HOGWARTS VISIT

[goosemods]

VISIT TO HOGWARTS

Hogwarts' reputation precedes it, so while Gooseberry may like to brag about being the best and brightest, Hogwarts is a true institution. It has history behind it that few other schools do.

Lachlan Galbraith shares a compartment on the Hogwarts Express with Ms. Vector, who reminisces briefly about her days as a Ravenclaw, and how she'd missed out on becoming Head Girl because she made too many people cry as a sixth year prefect.



The castle is imposing as the Gooseberry students arrive via boats. [Volunteer B] gets a special welcome when the tentacle of the giant squid brushes their hand, which was clutching the edge of their boat. The rest of the journey goes smoothly, and everyone is escorted into the Great Hall. The tables are lined with children ranging from eleven to eighteen, in red, yellow, blue and green. They watch the Americans enter one by one as the Sorting Ceremony begins.

It goes smoothly almost until the very end, when Basil Underhill is called to sit up. Seconds become minutes, and whispers start to spread across the Great Hall. After five minutes pass, it's recorded that Basil is a true Hatstall!

The next day, students can go to Hogsmeade and explore the castle. Cameron Carney is talking a walk through the old halls, and asks a group of preteens for directions. Soon it becomes clear the girls were messing with them, though, as they become horribly lost.

[Volunteer D] can't seem to figure out the moving staircases, and gets stranded on a balcony for an hour.

Hank Hilshire, a handsome Gryffindor, is apparently the heartthrob of the school. He takes a shine to Rosemary Stoker, and pursues their company all weekend, whether or not they're taken. This earns them the ire of more than a few rival girls who'd wanted to go to Hogsmeade with Hank. (Presume he's of an appropriate year, and if the object of his affection is a boy, it's not wholly clear if he's being platonic or not.)

HOW THIS WORKS

• Although this post is going up on Jun 3, it actually takes place on Jun 8-11. This is to give you all time to write your scenes for what will probably be an exciting event.


• On Fri, Jun 8, all students who plan on going to Hogwarts take a portkey to London's King's Cross Station. Upon arrival, they're brought to Platform 4 3/4, and the Hogwarts Express.


• Students will leave Gooseberry at 8 AM, and due to the difference in time zones, will be boarding the Hogwarts Express at 5 PM local time. They'll arrive at Hogwarts just past 6 PM in time for their Sorting and dinner.


• Visiting students are given the proper Hogwarts welcome, which means travelling on boats to the castle. Although Gooseberry is technically a rival, the general mood seems to be one of excitement, rather than competition.


• The Sorting takes place in front of the existing Hogwarts students, who are arguing and betting on which Hogwarts house will get the most students. Ravenclaw wins by a narrow margin, but are crowing about it (haha) all night anyway.


• Previous Hogwarts Students: Facing the Sorting Hat again is optional. If you don't want to wear it again, you can simply go sit with your old House. If you pursue a resorting, the Hat will stubbornly refuse to change its original decision, regardless of how much you ask it or how much you've changed. It's a stubborn thing, and never admits to being wrong.


• After being sorted, students are shown to their dorms. Gooseberry students will room in either the boys or girls' dorms together, depending upon where they were sorted. There are 5 beds in every dorm.
CLICK HERE FOR ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

GRYFFINDOR BOYS #1	GRYFFINDOR BOYS #2	GRYFFINDOR GIRLS #1	GRYFFINDOR GIRLS #2
Casper Iliya Lucas	Noel Chad Quentin	Essie Clem Hazel Rosy	Dinah Eve London
HUFFLEPUFF BOYS #1	HUFFLEPUFF BOYS #2	HUFFLEPUFF GIRLS #1
Jeffy Spencer Sebastien Jaime Tobias	Phin Ennis Heathcliff Cameron Webster	January Tuesday Natalie Avery Gwen
RAVENCLAW BOYS #1	RAVENCLAW BOYS #2	RAVENCLAW GIRLS #1	RAVENCLAW GIRLS #2
Lachlan Danny Wilde Salem	Archie Cole Basil Ira Micah	Eileen Roxie Liberty	Nisha Paris Pandora
SLYTHERIN BOYS #1		SLYTHERIN GIRLS #1	SLYTHERIN GIRLS #2
Calvin Yancey Ramon Sylvester Ulysses		Jade Ari Madison Ruby Charlotte	Mackenzie Riley Sofia Lilika Fern

• On Saturday, students will be allowed to go to Hogsmeade to shop and enjoy the little town.


• On Sunday, the Quidditch match takes place in the morning. Make sure you adjust to the Portkey lag!


• On Monday, everyone returns to Utah. They'll leave at 10 AM, and will get home in the wee hours of the morning due to the difference in time zones. Classes are still in session, so consider squeezing in some sleep.

» HOGWARTS EXPRESS: On board the large magical train, students file into their compartments and settle in for a long ride. The scenic Scottish countryside and the looming castle are foreign sights to most of Gooseberry's students.

» THE SORTING HAT: The Great Hall's ceiling sparkles with stars, and there are banners for Gooseberry's houses hung on the far wall along with Hogwarts' own. Line up alphabetically, it's time to find out where you'll be staying tonight.

» COMMON ROOMS AND DORMS: Each house has a common room and an assortment of rooms with 5 beds each. You're informed by a seventh year prefect which rooms you'll be in and with whom.

» gryffindor: Gryffindor's welcome is loud and rambunctious. They accept their new additions enthusiastically and call you all honorary Gryffindors, and immediately set to telling you to stay away from Slytherins.

» hufflepuff: The new Hufflepuffs are greeted warmly, and invited to socialize with the rest of the house. There may be a bit of an us and them divide, but they're not unfriendly.

» ravenclaw: Ravenclaw's still pleased they got the most Gooseberry students. They're very curious about Gooseberry, as well as the rest of you, and end up interrogating the new students.

» slytherin: To no one's great surprise, Slytherin's ready to eat its visitors alive if they take a wrong step. You get extra points for being pretty and pureblood (or at least close to it).

» AROUND HOGWARTS: While Gooseberry is sprawling, Hogwarts is dense. It's easy to get lost in the ancient corridors, and prefects warn the visitors not to wander far without someone to guide them. They're free to explore, though, and the Quidditch team can get in a bit of extra practice on the unfamiliar pitch.

» HOGSMEADE: Saturday is an opportunity to visit the traditional Wizarding town of Hogsmeade. Students can shop, eat, and take in the sights. The residents seem a alternatively baffled, mortified or amused by these loud foreign witches and wizards, taking selfies and dyeing their hair wild colors. One little old witch gives the teens her wifi password. "Poor dears, keeping you disconnected. I couldn't live without my soaps."

» OOC - Questions/Discussion

Comments

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[goosemods]

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[racingstripe]

hey

Rosy for E?

Because she needs another boy with shiny teeth making eyes at her

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[odder]

Hey these rooms are really bad and I love them

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[bubblewrapped]

Iliya, Casper, Lucas is a BANGER of a room set up.

Also

This is making me emotional I'm a mess right now

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[norush]

oh my god these rooms are so

theyre really something

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[foxpaws]

I'm afraid for the slytherin boys room

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[casperkim]

This is very cute~ ♥

Aaaand could I take Character A for Lachlan possibly? He doesn't need advice on navigating the school. But. He loves Ms. Vector and would love to share a compartment with her. :') (Feel free to say no so a more logical choice can take this~)

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[magitechnically]

Ahhh quick peeking in sorry to be trouble but Paris is definitely a ravenclaw and I think I put her in there???

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[racingstripe]

also

bless the little old lady and her soaps, gonna have a gaggle of American teenagers just hanging out by her door all afternoon.

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[gwenniepop]

Please add me? I'll try and go back and fill in the form, but everything has been shit and honestly I'm just gonna cry my way through this week but Gwen would be there for quidditch.

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[lilipad]

Can I add Lilika?! She’s definitely here for cheer, even though I am running around in the woods

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[foxpaws]

Omigod finally home from work.

Hazel is here to be a monster cheerleader and also she's excited about her new temporary housemates! Also getting a bit of space from mimics is nice.
Eileen is here and is not really trying to pick fights but is acting like hot shit even though she isn't really. Sorry you're stuck with her and Roxie, Liberty.
Ramon is here and belongs in Slytherin but will also defend his GB friends aggressively if need be, which is a bit weird for him but also he wants none of your shit, Hogwarts kids.
Jaime is really excited to be in Hufflepuff???

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[cupquake]

madison is here, posturing in the most expensive clothing she brought, probably clinging to cheer types because there's safety in numbers
wilde is obsessing over his game, not taking any more questions from ravenclaws
panda can be found bouncing around somewhere idk it's a big exciting time
phin is here to see his mates and have fun and avoid elspeth forever

so yeahh!!

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[gonnabefamous]

Can I get C for Cameron?

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[heresie]

guess who [two thumbs] just woke up

alsooo sorry to be a pain but i didn't realize the sorting thing was trip sign-ups, i thought it was just for hatstalls. can i send other ppl or no?

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[noelnoel]

psstt hey, i signed charlotte up but combined her form with noel's in the post. she's supposed to be in slytherin.

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[odder]

HIiii I have Jade and Ira and Tutu and Chad here and i would love threads with them since they are all equal but different levels of Mildly Freaked
Except Chad
He thinks it's cool

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[bubblewrapped]

so i got some kids here, let me know if you wanna do anything with any of them. I'd love to thread with people even though I keep getting very upset every time I think about how close we are to the end.

Nisha wants to ride a bludger, find an acromantula, fuck up the moving stairs.
Yancey is here to cheer. He and Lachlan will be realizing that they are both shitheads on this trip, I think.
Lucas is here to support his SUPER COOL FRIENDS WHO ARE AMAZING!!!! and scope out Haunted Ass Scotland Wizard School
Danny already knows he's a shithead. He's here to support sy and get in a fight with the Ravenclaw portrait thing.

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[noelnoel]

noel is so happy to be back!!!! he gets resorted for the Attention and acts really surprised and overjoyed when he's sorted back into gryffindor. (no shit, sherlock.) his dads live in hogsmeade so he'll be reunited with both of them ANDDD!!!! MORE IMPORTANTLY!! HIS DOG!!! he's very excited for everyone to see his dog.

at night, he'll try to sneak away to spend the night in his old room with his old roommates and will try to room swap with the GB exchange student who took his place or just snuggle up with nagisa.

ennis only looks happy to be back because he wants to show off his Glo Up since sophomore year. he's walking around looking way more confident and way more put together than usual. look at his handsome stubble! look how attractive!

he's going to walk by myrtle's bathroom and consider going in, but boyyyy he's nervous about being reunited with her.

charlotte LOVES THE SLYTHERINS??? HOLY SHIT, WHY DIDN'T SHE GO ON EXCHANGE HERE??? she's having a great fucking time with these assholes.

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[taxation_is_theft]

quentin ending up in a room with his already existing roommate and noel is pretty great and i'm pretty happy about this tbh

good room sorting is good

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[websterknox]

I am bad and late, but can I put Webster in Hufflepuff?

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[magitechnically]

hi. yikes. i slept a little better last night.

but uhhh. Essie, Pear, and January are all here!

Essie's gonna be attached at the hip to Pippa but I'm sure there's chances to pull her away.
Pear wants to see Giant Spiders and generally tag along to forest shenanigans.
January has an ex-cutieboo to see. UH. How bad are these three?

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[princeprincess]

OKAY!!! I think I can?? Tag??? Today???? But also I'm kind of under the weather ugh my body rebels against me.

Calvin is not... ecstatic about being back in Slytherin and there's only one roommate he's not glaring at suspiciously. His ex, Samuel Goyle, is around if someone wants to have a hot Slytherin be mean to them.
Kenzie is rich bitch posturing to impress the Slytherins. Everyone is welcome to hide behind her. Her ego is teflon.
Archie wants to go see the forbidden forest, and he's going to tell Giant Adult so they can make this idea actually happen.
Spencer is just happy to be here, man. He... clashes pretty badly with the whole British boarding school thing.

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[dinahdanger]

OK I never did a round up comment so here we here we go now.

Riley is here and she's being very Extra. She's trying to act like the baddest bitch on the block while probably always making sure like Kenzie is within earshot in case she needs help. Probably gonna be all over January if she sees her talking to Ellie and I hope someone ends up in tears. It might be Moaning Myrtle.

Rosy attracted a boy with shiny teeth and a name like the Hulk of Hobbiton. She's going to tease Danny about her new boyfriend all weekend. When one of the Gryffindors tries to tell her to stay away from Slytherin she looks over at like Yancey and Ulysses like "..... lol k"

Jeffy my Hufflepuff boy is a bundle of nervous energy but he wants Clem to be his official goon.

And Dinah is going to die in the forest which is awesome.

I'm going to try and write things for them today. At least Sorting Hat things if I can get my shit together because everyone needs to know how Riley tried to trick the Hat into thinking she was a new person because she dyed her hair.

BUT LMK IF YOU WANT ANYTHING SPECIFIC I'm here for it

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[ulixes]

i have two here!!!!! my boy toto is living his best life next to the kitchens in hufflepuff and you better believe there's some bed-bouncing going on. ulysses is trying to convince iliya to never go back to england and also, slowly realising just how much his voice carries while across the pond. he's less afraid of the slytherins than he should be.