he replied taking her outstretched hand, "I'm Patroclus, Patroclus Hudson" He was always quite formal with introductions, it was a silly habit of his.
"Enjoying the Ball so far?", he queired, trivial small talk was always a formality when meeting some for the first, it helped to get to know them better, he thought to himself.

Kylie felt a little cold shouldered. It was really strange. She had this strange feeling that Patrolocus wanted to be somewhere else. Well, she couldn't exactly help that. She couldn't pry without seeming like a total brown-noser. And she couldn't just confront him about it without seeming totally rude. Best to play along.

"It's fine, I guess. I mean, I'm still pretty young so I don't know a lot of the alumni here... then again, you probably don't either..." Kylie realized she was doing that thing again. She was making herself look inarticulate. It was such a shame, she was really incredibly bright. More than incredibly bright.

She could just never let OTHER people know that. Or, at least for a while. "So, I've just been talking to people that left the school. And meeting new people... like yourself!"

Kylie looked down at her white sandals, fiddling with them. "You?"

Marie just stood there watching Destiny and Carter argue about that silly rain dance. She agreed with Carter, it wasn't a stupid dance but it definatly was a silly one. "Um guys..."

She did NOT just throw a cup at Carter's face.

Walking over to Destiny she gave her friend a light thump on the back of the head. "Hey, what was that for? He didn't throw anything at you." Okay, so it was probably all that chocolate the girl had drank but still... she didn't need to be throwing things.

Carter nodded. "Marie is right. You shouldn't have thrown that at me." he said to Destiny. "Now all the chocolate rain is just for me!" he said. If he was the type of person to have a menacing laugh he'd put one here. But he wasn't. So he didn't.

"So are you going to ask nicely?" he asked.

He got way too much enjoyment out of teasing Destiny.

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Kylie felt a little cold shouldered. It was really strange. She had this strange feeling that Patrolocus wanted to be somewhere else. Well, she couldn't exactly help that. She couldn't pry without seeming like a total brown-noser. And she couldn't just confront him about it without seeming totally rude. Best to play along.

"It's fine, I guess. I mean, I'm still pretty young so I don't know a lot of the alumni here... then again, you probably don't either..." Kylie realized she was doing that thing again. She was making herself look inarticulate. It was such a shame, she was really incredibly bright. More than incredibly bright.

She could just never let OTHER people know that. Or, at least for a while. "So, I've just been talking to people that left the school. And meeting new people... like yourself!"

Kylie looked down at her white sandals, fiddling with them. "You?"

Patroclus could tell by the look on Kylie’s face, that his mood was written all over his own. Snap out of it, he told himself, and with that he strove to be as bubbly and as fun as usual, even if he had a gnawing feeling inside,
“I know no one, ” Patroclus smiled at the girl in the blue dress, “My first two years here, I was away on and off, so I know no one from those graduating years, and my brother was homeschooled as we traveled so he never attended Hogwarts.” Patroclus noticed that his plate was now empty, turning to Kylie, “Have you had something to eat, the food committee and the house elves have put on a great spread!”
What could he say, he enjoyed eating, luckily it didn't show!

After she was PUNCHED in the back of the head, Destiny turned around to face the culprit; the head puncher. "Marie! You punched me!" Yeah, it was definitely not a punch and she wouldn't have even felt it, but still, it was FUN to exaggerate. She rubbed the spot on her head, "You mussed up my hair." Not that her hair was nice to begin with, but she now had an excuse as to why it looked the way it did.

She turned back to Carter, hoping the cup throwing would make him smart, but it didn't. She crossed her arms and tapped her foot as her spoke. "You would agree with Marie. After all, she IS your..blah!" she wasn't going to say that word.

He wasn't going to teach her how to make it rain chocolate? It hit her like a paper cup to the face, she could make it rain chocolate already! "No, I will not ask nicely. I already know how to make it rain chocolate."

Was there a smirk on her face?

Yes, yes there was.

Kylie smiled, he seemed to be perking up. That was good. "Well, I'd say you know quite a fair amount of people!" She thought about all the people she'd seen him talking with. Wasn't he in astronomy? A group with...

She had no idea. Heh.

But someone! And she was sure she'd seen him around with Mina. Someone she'd always intended to get to know, but never really got around to it... "And I thought I didn't recognize you... Well, you here to stay?"

Kylie looked at her own plate. There was half of half of half a sandwich and she'd left her hot chocolate somewhere. "Well, I guess I haven't! I guess it's time to eat?" The guy seemed nice enough. She hoped that she had another friend here.. Then again, if someone could put up with one of HER first impressions, they must be a pretty good person.

Or tolerant one.

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Kylie smiled, he seemed to be perking up. That was good. "Well, I'd say you know quite a fair amount of people!" She thought about all the people she'd seen him talking with. Wasn't he in astronomy? A group with...

She had no idea. Heh.

But someone! And she was sure she'd seen him around with Mina. Someone she'd always intended to get to know, but never really got around to it... "And I thought I didn't recognize you... Well, you here to stay?"

Kylie looked at her own plate. There was half of half of half a sandwich and she'd left her hot chocolate somewhere. "Well, I guess I haven't! I guess it's time to eat?" The guy seemed nice enough. She hoped that she had another friend here.. Then again, if someone could put up with one of HER first impressions, they must be a pretty good person.

Or tolerant one.

"Yeah" Patroclus smiled, "This year so far as been really good for me, have made close relationships with quite a few people, and I have actaully had a chance to apply myself academically" The family's decision to stay put was good for all of them, especailly Patroclus, "Yep, here to stay, well as far I know" he laughed!

Kylie seemed like a real nice girl, laid back and easy to get along with, so that was good. The more friends the merrier! "Well dive in then! Josh and I filled up on sugar, so i think i might have a sandwich too!" he said starring at her plate. Bread was energy food, and Patroclus would need energy to dance the night away!

It was almost time for Patroclus to realise the dancing fiend within!

Kylie laughed along with Patrolocus. Kylie looked at all the food laying out, she knew that even if she wanted something that wasn't there, a house elf would have it ready in seconds if she asked. She saw some lemon bars and took one of those... and poured herself some more hot chocolate... and took another sandwich... deciding if she took too much at once, she might not be able to finish it, she stopped and turned to Patrolocus. "Well, would you like to sit down?" Kylie asked, motioning like a waiter towards the tables.

She laughed light-heartedly at her joke.

Vashti nodded in agreement once again to the gravity comment. "Especially when you're playing Quidditch. It can be hard staying on the broom then, especially when you get hit with a Bludger or something. Gravity isn't very nice." Gravity and Bludgers were probably working together on purpose to knock people off their brooms. So evil.

She nodded when he asked about Orlando but didn't say anything as he continued. Then when he finished she replied, "I have some cousins that go there every few years. They say it's lots of fun." She'd never been, though she'd certainly like to one day. "What about plain pineapple on a pizza? Have you ever tried that?" It sounded good though in Vashti's opinion. She'd have to try it some time.

Lexi noted how Sage's tone seemed to changed just a little when the talk turned from dancing to the food table. It wasn't so much a change in tone and it was...maybe...he just seemed more relaxed when he wasn't out there on the dance table.

For a second or two, Lexi wondered what Sage was like when he wasn't so awkward-acting and shy. Maybe...what he was like when he was around his parents or brother and sisters. Surely he wasn't so embarrassed around them, so---what was Sage like when he was more outgoing? It was sort of like...a mystery to her.

Having been lost in thought about Sage and how outgoing he may or may not be, Lexi blinked and her eyes flickered back to the food table. What were they discussing? Oh, yes---yorkshire pudding! "Oh, really? Hmm...maybe I'll try it then," she said, picking up a piece and taking a bite out of it. "Mmm...it's good." She laughed a little as she licked her lips and finished off the bite she'd just taken.

"The rest of it looks good, too, but I'm not really hungry for a meal," she said, eying some international dish that looked like fried rice and chicken. Fried chicken? In this dress? No way, she thought to herself, turning to face the opposite direction. "So, anything else catch your eye?" she asked, scanning the room.

Jay nodded. "For sure. I've played a bit at my old school, it was borderline impossible for me to stay on that broom. I was alright at flying and all, but.." he shrugged. "Those bludgers got me everytime. But hey- maybe if i play more i'll get use to flying away from the bludgers." Maybe. Just Maybe. He nodded. Gravity is not nice. Most definitely not nice.

"Oh yeah? I've actually never been there. I've just heard about it from my other friends and seen the crowds that go down there. I've been to a place called Downtown Disney, it's all shops and stuff. Muggle shops, but it was nice to just hangout there." he grinned. "Plain pineapple? I don't know. I like Pineapple and all, i guess i like meat on my pizza more than anything. But maybe i'll try that eventually."

Vashti grinned. "That or you just need to ask one of the Beaters to be your bodyguard. I'm sure they'd keep the Bludgers away from you then." That would be quite an interesting game, one of the Beaters constantly flying beside one of their teammates to keep the Bludgers away from him. Speaking of which... "What position did you play?"

She giggled a little. "You live by it but you've never been?" she said, grinning. "Those shops do sound cool though. Muggle shops are great. So is meat," she added in agreement. "We both ought to try some pizza with just pineapple on it sometime. Maybe they have some here!" She turned back to the table, searching for any pineapple pizza.

"Good idea. Maybe i'll do that instead." he chuckled. Very smart idea. Why didn't i think of that?! he asked himself. "They'd definitely keep them away." he grinned. "What position? I've played chaser before. Let's just say i wasn't very good because i was just barely coordinated enough to catch the quaffle and throw it. But i played seeker once. It was a tad bit easier for me." He laughed thinking back to his tiny quidditch career. "Have you played before?" he asked curiously.

"Nope. Never been, I can't afford it." he shrugged. He hated being poor. "They were pretty cool. There was this one store, and all they sold there was chocolate. They even gave out free samples! Oh, and they made homemade ice cream." he grinned. Yum. Iceeeeeee creeeeaam. Yuuuum. He nodded to the meat comment in agreement. "Do they?" he asked as he took a step towards the table and looked down it. "PINEAPPLE! Awe man. It has ham on it. Oh well." he said as he grabbed the ham off of it and ate it just like that. Yummy.

Did she sound okay? Err, no, not at all really. "You sound as if you're about to die, really." Nancy replied truthfully with a small smirk before pointing her wand at the other girl to save her from choking on the food.

Generously ignoring the rather frightened look the girl gave her - did she honestly think she was about to HEX her?! - the 18 year old was glad that she was done dying...err, coughing. Now, onto more important matters. "Have you seen the apple pies?" She asked while letting her eyes wander down the table for like the zillionth time.

Without luck though.

Vashti giggled. Whoo! He liked her idea! And ooo, he'd played Chaser and Seeker. Interesting combination. "Yeah, I'm on the Ravenclaw team," she replied, grinning. "Only as a reserve, but at least I'm on it. I've played as a Chaser and a Beater before. Hey- maybe I could be your bodyguard against those nosty Bludgers!" Heh heh, that'd be interesting for sure.

And whoa. FINALLY someone she could relate to, moneywise. YEY. "I can't either," she admitted. "Can't afford too much of anything really. That's why I didn't want to come to this ball - I didn't want my parents spending all that ridiculous amount of money on a dress and all that stuff, but for whatever reason they seemed to think this thing was extremely important. Weirdos." Yes. Big weirdos. But of course she loved them. She still didn't want to be here though. Blah. But then the topic was back on food again, os she was done with her rant. "Oohh, free samples are great, aren't they? Espcially when it's chocolate. And ice cream! Yummy!" And oh! They DID have pineapple! And ham. But Vashti saw Jayce picking the ham pieces off, so she did the same, then ate it with just the pineapples. "Mmmm," she mumbled, mouth full of pizza. "Yum!"

"Splashing fondue chocolate everywhere does not count as making it rain chocolate." Carter told her. And that was the way he was planning on tricking Destiny into thinking they made it rain chocolate.

Anyway, he had better things to do than argue with Destiny.

He had a rain dance to finish!

He stuck his left foot in. And then he stuck his left foot out.
He stuck his left foot in. And thennnnnn.... he shook it all about.

And then he started hopping on one foot again.

"No kidding," The Gryffindor raaasped out at the Prefect!Girl. Then she smirked, SMIRKED! at her. Like it was amusing.

Gosh, these Slytherins were a bunch of MEANIES. yeah, says she who's dating one

*blink*

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Apple Pie? Did she not care for her well-being? "What kind of a Prefect are you?" She mumbled massaging her throat. Hogwarts was BREEDING bad leaders. Torin.. this girl (she'd forgotten her name.. but she'd seen her doing prefectory things around the school)
"I ate it," Cameron told her levelled, "And I really enjoyed it..it's cinnamonnyness. Quite enjoyable, really." Smiling the Gryffindor poured herself a pumpkin juice.

"Ravenclaw team? Interesting." he smiled. "Well, reserves are just as important as the normal players. If one of them became injured, you have to fill in. You're pretty important." he replied happily. "Yeah, that'd be great! But.. we're on different teams. Hm. Maybe we could play a game for fun eh? You can be on my team." he grinned at the girl.

"Yeah? I'm kind of glad i met a fellow poor person." he chuckled. "My other friends that i've made here are pretty rich and well, most of them are in slytherin. Actually, all of them are." he chuckled. It was nice to have met someone who wasn't in Slytherin. "Ah, i didn't want to come because i hat dancing, so i didn't see the point of coming if i was just going to stand around. But hey- i've meat a lot of people. It's feels nice to expand my horizons." Jay replied with a grin. He looked down at his own clothes. "I borrowed this from one of the other kids that i uh.. lived with." Bah, Orphanage. That was one nice thing, he'd always have new things to wear when he "borrowed" other kids clothes. "Oh yeah, any free samples are great." he laughed. Jay tossed another piece of ham in his mouth before taking a bite of the pizza. Hm. It was... interesting. But Jay preferred his meats on his pizza. "I still like meat better on my pizza." he chuckled. "But this isn't a bad substitute once in a while."

Grayson was getting a little bored. She hadn't exactly expected to be highly entertained by the ball, although she definitely had to give the music committee credit for at least having more than just the icky waltz music for dancing. She just still wasn't motivated to dance. And the plan with Raven wasn't being put into effect yet, and besides, she hadn't seen the Slytherin in a while. Not since she'd left her in the entrance hall to speak with that boy. She had a couple little mischievous things she could do for amusement until that plan happened, though.

Wandering over to the food table, she glanced around to see if any professors were close by and only saw the Charms and Herbology professors. But they were at the other side of the table, and she didn't think they'd noticed her arrival. It had certainly been silent, what with her decision to not wear the heels and such it seemed all the other girls were wearing. Kneeling down momentarily, down near where the drinks were, she pretended to retie one of her shoelaces as she slipped a tiny glass vial out of the shaft of her left sneaker and palmed it. Standing back up, she reached over and picked up a jug of pumpkin juice and poured herself a glass before surreptitiously slipping the potion inside the vial into the rest of the contents of the jug. Replacing it with the others, she then turned from the table to wander off, picking up her glass of untainted juice as she quietly dropped the vial into one of the planters that were part of the decorations. She could watch to see what happened from afar.

Max was standing by the chocolate fondue fountain when he watched a Ravenclaw (for shame!) do something rather sneaky. Did she not realize that he AND Neo were standing right there?

"OI! You! Here. NOW!" he shouted rather loudly and found himself pointing at her. "Bring the glass and retrieve that vial."

Grayson had almost gotten past the food table, sipping her pumpkin juice, when she heard someone yell behind her. Turning around, she kept her expression wide and innocent as she saw Professor Vindictus actually pointing at her. Like there was some sort of big drama or something. How long had he been over there by the chocolate fountain? And if so, how had he missed the Slytherin girl that had been doing who knew what with said fountain. She stayed where she was as she kept wondering about that, continuing her innocent act. maybe he hadn't actually seen anything. Maybe he was just going to give her grief about that whole etiquette thing, and her Converse.

And then he kept yelling, and she inwardly sighed. Glancing toward the planter, she fished the empty vial out. Maybe she could still pass it off as not hers. She could have just seen it get dropped. Walking innocently back over to where Vindictus was standing, along with Mr. Masterson, she looked up at him. "Is there something wrong with me drinking pumpkin juice? I mean, I know I haven't eaten anything, but I wasn't hungry." She wouldn't say anything until she had to, and even then she'd deny it. Nothing had happened yet anyway. Maybe everyone would ignore the juice. Although she wasn't sure how long her act would last.

Vindictus crossed his arms and stared at her. Hard. "You put something into your juice," he stated after several uneasy minutes. "Mind telling me what it was?"

Grayson's eyes widened as she kept looking up at Professor Vindictus. Had he always been this tall? And it was a bit unnerving how he was staring at her, even if she wasn't actually hiding anything. But she wasn't about to crack, either. He wasn't scarier than her own father, not really. And she could keep up the innocent act all night. It was her skill. Nobody could look at little old her for too long without believing she could do any of the stuff she did. Although she half wished Raven was around. The other half was glad the Slytherin wasn't, because it seemed she'd made some sort of big slip.

But then Professor Vindictus spoke, and she was a little surprised. Enough so that her green eyes widened even more, practically making her look like one of those amazingly sickeningly cute dolls with the giant eyes. As if any of those would have come up with the outfit she was wearing. But back to the accusation. "My juice?," she asked, glancing down at the glass in her hand. "I didn't put anything in my juice. I just poured some juice into the glass, then left." The best part of that was she couldn't even be accused of lying. Not exactly. She had taken the jug of juice and poured herself some before leaving the table. It was the stuff she wasn't ever confessing to that was the shifty part, and even that wasn't really bad. Just funny, and temporary. "Here," she added, holding the glass out to him. "There's nothing in there but juice. Honest. You can check." Step two of the innocent act, and he wasn't about to find anything in her glass anyway.