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Droo
"[B]"Huh? What? Oh... Yes... Hi Cece." She said looking back to something that wasn't the groundskeeper. "Uhmmm Wait... what was the question?"
Someone sure was distracted here tonight.
"I just asked how your summer was. We can talk later though." When there wasn't four other people sitting between them, and when Hecate was less distracted.
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Nordic Witch
"I’m glad to hear that Cece." Leo murmured quietly. "My summer was good too. I got to visit a muggle chocolate factory." One of the highlights of his summer vacation definitely.
Cece didn't remember asking Leo how his summer was. She didn't even remember encouraging a conversation with the man, yet here he was telling her about some visit to a chocolate factory.
"Chocolate is over rated." And that's all she had to say on that subject.
SPOILER!!: Scared Little Groundskeeper
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hpluvr037
Why is she staring? Did he have something in his beard? He surreptitiously ran his fingers through the hair but felt nothing. She must just be having a moment, likely trying to figure out how to best answer the question.
Expecting? "Ah, I see. Maybe yeh heard some rumors a' the end o' term? Jus' ter be clear, I was NOT responsible for my cattle endin' up in Annie's study, an' she's well aware of that." He felt the need to set the record straight with every person he could.
And then she was berating him like he was a student--a CHILD. "I'm jus' tryin' ter be friendly. She's the only new staff member I know, and i's always nice ter feel welcomed." He remembered his first Feast last year, stuck between Annie and Cece. A friendly welcome from someone he knew would have been most appreciated.
OOC: Cece was nothing but nice and polite to Ali last term at the feast. Yes, I went back and looked.
Cattle, in Annie's office? What did that have to do with anything right now?
"Mr. Firth, I do not care about rumors, nor do I care about how your cattle got in Annie's office." Did he not realize just how guilty he was making himself look by dragging up something that happened months ago?
Trying to be friendly? So that's what yelling down a table was called these days?
"Welcoming a new staff member is one thing, but yelling down the table is another. If you want to talk to the woman so badly why don't you go ask Professor Flamsteed to switch seats with you? I'm sure he wouldn't mind sitting down here."
Really. Go. Ask.
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PhoenixRising
Moving on though. "Evening, Leo and Cecelia." And was it just her or did the healer look less than pleased to be here that evening? Actually it was probably her normal expression.
"Evening Josephina," she greeted the woman as she walked by.
SPOILER!!: Speech and Food
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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.
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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!
Oh joy. Speech time.
Cece listened to the headmistress speak and couldn't help but wonder if the woman had totally lost her mind. There was no way Cece would be reusing disposable dinnerware. Then again, with the way the food looked here, there was no way she would be eating anything here anyway. Of course being employed only part time meant she would be eating her meals at home anyway. And she would just bring her lunch to work with her on the days she was here.
Food problem solved. For the healer anyway.
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Erik Vinteren
This was a pleasant enough feast so far...minus all the plastic everywhere and the staring he was enduring from the other staffers. Erik returned the look from the sour Healer.
"Good evening, Ms. Tillstorm?" Perhaps she had just momentarily lost control of her tongue....and her manners....
"Mr. Vinteren," she greeted back. No Professor in front of his name since he was not a professor, just a
wannabe fill in.
"So kind of you to volunteer you time here. I just have one question for you. Not having a teaching background, what makes you qualified to teach our young students here?" Yes, Cece was aware it really was none of her business who Anastasia and the board decided to hire, but she had family members going to school here. Volunteering or not,
her family the students of this school deserved to have someone teaching them that really knew what they were doing.