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Oh, I'm human after all. I'm not your expectations.

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Dorcas brought her hand to her mouth, in a vain attemp to stifle a laugh. As much as she tried, she couldn’t quite mask the chuckle rising up her throat as she watched a couple of disheveled foreign students pass by. She could almost feel the disapproving stares she would get from her housesmates, because of her not very Hufflepuff like behavior. “It seems our newcomers are getting acquaintanced with Peeves.” She said, to no one in particular.

[riickgrimes]

harry potter meme | [one] house - hufflepuff

You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil.

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mary:

Mary couldn’t help the grin that formed on her face at Dorcas’s enthusiasm. “That’s the spirit! In between is no fun.” She reached over to snag her own bottle of Firewhisky, holding it up to her friend to show her she was not alone in this pursuit of drunkenness. “I can’t wait for the Slug Club to start back up and to have to go to his awkward little parties to pretend I enjoy his favoritism. If I have to hear him tell us about his little prodigal student Gwenog Jones one more time…” At that, she took a large swig from her bottle.

Dorcas burst into laughter. “This is one of the reasons why I love you.” She raised her bottle as well and made their bottles clink. She rolled her eyes at the mention of the Slug Club. “Can you even call them parties? They sound like a sleepfest.” She took a sip from her bottle. After a second thought she quickly took another. “Merlin, I’m so glad that I’m an average student.” 

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mimi:

“i wouldn’t call you sober.” mimi stifles a giggle as she leans over to grab a new cup. “also,” she starts awkwardly but smiling still, “that’s my drink you just took.” mimi figures she must have confused her for some kind of waiter but she wasn’t all that offended when the other girl looked far gone already. 

“Sober, tipsy... all semantics. They are just words that mean not drunk.” Dorcas merely shrugged and made to take another sip from her glass, but she stopped mid air. She glanced back and forth between the glass in her hand and the unknown girl. “Sorry,” she put down the glass and picked a new one. “But now at least I know the firewhisky is actually working.”

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mary:

“I’m not so sure about that, Doe,” Mary remarked as she looked around the party that was by then in full swing, taking in some familiar faces, some she didn’t recognize. Luckily when it came to drinking, Mary had a pretty high tolerance, though she hadn’t had quite as much as Doe yet. “Can you believe Slughorn assigned work on the first day back? Can’t say I’m surprised, but I’m a bit disheartened.”

“Mary!” Dorcas cried out, as a huge smile formed on her face. Maybe she was being too loud but she didn’t care. She frowned for a few seconds, before she realized that Mary was referring to. “Oh, but I’m not drunk! And tonight I’m either sober or drunk. There’s nothing in between.” She emptied her glass and quickly made sure to replace it with an entire bottle this time. She refused to go back to her dorm just tipsy. “Of course I do! Nothing Slughorn does surprises me anymore.” She said with an exaggerated shrug of her shoulders. “Can’t wait for another year of ‘is disapproving stare.” 

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natalia:

Natalia stifled a laugh and stepped closer to the other witch. She tried to be inconspicuous, eyes wandering across her features. Natalia was uncertain about foreign company, having heard her peers mock ‘Hoggy Warty Hogwarts’ throughout the duration of their voyage. She suspected they would be simple, but the brunette would try and get along nonetheless. “Hall of Hexes? I think that rolls off the tongue better.” Natalia smiled and followed closely behind the girl. “It’s lucky that I prefer dashing strangers over faded parchment then.” 

Dorcas raised an eyebrow. To her, the two names rolled of the tongue just the same and Room of Requirement was a much more direct name. She simply decided shrug it off though, not really interested in keep the discussion going. She had met only a handful of these foreign students so far and talked to even less. She had to admit she had met hippogriffs with more compelling personalities. “I don’t know about dashing, but I sure am a better company than the ghosts or the paintings.” Dorcas chuckled. “So, let me guess... Durmstrang?”

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lily:

“Spoilsport?” Lily released her grip on the door, shuffling towards the sofa. There were students bustling around, dolled up and ready to explore the evening. But, the redhead could not work up enough excitement. She laughed, falling back onto the sofa and making herself comfortable. “That may be true, but I am going to be the comfiest spoilsport in the castle. Besides, no one will even notice my absence. All redheads look the same when you’ve had enough alcohol.” 

Dorcas briefly followed the redhead with her eyes, then she took a couple of steps towards the sofa. “I’d trade comfort for fun any day, but you do you, Lily.” The corners of her eyes crinkled. She herself rarely passed an opportunity to enjoy herself and the party had sounded promising — after someone had explained to her what a speakeasy was, that is. “I’m ready to test that theory tonight. If by the end of the night I mistake Hestia for you, then I’d call it a success.”

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amalia:

“This is Hogwarts?” Amalia looked up from her sketchbook, smiling faintly. “Eto dlya luchshego.  I see a lot of lost students in the near future.”

Dorcas actually wanted to try to ignore the girl, but the last sentence caught her attention. “Students getting lost at ‘ogwarts? You don’t say.”

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tonka:

“No, just something wrong with your self-perception.” Tonka turned to the woman, set to complain; she detested mingling. She did not expect to recognise Dorcas, who she’d met at the World Cup. “Will there ever be a day you aren’t holding some alcoholic beverage when we meet?”

“Fine. I’m not actually sober, but I’m not drunk enough either, so same difference.” Dorcas argued, waving a hand dismissively. When she actually looked at the person she was talking to, she didn’t think she would see Tonka Zabini. Then again, foreign students around Hogwarts was something she would have to get used to that year. “If we ‘appen to share some classes, then yes. The question is why aren’t you ‘olding one?”

[vitruvians]

100 Historical Figures in the Wizarding World - 4/100

Helga Hufflepuff favoured loyalty, honesty, fair play, and hard work. Members of her Hogwarts House usually display at least one of these traits in varying degrees. Additionally, Hufflepuff was renowned for her compassionate nature; she took in the house-elves to work in Hogwarts Kitchen where they could work in peace and safety, and while the other founders were careful in selection of students, Hufflepuff took in the rest. She was said to be kind and caring, and particularly famous for her dexterity at food-related charms. 

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“There must be something wrong with this Firewhiskey... I’m still sober.” Dorcas said before taking a sip of her drink. She tried to remember how many glasses she had had, but she had lost count a while ago. She then giggled at the thought — maybe she wasn’t that sober.

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natalia:

“Room of Requirement? That is an awfully funny name.”  Natalia scrunched her nose and gave a quick glance down the corridor, “How are we even supposed to find this place if it’s not on any map?”

Dorcas had just walked past where the Room of Requirement should be for the second time. She was about to do it a third time, to make the door appear, when she heard someone’s steps from another corridor. After a moment, she decided to go see and check if it was a friend of hers. Not recognizing the other girl, she realized it was one of the foreign students. “Doesn’t seem funny at all to me. Better than the ‘all of ‘exes, don’t you think?” She tilted her head. “Well, it’s good that it’s not on any map, or it would be almost useless.” She shrugged. After a quiet sigh, Dorcas nodded towards the end of the corridor she had come from, giving the girl an easy smile. “C’mon, I’ll lead you to it. It’s just around the corner.”

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lily:

“Merlin’s beard, how many times do I have to repeat myself? I am not going to the Room of Requirement tonight, so please just get out of my hair.” The redhead was exasperated, trying to usher her companion out of the bedroom. Lily had spent the morning rounding up first years, answering questions from dotting parents, and playing human directory. Her energy was spent and recovery was needed. Unrestricted parties in the Room of Requirement were not going to make the cut.  

Dorcas loved the Gryffindor common room as much as she loved her own. The Fat Lady and perhaps some of the Lions had, gotten used, at this point to seeing her there, as if she was one of their own. It was no surprise, then, that before going to the party she had gone to the tower, to see who would join her at the Room of Requirement. “Alright, alright.” She raised her hands defeatedly. “I should ‘ave know that being Prefect would’ve turned you into a spoilsport, Evans.” She rolled her eyes, but she was truly just joking. She suspected she knew why Lily wouldn’t be there and she couldn’t blame the redhead.

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF: “Nothing that matters is easy.” –Deb Cox + Elizabeth Coleman (Phryne Fisher: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder on the Ballarat Train)

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apolline:

“No, I am not one for Quidditch. I am only here because my family likes the games a lot.

“Oh. Well, we might as well end the conversation 'ere, then.”