Though true exhaustion was setting in by this point, we got up pretty early on Saturday so that we'd all have time to get ready, even though I wasn't wearing a costume during the day. My Fleur costume had kind of bitten the dust the day before. Due to the poor sewing, almost every button had fallen off; in addition to the cracked shoes, it simply didn't look like something Fleur would wear anymore. So, I ditched it in favor of the “I'm tired. Can't we just be Death Eaters?” shirt in honor of the Starkid keynote that day. I had brought it with the idea that I'd get all the Starkids to sign it, but I decided I didn't want to wait in line to do that.
Two of our roommates decided to have Brae draw homemade Dark Marks on their arms, just like Malfoy's, which was hilariously awesome, especially in addition to their space helmets that made me wonder if they were going to Pigfarts or if they were hoping to be Starship Rangers. Either way, they were ready. Though, now that I think of it, Starship Rangers could totally go to Pigfarts and hang out with Rumbleroar.
Starkid was labeled as a keynote in the programming guide, but it turned into more of a concert, which was not a problem at all for me! They did end up doing a Q&A at the end when most of our throats were sore after screaming the songs at the top of our voice. My favorite moment was when a girl on the other side of the room asked Joey Richter to the ball that night, and he expressed his sorrow that he couldn't take her...because he already had a date...Evanna Lynch! How freakin' adorable is that? Someone also asked Darren Criss if there was ever going to be a Starkid reference on Glee. He said he was kind of their puppet at the moment, but he hoped there might be one. Personally, I feel with the pull that Chris Colfer has with the producers, he could make it happen, especially since he's a major HP fan to and, I think, likes Starkid. I mean, we're just wanting a little reference, like them watching it in the background of a scene or something.
Then there was about an hour or so to wait until the actors' keynote, so Catherine and I took turns getting wraps from the snack bar while the other saved our seats in the front row. She decided to get a picture with the Starkids, but I opted against it because I'd prefer a picture with just me and them or me and a small group of people I knew. Since they were rushing through the photo sessions, every group had about thirty people in it, so it wasn't my thing.
The actors' keynote started out with the kids and it eventually turned competitive when Melissa asked them who was the biggest HP fan. There were a few trivia questions, and it was decided that they'd need to get Evanna out there to really determine who the biggest HP fan was. So, it had to wait. One of my favorite moments from the kids, though, was when they were each asked what their boggart would be. One of the boys said his would be lemon meringue pie. It was kind of skipped over while the audience looked at each other, laughing questioningly. Then, Melissa returned to it, asking why. He said it was just too sweet. Melissa responded with “Yes, it's so sweet it's scary”, and it was dropped, leaving several people confused. Another moment that bears mentioning refers to a previous post in this blog. I doubt many of you remember that Brae dared one of you to ask me at LeakyCon to do my Barty Crouch Sr. impression, well it was in reference to the Chinese Fireball quote when he makes his odd little “Ooo!” noise in GoF. When asked what his favorite part of the Wizarding World of HP was, one of the boys said the Chinese Fireball to which the majority of the audience replied “Oooo!”. It was AMAZING!
Then the older actors came out and talked for a bit, answering a few awkward questions about crushes among the cast and discussing the Luna/Dumbledore ship some more from the day before.
(Note the awesome lightning bolt dress Evanna claimed she bought years ago but had never worn and thought we'd appreciate!)
After the Evanna, Scarlet, and Chris had talked for a while, the kids were brought back to determine who was the biggest HP fan. Audience members asked some really freakin' hard questions (and coming from the girl who wrote the questions for our LeakyCon contest, that's kind of saying something), some of which weren't fair at all like “How many pages are there in the American edition of OotP?” It only took a moment for someone to shout out “They're all British!”
We met up with Jordan, Ashley, and Brae after the actors' keynote and decided to go back to the room since there wasn't really anything we wanted to do after that (the only other workshop we wanted to go to wasn't for an hour, so we decided to skip it). Brae and Catherine wanted to take naps while Jordan and Ashley went to pool. I decided to start packing since we wouldn't want to do it in the morning or after the ball that night. They came back from the pool and started packing as well which turned into awesomeness when someone shouted out “My time turner is in my underwear” which I immediately added to the list of quotes one would only hear at an HP conference (or would only make sense/be acceptable at an the HP conference).
Around the time I was putting on my makeup, I heard a downpour outside signaling the random hurricane that descended upon us. We called the front desk to find out that the water taxis weren't running and the next shuttle to Royal Pacific wouldn't be for about half an hour. Since we were all ready and didn't want to be any later to the ball than we already were, we called a cab which turned out to be about $10. While we were waiting for it outside of Portofino Bay, however, we all had heart attacks when lightning struck right by our hotel. So, that was...erm...exciting. Apparently part of the hotel lost AC and the phones weren't working in the area after that.
We ran into Lauren Fairweather and JFF in the elevator, and I was complimented several times on my hat, which made me especially happy since I'd designed it myself. Then, we'd arrived at the ball, and it was time to do some partying! I met a few people that night, including the Black Sisters and the famous Lucius Malfoy (minus Draco who apparently decided to be Michael Jackson for some reason...?)
There was also a hilarious sign in the bathroom saying one of the toilets was out of order. Someone got a picture of it, but it hasn't been posted online yet, so I can't show you, but it had writing under it that said the Chamber of Secrets had been opened, enemies of the heir beware!
In my Infinitus posts, I mentioned the awesomeness that was “Don't Stop Believing”. Apparently someone thought we should try to recreate it which kind of failed. Since the LeakyCon staff had made a video dancing to “Total Eclipse of the Heart” before the con, they decided it would be awesome to play that, which was kind of a highlight of the ball...the first time. The second time, it was pretty dumb so we left soon after that to beat the rush to get a water taxi back (the mysterious hurricane had disappeared just as quickly as it had appeared).
On our way off the water taxi at PB, we heard the weirdest remarks. Ok, so you've gathered a group of nerds in one place for a week who like to dress up and generally draw attention to themselves, we'd heard some odd comments throughout the week, but this one was even more hilarious because we were just in ball attire. I mean, my “costume” could have been worn by anyone (minus the witch hat) and only one other person with us was wearing a witch hat; the rest were in normal dress. So, when we got off the boat and we heard “I guess these people all work at the Wizarding World of HP”, it was hilarious. I didn't hear that when I dressed as Fleur or Luna (though when I wore my Slytherin uniform, someone did think I worked at WWoHP), and we were obviously staying at the Portofino Bay Hotel! Why would we work at WwoHP and stay at a Universal hotel? They must pay great at the park! When you add to that the fact that there were about 3400 people at LeakyCon, Universal must have just gone on a huge hiring binge! Immediately, it turned into us creating a new series that was kind of like a mash-up of Wizards of Waverly Place and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
I don't think we stopped laughing from that moment until we went to bed that night. Hilarious things (or things that would be hilarious if you too were sleep deprived and surrounded by other HP nerds that get the humor in these situations) kept happening. For example, we started our planning of a gay club called Dumbledore's Office including planning out what the go-go dancers on Dumbledore's desk would be wearing. Then, we were playing with the Keurig in our room which makes a horrible hissing noise that sounds like parselmouth. It was silent when we heard this, and we all had heart attacks! I decided, before anyone told me what the noise was, that there was a basilisk in our room and the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was in our bathroom. This went on for about twenty minutes before we switched topics back to another running joke that I've failed to mention previously. Originally we were discussing felix felicis, and my roommate couldn't remember the name of the potion. The exchange when like this:
Ashley: What's that potion called? Felix (insert word that begins with “f” which describes a certain type of favor that we're not sure we can put in our blog without a mature rating)?
Me: ...That's a certain type of luck one might have, but I think it's “felicis”.
Then, we ordered room service because we were all pretty hungry, and finally went to bed because Catherine was leaving to go home in about three hours.
Look for our post on the last day of LeakyCon!
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