Ooooh! What a fancy place! Paul enjoyed the fancy chairs and even took a SEAT in one for a minute, admiring just how comfortable they were, wiggling his bum a bit. What had he come here for again.....?

OH!

The plant! Of course! He hopped up, holding onto the glass carefully, and went to knock on the door of Arthur's office. He wanted to catch up with the man...talk about old days...

You know, old people stuff.

Austin never tired of walking down the damp steps towards the potions room. It wasn't the fact that the path was dark, and a little wet, that made him so happy. It was the fact that the end of the stairs was a room full of gold. Like how most people found gold at the end of a rainbow. Although his gold was dragon hearts and salamander's blood. And his rainbow was a flight of stairs. But nonetheless, he was still happy at the end of his journey.

The teen felt it was time to introduce himself to the new professor. Although he should have done this with the last professor. Especially if Potion's was his best subject. It was good to get to know the people you're learning from. But it was a new year, and a new him. At least he was trying to be a new him. One that wasn't so shy and hidden. Taking a deep breath, messenger bag strung over his shoulder, he knocked on the door. When he turned around, he noticed the Herbology professor sitting in one of the chairs.

"Oh! Professor Myers, hello." He sat down on one of the chairs across from him. Austin's attendance in Herbology was so so. He liked the class, especially since he got to learn where most of his potion's ingredients came from. But it was a lot of work, and in previous years Austin had been very lazy. "Is that a present for the new professor?" He noticed the glass bowl with plants in it. They looked amazing, and, hopefully, the potion's professor knew how to take care of them. Although the bowl itself looked a little dirty. Heh. Herbology puns. "Um, professor, do you mind if I cleaned the bowl up a bit?"

Paul looked up the boy and smiled. "Ah, hello, Mr. Moore. It's nice to see you, even if it is...down here in the dark!" Didn't most people look better in the dark, anyways?

"Why yes, it is. I got plants for all the new staff. A sort of...welcome!" he looked down at the bowl, admiring how pretty and nice it was. "Clean it? Do you think it looks dirty?" he asked, examining the bowl closely, now. It was...a little cloudy. Oh dear. He couldn't give Arthur a DIRTY present! He set the bowl down on the coffee table in front of them. "Clean away, m'boy!" he said.

What helpful students he had!

Saying welcome to the new professors was probably something a Head Boy should do right? The problem was that there were so many new Professors this year that he hoped that his co-Prefects had some sense as well and that they would welcome them as well so that he didn’t need to go to all the offices. Merlin’s Beard this badge was stressful already.

He had decided to go to the Potions Professor as he wanted to know how the man was like. As potions was his worst subject (he got a T on his OWL!) and he wanted to see if he was strict or not before classes. If he was, he was going to study extra hard, if he wasn’t …mweh…

Finding the seating area, Yoongi ignored the seats and walked straight towards the office door and knocked three times. He didn’t move from the spot as he waited and vaguely wondered if he should have brought something….like a housewarming present? But then he shook the thought away. A visit from him was a present itself~

Austin was more than happy to clean the bowl for him. He had learned a glass cleaning spell last term and hadn't been able to use it. The boy pulled out his wand from his leg holster and made a circle around the glass. As he made the wand movement, he said, very clearly: "Vee-Truh-Moh-Nee-Uh." Making sure to put emphasis on the Moh. Suddenly the glass was clear and free of smudges and dirt. This spell seriously came in handy during his potions classes, since it kept his glass vials clean.

"There you go professor," He said, putting his wand back in its holster. "I think it's really great that you're giving presents to the new professors. I hope it brightens their day." Thinking about it, maybe Austin should have gotten the new potion's professor a present. Maybe an apple? Or an ingredient of some sort? At this point, it was too late. Austin had already made the trip down here. He even knocked. There was no turning back now.

Art was just making the finishing touches on Madame Curie's bedroom, a large moving box with three levels, when he heard the door knock. He placed his rat-baby in the box, watching her move around, sniffing at the new house. "It's just like the one you have at home, Madame," he said to her. She gave him a little look, before returning to the exploring.

There was another knock.

He stood up, with the little cracking noises in his knees and ankles, and walked to the door. Who could it be? He opened it slowly and poked his head out. Ahh, it was... Paul, the Ravenclaw, cleverest kid, Herbology Professor, and current Hufflepuff Head of House. And... a student. He didn't know the student. "H-Hello," he said. It must have been the two people knocking, rather than one impatient person knocking twice. "Nice plant, err... would... would you like to-to come in?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

Right, time to move. He moved his head back into the office, and opened the door wide, inviting the two visitors into his office.

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The tea was lovely with the Hogwarts water. Magic schmagic. Art didn't need aguamenti to fill his kettle up, to warm over the bunsen burner on his own little lab desk. Of course, it was far too small to create potions, but it was perfect for a kettle. Good ol' tap water, his slightly chipped tea pot was still full of up to 8 cups of tea. Madame Curie was down for her nap, and Art was going to catch up on the latest edition of National Geographic. After a sip, there was a knock. He perked his head up, and looked at the door. It was another visitor. He stood, walking to the door, and opned it wide. "He-hello," he said, looking at the Head Boy. Ahh, it was the Gryffindor Head Boy. He grinned, "Gryffindor. My own house!" he said with a chuckle. "I... I uhh.. I assume you'd like to come in for a... cup of tea?"

Paul smiled as Austin made sure the glass of the bowl glistened. How sweet. He took the bowl back in his hands and gasped. "Oh no! I've--I shouldn't touch it! I'll smudge it up again!" he quickly set it back down and decided he would just...levitate the bowl everywhere from this point FORWARD! "But thank you, Austin. I try."

And it was Arthur! Paul smiled up at the man. "Hello there, Arthur! I won't be long, I promise! You can get on with chatting with Austin--I merely wanted to give you this welcoming gift!" He smiled and forgot he had just said he didn't want to touch the bowl, and he picked it up, in his hands, and held it out to the older fellow.

Art grinned at Paul Myers, who... who didn't want to stay long. Art quickly smelled his shirt to make sure it wasn't because he was wearing the same shirt two days in a row. Nope. It was no smellier than it had been when it had come out of the washing machine. That was to say, it wasn't... at least not to him. He looked back up at the two men and heard Paul Myers refer to the young man as Austin. "Austin, h-hello. Would you uh.. care to come in?" he asked the... well, the man who appeared to belong in Ravenclaw.

Ah, so Paul Myers had dropped over to give him a plant as a gift? A Welcoming gift! Art narrowed his eyes, trying to see the plant clearly, but it was no use. He reached for his glasses, hanging from a cord around his neck, and put them over his ears to get a better look. "Ahh," he marvelled, looking at the plant and the glass bowl. "It's a fabulous gift. And that glass is-is-is spotless! Simply spotless. Marvellous, marvellous." he looked back up at Paul after taking the lovely gift and said "Well uhhh... don't be a stranger," with a nod. "Or...or... per-perhaps I shall come and uhhh pop in? To your office." He put the plant inside his office, and came back out, scratching his head. "I have lessons starting soon..." he chortled "But so do you, so... so uhh... so how about the weekend? Hmmm?"

The man seemed as shy as the boy himself. Which made him feel better about meeting someone new. "I'd love to come in for a few minutes, if that is alright with you." Thinking on it, Austin really didn't need to check in with the potions professor. They both would have been fine if he stayed in his common room. But he was not going to get any more social by staying there. One can only read a notebook for so long before it starts to get repetitive.

Once the two professors were finished talking, Austin followed Professor Newton inside.

Paul felt like he was hindering Austin from talking to Arthur, and in doing so, he didn't realize he MIGHT be coming off rude. But really, he was just being overly paranoid about it. He merely nodded. "Yes, yes! The weekend, Arthur! Come see me! We can have tea and chat! I most certainly look forward to it!" He smiled and gave the man a wave.

"I won't keep you any longer...er, so--I'll see you, Arthur!" and Paul was running out of the room, feeling so terribly guilty about it all.

Art nodded along to what Paul Myers was saying, TEA (yes please) and a chat on the weekend. That sounded good. He was about to reply, when Paul Myers was gone. Art looked after him, his mouth half open as he was about to say something.

"Err... err.. r-right, right." He looked back up to Austin, that was his name, wasn't it? Yes, Austin, and said "C-come in, young man," and stepped aside.

He was extremely nervous about this, because of what had happened in potions class recently. Still... Jaemin had something he really needed to do, which meant he had to leave the comfort of his dorm and come looking for Professor Newton. He fidgeted a little as he stepped into the waiting area, biting his lip and moving to the door to knock on it gently.

Maybe the professor wouldn't hear the knock because of how light it was, but he wasn't going to knock again and risk being annoying. The boy moved to sit in one of the chairs, putting his hands on his knees and slowly swinging his feet back and forth.

Art was doing nothing in particular in his office, when he heard a soft knock on the door. He looked up towards it and finally pulled himself up, from his chair. He did a quick stretch and walked over, opening it.

"Ahh Mr. Song," Art said, seeing one of his students. He hoped he wasn't there to tell him he was withdrawing from Potions lessons. "W-would you like to... to err come in?" he asked, opening the door wide.