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"Will do," Max replied in a low voice and then he abruptly changed the topic. "Oh, look! The Grey Lady is visiting the students seated at the Ravenclaw Table. Isn't that delightful!"
"Delightful," Tate responded without even glancing in that direction. What was he on about? Ghosts and eagles?
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Ikenna Gevrik "Pardon me," Ikenna dipped his head toward Tate. "But I wouldn't consider myself a Ministry employee, exactly." He smiled politely and flicked his gaze toward the still slowly-rotating chair that had been something of a....joke.
"I don't do happy faces, Tate," he addressed the Headmaster as if they were old acquaintances, even if they were the polar opposite. "I happened to find your choice of deputy headmaster incredibly entertaining, if that is any consolation. I wonder if a few of the students enjoyed it as well."
"Sent by the Ministry to be a glorified babysitter? Call it what you want... that's a Ministry employee. I'm not paying you and nothing I ask of you will direct you one way or the other."
Tate shoved back from the table a bit more violently than he intended and glanced at the professors who were chatting amicably. What was the matter with this lot? Didn't they care at all about what was going on in the world?
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Zoerawrr Straight from the Hufflepuff table, Jake had strolled up to the Staff table, tucking his glasses into the collar of his shirt. He gave Vindictus a nod, he gave Tate a nod, and he gave this guy... a look.
Jake would have to remember to go see Tate later; make sure he got the paperwork about his sixth year and ask him a leeeeeettle question.
Back to this guy though, the one Lexi had told him about, who had apparently been rude to the Quidditch professor, whom all Quidditch players looked up to.
"Who are you?" he said simply. Not rudely, but not politely... just inquisitively.
He could be the start of some interesting interactions. Hehe.
"Mr. Upstead, welcome back. I suggest you address our guest with a sir, just as you would with the rest of the staff."
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Con_Stripes Truebridge headed up to the staff table, eyed the few empty seats and took one near the centre, next to Maximus Vindictus who looked somewhat agrieved.
This particular seat worked for him, not because it was next to Max and he knew the man, more because it was his actual former seat... his first seat. From when he had first began at Hogwarts as a professor.
He nodded politely at Casey, and from behind his dark glasses he glanced towards the dark skinned man who had taken Max's chair and then to Max.
"Hello." He spoke calmly, as if he'd never left and had last seen the man yesterday rather than over a year ago.
It was just his way.
Was it odd that he felt some relief knowing he had Ethan back at Hogwarts? Tate raised an eyebrow and nodded a greeting in the man's direction as he took a seat.
"Good to have you back with us, Ethan. I hope Annie is well."
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Ikenna Gevrik "Ikenna Gevrik, Special Security Liaison to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
One eyebrow slowly raised in question as Ikenna's gaze locked on Jake's. "And you are..?"
Hmm. A boy with one too many surnames?
Tate snorted a bit and studied the table top, refusing to make eye contact with anyone until he had collected himself. Nope. Not collecting himself any time soon.
"At your leave, Mr. Ikenna... can we proceed with the speech?"