Fabian found Max's note pretty late that evening, he couldn't turn the cards game down since it would be a good source of entertainment and he was seriously interested on who would show up to play this year.

He arrived at the staff room before the hour, or so the clock said so. He was fairly distracted eying the time piece that he slammed straight into ... "Och! Alex, pardon me" both of his hands flew to rest on her shoulder to keep her from stumbling off balance. Now why was she blocking the doorway? He peered his head around her shoulders to view inside of the room. "Hello!" he barked in greeting, now they didn't seem that scary? Unless Max had a flying monkey in there he didn't spot yet.