Staff Table: The Sorting Ceremony and Feast

"Why thank you," Korso beamed to Belle, sitting beside her and chuckled at the food, "Wonderful....I'm starving," he grinned the cocked his head to the side in thought, "I'm sorry but my mind is completely drawing a blank," he chortled, "Remind me of your name?" he asked almost musically and looked to Holli, "Pleasure to meet you. Korso James Purefoy at your service," he said with expressive eyebrows, "Gamekeeper."

Holli lightly laughed and said with a smile, "Holli Luna Would and I'm the new Divination teacher. Do you mind if I do reading for you sometime?"

"You could do it now if you wish," Korso chuckled, "Would my palm suffice?" he gently gave her his hand, "Otherwise I can wait until a true reading after the feast," he grinned.

Holli lightly laughed and said with a smile as she took his palm, "Well I could." Holli said with a smile as she traced his life line, "This shows that you will live a long life." Holli said with a smile as she traced his head line, "This says you are very smart." Holli said with a smile as she traced his heart line, "This says that you will find a woman who loves you and she will give you much more." Holli said with a smile as she traced his truth line, "This says you are honest and hardworking." Holli said with a smile as she traced his apollo line, "this says you are very lucky."

"Oh, it's Mallery, Belle Mallery. I teach Herbology." She smiled. It seemed like Holli was always eager to show off her Divination abilities, which Belle didn't mind. At least she was proud of her abilities and not frightened by them.

Korso's smile brightened to Holli, "Those all sound wonderful to me," he chuckled, "I'll definitely stop by for another reading, then looked to Belle, "That's right! Fantastic to meet you. Herbology eh? Any new findings this summer?" he asked curiously.

Holli smiled and hoped she would get to see Korso soon, to her he seemed very mysterious and Holli liked to discover the mystery behind a man.

"Nothing plant-wise, at least," Belle replied, shrugging her shoulders. "I did pick up a new teaching manual, though. I'm hoping it can give me some tips and make this year even better than the last one." She gave a bright smile. Belle always tended to be optimistic about things.

Korso smiled at Holli, he liked the woman and was excited to see her again. He then looked to Belle, "I'm sure it will be and you seem like a kind woman, I'm positive the kids will faun over you." he chuckled and drank from his glass, "Oh that's delicious." he commented remembering the tastes and smells of everything of his past years. Maybe Belle was right. Maybe this would be a better year. He had his son Peter with him and Zuko - who he thought of as a son as well. He fixed his jacket and looked around, wondering where the Headmaster was and looked back to Belle, "Any ol' teachers you remember?"

Holli gasped as she had a flash of the future her eyes glowed white and whimpered. Holli held her hands tightly as she continued to watch the future vision.

"I think I might have taken a Divination class with Mrs. Larkin, but I'm not entirely sure," Belle confessed. "Other than that, I don't think any of the other old teachers are here. Seems like we've had a change of staff since I went to school." She was about to say more, but then Holli started glowing and whimpering. "Holli, you okay?" Belle asked, concern on her face as she put a hand on the Divination teacher's shoulder. Was she having a vision or something?

Korso nodded, "Well then a fresh start," he grinned then blinked at Holli, worry clearly painted across his face, "Holli? Are you alright?"

Holli gasped and looked at Korso and Belle. Holli said quietly as she looked away, "I'm sorry. It was an awful vision I had. It was too painful." Holli held her hands tightly and looked down. Holli didn't like having those kind of visions and having them would just only gave her nightmares in her sleep.

[OOC: Computer = a bitch therefore im prob going to be slow xDD Currently stealing brothers but that wont last... But sorry for being late, im randomly posting now so at least hes at the feast xD]

Oliver eventually made his way over to the Great Hall, unorganised as always and therefore typically late. His sat himself down on the nearest avaliable table, looking around at his fellow teachers in greeting. Looking around eagerly at the food avaliable he hoped it would not be rude of him to start eating immeadiately, but he had not had food all day after the rush of early morning and the journey ahead.

Belle's brow furrowed with worry. "Can you tell us what you saw?" she asked Holli. It must have been something awful or she wouldn't be so shaken up. She noticed vaguely that somebody else had joined the table, but she didn't look up to see who it was.

Daniel realized his conversation with the girls was over once they instead found themselves another male to speak to.
He didn't mind an awful lot, but he still smiled as he saw another teacher join them, and even wider as he realized who it was.
"In a rush as always professor," he smiled politely, watching him eat practically before he had even sat himself down.
"It seems your house is in for a rough year," he said, signalizing to the students at the Gryffindor table, already fighting each other.

He sighed, looking over at the students. He shook his head, disappointed, but still did not bother responding.
'The Sorting Hat clearly sees something in them' he smirked. 'We all know by comparison what your house is so famously known for.' He could not say he knew many Slytherins he had enjoyed the company of in his time at school. 'However of course we can't say the house reflects the person. Surely the students will prove themselves what they can achieve later this year.'

"You ought to leave that for the field, Mr. Wood," he laughed picking up on his defencive remark.
Surely it had to come from the fact Slytherin often beat Gryffindor in quidditch, he had never had much problem with his students.
"Do not misunderstand me," he said in an attempt at easing the tension between them, he would never mean the professor any harm.
"You have some very fine students this year. Will-strong," he laughed softly hoping he wouldn't take it wrongly.

'Well we shall see' he said, not being able to hold back his competitive side. 'Of course you shall know about all the students as soon as the term time starts- I'm sure your lessons will become very eventful' he smiled. 'I'm sure this will be a very exciting year for Charms' he joked, not envying the teachers who had to remain inside teaching the same syllabus each year. At least with his job he got a bit of variation with every passing student.

"Charms can get you far, you ought to remember that," Daniel said and playfully winked at the teacher, hoping he understood the double-meaning behind his words. Wood might have fun on the field, but for the most part it was no secret he wasn't the most outgoing of persons.
Once again he overlooked the students, curious as to how this year's students would be. He had had all sorts of classes through the years, but he was well aware each year was different. Each with it's individual differences.

Holli said frighten as she held her hands, "The serpent devouring the lion and the young students in fear of me. Darkness spread over the forest. I fear for what will happen to these students."

Izabella was one of the last teachers to arrive, apparating through the window and into her seat like silk moving through water. Dressed in her fancy wizard's gown her usual unruly hair pinned back into an elegant bun "Oh dear.... did I miss the sorting this year? the headmaster is going to have a fit that im late"

Korso looked concerned to Holli, "I'm sorry....." he said kindly, not really sure what to say since he'd never been in that situation. He then blinked at the conversation between Oliver and Daniel, chuckling, "Boys please!" he laughed, "Gryffindor may not be my house, but my son Peter will be promising enough," he said towards Oliver and looked to Daniel, "And he's quite fast on a broom....he'll change Quidditch around for sure." he chuckled, then arched an eyebrow at Izabella, "I'm sure you'll be fine." he smiled reassuringly.

Holli made a slight smile at Korso and Belle but sighed sadly. Holli said as she got up and started to leave, "I need some air."

John hadn't been all that hungry, as he normally wasn't. Perhaps that's why he was nearly all skin and bone, which only added to his awkwardness. As many people would easily say, the best way to describe John was like a giraffe. He was relatively tall and his skinniness only made him look taller; his legs were long and seemed to bow as he walked all over the place. But his looks aside, John wasn't all that hungry and so, sitting at the staff table in perfect quietness, John read his book and would occasionally glance up and look at Peter to see how he was getting along. He was also, admittedly, watching Vanessa. He tried not to make either glances obvious, but was still producing them nonetheless.

John glanced at the other professor's as well, just to get a feel for them. He didn't know most of them and seemed to stay out of the conversation mainly because he had had his head in the clouds for much too long to know what they were talking about.