One lost math teacher

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Charlie looked up, down, north, south, east and west and came to a conclusion. "Yup. I'm lost," he nodded to himself. He'd wandered along down the corridors, hanging up the maths sign up sheet at random, assuming that he'd reach somewhere, at some point, that would give him a clue as to where he was supposed to be. No luck so far.

And now he was stuck at a crossroads. Where to go, where to go..?

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[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

After her clinic shift, Lily was walking back to her room when she spotted a man who looked out of place.

"Can I help you, sir?"

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"Do you know your way around this place?" Charlie asked, hopeful. "I'm looking for the Dean's office or the teacher's lounge or somewhere like that. Do you know where that is?" He waved the sign-up sheets he had left. "I'm the new math professor."

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"Oh, Mr. Eppes, right? I just signed up for your intemediate course earlier today. I'm Lily Evans; it's nice to meet you!" Lily holds out her hand. "You're actually in the dormitory section of the building right now. If you take the stairs down to the first floor, turn left and walk through the double doors down the hall, you'll be back in the academic section of the building."

[charlieeppes.livejournal.com]

Charlie shakes her hand, beaming at meeting his first student here. "I hope we'll have a great time together in class." He tried to follow her directions. "Okay, right, and then I go..? Or are there signs?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

Lily smiles at the look of joy on his face. "There should be signs from there, but I can walk with you if you like, professor?"

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"I'd like that very much," said Charlie. "Otherwise I'd probably have to stop someone else in about ten minutes. This place is confusing."

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

Lily laughs as she starts to lead the way.

"It is confusing - I've been here over a month now, and I still get lost from time to time. Then there's the added trouble of various students and teachers who have disappeared, and one of the lockers is some sort of time portal, and... well I don't want to scare you off before you even start classes!"

[charlieeppes.livejournal.com]

Charlie looked more intrigued than scared, however. "Really? A time portal? How does that work?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"Inconsistently at best. It started by sending people to... 1985, I think, but then one day it started spitting out people from the past instead." Lily shrugs. "That's not the weirdest thing around here by half."

[charlieeppes.livejournal.com]

Charlie quirked an eyebrow at that. "Albert Einstein, eat your heart out? Tell me more, please?" He added as they reached the stairs.

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"Well, if you're sure you want to know... there's a squid in the basement, we've had multiple gremlin sightings and attacks, there was a huge zombie infiltration two weekends ago, which lead to a student-created resistance army, the headmaster drinks a lot, students are awfully fond of their weaponry, and we had an 80's themed Homecoming Dance last night." Lily watches his reaction carefully as she speaks.

[charlieeppes.livejournal.com]

Both eyebrows rose at the mention of gremlins and remained rised until Lily finished. "Well," Charlie said after a moment. "I'm think the headmaster of CalSci drinks as well, and I'm not unfamiliar with 80's themed dances. The rest -- Really? Zombies?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"I warned you, didn't I," Lily laughs. "Oh yes, the 'living dead' right here on campus. It was... disturbing, to say the least." Lily opens the double doors to the academic section and stops to read the directory. "Where to first?"

[charlieeppes.livejournal.com]

"The Dean, I think?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

"Just down the hall then," she says, starting to walk again. "He might not be in on a Sunday night, but if he isn't, you could leave a message (http://www.livejournal.com/users/dean_bristow/3316.html?mode=reply) or at least have a better idea of where to find him tomorrow."

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Charlie nods in agreement. "I thought I'd better check in if he was around, if he's not I'm supposed to... Hold on." He paused and rummaged through his pockets, pulling out a crumpled sheet of paper. "...See the housingdrone? Is that right?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

Lily stops in front of Bristow's closed door. "Looks like he's out. The housing drone should be..." She walks a few doors down. "Yes, here's (http://www.livejournal.com/users/fh_resaffairs/526.html#comments) the office."

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"Oh, great." Charlie pauses at the doorway to smile to Lily. "Thanks for showing me the way."

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

Lily returns the smile. "You're welcome, professor. If I don't see you before, I'll see you in class on Wednesday!"

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[ooc: Angelus and Lily sharing a class together? Woot!]

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