<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/C9OmxOT.gif)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Ibrahim Berkes (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=339010.msg16079936#msg16079936)<br/><strong>Date | Time:</strong>01/09/22 - Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Hogwarts Express<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Dark blue t-shirt, white pants (yes), black leather jacket, and blue & white NB shoes (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/3e/07/953e07ce7f18282e065647a9fcaafae0.jpg)<br/><strong>Mood music:</strong>Demet Akalin - Çalkala (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCAh-dNtPH0)<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Looking after the little sister or being a bore?<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Yasmin Berkes, Open<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Ibrahim ignored his sister's sarcastic comment about sudoku. It was a fine pastime that developed the mind. After he finished talking and asked her what house she hoped to be in after the sorting ceremony, she informed him that she did not know. It was a common response and he nodded. He hadn't known at first either, or to be more specific had no preference back then.<br/><br/>She mentioned Gryffindor and Hufflepuff as the two houses that she could see herself suited for. There are fine people in all the houses and Ibrahim did not discriminate so he continued to nod, letting out an understanding 'hmm'. She then asked him whether he had wanted to be a Ravenclaw before being sorted there or if that was the house he saw himself belonging to when he first came to Hogwarts.<br/><br/><strong>"Oh, not at all, I had no preference whatsoever. I even remember the Sorting Hat hesitating on which house I should go to for a minute. It was quite annoying, really. The hat finally decided on Ravenclaw after I thought I wanted a house where I could focus on studying,"</strong>Ibrahim told his sister, shrugging before manifesting a more serious look on his face.<strong>"Honestly, the whole house system at Hogwarts is complete rubbish. It only encourages needless divisions and competitiveness among students instead of collaboration. I suspect the only reason they kept it all these years - even after they converted it into a university - is quidditch. The Sorting Hat is meant to sort people into four categories using legilimency, but if all houses are valid and wizards and witches all possess qualities belonging to all houses, what is the hat's choice based on? Recency bias? Probabilities? The student's will?"</strong><br/><br/>He shook his head and sighed.<br/><br/><strong>"In any case, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff probably have the two best living accommodations in the whole castle. In comparison, Slytherin's common room is in the dungeons underneath the Black Lake, so there's little sunlight and it's always humid, while Ravenclaw's is atop a high tower so it's a pain to get there,"</strong>he informed her, his facial traits relaxing from his more serious earlier demeaner.