Good evening, students and faculty alike. You might have noticed a new face at the teacher's table this morning [ YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T NOTICE A NEW FACE AT THE TABLE AT ALL ] and I am that face? I Hello Oh bugger how on earth do I

My name is Professor Matthew Williams, and I'll taking up the Defense Against the Dark Arts position from this point forward. I apologize for stepping in so late in the year you see it was a last minute decision to accept Dumbledore's offer in the first p I wasn't exactly expecting for the war to end last October you see and I've quite enough of that business anyway, but I hope am sure that we'll be able to work something out in time soon. The application process was rath I still haven't quite warmed up to idea of

It'll be a pleasure meeting all of you!

[ Strikes are unhackable, but the journal page is freaking rife with ink blotches and such. DANG MATTHEW GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER ]