<div class="floatleft">(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/860/28876633857_954cfff23f_b.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Ivan Maximov (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=339010.msg16084402#msg16084402)<br/><strong>Date | Time:</strong>01/09/22 - 7pm<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Great Hall - Head Table<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Old-fashioned suit in white and olive tones.<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Eating, greeting<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open (To teachers at head table)<br/><hr/><br/>Professor Ivan Maximov continued to survey the students, paying particular attention to the first years. He wondered what the sorting hat had in store for Ravenclaw by way of new members of the House. Ravenclaw tended to attract bright students who were witty, wise, and curious about the world.<br/><br/>A question from Professor Charlotte Jansen brought Ivan's attention back to the conversation. Charlotte was at times a bit of an anomaly to him. Likely polar opposites, the two didn't interact too much outside of formal settings. If Ivan thought hard about it, she actually reminded him of Finn. Ivan's partner Finn, the proprietor of the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmead, was a Hufflepuff alum and more expressive in his emotions. The thought brought warmth to Ivan with fond recalling of his partner. Finn was the only person with whom Ivan completely let his guard down.<br/><br/>It's not that Ivan didn't have emotions, to the contrary he felt passion for many things, he just didn't express them verbally or physically. It did cause him to sometimes have a scowl on his face making him seem unapproachable and stern.<br/><br/>Ivan nodded as he set down the goblet he was holding. "I look forward to the new crop of students and seeing who may have affinity for the scientific precision of transfiguration." Ivan didn't mean to say that it was better or more important than other forms of magic, but he has yet to have lost a student to a transfiguration. It was one thing to transfigure a pen into a flower and another to transfigure a human into an animal.<br/><br/>The Professor looked out the field of students. "I look forward to pushing others further in their studies."<br/><br/>Ivan paused for a moment. "Are you all set for the new academic year? Any particularly interesting astrological happenings in our calendar?"