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"PROFESSOR Kazimeriz doesn't have a say on your shoes Annie..." Alessia said with a smile and sweet disposition. HOW DARE SHE address him so unprofessionally! "And I doubt a magical disaster such as you losing your shoes will be reimbursed." She shrugged. If Pepe was going to reimburse the RABID BUNNY's shoes she was just going to have to quit!

"Oh, Less, I hadn't realized you were here," until you started screeching in my ear, Anastasia thought as she coolly took in the hideous appearance of the other professor. "I wasn't actually asking Kazimeriz," she deliberately left out his title again, "about the shoes, I was just stating that I had been looking for the Headmaster because of them. And you never know -- they certainly have a great deal of emotional and fiscal value."

She stuck her nose up in the air just a bit and turned her attention away from the unintelligent, rude Lupa. Like SHE knew anything about shoes - pffffft just look at the state of her feet. Gross.

That was it! She was going to casually 'forget' to take her wolvesbane and then sneak into the Herbology professor's quarte- FLOBBERDUNG! She was sharing with Macadrian... hmmmm she has evaded the werewolf this month... but hopefully Pepe would know how to fix the flooding problem...

Actually the fact that Annie hadn't noticed her was a compliment... She liked being mysterious. "Fiscal I understand," GOLDDIGGER! she thought as she smiled through her anger and even let out a little chuckle, "Emotional, well... maybe for you..."

Professor Kazimeriz smiled at Alessia and reached his shaky arm around her, giving her a quick squeeze. "Very much so, my dear, and thank you for the loan of your space. It is most appreciated. I trust your accomodations are satisfactory as well?"

Kazimeriz watched the two women as they went back and forth like two kneazles fighting over a bowl of cream. Amusing, really, how little Alessia was being protective of his interests. It did his old heart good to be cared for. He patted the little lupine woman's hand. Down, girl... his glance shot at her. "Why, Miss Bunbury, I thought I asked you to call me Valon." he chuckled. He had a natural affinity to dangerous and fiery beasties, and both Alessia Lupa and Anastasia Bunbury fell squarely into this category in the old man's mind. "I am certain that the headmaster will address the replacement of your things as soon as possible, at the present time there are safety issues with this flooding that I am certain command the majority of his time. Like yourself, I have suffered the loss of many valuable and even irreplaceable items,and our poor Slytherins and Hufflepuffs likely make the same claim. But we all must be patient in times of crisis, mustn't we?" he gently admonished her.

YAY! He hugged her! "Yes Papa Valon, they are more than satisfactory, I'm just glad you are well, and... well... dry." She said beaming up at him... wait... He'd asked her to call him Valon? Her eyes narrowed a moment and then softened... so she was befriending him was she? For what? Another pair of boots? Jewelry? What did she want this time. Papa Valon was not stupid, he'd see through her soon enough.

"Indeed we must..." Alessia agreed with a smile.

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That was it! She was going to casually 'forget' to take her wolvesbane and then sneak into the Herbology professor's quarte- FLOBBERDUNG! She was sharing with Macadrian... hmmmm she has evaded the werewolf this month... but hopefully Pepe would know how to fix the flooding problem...

Actually the fact that Annie hadn't noticed her was a compliment... She liked being mysterious. "Fiscal I understand," GOLDDIGGER! she thought as she smiled through her anger and even let out a little chuckle, "Emotional, well... maybe for you..."

"Really........." was all Anastasia murmured, choosing to admire her shoes from above instead of paying Alessia any attention. That was all she wanted anyway - and besides, Bunbury had her doubts that the woman understood anything about money. From the state of her robes (tsssktsk) she didn't even have two galleons to rub together.

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Kazimeriz watched the two women as they went back and forth like two kneazles fighting over a bowl of cream. Amusing, really, how little Alessia was being protective of his interests. It did his old heart good to be cared for. He patted the little lupine woman's hand. Down, girl... his glance shot at her. "Why, Miss Bunbury, I thought I asked you to call me Valon." he chuckled. He had a natural affinity to dangerous and fiery beasties, and both Alessia Lupa and Anastasia Bunbury fell squarely into this category in the old man's mind. "I am certain that the headmaster will address the replacement of your things as soon as possible, at the present time there are safety issues with this flooding that I am certain command the majority of his time. Like yourself, I have suffered the loss of many valuable and even irreplaceable items,and our poor Slytherins and Hufflepuffs likely make the same claim. But we all must be patient in times of crisis, mustn't we?" he gently admonished her.

"Valon it is then. Lovely name," finally, Annie practically purred. She shot just the tiniest of victory smirks at Alessia. It wasn't like the redhead wanted to be friends with the old, smelly man, but if it annoyed his goddaughter then GOOD.

She nodded in agreement that firstly, her precious shoes would be replaced, and secondly, that the poor Hufflepuffs were suffering too. "It's a wonder that only some offices have been flooded and not others though," Annie mentioned. Her blue eyes flicked toward Iliana and Alessia and then back to Kazi. "Any theories on the cause of the flooding, Professor?" He was a former Auror, like Marcus. Maybe he suspected the groundskeeper like she did.

Oh yay, They were arguing again. Big shock! She thought sarcastically as she peered down the corridor. What was taking the Headmaster so long?! She wondered anxiously.

She didn't even know WHY she was here. Though she figured it had everything in the world to do with the flood. So okay. That was important... even to a very sleepy professor.

In trying her best not to be resentful for the interruption in her evening, (not to mention the most exquisite dream) Iliana sighed and straightened her posture, nodding a greeting to each professor as they arrived.

Unfortunately, Iliana turned towards Annie just in time to catch the curious look that she was giving her. 'Just what the heck was she thinking?' Iliana's usual carefree demeanor suddenly changed. Her smile was replaced, first with a look of sadness, quickly followed by a look of disbelief. "Just what are you implying Annie?" she asked evenly. Certainly the look was misread. Or directed towards someone else. Annie couldn't possibly think that she was involved. Could she?

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Oh... She'd not even really introcuced herself to him... What was his name...

Hmmmmm...

"Evening Professor." She smiled at the Transfiguration Professor. "Though I think it's considered morning now... It's good either way though." She said and turned to see her best friend making her way there.

Lars nodded at the professor (of what, he could not recall) who seemed to be speaking to him. "Well, I suppose it will be a lovely morning then, if it's morning already," he said quietly, more to himself than to the woman.

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The sound of her waterproofed Louboutin boots preceding her, Anastasia approached the midnight meeting on the seventh floor. Of course she had waited an appropriate length of time to leave her hideout in the greenhouses; she didn't want to be first and didn't want to be late. Midnight rendezvous called for a certain amount of secrecy and style.

"I haven't seen the Headmaster since that one meeting in the staff room, Kazimeriz," she spoke up as she approached the group. Annie casually leaned against the wall and crossed one foot over the other so the red underside of her boots was visible. "And I still need to lodge a complaint about the shoes in my office that got flooded...."

"Shoes?" Lars blinked, then looked down at Anastasia's feet. Her shoes looked perfectly fine to him. Clearly the flooding hadn't damaged them. Who needed multiple shoes, anyway? "Your shoes look fine. Why should you complain, Anastasia?" he asked in a bemused sort of way.

Hearing Iliana, speak Marcus gave her a broad smile. "Hello Ili. Not used to these late nights then huh?" He chuckled as he bounced slightly on the balls of his feet. Yep he was definitely suffering a sugar high.

Oh kisses!! He liked kisses from pretty ladies. Marcus leaned in also and returned Alessia's kiss on each cheek. And did he just...linger to smell her scent?

You.

Betcha.

Marcus waved cheerfully at the new arrival. "Hello Professor..." Oops he had forgotten her name. It Mac something wasn't it? Maybe he should ask Less, what it was. Didn't want to look like an idiot forgetting one of his colleagues names.

He turned at the sound of Caroline's voice and he snorted loudly at the fact that she hadn't bothered to address him. Marcus, shrugged his shoulders if he wasn't so full of sugar it probably would have bothered him but he was quite content at the moment. Even the arrival of Krazi didn't effect him like it usually did.

"Sir" Marcus replied with a small bow. Ahh...that probably wasn't going to go down with the old man. He already didn't like him there was no point in antagonizing him any further. Or was there?

The sounds of Annie and Less' voices brought him back to attention. Oh obviously those two didn't like very much. Hmm...interesting.

Vindictus was quite the sight walking through the halls of Hogwarts shortly after midnight - travel mug of coffee in one hand (the usual cream and sugar along with 4 shots of espresso to keep him awake), portable WWN in his robe pocket and earbuds stuck in his ears. Between sips of his highly caffinated beverage, he was singing and dancing.

With one hand, he pushed the door open and entered. "Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky," he sang loudly as he set foot in the room and the door nearly hit him on the rear while he continued singing and swayed his hips as he grooved along to the tune that only he could hear. "I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze!"

Kazimeriz smiled at Bunbury. "I have my suspicions, but I shall wait to hear what the headmaster has to say." His eyes traveled around the room, taking in the other professors as though sizing them up as potential suspects.

Kazimeriz tipped her the tiniest, almost unnoticeable wink, hoping she would get the message-- aye, it may seem madness, but there be method in it. "I am glad to hear so, Alessia. You must stop by your old office sometime; your company is always welcome." he said softly to her, giving her hand a gentle pat.

"Professor Lawson." he returned the small bow, smirking a little. Ah, the games people play. he thought. "What is your perspective on these recent events?" he asked nonchalantly.

Good... Iliana was on her side. That certainly was good.

Less nodded to Kazimeriz, "I will come to tea... maybe I can join you and Mr. Lawson." She said.

She giggled seeing and hearing Max singing. He was funny, she began dancing around to his singing.

Max stopped singing momentarily and took a big swig of his super caffinated coffee with his head still bobbing back and forth to whatever he was listening to. Then he sat his empty travel mug on the table and put both arms in the air and shook them back and forth. "Less! Let's dance!" he whooped loudly and took her in his arms. "WELL I CAN DANCE WITH YOU HONEY, IF YOU THINK ITS FUNNY!!!!!!!" he crooned loudly and spun her around.

Kazimeriz eyed Alessia and Vindictus with clear disapproval on his face. He drew his wand and waved it toward Max casting a spell to summon the earbuds from his ears (and his device). "Honestly, Vindictus. This is hardly the time for a dance party. Serious matters are afoot, man!" He glared sourly at the younger man, wishing he could give him a detention for contraband items in school grounds. Probably nicked it from a student, at that.

ooc: Hey Kay, I don't see you online, so if it's not OK with you to have had him even cast AT Max's iWizheard (I didn't say if it worked!) feel free to delete this post.

Ethan didn't say anything as he joined the other staff, standing as far away from Kazimeriz as possible. He nodded politely in greeting all around but otherwise remained completely silent. It was clear that he'd been awake for a while, there were no yawns coming from him and in fact, no sound at all.

Marcus placed a finger to his lips and made a show of giving the question some serious thought. "I would say that the castle is flooding" he answered wryly. "As for what or who is causing it, well my guess is as good as yours but it's not coming from inside the castle."

"Now that...would be lovely Less" Marcus replied and giving the old man a fleeting glance. He wouldn't even mind if Annie joined them for tea, so long as he didn't have to endure it alone.

Wow. These people were... wow. This was the reason why Macadrian sorta stayed to herself. It isn't that she didn't like them. Heck, she hardly knew them. But there always seemed to be drama in large groups like this, and apparently, this group was no different. Sigh. She wasn't getting involved. She liked most, if not all, of her colleagues and wasn't going to make any enemies tonight.

Then, of course, Max happened, making ever so subtle an entrance. Riiiight. Subtle. Turning her gaze his way with her brows raised, Macadrian just shook her head slightly. Honestly, that man needs to lay off the caffeine. He has too much energy for one person!

When Kazi raised his wand at Max, Macadrian's hand immediately went to her wand in response. Ah, but it seems he was only desiring to remove the earpieces and not harm him. Of course, Mac didn't think it appropriate for any members of staff, no matter how ancient, to use any kind of magic on another staff member without their consent, especially her family or friends. Biting her tongue, Macadrian cast down her eyes, so as to avoid drawing attention to her displeased response.

Alessia stopped spinning with Max a little disappointed... she was having fun. Oh well.

Alessia ignored him.

"Great then, unless Papa Valon has an objection to it..." she said.

Antonio knew there was a meeting by the statue, and he had finally made it there. "Sorry I'm late, everyone, I had to help a student get to safety from the first floor," he said apologetically. "I think everything is under control now, but the whole world seems like it's gone crazy. And my classroom...", he stopped at that point, unable to continue his train of thought any further for the moment. He looked around, relieved to see the other professors from his floor had made it there already.

Pepe suddenly popped out from behind another statue and skidded to a halt in front of the assembled professors. He was unkempt and out of breath and a bit dusty. "Okay, let's get this party started!" he exclaimed and clapped his hands together. He just assumed he was the last one there considering the fact that he was at least half an hour late. "The castle is a mess. We haven't been able to drain it with any charms or breaking of the foundation or anything. We need to consider that maybe we need to evacuate... Or contact the Ministry for assistance, which would probably lead to evacuation while they sorted things out. Questions, comments, suggestions?" He was at a loss. It was a sad day when a genius couldn't figure out a simple (not so simple?) problem.

"Things are getting bad," Antonio commented. "Who would have ever thought a day would come when we would have all this water inside the castle. But if we evacuated, where would we go? We still have to finish the term, we can't leave the students hanging, especially the 7th years. Could a suitable building be found in time for the term to finish out?"

At this point, Antonio had no idea how he was even going to get his third lesson taught. After all, Professors Lawson, Truebridge and himself had no classroom at this point. The entire world had turned upside down, at least as far as Hogwarts was concerned.

Looking up from her shoes with a blank expression, Anastasia calmly blinked at Iliana a few times and then almost rolled her eyes at Lars. Clueless man. She was about to deny ever suspecting the Care of Magical Creatures professor, of course, but then Max happened.

Well at least somebody was awake for this meeting. Annie simply shook her head at the hyper, dancing man and Kazimeriz's predictable reaction. Ha. Why was she not surprised.

She almost jumped - alright, she did quake a little and nearly tumble from her careful wall lean - when the Headmaster suddenly popped up. Evacuate?! Evacuate the school and give it up to whoever or whatever was causing the flooding?

NEVERRRRRR! Surrender was not a word in Bunbury's vocabulary. "Hmm," the redhead voiced as she tried to find a way to communicate her stubborness, "where would lessons be held if we evacuated the school? Could we still work with the grounds?" She was assuming that evacuation did not mean shutting down the place entirely...

Alessia smiled when Rey popped out. She was ready to greet him her usual way, but he had started being all headmastery. "Evacuate?" she said looking around to the Muggle Studies professor and then back to Pepe. "Rey, if we get the Ministry involved, they won't just let us evacuate the kids somewhere, they will want us to close the school. The seventh years are taking their NEWTs and I want to be involved in their education... unless by evacuate you mean close the school." Her eyes darted around the area. Various Tipps had already lost confidence in the professors... he's nearly told her himself.

Antonio nodded at Alessia's words. "I agree. I don't think it's wise to let the Ministry get wind of this, if we can possibly help it. They are always wanting to do things against Hogwarts anyway, and this would just give them more fuel to the fire. I think we need to figure out some other solution to the problem."

Macadrian added, "I agree that getting the Ministry involved right now might not be the most helpful, considering they're in transition between Ministers right now. Cooper's a lame duck and Taylor's barely gotten her feet wet, with them having just announced the results today. I think it best if we hold off involving the Ministry for as long as we can."

Macadrian contemplated the Headmaster's comment about none of the charms and other attempts working, "Headmaster, perhaps we need to approach this issue from another angle? If our charms aren't working, maybe we need to find the source of the water and how it is getting into the school. There's got to be some source for it - the entire staff could use bubble-head charms and we could inspect every nook and cranny in the lower levels til we figure the cause. If there is a hole or crack somewhere, we should be able to find it, though I'm thinking there would have to be multiple holes or cracks for there to be this much water." Macadrian sighed. How in Merlin's knobby knees did the school get into such a state?

"Well... maybe not the entire staff..." She was NOT going in the disgusting water! There were creatures in there... like grindylows and calamari, and not the fried kind either! "Has this ever happened before?" She asked the older staffers.