Helo was already in the mess tent given he'd been on site a few days already. Actually he was keen to get into things, but he knew that they had to wait until the following morning before they could officially begin. Not before time, as one might say. Besides, given there were several different factions represented in this project, it was a nice idea to catch up with everyone and get to know faces and names.

His own tent was already well settled, though he didn't have a lot of personal touches in there. It wasn't his style. Still, there was signs of life in the form of practical things. Helo only ever took with him what he could fit in the one rucksack, albeit a magically expanded rucksack.

He was sitting on one of the long benches at one of the tables in the mess tent, writing in his field notes book - a pocketsized waterproof notebook. Useful thing. He carried it on himself always along with a decent belt knife and his wand. And the first of the new arrivals was coming in too. He looked up and offered a half wave in greeting.

"Grab a nametag, there's a bunch there." The Head Curse-Breaker pointed at the table, where blank tags waited, along with a couple of markers to write the names on with. His own said 'Helo Banner' without any bother for his job title. If they didn't know who he was from his name then they hadn't been paying any attention when they signed up for this thing.

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"Thank you Marmie, dear!" What a sweet little elf! Talia Trent sailed into her tent, noticed that the other bed had already been claimed, and proceeded to put up photographs on her side. Her husband Malachi, the soon-to-be new Headmaster at Hogwarts, and their two children Mavis and Kale. All smiling and waving at her. She made the most of her five minutes, wanting to make her temporary home away from home as comfortable as possible. Her dig gear was comfy too, and well-worn. Whenever she slipped into her khakis, her long sleeved shirt (currently with the sleeves rolled up), and her hiking boots (with sand gaiters over, Tally never minded about how she looked, she just preferred keeping sand and anything else out of her socks and her boots thanks), it was like a second skin. She adjusted her hat and with a final satisfied look around, she headed out to the mess tent too (card studied and now slipped into her pocket), a little early but that was all to the good.

"Hi Helo!" She waved at her boss and went ahead and grabbed a name tag, writing on it 'Tally Trent' in happy loops, and stuck it on her chest before sitting down on one of the benches. Not long to wait now - actually, there was Marmie again heading out to ring that bell that she'd spotted just outside of the open flaps of the mess tent.

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Its been about five minutes since you arrived - time to head to the mess tent. Did you check where it was? If not, no matter, Marmie the house elf is now outside of it, ringing a bell. A sharp CLANG CLANGITY CLANG that is as good of a summons as any. She has an apron on, and a puffy chefs hat is now lopsidedly propped on her head, covering her torn ear. She's on cooking duty tonight.

Time to meet and greet your fellow adventurers, and hear a few words of welcome and an unofficial briefing from Helo Banner and Bella Dreschler, who are taking point on this particular mission.