Headmaster Brockert

May 19, 2017 9:23 PM
The school year had not started out on a good note. First of all, there was the fact that some students had withdrawn, which could reflect poorly on Sonora as a whole. More importantly though, it meant some badges had had to be reassigned, including Head Boy and after actually interacting with John Umland, Mortimer wasn't sure he was a good option in the least as he was an impudent little twit and how he'd gotten more votes than Tobi Reinhardt-as after Aiden O'Neil withdrew, he'd had to give the badge to the person with the next most votes-the Headmaster had no idea. It was just a testimony to the failure of the system that allowed students to vote on who recieved the honor.

Not that it mattered as Mr. Reinhardt had also left school.

Then Professor Perrault had quit abruptly. This annoyed Mortimer to no end. With Professor Pye leaving and Coach Grase on what seemed to be neverending leave, they were already short staffed. In particular, Professor Carter was exceedingly overworked. Of course, she would have been less so had she not insisted on teaching Muggle Studies. Especially because, thanks to Professor Perrault's departure, the Intermediate class had overlapped with Beginner Charms. It didn't take a genius to figure out which one Mortimer thought was more important.

To top that off, the substitute Quidditch Coach had left Professor Carter to officiate the first Quidditch game!

Fortunately, they'd been able to scramble up a couple of substitute professors for the following term. Unfortunately, one of them was his nephew Cory's friend Neal whom Mortimer felt would possibly be a pain in his backside. Despite Neal being older than the other substitute, Daniel Nash, another Sonora graduate as well as some of the other staff members, Mortimer couldn't help but judge him by the company he kept and see him as an overgrown teenager. And Neal was going to be involved in shaping young minds, including Emerald, who was probably smarter and more mature than he was.

Once the students had filed in and sat down, Mortimer stood. "Welcome back everyone, I hope you have all had a good break." He still didn't really care if they did. "Before we begin the feast, I have one announcement to make. Please welcome our new professors, Professor Nash who will be covering Advanced Charms and Advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts and Professor Davison who will be covering Beginner and Intermediate Charms. I trust you will all treat them with the respect befitting their position." Blatant lie, that was. Like Mortimer trusted teenagers to be respectful . "Enjoy your meal." He sat and began his usual dinner of Returning Feast meal of steak and bourbon.

OOC-Permission granted to say Isis insisted on continuing to teach Muggle Studies.
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Lily Spencer

May 26, 2017 9:30 AM
After losing last term's Quidditch match, Lily had cried like a baby. She couldn't help it, but at least she'd been able to wait until the locker room to let her tears flow. She'd been miserable the rest of the term, but returning home for the holidays to see her parents and siblings again was lovely. And of course, it wasn't Christmas without a spat between Lily and her mum. Mum had insisted she get her ears pierced this year, but Lily adamantly refused. Luckily she won that one--after all, they were her ears--but she knew Mum was determined to turn her into a lady, and, from Lily's experience, determined Princeton women were scarier than the men.

Soon after Christmas, with her parents' tentative approval, she went to join Jozua and Finn for New Year's and the Duelling Tournament. That was easily her favourite part of the whole year and she'd forgotten all about her miserable defeat.

Lily thoroughly enjoyed the trip back to Sonora. Though she and Jack were fighting less and less, it was nice not feeling like she was being supervised by him. Though intermediate courses were difficult, she felt like she was actually learning something more useful now and didn't mind the extra work that much. It was getting a bit easier to balance schoolwork and Quidditch.

Unfortunately, it seemed like things weren't going very well for Sonora. So many staff members had disappeared. Maybe some sort of spell had gone wrong and taken half of them over the holiday. Or maybe they were a part of some sort of secret service and they were caught or called away on business. The possible explanations were endless and only became more and more dramatic and interesting in Lily's head. Though she hadn't built a real relationship with any of the professors, she'd felt comfortable in their classes. Now things were going to be different and Lily didn't like that. She looked over at Jozua, wondering whom he was going to ask to be the new Duelling Club advisor. She hoped the club wouldn't disband for lack of professors. Maybe if they couldn't find anyone, they could have an "underground club". That would be thrilling, participating in a secret like that.

At the Pecari table, Lily decided to try a new dish. She usually stuck with noodles or some sort of Indian curry, but not today. She picked up a bulging tortilla wrap filled with something. It had to be some sort of Spanish or Mexican dish. She examined it, but nothing gave away of what was inside. "Do you know what this is?" she asked her neighbour. "There are so many different kinds of things here it's difficult not to try something new."
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Ingrid Wolseithcrafte

June 01, 2017 3:39 AM
They had lost the first match of the season. It sucked, especially for Lily, who had to have felt it as Seeker. Ingrid had seen her crying after the match and done her best to comfort her. She didn’t blame her at all, she was still glad to have her - way more so than Jamie, even if he could have guaranteed every match - and had been sure to let the other girl know this.

At the returning feast, she noticed Lily, and went to sit with her. Ingrid remembered how she had looked up to the older players on the team like Liliana and Joella, and how cool it had been when they’d started to be more like friends. She knew Lily had a bunch of friends in her own year, but Ingrid sort of hoped she was that cool older student for Lily. It was nice to think that someone might think of her the way she’d thought of her older team-mates.

“Um, a burrito?” she guessed, when Lily asked her about her food, “Or an enchilada, maybe. There are a lot of wrap things in Mexican food. I’m not sure what the differences are,” she admitted.

“Yeah, it’s pretty good for that,” Ingrid nodded, at Lily’s assertion that it was hard not to try something new. That said, Ingrid had often found that ‘new’ meant spicy… Mexican food was often spicy. Indian food was definitely spicy. Thai and other Asian food too. Even though Ingrid was the Pecari of the family, it was Jemima that had the adventurous taste buds. Ingrid prefered her food not to attempt to assault her, which was why she’d already opted for a salmon fillet accompanied by Greek salad. “I figure this is the closest I’ll get to actual Greece for a while,” she added, in an attempt to make her food choice seem slightly more exotic than it really was, “Man, I wish I was old enough to go travel. That’d be the best.”

OOC - I hope the reference to their interaction in the changing room is ok. As you'd said that was where Lily had done her crying, I figured it would be something other team members might have witnessed, but if not just let me know and we can say it didn't happen.
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Lily

June 02, 2017 1:11 PM
Lily was happy Ingrid was sitting with her. After the devastating Quidditch match, the older witch had done her best to comfort her. Lily hadn't been consoled at the time, but now she appreciated it very much. Outside of the pitch, she loved chatting with her older team-mates and house-mates, but didn't know if they were always keen on getting to know a younger student when they didn't share any classes together.

Lily appraised her meal. "Burrito or enchilada. I've never had Mexican food before so it all sounds the same to me." She bit into it and tasted beef, black beans, and cheese among other vegetables. There was a bit of a spicy kick as well, but wasn't too difficult to handle. Though Lily enjoyed spicy food, she had a very low tolerance for it.

"It's good," she told Ingrid, pleased. "I'll have to remember the name and look it up later."

Lily nodded in agreement. "Does your family not travel very often? My family travels here and there on holiday sometimes, but I've never been to Greece. I think the farthest I've gone with my them is the south of France where my mum's family's got a summer residence. I took my first trip on my own to Oregon this summer, actually, to visit Jozua and attend a Duelling Tournament for New Year's. It was loads of fun, being on my own like that for the first time. Where would you go if you could?" she asked before taking another large bite out of her meal.
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