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SPOILER!!: Prof. Airey! and mention of Kevin Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie 
Airey took a glance over his shoulder towards the platform and then back towards the young Gryffindor - not surprised at all that it was this one that was the first to wish to take the plunge.
"All yours, Mr. Zeke," he said as he stepped to the side and gestured towards it. "Just give the equipment a tap and it will do the rest." He had seen the way he had tapped it off with his wand, yes? Same thing. Observant young man like himself surely had caught on.
And he definitely had not caught...whatever it was that he had said there at the tail end. Something about good and summer - to which he could make an educated guess as to what the question had been. "Oh yes, stellar," he nodded as Mr. Zeke got himself all ready to bungee...and then did.
"WELL DONE!" he applauded as the boy bounced back up.
He noticed the peeking and smiled at the youngster. He was blissfully unaware of how his antics came off to first years and transfers - not that he would change his behavior anyway - and threw her a confident smile and salute before her attention went back to Mr. Adair.
Her name...it was on the tip of his tongue... but he was drawing a blank at the moment and would have to try and oh-so-casually listen in on her conversations with others to figure it out. He was rather embarrassed that he had misplaced her name in his memory considering how intently he had been watching the Sorting...before a certain professor had gone all feline monster on him that is.
Which meant he had not been able to enjoy very much of the ceremony.
Grabbing a cup of chai tea from the table, Airey strolled over to Medea and offered it to her. "You ought to give it a go too, you know," he smirked with a nod of the head towards the platform where students were pushing and shoving lining up. "Can be your official initiation."
To more than just Gryffindor. Ahem.
Airey was just about to take hold of Medea's hand to caaaaaaaasually lead her towards the bungee area when he turned and nearly fell over the Gryffindor boy standing right in front of him. Needing to catch his balance somehow, so that he didn't fall ON the poor kid, Airey placed both his hands firmly on his shoulders. Balanced regained, he chuckled and nodded his head. "That is what I am here for," he winked. "To teach."
Was in the job description of professor, you know?
"Just do as Mr. Zeke did," he chuckled. Not even the rashness of Mr. Hirase would cause problems with the equipment. He had made it Gryffindor proof in every sense of the word. "And enjoy!"
Did anyone want to play pin-the-tail on the lion? Maybe he should head over there next...
...or marshmallows...
...or actually get Medea to bungee...
That last one. Definitely.
"Good evening, Miss Valentine!" he saluted the girl. "It was most enjoyable." And he even managed to not venture a glance towards Medea this time. "A bit busy with Astronomer Royal business and then National Space Centre work as well, but still stellar. I hope yours was relaxing and pleasant?"
"There you two are!" he beamed as his colleagues entered. As much as he wanted to go right into playful antics with the two, he reminded himself that he needed to keep things a bit more professional in front of students as best he could. Which was going to be incredibly difficult given their histories together. "Welcome back," he saluted the two, his eyes falling on Maddox while his nose wrinkled. No furry business, alright? As long as he didn't go all feline here in the common room the astronomer wouldn't force the man to...
...well well WELL....
Wasn't this an interesting proposition coming from Mr. Hirase.
And since Maddox was the sort of person to set a sneakoscope off just by breathing, NOT TO MENTION THE ASTRONOMER NEEDED REVENGE, he was going to just go right along with the fourth year. "Yes, did I not include that in my message?" he asked, oh-so-innocently, as he made his way over to the Charms professor and laid an arm around the man's shoulders. "And since you are late and students are already enjoying yourselves, we must hurry up and get it done. You too, Meribe---Professor Moxley."
He figured Meriberry would just play along - and may have completely forgotten Maddox's fear of heights. Whoops.
"Good evening, Mr. Atreyu," he saluted the fifth year. "Ready to tackle the term head on, I assume?" Tough year, fifth year was. Especially for the academically ambitious - which he had not been save for a handful of subjects.
"Hello, Miss Valentine," he smiled at the young lioness. "Quite pleasant, thank you for asking." He was also rather pleased with himself that finally, FINALLY, he could tell the two girls apart...and most definitely tell them apart from their teenage angsty Ravenclaw sister as well.
"Oh Toddles! Lovely of you to join us!" the astronomer greeted the house elf. "Your services are not needed, however you are more than welcome to stay and get to know students. Perhaps try your hand at one of the games." Or...bungee? Did house elves even do that? He was not about to order the little fellow to do so, he wasn't THAT cruel. That cruelty would be reserved for Maddox only. Heh. "And please, help yourself to some of the sweets and tea."
On the TABLE and not out of people's hands.
Well done. YEAH IT WASSSS!!!! ...
Zeke, with a goofy accomplished grin on his face strode back over to his Head of House and stopped just short of Kevin. "That was amazing... dude, you have to do it!" he said, giving Kevin a gentle elbow nudge. THE BEST EVER.
But serious questions now. "Professor, will this become a tradition thing? Like, can we keep it?" Please? SPOILER!!: Puck Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimist
Puck chuckled when she saw two Professors show up into the and just blinked. What on earth? Did the Professors not have their own places to sleep? Where they going to be living with their Professors now? She wondered and glanced at the two of them smiling. “Hello Professors….” She didn’t know their names really yet but she still was smiling at them.
Puck was standing close to AJ when Kevin walked over. “Hey Kevin right…?” She grinned “welcome back!” She grinned and handed a small box over to him a box filled with nothing conspicuous of course…just an undetectably extended box full of decoy detonators. “I think these might be useful during the term, I couldn’t…use them really” she shrugged and then shrugged and glanced to Zander.
“No, no you didn’t screw up” Puck honestly spoke. Yes, Silas was upset and had a point but Zander had been trying to defend himself. Oh…he had meant relaxing together and bonding. That sounded like a good idea actually.
“Yes. That sounds like a good idea” she nodded and chuckled still simply holding onto her marshmallow covered thing. “We should stash some cupcakes and marshmallows somewhere and have like a s’mores party” she shrugged and grinned over to him. “Fireplace and talking about fun things or we could even conjure a projector and watch a movie or something…or just play wizard chess or something in the game section” she grinned over to Zander.
Zander seemed to get very embarrassed when people brought up the summer. Right…she needed to figure this out right? But first, maybe she should tell him to just breathe and try not to turn into a tomato? Maybe. She was going to do it. Lowering her voice she whispered “Zander…you know that you kind of go red when people bring up the summer…like Tomato red if you want I can…” casually she glanced to Zander again then looked toward Chance.
“Hey Chance.” She grinned completely unaware that someone had popped into the room and stolen not only her marshmallows but Zander’s chocolates. That is until Zander spoke up. There wasn’t a stick in her hand. HER CINNAMON-MARSHMALLOW! She frowned and glaaaared at Toddles. “not cool house elf not cool” she groaned and rolled her eyes.
“You are very welcome Zeke!” Puck grinned over to him, and watched as Zeke jumped off of the platform while singing this kid was cool she liked him. He had minion potential. Zander had caught Toddles! HA!
“YES! You Got…he ate it!” Puck frowned at the House elf and sighed. “Toddles that isn’t nice of you. You could have ASKED” she frowned some more before glancing at Amur and then to Zander. “Toddles you can’t steal peoples food and eat it,” Puck sighed and walked closer to the unfolding scene. Puck reached into her pocket and carefully dropped a chocolate frog box, the one little Claire had put there into Zander’s pocket. But then the words the questions about he trading cards and Toddles not seeing it made her laugh he had eaten the card hadn’t he….”we’ll have to wait until he poops.” She casually mentioned laughing. “I’ll…repair it for you” she laughed again. She carefully put a hand on Zander’s shoulder and mentioned a quick. “Thank you for ugh…trying to teach Toddles not to steal other people’s food.” She smiled, was immediately awkward…not awkward at all really. As she leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before turning slightly more red than usual but SHE was a girl she could always lie and say she was wearing make-up which she was.
Figuring he'd go and load up on sugar so he could jump again later, Zeke passed by Puck. "Thanks for that, it was super awesome, you should go for it." Yep. Take this advice from a second year. He could still feel the adrenaline buzzing in his limbs. Sugar. Chocolate. NOW. SPOILER!!: Amur Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazenhani She wasn't going to push Mr. Pink Shoes, up or down the stairs. Literally or figuratively. That really wasn't her place. Nope. She had just wanted to let him know. She stepped back off the last step, seeing that the boy really wasn't having any of it, giving him a soft smile. There was still some hope, some that he would take her advice and try things again.
A distraction however, came from a rather chipper greeting behind her. Blinking, Amur turned about and as usual, had to tilt her head up to see who was speaking to her. She didn't know the girl's name, but she decided that on principle of her spry attitude, she liked her. Grinning up at the girl, Amur bobbed her head. "Thanks! I appreciate it, very much."
Did the girl know she'd likely have lots of questions? "I'm Amur Neverwinter." You know, just so she would know who would be a constant pester. And then she was off, greeting left right and center like a free house elf.
A glance back up the stairs told her that Mr. Pink Shoes was no where in sight. A sigh dropped her shoulders as she turned fully back to the common room. Oh well. No sense in it spoiling the night.
She caught sight of Puck's grin, but it was only once the words reached her that her cheeks colored. She hadn't intended anyone to hear what she had said to Mr. Pink Shoes. There must have been an echo. After all, the walls were made of stone. Not that it really mattered, the truth was the truth was the truth.
Amur nodded to Puck's words, confirming with a 'he certainly does' as she glanced about the room to see how Prefect Zander was fairing. He had looked rather downtrodden when she had left him at the couches. Now, he was .... Amur did a double take. Was he scolding a house elf?
Standing on her tipie-toes to try and see around the students, Amur blinked, rubbed her eyes and upon seeing the house elf eating the chocolate frog that must have been Zanders, else why would they be as they were, ambled back to the food tables. It was decided. She was going to need a bigger arsenal of chocolate frogs. Once at the table, Amur glanced up and down it, considering her options. Ultimately the frogs were the best pick. They weren't sticky or bulky and from experience they already fit up her sleeve quite nicely. They would serve in a pinch, and were a much better peace offering than Kleenexes or punching bags.
Gathering up another two more, Amur carefully wrapped them in napkins before beginning to tuck them up her sleeve with the other two. It was upon stuffing the first up her sleeve that she noticed a boy leaning rather casually against the wall, munching away. Errr...she poked the frog up a bit more before pointing at the pumpkin pasties.
"Those are reaaaally super good too." Yup.
Her attention slipped to the window where the first of the first students went, or rather fell, off the balcony his hollering echoing about the room. That did look like fun...but no. She had business to attend to, so she finished stuffing the frogs up her sleeves and grabbed two more from the table.
She. Was. Loaded. In all honesty, he wasn't fazed about what kind of sweets he ate, but chocolate was perhaps the best staple that ever lived in the dessert world. So, yeah, he wanted some. Approaching the edibles he couldn't help but notice a girly stuffing her sleeves with the stuff. "You planning on eating that yourself?" he asked. What was her name? He'd watched her sorting, but couldn't remember. It was one of those WEIRD names, meaning, one he'd never heard before tonight.
Zeke plucked a chocolate frog pack for himself and set about opening it, ready to snag the chocolate - he'd had enough of he five... ten... fifteen second rule. Bloody things.
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