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emjay 
Oh, had he startled him? That hadn't been Ansley's intention, but the other man seemed to take it in stride. "Not at all," he said, his eyes falling on the amulets that Julien had been looking at. "It's open for anyone who wants to come in and learn or just look." And it seemed like Julien found some things interesting here.
"I haven't, not everything at least." He walked past him, catching one of the portraits in his sight. "I collected a few of the artifacts and painted some of the portraits, but some of the things were already here." He wasn't sure who had left them here or how long they had been here, but he arranged things to his liking and assumed they were for the current history teacher to use.
As ridiculous as the feast had gotten, Ansley was able to laugh about it now. "It almost makes me wonder if it was planned, like a welcome to Hogwarts sort of hazing." He hadn't pledged a fraternity when he was at Uni, but he had heard about those sorts of things happening. "But no, I had enough drama to leave before I got too wet."
Good, he was able to come in a look around. He had hoped as much at least.
"I enjoy history. It helps us learn from mistakes and it helps us make sure we progress instead of fall backwards. Getting to examine things that were around when we were not has always fascinated me." His eyes back on some of the artifacts in front of him before moving towards the paintings.
Impressive, he was a painter, that was something Julien wasn't expecting.
"How does a painter of such detailed portraits end up a History Teacher at Hogwarts?" It was all very fascinating really. How did he himself end up at the school. They each had their own stories in which they all ended up in the castle teaching.
His laugh made Julien eye him a bit. It had been some time, but he still didn't feel the chaos was a laughing matter.
"I would truly hope not. It was the most ridiculous form of behavior I have ever watched." His head shaking in such disapproval.
"Order is the key to any learning environment, without it we can't have a functioning school. I'm not sure how these professors have made decent wizards out of these children with such chaos going on." The way some of his fellow colleagues acted was something else that hadn't sat well with him.