Well at least she Alyssa hadn't hit her for being insulting, so Olivia mirrored her laugh with a chuckle of her own. "Oh, Maxton is a lovely name.So unusal..." She'd never heard it before, but then she came from a muggle family, and it might have been a wizarding thing.

Olivia spluttered into her water, as Alyssa asked her if she had a man.When - when did the conversation turn to her? Had she missed that? "Uhhhh, not yet, no.I....I have too much work to be able to socialize really." Clearing her throat, she gave Alyssa a quick smile, before taking another gulp of water and glancing up rather embarrassed at Mr Bailey.She dearly hoped he hadn't heard that...

But then he spoke, and Olivia was worried he had.Ohhh, no.He was just responding to her comment about the start time. "I'm sure they will," she smiled back, nodding her head and shooting a glance over at the door.

And here came someone now.The Undersecretary.Shifting in her seat and crossing her legs, Olivia listened intently to what was being said.Not much as it turned out, just asking them to take a seat.Well CHECK #1 on that. "Looks like we're away then," she smiled, turning her head to look at Alyssa.

Annabeth smiled as the Senior Undersecretary came in and spoke. Ah yes. Begin!

Pierre looked up as someone from the Minsiter's office came in and told them to tak there seats. He turned to Ben and said, "We should probably go sit down." He went and found a seat close to where they had been standing. He pulled out his chair and sat, excited for what was going to happen.

Drago raised a brow and went to take a seat, vaguely hoping that Kass would sit by him. This was reintegration, after all. And Dr. Boring had said he needed to get to know more people.

Jayden found a seat as soon as the Undersecretary spoke. He looked around wondering where Jade and his co-workers were. He hadn't seen any of them. After looking around he turned his attention back up to the front awaiting more instructions.

"New York is amazing. There's always something happening. Lots of buildings and people..." Ben scanned the room again... "I'm surprised my family moved out here when I was a kid." He knew why, but he wasn't goign to share it with Pierre. "Where in France are you from?" Ben asked wanting to know more about Pierre to make sure he could be somewhat trusted.

"Right," Benjamin said before Pierre could answer Ben's question. He followed Pierre over and sat next to him because the seat was there. not because he wanted to sit next to Pierre, even though he seemed okay. He looked up at the person talking and awaited more instructions.

As Chad strolled over to an empty chair, he threw "Carley" a strange look. Hmm...maybe she was just late. Eh. Not asking any questions, he took his seat.

Wyatt Walked in and took a seat at the Education looking forward to the Mysterry that will take place. Wyatt usually does not do these sorts of things but a mystery does peak his mind so he thought this would be good to do.

Allie paused for a moment to take another long, hard look around the room. As she did this, the expression on her face deepened into one of even more concern. She glanced towards the department heads once again then began speaking.

"I had hoped that in getting your attention and asking all of you to take a seat, my words would also draw the attention of Miss Reagan Taylor, our Minister of Magic. However, it's clear that won't be the case," she said, her voice shaking a little. She was normally a great public speaker, but the news she needed to reveal was far to unsettling to leave room for any public-speaking skills.

"Minister Taylor has been away for quite some time. She has been on a tour of foreign ministries and has been communicating with me via her fireplace on a daily basis. The last time I heard from her, though, was two days ago, when she left---on schedule---for her next visit," she continued. She stopped to clear her throat and gather her thoughts before speaking again. "She was meant to make it back here for this Education Fair. She should have been here by now."

Allie took a deep breath and tried to compose herself a little. Being nervous and fearful was making it hard to say what she so desperately needed to say. "I contacted the foreign ministry Miss Taylor was meant to be arriving at, and they have reported that she never showed up. We---we believe something terrible has happened to the Minister. I'm afraid we might be in some sort of d---..."

The lights in the conference room suddenly begin blinking on and off, and a sound is heard as if a power outage has occurred. However, the noise is followed by the sound of a woman screaming in fear, and when the lights come back on, you find that Senior Undersecretary Carlton has vanished. It seems that whoever has your Minister is taking people out---and they're apparently starting at the very top and working their way down.

A small piece of parchment seems to be floating down in the exact same spot Senior Undersecretary Carlton once stood. It flutters about until it lands in the hands of the Junior Undersecretary, Mr. Claudian Slughorn.

OOC: SlytherinSistah, who plays Claudian, will read the parchment aloud. As of now, all your character can see is the parchment itself...not what it says.

Pierre could definately tell that something was wrong by the way the woman who had spoked up was acting. Then, the lights started to flicker on and off before shutting off entirely. When they came back one, Pierre was frightened to find that the woman was gone. Then, he saw a little piece of parchment flutter down and land in someone else's hand. He wondered what it said. First week of work and already strange things are happening...

Antigone gasped as the lights went out and she heard a scream right beside her. She nearly jumped into the man's lap sitting to her left. When the lights came back on she immediately did jump up and back away nearly falling in Mr. Kutcher's lap as she went. "Oh Merlin!" she exclaimed, visibly shaken.

As soon as Benjamin heard the distress in the speakers voice, he was already ready to interrogate. But as soon as the lights started flickering, Benjamin whipped his wand out of his wrist holder as a reflex and stood up, knocking his chair backwards. He looked around for any other MLE agent in the room to see a parchment in the JU's hands. Benjamin decided to what is said before doing anything else. But in the meantime, he scanned the room for trap doors or secret entrances only to remember that they are wizards and she probably had disappeared.

Wes blinked as Allie began to speak. Wait...something was wrong with Taylor? OH NO! Wes hadn't even gotten a chance to reunite with her yet! Before he could speak up and ask her more about what was going on, the lights shut off.

Oh my. That couldn't be good.

Then, there was SCREAMING. OHMIGOSH! Wes let out a tiny yelp himself before the lights went back on. Antigone had nearly fallen right on top of HIM in the process of standing up, and he immediately grabbed onto her arm to help her steady herself.

He bit his lip and looked around. Oh my. Allie was gone. Oh no, oh no...this was NOT what was supposed to happen!

As Ms. Carlton spoke, Chloe became more and more frightened, looking slightly around the room, searching for Asher's face. She needed to find him. She needed get out of here. Chloe was slightly more irked when the lights began flickering, but it didn't much phase her. Power went out all the time in the Muggle cities she had lived in. Then it she remembered this wasn't muggle electricity. The lights were magic. When the room went black and a woman's scream reverberated among them, she instinctively reached for her wand and jumped to her feet. When the lights came on, the first thing she saw was the panicked face of Pierre. He would always be a child in Chloe's eyes, and he was someone that Ziva deeply cared about. He shouldn't be here right now.

A familiar voice came from in front of her and she turned around, seeing Antigone in an obvious panic, but Chloe couldn't get to her right now. There were too many people and too many chairs. She went back to frantically searching for Asher. She didn't see him anywhere. And then she saw the paper floating eerily down into the lap of the junior undersecretary.

Holy Mother of Merlin! What was going on?

Antigone smiled weakly as Wes grabbed her arm to help her steady herself. "Thanks Wes," she said as she gripped his arm with her other hand. Dear Mother of Merlin that woman had just disappeared beside her.

Though Nikos still held his buoyant posture, sipping his coffee, his face was full of concern as the woman began to speak. When the lights shut off and he heard a scream, it was enough to send him bolting uprigt, quickly placing his coffee cup on the floor as lights return. The woman was now gone and in her place was a piece of parchement. This was not good.

Still in the back of the conference room Ryan was leaning against the wall his arms fold in front of him. It had a just recently resigned from his previous occupation in order to join the ministry and still he wasn't sure about if he had done the right decision. Having the feeling he needed more and the desire to do everything in his power to gain and be able to give more he had followed his wishes. This was the main reason why he was there at this time right now.

Not sure where he would sit he scanned the room for an empty place or maybe someone he knew.

A frown appeared on Agatha's face and she pursed her lips in disdain. Something was afoot.

Drago frowned. He'd come back to the Ministry and changed positions to get away from this sort of thing. Hogwarts, Thanatos, and now this. He stood and went to move closer, anxiously waiting to see what that had been about. Perhaps it was time the old Armand came back.

Harlem was not one for disorderly things and the lights going on and then popping on and someone missing wholly out of order and he was not going to stand for it. He was sitting in the back away from the germs and dirt of the other Ministry people. He didn't have enough disinfectant to be around a gaggle of people. No sir, thank you very. And no one seemed to be doing anything. He stood up very businesslike and marched to the front. "Don't touch it," he said. "You don't know what sort of germs are present." He said. Well that was all he could do. Keep the germs from spreading.

" Laura, hi" J.J. Starr told her. " I am in your department now" Joe Jon Montcenaggio said to Laura. " Happy to be working with you" J.J. smiled at Laura.

"J.J. Starr helped Laura up. "Do not walk on the ankle" Joe Jon Montcenaggiotrold Laura. " I can help you any way you want if you wish" J.J.Starr said to Laura.

" Hello, my name is Joe Jon Montcenaggio, but all my friends call me J.J. Starr" he told the woman. "Do you know what we are going to talk about in this meeting?" Joe Jon Montcenaggio asked her.

Daichi walked quietly into the room and leaned against the back wall as to not disturb anyones conversations. This was his first time in the Ministry and he was unsure of his surroundings. He didn't know how his co-workers would welcome him. He knew his personality was... "challenging" to interact with, but he was determined to start fresh. He only hoped everyone would be open to him. "Sigh...".

Daichi folded his arms, and listened in...

Zack stood up from his chair, shocked by what just happened. He put his hand in his pocket and held onto his wand in case he may need it.

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Laura was walking through the conference room looking around for someone whom she knows so that she could chat up with.She thought she saw one of her department people and she fastened her pace a bit.But as she walked her heel shoes gave her away and she twisted her ankle
crap she exclaimed but as she was trying to check her ankle she went out of balance on a man who just was walking past her and she herself landed on the floor.
ouch! she cried again in pain.

Prometheus reached out and caught the falling lady buy her arm.
"Are you okay?" he smiled, "any permanent damage?"
Both she could answer the Senior Undersecretary began to speak and required for them to all be seated.
"Here why don't i help you too a seat, Prometheus Hudson by the way, Departemnt of Magical Law Enforcement and you?"

Once seated, Prometheus listened to the Undersecretary, and as all had noticed she seemed on edge. The missing Minister was a worrying topic, however it would have to wait as next there was darkness and the scream of a lady. With that he was off his chair in an instant, wand held high, in case of attack.