Tucked away at the very top of Hogwarts, the office appeared to be a mix of a study, museum, and workshop. The first thing one would notice is the smell; not of fresh ink or dust. No, the smell that wafted through the air was that of parchment and chai, likely because both were in use nearly at all times of the day. The place also looked rather… lived in. Not the neat, orderly, and quiet abode to match Akinyi’s personality. No, it certainly didn’t appear so.
There were stacks of books in as many places as they could fit without looking disorderly, each grouped by language family, and the majority of which being dictionaries. Her desk was rather cramped, with three books open at all times, and parchment laid down in front of the professor. Her ink and quill had been put to use, labeling each cluster of books in her curly script. Atop her desk seemed to always be a cup of chai, Akinyi’s preferred beverage.
Being in the tower meant a multitude of windows, all allowing streams of sunlight from the outdoors to lighten up the room, at least when the delightfully inconsistent Scottish weather allowed for it. On the sill sits a small vase of flowers, having been regularly gifted by her fiancée, who seemed to keep a steady supply of the flowers at her fingertips.
The walls were lined with bookshelves and tapestries, excluding a singular shelf that held pictures of Akinyi, Malaika, and all the outstanding places they had traveled. Along the rest of the walls, however, were shelves of the tomes Akinyi did her researching from, as well as tapestries from the many different avenues of work that she came from. Uagadou had a hung tapestry, the golden thread twinkling when the proper amount of sunlight hit it. There was another piece from her schooling on Ancient Scripture, and lastly one from the delightful experience in Brazil.
The centerpiece, though, that sat at the very front as center of her desk? Why, her nameplate. Except she had designed it herself, to reflect her background, culture, and passions. Below it, in English, sat the translation.
