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Whoa! These are dead awesome seats!! We're perfectly on level with the goal hoops.

And the seats are well comfortable, too.

But the best part is all this really nift stuff they're giving us: we've been trying everything out, and the omnioculars are amazing. Not the cheap kind that don't remember anything very long and break right away: you can look straight across to the other side and see the mole on some bloke's nose over there. We'll be able to see everything!

And there's a special screen up here to keep us from being blinded when the sun starts going down. They thought of everything, I think. There're even some totally snitch fruit chews I've never had before. Really nice touch, that.

Director Selwyn's daughter, Arista, seems to like the fans best. She was showing me how they work a minute ago--how they snap open and shut, and how you can use them to hide what you're saying if you want to tell a secret and don't want anyone else to read your lips.

Oh-

hang on!

They must be about to have the people in the top box come in. They told us we'll have to stand up, and, yeah-

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alt_sally_anne

Hermione, thank you for bringing my dinner. That felt incredibly awkward, I tried to be polite in a way that wouldn't draw attention. It looked like that French boy -- well, he's not REALLY French but close enough -- felt strange about it too, he kept looking at you when he thought no one would notice.

Ron, did you lot get what we got? The cherry sauce and whatnot? I bet they're not serving this down where Neville's sitting. Especially not with the silver tray.

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What was under the cherry sauce? The little eggs were good.

What am I supposed to use to eat the fish? They took away the knife and fork I was using before.

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alt_sally_anne

You're supposed to use your fingers.

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Wha-

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alt_sally_anne

(Just kidding.)

The fish fork is over the plate. Like, up top. Look there.

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Oh, ha ha.

I thought those were for dessert.

The funny looking fork's for fish?

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alt_sally_anne

Yes, the funny looking fork's for fish.

I don't think the dessert fork's in the setting, they must be planning to bring it with the dessert. I HOPE they're planning to bring it with the dessert. Maybe I'll hide the fish fork when I'm done with it, just in case.

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What if there isn't any sweet?

There's got to be pudding, right? I mean, do fancy people have afters? Or are they all worried they'll get heavy?

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alt_sally_anne

There'll be something. Fancy people like sweets as much as anyone else, I mean, look at Hydra.

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alt_sally_anne

Oh wait, you let them take your knife?

You're going to need that, I think. The quail came apart with just your fork, you weren't supposed to use the knife with that course.

Maybe you can nick one of the twins' knives when he's not looking.

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What?!

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alt_sally_anne

The quail -- that was the thing under the cherry sauce -- was an appetizer, and then the fish was the fish course and there's probably a meat course coming.

So you'll need the knife.

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What were the mussels, then?

I thought they were the starter.

Blast.

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alt_sally_anne

The other appetizer?

They had their own weird little fork, did you find that?

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Well, yeah. But I looked to see what Arista Selwyn was using for that.

Only she saw me looking and made a face at me.

And, y'know. She's only like five years old, right? And she knows all the forks and what to do with them.

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alt_sally_anne

Her parents are really posh, they've probably been giving her fork lessons since she was three.

Anyway she's seven, I think. She's right about the same age as Gemma.

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I'm glad my parents aren't like that.

'Now children, everyone have a seat. We're going to learn about the proper use and placement of fish forks today. No, no, Trudy. What have we told you about putting your silver back on the table?' Ugh.

Mind you, if we ever got caught with our elbows on the table, we got shouted at, but at least we didn't have to learn when you hold your pinky up and whatnot.

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alt_sally_anne

I think your house would be a lovely place to grow up.

Mrs Stretton ignores Gemma and Philip most of the time and then periodically jumps down their throats because they did something like ate peas with their fingers or used their fork to draw pictures in their mashed potatoes. And blames Maureen for not teaching them properly.

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That's awful. It sounds as if she doesn't even act like their mum.

And it's not like Maureen can really tell them what to do, is it? Do they listen to her? Or do they know she can't really do anything if they're rotten?

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alt_sally_anne

They sort of listen to her. The problem is that Maureen gets in trouble if they make a fuss, so mostly she indulges them because she doesn't want to get in trouble.

She is supposed to be able to tell them what to do (because Mrs Stretton wants her to mind the children, and Mrs Stretton gets to tell Maureen what to do) but it doesn't always work out that way.

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At least I knew which spoon to use for the soup.

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alt_sally_anne

Yeah, soup's easy. Mrs Catchlove had some little joke about that, when we were learning meal etiquette. (It's not as if I grew up eating with a dozen different forks for special occasions. I got TAUGHT.)

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Oh, fine.

Nice way to rub it in.

I've only got the easy one right.

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alt_sally_anne

I wasn't trying to rub it in. Git.

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Sorry.

How's it up there in the top box?

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alt_sally_anne

Not bad. Let's see.

Harry's here, he and Draco have pretty much not stopped talking about quidditch this whole time.

Pansy's here but she's talking to Mr Malfoy so she can't write in her journal.

Professor Lestrange and Professor Sinistra are here together.

Hydra's here. Her dinner's different from mine, she got no meat and it's mostly been things like white rice. She's picking at it anyway and her father's trying to get her to eat more.

Justin Finch-Fletchley is here with a bunch of French people and they're all talking in French.

The Lord Protector's here but I'm not looking at him, so I can't tell you what he's doing.

Hermione was back a little while ago and gave me more butterbeer. I think there's an area for servants that's right behind or right under the Protector's box, because on her last trip Draco was out and she went to get more, and she was back really quickly.

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So Hermione's serving everyone up there?

That must be odd.

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alt_sally_anne

Not everyone, there are elves serving, too.

Hermione's serving me, Harry, Draco, Justin, Pansy, and Hydra.

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The lamb's all right. Really nice, actually.

What's next, d'you think?

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alt_sally_anne

Oh, and, this is really odd:

Mr Crouch came in ages ago with an elf. He had two seats reserved, and he had the elf sit in one of them. He sat down for a few minutes and then got up and left, with the elf still sitting there. His dinner's by his seat getting cold. The elf didn't get dinner, but she's been sitting there this whole time, taking up a seat.

She looks MISERABLE. Every time Hermione passes the elf looks at her like she wants to knock her down and snatch the tray out of her hands and start serving food. It's a shame they can't trade places because I imagine Hermione would really like to sit down for a bit right now.

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Well. I reckon Mr Crouch is off doing security or something. Whatever all the Aurors are doing tonight.

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alt_sally_anne

Oh, THAT Mr Crouch is off doing Auror stuff, I saw him just in passing when we came into the box.

The Mr Crouch who came in with the elf is his father. I didn't recognise him but someone introduced him to Justin.

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Oh.

What'd he bring an elf for, d'you suppose? If not to serve, I mean.

That is really odd. I can see where she's sitting there all by herself. Doesn't look like the people behind her are very happy about it, either.

These omnioculars are dead amazing, y'know.

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alt_sally_anne

DO YOU SEE ME WAVING AT YOU RIGHT NOW???

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I AM MAKING A FUNNY FACE. AT YOU, RON.

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I just choked on my cheese!

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Mind you, at least I didn't spit it out!

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Naturally. That would have been rude.

Besides, you don't have the proper spoon for spitting out cheese.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I can see you, but you're pointing totally the wrong direction.

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TURNING AROUND THEN.

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Ha. Both sides are funny.

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alt_sally_anne

OK, now I've spotted you with my omnioculars.

You got some of that cherry sauce on your face.

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Wha-

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alt_sally_anne

Oh, you got it off! Good on you.

I hear music, do you suppose they're going to do something on the field, finally?

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Where?

Did I get it off?

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alt_neville

No silver trays here.

There are pasties for sale, though. They're pretty good.

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Sounds great, actually.

I mean, this stuff isn't bad, but there were like four mussels. And then this odd soup. And something that turned out to be quail, only it was under sauce with cherries and the best of it was there were two little boiled eggs with it. And now it's fish, which is all right. Only there'd be something next because it's not been very much all together yet.

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