Anna and William (Hmmm, to mention Legend or not to mention him . . .)
 

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Nicholai decided to pretend like he wasn't hearing anything about Celandine getting up to mischief, and Raiden? Merlin. They were old enough to know better. He contemplated searching them out and getting to the bottom of things but figured that they would show their faces sooner or later.

Mikey attempted to reach for a shiny bottle but he couldn't get free of his daddy's grip so he gave up and started making monkey noises instead. He wriggled a bit when his mummy waved at him but settled down when his daddy gave him a look.

... Yes because clearly registering something like a dangerous potion under someone elses name was just that simple. Not impossible of course, but far too much effort to go when there were so many other, easier, safer and more interesting methods of... what had she said, making sure 'they will be suspect number one, and not you'. Odd questions to pose at a booth intended for those who were curious about a potions career.

"Unregistered is not, in the case of potions, at all the same as illegal. If it isn't for sale or general distribution, as I mentioned, then it does not need to be registered in order to use it, personal use is perfectly acceptable. It is only ever illegal if the potion itself is illegal, regardless of where it is administered." Nico answered. What exactly was she trying to get at? If it wasn't 'sinister' as she'd mentioned before then why would anyone think it was illegal?

He did enjoy semantics. Still he waved it away with a casual flick of his hand "And, I should really at this point suggest that you look into Wizarding Law, there are certainly a few here in the Hogwarts library. Were you interested in a potions related career?"

Which was the point of the booth after all, it wasn't about him giving legal advice on dodgy dealings.

Why give away all his secrets after all?

And why hadn't she asked her potions professor questions like this? The woman sounded positively angelic.

Nico fished around in his pocket, extracted an odd looking piece of wood which curled in on itself and appeared to have no ends, and gave it to Michael. The little boy puzzled over it quietly, trying to make it make sense.

Maxxeh
 

Oh, but she had seen enough of the Law, son! Gold wanted to say that out loud, but decided against it. There was the huge, HUGE possibly that he wouldn't get her joke. Not to mention, he was probably right. She ought to ask about a potions-related career.

Or something of that sort.

"So, are there potions-related careers that are sinister but perfectly legal?" She ventured, before deciding that was quite the wrong question. One she could answer herself, in fact. Which made it pointless, as well. "Ah well, forget it. I'll just read through that brochure again, if you don't mind." Because, you know, sinister!talk can get sinister.

Obviously.

Lalalala! Gold was -- OHHAIIBESTIE!

"Hey, Broderz," Gold said, with a soft smile. She felt the Hufflepuff's hand in hers, and was glad for it. This meant Brody cared, didn't it? Because Gold had found Evolette McKenna a - in the politest of words, mind you - big-headed person with a pretty face, and apparently no brains. Not to mention, she had dared to allot to Gold, words that the redhead had never uttered. Gold had never been fond of lies.

Which was it was pretty understandable that she had no desire to meet Evolette McKenna ever, ever again. Not now, not later.

"I'm fine." She grinned. "Let's sample a potion?"

Rawwwrr.

Brody smiled at her friend, because at least the girl actually lookeed happy. And she said she was fine, so that made Brody happy. She probably would have been annoyed if Evolette had upset her best friend, because she had no right really. But brody knew deep down that it was just how her cousin was. Brody squeezed her friends hand, and looked at the booth. This really didn't interest her that much, she wasn't too good at potions, but she'd give it a try hehe. She liked giving things a try hehe. "Thats goood." She smiled at her best friend, referring to the fine.

"Errr..." She glanced at the potions. Well she was sure they wouldn't hurt them, because like that wouldn't be cool. "Sure."

Okay, so Rafe had no interest whatsoever in potions...it was just mixing stuff right? He was more interested in the representative--Anna Greingoth! She was a Hogwarts Quidditch legend if you asked him. He read about her in the archives. How odd it was that she became a Potions Mistress? Rafe approached the booth, Oooh samples! Unfortunately, there wasn't anything that interest him. "Miss Greingoth!" Rafe said excitedly. "What was it like grabbing the Snitch right under Colin MacKenzie's nose during the 2069 All-Star Match?"

Fia stepped back into the job fair and noticed a booth that she had completely missed before. The EXACT booth she needed. Brewing Potions. "Wowww," she grinned as she walked up and peeked at the different bottled samples aligned in front of them. It was at that moment she noticed Gold, whom she'd not completely met before, yet her step sister was also there as well and what was it they were looking at? Love potion? Hmmmm...

"Ahemmm, so we may try....any of these?" She looked towards both the young lady and gentleman on the other side of the table as both were speaking to all the students. The clearing of the throat was meant for Brody and the love potion that was being offered to her. Mwahaha. She was more than sure that the effects of the potions were short lived and nothing more.

There was so many people standing around the booth, but Anna was somehow able to pick out the distinct sound of a new person's voice. Turning around to see who had approached the booth, she saw a blonde-headed Hufflepuff girl admiring the potions. Oh, finally! Someone was showing a slight interest in the samples they'd provided!

"Mmhmm, you can try any of the five samples on the table. Just make sure you read the instructions before you drink one of them," she advised. "Is there a certain one that catches your eye?" Anna sort of edged the Aging Potion a little closer to the edge of the table. She'd been hoping someone would try that one sooner or later...

Oh good, Brody was all smiles. That probably meant Gold had said something right. She didn't even remember what she had just said, though. Silly. She looked down at the potions, as she thought this, and mentally eliminated the Shrinking Solution, for now. No aging for her, either. Though that did bring up a question, in Gold's mind. She was going to ask Anna.

BUT. For now.

"I want to try the love potion," Gold chuckled. "But I haven't brought anyone along, so I can't." POUT.

Whoa. "That sounds a lot of responsibility," Gold said. Four years of Prefectship, one of which saw you as Head Girl. Quite a lot of responsibility, there. But, now for her question.

"There's something that I wanted to ask," Gold said, shaking herself out of a sudden bout of thoughts, to focus her green eyes on the Potions Mistress, again. "The aging potion. When you age, is it an actual reflection of how you will look, when you grow that age? Or how you might look, at that age?" Because Gold was SO not going to get herself any wispy, gray hair, even if it was only a potion.

She was going to have super, red hair FOREVER.

Well, hopefully.

OhHAIIFia.

It was a wonder, that the two of them had never actually had a proper conversation. She and Fia, that is. Gold gave the girl a polite smile. "I want to try the Love Potion," she told the girl, randomly. "But I can'ttt." No guys around that she knew that well.

Anna nodded. Being a prefect and a Head Girl definitely was a lot of responsibility, but Anna had enjoyed the challenge. Besides, Cale and Chris had been good co-prefects and had helped her with a lot of the workload. "You see that curly, brown-headed man at the Ministry Representatives booth?" she asked, pointed a manicured finger toward Cale. "That's my husband, but years ago, he was my co-prefect. We worked really well together, and he helped me with lots of the workload. So did Chris, the boy who replaced him when Cale graduated...a year earlier than I did."

"The Aging Potion just adds qualities of old age to the features you already have. For example, it just takes the skin you have now and sort of wrinkles it a little...or a lot," she said, waving a finger toward Gold's arm. "...and you hair will turn gray and maybe...thin a little. I don't think it shows you what you'll look like as much as it just tweaks what you already have."

Fia slowly turned her attention towards a vibrant red-headed girl who was smiling at her. Gold. "True confessions, I want to try it too." She'd never been properly introduced to Gold but knew who she was from around the school. And now the girl was with her half sister, Brody. "I want to try that and the aging potion.

"Hi! I'm Fia," she finally introduced herself as if she were pushing her way through a crowded place.

It was fairly easy to see which one the young lady wanted others to try. "Umm...have you tried the aging potion? Does it really work?" She would KNOW what she would look like when she was older. That alone was scary enough.

Grayson grinned a little at the potions lady's response to her saying she was a Ravenclaw. It was true, but that didn't mean she sat down and actually did research as often as she could. She just knew how to, and how to make it so it didn't take as long as it could. "Yep," she said simply, in response to the whole comment made to her. "I have more fun with the experimenting, though," she added, a bit of a mischievous bent to her grin. Experimenting was way too much fun. Finding out what could happen if you did one thing instead of another, all of that. It was almost as much fun as the other things she got into.

But then the attention was off her, and she found herself looking around as potions lady spoke to another boy. Quidditch? "You play Quidditch?," she asked potions lady, who she now knew was named Anna. Poking a hand into her school bag as she felt Draco shift again, to make sure he didn't jump out, she blinked a little. That was something she'd never really thought of trying, but part of that was because she didn't get to see a lot of Quidditch when she was home.

Ohh, so the girl had noticed how Anna had edged the phial a little closer to the end of the table. There was nothing wrong with the potion, of course, but Anna just thought its effects would be the most amusing for the students to see. "Of course I have. We brewed it lots of times in Potions class when I was a student here. The effects are always fun to watch," she explained. She nodded. "Mmhmm, it works. Would you like to try it?"

"Experimenting---that's what got me interested in a Potions career in the first place, you know. I liked experimenting with potions and testing what would happen if I altered my brews or changed parts completely," she told the girl. "Of course, you have to really know your ingredients if you're going to do that, but it's really enjoyable if you like like that kind of thing."

Then suddenly the talk had changed to Quidditch, and Anna remembered that she'd just been talking to a Gryffindor boy about that All-Star match she played in. "Oh, well, I did when I was a student. I don't play anymore, though. I was the Gryffindor keeper my first to seventh year," she answered. When the girl's bag moved a little, Anna glanced down, wondering what in Merlin's name was shuffling around. Did she even want to know, though?

"One might argue that theres a touch of the sinister to any potions related career." Nicholai shrugged, a somewhat enigmatic smirk playing on his lips for a moment before nodding once in agreement and dismissal. "You do that."

Brochures were for reading.

Obviously.

Nicholai gave Anna an amused look. The kid wasn't doing anything wrong and honestly it was admirable that he was managing to get under Anna's skin so easily. It took guts and a certain knack to do so.

"Helps if you're good at it too." Nicholai murmured. And Anna wasn't exactly bad. He'd never have asked her to work with him if she had been.

Even if it was worth getting Cale just a little worked up. Nico smirked and glanced over at the ministry booth. Hmmm.

... So tempting...

Michael didn't say anything but did attempt to launch himself at his mummy, only stopped by his daddy's quick reaction catching him.

His smirk faltered just a little when Kayla came over and he smiled ruefully at her. "Just fine Mo.. Kayla, just fine." He held the little boy up with one arm and raised one eyebrow. She wanted him?

Her own eyebrow raised at the almost slip of the tongue. Kayla held out her hands for her son, "You want to come and play with mummy for a while Mikey?"

And then she realised that she should probably check with Nicholai first. "If that's okay with you?" she asked looking at Nico and feeling uncertain for a moment.

Man, this really sucked at how formal and slightly awkward they were being with each other.

Michael wriggled in his father's arms and reached out his little hands towards his mother. "Muuuuummmmmy" he squealed rather loudly and probably causing everyone within earshot to wince just a little.

"Of course." Nicholai put on a face, an easy and reassuring grin though there was something not quite right around the edges. "No candy." He warned mock-sternly, winking at Mikey.

Taking Michael out of Nico's arms, Kayla nuzzled her son's neck and hugged him close to her before putting him down onto the floor but held onto his hand.

"Feels weird being back doesn't it?"

She had noticed the look on Nico's face and really she should have just left and stop making this any more awkward then it was already. But Kayla was always a glutton for punishment.

"Less than I thought it would." Nicholai glanced over at Evee and then his eyes flickered to Cale once more. It wasn't like there were no familiar faces. Though... where were Celandine and Raiden? There were others too, that Nicholai wouldn't mind saying hello to.

Ah well. Supposedly he was working. But apparently potions wasn't as popular as it used to be. Fine by him, more business for himself and Anna.

"Seen Celandine yet?" Because honestly it wouldn't surprise him if Cela had come in and said hello to Kayla and probably Evee and Cale and completely avoided him.

Especially with this whole detention whatever.

She followed Nico's gaze and almost rolled her eyes when she saw Evolette. Kayla didn't have anything against the brunette...well not much anyway. She did hold a secret grudge that she could never make Nico as happy as Evolette seemed to.

Celandine?

Kayla raised her eyebrow once again and she was almost tempted to ask, why on earth would his sister want to come and see her? "No I haven't. The only person I've seen that I remember is Cedric Leone." And she realised that Nico would have no idea who that even was.

Tugging on his mother's hand trying his hardest to get her attention. Michael yelled out, "Mummy, I'm bored. I want to go and play with the goblin."

She looked down at her son and almost laughed. She was pretty sure that Femlok was not into playing children's games especially with a boisterous two year old. Kayla looked back at Nicholai and smiled faintly, "I guess I should head back then."

Anna!!! :D
 

After visiting a nearby booth, Chris realized just how long he had been down in the Great Hall marvelling at all of the jobs an adult wizard or witch could possibly have. The choices were endless. How did they expect you to pick just one?!

He had been very tempted to run up to the Gryffindor Common Room to rest for a while before making his next attempt at stopping at all of the booths when a colorful and bright stand labelled, 'Potions' came into the seventh year's view. Now he wasn't the best at potions but hey, they were still interesting.

Walking over to the booth wouldn't hurt, were those free samples?! Wide-eyed and curious Chris walked over to join the small group of others standing around the two people working the booth. Nodding to the man behind the counter Chris stared dumfounded at the woman in front of him. Merlin's golden snitch! "Anna?! What are you doing here!?" The Gryffindor nearly jumped over the booth's counter in his excitement to see his close, old friend.

Late post is late.
 

William nodded; he hadn't realized how many friends he did have until someone pointed it out and of course it had to be Anna. Though she was always good at pointing things out like that, and he had a feeling it would never change. "Yeah you're right. This is why I'm hoping Potions is my thing, so far it seems to be. I mean I can't be the same as Ari, who loves creatures more than anything right?" he chuckled shaking his head. He was still feeling a bit overwhelmed over the whole baby thing but he needed to keep his own life in check and this was it.

Glancing at the aging potion again he nodded, "Sounds like fun. I'll try it." he said cheerfully, crossing his arms and flexing his fingers a bit. He wondered what he'd look like a bit older than what he was now, he couldn't really picture himself older than what he was now, but hey he had to be curious. Ravenclaws always were, right? And besides, it was for science. Yes, he had to test it out.

x3 I come play.
 

"Apparently she's been in detention." Obviously that was Kayla's former specialty more than his. Nicholai shrugged once. Possibly she was off... hmm. Being unsupervised with Kettleburn.

"Indoor voice, Michael." Nico gave his son a stern little look, though he was always actually pleased when the boy spoke well at least. No choo choo's or baa baa's for HIS son.

"I suppose you should." He agreed, looking at Kayla once more.

Well. He'd just been thinking of Raiden here. Nicholai nodded and grinned easily, raising one hand in greeting.

"How are you Raiden? It has been a fairly long time." Since... before Mikey was born as it was. And Raiden himself was not such a child anymore.