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Originally Posted by
BanaBatGirl 
Willy was distracted from his ruminations on the Charms position when good golly gee whiz, there was Gemma.
"Heyyy Gem," he greeted her warmly, taking the little bag off his plate. ONLY FOOD WAS SUPPOSED TO GO THERE. "I did, thanks, I think." Speaking of his travels only reminded him of the THING out in his BARN sitting in a FIRE that he needed to tend to, and Will started tapping his foot again.
"Did you enjoy your break?" He tilted his head at her. She looked... different for some reason. Also, she was reminding him of something he needed to ask Olly the next time he saw him.
IF he ever made it to the FEAST. Geez.
'I think'...well that sounded like it was the perfect entrance to a good story..."
You think?" she said cocking her right eyebrow up, "
That sounds like trouble and knowing you and the other two stooges you hang around with that's prolly exactly what it was..." she said teasingly glancing down towards the last seat at the table that was still vacant.
Did she have fun over the break...that was a good question and she wasn't sure what the safe answer would be...she tilted her head slightly, "
Yes, very much fun...soaking up the sun and learning to surf and staying out of trouble..." she said the last with a little bit of sarcasm in her voice.
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Originally Posted by
PhoenixRising
Just as she caught a goody bag (?) set before her, which caused Fina to look back in front of her to see Gemma. Oh so thoughtful the woman was. "Tea would be lovely.... but not tonight, as I'm quite exhausted." Heck, she wasn't even sure she'd be up for a visit to her students later. Nothing would beat a daybreak with their Head of House tomorrow, for sure. "But my break was great. Just the last 48 hours have been crazy."
She smiled at the woman...tea tonite...o goodness...she was sooo tired that this wasn't an option for her either, "O I agree..I'm about ready to just crash...I really wish we didn't start classes right away...would like a couple more days to get everything put together and organized..." and she just really wanted some peace and quiet for a little while before the children came in and started...being nosey children...she tuned back in to hear the end of the statement..."Good to hear, I hope you got some rest before the last 48 hours..." she noticed the professor did look extra tired compared to her usual self, "I hope everything is okay...and if you need help with anything please don't be afraid to ask...I'm not very good at anything other than History and MS, but I can always act like I'm good at other subjects..." she said teasingly.
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Originally Posted by
DanialRadFAN01
Ooh goody bag? Geez, they were really nice here. "Oh thank you, sorry I didn't bring anything for you." Unless she wanted a peacock feather, she was plum out of gifts. "It's lovely to meet you Gemma, Calista Elwood, Divination." She shook her outstretched hand with her own, more jingling was heard from her many bracelets.
The professor shook the woman's hand and was instantly drawn to the bracelets. Gemma loved loved loved them so much that she almost missed the woman's name. She smiled and said, "Well it is great to meet you...and I love your bracelets..." she said glancing up and just now noticing the feather the woman was wearing...yes she instantly knew she was going to like this one...she liked people with fashion sense and as she quickly glanced up and down the table she was reacquainted with the fact that not many of the at the table had fashion sense....or atleast good fashion sense..."And, you said Divination....I am impressed...you not only have fashion sense, but you also have an interesting and challenging subject..."
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Originally Posted by
Cassirin
"Erm. Thank you, Gemma." Tate turned the bag around and around in his hands before setting it just to the side of his plate. Must be a Muggle thing, right?
Gemma started to walk off and stopped a little bit on the other side of the Headmaster and glanced over her shoulder as she heard the Headmaster speaking of his family...had she ever really heard him do that before...no not really and he had pictures...
She glanced over her shoulder at the portrait and smiled...yes he was right...the baby was a cutey patootie...she instantly made a mental note to put together a basket of Muggle baby goodies for the man but her train of thought was interrupted with the introduction of the odd item from the last term...at this mention, she couldn't help but eavesdrop a little bit more.
The Historian in her made her nosey about the object, so she paused and listened in on the conversation.
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Roselyn [COLOR=#bd6d6d]
Blue bag. Everyone was getting one apparently, so all was good. "Thank you! It's good to be back as vell." she smiled, gaze lingering on the little bag for a moment. "I hope your summer vos vell."
What was in the bag!?
And before she knew it, someone else was in her line of vision, sitting in the Charms Professor's seat. Someone who was not Althea. Oh dear, after having that momentary expectation to see Edvard in his seat, she expected Althea to be in hers as well.
The wonders summer did to one's memory...
New people meant new personalities. "Good evening." she smiled. She was nice, right? Mostly everyone here was, so there was hope!
Gemma smiled at Medea, "
Thank you, mine was great, but I am happy to be back...i've spent so many years here that Hogwarts is more my home than my own home..." Quote:
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Davvy_Wavvy As soon as she had gotten settled in her seat and discretely inspected the utensils Sophia got back to watching the students seated belows them. That was until someone else arriving caught her attention. And she was giving out gifts. Well then that was..odd.
She looked at the hand that the woman extended to her and internally cringed when the woman said she taught Muggle Studies. Really? They needed to do away with that discipline..if one could call it that. It was totally unnecessary as far as she was concerned. Anyways..this woman's hand.. She shook it gingerly and even forced a smile."Charmed...Sophia Bellaire, Charms Professor." As for the bag..she eyed it. No doubt it was filled with muggle things...blech.
The professor could tell that this new face was a little hesitant about Gemma. And she had to admit that she wasn't impressed by her handshake...she had been raised to always give a firm handshake to anyone. Gemma almost laughed as the woman introduced herself...did anyone else think it was funny that she said Charmed and was the Charms Professor...but she kept from laughing and just smiled, "
Well it is nice to meet you Sophia. We should meet for tea once the term gets started and things settle down a bit..." she said genuinely to the woman. Gemma was all about being the official welcoming committee.