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[b][color=50BA86]“I have to say I quite missed this.”[/color][/b] Alvis mused as he nipped at his pumpkin soup. [b][color=50BA86]“Ministry lunches are a pale shade of what the elves at Hogwarts manage to cook up. Budget cuts, eh? Hmm, even has some hints of smoke to it, fancy! Oh hi, Cifaretto.”[/color][/b] He acknowledged his senior Hufflepuff as he joined and made himself [i]quite[/i] at home, to some furore from the group about his habits. And for a second, Alvis paused and wondered how he would manage when [i]his[/i] students would get rowdy in class. He may have been an auror, but he never was very good with discipline. He mostly just anticipated it, and then avoided it. He shrugged to himself, then continued eating. That time would come when it would come…

Then the topic came to something intriguing: the future headmaster. He remembered how the news of the restructuring came as a shock when it broke, even at the ministry. Quite the mystery, indeed. He stared off into the distance a little, his spoon left hovering in the air as he did. Then, as always when he started a case, he started rattling:

[b][color=50BA86]“[i]Curious[/i]. I haven’t gotten any hints about that at the Aurors, but then again, we are known for keeping secrets. So who else, then? I think if Mr. Potter himself would even only have been a [i]candidate[/i], the rumours would’ve been out of control, even if we did put out a wholesale ban on owls. Still, it does all seem to be somewhat politically motivated, does it not, what with the restructuring coming from the Ministry? One of the Ministers themselves? I doubt we’re important enough for the Prime, but I could see muggle and wizard relations improving if that were the case. So, one of the Weasleys?”[/color][/b] He stroked his almost-there o’clock stubble with his spoon, absent-mindedly coloring it with some leftover pumpkin soup. [b][color=50BA86]“I think what’s most interesting is that there hasn’t been any reliable news or leaks about it at all, to be honest. One of the Unspeakables then, perhaps? But then how would we ever know? Puzzling, puzzling.”[/color][/b] Then, adding to himself, he muttered. [i][color=50BA86]“I’ll have to set up an idea board in my office for this case.”[/color][/i]