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QueenPhoenix · 05-05-2011, 04:20 PM

SPOILER!!: Legend, Lachlan, Tate

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

Legend actually enjoyed sitting behind the table with the Professors. He had a complete view of the hall and even could make out a small Ravenclaw spilling some water on some Slytherin. It was awesome! He turned back to Hadley as she once again addressed him by his last name.

He would have thought that she forgot his name. But of course Legend knew better, Hadley loved him. His brows rose slight as she began to speak all 'official like'. It was like she went away for one summer and the fun was sucked out of her. "Why?" He asked innocently enough. There was NO rule that said he could not be back here. "It's fun back here. Relaxing too. We can talk all personal like." He leaned back in the chair grinning. "Plus I'm not going over there so that Jayce's dog could bite me." Sure he was over there with professor Zoo but STILL. His excuses al made sense really.

"Thanks sir!" Only calling him sir of course because he didn't know the guy yet. He didn't want him to think he was some sort of brat or anything. "Sort of mastered summoning charms in fifth year." Been there, done that, so long ago, but he was sure the Professor with the hair would not care about that.

MacFusty. Huh. "Are you sure I can't call you Professor New Guy?" He still wanted to. He was new. He was a guy. It was a name Legend want to bestow upon him.

He AGREEED with Hadley. That was insane really. Legend rolled his eyes, still smiling."But Professor, Hadley is hardly ever right about things when it has nothing to do with Arithmancy. Trust me, she tried to teach Astrology last term-" He shook his head. "-Disaster really. Anyways, all this means that I should stay here." Or something like that. What had he just said? Legend wasn't sure anymore. It was hard to keep up with things you just said at the top of your head. He flashed the biggest smile he could to Hadley.

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Originally Posted by Oesed

Had the the bold Gryffindor--how redundant of him--not spoken up again, MacFusty would have forgotten his presence altogether. He was giving his excuses to Josephina, and Lachlan bit the inside of his cheek to make himself not chortle. "I am one hundred percent sure I don't want you to call me that to my face, Mister Chosen, but if I change my mind you will be the first one to know."

Professor New Guy wasn't too terrible for a nickname, and it could be worse, he knew. But he was new, and it would do him no good to publicly allow a student to give him a nickname of sorts. Especially since the Chosen Boy seemed the sort to become easily comfortable around professors--or at least, comfortable enough to mention that they were often wrong. He shot Hadley a small side-ways look, and said, "I'm not sure you may be the best one to judge whether Professor Hadley was good or bad at teaching Astrology, Mister Chosen." His dark brows rose, but then he made a sound that sounded very much like a snicker. "After all, the subject taught at Hogwarts is Astronomy, not Astrology."

The reason why the boy was keen on staying where he was were beyond Lachlan's understanding. Had he no friends waiting for him back at the Gryffindor table? Was he not aware that some students were giving him off looks already? Perhaps he didn't care, which, once again, was quite the popular trait amongst the members of the Gryffindor house. "Now, mister Chosen," He began, his tone perfectly pleasant and even almost friendly, "As delightful as this small chat has been, it is time for you to send that chair back where you summoned it from, return to the Gryffindor table and wait for the Headmaster's speech." Which, Lachlan thought, would probable be soon.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

"And you, young man..." Tate glanced a few seats down to where Mr. Chosen was being enormously badly behaved. "Your Head of House can deal with you personally. Perhaps you'd like to spend time in the dungeons during Quidditch tryouts too? That I'll leave up to her, but for blatant disrespect to two of my staff members, as well as disrespecting all of us by sitting at the staff table, I'm taking fifteen points from Gryffindor. And if you do not apologize immediately to Professor Hadley, I'll take more. She is not your buddy or your amigo, and you do not get to speak dismissively of her credentials. As a fact, if you speak to your own friends that way, I'd be surprised to find you had any at all. Now apologize and remove yourself from this table at once."

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

Legend nodded. Ah. Professor New Guy would have been a better name. But he didn't exactly reject the name, so Legend knew that he would probably warm up to it soon enough. If he kept calling him that.

The blonde shrugged. "She was probably good. I just wasn't paying attention." So she didn't capture his attention. Therefore she was bad. Yeah? His eyes widened slightly. "Astronomy? Are you sure? No wonder I did so bad in that class before." He was getting the name wrong all along! Someone could have told him!

Legend was about to say something else when Tate- Headmaster Tate came and began enforcing rules that technically weren't written down.

Nod. Nod. Agree. Look sorry. His head of house? Was this that serious. Legend just continued to nod, as the speech went on. FIFTEEN POINTS? For sitting! It was crazy! Mad! Oh well. "Amigo...but Sir..I don't speak Spanish." He said weakly as he continued to now. Standing up the seventh year flicked his wand and put it back in the corner where it had gotten it from. "Sorry Headmaster." Another nod. He turned to Hadley before giving her a apologetic look even though he really didn't see what he did wrong with sitting there. "Sorry for disrespecting you and not listening Professor Hadley." He gave her a nod. "Sorry Professor...MacFusty for....yeah...sorry." Did he have to apologize to MacFusty? He wasn't sure. Legend turned back to Tate and gave him another nod of his head, before he quickly made his way around the Staff table and back down to the Gryffindor table.

All personal like? What was Legend on about? And besides the fact that he totally just called Risu's subject, Astrology. But before she could speak up, it seemed that the Headmaster didn't miss anything - how could he? He knew who he hired and thus who was supposed to be sitting at the staff table. BUT Legend Chosen didn't learn because even before he apologized to the Headmaster and herself and even Lachlan, he was being obnoxious.

Hmm.. The Headmaster certainly had his way with words, Fina took note, as the boy listened with only that ONE small bit of brattiness. But as a seventh year she decided right there to limit her tolerance of the boy. She would stick him in detention and take off additional points if it took that much to sink into his thick skull. "Thank you, Mr Chosen." And Headmaster Tate, she added mentally, as she watched the boy go off on his way toward his appropriate table.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Tate waited for the boy to depart before finally standing. Time to deliver the speech and let the poor kiddos have their dinner. He waited a long moment for the room to fall as silent as could be expected before speaking.

"Students! Welcome back to Hogwarts for yet another exciting term. As I'm sure you've seen from the empty seats at this table and the sprinkling of new faces, we have undergone many changes in the staffing for this term. I would like to take a moment to welcome our new staff members, and to let you know that those empty chairs will be filled by Ministry provided staff members who were hand selected by Lord Berty Borr." Lord indeed... the man was meddling in his school, and Tate wasn't sure how he felt about that.

No, he was sure... he didn't like it.

"Those staff members will not be holding office hours at Hogwarts, so I suggest you form study groups if you need additional assistance in those subject areas. My training room from last term is still available for those who want to work on their Defense development, and we will do what is necessary in any areas you may feel necessary. Please be frank with us as the term goes onward." And he expected to hear plenty of complaints, but hey... he could only do so much.

"I'm sure many of you read the Daily Prophet over the summer, and you are probably well aware of the ship currently floating on Black Lake. After extensive magical investigation, I feel fairly confident the ship is free of traps and spells and sturdy enough to be explored. More information will come on that later, but I think we can expect an opportunity to go aboard later in the year." After Max got through with it, of course. Hehe.

"I know it's been a long day, and you're all quite hungry, so let me shut up and sit down and let you get around to stuffing your faces. I wish you all a good meal and a good night to follow, and I hope we have a good year." Free of deaths and all that. Tate clapped his hands and food appeared on each table.

"Eat!"

And there was the speech! Short, sweet, to the point. No 'do not die' message, but Josephina had the feeling that perhaps it just wasn't needed. After all, since she'd been here they did have a three year track record of no deaths, right? So perhaps it was simply the presence of the former International Task Force member who warded off those bad omens? Words did not need to be spoken, but merely thought, something Fina was confident the Headmaster was always thinking about. No wanted death at their school, after all.

Content with those thoughts, she proceeded to scoop some potatoes and Shepard's Pie onto her plate, along with a handful of tortilla chips, that she was certain was only there as a reminder of the former Mexican Magical Creature Professor.

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Originally Posted by Oesed

Offense? Lachlan wouldn't have thought his previous comment could have been taken as an offense, but women were, sometimes, not unlike the riddles centaurs could sprout after observing the stars. MacFusty used to find it mildly irritating, but he was used to it by now. Only meant for Josephina's ears--and obviously for the Astronomy Professor, seeing that he was sitting in between them--, Lachlan inquired, "Are students usually this friendly and excited over the new term?"

Even without his school robes Lachlan would have recognized this particular student as a member of the house of Godric Gryffindor; his current overly-confident demeanor marked him at once. The gift and curse of being a Gryffindor, he supposed. "Lovely wand work there, kid," Lachlan allowed, with an easy grin, because it was true. Summoning charms, especially when they involved big objects, weren't as easy as most made them out to be. "Professor New Guy's name is Lachlan MacFusty and he thinks you should listen to Professor Hadley and go back to the other side." The Other Side. That sounded ominous, did it not? He tilted his head to one side. "Unless there's a perfectly good reason for you to be sitting on this side, then I'm all ears, and I'm sure Professor Hadley is, too."

Distracted, again, though it seemed Josephina almost missed the inquiry on behalf of the new professor. An inquiry which reminded her slightly that though she thanked the students for their gift bearings, Lachlan had no idea who the students were. Well at least most of them seemed inclined to introduce themselves. Shrugging, she nodded, "Every term I've been here, yes it does seem like there's a handful of excitable, hyper children. They've probably experienced an overdose of sugar on the train."

Well good then, at least Lachlan and her were on agreement with something; students didn't belong on this side of the staff table. She eyed the seventh year Lion as she waited for his excuse, which she didn't doubt would be something along the lines of him being king.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"You are very welcome, Professor Hadley," Kurumi chirped bowing once more. "I am looking forward to your lessons this term." Kurumi did have a fascination with Arithmancy after all.

Turning her attention back to Kurumi, Hadley beamed when the third year (already?! My how time flies!) said she was looking forward to her lessons this term. Well as the girl was one of her best students, she did hope so. And then the girl departed from the staff table, so Fina just nodded and smiled at her direction.

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

As she waited for that answer, she heard Fina finally respond to her earlier comment about travel, and she turned to the other woman with another smile. "Indeed. It can be quite relaxing, as well. And educational." In many ways, stretching from her travels years ago to advance her knowledge of Divination, to whatever had happened in France this summer. She hadn't missed the fact that Fina had seemed distracted by watching the student tables, and she smiled a bit to herself. That also seemed to be a common occurrence, as they all had their own little biases. Anyone who had attended Hogwarts had to have them, and want their old house to perform better than the others.

"Not disagreeing about the educational bit. If nothing else, then you should at least pick up a few words in the spoken language of the country." She knew that from her own personal experience of course, before she had taught at the school in South Africa when she traveled for about four years studying curses and other numerology-related topics. And most recently when Maya visited her home in Italy and she got to teach her former colleague a little bit. "So have you seen anything in regards to the schooner?" Fina asked, conversationally. Naturally she was referring to readings Renee might have done in regards to it. If anyone at the staff table would have seen anything, it would have been Renee.

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Originally Posted by Antarctica!

Risu laughed politely. "I'm sure no one expected you to do exactly what I had planned," he said. "Just keeping an eye on them while they were up in the Tower was more than enough, I'm sure." He glanced into the Great Hall again, losing his track of thought. It was a few seconds before he seemed to remember that he was in a conversation.

"And I would never dream offer myself as a substitute in your subject," he added, and for a moment the familiar old smile came back. "I never scraped more than an Acceptable in Arithmancy. Dropped it when I went into NEWT levels."

Turning back toward Risu when he answered her with a laugh, she smiled ruefully. "Oh you're too kind. But I suppose I should admit now that I did only get an acceptable in the subject on my OWLs and NEWTs." She added since he was commenting about his knowledge in her subject. "Haven't looked at the material since I finished sitting for my NEWT exam though, but with a few textbooks I didn't it find it too hard to at least get into the basics." Sure, if cleaning telescopes counted as rudimentary.

That was when, just after - or maybe before - the speech, Fina heard Risu talking for what it seemed the most she ever heard the man next to her speak. Perhaps he just wasn't accustomed to conversing with the female population, but having a male seated next to him, which was a first since his time at Hogwarts had brought out his talkative self.

Heh. Elevators. "Yes, I have to admit that is one of the perks of my subject. Being only on the second floor." Fina mused.

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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady

And he moved to the next lady when he heard the voice that belonged to Professor Hadley whose classes he kinda enjoyed. Well, no, not kinda. He enjoyed them. They were fun, no doubt for certain reasons. Bahahahahaha. Of only she had not sent people to detention for kissing. Hopefully it was not going to be the same for this term. Hehe.

Nodding at her thanks with a warm smile, Josh stopped before her and tapped on the table some. Hmmm his summer? To be honest it had not been really enjoyable with those stupid...dark wizards and their...actions. However the rest that he could talk about. ''It was fine, and avarage summer, Professor Hadley. Thank you. I hope you have enjoyed your summer, as well.''

Hearing a student pipe up again, Josephina smiled when she saw it was just Josh, who seemed rather polite right now. Had the summer changed him and perhaps he grew up slightly? Whatever the case may be, she did not know.

"My summer was relaxing, yes," Fina nodded, as she watched him flitter back to the other side of the table in conversation with Hecate. Who seemed more than suspicious of the sixth year. Then again, Hecate was suspicious of everyone it seemed; no wonder the woman was Head of the Snakes.

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Originally Posted by Colley ♥

Leaning back to glance at the woman, Lily returned the wave, not bothering to call across the table to talk to Fina. It was a shame and made her think of how much she missed having Lexi around.

Oh good, Lily caught the wave. Heh, perhaps they were onto something, starting a wave at the staff table like at sporting events. Was it just her though or did the Healer seem odd... Actually, no it wasn't just her, given directly after the Headmaster finished with his speech, the blond abandoned her chair to go sit with the Badger children? Yea, okay.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

The speech is done! This gave Nika the perfect opportunity to go and say a quick hello to her professors. She skipped over to the staff table whilst humming a cheerful little tune. She stopped in front of it and immediately went silent. She started from the far left of the table and moved her gaze towards the right. Wow. Lots of new professors this year! Nika shrugged and just smiled and waved at them all.

She sent a smile at the Arithmancy professor. Although Arithmancy was far from being one of her favorite subjects she liked the professor and that's what counts right? "Hello Professor Hadley!" Hopefully she would remember Nika. She was only a first year last term so it wasn't very likely. "I really like that color!" She pointed to the dress that Professor Hadley was wearing. Nika looked around and noticed a few gifts on their table. Oops. Maybe next term she should bring something as well?

Then Nika noticed two new teachers beside professor Hadley and waved to them cheerfully. "Hi! I'm Nika Adler. Second Year Gryffindor." Hopefully she would be able to start off with a good impression? Plus one of the new guys is the CoMC professor and that's Nika's second favorite subject.

As her eyes trailed more towards the right she saw her Charms professor. The last time she saw him was during her final when she was just about turning green. "Hello Professor. I'm promise I will practice and try to get better this term." Nika started to make a mental note to ask Emily for more extra help.

OH and then there's professor Bishop! "Hiya Professor Bishop! Hope you enjoyed your holiday!" Although Nika wasn't very good at the subject divination it is one of her favorites. Besides it is her best subject (which really goes to show how bad she is at the other ones}.

Just about to dig into her dinner, she smiled at the young miss who decided to interrupt right after the speech. "Hello Miss Adler and thank you," Fina said acknowledging the second year. She was sweet and with good intentions, which is why her next actions were rather direct and forward. "While I do appreciate your friendly greetings, perhaps you could save them for tomorrow and go enjoy remainder of the feast with your friends." After all, if she was hungry later, then she couldn't very well sneak out of her dormitory to get something.

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Originally Posted by Maxilocks

He'd arrived in the Great Hall five or so minutes before Tate's speech, and the first thing Jared had noticed had been the vacant chairs. Those had been expected but, even so, one of his eyebrows rose for a brief moment. He'd nodded to the professors seated at the far side of the table - Hecate, Jeremy, Lilyan, Seren, the lot - before his green gaze had turned to his own chair, and he'd made his way towards said chair.

"Josephina, Risu." Risu, it seemed, had returned. Jared felt, he had to admit, a tad curious. "Renée." His lips tugged up into a faint smile as he greeted her.

Then there was the new Care of Magical Creatures professor, the only new face at his side of the table. Tate had risen to his feet before Jared could greet the man, so that introduction had had to wait until the end of the Headmaster's speech. "Jared Descoteaux," Jared said, by way of greeting, once Tate had sat down again, and the applause that the students had joined in turned into relative silence. He extended a hand. "Charms. You'll be taking over Care of Magical Creatures, if I'm not mistaken?"

Having been just about to bite into one of those tortilla chips, Josephina furrowed her brow as she heard her name yet again. Only this time it was simply her first name, which led her to believe it was a fellow staff member. Blinking, she turned to see Jared had taken his seat just two spots away, an action that she hadn't even noticed when it happened.

"Jared," she greeted in return. Can I get back to my chips now? she wanted to ask, but refrained and instead smiled gingerly at him. "Your summer was relaxing, I trust?"

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Originally Posted by mellamaet

"Oh, no. Of course not, Professor Hadley." Cass answered as she shook her head "I - I would never!"

This was the last time she was giving apples. Next year, she'll be giving oranges. Hmph.

Having forgotten momentarily that the Slytherin girl who brought them apples was still there, she smiled at her. "Okay, good, good. Well thank you then, for the gesture, Miss Prewett," Fina nodded at her, wondering if it was okay to eat a chip now.

05-05-2011, 04:20 PM	#96 (permalink)
QueenPhoenix Formerly: PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 59,347 Hogwarts RPG Name: Ayden Diggory-Keighley (#07ad01) Hufflepuff Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Levi Draguar (#062807) Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: ?? Slytherin Hogwarts RPG Name: Bailey Crawford (#bb04bc) Hufflepuff Seventh Year x12 x8	❄ Chasing Waterfalls & Wonder ❄ \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers SPOILER!!: Legend, Lachlan, Tate Quote: Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles Legend actually enjoyed sitting behind the table with the Professors. He had a complete view of the hall and even could make out a small Ravenclaw spilling some water on some Slytherin. It was awesome! He turned back to Hadley as she once again addressed him by his last name. He would have thought that she forgot his name. But of course Legend knew better, Hadley loved him. His brows rose slight as she began to speak all 'official like'. It was like she went away for one summer and the fun was sucked out of her. "Why?" He asked innocently enough. There was NO rule that said he could not be back here. "It's fun back here. Relaxing too. We can talk all personal like." He leaned back in the chair grinning. "Plus I'm not going over there so that Jayce's dog could bite me." Sure he was over there with professor Zoo but STILL. His excuses al made sense really. "Thanks sir!" Only calling him sir of course because he didn't know the guy yet. He didn't want him to think he was some sort of brat or anything. "Sort of mastered summoning charms in fifth year." Been there, done that, so long ago, but he was sure the Professor with the hair would not care about that. MacFusty. Huh. "Are you sure I can't call you Professor New Guy?" He still wanted to. He was new. He was a guy. It was a name Legend want to bestow upon him. He AGREEED with Hadley. That was insane really. Legend rolled his eyes, still smiling."But Professor, Hadley is hardly ever right about things when it has nothing to do with Arithmancy. Trust me, she tried to teach Astrology last term-" He shook his head. "-Disaster really. Anyways, all this means that I should stay here." Or something like that. What had he just said? Legend wasn't sure anymore. It was hard to keep up with things you just said at the top of your head. He flashed the biggest smile he could to Hadley. Quote: Originally Posted by Oesed Had the the bold Gryffindor--how redundant of him--not spoken up again, MacFusty would have forgotten his presence altogether. He was giving his excuses to Josephina, and Lachlan bit the inside of his cheek to make himself not chortle. "I am one hundred percent sure I don't want you to call me that to my face, Mister Chosen, but if I change my mind you will be the first one to know." Professor New Guy wasn't too terrible for a nickname, and it could be worse, he knew. But he was new, and it would do him no good to publicly allow a student to give him a nickname of sorts. Especially since the Chosen Boy seemed the sort to become easily comfortable around professors--or at least, comfortable enough to mention that they were often wrong. He shot Hadley a small side-ways look, and said, "I'm not sure you may be the best one to judge whether Professor Hadley was good or bad at teaching Astrology, Mister Chosen." His dark brows rose, but then he made a sound that sounded very much like a snicker. *"After all, the subject taught at Hogwarts is Astronomy, not Astrology."* The reason why the boy was keen on staying where he was were beyond Lachlan's understanding. Had he no friends waiting for him back at the Gryffindor table? Was he not aware that some students were giving him off looks already? Perhaps he didn't care, which, once again, was quite the popular trait amongst the members of the Gryffindor house. "Now, mister Chosen," He began, his tone perfectly pleasant and even almost friendly, "As delightful as this small chat has been, it is time for you to send that chair back where you summoned it from, return to the Gryffindor table and wait for the Headmaster's speech." Which, Lachlan thought, would probable be soon. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin "And you, young man..." Tate glanced a few seats down to where Mr. Chosen was being enormously badly behaved. "Your Head of House can deal with you personally. Perhaps you'd like to spend time in the dungeons during Quidditch tryouts too? That I'll leave up to her, but for blatant disrespect to two of my staff members, as well as disrespecting all of us by sitting at the staff table, I'm taking fifteen points from Gryffindor. And if you do not apologize immediately to Professor Hadley, I'll take more. She is not your buddy or your amigo, and you do not get to speak dismissively of her credentials. As a fact, if you speak to your own friends that way, I'd be surprised to find you had any at all. Now apologize and remove yourself from this table at once." Quote: Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles Legend nodded. Ah. Professor New Guy would have been a better name. But he didn't exactly reject the name, so Legend knew that he would probably warm up to it soon enough. If he kept calling him that. The blonde shrugged. "She was probably good. I just wasn't paying attention." So she didn't capture his attention. Therefore she was bad. Yeah? His eyes widened slightly. "Astronomy? Are you sure? No wonder I did so bad in that class before." He was getting the name wrong all along! Someone could have told him! Legend was about to say something else when Tate- Headmaster Tate came and began enforcing rules that technically weren't written down. Nod. Nod. Agree. Look sorry. His head of house? Was this that serious. Legend just continued to nod, as the speech went on. FIFTEEN POINTS? For sitting! It was crazy! Mad! Oh well. "Amigo...but Sir..I don't speak Spanish." He said weakly as he continued to now. Standing up the seventh year flicked his wand and put it back in the corner where it had gotten it from. "Sorry Headmaster." Another nod. He turned to Hadley before giving her a apologetic look even though he really didn't see what he did wrong with sitting there. "Sorry for disrespecting you and not listening Professor Hadley." He gave her a nod. "Sorry Professor...MacFusty for....yeah...sorry." Did he have to apologize to MacFusty? He wasn't sure. Legend turned back to Tate and gave him another nod of his head, before he quickly made his way around the Staff table and back down to the Gryffindor table. All personal like? What was Legend on about? And besides the fact that he totally just called Risu's subject, Astrology. But before she could speak up, it seemed that the Headmaster didn't miss anything - how could he? He knew who he hired and thus who was supposed to be sitting at the staff table. BUT Legend Chosen didn't learn because even before he apologized to the Headmaster and herself and even Lachlan, he was being obnoxious. Hmm.. The Headmaster certainly had his way with words, Fina took note, as the boy listened with only that ONE small bit of brattiness. But as a seventh year she decided right there to limit her tolerance of the boy. She would stick him in detention and take off additional points if it took that much to sink into his thick skull. "Thank you, Mr Chosen." And Headmaster Tate, she added mentally, as she watched the boy go off on his way toward his appropriate table. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin Tate waited for the boy to depart before finally standing. Time to deliver the speech and let the poor kiddos have their dinner. He waited a long moment for the room to fall as silent as could be expected before speaking. "Students! Welcome back to Hogwarts for yet another exciting term. As I'm sure you've seen from the empty seats at this table and the sprinkling of new faces, we have undergone many changes in the staffing for this term. I would like to take a moment to welcome our new staff members, and to let you know that those empty chairs will be filled by Ministry provided staff members who were hand selected by Lord Berty Borr." Lord indeed... the man was meddling in his school, and Tate wasn't sure how he felt about that. No, he was sure... he didn't like it. "Those staff members will not be holding office hours at Hogwarts, so I suggest you form study groups if you need additional assistance in those subject areas. My training room from last term is still available for those who want to work on their Defense development, and we will do what is necessary in any areas you may feel necessary. Please be frank with us as the term goes onward." And he expected to hear plenty of complaints, but hey... he could only do so much. "I'm sure many of you read the Daily Prophet over the summer, and you are probably well aware of the ship currently floating on Black Lake. After extensive magical investigation, I feel fairly confident the ship is free of traps and spells and sturdy enough to be explored. More information will come on that later, but I think we can expect an opportunity to go aboard later in the year." After Max got through with it, of course. Hehe. "I know it's been a long day, and you're all quite hungry, so let me shut up and sit down and let you get around to stuffing your faces. I wish you all a good meal and a good night to follow, and I hope we have a good year." Free of deaths and all that. Tate clapped his hands and food appeared on each table. "Eat!" And there was the speech! Short, sweet, to the point. No 'do not die' message, but Josephina had the feeling that perhaps it just wasn't needed. After all, since she'd been here they did have a three year track record of no deaths, right? So perhaps it was simply the presence of the former International Task Force member who warded off those bad omens? Words did not need to be spoken, but merely thought, something Fina was confident the Headmaster was always thinking about. No wanted death at their school, after all. Content with those thoughts, she proceeded to scoop some potatoes and Shepard's Pie onto her plate, along with a handful of tortilla chips, that she was certain was only there as a reminder of the former Mexican Magical Creature Professor. Quote: Originally Posted by Oesed Offense? Lachlan wouldn't have thought his previous comment could have been taken as an offense, but women were, sometimes, not unlike the riddles centaurs could sprout after observing the stars. MacFusty used to find it mildly irritating, but he was used to it by now. Only meant for Josephina's ears--and obviously for the Astronomy Professor, seeing that he was sitting in between them--, Lachlan inquired, "Are students usually this friendly and excited over the new term?" Even without his school robes Lachlan would have recognized this particular student as a member of the house of Godric Gryffindor; his current overly-confident demeanor marked him at once. The gift and curse of being a Gryffindor, he supposed. "Lovely wand work there, kid," Lachlan allowed, with an easy grin, because it was true. Summoning charms, especially when they involved big objects, weren't as easy as most made them out to be. "Professor New Guy's name is Lachlan MacFusty and he thinks you should listen to Professor Hadley and go back to the other side." The Other Side. That sounded ominous, did it not? He tilted his head to one side. *"Unless there's a perfectly good* reason for you to be sitting on this side, then I'm all ears, and I'm sure Professor Hadley is, too." Distracted, again, though it seemed Josephina almost missed the inquiry on behalf of the new professor. An inquiry which reminded her slightly that though she thanked the students for their gift bearings, Lachlan had no idea who the students were. Well at least most of them seemed inclined to introduce themselves. Shrugging, she nodded, "Every term I've been here, yes it does seem like there's a handful of excitable, hyper children. They've probably experienced an overdose of sugar on the train." Well good then, at least Lachlan and her were on agreement with something; students didn't belong on this side of the staff table. She eyed the seventh year Lion as she waited for his excuse, which she didn't doubt would be something along the lines of him being king. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie "You are very welcome, Professor Hadley," Kurumi chirped bowing once more. "I am looking forward to your lessons this term." Kurumi did have a fascination with Arithmancy after all. Turning her attention back to Kurumi, Hadley beamed when the third year (already?! My how time flies!) said she was looking forward to her lessons this term. Well as the girl was one of her best students, she did hope so. And then the girl departed from the staff table, so Fina just nodded and smiled at her direction. Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger As she waited for that answer, she heard Fina finally respond to her earlier comment about travel, and she turned to the other woman with another smile. "Indeed. It can be quite relaxing, as well. And educational." In many ways, stretching from her travels years ago to advance her knowledge of Divination, to whatever had happened in France this summer. She hadn't missed the fact that Fina had seemed distracted by watching the student tables, and she smiled a bit to herself. That also seemed to be a common occurrence, as they all had their own little biases. Anyone who had attended Hogwarts had to have them, and want their old house to perform better than the others. "Not disagreeing about the educational bit. If nothing else, then you should at least pick up a few words in the spoken language of the country." She knew that from her own personal experience of course, before she had taught at the school in South Africa when she traveled for about four years studying curses and other numerology-related topics. And most recently when Maya visited her home in Italy and she got to teach her former colleague a little bit. "So have you seen anything in regards to the schooner?" Fina asked, conversationally. Naturally she was referring to readings Renee might have done in regards to it. If anyone at the staff table would have seen anything, it would have been Renee. Quote: Originally Posted by Antarctica!** Risu laughed politely. "I'm sure no one expected you to do exactly what I had planned," he said. "Just keeping an eye on them while they were up in the Tower was more than enough, I'm sure." He glanced into the Great Hall again, losing his track of thought. It was a few seconds before he seemed to remember that he was in a conversation. "And I would never dream offer myself as a substitute in your subject," he added, and for a moment the familiar old smile came back. "I never scraped more than an Acceptable in Arithmancy. Dropped it when I went into NEWT levels." Turning back toward Risu when he answered her with a laugh, she smiled ruefully. "Oh you're too kind. But I suppose I should admit now that I did only get an acceptable in the subject on my OWLs and NEWTs." She added since he was commenting about his knowledge in her subject. "Haven't looked at the material since I finished sitting for my NEWT exam though, but with a few textbooks I didn't it find it too hard to at least get into the basics." Sure, if cleaning telescopes counted as rudimentary. That was when, just after - or maybe before - the speech, Fina heard Risu talking for what it seemed the most she ever heard the man next to her speak. Perhaps he just wasn't accustomed to conversing with the female population, but having a male seated next to him, which was a first since his time at Hogwarts had brought out his talkative self. Heh. Elevators. "Yes, I have to admit that is one of the perks of my subject. Being only on the second floor." Fina mused. Quote: Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady And he moved to the next lady when he heard the voice that belonged to Professor Hadley whose classes he kinda enjoyed. Well, no, not kinda. He enjoyed them. They were fun, no doubt for certain reasons. Bahahahahaha. Of only she had not sent people to detention for kissing. Hopefully it was not going to be the same for this term. Hehe. Nodding at her thanks with a warm smile, Josh stopped before her and tapped on the table some. Hmmm his summer? To be honest it had not been really enjoyable with those stupid...dark wizards and their...actions. However the rest that he could talk about. ''It was fine, and avarage summer, Professor Hadley. Thank you. I hope you have enjoyed your summer, as well.'' Hearing a student pipe up again, Josephina smiled when she saw it was just Josh, who seemed rather polite right now. Had the summer changed him and perhaps he grew up slightly? Whatever the case may be, she did not know. "My summer was relaxing, yes," Fina nodded, as she watched him flitter back to the other side of the table in conversation with Hecate. Who seemed more than suspicious of the sixth year. Then again, Hecate was suspicious of everyone it seemed; no wonder the woman was Head of the Snakes. Quote: Originally Posted by Colley ♥ Leaning back to glance at the woman, Lily returned the wave, not bothering to call across the table to talk to Fina. It was a shame and made her think of how much she missed having Lexi around. Oh good, Lily caught the wave. Heh, perhaps they were onto something, starting a wave at the staff table like at sporting events. Was it just her though or did the Healer seem odd... Actually, no it wasn't just her, given directly after the Headmaster finished with his speech, the blond abandoned her chair to go sit with the Badger children? Yea, okay. Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack The speech is done! This gave Nika the perfect opportunity to go and say a quick hello to her professors. She skipped over to the staff table whilst humming a cheerful little tune. She stopped in front of it and immediately went silent. She started from the far left of the table and moved her gaze towards the right. Wow. Lots of new professors this year! Nika shrugged and just smiled and waved at them all. She sent a smile at the Arithmancy professor. Although Arithmancy was far from being one of her favorite subjects she liked the professor and that's what counts right? "Hello Professor Hadley!" Hopefully she would remember Nika. She was only a first year last term so it wasn't very likely. "I really like that color!" She pointed to the dress that Professor Hadley was wearing. Nika looked around and noticed a few gifts on their table. Oops. Maybe next term she should bring something as well? Then Nika noticed two new teachers beside professor Hadley and waved to them cheerfully. "Hi! I'm Nika Adler. Second Year Gryffindor." Hopefully she would be able to start off with a good impression? Plus one of the new guys is the CoMC professor and that's Nika's second favorite subject. As her eyes trailed more towards the right she saw her Charms professor. The last time she saw him was during her final when she was just about turning green. "Hello Professor. I'm promise I will practice and try to get better this term." Nika started to make a mental note to ask Emily for more extra help. OH and then there's professor Bishop! "Hiya Professor Bishop! Hope you enjoyed your holiday!" Although Nika wasn't very good at the subject divination it is one of her favorites. Besides it is her best subject (which really goes to show how bad she is at the other ones}. Just about to dig into her dinner, she smiled at the young miss who decided to interrupt right after the speech. "Hello Miss Adler and thank you," Fina said acknowledging the second year. She was sweet and with good intentions, which is why her next actions were rather direct and forward. "While I do appreciate your friendly greetings, perhaps you could save them for tomorrow and go enjoy remainder of the feast with your friends." After all, if she was hungry later, then she couldn't very well sneak out of her dormitory to get something. Quote: Originally Posted by Maxilocks He'd arrived in the Great Hall five or so minutes before Tate's speech, and the first thing Jared had noticed had been the vacant chairs. Those had been expected but, even so, one of his eyebrows rose for a brief moment. He'd nodded to the professors seated at the far side of the table - Hecate, Jeremy, Lilyan, Seren, the lot - before his green gaze had turned to his own chair, and he'd made his way towards said chair. "Josephina, Risu." Risu, it seemed, had returned. Jared felt, he had to admit, a tad curious. "Renée." His lips tugged up into a faint smile as he greeted her. Then there was the new Care of Magical Creatures professor, the only new face at his side of the table. Tate had risen to his feet before Jared could greet the man, so that introduction had had to wait until the end of the Headmaster's speech. "Jared Descoteaux," Jared said, by way of greeting, once Tate had sat down again, and the applause that the students had joined in turned into relative silence. He extended a hand. "Charms. You'll be taking over Care of Magical Creatures, if I'm not mistaken?" Having been just about to bite into one of those tortilla chips, Josephina furrowed her brow as she heard her name yet again. Only this time it was simply her first name, which led her to believe it was a fellow staff member. Blinking, she turned to see Jared had taken his seat just two spots away, an action that she hadn't even noticed when it happened. "Jared," she greeted in return. Can I get back to my chips now? she wanted to ask, but refrained and instead smiled gingerly at him. "Your summer was relaxing, I trust?" Quote: Originally Posted by mellamaet "Oh, no. Of course not, Professor Hadley." Cass answered as she shook her head "I - I would never!" This was the last time she was giving apples. Next year, she'll be giving oranges. Hmph. Having forgotten momentarily that the Slytherin girl who brought them apples was still there, she smiled at her. "Okay, good, good. Well thank you then, for the gesture, Miss Prewett," Fina nodded at her, wondering if it was okay to eat a chip now. __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯