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Anna Banana 
Hearing her name and seeing this as an easy way to move herself away from this grandfather's great-grandfather man, Anna turned to look in Ethan Truebridge's direction. She smiled politely, her face in an expression of mock-surprise. She was trying to pretend she hadn't seen him at Hogwarts before now, and that she was pleasantly surprised, instead of purely petrified, to see him. "Ahhh, how lovely to see you here," she said. "What is it you were telling Trey I could possibly get for you?" she asked. She hoped Ethan would hurry. She want to chance losing another five points. Ugh. Cale was going to kill her.
Truebridge began to rummage in the bag of runes again, looking up when he heard Anna address him. "Yes. Lovely. I'm sure." Ethan agreed amiably, "Oh a drink. He owes me a drink. But you know," Ethan examined the selection on the table, "There just doesn't seem to be anything... quite to my liking." He sighed mournfully and went back to rummaging in the bag of runes- finding it really hard to see them properly through his dark glasses.
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touchdownking As the word 'professor' left Truebridge's lips, Trey felt his heart drop slightly. "Pr..pro...Professor Truebridge?" It wasn't a question he was supposed to say outloud, but it came out anyhow. "Umm, yeah of course, I'll get right on that drink." Then he said Anna could also get him the drink. "Ohh, you don't want her getting you a drink. I mean it is I who owes you one. I'll, umm, I'll be right back with it." It was at that time he heard what could possibly be Anna's lifesaver. Two little words, 'teaching assistant'.
"Yes... good... drink..." Ethan agreed absently.
Hagalaz.... a situation out of your control. Oh no... Ethan was gonna prove those runes
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BanaBatGirl [color=indianred]Anastasia didn't even turn her head to wait for Ethan's reaction; no, she was enjoying these dark shades far too much. Admittedly, they were a bit large for her face, so she slyly reached her wand hand up, slipping the wand out of her cream-colored sleeve, and tapped the frame of her glasses with just the tip of her wand. There, much better now. And to think, now they had a tiny diamond pattern on the side. Custom-made-shades.
"Nice shades." Ethan commented, looking up and forgetting they had been his to start with.
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cake.ninjak Ian perked up. We get teaching assistants? Oh, this made his day! He motioned over to the young woman in question, who certainly did not look to be twenty-five. "You there! Yes! Girl! You! I'll be needing you to grade all my papers for me while I partake in my daily food-coma nap. You might even need to take over for me in teaching."
Ahhh excellent. Truebridge glanced around straight-faced and nodded politely to the man who unwittingly seemed to be helping Truebridge with schooling this girl, Anna.
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Amira With a C Camira approached the staff table fully intending to apologize to Mr. Masterson for her behavior towards him last term. She, however, got distracted by the large amount of new faces she found there. It was like half of the professors had been replaced. It was a bit creepy, actually.
When she got there, she eyed them curiously for a moment, trying to catch a vibe. Apparently her magical vibe powers were not up to par. Ah well, she would find out sooner or later. Now was the time for introductions, not inner musings. "Hullo", she said amicably, addressing the new staff as a whole. "I'm Camira Yaxley. 5th year." There was really nothing else to say until they introduced themselves.
Truebridge turned and nodded as one Camira Yaxley introduced herself. "Uhh... Professor Ethan Truebridge." He paused and waited to see if she actually wanted something or if she was going to try to bribe them all. Almost unwittingly, Ethan eyed Professor Kazimeriz, trying to communicate the danger of such endeavours. But then he was wearing dark glasses so it appeared that he was staring at the girl. Uncomfortably.
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Anna Banana Anna was nearly away from the staff table and well on her way back to the Gryffindor table, when she heard the sound of one the professors calling out to the students. Instinctively, Anna turned around to see what was going on. To her surprise, it appeared that the professor, one she didn't quite know yet, was calling out to her. Once again, Anna found herself turning to look behind her to make sure the professor wasn't addressing someone else instead. Nope. It was her. Anna eyed the man in disbelief. He wanted her to do what?!? "You...you want...me to grade all your papers and teach your class?" she asked. She was getting more and more confused as time went on. First, she'd lost points. Then, she'd gained points. Now, she was being asked to grade papers and teach a class. What in Merlin's name? Anna eyed Ethan Truebridge, almost sure he was behind this in some way.
Turning to overhear Anna, Ethan noted, "Should be easy enough for a researcher, no?" He offered a crooked smile and noticed he had food on his plate. Huh. When had that appeared? No matter. Ethan got busy with his stolen fork and began to eat.