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druidflower 
Social FAIL! There were people everywhere now. The addled man from the staff meeting, and his rather... robust friend. And Caroline was rather afraid that the new head of Gryffindor had been privvy to everything that had transpired between her and... Anastasia Bunbury? Wasn't she the one Tobi had gotten into so much trouble with last year?
Oh and there was Iliana Morgan. She was nice enough.
Deep breath Cari, and reset.
"Um... Hi everyone?" She greeted tentatively. "Are we the early crowd?" You are such a dork.
Without pause, Iliana gave the woman her award-winning smile. Then OH NO... this wasn't good. Her name! What was her name? Her mind was a blank. Buying herself a little time, she looked around pretending to take notice of the still absent staff members. Darn it! Ili ALWAYS remembered names. Darn it, darn it, darn it!
Was it Courtney? ... NO! not Courtney. She thought, shaking her head. Carol Anne? No but that was closer. Then
finally it came to her. "Hello Caroline!" She said at last, practically shouting it out. Blushing fiercely now, Iliana turned her head away, shaking it slightly. Being so flustered by her forgetfulness, Iliana actually greeted the woman by her first name. Something she hardly ever did when addressing a new acquaintance. What was that all about?
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SeerCassandraTrelawney "Silly Ili... of course it is your seat. Who else would I be saving a seat for... especially when I need to know how your evening went..." Alessia said trying to look innocent. She wouldn't say more than that. Not at the table anyway. "What didn't you miss..." she said under her breath, reaching for a glass of water, determined not to look at the Bunnywoman, the new Ax-Man and the poor new nurse.
Iliana rolled her eyes and grinned. Refusing to look at Less for fear of laughing, Iliana kept her eyes forward as she answered. "My evening was lovely, thank you for asking." her voice a playful purr. Then she batted her long lashes and smiled at her coyly. "And yours, dear?"
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BanaBatGirl "Good evening, Professors Ashby, Kapoor, Dumont....Morgan," Anastasia greeted the incoming staff members each with a nod. She was NOT going to say a word to that scary-looking Lupa, even if the woman had managed to brush her hair since the staff meeting.
Annie folded her hands in front of her once again, admiring Kapoorkitty's mustache from afar. At least his facial hair was better groomed than Ashby's eyebrows...that poor sap was in serious need of a salon consultant. Perhaps she could recommend Sergio to him, if he was ever in Milan.
Iliana waved from across the table. She was delighted to see Annie. (Even if she didn't understand why it should please her so) "Evening Professor. How was your summer?" But no sooner than she'd asked the question...
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SeerCassandraTrelawney Oh. No. She. Didn't!
It's ONE thing not to say hello to her, it's quite another to greet EVERYONE but her!!!
"And a cheery hello to you too Professor Bunbury," she said with a smile. She wasn't going to let on that she wasn't greeted by the rabid bunny woman, nor that she was upset at all... "My what lovely sunglasses, muggle I take it?" Prada... obviously a knockoff, she couldn't afford Prada on a teacher's salary... "As your equally lovely purse... don't you think Iliana... Oh I'm sorry, Professor Morgan" She said smiling and turned to look in the evil one's eyes, "Some times I forget to call my friends by their title while at school," not that YOU would know anything about friends! "Those... amazing shoes must have been elven made... such... tiny detail..." for such huge feet...
Now what was this?! She knew that there was some animosity between the two (though she hardly knew why) but she really thought that Less and Annie would get over their differences if given enough time. Clearly 'enough' hadn't been reached yet. "Why yes Less, it is a beautiful purse." She said, giving her a 'cut that out' expression before turning back to face Annie. "We should go shopping together sometime."
All of us... She thought. Yeah right. That'd be a fun day.