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DanialRadFAN01 
On the way back to her chair she saw the Librarian joining them. She had only breifly seen the man in the Great Hall during the dementor attacks but she had rushed off to try and find Medea and Airey and to get as far away from Alistaire as possible.
"Good evening Leo." She gave him a quick smile.
Hearing Calista's voice over the chatter Leo asked in response
"Got any plans for the summer?" At least the divination professor was trying to put a lighter tone on the otherwise glum feast so Leo did his best to play along.
SPOILER!!: The speech
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BanaBatGirl "Good evening, everyone, welcome to the end of term feast. As you all doubtless know by now, we lost a very important staff member last week. Our Groundskeeper, Mr. Alistaire Firth," she nearly choked on his name but tried to hold on to her resolve to be strong, "was attacked by dementors whilst defending his fellow staff members. This tragedy is completely unexpected and I accept full blame for Mr. Firth's current condition. I am so sorry that our Class of 2081 had to have such a stain on their year, and so close to their graduation as well." She gave a few of the tables sad looks.
"But the year does not have to end on an entirely bad note. Mr. Firth was a cheerful man, beloved by many throughout the school, and always working to improve the grounds and the educational environment of you all." She gestured toward the student tables in what was hopefully a cheerful manner? They had all thought he was handsome cheerful too, no? "Next school year, I am pleased to announce that we will be removing the hefty turnstile fees in the Great Hall and all four common rooms, and will be reducing fees and improving fundraising measures elsewhere in the school. We will also be working closely with the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to get back our funds and to investigate the source of these dementors plaguing our school!" Damn straight! Here here! The redhead banged her hand on the table a few times to make her point.
"Now then, let's move onwards and upwards from here and enjoy the feast. Make sure you all congratulate Hufflepuff House on their..." how many was it now? "House Cup victory, Slytherin House on their Quidditch Cup trophy, and Hufflepuff AGAIN with their Gobstones victory. Now let's all eat and enjoy our time together!" Because you never knew how much you had left, right?
She put on a brave final smile just as the food, which was somewhat improved from the start of the year, appeared. But instead of sitting down, in a shocking turn of events, the redhead climbed up onto her throne-like chair and declared in a sing-song tone:
"IT'S FINALLY SUMMER, NO MORE DIRT! NO MORE OF THIS PLACE!"
Then she proceeded to hop down and begin skipping around the Great Hall, humming a made-up tune about summer and sunshine and flowers. WHO WAS WITH HER, EH? She was going to personally make it her mission to end the year on a better-than-dismal note.
When Annie stood up to give her usual end of term speech Leo listened with half an ear but as she talked he started to listen more actively. His eyes widened in amazement when the red head climbed up on her chair and started to sing before she hopped down on the floor and started to dance and sing as she made her way her way around the hall. Feeling that his mouth was gaping open Leo quickly closed it before anyone noticed. Had the headmistress lost her marbles?
Were they supposed to dance along? Looking left and right he only saw Seren sort of joining in.
SPOILER!!: Alexa
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DaniDiNardo Lex scooted a bit and leaned against the table standing exactly opposite to him with a SMILE. "Hellooooooo Mr. Vinteren. Interesting term, wouldn't you agree?" The pleasant smile remained in place. "This whole term has taught me something Sir, something I MUST share because the rug in detention said I should not tell lies." Pause for more sparkly eyed looks and oh wait, now she was GRINNING. "I figured I have a crush on yoooou. A BIG ONE! Like legit!" Nodnodnod. "It's to be expected, you're super cool--Lottie and I think you might be a dark wizard but that just makes you moooore Interesting." She propped her chin in her palm, elbow resting on the table and smile getting wider still. "I find you interesting. WE SHOULD RUN INTO EACH OTHER IN DIAGON ALLEY! We can have ice-cream, I just have to be home by 4, but that's okay! Do you like chocolate ice-cream?"
"Good evening Alexa! Did you have a good term?" Leo asked the young lioness, flashing her a smile, when she stopped just next to him to talk to Vinteren. Alexa was chattery and energertic as always. Did she just say that she had a crush on Vinteren and wanted to eat ice cream with him in Diagon Alley? Awkward, he didn’t doubt that Vinteren would be able to fend for himself though. The librarian politely let his colleague handle the young lioness's questions.
SPOILER!!: Medea
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Roselyn In all seriousness though, how was she supposed to answer that? She couldn't LIE to Callie. That would be just awful. Much like how the world was apparently turning out to be. Nevertheless, she couldn't just sit there and nervously chuckle at the divination professor's question and THANK MERLIN whatever Airey was shouting out was spoken right then and the Headmistress's speech, just KEEP THE DISTRACTIONS COMING!
Though it was kinda interesting to know. Pluto not being a planet. Which was ridiculous. Everyone knew Pluto was a planet. Raising an eyebrow, Medea peaked just a little down the table towards the astronomy professor before snapping her attention to the Headmistress. Oh my. The crinkle of the plastic she'd been fiddling with quieted instantly after poor Alistaire's name was spoken of. The whole speech was a bit of a blur after that. A tragedy. A horrible loss. She could've done something. Could've. Should've. Would've. Didn't.
Crinkle crinkle crinkle crinkle went the plastic again as she stared straight at her empty plate. Not at all hungry now.
Leo’s attention was drawn to Medea that was sitting a few seats down next to Callie and playing with her plastic silverware and just staring at her empty food plate. Was she all right? They had all been affected by the tragedy that had hit Alistaire at the hand of the dementors. Leo himself had tried and failed to produce a patronus when it had been needed the most. He felt bad about that and felt responsible for Alistaire’s current state even if he knew it was foolish. Medea probably felt worse, he concluded with a moment’s insight being defense against the dark art’s teacher and not being able to help when those around her needed her the most. Seeing a ravenclaw come up to her Leo hoped the student could cheer Medea up.