Narrative style/good vs evil in HP

[potioncat]

The door busts open and Potioncat bounds in yelling "Surpise!". 
Everyone looks up, and even the door at the head of the stairs can 
be heard squeaking open.

Potioncat lifts the lid off a plate to reveal a rather lop-sided 
cake decorated around the edges in what must be golden snitches and 
on the top, no candles, but instead four sections, each with an 
unidentifiable blob: one green and silver, one red and yellow, one 
blue and yellow, and one yellow and black.

"The four Houses?" someone suggests, uncertainly.  Potioncat grins 
proudly.She doesn't notice Carolyn's stunned expression.

"I didn't know what to get you.  What you want most is for the 
reject numbers to go up, and for the coing to go faster.  So I've 
come up with a new coding technique.  Everyone should automatically 
reject the first 6 posts, without reading them.  Then read the next 
four, coding or rejecting appropriately.  Repeat for the next ten.  
Brilliant?"

Carolyn stood, speechless, tears in her eyes.  Potioncat took it to 
be gratitude.  Fortunately a wiser staff member knew better, and 
provided a diversion,"Let's cut the cake!"

And the room echoed with yells of:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!




> Carolyn
> Facing a birthday tomorrow, so extra grumpy, apologies.