The Perk: Noon-ish

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake wandered into the Perk, asked nicely for a cappuchino and settled down by a window table to read his book. In his backpack, he had his sketch set, a sketch pad, a notepad, a couple of pens and a rat plushie. Just in case. You never knew when you might need a rat plushie, after all.


((open for interaction and other threads and such. Or you could settle down and read a book too. Or maybe a comicbook.))

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[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto wandered into the Perk and caught sight of Jake. "Hey."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Cal." Jake waved at her with his book. "Come join me?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Callisto ordered a short black then sat down opposite Jake. "Interesting book?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake gave the book a thoughtful look. "Not sure yet. I think mister spycatcher dude is trying to get it on with pretty much all the villains. Or it's a really clever, yet slutty ploy to lure them into a trap. Hard to say at the moment."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Could be both," Callisto grinned. "You met any of the new teachers yet?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Nope. Haven't really been that social since I came back," Jake admitted. He put the book down. "Have you met any? Do we have a new Art teacher? Tell me everything you know," he demanded and sipped his coffee.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Well, to start with the new principal is creepy, even by Fandom standards," Callisto rubbed her chin. "Still no word on the Art teacher, altough I could have sworn I saw someone who looked almost exactly like Coach at the New Year's Eve party, that could have just been the booze. The new journalism professor however..."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Jake couldn't quite decide between interest and gloom when it came to journalism professor who was not The Professor.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"She's nothing like Professor Jerusalem," Callisto's expression suggested this was not a Good Thing. "Admittedly I only actually met him once, but he gave off a completely different vibe."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Nobody is like the Professor except the Professor," Jake said firmly. His curiousity won (as always). "...So, what is she like, then?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"For starters she has some sort of quill that automatically writes filthy lies about people, and she called me a 'muggle', which did not sound like a nice term," Callisto sneered. "I don't like her."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake looked puzzled. "She called you a whatnow?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Muggle," Callisto repeated. "Apparently it's what they call non-magical people where she's from."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"She's magic? What kind of magic? Like Ethics teacher or the Halliwells or the blond kid?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure, magic's not really my thing," Callisto frowned. "If I had to go with my gut, she reminds me of Draco the most, but tthat's just a guess."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake brought up his mental image of Draco, who he'd never actually talked to, just seen around. And on posters, of course. "What, blonde, British, snarky and kinda fey?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Um, yeah, actually, just replace snarky with cloying bitch, and kinda fey with dried up crone."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake snickered. "Well, I'm sure to recognize her now, at any rate." He sipped his coffee again. "You have any idea what classes you want this year?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Not sure, probably stick with Art and Music, drop Sidle's classes, want to try and get into Professor Tick's class though," Callisto tapped her cup. "And journalism. You?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"The art for me too." Jake nodded. He tilted his head as he thought. "The politics classes, well, the campaign thing anyway, 'cause that might be fun. Um. Business Law, maybe, and Magical Theory and the Supernatural thing. Think I'm dropping journalism. Wouldn't be the same without the Professor."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Now you mention it campaigning might be useful, tactics too," Callisto said. "Especially with studne elections coming up. And tell the truth, I probably wouldn't even take journalism, if it wasn't for a couple of things."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Like what? You want to learn how to be a better, shinier newspaper minion?" Jake asked with a grin.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Well, that, and the good professor has something I want."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake finished his coffee and blinked at her. "Like what?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"She has a scroll, it has some things she wrote about me on it, which, in addition to being complete lies, I do not want spreading any further than they already have."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake nodded at that. "And being in her class would help you get it?" It made perfect sense to Jake.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Got it in one, Jake," Callisto grinned back.