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Originally Posted by sarahlooo  Ah, and the famous Potions Mistress, the wife of the Minister, the woman that was probably ten times more powerful than she, despite her lack of Board title... "Good evening, Mistress Lafay." Ivy made note to introduce herself more formally at a later time, when there weren't so many annoying people around. The woman seemed quite nice... to her anyway. And really.... who else was more important here. She nodded to the woman. " Hecate. Please." Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Thankfully the Potions Mistress drew his attention away from the dark haired woman with the red face before he completely gave himself away. "Oh, that's unfortunate," he said with a genuine frown and a quick flick of the eyes towards the Headmistress to indicate that he was not disappointed that the child was with her father but rather that the Headmistress did not seem to like small children.
Sort of ironic, wasn't it?
" Isn't it..." She said not really caring. She loved her child, but Merlin, she was a handful. Quote:
Originally Posted by Nordic Witch Leo hadn't been paying attention to the little feisty exchange of words between Ivy and Sophia at all until Sophia suddenly appeared on his end of the table sitting down next to Hecate. Raising a brow at her in question he said loud enough for her to hear. "Thank you. I'll come by your office after the feast Sophia. I've got a gift for you." Uhum, because he needed to give her, the gift he had bought for her over the summer amongst other things. ... did he now... Interesting. Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising "Bellaire. Lafay," she greeted plainly. "Gemma. Seren! Congrats!" And wait; hold the chaldean! Was that Erik Vinteren sitting in Dash's old seat?! Yes, she knew him because he observed her first lesson last term. But seriously, was that not a conflict of interest, him being a Board Governor and also Professor? Unless he wasn't really teaching, but just sitting in a vacant chair... ... " Hadley" She said not looking at the Hufflepuff Head of House. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Oh, look---someone who wasn't quite as excitable as the professor in the suit next to her. Peyton gave the woman a nod of her head, for the woman was quite far down the table, and extended the same greeting. "Good evening to you, too," she said. "Professor Peyton Barlow, Care of Magical Creatures."
Oh, wait! Was that Anna's stepmother?! Yes, Peyton had done that part of her homework, too. She finished her introduction with a small smile. She nodded to the woman. Woman... pshhh... Girl is more like it. She looked to be about... Anna's age... " Hecate. Potions." Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl The redhead stood.
"Good evening, everyone," she called out with her voice amplified as always. Annie did her best to perform her speech exactly as she had rehearsed it earlier, with her vocal tone even and her smile firmly fixed in its place. Not too cheerful, but not too serious either.
She didn't want to scare all the students away now that they were here, after all.
"As you might have noticed, tonight we have... a bit of a different setup in the Great Hall. We have disposable plates, cups, and sporks this evening, but I have to ask that you do not throw them away at the end of the feast, students." The redhead wagged her finger seriously. "That is your ASSIGNED dinnerware set for the duration of the entire 2080 school year. Due to an unfortunate series of events over the summer, Hogwarts has been forced to make some cutbacks for this term. Some things, like our fine china, we had to sell in order to have sufficient funds to keep the school functioning. Some other things we had to get rid of entirely. You might have even noticed that we have a new Deputy Headmistress," Bentley, yep yep, "and two Hogwarts Governors serving on our staff pro bono."
She took a breath and glanced toward Vinteren and Knox. "Please be nice to them, students. They're volunteering their time to teach you. Additionally, for mysterious reasons," which she had yet to get to the bottom of, "our house elves, save for one, have resigned for the term." Disappeared, more like, but well, she didn't want to worry the sensitive kids out there. "That is why YOU are responsible for washing YOUR dishes AND for not losing them. There will be no replacements." She looked toward the Hufflepuff table as she said this.
"And so with that, I invite you to make the best of the situation, as we're all in this together, and to enjoy the feast. Thank you." She promptly took her seat. Pro bono? Well... Wait. WHAT?!?!? Assigned plastic/paper. Was she insane?! Quote:
Originally Posted by The Narrator Almost immediately after the Headmistress finishes her speech, the tables in the Great Hall are suddenly filled with food. But the first thing you will notice is that the food doesn’t seem to have its usual deliciously glowing aura about it. The food seems rather mediocre at best. In fact, the chicken is dry and flavorless, the mashed potatoes are a sloppy, boring mess, the broccoli hardly seems cooked at all - and there’s not even cheese on it! And on top of that, the butterless bread looks more like bricks of charcoal. Not only does the food look and taste somewhat unappetizing, there’s hardly any variety.
On the bright side, there’s loads of ice cream! Bowls and bowls and bowls of ice cream have appeared along the center of the table amongst the lousy dinner dishes. Good thing your mother isn’t here to make sure you eat your undercooked broccoli before dessert! But then the food came to the table. Hecate never ate at the feast... but this... this was ridiculous. Quote:
Originally Posted by Erik Vinteren "Professor Lafay," Erik, unlike some staff members, had the decency to return a greeting. He nodded back at Lafay. She nodded to the man and said " Please, call me Hecate." Quote:
Originally Posted by Grangerfn1 Though there were various negative reactions to the cutbacks this term from the students, Erin turned her gaze regretfully to the students - her gaze lingered on the Hufflepuff table in particular - and offered them a sympathetic, encouraging smile. It wasn't the end of the world. There were plenty of pros to this, really; by the end of the term, surely the students would excel at cleaning spells and perhaps be more mindful of picking up after themselves. Maybe the situation would even enhance their gratitude toward house elves and the normal state of affairs throughout the school in past terms. How many students regularly thanked the house elves? And how many left messes around the school with the mindset of someone else can pick that up?
Those with the latter mindset would be in for a rude awakening very quickly.
And who knew? Maybe the house elves would return sooner rather than later. Erin kept a calm, content expression on her face, but she eyed the headmistress; did she really know that they were going to be gone for the whole term? Might they wander back?
Erin clapped heartily as Annie sat back down in her seat - she was always proud of her and her knack for public speaking - and gave her a nod, "You handled that well." Much more delicately than she could have, that was for certain. They WERE all in it together, that was a good point to make.
Mmm... feast food. Or... a poor lone house elf's attempt at feast food - better than no food at all, eh? You handled that well?! Some people would sucked up to anyone...
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