Prof Kennedy, Miles
Location: Great Hall, Hogwarts
Mentions: @MrSkimobile @World Traveler @Varshanka @Eviledd1984 @Herald“Tænar! Figures at least a few Ravenclaws should bring up the reputation of the school!”
Kennedy snorted, shaking his head just a little at the idea with a smile touching the corner of his mouth.
Bring up the reputation, he said…there had been dumb Ravenclaws before, uncharitable Hufflepuffs, cowardly Gryffindors, and even humble Slytherins too, but they were in their Houses because they valued something they themselves didn’t eternally have or were very,
very selective with how they applied their smarts, their hard work, their strength, their ambition. Ravenclaws who were geniuses at working through the intricacies of History or Theory but couldn’t create a potion to save their lives, for instance, or Gryffindors who could charge a bull bare-handed but couldn’t fly a broom for fear of heights.
Bring up the reputation indeed.
Of course, as Liam started to pick out a glass and a plate from the table, Miles turned about to see that the food was, indeed, starting to appear. Ah, well, that was all good and happy. Lunch had torn him to the hall, after all, and all the others arriving had distracted him from that too. He picked out a clean plate, picking out a few chicken drumettes as well with the set-aside tongs before looking here, there for the associated sauces.
Where in the...Kennedy had come to expect dipping sauces with chicken drums. Well that was halfway annoying. Setting a few napkins on the table next to him, the Potions Master took a tentative bite of the chicken. Well, it was good enough that it didn’t really need sauces. Wiping his hand on the napkin with a good smile, Kennedy looked about for a drink as well.
Well…darn, all he could see was the orange juice and…not much else. He was left contemplating with a slight, nagging little desire.
"They got me at Muggle Studies, but I've ended up being double booked and they have me overseeing History of Magic as well. Should make for some interesting first day for the students to no longer have a ghost as a teacher..."
Well, that’s a time. Two classes at once was aggressive, markedly so, Miles thought as he took another few bites from his chicken. He’d be drinking coffee, lots of it, unless he’d be wanting to make one or the other class absolutely boring as could be. That wouldn’t make for a Hogwarts teacher, though then again Kennedy could recall teachers making their sole singular classes boring as could be. But that didn’t seem to be Liam at all. He decided to lighten the idea with a joke.
“Perhaps he’ll convince some student to find his body and remove his head. Then he can join the Headless Hunt or something of another. That or cause a legal battle.” Kennedy paused, pursing his lips.
“Have you ever heard of a court case between ghosts?”“What troublemakers are we anticipating? I’m assuming at Least one Weasley this year, at some level or other. The sight of Red Hair, such a double-edged sword. Girls are sharp as a whip; boys are a nightmare. Did anybody have a curriculum or student roster?”
“Not yet, though I have gotten a curriculum. Fairly standard, really. I’ve already put far too many marks through it.” He scratched at his neck with his free, clean hand. Weasley’s? The family was still around, sure, and he could remember a Weasley in Hufflepuff some years before his class which was a grand oddity in itself, but Kennedy had never really given them any thought since he’d gone through school. They were a well known family, and eternally going to Hogwarts, but besides that…maybe, maybe.
”As for troublemakers, I’m sure they’ve only somewhat innovated since we came through. If anything, Antonio will have to get creative or something of another.”Of course, as Kennedy spoke another entered the room. The shape moved between tables quickly, arriving at Tygath's side in a flash as a big-as-can-be goddamn
Rottweiler of all things. He couldn't help but stare, a desire for coke long forgotten, as she threw the happy dog some pieces of sausage before he laid to rest on the seat beside her. Struck with an immediate, sudden desire to
pet the darn dog, Miles couldn't help but make a comparison to Lickspittle for size.
Oh, hell.
”What's his - or her - name?” He swallowed, eyebrows raising a tad.
”He likes cats…right?”Another creak of the door, another teacher entering the Great Hall. Miles watched with the corner of his eye, a well-worn coat marking as more an outdoors man…that or someone dealing with the cold as well as he'd been. Maybe Groundskeeper, maybe Magical Beasts…the question came to rest with the man talking.
"Apologies for running late, I was seeing to a bird that had caused a bit of a ruckus at Hogsmeade a few days ago. Pleasure to meet you, I'm Kai.”
Ah, beasts it is. His own introduction was particularly brief, perhaps because Kennedy had become less enthused on all the repetitions, perhaps because his mind was still on the absolute wall of dog sitting next to Professor Tygath. Nevertheless he did at least say it with a warm enough smile.
“Miles Kennedy, Potions, how d’you do.”