Briony had decided that she would try to do the mounds of paperwork in a more sociable setting rather than her office, after all she didn't want to be considered a hermit, yet many people would think that's what she preferred they'd be wrong.

Peering from up over her paperwork at the entrance of a new patron to the bar she saw none other than Sofia Slytherin, one of the new professors she had hired.

With that Briony decided that self assessment units could wait and she shrunk them into her bag with a small wave of her wand, turning to Sofia she smiled her usual quick smile and ordered another drink, flicking the ash off the end of her cigarette.

"Greetings Sofia, what brings you here?" she drawled

Briony was no surprised when Sofia told her the reason why she was here, after all teaching was a stressful job and copius amounts of alcohol was the only way to relieve said stress in a reasonable way. Or the way that briony found relaxing...

By smoking. Or by killing lots of German spies with her husband, real bonding activities that they enjoyed.

"Hmmm, now that is a tricky one, I myself was never one for Divination, perhaps if you offer it as a club or something the students will gain more interest in it, perhaps put a message up on the student noticeboard?"

Shrugging her shoulders slightly Briony took another large drag from her cigarette and blew her smoke away from Sofia in case she didn't like the fact that she was smoking, many people didn't after all.

"Me? I'm here for the same reason, only I brought paperwork, I thought I might be more social doing it in a pub as opposed to doing it in my office."

Lucia walked into the Three Broomsticks for her first time. What hit her first was how cozy and full the room was. She liked it and made her way over to the bar. An elder woman, around her fifties, were standing behind the bar.

"Well, hello, darling, what can I do for you?" the woman asked.

Lucia smiled to her. "I would really love a butterbeer," she said.

The woman behind the desk smiled and made her a hot beverage looking super delicious. The woman charged her with two sickles. Then she frowned.

"I haven't seen you around," she said calmly.

Lucia smiled. "No, I just got a couple of jobs up at Hogwarts. My name is Lucia Henley," she explained.

"Aha, then I understand. Well, people around here just call me madam Rosmerta," the woman said.

"I will try to remember that," Lucia said and gave a small wave.

She looked around, trying to find a place to sit down. She then spotted two of the staff at Hogwarts, chatting. One of them happened to be the headmistress. Lucia smiled and made her way over to them.

"Hello! Mind if I join in on the paperwork assignment?" Lucia asked them with a big grin, pointing to the bag she had where a stack of paper could be spotted, but not read. Lucia wasn't that careless.

Briony smirked as she saw another woman coming over to join them, it seemed as if her new Deputy also had her fair share of paperwork that she had to do, too bad she couldn't try and give her some of hers.

Gesturing to the empty seat next to her with a languid hand Briony took another drag from her cigarette as she drew it back to her mouth.

"I don't mind if you do Lucia, I see that you've gotten your fair share of paperwork also, sorry about that but it's a pre-requisite of the job I'm afraid."

Briefly Briony looked between the two of the women before tilting her head to one side and then deciding she would make some introductions:

"Sofia this is Lucia Henley, she is the Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts as well as the school nurse, Lucia, this is Sofia Slytherin, she is Astronomy and Divination Professor at Hogwarts."

"I don't mind if you do Lucia, I see that you've gotten your fair share of paperwork also, sorry about that but it's a pre-requisite of the job I'm afraid."

So Lucia took the spot next to Briony with a smile. "Yes, but I rather enjoy doing some paperwork every day. I don't think it's so bad if you're sitting out like this, or in front of the fireplace," she said with a smile.

Briony then introduced Lucia to Sofia.

"Nice to meet you Lucia" Sofia smiled and offered her hand. "At least I do not have classes that will be sending students your way" she laughed

Lucia grinned and took her hand. "It's nice to meet you too! And that is true. Unless a meteorite hits the classroom, right?" she said with a chuckle.

Sofia then commented on the paperwork Lucia and Briony had. Lucia grinned. "Well, maybe you won't be so lucky later in the years," she said with a wink.

Lucia then took a zip from the butterbeer.

"Is it fun teaching Astronomy and Divination? I've always been fascinated by it, but I've never been that good at reading the stars and tealeaves," Lucia said, looking curiously at Sofia.

Briony grinned, she however did have a class that would be sending a lot of people Lucia's way if the students got the spells wrong or didn't listen to her instructions when she told them to stop doing a certain spell.

"Alas, you will probably get most of your patients from my class, sad to say, not many people have the aptitude for duelling these days."

Looking into her glass, a small amount of alcohol ledt at the bottom, Briony swiftly drank it and ordered another, a firewhiskey this time, it was probably what she needed, something stronger than a butterbeer.

"If you really do want some you can have some of mine, plenty to spare, you can fill in your own assessment form if you'd like."

With a small smirk Briony sipped at her firewhiskey, these papers could wait a few more hours to be completed, and if she really needed to she could cheat a little bit and use quick quotes quills.

"Ah me neither, I understand the concepts, it just doesn't come to me."

Briony couldn't help but chuckle as she saw the joke in what Sofia said, obviuosly she would know if that was going to happen because she was a Seer, taking another sip of her drink briony shrugged off her black army jacket and sighed softly.

"Oh well, you can't blame a girl for trying now can you? I'll just offload them on my husband, he'll help me out later."

Even though she didn't know all that much about Divination or Astronomy Briony was not adverse to picking up a few things from her staff, and especially when Sofia said that she liked doing Tarot readings the best.

Briony had always been interested in what the cards had meant.

"I see, I have always been interested in Tarot cards, yet, I have never really had the time to figure them out, maybe you could explain them to me if you wish."

Lucia was paying close attention to what Sofia was telling about Tarot cards. She really loved mysterious things that she couldn't understand.

"Let us take the death card for an example. It does not always mean death as we know it, it can mean a major change in your life, or mental, physical or emotional exhaustion that you will be facing. It is all about perspective."

Lucia nodded slowly. "So, say you pick a love card, it doesn't have to be the love for another person, or by another person? That is awesome, you know that, right?" she asked with overly important and urged eyes.

Then Lucia sat up straight. "Hey, do you mind... I mean, do you think you could predict something for me sometime? I really think that would've been amazing," she said with a big grin.

Then she looked around herself. "Hell, if ya'll are going wild with the firewhiskey, then so am I," she said with small eyes.

She called over a waiter and ordered one, then she drank the rest of the butterbeer in one zip.

"So, when do you think we'll be done with our stack of paperwork today, Briony?" Lucia asked with a huge grin.

Briony noted an air of sadness around Sofia and wondered why that was, then it all became clear to her, she was lonely and in need of a man, Briony could understand that she was herself like that a few years ago, until she had met Richard.

Yet she didn't want to seem patronising by telling a woman older than herself that she was going to find love soon.

"I dont understand him still, I don't think I ever will, just leave him to his alchemy and he's happy as a lark."

The cards were something that she had never looked much into but she had never known they have two meanings, it was quite a surprise to her and Briony nodded, her attention grabbed by the subject.

"I see, that's very interesting, it must take real skill to interpret what each card means to the individual person, it's very abstract, it's a really good skill."

Briony nodded her head it would seem as if it would be a good idea to get the tarot cards out but didn't want to ask. After all she didn't want to impose. Chuckling softly Briony shrugged her shoulders:

"I'm putting mine off for a while, it's really daunting, I'll set the Quick Quotes on it tomorrow."

Lucia laughed at Briony's comment. But she did agree, definitely. She would probably have to use the Quick Quotes Quill herself tomorrow. Lucia then grinned to herself. 'QQQ'.

"I completely see your point. I have already done a stack of them already, and honestly, it does take its time, but it's also pretty interesting to see what the students have been up to, and who got injured by what or even whom and stuff like that. It gives Intel, and Intel makes you feel like you're on top of things. I guess that's the whole idea with paperwork," Lucia said, making a face.

She sighed and took a mouthful of firewhiskey from the already half-drained glass. She looked around. The pub was still filled with chattery and laughing people, and it had been a long time since Lucia had seen ruckus like this that was still so peaceful.

"I think I'm going to like it here on Hogwarts," Lucia said, "It has this aura of calm and trust, and I really like that."

Then she realized she was being way to serene. So she took another mouthful. Then she looked at the stack of paperwork. It was going to be a long night. Lucia then groaned.

"Okay, I don't like paperwork after all," she said with a big grin.