New Guy On Campus - Professor Only

[Professor Jason Reid]

This was it. This was going to be Jason's newest greatest thing going in his life. A definite step up from his old job (The department of accidental magic being an aid to the dangerous concoctions division, much less liable to loose an ear. Boy, was that a fun week). The new Potion's Master. He loved the sound of it, and better yet the position combined hos two greatest passions, potions and teaching.

But now, if only he could remember where the damn headmasters office was. It had been so long since he has been here he had clean forgotten, and, seeing as it was the middle of a Thursday afternoon there were no students for him to ask. Just his luck!

[Professor Marcus Swanson]

Marcus was weary of his horrid habit of tracking mud through the castle (Well to be fair it wasn't through the whole castle, he didn't have the time to go galloping about in his wellingtons.) or at least to the dinning hall and back to the main entrance... It's just that planting elephants vinvera was a lot more strenuous than it sounded... and it did sound very strenuous.

It was a wonder at all that he was able to notice a person standing in the hall over his grumbling stomach... and an even bigger wonder as to why he actually stopped. "Howdy stranger." He said in an accent and phrase that had nothing to do with his personality.

[Professor Jason Reid]

Jason was snapped out of his daze of trying to re-create his third year trip too the headmasters office when he was greeted by a low voice, definitely too low for a student. He whirled around and was hit by the vision of a man in a very stylish suit, albeit a dirty suit.

"Ohh, uhh hi!" Jason said, slightly surprised by the greeting, he sounded... hmm American? "My name's Jason." He said, stumbling over his words as he stuck his hand out in greeting.

[Professor Marcus Swanson]

"Ahh right right." Marcus replied, slipping straight back into his English accent. "Fresh meat aye?" He asked with a waggle of his eyes brows, yet there wasn't even a sec on passed before his face dropped. "Uhh, that was probably not the most professional thing to say... I'm working on it." He muttered. "Whats the trouble?" He asked, eager to help. .

[Professor Jason Reid]

"Ohh, Uhh." said, still reeling by this guys sudden change in accent, and the eyebrow waggle. That was the kind of thing to stick to you for the day.

"Uhh, I was just after the Headmasters Office actually." He said, taking his ignored hand back, feeling slightly sheepish.

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name." He added, trying not to sound too rude. Or formal.

[Professor Marcus Swanson]

Marcus let the fellow professors hand fall without mention He didn't do touching.. But he also didn't want to make the new guy feel awkward. "Headmaster... Get into trouble did ya?" He asked, trying to break the tension. "Ahh, yeah anyway, I'm Marcus, I'm the Herbology teacher... You must be one of the new lecturers?" He asked, wondering what this guys whole field was.

[Professor Jason Reid]

"Oh yeah, Uh I'm the Potions Master?" He said, his nervousness making it sound like a question. 'Wow, English would be nice, get it together Jason!' He chastised himself.

[Professor Marcus Swanson]

"Potions..." Marcus said, pulling a grimace."Voted as most hated class by students... Believe me" He said with a nervous laugh. "But you should be fine, yeah you know." He scrambled to regain some of the poor guys confidence.

[Professor Jason Reid]

"Oh." Marcus said, surprised by the student verdict. "I uhh. I uh didn't know that." He said, the dissapointment clear in his voice. "I used to love potions as a student." He said with a small frown.

[Professor Marcus Swanson]

"Back in the day hey?" He asked, "It's a trap thinking back to the old days ya know. When I used to do that I could have sworn that everyone I knew was way into Herbology... Really fooled myself into thinking that everyone loved the class. Then I realised no body did... Even I didn't like it!." He said, hoping that he would understand that he was over exagerating about not liking his own classs.

"They love it now of course Professors flare right aye?"

[Professor Jason Reid]

"Ohh errr. Yeah." Jason said, still trying to gather his composure. He sighed as he straightened himself out. "So Herbology Huh? I guess I should come down too your greenhouses to see if you have any stuff for my ingredients." He said with a smile.

[Professor Marcus Swanson]

"Are you hitting on me?" Marcus asked in a serious tone, though only joking of course. Herbology and potions professors always had to rely on one another (though the potions master seemed to get the advantage in the friendship but lets not get into that now...) Marcus knew that he had presented enough bind mending riddles in the way of jokes to the poor new guy already, though he just couldn't seem to switch them off.

[Professor Jason Reid]

"No!" Jason said quickly. And loudly. And ohh man, was this guy messing with him, surely he was.

"I was just - I thought." Jason heaved a sigh. "I just thought, because with the thing and the, uhh.... Yeah." He finished lamely, wincing as he squeezed the bridge of his nose.

'Real smooth' he chastised himself.

[Professor Rowan Harrison]

"Marcus are you harassing the new teachers again?" This was one of Rowans free periods and she liked to spend said periods just wandering around the castle. There was no telling what she might find. Today she found Marcus and . . . well she figured it must be a new teacher though she couldn't tell you what he was teaching. "Don't mind Marcus too much his jokes tend to go over some peoples heads mine included at first. I'm Rowan Harrison I teach charms." He held out her hand. She had a feeling that Marcus probably had the guy a little nervous at least.

[Professor Jason Reid]

"Ohh hahaha." Jason laughed a little bit hysterical by his nerves, that professor was really throwing him through a loop.

"I'm Jason Reid. Err uh potions." he said by way of explanation as e released her hand, oddly grateful that she had shown up.