Louisa sat up erect once the headmaster made it to his feet at last. She shifted slightly in her place, her arm was still wrapped around Dal's, and faced the staff table where Tate stood to talk.
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Tate stood. "Students. I'd like to welcome you once again to Hogwarts for another exciting term. For those who read the Daily Prophet, you may have seen that we are celebrating an exciting anniversary this term, and your staff has been hard at work with some events that will help us feel the true spirit of all that Hogwarts has to offer. If you'd like to help us celebrate or you have any additional idea, please feel free to share them with me via owl."
They'd already known this from the Daily Prophet and Louisa was extremely excited for this. Events at Hogwarts usually meant fun and education at the same time. Who wouldn't like that?
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Cassirin With a gesture, Tate pointed out the new staff members spread out along the table. "We would like to welcome some new faces to the staff table, as well as the new faces we are welcoming to each house table. Please do not inundate their office with greetings, but I hope you will make them very welcome in the coming weeks. Remember what it is like to be new and offer them all your support."
And now... almost time to eat? "I don't have much more to say this term, aside from the usual... don't die. Eat your vegetables. Write to your parents, because they miss you. And... be kind to each other. We're all in this together. As you begin your meal, I'd like to invite Nimma the house elf to speak to you briefly." He figured they could now eat AND listen.
Louisa's eyes glanced at the new faces. Hmm. They looked quite... fine. Nobody was seeping out evilness, luckily. She wasn't going to knock on their offices to welcome them, though. She didn't believe it was her job to do that, she would attend their classes and they should teach her something, now THAT was her job.
...oh! And Nimma the house elf was going to talk to them? Hmm. It must be about the house elf baby, did they figure out how did that happen. And Why. And whether he was still in the castle or not.
The Ravenclaw started planning on securing her parchments and quills in a charmable box where only her can open it. She didn't want the ickle house elf smudging and playing with her homework! Nobody would want a homeworkless Louisa.