Cassandra blushed, how come no one told her that the headmaster teaches DADA? Now she looked totally stupid. She shook her head to erase the negative thoughts and turned back to her head of house "I'm Ara Cassandra Prewett, First Year. I was just wondering, How are we going to get our schedules?"

Eli blinked at the other boy, shrinking back as the boy shouted a greeting. It was quite obvious he was utterly mad. "Erm... Hai." he said, glancing down sadly at his poor roll. It was all dirty now. Ew. "Sorry I -- excuse me, did you take a Stuttering Solution? I read you could cure that with a spoonful of sugar and some gillywater drunk from the wrong side of the cup. " Or maybe that had been a Hiccuping Solution. Oh, well. Eli wasn't about to admit he had made a mistake.

"Hi!" he grinned at his friend, glad to see her. "Where have you BEEN? I was on my way to see Professor Vindictus, and was just telling- " he paused, not knowing the Hufflepuff's name-" this boy here about the antidote for the stuttering solution he drank."

He looked quite pleased with himself as he said this. After all, he was only a second year, and yet he obviously knew more than this kid who had to be a fifth year or higher. It was undoubtedly due to his natural-born Ravenclaw tendencies. Hufflepuffs just weren't very brainy, the poor little hardworking things. Aww. He gave Jake a pitying smile.

Kimber missed Jeremy's mumbled compliment entirely; her attention devoted to cutting up her lamb chops into small, bite-sized pieces. When she heard him mention 'not having seen the Library', Kimber turned in her seat and gave him a kind but questioning look. "May I ask..." she started, suddenly curious. "Where did you attend school?"

*snortle*

Foooooool. Such a FUNNY WORD!

The boy took the vial and stepped back slightly, placing it into his inside pocket and taking Lexi's hand. He'dsave it for the morning instead of having one of his own. But nobody else needed to know that, did they? "I'll tttake it at the table! Or in my ddddormitory. These things muhh-make me sleepy," he grinned, swinging Lexi's hand again.

As he was about to turn, Jake saw the other boy again and heard what he said, causing him to burst into laughter. "PPPPPhhahhahahahahAHAHA!" he laughed heartily, before calming relatively quickly. "Sssilly rabbit. This is hhhow I talk!" Jake beamed, patting the younger Ravenclaw on the head.

Awww, the young'uns. Jake could tutor them or something! He was super smart and everything. OH, and that reminded him. Jake turned to the headmaster super quickly. "Didja hhhhear about my OWLs?! Ain't it amazing?! I was ssssuper shocked." The boy looked over at his head of house too. The grumpy one.

Yeah. Him.

Jake was very proud of himself. And now he was here, so... may as well talk. But... meh.

"Oh... oops. Mmmmaybe I should come sssee you guys later to chhat?"

Eli looked at the kid. Apparently it was a lifelong affliction. "Oh. I didn't realize. Apologies." He paused, then looked back up at him. "I'm Eli. And, if you like, I think I could cure that. I studied a lot all summer." Maybe the kid didn't want to be cured. Maybe he liked talking like that. And true, Eli had yet to brew a successful antidote to ANYTHING, and in general was not gifted in potions. He had read about them, so doing them wouldn't be hard. Right?

Preston turned and gave a slight nod. "Of course, Pro- excuse me," he said, smiling slightly. "Deputy Headmaster."

When it came to Quidditch, Preston was sure that they disagreed almost entirely. But when it came to student behavior, well.. Preston was more fond of Max then.



He was about to turn back to his meal, when the request of the visiting Headmaster caught his attention.

Looking first to Hecate, and then up at the man, Preston inched his chair over. "Please," he said gesturing, before summoning an additional chair. "It would be my pleasure."

If Jake hadn't been under the effects of the Euphoria potion he probably would have gotten a little irked then and snapped (since he had grown used to people thinking he wasn't capable).

But he was.

So he didn't.

Instead, Jake only giggled and put his finger to his lips and 'shhhh'ed' the boy. "Not s'posed'a be chatting up here," he whispered, and grinned again. HE was only up here because he was TRICKED into it. He hadn't wanted to disturb any meals. The boy took another step back and glanced at Masterson and then Tate.

Eli drew himself up tall, offended. "I'm NOT chatting. I happen to be up here on an important mission to see Professor Vindictus." he said in a pompous, self-important voice. He glanced at the man who was probably within earshot. "I was merely offering my assistance to you, Hufflepuff. But since you don't want it, I suppose the offer is withdrawn." He actually was quite offended, and disappointed. He would have had the boy for a guinea pig in the potions lab, were it up to him. He'd have invented something better than an antidote to stutters. Yeah.

She raised an eyebrow. "You will see how things work. You will see announcements to the board in your common room about when your classes will be." she told the girl.

"Thank you," She said to Preston and scooted a little more towards Jeremy to make more room.

Vindictus let out a snort of disgust and tossed his napkin on top of his untouched plate of food. "Please excuse me. I need to have a few words with a few students seated at the Ravenclaw table," he announced and rose to his feet. He motioned for Eli to follow him if the lad wanted to speak with him.