01-10-2022, 09:03 PM
Yes, Godric was running a little behind. The trip to the healer had taken a little longer than he had expected. Lucky thing that he had thought to bathe beforehand or else he would be considerably more late to meet everyone. It was a pain running down to the loch to bathe. While yes, technically the girls had had the indoor plumbing installed, the Romans who had designed it in the first place - their empire had fallen. Seemed like a jinx to use anything they had bestowed upon their subjects; like they were asking to fall as the Romans had. While Salazar had told him it was pure foolishness and that he needed to get used to the idea, it just seemed a little odd.
And what was wrong with a little cold water anyway? It could wake a person up the right way, that was for certain! Besides, everyone knew bathing too often was unhealthy. Dirt was healthy! Smell not so much but why clean up when you were only going to get dirty again...well, he was, at least.
While he had originally intended to wear his wizard's robes for opening day, he found that there was a substantial rip in his outer cloak. And the inner lining needed to be desperately cleaned. When was the last time he had even worn them. Well, there had not been time so he quickly threw on black trousers, a white chemise, followed by his red tunic that had been trimmed in gold, along with the crest of his house. It had been a gift from his mother and what better day to wear it on - really?
Fixing his sword at his side and lacing up his best if slightly dirty boots, Godric whistled for Rhiannon who followed him out of the castle and down to the gates where he could see the others waiting. There had been no one strange milling about the entryway - which was when he realized that if all four of them were there to greet the students, who would guide them to the Great Hall where they could wait? And what would they do for the entire day while waiting for others. With both Gwen and Raine gone, there was only the new teacher Salazar and Rowena had hired to keep an eye on things. Hmm, probably should have given this a little more thought.
Oh well, there were bound to be little hiccups along the way. They would just know better for next year. And hopefully have a better idea of how long it would take for people to arrive.
With the dog at his heels, Godric headed down the path at a good pace. He knew the others would likely be annoyed with him by now, though really, it wasn't his fault. There was no one at fault really, in this case, unless you wanted to blame the ignorant, suspicious idiots down at the trading post. And really, it was hard to do so. After all, Hogwarts was new and so many people did not respect the idea of doing things differently. With time, that would change.
"Good morning," he greeted the others, Rhiannon barking her own greeting to them as well, happily wagging her tail as though they were off on some adventure. She quickly ran to the others, sniffing around their feet, stopping the longest near Helga as though suspecting the woman would have some sort of treat on her. Godric hadn't heard any of their conversation, though had he done so, he would have taken their complaints about his tardiness in stride. They had known him so long, it really should have been expected! "Has anyone arrived yet?" When no one made any response, he grinned. "Good, good; then I am not, technically, late!"
And what was wrong with a little cold water anyway? It could wake a person up the right way, that was for certain! Besides, everyone knew bathing too often was unhealthy. Dirt was healthy! Smell not so much but why clean up when you were only going to get dirty again...well, he was, at least.
While he had originally intended to wear his wizard's robes for opening day, he found that there was a substantial rip in his outer cloak. And the inner lining needed to be desperately cleaned. When was the last time he had even worn them. Well, there had not been time so he quickly threw on black trousers, a white chemise, followed by his red tunic that had been trimmed in gold, along with the crest of his house. It had been a gift from his mother and what better day to wear it on - really?
Fixing his sword at his side and lacing up his best if slightly dirty boots, Godric whistled for Rhiannon who followed him out of the castle and down to the gates where he could see the others waiting. There had been no one strange milling about the entryway - which was when he realized that if all four of them were there to greet the students, who would guide them to the Great Hall where they could wait? And what would they do for the entire day while waiting for others. With both Gwen and Raine gone, there was only the new teacher Salazar and Rowena had hired to keep an eye on things. Hmm, probably should have given this a little more thought.
Oh well, there were bound to be little hiccups along the way. They would just know better for next year. And hopefully have a better idea of how long it would take for people to arrive.
With the dog at his heels, Godric headed down the path at a good pace. He knew the others would likely be annoyed with him by now, though really, it wasn't his fault. There was no one at fault really, in this case, unless you wanted to blame the ignorant, suspicious idiots down at the trading post. And really, it was hard to do so. After all, Hogwarts was new and so many people did not respect the idea of doing things differently. With time, that would change.
"Good morning," he greeted the others, Rhiannon barking her own greeting to them as well, happily wagging her tail as though they were off on some adventure. She quickly ran to the others, sniffing around their feet, stopping the longest near Helga as though suspecting the woman would have some sort of treat on her. Godric hadn't heard any of their conversation, though had he done so, he would have taken their complaints about his tardiness in stride. They had known him so long, it really should have been expected! "Has anyone arrived yet?" When no one made any response, he grinned. "Good, good; then I am not, technically, late!"
