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Meandering · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2006, 12:56 AM

The back of the door you open looks scarred, as if someone has been shooting spells at it. Indeed, now that you look closer, the scratches actually spell out something.

Close the Door.

How bizzare...?!

The words suddenly flame a bright liquid yellow, and the door yanks itself out of your frozen grasp and slams itself shut. The women sitting at the desk barely looks up at the bang. She appears to be writing something slowly, and deliberately, and you wait while the quiet, but somehow menacing scritch-scritch of the quill goes on.

Meanwhile, you take the oppurtunity to look around the room. There are a few pictures lying around the place, soft, swirling, bright splashes of color that could mean anything - a tree, a flower, a cloud, but mostly the wall is plastered with bookshelves, and they in turn, are stuffed with books. A few of them look like they are trying to bite, but can only squirm instead, fastened with black leather bands. Most are more docile, and rather decorative, with smooth spines and delicately drawn words on the covers, in all shades of dark colors.

On top of the bookshelves are perched thin, golden shining things, some bear resemblance to astrolabes, others look a little like windchimes. A few hang from the ceiling, and one particular one is hung over with delicate beads - of crystal or plastic, you can't quite tell. Between them, they catch the light of the room and toss it, glint, glitter, glimmer, glisten, gleam, about, creating provocative shadows and sudden bursts of scintillating light.

But professor doesn't look like the sort of woman who would choose things like these. You look back at her, still writing. She's a lounging sort of creature, with very thick, very black hair that has been pulled back into a bun, though thick waves of it fall forward over her ears. Her skin has a yellow tint, or that might be the lighting. The teak desk she is writing on bears a nameplate. The words shine the same way the scratches on the door did.

Prof. Andi Mao-Macdougal Zizhen

She has long sweeping eyelashes, perhaps overmascara-ed, that brush her cheeks. When she finally pushes away the paper, and holds the quill between two of her fingers, like she's smoking (you suspect that she was just drawing lines on parchment, to prolong your discomfort) the quick look Professor Mao-Macdougal gives you is like ash falling off a cigarette.

She is definitely Chinese - or half Chinese, with eyes that are tilted upwards. She looks tall, but that's only because she holds herself tall and somehow manages to look down her nose on you when you're a head taller. Over the summer, Professor Mao-Macdougal has successfully kicked the smoking habit, though it has not noticeably sweetened her temper.

She leans forward on the table, her eyebrows barely going up in a minimal show of interest. "Yes?" Professor Mao-Macdougal says, quietly. "May I... help you?"

And there is something in her tone that threatens: this had better be good or nothing in the world is going to help you, except maybe those nice trained Healers at St. Mungo's.

the dark lords bider · 07-27-2006, 07:03 PM

hi professor u teachin today said james as he walked around the room

chowderHPfanatic · 07-27-2006, 08:08 PM

Markie entered the Charms classroom, excited that she was finally able to be there in person! Charms was the class that she was most excited to take, and said in a rushed, yet happy, voice, "Hello professor. My name is Markie. I am very excited to take your class!"

miss weasley · 07-27-2006, 08:11 PM

eliza walked in "hello professor.my name is eliza longbottom-finnagan and i just want to tell you i am very excited to be doing charms."

Floo14 · 07-27-2006, 08:52 PM

Nick walks into the Office. "Hello! My name is Mr.Nick Longdo. I can't wait to start Charms with you!"

LovelyLunaLovegood · 07-27-2006, 09:41 PM

Brianna walked into the office and she looked around. This seemed exactly how she pictured it. She turned to the Professor and said "Hi, I'm Brianna Katelyn Evans and I'm a first year Ravenclaw and I thought I'd tell you that I am very excited to start Charms and I will try my best".

futuremrsmalfoy · 07-27-2006, 09:48 PM

Kally walked in and said "hi professor how was your summer??"

Taking Back Kirstie · 07-27-2006, 10:06 PM

Jacques entered the office as quietly as possible. He saw that he was not the only student who had come to visit, so he waited his turn and looked at the interesting pictures on the walls.

When it was his turn to speak he said "Hello Professor, I hope your summer was good. I was just wondering when the first class would be? I'm so looking forward to it", looking into the professors eyes and smiling.

Nightingale · 07-27-2006, 11:04 PM

Kay noticed that the Professor didn't want any fooling around. She made her answer short and sweet. Shorter, actually, than she planned. "See you in class." she said very quickly and skittled out of the room quickly.

Superwoman! · 07-28-2006, 01:40 AM

Becky walked into the classroom "hello im becky...you've probably heard this a lot already but im excited to be starting charms"

James_Potter · 07-28-2006, 05:02 AM

James pushed against the heavily scared door and treads into Professor Zizhen's office. He walked unconciously towards her desk, staring ar the pictures aligned on the walls.
"Hello Proessor," said politely. "I just wanted to know if you'll be teaching anything 'challenging'." he smiled as he put a strong emphasis on the word "challenging."

becca.123 · 07-28-2006, 10:54 AM

Rebecca Levski walked through the Charms classroom door as it was her favourite subject but the teacher looked pacticularly uphappy as she was submerged first years. She thought it best to leave.

Golden Monkey · 07-28-2006, 04:45 PM

Ariana wlked slowly into the classroom, and gazed in wonder. She went up to th professors desk, trying not to look nervous and said in a clear tone, "Hi, my name is Ariana and I"m really interested in charms. There's so much you can do with them it's amazing!" she smiled warmly at the professor.

Meandering · 07-28-2006, 05:56 PM

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Dear Andi,

As you can see from the shining badge on Nikolai's chest, he has been made prefect of his house. Now...despite what you said about my parenting skills, I think that is testament enough that I am not as horrible as you made me out to be.

I feel robbed of the time we could have spent together at Diagon Alley during the summer. Perhaps you would like to meet me at Hogsmeade Village one day?

- Andrei V.

By the end of dinner, Andi's mashed potatoes had been more gravy than actual potatos. The sauce covered a multitude of threats, mostly as juvenile as May a flying cow swoop down and squash you, Vannacutt, Die, Vannacutt DIE, Down with Vannacutt and so on and so forth.

Andi unfolded the letter for the umpteenth time and stared at it, feeling the color bleed up her neck and into her face. She started to scribble an answer, a scowl growing on her face as she wrote, the quill practically stabbing through the paper --

Then the first student burst in without knocking.

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hi professor u teachin today said james as he walked around the room

Andi raised her eyebrows at the boy. "No, quite obviously I am not, don't touch anything or I'll smash your teeth out and stuff them into your eyes." Her eyes swept over the crowd of students milling in her room and suddenly her gaze was like a whip and colder than black ice. She dealt with them one by one, with a few sharply polite words.

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Markie entered the Charms classroom, excited that she was finally able to be there in person! Charms was the class that she was most excited to take, and said in a rushed, yet happy, voice, "Hello professor. My name is Markie. I am very excited to take your class!"

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eliza walked in "hello professor.my name is eliza longbottom-finnagan and i just want to tell you i am very excited to be doing charms."

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Becky walked into the classroom "hello im becky...you've probably heard this a lot already but im excited to be starting charms"

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Nick walks into the Office. "Hello! My name is Mr.Nick Longdo. I can't wait to start Charms with you!"

"How very nice for you," said Andi quietly. "Would it trouble you to perhaps... knock on the door, persay? I will most likely see all of you in class, and this is not a good way to start the term." Her voice was like ice, soft and silken and burning cold.

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Brianna walked into the office and she looked around. This seemed exactly how she pictured it. She turned to the Professor and said "Hi, I'm Brianna Katelyn Evans and I'm a first year Ravenclaw and I thought I'd tell you that I am very excited to start Charms and I will try my best".

"Thank you for that promise, I will certainly hold you to it," said Andi with a sharp little nod as she stared down at her parchment again, then wadded it up and tossed it away into her dustbin without looking.

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Kally walked in and said "hi professor how was your summer??"

Andi glanced at Vannacutt's letter and scowled. "No business of yours," she said briskly. "Kindly go and bore someone else with your vapid idiocy." Andi wouldn't have been so rude normally, but the girl had certainly touched a nerve.

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Jacques entered the office as quietly as possible. He saw that he was not the only student who had come to visit, so he waited his turn and looked at the interesting pictures on the walls.

When it was his turn to speak he said "Hello Professor, I hope your summer was good. I was just wondering when the first class would be? I'm so looking forward to it", looking into the professors eyes and smiling.

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Ariana wlked slowly into the classroom, and gazed in wonder. She went up to th professors desk, trying not to look nervous and said in a clear tone, "Hi, my name is Ariana and I"m really interested in charms. There's so much you can do with them it's amazing!" she smiled warmly at the professor.

Andi looked up at the french boy and the girl, noticing with approval that he waited his turn and didn't appear to be trying to take the leather off some of her books - until he mentioned summer. Andi twitched. "The first class will be when I decide it to be," she said with a little grimace. "I trust I will see you there then." She nodded at them, dismissively.

A few girls had already left, probably due to the look on Andi's face and the steadily more menacing tones of her voice.

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James pushed against the heavily scared door and treads into Professor Zizhen's office. He walked unconciously towards her desk, staring ar the pictures aligned on the walls.
"Hello Proessor," said politely. "I just wanted to know if you'll be teaching anything 'challenging'." he smiled as he put a strong emphasis on the word "challenging."

Andi steepled her fingers and studied the boy for a while. "Those who understand will find it challenging," she said finally and cryptically. "Those who think it easy are the ones who will never learn. I don't teach you how to wave your wand and blow yourself up. I teach you how to think with some modicum of reason."

Irritably, she looked back down at her parchment and started to reply properly to Nikolai's --censoredcensoredcensored-- of a father.

Dear Andrei,

She rubbed that off fast.

Dear Vannacutt, yes, gloat why don't you. I highly suspect you bribed the headmistress - and if you did it to impress me with your also highly suspect parenting skills, I'm not convinced.

Andi paused for a long moment, then wrote in a hurry, almost with her eyes closed like she didn't want to see what she was doing: I'm free next Hogsmeade weekend we can discuss this further there.

Yours,
Andi.

Leeness · 07-28-2006, 06:12 PM

Lee had been wandering the halls, mainly due to boredom, and had decided to nip in and visit Professor Mao-MacDougal for a few reasons. One of these would have been to thank her for turning up and helping him with the situation in halls, but the other was a bit more interesting. He was investigating. Ever since his little chat with Nik in the Prefect's lounge he was more than curious to find out if Professor Mao-MacDougal and the Count were really 'getting it on'.

Lee sighed, as much as he wanted to do this he was still quite reluctant due to the Professors more than well-known reputation for rage. He raised an arm and gently knocked on the wooden door, waiting for her response, if she was in.

futuremrsmalfoy · 07-28-2006, 06:14 PM

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Andi glanced at Vannacutt's letter and scowled. "No business of yours," she said briskly. "Kindly go and bore someone else with your vapid idiocy." Andi wouldn't have been so rude normally, but the girl had certainly touched a nerve.

"im soo sorry professor..i'll see you when classes start" she said scared as she turned to leave.

Meandering · 07-28-2006, 06:15 PM

Andi looked up guiltily at the sound of the knock, in the middle of dotting the 'i' in 'Andi'. She pulled herself together rapidly, tossing her head arrogantly. "Come in," Andi snapped, tying the letter up with no, not a pink ribbon - why was her ribbon collection suddenly all pink and red?!

Leeness · 07-28-2006, 06:21 PM

She didn't sound happy. Maybe she and the Count were having a slight argument. He opened the door to the office and watched as some students left. The Professor was behind her desk, naturally, and was tying a pink ribbon around a roll of parchment. Pink? that didn't seem like Mao-MacDougal at all.

"Hello Professor... I'm Lee Andrez, Hufflepuff," Lee wasn't altogether sure if she actually knew him since he hadn't attended a class of hers last term, mainly due to fear. "I just wanted to pop by and say thanks for your help in the halls. The students were going crazy and without some bigger authority there i'm sure they would have continued."

Meandering · 07-28-2006, 06:31 PM

Andi stared at the ribbon and started to root through her box. Finally, at the end of it while reams of red and pink and lavender ribbons lay about her desk, she came out with a bedraggled green thing. All her ribbons were heavily charmed - probably enough to kill half the house of Hufflepuff. No one would be able to read the contents unless they were meant to. "Andrei Vannacutt," she murmured as she tapped the ribbon, then looked up at the prefect.

"I'm sure you would be perfectly capable of handling yourself, Mr. Andrez," she conceded, nodding at him. "You did a good job of calming them. I'm sure I myself would have given in to the temptation to hex them blind."

Leeness · 07-28-2006, 06:43 PM

Lee couldn't help but feel slightly flattered with kind words coming from Mao-MacDougal's mouth, "Well I'm glad that you have such faith in me Professor." Lee was running out of conversation's to choose from, "I take it that that's a letter then, your boyfriend? Must be hard having to work all term and not get to see him. Maybe on the occasionally Hogsmeade trip and Christmas."

Lee had just realised what he had said to the Professor, "Oh my apologies ma'am I just find it quite surprising if you were to be single," Lee said trying to butter her up. If he was going to get anywhere he needed to be in the good books, which he was sure was a short list of names in Mao-Macdougal's.

Meandering · 07-28-2006, 06:53 PM

Andi paused in the middle of tying up her letter. She straightened slowly, and turned to give Lee a long, nasty look. "I beg your pardon?" she said in the sort of voice that meant it would shortly be Lee begging her pardon. "He is NOT my boyfriend!"

It sounded juvenile, very fifth grade, but Andi carried on, "What he is, is a pompous jerk and don't think flattery is going to get you anywhere, Mr. Andrez! I ought to take points off Hufflepuff for your blatant gossiping and how you got such an idiotic idea in your head I'm sure I cannot fathom. I do NOT like Andrei Vannacutt!"

Leeness · 07-28-2006, 06:57 PM

Lee's eyes widened in astonishment. If it weren't for his own pride he would of probably pee'd himself on the spot. "I apologise ma'am, I just thought... well Nik told me. I thought you maybe needed someone to talk to since you seemed a little on edge..."

Now Lee wasn't one to lie, but to get to the bottom of something that was far from boring was worth a few white ones. "So I just assumed Nik was telling the truth. I'm sorry for my rudeness, i'll even deliver your letter for you when you are finished if you like..."

Meandering · 07-28-2006, 07:01 PM

Andi's eyes narrowed as she began to tap her fingers ominously on the desk. "Nikolai told you that is father and I were.... involved?" she said quietly, her voice sliding in as smoothly and noiselessly as a knife between the ribs. "I see."

Leeness · 07-28-2006, 07:06 PM

Lee nodded frantically. He didn't want to be here when Nik was summoned to her office, but he wanted to see Nik before she did, so he could give him some slight warning. He had really put the pin too far in the cushion this time, "I'm sure I must have misunderstood him Professor, I can sometimes over exagerate such gossip-ridden rumours."

Meandering · 07-28-2006, 07:15 PM

"I'm sure," said Andi poisonously, her eyes narrowing further. "And since you're so kind, Mr. Andrez, you can indeed, deliver the letter to Nikolai. Send it to his father. And tell him I do not want anything of this matter to be said to that pompous jerk. He'll gloat." Andui's face darkened even more as she considered Andrei's gloating. "Not that Nikolai would confide into his father but..." Her eyes suddenly snapped onto Lee's face, and the look in them was dreadfully sweet. "Oh, and Mr. Andrez, I don't recommend attempting to open the letter," she handed it to him, tapping him slightly on the arm. "Not if you want all your appendages to stay on."

She smiled at him. "Good day to you."

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