Administrivia ((Open to any who want to see the new Xavier's Headmaster))

[nohoundsallowed]

Rachel was in the middle of remodeling what was now her office. Xavier has finished up the semester and given her the office as hers. Though she currently had no clue how to decorate it. So things were looking a little bare with her desk and two chairs across from it for adornment.

She had plans for the estate on her desk. She sat in her chair and pinched the bridge of her nose. There were pages of the requirements for a being a certified school scattered on the floor behind her. She had posted about her open office before the summer semester began.

The redhead didn't know if having visitors would be a blessing or not.

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[nohoundsallowed]

Rachel was standing in front of her desk with her hands on her hips. She seemed to be staring at the back wall, contemplating something. She glanced over her shoulder at the door.

"Come in," she beckoned as the door opened. She looked back at the bare wall and momentarily bit her lower lip.

[shadeblossom]

"Hello, bosslady!" Hana greeted as she came inside and stood beside Rachel. She hadn't had a whole lot of direct contact with Xavier, but somehow Rachel seemed more approachable to her.

"I come bearing welcome gifts!"

[nohoundsallowed]

Rachel liked to think she got some warmth and approachability from her mother. Her father was not known so much for that. "Hello, Hana. That wall is very bare, and it's vexing me."

She glanced down at the wooden box and tupperware container. She had to smile at the gifts and patented Mojoworlder enthusiasm. "What sort of gifts?"

[shadeblossom]

Hana glanced at the wall in question. It was kind of naked. Drat. Maybe she should have brought a painting or something!

"Well, nothing for the wall, but I thought you might like them anyway." She carefully set the boxes down on the edge of the desk and handed over the tupperware first. "I made you a fresh batch of shortbread cookies. Plain, orange, and lemon ones."

Then she turned to the wooden box and opened the latches, lifting the lid. "And since they go so well with tea, I thought you might like this..."

Inside the box was an antique tea serving set. The delicate porcelain was painted with cherry trees in full bloom with snow-capped mountains in the background.

[nohoundsallowed]

Rachel took the tupperware appreciatively. She was going to hide it in her desk. Even with her conquest to get Doug a little more weight on his body was not going to let her share her shortbread.

"Thank you very much, Hana. I'm sure these will be delicious, and the tea set useful and lovely." She smiled. And put a protective tk bubble around the shortbread container. Hers, dammit.

"The shortbread does remind me, I had something I needed to talk to you about."

[shadeblossom]

"I'm glad you like them." She beamed happily and then nodded. "Sure. Should I sit down for it?"

[nohoundsallowed]

"Sure. Tell if the chairs are comfortable." Rachel went around to the other side of the desk to stash the cookies. Once those were safe, she used her tk to pull out and set up the tea set. There were rather lovely.

She settled into her own chair. "So, I know you've become the master of the kitchen with Kayla aiding you in cooking. With the fall semester, we'll probably have a large increase in enrollment. So, I wanted to see if you wanted to fill an official staff spot in running the cafeteria for the students. You are a phenomenal cook, but you'd have to learn how to translate that in bulk and make sure we'd hit nutritional regulations for schools. We'd hire staff to help out and/or have more students like Kayla help you in the kitchens."

[shadeblossom]

Hana took a seat as directed and wiggled a few seconds to give the cushion a serious test of butt compatibility. Yep. Seemed pretty comfy!

Then she turned her attention to Rachel and listened as the new headmistress laid out her idea. It sounded like a pretty good deal to her. "I don't see why not. I just have to make sure I can make time for Zach and Jeremy, still. I guess I'd probably have to have some kind of certification or something, too, huh?"

[nohoundsallowed]

"We would help you with whatever you need. The official title could be something along the lines of Food & Nutrition Manager. You will have to stay up on all federal and state regulations about school lunches." Rachel opened a desk drawn to have a contract and other information float out.

"You can read and sign this at your leisure. Or bring it back and we can discuss any changes you would like to make. After the remodel, you'll have a larger kitchen to work in."

[shadeblossom]

Oh good. Hana didn't mind the work at all, but being called the 'lunch lady' would have been a little depressing. Food & Nutrition Manager sounded much more respectable. She reached out to pluck the papers from the air and glanced down at them.

"I'll look them over tonight. Thank you!"

[nohoundsallowed]

"You're welcome. Just remember, you'll be cooking in bulk. Enrollment will go up a lot. Also, once the staff and X-Men figure out you're the one cooking, they're probably try to eat the cafeteria food, too." Rachel grinned a little. Hana had kept enough students from starving since she he had been a student here, that it got noticed.

[shadeblossom]

"No problem. My mom taught me to cook and she cooked for at least seven. I can just multiply." And maybe look into some additional cooking classes and new recipe books. That would be fun!

She grinned at the compliment. "Thanks. Look out for poachers with those cookies. Shortbread doesn't last long around here."

[nohoundsallowed]

"Figure a couple hundred mutants. So, maybe 5 of your brother and father each?" Rachel grinned. She assumed Hana's twin's appetite was very similar to their father's.

The redhead went mock-serious at the mention of danger to her cookies. "Not even Doug will know I have them. And if someone finds them. There will be repercussions. Unlike when my father's sports car got taken for joy rides."

[shadeblossom]

Hana giggled, first at the Mojoworlder math and then at the dire threats against cookie thieves. As long as her boys and Emily stayed out of trouble, she'd consider herself lucky. And they got all the cookies they could stand, already, so that shouldn't be a problem.

"Your dad's car did seem to get the brunt of the school jokes for a while..."

[nohoundsallowed]

"Well the rivalry with Logan has never quite diminished,
Rachel commented. She liked to stay out of it and had managed to rather well. It at least wasn't as bad as the one between Logans and Hulks.

"Just be aware that changes are coming. Strict ones. Because I now have to keep this school in good standing under a massive microscope. So, please stick to dietary guidelines as much as possible while taking into account that you are feeding a bunch of ravenous teenagers with mutant metabolisms. I have faith you will, but I thought it would be a good idea to warn you."