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A Professor's Tale. |Tranquility & EasilyAmused|

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The wait was very short lived.

Fuuuuuck.

Fianna cringed. "Skytherin? Jeez, that did not go according to plan. I declare a mistrial." She told the sorting hat with a firm pout of her lip. She couldn't believe he was sorted into Slytherin. She had hoped his new role didn't somehow affect the hat's sorting ability. But she could only accept her fate now, whatever it happened to be. "Well the rivalry has died down over the past few years if I'm honest. People are finally starting to see that not everyone sorted into Slytherin is some crazy killer dark wizard." Fianna replied. As he looked to her and moved closer, she folded her arms across her chest, staring him down, her jaw set.

"So...what do you want?" She asked. Gabrial moved closer and closer, his words coming out of lips rather carefully. She raised a brow as his lips moved to her ears. She had have a mind to smack him upside the head for being so bold. When the words reached her ears, she made a gagging noise. "Noooo no no no no." She whined. Physical labor? What hell had she stepped into? Was she looking into the eyes of the devil himself? Fianna slouched her shoulders and gaped at the other teacher. "Seriously? You couldn't be like every other bloke and ask for a blowjob?"

Running may as well be one of the tasks for the Tri-Wizard Tournament in her personal endless hell.

Fianna lightly fumed as she glanced toward the exit, now suddenly starving now that the brief mystery had been solved. "Yeah yeah yeah." The Irish woman huffed as she headed back out into the main part of the school with the white haired devil. She turned around. "Ya knoooow I just remembered: I don't really have anything to wear running. I guess when I was employed at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I didn't think to bring jogging pants. Shame. Guess our little date is canceled." She smirked to him, turning around to walk backwards so she could face him as she headed toward The Great Hall, her hands hooking behind her head casually.

Star Trek: A New Journey

I do have photoshop myself, I may try to make something upon my return back home.

(Only if you get Picard drunk -wiiink-)

Star Trek: A New Journey

Sure you could add that to the 0th post. Looks epic and with a chance of blinding sunlight.

Star Trek: A New Journey

I'll pretty-fy it eventually. Maybe get a banner made. XD

D E A T H + N O T E

My opening? You mean my first post in the OOC? The 0th post can be here or in the CS if it looks better.

I will probably get the intro for this up within the hour. :)

EDIT - Intro is up, I'll intro Rem in my next post. Listening to the OST helped create a moooood.

Star Trek: A New Journey

General Outline

Phase I:
The Enterprise finds themselves in a completely different region of space. No formality at all. They pick up the escape pods faint signal and one life form on board (Rommie - Android - doesn't have a life sign as she's an android). They pick up the two.
Now because the Andromeda Ascendant is familiar with the tri-galaxies (even though this is a different universe) Rommie's able to pick up the fact that they are in the Andromeda Galaxy.
So the Enterprise needs her initially as (though slightly different due to the universe) she's familiar with the stars in this region.

This phase really they're transitioning through Andromeda Galaxy as they try to find a way that can get them back to the Milky Way.
The Enterprise crew thinks this is their universe (they don't suspect otherwise) and the Andromeda crew isn't sure what's going on as the systems they go that are major Commonwealth systems have no presence in them.

This phase technically ends when they discover the Andromeda Ascendant (ship) and the fact that slip stream still works.

Phase II:
Reunited with herself, Rommie and Gaharis works with the Enterprise crew to somehow do temporarily connection of the two ships to travel the slipstream.
Basically this phase is the journey back to the Milky Way.
Slipstream is an interesting method of hyperspace travel. The more a route is traveled and mapped - the quicker it is to navigate (and safer).
As this is a completely different universe, even though they know the routes it takes them longer.
Not to mention by this time we would have introduced other races that can and might be a threat.

Phase III:
Back in the Alpha Quadrant, we find we are in the Trek universe.
The Andromeda has to figure out what to do now. This isn't home but at the same time, can they get home? Or will there even be home for them?
(Remember they left at the beginning of the war. Gaharis will be fairly confident his people would have won by now so Andromeda going back would only end up in her being destroyed - possibly. Not that it will stop her lol).

Really, by this time we can have an idea of what we want to do. Does the Andromeda stay? Does the Enterprise work with them to find a way back?
Does the enemies from the Andromeda galaxy become a major threat to the Alpha Quadrant and both ships are needed to help keep the Milky Way safe?

There's a lot of possibilities I can see here. But this is WAY down the line.
Pending how we do it, we can also have this phase end with the destruction of the Andromeda Ascendant leaving Gaharis and Rommie left. Both could join up with the Enterprise and we can do adventures this way :)

A Professor's Tale. |Tranquility & EasilyAmused|

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Food could easily wait but she had to know which House he may have been placed in. Even though she had been in Gryffindor, she would be happy to be the Head of any House so she didn't necessarily think Gabrail would be sorted in Slytherin but she thought that was another possibility. Maybe even Hufflepuff? While Durmstrang was known for cranking out badass witches and wizards, she didn't know what his core trait was. Was he creative, cunning, loyal or resourceful? Fianna couldn't eat until she figured out the new mystery. Once they reached the gargoyle, she gave the password and they were allowed entry.

Once out of the rotating circular stone staircase, they headed over to where the sorting hat was sitting on the shelf. Looking to Gabrial and then to the sorting hat, she let out a dry chuckle. "Be nice." She playfully chided them both. As the male observed the object, she let out a sigh, her hands now on her hips as he began to hypothesize about how the hat came to be. It didn't take long for him to consider it to be some kind of potion. "Yeah...I hate to tell you this but the founders simply bewitched it." Fianna told him, probably having to burst his potion-fueled bubble.

"If ya were really sorry, you'd buy me a drink." Fianna teased him with a wink.

"Oi, be gentle with the hat, it's old as hell." She added. "As old as this school."

Gabrial then decided to really make things interesting with a bet. "Hmm?" She cocked her head to the side, her hair swishing across her back. "You don't know there are two other Houses." She pointed out with a smirk. "What if you're sorted into one of them?" The woman paused for a moment. "I am willing to bet on Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. And you're on, let's see what you're made of." He was witty and creative, two traits of Ravenclaw that were often overlooked for the more serious Ravenclaws. But a lot of Raveclaws had spirited debates and weren't anti-social at all.

Pressing her lips together took a step back. "I know he's a teacher but I was hoping you could sort him anyway." She told the sorting hat. Fianna had to wonder though, if she lost, what would he ask of her? She already knew what she wanted from him and was crossing her fingers quite openly that she was the victor. Of course if their Headmaster found them in her office, she was sure it would look quite bad for the new blood, Gabrial so she knew they had to hurry back soon.

The hat hummed thoughtfully before grumbling a reply, "I shall."

D E A T H + N O T E

I can make you co-GM and we can use a 0'th post in the OOC or IC to both add the rules we'd like to work with. :)

I have a post to finish but then I can start us off.

A Professor's Tale. |Tranquility & EasilyAmused|

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Gabrial hailing from Durmstrang was interesting and something she hadn't guessed. It was a school she hadn't been to. Though the Scandinavian region did contain a lot of places she was sure would be fun to visit, despite Gabrail's need to distance himself between him and the school. Perhaps maybe it was the harsh weather? Fianna wasn't sure if that's what people said about Durmstrang but she would have to follow up on that over dinner. All she did was offer him a dry laugh and shake of her head. Potions was a subject she did well in but it was an uphill battle compared to other subjects so she had to see if maybe the new professor could give her some tips.

Before having a chance to counter his suggestive comment, their ever faithful and fearless Headmaster entered the room. Glancing to Gabrail, Fianna looked back to Minerva as she began to address everyone and eventually gave one of the new teachers, Gabrial getting the luck of the draw, to go first with introductions. She listened as both Minerva and Gabrial exchange a few warm words before he effortless accepted his position of Head of Slytherin. Fianna found it funny how he hadn't been informed sooner but she had to guess it had simply slipped Minerva's mind during the tedious interview process which Fianna didn't remember fondly due to the background checks or other hoops that teachers had to jump through to teach at such a prestigious school like Hogwarts.

Setting down her goblet, which was now empty, she listened to the others who were new. It seemed one of them was also a new caretaker. She shuddered, thinking back to Filch and how she and her mates would play jokes on him. It seemed like the new caretaker was younger and a squib, much like their predecessor. As it was time to go fill their bellies with whatever feast had been prepared for the staff, she give a light greeting to the other three new faces before she excused herself. As she walked along, she found Gabrial keeping pace with her.

"Gryffindor, tis a fine House." She remarked with a proud smile much like a mother talking about her children. "I was sorted there and now I'm happy to be overseeing it." Fianna said as they walked along, a slow, unhurried pace. "I have to wonder which House you might have been sorted into..." She thought aloud, now grinning thoughtfully. A devious idea had now been planted inside of her noggin. It was as if she were a mischievous student again. "Come on!" She grabbed his hand and headed back toward where the Headmaster's office was. "If I'm willin' to bet, you'd be in Gryffindor." She said, now expecting the sorting hat to say something wildly different. "But let's find out." She said as she pulled him along.

New Beginnings and Stronger Bonds

Yuki

"I'm sure she understands how tough it is to be around her because she's seeing Kyo. She knows how much you love him and I'm sure she didn't want to impose or hurt you in any way." He said. "You're both very thoughtful girls and you have more in common than just your love for cats." And Kyo but Yuki tried to avoid saying that directly. "No one is at fault for anything. I'm sure she feels somewhat guilty he picked her over you and I'm sure both of you feel like perhaps you hurt the other which is why it's tough to spend time together." Yuki considered. While he knew the girls were still pleasant to one another, it wasn't exactly the same kind of fondness the two used to share together as friends.

Tohru had confided in him from time to time about hoping Kagura wasn't upset with her and he knew Tohru would love to reconnect with Kagura and try to get back to being close friends. "If you're truly going to resolve to having a happier life start this new school year, I think you and Tohru should talk. You both miss the other and I'm positive you two can patch things up." Yuki was sure this was a silly misunderstanding for both girls and he was a bit happy that he didn't have a lot of drama in his life.

He gave a nod at the confirmation that Kagura would be open for lunch if it worked out for all of them. He knew which room Tohru was now moved into so he decided he'd stop by that evening to ask and then track down Momiji but he had to assume they were together most likely eating sweets or walking around the campus. Yuki looked up when he heard the door open to reveal his roommate, Tamago. Yuki glanced to him and then back to Kagura feeling like introductions were in order. "Tamago, this is my friend Kagura. Kagura, this is my roommate, Tamago." He said, though they were both Sohma, he never really felt comfortable calling the others family since they were very distantly related, like cousins than siblings.

"It's nice to meet you." Tamago smiled and moved over to hold out his hand to Kagura. He had dark hair and hazel eyes and his other arm was full of recently purchased textbooks.

Yuki got up and looked to Kagura, "Why don't we look around and see if we can find a suitable place for the gardening club, I'd like to give a few suggestions when I approach the school tomorrow." He said to her. He wanted it outside and he wasn't sure how much daylight they had left. Tamago gave them a smile and wave after shaking Kagura's hand and then went to his own room, leaving the two alone again.

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Tohru

It was clear the topic of the curse was a sensitive one for Momiji and she felt bad about bringing it up the same way she brought up Kyo. She told herself to be more careful. She knew better and decided to leave it alone. She could tell the members didn't want false hope and she knew it wasn't her place to ask questions or pose solutions when there might not be one. It saddened her to feel so helpless but the curse was something Tohru would never fully understand. And the dynamic of the Sohma family was very complicated and she didn't wish to offend them.

Part of her had to wonder, albeit faintly, if they would be better off without her. If people like Momiji had accepted the curse for what it was, was her presence disrupting that? She stayed rather quiet as Momiji said that the others may want the curse to be broken but that it may never be, just due to it being impossible. She couldn't help but worry about the fate of Momiji, Kyo, Yuki and the others. Hatori for instance, had lived a long time dealing with the curse. And when he met Kana, Akito didn't allow their marriage to happen. She had to think Akito was selfish in wanting Hatori to stay with the family but she didn't like thinking that meant everyone was forced to live alone without every getting close to any outsider.

It felt as though Tohru was already running on borrowed time.

"Mm...yes of course!" She gave a slight nod, her mind still focused on what might become of those she cared about. It was a very curious thought as to whether she was helping or hindering the Sohmas. Was she being a good friend to Momiji or would it be easier if he wasn't friends with someone who, if she tripped, could trigger him to suddenly transform. It was sad to know he didn't have hope or a real need in the curse being broken but she knew she was only projecting her wants onto him which wasn't right. If Momiji was fine with how things were, it would be wrong to want anything else.

She cleared her throat and smiled. "So...did you pack these in any way?" She asked him, bending down in front of one of the boxes, trying to see if there were any labels. "I hope you didn't just shove everything in boxes." Tohru commented lightly, knowing that's what Kyo would likely do. Yuki was more careful than that but she wasn't sure about Momiji and his own habits.