SPOILER!!: Eliza
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DecemberMoon 
Still feeling a bit uncertain about how tryouts had gone, Eliza found herself in the need of some company, so she'd decided to take her vacuum from Astronomy around while she tried to find Minerva. Might as well get some work done while I search, right?
She climbed staircase after staircase until she came upon a room that seemed vaguely familiar. Oh, right, the spirit room, she thought as she gazed at the doorway. And boy, what a dirty doorway it was. There were cobwebs and dust everywhere. "Well, here we go I guess," she said and walked towards the entrance. However, to her surprise, she couldn't seem to get through the threshold. She tried again, but just kept being bounced backwards from it. Some sort of barrier? Why though? What's in there that we're not allowed to see? Now she was more curious than ever. Honestly, why don't they just put up a neon sign saying "Off Limits - Try Your Best to Get Inside Now"?
She took a step back, admitting...not defeat, but a pause in this game, for now. She had things to do and people to see. "This isn't over," she said to it playfully. And in case any ghosts were listening, she added, "I guess I'll just clean around the outside. But...I could clean in there, if anyone might like that..." She cast one more suspicious glance into the old room, then pointed her wand at the vacuum hose and activated it. "Vacavus." Cue the whirring sounds and she began to clean the frame of the door, the landing in front of it, and even the stairs she'd used to get there. She was a cleaning machine. Or well, she was using a cleaning machine. The loud suction sounds of the vacuum echoed loudly off the cold stone walls.
Minerva was just wondering around the castle. She had some free time and instead of heading to the library like originally planed, she decided to go on a walk of the castle instead. It was really sad the shape it was in. She missed the cleanliness of the school, she even missed the house elves. They use to make her so uncomfortable, but over the years she had grown use to them and even enjoyed their company.
Frowning a bit as she walked and feeling a bit depressed by the entire situation. Looking up she noticed someone near the spirit room,
"I don't think you can go in there." Then she realized who it was and smiled,
"Hey Eliza, what are you doing here?" Seeing the vacuum she realized without her saying,
"Oh right.. I guess I should get started on mine soon. Well at least I will eventually." Astronomy wasn't the first thing on her mind, but no one had to worry about MIn she always came through when homework was involved.