Mari was pulled out of her somewhat odd mood by the sound of another persons' voice, a familiar one at that. " Cayden, now you know better than to mention the dreaded c-word to me," She teased, smiling at him warmly as he sat next to her. She took a breath before talking and she thought a moment before she answered him. " I'm alright, a bit tired from the train ride." She said honestly. " But otherwise, I'm good, right now." She said, giving him a mischievous glance. " How are you? Have you had to donate clothing to anyone else yet?" She said, smiling more.
As she spoke to Cayden, Mariska looked down the table again and she hid a little smirk. Now he was paying attention to her. Hmm. Well, maybe he would do so more when he realized he had some competition, like she apparently had now for him.

Emiliano glared around, the ghosts seemed to get along really well with some students. He slightly smiled and turned to Daphne. "Nice to meet you too, Daphne..." He said, with a wide smile to her.

"Actually, I heard and read about the ghosts inside this castle, but never had seen any in my whole life..." He told her with a chuckle. "And you...?" He asked, though he knew it was a stupid question.

"Um..." Copernicus turned to respond to Karma and then turned back to Liz, completely distracted. "Your hair... did a thing..." He gestured to his own dark blond puffy hair.

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She watched him talk to the other girls, and smiled as he introduced her to the others. When he turned back to her, she gave him a ponderous look.

"That must stink. But, why did you have to leave so soon?"

"I imagine anyone remotely British needed to get out for a while, but especially the representatives from the Ministry. In their defense, we killed their Minister of Magic." Copernicus was good at seeing things from both sides.

Hmm. Apparently she wasn't going to get away with not discussing her summer. She wouldn't mind telling Nathaniel a few details though. "Um, not much. My father got married, my sister's going to have a baby, I spent a lot of time in London," Mariel said with a shrug. "That's about it in a nutshell."

Turning to Lasca as she mentioned a food fight, Mariel looked down the table to see the commotion. At least it was down the other end of the table. It had been so loud in the Great Hall, that she hadn't even noticed. Remembering the beginnings of a food fight from last terma nd how prefects stopped it, she said, "I'm sure the prefects will take care of it."

Glancing around she didn't see any prefects, but she did notice a transparent woman at their table chastising some of the students for their ill manners. "I think that's the Grey Lady," she mused aloud, wondering why she had suddenly made an appearance, before noticing some of the other House ghosts floating around.

"Oh!" Liz replies with a tinkling laugh, "My hair ummm, changes when my mood does, basically. I'm a metamorphmagus."

"It happens so much, I don't even notice it half the time."

he chuckled as she called it the dreaded c word." And i thought girls like the c word." he said as he was a little curious."Or is that just you because it tends to get messy when you encounter it?" he chuckled a little bit as she said she was tired from the train ride." How do you get tired from a train ride? you either talk to your friends or you take a nap along the way. At which either one isnt tiring? That's good though. Your having fun with your food. Hopefully it taste good. the pumpkin juice was good. its about the only thing i've had yet." he watched her as she then gave him a mischievous glance. This could be trouble." Im good. I saw you and decided to see how you where doing?Though im not sure why your sitting by yourself? care to explain that one?" he let out a small chuckle as he shook his head." Nope not yet. Im sure their be plenty of time for that."

Karma had also noticed the strange occurance happen with the girls hair. Her jaw dropped slightly as it changed colors, and blinked a few times to make sure that she had seen that right.

And then she explained that she was a Metamorphagus. That was obvious. But not obvious enough that Karma didn't even think about that in the first place, and she laughed slightly at her own mistake.

Karma frowned, and in her own mind, was very confused. British fault for killing the Minister of France? Merlin's pinky toe! THAT was something she had never heard before.

"That's so sad..."

Leeroy accepted the potatoes with a smile and loaded them onto his plate. He hadn't really heard of any classes except... "Herbology..? Though I'm not sure exactly what that means. It's the only one I've heard about besides Quidditch but that didn't sound like a class from how I heard it." He blushed slightly feeling that he sounded like an idiot. "What are you looking forward to?"

Daphne let her arms rest on the table. She idly rubbed her bandaged right hand, barely visible under her robes. She was feeling a little pain, but she knew it would go away. "I haven't seen the ghosts around. I wonder what they're doing at a feast. They can't even eat... can they?" She scrunched her nose, trying to imagine a ghost eating and watching the food pass through them.

Emiliano suddenly noticed Daphe's arm was not showing. He wondered what happened. "I may be too curious...but may I ask what happened to your arm?" He asked in a nice manner.

"I can imagine they are interested what our lives can be, now that they're dead..." He commented.

With a glance at Elizabeth he stood up and walked over toward Mariska sitting down across from her mainly so he could see Cayden at the same time. As he walked over he could hear the boy continuing to talk and stopped himself from rolling his eyes, Could he talk anymore? Hearing his last question he slid into the seat and said, "That's because I was talking to Elizabeth." He looked at Cayden and then back to Mariska with a curious expression as he tried to hide...what...jealousy? Surely not. Looking at Mariska he nodded his head toward the staff table, "Did you know that the new History of Magic professor was an actor?"

Daphne was getting annoyed with all the attention her hand brought. But she wasn't going to hide it, that was silly. "I hurt it over the summer," she said flatly, ready to move on.

She gladly turned back to the ghosts. "I don't think I'd like being a ghost," she said frankly. "Not that I'd want to die, but they just seem so sad, like they miss life. No... I don't think I'd like that at all." She looked toward the front of the hall, wondering when this feast would get started.

"Oh...alright..." Emiliano quickly understood that Daphne was not interested nor happy to tell the story about her arm. He nodded and looked at the ghosts as she spoke.

"I wouldn't like it either...but they are spirits, with some meaning undone...or because they wanted to stay on this side of the live ones...so if I die, I would want to have all my things done and leave nothing behind, to rest in peace..." He told her.

"I've never met a Metamorphagus before," Copernicus was definitely staring at her hair now. "Can you do... I mean... you have control over it?"

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Karma had also noticed the strange occurance happen with the girls hair. Her jaw dropped slightly as it changed colors, and blinked a few times to make sure that she had seen that right.

And then she explained that she was a Metamorphagus. That was obvious. But not obvious enough that Karma didn't even think about that in the first place, and she laughed slightly at her own mistake.



Karma frowned, and in her own mind, was very confused. British fault for killing the Minister of France? Merlin's pinky toe! THAT was something she had never heard before.

"That's so sad..."

"Very sad," he murmured to Karma. "We're working to regain our foreign relationship with other countries even now, but it will be a long time before they trust us again."

Mariska gave Cayden a slightly withering glance but it was all in good fun. " We do like it, but only when it is given as a gift." She said in a knowing voice. " Otherwise, it's not very pleasant," She laughed , doing so even more as he made fun of her being tired. " I sat and talked, but being made to sit for such a long time makes me tired. " She explained, and then she was going to say something about how she wasn't by herself anymore...but then Robert showed up. She bit her lower lip slightly as he answered her question and then watched him sit across from her and Cayden.
Mari nodded as Robert explained himself." I noticed," She said with a little smile and then she noted how he was looking at her. He seemed to be wanting to tell her something but she wasn't quite sure what it was. Maybe they'd just talk later. Maybe. " Oh. An actor? Hmm. I don't recognize him...but if he's an actor, what's he doing here? And teaching History of Magic at that?" She said, arching a brow in curiosity as she took in the new professors appearance. " He's got some style, I'll give him that." She murmured.

Nathaniel was watching the food fight as he spoke to Mariel. "Sounds..fun? he grinned. "I traveled a lot. Like I said on the train I did some surfing. I also went scuba diving and visited my sister. She was a Ravenclaw.". He waved his wand and his backpack zoomed over to him. He dug in it for a few seconds and pulled out some pictures from the summer. "I took loads of pictures if you care to see later."

Cale bounded into the Great Hall, hair disheveled, finger nails baring his usual layer of dirt, and a bright red mark on his forehead. Apparently, he was late for the food fight.

"Oye!" he yelled pointing a finger at the perpetrators. "No throwing food!" But just as he yelled, the Gray Lady swooped down and started to chastise the students. Good, one less thing for Cale to worry about on this, his last year at Hogwarts.

He looked around and then plopped himself down between Tobi and Valey. "Don't you," he said poking Tobi in the shoulder. "Ever eat at your own table?"
"You know, " Cale said reaching over Valey to grab a roll. "It's more polite to go over and retrieve her then to yell." He leaned into Tobi's personal space as he grabbed for a chicken leg.

Man this guy was like a fly. Whenever he came around mari it seemed he buzzed over and became annoying. It had to be a robert trait. It wasnt like ravenclaws where the annoying ones."im sure she was enjoying your company." he added as he gave him a smile." Nice seeing you again robert." he said being pleasant. "An actor? Why would he be here for?"

"Im pretty sure that last bit was given as a gift. Maybe not the way you normally receive it." he snickered as he thought it was small amount of amusement from the event."Well keep in mind that the only way to travel for you then is by floo powder. everything else would bore you. Dont even think about taking muggle transportation. You'll probably die in your sleep. It takes some time." she was about to explain something, but it seemed that robert had distracted her."Hey i was thinking when we get our first homework, we could work on it together? You can show me around the library. Im sure i'll be there a lot."

Issy looked up from her robes, which she was still furiously scrubbing with the napkin, at Juni, who was suggesting they go sit with Becca. Looking around the table, Issy spotted that yes, Becca was sitting in a fairly open area, with the male Prefect and a couple friends near by. Nodding, she let Juni tug her along again, shuffling after.

She couldn't help the tears. Her robes were new and she had intended to keep them that way! But those stupid girls had to go and mess them up. And that stupid Cupcake, too! Pouting a little, Issy followed Juni to the table, waving meekly at Becca and forcing a smile onto her face. Ducking behind Juni (which honestly wasn't hard, short as Issy was) and wiped her eyes, trying to get rid of all visible sight of her tears.

No need to let anyone know she was so upset by spilled potato, after all.

She was a big girl.

"Hi, Becca," she greeted.

Karma was fascinated with Copernicus. It was a shame that she hadn't gotten to know him better in Diagon Alley, but she was glad that she was at least getting to know them now. She needed just as many guy friends as she had girl friends. She smiled at the fact that he was fascinated with the girl's hair.

"I wouldn't doubt it," she whispered back to him. "It would take me a while to trust someone again after that whole fiasco. I do understand what they mean though, I remember Kris telling me about it."

"Surfing.. right," Mariel said, trying to remember what he said on the train. "So those board thingies are like that board you were riding around at school last year? The one with wheels?" Listening to the rest, she added, "Ok, I know what diving is of course, but what's a scuba? Honestly, Nathaniel, I think you make these words up."

Watching as he summoned his backpack, she took the pictures out of his hands. She looked at them confused for a moment, poking them with her finger and shaking them a bit, before shrugging and flipping through them. "Very nice," she grinned at him, slightly jealous of his travelling. "Looks like you had some fun. But I think your pictures are broken," she said, handing them back to him. "The people aren't moving."

"I'm hurt," Tobi feigned a pout, but it didn't really come off, until the last of the flying baked potatoes hit him in the shoulder and then he really had a reason to be hurt. "OW!"

What a waste...

"Thanks for the lesson in etiquette, Cale," drawled, rolling his shoulder. "But going over to the Gryffindor table is something I'd rather avoid, even for Aggie's sake."

Robert arched an eyebrow at Mariska's response. Though she said it with a smile it seemed...he wasn't sure what the word for it was, short? Still looking at her he was distracted as she answered his question, "Elizabeth told me. Apparently he used to do Broadway or something?" He glanced over his shoulder at the professor and then back at Mariska with a shrug, "I suppose."

Robert turned his gaze to Cayden thoughtfully wondering what he was getting at, "Elizabeth is my friend so, yes, she does." Sometimes, he finished in his head. He pulled a glass toward him and poured him some more pumpkin juice as he let Cayden continue to talk. At his last question his interest peaked as he set down the pitcher and leaned back in his chair somewhat casually as he waited for Mariska to answer. His blood was pounding in his head to tell the git to bugger off that she was with him but then again...did a few dates make it official? The way she'd been acting to him lately left him guessing where they were. I hate mind games...

"What's the matter?" He noshed on the chicken leg. "You two having problems or something? You two looked rather cozy in Diagon." He chuckled and then reached for the bowl of potatoes. "Could it be the beginning of a long and torturous relationship?"

As he piled them onto his plate the new Headmaster started speaking. "Mmm...are there any returning professors besides Professor Vindictus?"

Maybe girls in France were just a lot harder to interact with, or maybe Copernicus had hit some sort of new level of maturity over the summer, but he had never been able to talk to girls as easily as he had since first stepping foot on Diagon Alley. Karma was interesting to talk to, and he found the interest and possible new friendships gratifying.

"Who is Kris?"