Ashley found the class quickly and quietly located a place to sit, only noticing the professor once he was ready to sit. As he generally felt rude when he didn't at least say hello, he paused to give a polite, "Hello, professor," before actually taking his seat.
Then he settled in to get ready to get to work, taking note of the parchment and the instructions on what to do with it, quickly writing in the information with way too much excitement,
because he'd always wanted an awesome nameplate and everything, and he wanted to watch the parchment turn into one. How cool was that?