Welcome to the Ravenclaw House Activity!

Put together by your House Leaders, this activity aims to build on the spirit of being a Ravenclaw. What do you need to do? It's simple enough! If you look in one corner of the Room, you'll see a huge table and atop it, there was a host of blue and bronze materials: banners with the Ravenclaw mascot printed on them, garlands, paper lanterns that listed the traits of your House among other interesting decorating items. Feeling creative? There are construction papers, crayons, markers, stickers, scissors, glue, pencils and other materials for you to make your own decorations.

Situated right next to the materials is another table loaded with breakfast the House elves were kind enough to bring up to the Tower: sausages, eggs, toast, marmalade, pumpkin juice, tea, coffee and the other usual deliciousness.

If you're a late riser on this first Saturday back, not to worry! This activity kicks off at 8:30 AM! Professor Stewart, hair clipped high atop her head, dressed in casual jeans and a stylish top with comfortable slippers was already there along with your Student Leaders.

Come join them. You don't want to miss out on the fun!

OOC: Hi, guys! The activity takes place on the Saturday after the first week of classes has been completed. Have fun, be creative and spread the Ravenclaw love! <3

School was in full gear and Jackson was getting back in the swing of it all. He had papers due in most subjects, and he... may not have done much of any of them yet. He would get to it, but for now he was glad for a fun distraction! Jackson was dressed in jeans and a t shirt, glad he didn't have to dress any particular way for once. ...Yea, the students deserved a good distraction.

As on board as Jackson was with the House pride they were about to put together, Jackson had to admit... he was absolutely terrible at this kind of thing. Theatre kind of art he could handle, but this kind of art?? Stick figures for life! Having completed his morning tasks, Jackson returned to the common room, yawned loudly, and tried to supplement by adding a sing-songy "Goooood morning!" at Professor Stewart and began grabbing some things so he could claim a good spot right in the middle. Looking at the tables in front of him, Jackson helped himself to a big canvas that looked as if it could be a real nice banner for... something... maybe. He took one and lay it across a couple off tables nearby, weighting the corners down with some glue bottles and a box of markers. He began with the most important thing... Figuring out what would be written on this soon-to-be awesome bannerrrr!

To help his brainstorming, Jackson decided to help himself to a nice full plate of sausage, eggs, and toast. Yum.

Freshly clean from yet another infernal morning run -Seriouly!? They didn't even get weekends off?-, Dizzy stifled a yawn as she shuffled off the last step into the common room, and paused, blinking in confusion. What was all this? She had been on her way down to breakfast, only to discover breakfast had apparently come to them. That was what she noticed first. The food and its delicious smells.

Then Dizzy noticed the table beyond the food, covered with arts and crafts supplies, and her weary annoyed tiredness melted away entirely. Had she missed a notice or announcement? She felt as though she had missed a notice.

"Be right back!" Beaming excitedly now, Dizzy turned and sprinted back up the stairs, just as her all black kitten, Solstice, had reached the bottom step. He watched her disappear up the stairs, confused, turned to look at those gathered in the common room, mewed softly, and sprinted back up the stairs after his witch.

When they returned, Dizzy was cradling Solstice in her arms as he purred contently. In one hand she held a small box, of what looked like chocolate sprinkles, if the image on the outside was any indication. The box was labelled hagelslag however. Setting Solstice down again, Dizzy first headed to the food.

First up was the toast. Two slices, both of which she buttered generously. Finished, Dizzy opened the box she brought down and poured a good helping of what was in fact chocolate sprinkles on to the buttered side of both pieces of toast. Perfect. Dizzy made her way down the table adding bits of other items to her plate, eggs, sausages, etc. Then grabbed an extra sausage for Solstice, a small one though. "Good morning, Professor. Good morning, um... Jackson?" It was Jackson right? "What are we making?" she asked as she took a seat, nodding to the art table.

Mmm breakfast. A starved Hanna, who had just rocked back into the common room from her morning laps, smelled the delicious food. She hadn't even taken in the supplies in the room, owing to her hunger, but as soon as she'd taken a sip of tea, and a bite of her sausage on toast, Hanna noticed there was something fun going on. Well, of course, breakfast was in the common room - that was new.

"Hello," Hanna greeted Jackson, Dizzy, and Professor Stewart. Still with her tea cupped in her palms, she took in what was happening.

Benji walked into the Common Room, stretching with his arms high above his head. One of the early finishers of the morning laps, he had already gotten cleaned up and dressed for the day. He had been planning on heading to breakfast and then outside somewhere with a book, but it turned out breakfast had come to him instead. Score!

There weren't many people milling about quite yet. He imagined there would still be some people outside trying to finish their laps or in their dorms freshening up, so it might be a bit before the Common Room had its usual buzz. He was grateful for that, truthfully. He loved his house and the people in it, but being an introvert, the less people in a room, the happier he became.

He greeted the people who were there with a casual, "G'morning, everybody," and a wave. "Professor Stewart," he added to her. (She was a professor, so he figured she probably deserved a better greeting than the first one he'd given.) He grinned in her direction. Although he would never admit it aloud, he had been impressed with her behavior in standing up to the new drill sergeant headmaster. He appreciated her looking out for all of the students. He didn't mind the running, but he knew there were a lot of kids who did. He had heard the complaining -- and seen the students getting detention for sassing the headmaster and his henchmen the new Divination professor.

He didn't know everyone there yet. Of course, Professor Stewart, and his prefect Jackson (although he was sure Jackson didn't know him, being older and a prefect and important), but there were also two girls around his age who he hadn't interacted with yet. He smiled at them but didn't offer an introduction quite yet. He would wait for them to introduce themselves if they wanted to.

Seeing that others were eating, he supposed it wouldn't be rude to dig in (and he was starving!). He made himself a plate of delicious breakfast foods and settled into a comfy chair to eat. He would check out the table of... art supplies?... afterwards. He wasn't a particularly artsy person, but he could probably help someone who was. You know, hand them glitter or whatever.

Kaysha decided that she would be making a paper chain. Quite a long one at that and she had gathered all the material. The stack of construction papers was balanced on one of the tables; they were the ones that she had selected to use. Though at that precise moment, the papers seemed to vacillate because Kay had accidentally bumped the table as she reached for glue. Obviously she could use magic but the muggle way was fun too. Luckily, the papers managed to retain their balance.

The mood was so light, so cheerful and peaceful. Thank goodness! The first week was filled with challenges for both the professors and students (some of them at least) thanks to the Scrimgeour and Fletcher. But today was not about them.

“Decorating is stirring up a huge appetite, Mr. Thomas?’’ Kay said with a wink. She was proud of her student Leaders for helping her put this activity in such a timely manner. Now she looked towards the dorms. She had a feeling that some of the students had gone back to sleep after their mandatory run (which she was still trying to convince them was not necessary if they didn’t want to do) when one half of the Luijendijk twins came down. Kay was never good at identifying identical twins unless there were obvious ways to tell them apart. She watched as the girl hurried back upstairs but came back soon after with a cat and a box in her arms. “Good morning, Ms. Luijendijk! Have a bite and be ready to help us!’’

Scissors in hand, the woman was cutting bright blue construction paper into even strips. “Oh, hello, Ms. Newton, Mr. Park!’’ She grinned. “Are you both ready to help us make this Common Room even more Ravenclaw?”

The only reason why Dorian was awake on a saturday morning at 8:30AM was because they had just had their mandatory running excercise down at the Quidditch Pitch. Otherwise, the fourth year would have slept through this whole event and not have even noticed it was taking place.

Feeling a bit moody today, something he honestly did not know why but he just was, Dorian walked down the stairs of the fourth year Dormitory in his slippers and dressed in a brown colored trouser and a blue shirt with a picture of a shark on it.

He had a search-word book tucked under his arm and a pen sticking behind his ear and as he stepped foot inside of the main room he sighed. He spotted Jackson making some kind of banner, Professor Stewart seemed to be making some kind of ...paper chain? Which kind of sparked his interest because HOW did she do that without the use of magic?

Not in the mood to ask questions now, Dorian walked over to an empty chair near the statue of Rowena and placed his book on it to mark it as HIS chair. Then he turned back and walked to the breakfast table and grabbed an empty plate before placing two eggs, a sausage on it and then grabbed a cup of pumpkin juice.

As he sat down on his seat, he placed the plate on his lap and the sausage rolled because off the side of the plate and fell down on the ground. "Oh come ON!" uuuuuuugh! Now he had to get back to the table and grab a new one because he was NOT eating that no matter how good the House Elf in charge of their common room cleaned.

....But first he stooped down to grab the piece of sausage to throw it away.

Holy kneazle, was this today???

Jessa groaned as she entered the common room, feeling her limbs ready to crumble. She'd taken her particularly long amount of time to get her S.O.R.E laps done and an equally longer time to freshen up. She'd only come into the Common Room to grab a few things from her dorm. The last thing she expected was the scene before her and it suddenly made her feel all the more exhausted.

This Ravenclaw hated crafts. She'd hated it both times she'd stayed in Brazil and she hated it now. Suffice to say she'd never been looking forward to this.

Hesitating at first, Jessa finally moved into the room, muttering under her breath something along the lines of Professor Hirsch having ALREADY made the common room very Ravenclaw (as she'd caught Professor Stewarts words) but she decided against it and simply moved over to the breakfast table. It'd been a week since she'd properly had breakfast and was reluctant to pass up the chance. Whole week...and she hadn't gotten used to the absence of the people she was used to seeing in here.

It was amazing how much emptier this place felt now.

Kaitlynn came down the stairs from the girls dorm and pulled the hood on her jacket even closer to her forehead trying not to make a sound at the pain she was inflicting by doing so. How could she go eat breakfast looking the way she looked? Tears pooled in her eyes just thinking about the sight she had witnessed in the mirror. The transition into a different school was taking a toll on her, then add on the running of the laps and feeling out of place, then THIS! Painful boils spelled out TROLL across her forehead. All she wanted was breakfast.


Then she smelled it...

Food...

She took a moment to look around her surroundings and she spotted it. Breakfast. She wouldn't have to leave after all to go eat. It was here. She moved closer to the table and tried to figure out how she was going to keep her hood pulled low and fill a plate and grab a cup of tea. It sparked the tears all over again and a small sob escaped her lips. "Why me?"

Students began to appear, and Jackson just smiled at them each in turn. A younger student and her cat had come to say hello, and Jackson was reminded of his thought to visit the Owlery with Rylee. He needed to get on that… “Yep! Good morning!” Jackson replied, “And you… are… Dizzy… right?” Honestly if he didn’t clear her name up now, he never would. Answering her he added, “Yep, I’ve got all of these ideas for an awesome banner, but I don’t have the craftiness to do it alone.” This was NOT an exaggeration. Jackson with arts and crafts was similar to a toddler experimenting with finger paint for the first time. Not that HE minded, but his mother had all but forbade him from using glue or scissors. “Morning, Hanna!” When Benji entered, Jackson smiled at him and wished him a “Good mooorning!” When his Head of House addressed him, a sly smile crossed his face. “Of course, Professor! Can’t craft on an empty stomach.” Did she expect anything else from him/most students at this hour?

Turning his attention back to the other students he spoke a little louder. “OKAY. We need to figure out what the main phrasing will be for this thing, and then we can add around it based on real estate.”

Juni didn’t mind the daily S.O.R.E.s, but she would rather it be on her terms and not so early in the morning. She liked running when she felt like it. Like AFTER breakfast, not before. But It wasn’t quite the way it was happening.

The sixth year was pretty much excited for this day since they had planned it out. Even though it was eeearly on a Saturday morning. At least there was food! She ran up to shower and change after her laps. She grabbed some of the things that she had gotten for the recorating party. ”Good morning, Everyone!” She was in a extra chipper mood this morning. Which was weird for this time on a Saturday.

Who needed help? Or who wanted to help her decorate the fairy lights?

Now house spirit Septimus could definitely get behind. Creativity and having fun and being eagles…without having to worry too much on what one was doing. Mandatory running had been done and then washed off and now the third year was ready to get involved. The smell of breakfast had already greeted him and he was glad for once he, and his housemates, didn’t have to go all the way back down for it. “Good morning, Professor,” he greeted Professor Stewart with a smile.

Thank Merlin their head of house was one of the cool ones.

Not that Hirsch hadn’t been the same.

Septimus grabbed a plate and began adding some food as he took in those already gathered. Head girl Jessa seemed sad and disappointed about something. On the other hand, Captain Juni was in a more excitable mood. “Hey Juni,” he greeted the older girl back, deciding to drop the title to be less formal off the pitch.

Schmoop brought breakfast for the studentsies and ms Stewart earlier and he was back now with more treats for the studentsies and head of Ravenclaw house!

Schmoop rushed in with a tray of chocolate chip cookies and bowed down so low his long nose almost touched the ground. "Schmoop brings cookies for studentsies and mistress Stewart, missus!"

Scissors flashing, Kaysha began to cut one of the papers into neat strips. At Dorian’s outburst, she looked up. Ah, so he had spilled his breakfast. That was not a big deal. “Cheer up, Mr. Katharos,’’ she told him and tossing a bit of blue glitter his way. Don’t ask her why she did it; it just seemed like a fun thing to do. “Grab another sausage and come help me with this paper chain.’’ It was great to see that more Ravenclaws were heading down to the Room. “Good morning to you too, Mr. Hadley- Nairne! All set to lend us a hand?’’

Jackson seemed to be getting the hang of this very much and he was encouraging the other kiddos to get involved. Excellent! The last student leader arrived in one of the best moods Kay had ever seen her in. “Good morning, Ms. Primeaux. Care to help me out with this paper chain? Or you’d rather help one of the younger ones?’’

There was Jessa arriving now. Kay heard the muttering of something but didn’t press the issue even though she had not heard what had been muttered clearly. “Good morning, Ms. Cambridge.’’ It was just then that she observed Kaitlynn come down to the common room with a hoodie covering a lot of her face. That was unusual... there was no need for a hoodie now. She continued to observed the girl until she heard a soft sob. Kay was at her side in an instant. “Ms. Hopsisk? Is something the matter?’’

Hearing the voice of helpful Schmoop who had helped her earlier, the Head of House could not help but express a smile. “Thank you a million, Schmoop, you’ve been a huge help." She seized a cookie from the plate. “If you would leave the cookies on the table or would you rather share it with the kiddos now? Whichever you prefer.’’ Chocolate chip cookies... delicious.

More people came into the Common Room, and this was a safe area. At least she hoped the Headmaster wouldn't come in here. Merlin, he wouldn't - would he?

"Hi, good-morning," Hanna greeted Benji, who she knew to be a fellow third-year. "I'm Hanna." She hadn't really bothered to introduce herself, or integrate herself the past two years, but she'd changed her ways.

Hanna did like craft. "Yes Professor! I just need a moment to enjoy my own haven." She got a little choked up with her words, but she truly was the most relaxed she had been all week. She watched as her Head of House got to cutting strips. Getting into the Ravenclaw displays. It was a nice feeling.

Her tea was empty, and she desperately wanted more. So she went to refill her mug, but she spotted Kaitlin, someone she hadn't really met properly, and the Second year did not look happy. Her hood was on. Hanna had spotted some of her fellow students sporting boils on their forehead, but not this close. Was that what her hood was covering? Edging over to her, just after Professor Stewart did, Hanna said quietly "I have a soothing cream if you wanted to try some on your wound." Her mum usually made it for all of their grazes, or superficial wounds. It had some kind of numbing potion in it, and although it didn't make their wounds disappear, it did make them less painful.

Hanna watched as other Ravenclaws entered the Common Room. Some helping with craft, some only eating. She smiled, waved, greeted them. Her second cup of tea was almost finished when Schmoop came with... COOKIES! Hanna reached out to get one and bit into it. DELICIOUS. "Thank you Schmoop," Hanna said.

Walking into the common room, Ewan couldn’t help but notice how many people were in there. Surprisingly. Walking up to the breakfast table, Ewan couldn’t help but smile. Food had that effect on him. Aha. No pancakes. Taking a plate, Ewan skewered a few sausages onto his plate along with some toast before finding a quiet place to sit and eat. Was he...late for something? Looking around, he eyed his fellow Ravenclaw students with curiosity. With a small smile, he waved to Professor Steward, “Am I late for something Professor? I’m sorry”. Despite the new professor being cool, Ewan did miss his old head of house.

Giving his head a little shake, he continued to eat his food whilst eyeing his fellow students. How many of them did he actually know? Or remember was a better question. Oops. Last year seemed such a long time ago.

"If you're late so am I" Chloe smiled at Ewen as she moved closer. She wasn't expecting something like this, not after the turn of events at the feast. It seemed things were changing and she was just glad that the head of house was trying to make things a little less scary.

"Thanks for doing this professor." She looked around at everything that was going on. There was Juniper Primeaux... THEIR CAPTAIN! She smiled and stared at the girl, between Rhea, Older Chloe, and Juniper, Chloe had big shoes to fill to become one of those super smart, talented, and VERY pretty girls. It reminded her how much she needed to work this term and how she tried to hide in Hufflepuff because she didn't think she could do it.

"Can I help with the paper chain?"

Kaitlynn heard her name and quickly dabbed some of the tears away before turning in the direction of the voice. She held her hood in place peering up at her head of house, "I don't know what's wrong Professor. I don't know how to make them go away." The tears welled up again. "I woke up late this morning and I was getting ready and they just appeared out of nowhere."

She was nervous to remove her hood because the boils were a horrific sight and that felt like punishment enough. She didn't even know what she was being punished for and voiced that, "I swear I haven't done anything wrong."



Kaitlynn turned to the other person who had approached her, a girl not much older than her. She hadn't gotten good with names and faces yet but she was fairly certain this girls name was Hannah. "I would love some soothing cream but I'm so scared to touch them." She pulled her hood back a bit exposing the boils just a little trying to elevate a little of the pain. "They hurt being touched by the hood of my jacket,"she said in a small voice.

Schmoop put the cookie platter on a table. "It's Schmoop's pleasure, mistress Stewart, missus." The elf said bowing several times again. "Oh, Schmoop shares it with studentsies now!" He grabbed the platter again and went around offering the chocolate chips cookies to the studentsies.

Hannah's thanks sent him bowing again and again and again. "Schmoop's pleasure, it is, miss, Schmoop's here to helps! Always helps!" He offered the platter to her again. "Take more cookies if miss wants, miss, more cookies! Schmoop has gots loads more!!"

Next Schmoop rushed to the studentsies who just arrived (Ewan and Chloe). "Chocolates chips cookies for studentsies!?"

Schmoop saw a crying studentsie (Kaitlynn)!!!!!!! Schmoop was horrified!!! "Chocolates chips cookies, miss??" Cookies heals everything!!!!!!!

Lady Helena floated huffily into the Ravenclaw Common Room. She had just witnessed yet another student sentenced to an unfair detention. The whole situation had infuriated her even though the student had not been a Ravenclaw. “I wish, I wish there was some way we could drive those horrid humans out of Hogwarts forever,’’ the ghost muttered to herself. In her opinion, everyone here had suffered at the hands of the replacements. If only the old professors and Headmistress could return.

With the stress adding up and his patrol done for the day, Jackson had retreated to the common room for some... relaxing? As close to it as he could get anyway. He had stored all of his books in the dorm and he had only his wand in his robes. He was leaning back in a chair, feeling the pressure hit his spine a bit aaand crack! went his back. Ahhh that was what relaxed felt like now. As he returned to a normal sitting position, he saw the Grey Lady enter. "Are you alright?" he asked her, unable to hear what she was saying.