Students and professors were beginning to arrive as the moonlight slowly began to grow brighter on the horizon and the first stars made their appearance."Good evening, Javier, planning on collecting a few herbs of your own, I'll bet. Good evening to you, Celeste, thanks for joining us." Tapio was glad his colleagues had been able to join them, for it was hard for a single teacher to keep track of a bunch of students out of doors, especially at night, and he certainly didn't want anyone to get lost of come to harm. Plus, there was always one or two who would try to slip off to the Forbidden Forest if you didn't watch them (Yes, Vera Thanatos, I'm looking at you!).
"Hello, Mr. Bergstrand, Miss Anders," Tapio greeted the first arriving students. He smiled at the two Hufflepuffs, who had become quite the couple this year, for one was seldom seen without the other at an event. "Miss Thanatos, glad you could make it," he nodded at the young Gryffindor. "Thanks for the offer, but I was just going to move them with magic." Tapio smiled at her, and added in a louder voice, "although if anyone feels they're pretty good at the Locomotor charm, you're free to help move one of them. You'll have to do it for a good distance, though. Miss Archard, good to see you," he nodded at a young Ravenclaw who'd just joined them wearing a rather old-fashioned jacket and knitted hat.
Tapio looked around to see who else was coming. "Enjoy the evening, everyone, we'll get started in a little bit."
[OOC: Waiting to see if anyone else shows up, and besides I'm low on time, so we'll get truly underway tomorrow morning.] |