Ford was in his office, flipping through his copy of The Guide looking for information to use in class.
Teaching - There was a time when a hitchhiker could make good money teaching Galactic Basic on remote planets; however, the profession was rendered obsolete by the babelfish. Should you find a teaching position keep the following in mind
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"Hey, Ford." She grinned.
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She amde her way gingerly through the stacks to sit down in the offered chair, the grin never leaving her face. "I'm doing good, what about you? As far as a drink, I'll have what you're having."
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He fiddled around at a minibar situated behind the desk. He hadn't installed the minibar, it had been there when he arrived. This fact, along with the office's rather intriguing mess made him suspect he would have got on quite well with the former muggle studies professor had they ever had occasion to meet. Ford produced two drinks, complete with lemon twists. For some reason he'd always thought the lemon was the most important part of an Earth gin and tonic.
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"Did you install that yourself?" She took the drink, taking a sip. "Good.." And it was, Ford was a good bartender. "And may I ask, where'd you learn to bartend?"
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"I worked as a bartender for a while in Ursa Minor." Ford spins his glass with his finger tips. "Had to stay there a pretty long time while I was trying to get a job with The Guide. I was spending most of my time in bars anyway, so I figured I might as well get a job in one. It didn't pay great, but the tourists usually tipped well."
"Have you..." he was about to ask if she'd ever been to Ursa Minor, but stopped short. Sometimes he forgot he was still on Earth. "Have you ever worked any other jobs? You know, before you became a brilliant scientist?
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He blinks and takes a sip of his drink. "I have to admit I was a bit surprised by this place too. I've seen a lot of strange things , but all of them were logical if you thought about it hard enough and bent logic into the right shape. I'm there must be an explanation for what goes on here as well.
"What really gets me is that it's on Earth. I mean, I've always liked Earth, one of my favourite planets really, but it's a bit dull, galactically speaking. Finding a convergence of realities like Hogwarts here is really incredible. It's like all the best bits of the really wild sectors but it still has that small planet feel."
((Sorry for the delay. This thread got kind of buried for me once I posted the class.))
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She also liked hearing that he liked Earth so much. It was her home, and she cared for it a good deal in spite of it being 'galactically dull'. But, his last comment made her laugh. "It's like that perfect little getaway that's cool because it hasn't been turned into a tourist trap yet? That's funny.."
She took a drink from her glass before she continued. "Do you know a lot of magic yourself, Ford? I've hardly learned any since I've gotten here."
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It was incredible, she really seemed to get what he was saying. By this point in the conversation people usually stopped listening or asked him what the hell he was going on about.
"I don't know much magic," he admitted. "I mean, Muggle Studies is certainly the only thing I'm even remotely qualified to teach. I've picked up a few things though. There's wingardium leviosa, which levitates things, and accio, which summons things. I really like those two. You get things hovering or flying around the room and you feel like you're a jedi or something." Ford may have watched Star Wars a few too many times while he was stranded on Earth. But really, it was a compelling film and the other fans didn't look at him funny when he started rambling about space ships.
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"Feel like you're a Jedi...that sounds cool." She paused. "I see you're a Star Wars fan." She smiled at Ford, amused by the concept of a towel-clad Jedi fighting evil.
She really didn't know what to make of Ford. He was different than everybody else she'd met at Hogwarts. Not that that was a bad thing, if there was one thing Abby liked, it was something different.
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