Getting Ready (OPEN)

[ZZ - Faith Rose Crimsonchin]

I'm gonna clear out my head
I'm gonna get myself straight
I know it's never too late
To make a brand new start

Faith liked to be ahead of the game whenever it was possible. Getting things ready for the new year of Hogwarts was one thing she could be perpared for if nothing else. She was currently in her office getting together parchments and reading through things to double check stuff. The door to her office was open as well as the windows, it was a very warm day and she was hoping to get as much fresh air into the room having had it closed off for the summer holidays. She wished she could be outside enjoying the weather but she had plenty of time already to do such a thing and she was sure this wouldn't be the last warm day of this year either.

Now where did I put that list of the new prefects and head boy and girl, Faith thought as she searched through the things on her desk. It was one of her jobs to help the students that had the special titles as Hogwarts Helper. Along with taking care of the school if both Dumbledore and McGonagall were away. Which was very rare and had only happened once while Faith had been at the school. Here it is, She pulled the list from the pile to have another look at so she could remember who she would have to talk to at the start of term.

Faith then went on to check who would be on the teaching staff this year, it mostly always stayed the same but for one teaching position. That of Defence Against The Dark Arts. She had seen so many people come and go for that job that she had easily lost count. Faith knew that she had to know who was teaching what incase one became unable to teach a lesson. Because then she would have to step in and take care of the lesson until they could either come back or Dumbledore got someone else.

She had done very well in both her OWLs and NEWTs while at Hogwarts herself, people weren't that surprised as she was sorted into the smartest house Ravenclaw. Infact, people properly expected for a Ravenclaw to get such high marks in all the lessons. She had never known what to do after leaving the school, she had learned some more, travelled but had easily found her way back to the school having loved the Castle for so many years. Dumbledore knew he needed a Sub-Professor just incase and Faith had been happy to take the job. She was just thinking about sorting out her parchments in some sort of order when she heard a slight knock on her door making her look up.

DATE ~ 20 August 1994
TAGGED ~ Any Professor or Hogwarts Staff
WORDS ~ 449
OUTFIT ~ In picture
LYRICS ~ Brand New Start by Paul Weller
NOTES ~ Faith's first post!

[Rae Stone]

Just close your eyes to the heaven above

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I’m coming home
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Rae walked into the Hogwarts castle and headed straight to her office setting down her bags from Greece. Her normally tan skin was even tanner from sitting in the Greek sun on the beach the few days before the anniversary service. It had been a lovely service well worthy of the young man she’d once known. She still felt the sting from the memorial that she’d attended two days ago. She dropped the suitcase and checked herself in the mirror still in the white sun suit with the black shirt underneath that she had walked to the port key with. She added another layer to her pink lipstick and opened the door to her office, classroom, and tower before walking out the door and down the halls to discover who else was here.

She knew one person had to be there, she always was. She walked down to the office of the early bird she knew oh so well. There on the door it said “Faith Rose Crimsonchin” She smiled at the door that would lead to her friend. She knocked and walked in gently seeing Faith looking up at her. “Welcome back, Faith. You seemed to be settled in already.” She said smiling at her friend with her ever coy smile. She loved this place, the castle, every teacher did, but from the look of the room Faith had been there for at least a while. She looked well settled in and there weren’t any boxes or signs that she was unpacking. Granted it only took a few hours up to a day to fully unpack for most teachers. It wasn’t a hard process, just a wave of the wand and you were pretty much done.

Magic always seemed to make life easier. Muggles had to do so much that magic made easier. There were up sides to the Muggle world, but there were also more downs than ups. That was one of the reasons she loved her world so much. Unlike a Muggle she could go back and forth and get the pulses from both worlds, no Muggle was aloud into the wizarding world, unless it was by marriage, and with her run marriage for her was not happening any time soon. She liked it that way, she was a flirt, she liked flirting, it made the world quite colorful.

Rae had been teaching at the school for a while now, and she liked it a lot. It was a good job, lots of pay, especially for a teacher, and time off every break. It was great for her travel bug. Her guilty pleasures all revolved around different continents. So far she’d only really ever been to three of the seven continents: Europe, of course, Africa, and North America. She still needed to revisit Africa few times to get her goal for it under way. Now she was back though, and though she missed vacation, but she was glad to be home. It was why she could never see herself leaving, she liked it here too much. Hogwarts was her home, there was no avoiding that.

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DATE ~ 20 August 1994
TAGGED ~ Faith, Any Professor or Hogwarts Staff
WORDS ~ idk
OUTFIT ~ in first post
LYRICS ~ Coming Home- Cinderella
NOTES ~ Rae’s first post, TOO!

[Faye O'Callaghan]

It was fabulous to be back on the grounds of Hogwarts. It had been ten long years since she had been here at Hogwarts and now she was back as a trained dragon handler and the professor of her favourite subject of Care of Magical Creatures. And due to that fact was why she was now down at the Care Of Magical Creatures paddock where the school's magical creatures where kept. She would miss her annual dragon watching she did in September but it was all worth while in the long run as she would be able to educate others in the ways the Care for Magical Creatures. Maybe she would be able to take them one a trip to the Welsh Green reserve up in the Welsh mountains as she being a trained dragon handler would be able to educate the students extremely well as she knew who to handle a situation if a dragon ever got a bit too lively.

After checking that the few thestrals where ok as having seen a cirrus performer lose there life a few summers ago. Luckily it wasn't one of her family though she was still rather sadden by the fact. So giving the deathly winged horse like creature a pat she left the paddock before heading up to her office up in the main castle. It seemed strange to be walking though the grounds without the chit and chatter of students filling the grounds of Hogwarts. Instead it was eerily at the magic school something that Faye found rather uncomfortable as she was very used to being surrounded by masses of noise and found the act the the only sound was her footsteps rather spooky. Quickening her pace slightly her heels clicked in a faster tempo against the stone paved pathway as she wound her way back up to the castle.

Once inside the castle Faye felt he discomfort ease slightly. Smiling she began to ascend the mischievous staircase of the castle that was prone to changing on people forcing them to either wait for it to change back or take the scenic root. But luckily she manged to make it up to the her desired floor with out any detour's on the way. As she walked down the hall she began to her two female voices emitting from a room down the way. Guessing that the voice's belonged to some of the other professor's she decided that she would go an introduce herself to them since they would be college's for the coming year. So upon arriving at the door she gently knocked on the door before entering the room. "Hello I'm Faye O'Callaghan, I'm the new Care Of Magical Creatures professor and I thought I'd introduce myself." She said as she stood just in the door way making no attempt to hide her Irish accent.

TAGGED . Faith and RaeWORDS . I don't know OUTFIT . in picture
MUSIC . ---- LYRICS . the silence - mayday parade. NOTES . Faye's first postCREDIT . JURATE at CAUTION.

[ZZ - Faith Rose Crimsonchin]

I'm gonna clear out my head
I'm gonna get myself straight
I know it's never too late
To make a brand new start

Faith wasn't surprised to see her friend Rae at the door or the fact she was tanned after being merlin knows where during the summer. “Welcome back, Faith. You seemed to be settled in already.” The younger Professor smiled at her while made her return it. "Been here for a few days already, you know how I am," She told her with a shrug of her shoulders, "I'm guessing you have just got here yourself, where you been this summer?" She asked nodding to her friends tanned skin. At the answer of Greece she smiled, "Never been there myself, maybe I should if I get a nice tan like that," She chuckled before another knock on the door was heard.

They both looked at the door to see a young woman entering, Guessing this is one of the new Professors that is on my list, Faith thought as she smiled at the woman in greeting. "Hello I'm Faye O'Callaghan, I'm the new Care Of Magical Creatures professor and I thought I'd introduce myself." She seemed nice enough but Faith knew not to judge people straight away just like one is not suppose to judge a book on it's cover. She walked over to Faye and shook her hand, "Hello Faye, I'm Faith Rose Crimsonchin, I'm the Hogwarts Helper and Sub-Professor here, so if there's any problems with teaching one of your lessons because you feel unwell just let me know and I can cover the class for you until your better."

Faith stepped aside after that to allow Rae to introduce herself also and she hoped the woman would feel welcome here, the name and face were not that familiar to her so guessed they must of been a few years apart when both at Hogwarts themselves, she was guessing she had come to the school as a student herself. The Irish accent gave away where she was from and Hogwarts would of been her nearest school when growing up to learn about Witchcraft and Wizardry.

DATE ~ 20 August 1994
TAGGED ~ Rae and Faye
WORDS ~ Didn't count
OUTFIT ~ In picture
LYRICS ~ Brand New Start by Paul Weller
NOTES ~ N/A

[Rae Stone]

Just close your eyes to the heaven above

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I’m coming home
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Rae watched the lack of shock on her friend’s face, that really wasn’t suppressing though, other than McGonagall those two were usually the first ones on campus. Half the time Rae was sure that She lived there year round. That thought almost made her laugh, they were all too dedicated to this job. People always complained about doctors and lawyers, but from her experiences she was much worse than they were. Between classes, set time to eat, and times to patrol for students out of bed, she had less time then they did for dating. She was stirred from her thoughts by Faith "Been here for a few days already, you know how I am,” She shook her head with a smile at that. A few days already, that seemed so insane and made Rae feel a little like a slacker, which she had never been.

"I'm guessing you have just got here yourself, where you been this summer? That made Rae smile widely. Granted two days ago she stood in front of a 10 year old grave that she had never yet cried over, but still the trip itself had been amazing except the last day or so. She wasn’t the kind to deal with things, she just let them happen and when they hurt she got angry or she buried them. Dealing was so difficult it was better to just put it away and forget. “I was in Greece! Lovely place, return visit and I think I should do another in a few years if I have a chance!” She said grinning brightly. "Never been there myself, maybe I should if I get a nice tan like that,” Faith responded but before Rae could add another bit of wisdom to the conversation a new addition made it to the room and the conversation.

"Hello I'm Faye O'Callaghan, I'm the new Care Of Magical Creatures professor and I thought I'd introduce myself." the new girl, Faye, said. Rae took a half turn so that she was at least slightly facing both of them and crossed her arms over her chest. Faith jumped into the introductions. "Hello Faye, I'm Faith Rose Crimsonchin, I'm the Hogwarts Helper and Sub-Professor here, so if there's any problems with teaching one of your lessons because you feel unwell just let me know and I can cover the class for you until your better." Rae stepped closer and unfolded her right hand and offered it to Faye with a bright smile. “Hello, I’m Raelyn Stone, but if you call me Raelyn I may have to hex you. So it’s Rae, and I teach astronomy. It’s nice to meet you, I’m also the Ravenclaw Head of house for a while,” She said turning her head to Faith and winking “just got informed of that by the way, aren’t you proud?” She asked chuckling to her friend.

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DATE ~ 20 August 1994
TAGGED ~ Faye/Faith
WORDS ~ idk
OUTFIT ~ in first post
LYRICS ~ Coming Home- Cinderella
NOTES ~ And the three meet!

[Mo Moktasumi]

Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano.

Mo knocked on the large oaken door, waiting a moment or two before pushing it open. He entered the room with his usual over-exaggerated grace, bowing slightly to the teachers.

"Good Afternoon, Professors. Professor Crimsonchin, I was in Hogsmeade and decided to stop in to see if there was anything you needed doing. I'm Mo Moktasumi, the new Head Boy."

Mo smiled slightly awkwardly at the other professors, his hand self-consciously brushing his long blonde hair away from his face. He couldn't wait for the new school year to start and missed being at Hogwarts more than anything, but he didn't want to see too overanxious to the professors.



Tagged: All professors.
Words: Didn't count.
Outfit: In picture.
Lyrics: Love The Way You Lie - Eminem ft. Rhianna
Notes: Can't wait to RP this year at Hogwarts!

[Faye O'Callaghan]

As she stood in the door way of the room Faye noticed that both of the women where indeed older than herself. Though she had expected that she was likely to be the youngest professor at the magic school since when she had attended a decade ago most of the professor's had been older so it was no surprise to Faye. She didn't mind the fact at all as she knew she had a vast enough knowledge in her subject area to teach it as well as a fifty year old so her lack of age didn't deter her one little bit. Also her lack of blood purity didn't bother her as she had dealt with her fair share of mud blood jeers from the Slytherin's of the time and she hoped the current Slytherins would make a fuss of it. As now she was in a position of authority she could put them in there place. And if that didn't work she could always leave them stranded with a group of welsh green dragons. As even though the student would be petrified but they would be relatively safe with the particular breed being rather docile.

Though if Faye did that she would no doubt lose her position at the school so it was best left in her imagination. Then as the professor both introduce themselves Faye drew her attention to them. "Hello Faye, I'm Faith Rose Crimsonchin, I'm the Hogwarts Helper and Sub-Professor here, so if there's any problems with teaching one of your lessons because you feel unwell just let me know and I can cover the class for you until your better." Then the other introduced herself too. “Hello, I’m Raelyn Stone, but if you call me Raelyn I may have to hex you. So it’s Rae, and I teach astronomy. It’s nice to meet you, I’m also the Ravenclaw Head of house for a while,” Both women seemed very nice which brought a smile to Faye's face. She would try to befriend both of them as they didn't seem to be that much older than her and neither of them had taught her so they should be easy to get along with.

"It good to meet both of you Faith and Rae. And I will be sure to let you know if I'm unwell though it will be a rare occurrence." Faye said as she quiet rarely fell ill as her idea of begin ill was being on the verge of death. Then she heard somebody else at the door as she had now moved further into the room. "Good Afternoon, Professors. Professor Crimsonchin, I was in Hogsmeade and decided to stop in to see if there was anything you needed doing. I'm Mo Moktasumi, the new Head Boy." Turning around to face the door she found a young man standing at the door. He probably was familiar with the other professor but not herself she she'd introduce herself. "Well it's good to meet the head boy. You probably wont know who I am, Faye O'Callaghan I'll be your knew Care of Magical Creatures Professor." She said a gentle grin on her face.

TAGGED . Faith and Rae and MoWORDS . I don't know OUTFIT . in picture
MUSIC . ---- LYRICS . the silence - mayday parade. NOTES . Faye's first postCREDIT . JURATE at CAUTION.

[ZZ - Faith Rose Crimsonchin]

I'm gonna clear out my head
I'm gonna get myself straight
I know it's never too late
To make a brand new start

Faith had to chuckle at how Rae introduced herself to the new Professor, “Just got informed of that by the way, aren’t you proud?” She said to her about getting the Head of House for Ravenclaw. "Very proud, I was the one that said you should get the title though," Faith smiled remembering back to the conversation she had with McGongall and Dumbledore. She was glad they had agreed with her on who to give the position to. Even though Faith was a Ravenclaw herself, she had her hands full with jobs as it was and so had turned down the position when the other two staff members had brought it up.

"It good to meet both of you Faith and Rae. And I will be sure to let you know if I'm unwell though it will be a rare occurrence." Faith smiled glad that the young Professor was not often rare as it would let up on her Sub-Teaching to do other things that needed doing across the months she worked at the castle. "Always good to hear," She smiled again at Faye, "Already Sub-Teaching some lessons this year as it without adding more to the list." She chuckled making them do the same. Faith was thinking about asking the new Professor some questions to get to know her better, Maybe I should offer for us to all sit down and get to know each other, not like I was too busy doing anything before they both came in.

Another knock on the door brought Faith's and the other woman's attention to see a young man walk into the room. She recognized the student from Slytherin who stood there, "Good Afternoon, Professors. Professor Crimsonchin," Faith nodded to him in greeting wondering what he was doing here so early as Hogwarts had yet to start for a good couple weeks yet. "I was in Hogsmeade and decided to stop in to see if there was anything you needed doing. I'm Mo Moktasumi, the new Head Boy." This was a first for Faith to have a student popping in early to see if there was anything that needed doing.

While in her silence Faye took the time to introduce herself to the first student that would be Hogwarts and possibly one of the people to be in her lessons. "Well, Mr Moktasumi," Faith spoke up, "You are the first student since I've been here that has done this, I'm afraid there is nothing to do as of yet but thank you for coming by and asking." She told him wondering if a Head or Prefect had done this before her time before in the History of Hogwarts. Mmmm, wonder if Dumbledore would know, he has been here for awhile now and would remember such a thing as it's not every year something like this happens, She thought to herself.

DATE ~ 20 August 1994
TAGGED ~ Rae, Faye and Mo
WORDS ~ Didn't count
OUTFIT ~ In picture
LYRICS ~ Brand New Start by Paul Weller
NOTES ~ N/A