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Sorry for the Interruption!; In between day 2 and 3, Night
Topic Started: Aug 23 2012, 12:37:47 AM (358 Views)
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Cylas remembered fondly going up the steps to the same level of the Ravenclaw tower. The long stretch at the end of the day after dinner was probably great for burning off some calories. Not that he was ever thinking about that at the time; more like how tired he was and ready to get some sleep. Now he was on his way up to do rounds. It was his favorite area to be posted at in all honesty; right by the old tower, and very close to Hazel. On these nights they never planned to meet somewhere, it was pretty easy if he was alone for her to come out to see him. She had told him that today was not a good idea, she had to be up early for something dealing with extra credit. Cy really couldn't help but think that he was part of the reason for her needing the boost in her grades. Poor girl deserved some sleep.
As he got to the top of the stairs, he took a look back and forth. It was quiet, no students were hanging around that he could see. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary around here.
Cylas turned to his left, making his way around the corner. That's when he heard humming. After looking in the general direction for the source, he saw that there was some light coming out from the Charms Professor's office. Cylas hadn't known Aria all too well in school. She was five years behind him and in a different house, but over the past year they seemed to get to know one another well enough to work together at least. She was a kind young woman, pretty young to be a professor, but who was he to say at what age you could or couldn't hire someone to teach? Either way, as he approached the door that was cracked open slightly, he heard her humming get louder. He shook his head, it was a shame that he was kind of a snob musically. He recalled the little tune that muggle parents sang to their children just because his mother had for him growing up, but her pitch was a bit off, just enough to hurt his ears.
Cy went to knock on the door, and at the light pressure applied to it, the door pushed open a little more. He didn't want to look in, not knowing what condition the professor might be in at this time of night. "Um, excuse me Professor Canton? Just wanted to make sure everything was ok." She didn't normally leave the door open. He did peak in, thanking God that she was fully dressed still, not that it was a matter of looks.. just... Cy, really? She must be having a hard time sleeping or something. The auror was not expecting to see a canvas set up. There was a beautiful picture being made, taking up about two-thirds of the canvas there. Wow, he had no clue she had such a talent before, "That's really beautiful." He spoke before only remembering after the fact that it was probably best he didn't look in after hours. It wasn't really normal for professors to be in their offices this late, now was it? They were usually in their separate dorms or home this time of night. "Sorry," he finished, slightly embarrassed for interrupting.
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It had been a long day with students. Little Becky from first year had set the classroom on fire AGAIN. They had just started learning the Hover Charm, and already, Becky had destroyed at least four feathers. Apparently it was a common occurrence - as she was being briefed by the previous professor, she remembered hearing mutterings of a certain 'Seamus Finnegan' or something like that. Actually, if she recalled correctly...there was a lot of rumors about the...pyromatics specialities of a certain seventh year. Weird.

Aria had finally escaped to her office after a long dinner of listening to a couple of Professors argue. They always argued. She didn't know them all that well, but she recalled the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor...Brock or something, as a MLE official. She tried not to mix with that sort of folk when she could avoid it. Although she avoided mixing with any high ministry official when she could avoid it...maybe she had been hanging around the Weasleys too much.

That's another reason why she was so stressed. She hadn't seen her boyfriend, Fred, in ages. Security had tightened because of the attacks last year, and it was becoming increasingly harder to sneak out. It sucked to be away from the person you cared about for that long. Besides, getting drunk alone was just...well, lonely.

To relieve this stress, Aria did what she always did. Put on a muggle record (although she had to bewitch her record player to use muggle technology), warmed up some hot cocoa, got her oils and canvas out, and try to perfectly capture the light of falling dusk on the hills surrounding the castle. It wasn't going too well, and she was almost thankful for the distraction that chose to enter her door at that moment.

"What? Oh, everything's fine." Aria responded automatically, before turning to greet whoever had decided to interrupt her relaxation. It was Cylas Elliot...one of the MLE officials. He wasn't as intimidating as Professor Brock however. In fact, he seemed almost normal. As normal as an MLE official can be at least.

"Thank you." Aria said softly. She had to bite her tongue in order to avoid telling him how bad she thought the painting was. He seemed to genuinely like it - who was she to burst his bubble? "Oh don't be sorry, you're okay. I paint to relax, you know. Hogwarts can be really stressful - it's nice to find a healthy way to just relieve stress." Aria sat back against her armchair, and looked at the man lazily. "What do you do to relax, Cylas?"

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The auror smiled at her thanks, "Of course." Honestly he was no painter, that wasn't his area of expertise. Cylas nodded when she talked about Hogwarts being stressful, "I understand." He wasn't sure whether he should stick around. He should.. probably get back to the hall.
He went to excuse himself and let her get back to what she was doing when she asked the question. He could probably stick around for a little bit, "Um, I write music. Play guitar, and sing..." At least that was the closest to what they were comparing, right? A number of other things helped for him. Thankfully, stress was something he was able to get through before even having the need to blow off steam by writing.. at least most of the time.
"Kids getting to you?" He asked with a smile. He really loved the kids but in all honesty, dealing with them as an auror was much easier then as a professor- that much was obvious. She was also pretty young as it was and was probably learning a lot herself.
He wasn't quite sure if he should come in or not. Wait a minute, he should probably not get comfortable.
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Aria looked the man over intently. He had never grabbed her as the musical type. Although that may have been because she didn't view most aurors as all that creative. They always seemed to be so distracted by their jobs...they never seemed to just let loose and have a little fun. Maybe Aria wasn't the best example of this, she usually had too much fun!

"Kids...yeah. They seem to be extra crazy this year." She said unenthusiastically. "Teachers too. If I have to listen to Professor Hicks and Professor Baker argue during supper one more time, I think I might curse them myself!" She laughed, a real laugh this time.

When her laugh had faded, she leaned back even more into her armchair and closed her eyes. She stayed like this for about a minute as she listened to the light jazz twinkling through her record player. The song changed into a faster, melodic arrangements of notes. Scott Joplin. An idea suddenly entered her head and she stood up suddenly from her chair, only pausing to make sure she hadn't knocked over any paint.

Giving the auror a mysterious grin, she crossed to the doorway and held out her hand. "Can I have this dance?" She asked mildly. "As friends of course. I have a boyfriend." She sincerely hoped he would take her up on her offer. He looked in desperate need of an excuse to stay.

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Cylas shrugged when she said the kids were crazy, after all, the way the school was.. don't they say kids need structure? It wasn't something easy to do after last year's complete craziness.. and everything else. He couldn't stifle the laugh when she commented about Halle and Brock. The two of them were completely nuts, it was becoming more and more apparent. They had a handful of students in detention together this very week, and Cylas had been asked to come along for whatever the reason. Brock recently seemed to want to pick him out all the time anymore for the craziest things. In all honesty, Cy was kind of worried about how it would turn out if he had to be a mediator.
Yeah, it really was no wonder the kids were crazy. At least Hazel would be there.
Aria leaned back into her chair, and again, he considered leaving. Why hadn't he noticed the music playing before? She stood up then, the smile on his face made him curious and she held out her hand to him. Dance? "I um, I'm not a very good dancer." Outside of jumping around like a crazy white boy on stage. She added that she had a boyfriend and he smiled, "Well I have a girlfriend, so just as friends is a good idea."
What the heck, might as well right? He took her hand, "You are going to have to show me to be honest, I have no clue what I'm doing." He laughed. He was a confident man, but he was aware of his boundaries as far as dancing. Slow dancing or stage show was about it. But hey, didn't hurt to learn something new, right?
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Aria laughed at the man's comment about his girlfriend. She was glad he was happy, and it created an atmosphere of safety within the room. This was someone she could just relax around. She didn't have to worry about prying eyes or stupid comments or whatnot, he was just her friend.

"Okay friend," She teased, the corners of her mouth still turned up into a grin, "It's time to learn something new!"

She grabbed both of his hands and started moving her arms back and forth. "It's not difficult. You just move with the music." She demonstrated by moving her feet around a bit. "Feel the music inside of you, let whatever you hear translate into your body." The professor let go of the aurors hands and threw her arms up into the air. She swayed with the music, letting its very essence flow into her being as she danced. "Come on, Mister Elliot. Dance! Let loose a little. Goodness knows we all need to let loose and relax during this war."

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Cy was not the kind to shy away from a challenge, especially if he thought he would enjoy it; so this is how he chose to look at it. A fast paced piano? To the ears it was such a nice sound. He didn't play much piano, so to move to it he thought would feel kind of awkward. A smiled crossed his face as he watched her go on and show him. It was nice that she felt she could be so open around him, he was hoping more people could feel that way about him; people just feeling free to be themselves, that was what it was about for Cylas! Probably what he missed most, something he lost when he stopped doing the music and 'became a badge.'
First Hazel, now Aria. He was taking this as a good sign.
Better start trying before she got discouraged- that was the last thing he wanted. He felt a little silly, but stopped focusing on what he felt and did exactly what she said, listening to the music, and allowing it to flow through him. He started to sway a little and soon his feat were moving. What she said was true, they all really did need to have fun, to relax a little. If it were up to Cy, everyone would feel like that all the time, life would be so much better. War? What war? There would be no such thing.
Soon he was laughing, and as the song came to an end, he felt more relaxed himself, "I.. feel really good, thank you, Aria." A thought occurred, he never had danced with Hazel, had he? It was just never something that he ever thought to do. It might.. be nice.
The next song on the record was a bit slower. He didn't recognize the music, but it was more piano. It still had a bright sound, and wasn't a ballad necessarily. He looked over at the painting again, there was such pretty detail, she really had captured the sky very well. "That really is amazing, looks even better up close." This is what Cy lived for, people being true to themselves and who they were-their talents and what they were made for shown off for the world to see.. A funny little predicament that he had so placed himself in, where he couldn't do just that. When he was with Hazel it was easy, because he knew she loved him. Among his coworkers and the professors, he had to put on the Auror mask. It was nice to see others that still had the freedom to do it, made him happy that he had something to look forward to once he got out of this job again.
"I um.." Speaking of which, how long had he been here? "I should probably not stick around much longer, honestly." That wasn't very fun now, was it? He really wasn't trying to leave just yet. It would be a shame to destroy such a fun and relaxing atmosphere, but he had to remember who he really was here.
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For the first time all day, Aria felt at ease. There weren't any students to worry about here, no professors were arguing, she didn't have any homework that urgently needed to be graded...nope, she could just relax with a friend. At that moment, the song changed from Joplin's fast pace piano melody to a slower twinkle of a tune. Aria swayed from side to side listening to the music for a minute before she realized Cylas was speaking to her again.

"Hmm?" She said absently, opening an eye to peer at him. "Oh, thank you." She still wasn't satisfied with her current painted work, but it was nice to know someone appreciated it. The Professor smiled at the auror, hoping he would go back to dancing. He didn't. Instead, he started rambling about leaving.

This guy never just enjoys the moment, does he? She thought almost bitterly. Immediately she regretted this unkind thought. It would at least be prudent to make him feel a little more welcome. If she was going to befriend the young auror, then she had to make an effort.

"Tell me, Cylas. What's your girlfriend like?" It was an innocent enough question.

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