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so, he knew what a goldfish felt like now. he rubbed the back of his neck as he felt the eyes bore into the area. he knew that people would be curious but hadn't people told them not to stare? he had more manners than to stare at someone till they felt uncomfortable. he reached to grab some food from the plate before him and he glanced up and down the table the students from his school were sitting at. he was looking for the face of his brother, but he couldn't make him out so he was probably eating. he could't wait till the students were allowed to put their names into the cup. the meer thought made his brain jump into action at what he would do it he was chosen, what the events might be and how great it would be if his school could take home the cup. he pushed the food around on his plate as he thoughts, lost for the moment as the school bustled around him.

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When it came to situations like this, Das had a hard time deciding exactly what he wanted to do. I mean, he could choose somewhere, sit down and start to try and make friends. However, all eyes were on them and he didn't really like the sensation. He, unlike some people from his school, did not appreciate people staring at him unless it was for a reason (like when he won an award or something). He moved to a wall and leaned against it for a moment, hoping to get himself out of view of most of the people who were staring at the newcomers.

He kept an eye on his brother, of course. One thing that made Das so excited for this competition was the fact that both he and his brother were involved. After a few minutes, he decided to go sit down and eat something. The table where Jes was sitting seemed pretty bare, so that's where he went. "Hey, Jes. Can you make room for me?" he asked once he was finally nearby. Taking his seat quickly, he leaned over and whispered, "You know, this is pretty cool and all, but I wish everyone wasn't staring at us. Makes it hard to focus on eating." He smiled as he reached forward and grabbed some nearby food.

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"Hey, Jes. Can you make room for me?" jes looked up at his brother when he came up to the table and he grinned a little. "nope. no room. sorry" he said as he nudged his brother as he settled down onto the bench next to him. he reached forward to scoop more food onto his plate when the food he was pushing around started looking a little gross. he wanted to at leas pretend he was eating. though the excitement he was feeling seemed to make it all but impossible. "You know, this is pretty cool and all, but I wish everyone wasn't staring at us. Makes it hard to focus on eating." he laughed and shook his head slightly. yes it was like being in a fish bowl and it was weird but jes had a feeling he'd cope with it a lot better than his brother would. they were polar opposites, jesper wanted to get out and meet everyone while das was a little more reserved. it made them a good pair. "you don't need focus to eat das. food goes in here" he said as he pointed to his brothers mouth with his fork. "then you chew .. and swallow. ssssimple" he said with a laugh. "it's not difficult" he said as he nudged his brother again and he glanced around again.

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It was his brother's laugh at his comment that let Dastan know that Jes felt similarly. Then again, Jes always reacted to new people with enthusiasm and excitement, which was something that Das struggled with. Most people didn't understand him right off. His competitiveness with almost everything, his enthusiasm when it came to getting what he wanted. It all tended to scare off most people. In all honesty though, he didn't mind most of the time. He had friends who looked past that and those were the only people he really enjoyed spending his time with. Sadly, most of his friends were at Beauxbatons. He should probably try and be a little bit nicer this year so he could actually have friends to enjoy it with. He'd have to think about that later.

He shrugged when his father started teasing him. "I didn't mean the actual eating part, Jes," he said with a roll of his eyes. "I meant choosing what to eat. There's so much variety here and I just can't decide what actually looks good when I have so many people watching my every move." He looked over at his brother's plate with interest. "What are you eating?" He tried to ignore all the people he could feel watching him. At least he wasn't alone right now.

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"I didn't mean the actual eating part, Jes, I meant choosing what to eat. There's so much variety here and I just can't decide what actually looks good when I have so many people watching my every move." jes laughed a little and rolled his eyes again at his brother. why didn't he just grab something of everything? that's what jes would do. it was what he would be doing when he calmed down enough to eat. "something of everything .. a scoop of this and a scoop of that." he said as he reached forward to take one of the cupcakes that was sitting on a stand before them. he didn't mind mixing up his meal by eating sweet then savory. "What are you eating?" he waved the cupcake lightly and grinned a little. his brother knew about his almost life long obsession with cupcakes so it would be no surprise to him. "cupcakes. always the cupcakes"

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Dastan rolled his eyes at his brother. Not that he'd expected anything differently from his brother. Jes tended to be quite level-headed most of the time. Especially when it came to food ... well, food that wasn't cupcakes. His brother went a little crazy for cupcakes, but Dastan was used to it. "Fine, I'll try a bit of everything," he mumbled good-naturedly as he reached out and grabbed all sorts of food. He didn't know what most of it was, but once he started tasting it, he found that he liked it all. He laughed when his brother grabbed a cupcake. "Aren't you supposed to save those for the end?" he teased lightly. They both knew that Jes didn't have that kind of self control. "So what do you think of this place so far?" he asked, taking another look around the room they were in as he continued to eat.

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"Aren't you supposed to save those for the end?" he laughed and shook his head as he peeled the paper off the cupcake and took a bite of it. it was wonderful. one of the best he had ever tasted. he swallowed the bite and raised a brow at his brother. "life is short. you eat dessert first" he'd heard someone say that once and thought it was a very ood rule to live by. "So what do you think of this place so far?" he glanced around behind them to the other tables and he shrugged a little. it was like his mother had told them, he was in awe of it all but the words wouldn't come to him. it was like there were none to describe it with. "there aren't words. i'm speechless" he said with a chuckle, knowing that would shock his brother. jesper oscarsson speechles. that never happened. ever.

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"Yeah, like I haven't heard that before," Dastan laughed quietly when Jesper stated his mantra. It wasn't the first time he'd heard the idea: life is short, eat dessert first. It did explain his brother quite well though. Dastan liked his desserts well enough, he just ate them last so he'd have room for other food too. He enjoyed savory food just as much as sweet food.

Dastan dropped his jaw and stared at his brother exaggeratedly, "You're speechless? Woah, give me a second so this can sink in. Who knows if it'll ever happen again," he teased before turning to look around the room again. It was quite impressive. Dastan particularly liked the ceiling. He liked astronomy and having all the stars there, easy to see was an incredible thing to him. "It's just as good as she described, huh?" He commented lightly. "I like the ceiling. A lot."

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"Yeah, like I haven't heard that before," jes chuckled and nodded slightly. he'd been saying it and living it for years. he knew it probably got annoying to his family but it was his mantra, he lived by it and they were all used to it. "You're speechless? Woah, give me a second so this can sink in. Who knows if it'll ever happen again," he rolled his eyes and used his finger to swipe some of the icing off the cupcake he was eating and he ate it from his finger. "mhmm relish in it buddy" he said with a grin and he glanced around them again. "I like the ceiling. A lot." he nodded a little and glanced up at the candles that were floating in the air above their heads and the celing that mimicked the nights sky outside. "me too. it's remarkable. i wonder if mom and dad would let me have the same roof in my room" he said with a grin as he looked back at his plate.

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"Don't worry, Jes, I am. For however long it lasts, that is," he muttered, trying to keep his voice sounding serious, but knowing that he failed at the same time. He reached forward and grabbed some of the food in front of him. A roll of some kind. He really liked bread. It was almost an obsession, but with his twin actually being obsessed with cupcakes, he really couldn't classify it as such. He put some butter on it and started eating it slowly.  

"I liked it first," Dastan pointed out, chuckling as he continued, "So if one of us gets a ceiling like that, it's me. But no, I don't think they'd let either of us," he added. If only. Still, that wouldn't be easy magic. Maybe someday he could make something like that, if he focused. Then again, after today he probably wouldn't notice the ceiling that much. Oh well.

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"Don't worry, Jes, I am. For however long it lasts, that is," jesper rolled his eyes and smirked slightly as he nudged his brother. "do you want me to keep talking? i can keep talking. you know it's no problem for me to talk. i'll talk all day if you want me to. what would you like to talk about?" he said rather quickly as he peeled off the paper on the cupcake and smiled at his brother. "I liked it first, So if one of us gets a ceiling like that, it's me. But no, I don't think they'd let either of us," he rolled his eyes slightly. "are we playing one up? well if you saw it first .. i wanted it first, so there for i get it first? but your right. they'd never go for it." he said with a sigh as he bit into the sweet tasting cupcake and he almost moaned. he was going to move into the hogwarts kitchens even if it killed him. "amazing"

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Dastan held up his hands in a gesture of surrender, "No, no, I wasn't saying anything of the sort!" He continued to tease his brother, "Feel free to enjoy all the cupcakes you want in relative silence, I won't stop you." He rolled his eyes back at his brother, "Me liking it is basically saying I want it, just like you and cupcakes. You like them, thus you want them. It goes without saying." He smiled as he watched his brother take a bite of the cupcake. "What kind is that?" he asked curiously. Watching Jesper enjoy it so much was kind of making Dastan want a bite. At the same time, he knew that when it came to cupcakes, it was useless to ask for a bite, so he might as well just find his own.

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"No, no, I wasn't saying anything of the sort! Feel free to enjoy all the cupcakes you want in relative silence, I won't stop you." he grinned and nudged his brothers shoulder lightly. he knew that would work. his brother would always prefer his silence over jes talking in his ear all the time. "Me liking it is basically saying I want it, just like you and cupcakes. You like them, thus you want them. It goes without saying." jesper scoffed as he swallowed the bite of cupcake and he looked at his brother with a raised eyebrow. "that is a horrible comparison .. horrible" he said with a slight shake of his head. "What kind is that?" jesper looked at the cupcake and tilted his head slightly while trying to figure out what it tasted like. "bubblegum i'm sure" he said with a grin. it wasn't a common flavor but the house elves were good at changing things up and cupcakes could be made every flavor, almost like jelly beans.

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Dastan raised an eyebrow at his brother when he said that it was a horrible comparison. "Really? I think it's quite accurate," he said in a semi-serious tone. Jesper would see through it in an instant, of course, but Dastan didn't care about that. "Why don't you like it?" All right, so he was teasing now. He couldn't help it. He was starting to get bored and so he was turning to his brother for amusement, which wasn't an altogether unheard of situation. Dastan glared at the cupcake in Jesper's hand when he said it was bubblegum flavored. Seriously? That sounded ... so wrong. "Hmm ... I think I'm going to find a different cupcake somewhere," he grumbled. Occasionally his brother's obsession gave him cravings and at the moment, that's how things were working for Dastan. He grinned in triumph when he found a normal-looking cupcake. He grinned in triumph and turned to his brother. "So what flavor do you think this one is? Or do you have to try it to be able to tell?" Dastan was serious-ish. He wouldn't be surprised if all Jesper needed was a whiff to be able to determine what flavor it was. Well, he was about to find out.

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