Stretching towards the golden gates is a wide corridor lined with multiple gilded black marble fireplaces. Here is the main floo network and phone booth used by Ministry workers and visitors alike for arrivals and departures. The luster of marble has over time acquired an illusionary, shifting emerald green from their numerous uses; the marble stretching out to touch the dark wood floors that run down the corridor's center.

To the left are the floos for the arrivals of employees, and those located to the right are for departures. Visitors arrive through the red phone booth centered at the opposite end of the hallway. While many of the employees are busy rushing in and out of the floos, you may catch a few standing around awaiting the arrival of another before heading on there way. You may do the same, and even hold a conversation before heading for the gates or exit. Though it won't be much of one with the close quarters and carrying voices.

New job. New department. Much more advanced position.

Enrique appeared in one of the fireplaces, quickly stepping out in order not to be flooed on by the next person. He looked at the Atrium again, from a different angle this time. Today, he was dressed even better than the day he had first set his foot in the place. This new position was so far one of the best he had ever got, and he wanted the best first impression possible. After a few breaths, he turned towards the elevators. Level two was his new floor... hopefully, he would hold onto this job at last.

After seeing the latest notice about the assignment, Holli went to the Floo Network and stepped inside a fire. She grabbed some powder and said 'Leaky Cauldron!' and disappeared from site.

Allie looked around at the fireplaces, noticing her twin had just left to start the assignment starting in the Leaky Cauldron. Typically, Allie didn't really like floo travel; it made her dizzy and somehow, she ALWAYS seemed to get the powder up her nose.
Sighing slightly, Allie took a handful of floo powder, and sneezing, stepped into the fireplace.
'LEAKY CAULDRON' she said clearly, sprinkling the powder everywhere and allowing the magical green flames to transport her to Diagon Alley...

Elinor HATED FLOO POWDER! HATED IT, HATED IT, HATED IT! UGH!

But today, she didn't have the time or energy to walk to the phone booth, and hadn't yet been issued a broom, even though she probably wouldn't use it, despite being a fair flier. Being the Lab technician, Elinor didn't REQUIRE an apparation license as part of her job, but it certainly inconvenienced her trip to work.

She was wearing a simple grey dress that reached her knees. On her feet were a simple pair of closed-toed heels, and on her arm was a simple bag she often brought to work, containing some papers, her tea, the essentials. But on her face was a complex expression of disgust, contempt, frustration, tiredness, a desire to be composed, and general uncomfortableness.

As she stepped quickly out of the fireplace for the next person, she quickly reached into her bag for her handkerchief and sneezed into it. After a moment she sneezed again. No, she wasn't sick, but the ashes often bothered her. One good reason why she didn't like Floo Powder. Looking down, she brushed the visible ashes off of her dress and legs, glad she wasn't wearing white.

Taking a breath, she replaced the kerchief, smoothed her red-brown hair, and proceeded to the checkpoint, already digging for her wand.

Leo followed his team members to the leaky cauldron, all the while thinking about how stupid this plan was. Why couldn't the transportation people work with TRANSPORTATION? No, they were building a koi pond, and planting trees. Awesome.

Anna finally arrived at the phone booth where she had to travel to go to the Floo's Network station to start on with the tree plantation program. She wanted to complete it as soon as possible so that she could not let the team one down. Before she could arrive she already saw few members of team one heading towards the Diagon Alley.

She quickly entered the phone booth and sprinkled the powder and said the words and headed towards Floo Network area.

Stepping out of the fireplace Elizabeth DAvis dusted off her clothing. "I hate using floo powder but i was running late and didn't have time. I need to make a habit of getting up early since i got a new job." Thought Elizabeth. She stepped quickly and left the crowded room.

Recycling Commissioner.. This was really big for Kyle. She'd never been out on her own, in a new world before. Other than her time at Hogwarts, she'd never really set foot in the Wizarding World. She wasn't against it, she just was used to her small town and family life. It had been two weeks since her parents reminded her of her little sister, Amethyst. She took the oppurtunity to go back to the Wizarding World and find her sister.

Off she went. Kyle dusted herself off as she entered through one of the left floo stations. It felt funny to her--traveling by floo station. She smiled took every thing in. She walked down the long hallway about to start off her new life in the wizarding world.

Scuffling quickly through the hallway papers just about falling around her Caitlyn moved quickly towards the Floo network. She had just gotten her first assigment which required her to go to Cokeworth to deal with some "Spirit issues. She just hoped that this could be solved without relocating the lot. That always required a lot of work on other peoples end. She quickly entered a Floo station and departed.

Scarlet appeared out of one of the Floo stations. This was the fourth time she came out of that one in the last five minutes. She stepped out and then approached the next one, her hand on her hip and a bored look on her face.

This was her first day of work here, and she and the others in the Floo monitoring section had been sent to be sure that the Floo stations were all working. HUMPH! She was the only one who showed up, it appeared. She wondered if the department was full of goof-offs.

Gabriela Schultz was hurrying through the atrium - well, as fast as she could hurry in her red pumps - and carrying a large bag with her. She approached the first Floo fireplace and checked the bottom of the jar that held the Floo powder on the mantel. Frowning, she tossed it in a nearby rubbish bin and replaced it with a new jar before checking something with the fireplace. She waved her wand, frowned, and did some fancy wand work. After three or four minutes, it seemed her work was done, and she moved on.

This process continued until Gabi had checked all the fireplaces, and she left with her giant bag of Floo powder jars and hurried back to her level.

João was absolutely calm about things, and he was certainly happy to be starting his new job. Looking forward to it, even. He was going to keep calm during the day too, especially when things came up, and his first day was going to be a success.

Yes.

Having parked his car somewhere close by, he'd walked to the ministry connection things and soon enough, he was standing inside the building that was hopefully going to be his working place for many years. Stepping out quickly, he walked to the middle, straightened his black suit with one hand while the other held his briefcase and looked around.

He wasn't annoyed about her outrageous stubbornness not to get on his car. He was certainly calm.

Was she?

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João was absolutely calm about things, and he was certainly happy to be starting his new job. Looking forward to it, even. He was going to keep calm during the day too, especially when things came up, and his first day was going to be a success.

Yes.

Having parked his car somewhere close by, he'd walked to the ministry connection things and soon enough, he was standing inside the building that was hopefully going to be his working place for many years. Stepping out quickly, he walked to the middle, straightened his black suit with one hand while the other held his briefcase and looked around.

He wasn't annoyed about her outrageous stubbornness not to get on his car. He was certainly calm.

Was she?

Aspen Odessa was a witch and arrived to the Ministry like a witch should: MAGICALLY, via floo. She thought Joao's car was ridiculous as a way to get to work. Sure, sure, he could drive it around for fun or whatever, but as an ACTUAL non-recreational means of transportation?

No. She refused.

As for her calmness, he'd not be able to tell one way or another, nor would anyone else. She was dressed in head to toe black, as always, with her usual boots. As he arrived in the Ministry, Aspen had to wonder if he had any idea how conspicuous he was. He seemed to fit in here already, naturally, but he just had this look about him... He stood out. A lot.

Merlin help them all.

For his coronation into the Ministry, Aspen sent a silent, potent stinging spell right towards his rear end.

...hehe. Welcome to work with Aspen, Boyfriend!

João DIDN'T cry in pain but it was close.

He didn't see her and being a muggleborn, he was accustomed to muggle illnesses. His first thought was appendicitis, followed by an insect bite--never once did he doubt that his own GIRLFRIEND would sting him. Buckled by the pain, all he could do was to keep quiet and press the area with his hands in an attempt to relieve the pain.

...

Really.

And he thought SHE was getting soft. Aspen glanced around, casually looped around a group of arrivals, and came at Joao from the other side of the corridor.

"Hi." Smiiiiiling. "Ill already?"

João couldn't answer, naturally, and just looked at her desperate--

SHE did it!

Was this what she meant? That she WOULD ruin his life? Was that 'would' used in 'will's INTENTIONAL form?

His wand was in his hand and he muttered in Portuguese. The pain was gone, but he felt tired and that part was still sore.

He wasn't ILL, but he was probably going to lose 'it' if he breathed the same air with her for a few more seconds. He looked at her shortly, grabbed his briefcase and walked past her without saying anything.

Would she do the same to West?

Merlin.

Chelsea had gotten much too caught up in playing with Violet, that she'd nearly forgotten about work. Work that she was probably going to be late for, since she'd been late getting ready to leave. Thank Merlin and Morgana for the floo network, and her Aunt and Uncle being connected at the house.

Arriving from the left, the newly turned twenty-year-old strolled out from the bright green flames and brushed off her cloak before removing it, draping it over one arm. Now.. where to start? Creatures Department, or did she have time to grab coffee on the way?

Stephen had just stepped out of the phone booth,intending on heading straight for his desk on the fifth floor but thought to himself that honestly he was feeling a bit lonely. It had been awhile since he'd had coffee with anyone, maybe he should look around and find someone to accompany him.

He gazed around the space until his eyes landed on a brunette just getting out of the floo network. Maybe he should ask her. Making up his mind he headed over to the girl

Upon arriving infront of her he stretches his hand out and with his most disarming smile he introduces himself

"Hello I'm Stephen Degales would you like to get some coffee with maybe?"

Well..... Derek carried on climbing down the rope Aron had casted and did ponder for a few seconds whether or not to take that iron thing the other man had sent down. A clip or whatever. For a few seconds Derek considered i he wanted to 'help' or not, but ended up going for it. You never knew what could happen anyway.

When he inally reached the bottom, so let go of the rope, unattached himself from the other iron thing and pulled out his wand. He was partially alert to whatever could happen, but he was no Auror and, truth be told, he just wanted to ind his lab.

Derek looked around at the... nothingness - apparentl - and... well, just kept looking around, really. What else was there to do now?

Could he go check on his lab?

The Derek guy was rather silent. Eh...he didn't need him to be talkative anyway. Josh watched the man to see if he was going to take his help then if the man was not going to make it clear with words. When he observed it carefully that he had the clip on him safely, Josh returned to his climbing down yet more slowly than how he had started just to keep this certain distance between him and Derek.

When he felt the iron rope loosen and heard the footsteps, it was clear to him that Derek had reached the bottom. Good. Then he fastened his progress of climbing down and his feet also found the floor not long after the A&C guy had landed. He took off the clip of the iron rope and threw it away. "WE ARE IN!" he yelled up the hole to let others know. He was not sure if they would hear it properly but he was not going to call them down until he made sure it was safe.

Wand light on, the auror approached to the other guy. "Let's see if it is safe in here so the others can join us." raising his wand, he looked around a bit. Nothing looked out of ordinary except that...it was so empty. He had never seen this spot in the ministry without a crowd of people. "Or i can go and check, if you want."

Derek was so absorbed in thoughts about his lab and it was so freakishly quiet down there, that when the other man yelled back up to the people that stayed behind, he was startled. Hopefully he managed to hide that well, but he glanced in the general direction of the MLE person with a frown but didn't look straight at him.

He had no idea what to expect to find down there but he was curious to see if the whole building was repelling magic or if it had just been the entrances that were doing that. Derek walked over one of the fireplaces for the Floo Network and knelt down by it. He hadn't brought any Floo Powder with him - he had never been the person to carry that sort of stuff in his pockets - so he wasn't able to test the real thing now, but he slowly waved his wand around the fireplace while mumbling the Revealing Charm.

....Oh, and he had totally ignored the other guy. Sorry 'bout that.

Feeling restless just standing there waiting on the surface, Aron eagerly made his way down the rope and jumped the last five feet to create a soft THUD noise as his thick leather boots hit the floor. " 'ello again boys," he smirked while dusting off the lower part of his left pant leg. Meeeeeeeeeeerliiiiiiiiiin this place was a dusty mess. "It's like a ghost town down here."

Wand out, Aron began to make his way towards the stairs. "Either of you up for a bit of a walk? I want to get back to Level 3 and into my office." He might have some paperwork and old case files that could help with this.

Derek turned his head when he heard the relatively loud thud and saw his boss. He didn't reply to his greeting but was aware of his presence there. Right, back to--

Aron was going to level 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He jumped up at once. Forget the stupid old fireplace and whatever was blocking the entrance, Derek was going to HIS lab!

Jory had wasted no time in going down the rope when Aron had asked "Who is next''. So, as a result, he was now standing beside Aron, Joshua and Derek. Operation take back the Ministry was on Awesome!

Up for a bit of walk? Yes please! Jory wanted to head back to good old level two. He missed level two. Yep. And he was positive Joshua wanted to head back there, too as much as he did.