On the very first day following the feast - as instructed - Kiri made her way to the new professor's office first thing after lunch.

That took a while. She had no idea which subject he would be teaching, or even what his name was. But a few inquiries among her classmates as to who "that new professor, the creepy-looking one, you know?" was told her that she would find him on the first floor, in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom. So she'd been partly right! He was going to teach DADA. And his name appeared to be Duskurk. That had rung a bell with Kiri when she'd been told, but she couldn't remember why it would. That was a puzzle to be solved later.

When she reached the professor's office, a few people were already milling around near the door. It looked like Professor Duskurk had invited more students than just Kiri to his office. With an absent-minded smile, she joined them in waiting, wondering when it was going to be her turn.