"Summertime, and the livin' is easy..." At least, that is what the song says. However, they have never met the SOUP office, clearly. Living around here has been unusually industrious lately, especially when the Editors came to the conclusion that the best incentive to encourage the writers to turn their articles in on time would be to proffer something called a "shaved ice bar" in the break room. This was a huge hit as some odd mishap (possibly Peeves-related; one never knows) had served to crank up the heat in the SOUP headquarters to something close to the surface temperature of the sun. Articles were literally burning up their parchment as they flew off desks and into the "DONE" basket at the far end of the room. All things considered, this ended up being a pretty cool issue!
This issue gives you all a chance to cool off and relax as we explore a variety of tasty, frozen treats. Go on - take a closer look.
Feel like taking a deeper dive into the mind of Draco Malfoy? Why not check out Dear Draco and see what ideas he provides for an enterprising ice cream maker? Perhaps you're an adventurer and would love to take a short glimpse of frozen treats around the world with Gregory Goyle over in our Alumni Adventures. We suggest that you take a quick break on your journey and learn a bit more about some of your fellow snakes in Legends Among Us, 2.0 as they discuss a wide variety of things about themselves. Want a laugh? Take a gander at Kalina's recent mishap wanderings behind the scenes of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour in Magical Musings. If you're wanting something new, check out our brand new article Dragon's Ranch! We truly do have a little bit of something for everyone!
Despite everyone's best efforts to write speedily, and then escape the stifling heat of the Newsroom, there was one of your lovely Editors who simply could not handle the inferno this month due to her thick, shaggy coat. The continuous need to dive head first into the shaved ice and being unable to due to her size made Wolf grumpier than a bear with a sore head. So much so that she threatened to turn everyone into Ice Pops if they did not stop giggling at her predicament. This, of course, did not go down well with the notorious office pranksters, who decided to turn her snarled threat on its head. They waited until the floor was mostly empty and hit her when she was intently focused on creating an ice bath out of her desk. Thus turning her into a furry, neon popsicle replica. A move that will definitely be avenged at a later date. You can be sure of that...
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Don't miss the next issue of SOUP when you may discover if Kitten ever emerged from the ice box where the shaved ice was stored, whether Wolf managed to rescue her once silky black coat, and if Dragon managed to get her flame back.