Security Check Point

Just past the Golden Gates and before the official entrance to the Employee Orientation, there is a wide, heavy desk, an alarming-looking machine, and (of course) a queue. Hop in line with everyone else, because this is where you sign in to show that you attended employee orientation. After you step up to the clipboard and sign in with your name and department, feel free to pick up a nametag. You can also turn in your wand here to have it weighed, the wizarding equivalent of going through a metal detector.

The wand-weighting machine itself is large, bulky, and made of brass, the very same one from the regular Security Checkpoint in the Ministry Atrium. There are tubes and dials, meters and whistles, and upon presenting your wand to the wand-weigher, it will be checked by/passed through this machine and registered to you. The Ministry of Magic (and this Orientation, of course) is charmed so that if a wand is fired, some information can be gathered about who might have been responsible. It isn't an exact art but it's better than nothing.

On the bright side, if you lose your wand during orientation or if someone else takes it, the wand-weigher can find out. Today's wand weigher is none other than the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement himself, Wesley Ferguson. If you're new to the MLE though, you might just find yourself taking his spot. Training and all that.

Welcome to Orientation!