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Thomas_Duskurk 
Thomas waited as long as he dared. He would not risk anything so undignified as a tug on his leash. So, with most of the professors already seated, Professor Duskurk slipped into the great hall via the opening of a secret passage behind a tapestry (handy things, tapestries) and seemed to just appear behind his chair. He was good at subtle little tricks like that and they came as naturally as walking. He was wearing a conservative suit with a red tie. The robes of his suit were unwrinkled, black, and neither constricting nor billowing. Conservative. He did his best to smooth his expression into something that was, if not friendly, then at least not thoroughly disgusted.
He took a chair away from the headmaster amongst some of the other staff (no need to seem completely unfriendly), though he gave the much younger man a nod before taking his napkin off his plate and making a big production of unfolding it and smoothing it onto his lap. The place was crawling with students who didn't have enough decency to remain in their seats where they belonged. In his day students knew their place. Thomas gave a snort of disgust in response to his own internal ruminations and reached for his glass. Mr. Social he was not.
Maidee felt a chill go over her body as the newest member of the staff joined the table. He seemed so....so stiff and unfriendly. What was he doing at a school? Surrounded by CHILDREN? She shouldn't judge, however, maybe he just didn't like adults?
She was about to introduce herself but the Healer had beaten her to it. She smiled and watched the man as he, very primly, dabbed a napkin on his lips. She giggled, she couldn't help it! Never before had she seen someone actually do that in PUBLIC! teehee.
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BanaBatGirl Forced to attend yet another feast surrounded by happy people and happy children and happy, married couples, Anastasia had decided to seclude herself. She had so many more important things to do than sit in a stupid chair and pretend to want to socialize. She didn't even like any of these people, and definitely not any of the new ones.... whoever they were.... like she cared.... she would just pretend not to look around and not care.
Annie started her pretending to not care by looking firstly to her left.
Alessia Lupa. Lovely. How had Annie wound up in this chair? Why wasn't she sitting by Max or... that suave gentleman with the red tie there? Bunz found herself sitting up a little bit straighter as she stared down the table with a little more interested expression.
Hmm. Max had a mustache, Kapoor had food in his beard, Iliarcus was being disgustingly cute as usual and.... oh wait, wait wait wait,
wait,
wait,
WAS THAT ANOTHER REDHEAD?!!!!!! Quote:
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BanaBatGirl
Bunz was still so busy glaring at the other redhead and comparing hair tone and color that she almost missed Kiri's greeting.
"Hello, Miss-- Captain -- Starstalker," she nodded at the young Slytherin, noticed her badge, and then continued her staring around at the rest of the staff.
She didn't like what she was seeing, especially not if her hearing was correct, regarding all the child drama there. Healer Ashford? Gabriella/Ella/Ellie/Eleanor Ashford?
Oh lovely.
Down the table, on Maidee's other side was yet another sensation. Like two holes burning in the back of her head. Two....eye sized holes. She turned around and found another redhead (and people had said the hair color would disappear!) staring....no, GLARING at her. What had she done? Maidee couldn't think of having insulted this woman, in fact, she couldn't even remember ever seeing her before.
Still, she wanted to be polite. Turning so her attention was on the other red head at the table, she stuck out her hand. "Maidee McFarlane, Astronomy Professor. It's a pleasure to meet you......." she smiled and waited for the other woman to offer her name.