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Having finished his little welcome speech, Gaston moved aside and stood near one of the walls, far out of the line of fire of those trying to hit the targets. He smiled politely at Ronan as he complimented his costume. "Thank you, Mr. Carter," he replied. "So is Batman your favorite superhero?"
The professor's eyes darted around the room, eventually landing on a first year boy (Edmund). He had just enough time to wave "hello" to the kid before Stasya greeted him. "Hello, Miss Dalgaard-Volkova!" he replied, returning her smile. "Did you help make the cookies? They're delicious!"
Rylee also received a smile when she spoke, though Gaston couldn't help but notice how quiet she was. That wasn't like her! Now he was really concerned, but for now, he would keep things light. "My summer was wonderful, thank you for asking," he said. "It was nice to have time with my wife and daughter. How was yours?"
Gaston's dark head whipped around as he heard someone else call his name, and he found himself face to face with the house ghost. "Good evening, Sir Nicholas," he greeted. "It's nice to see you." Then the ghost mentioned his costume, and he blinked confusedly. Was that meant as a compliment or what? "Erm... thank you."
At least Sir Nicholas's reaction to the costume had been fairly tame, unlike the fits of laughter courtesy of Beau Montague. Gaston stared at the floor, his face blushing to the same shade of red as the decorations. See, this was why he hated wearing costumes! He already felt ridiculous enough, thank you very much. "I'm glad you're amused, Mr. Montague," he said, a bit more pointedly than intended. "It's a costume of a muggle comic book character named Doctor Strange."
Yeah, he was just going excuse himself while this kid got all the laughter (at his expense) out of his system. He slunk over to the refreshment table and picked up a mini pizza. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Daniel levitating... and the poor boy didn't appear to be enjoying it. "Oh, dear! Are you alright, Mr. Yoon?" he said. "I can counter the levitation effects if you want..." He was already drawing his wand, just in case.
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |