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Alright, to get this done and over with. Zach walked towards the Department Heads. He sighed, cleared his throat and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Recard." he said addressing the person he knew from since then.
"I don't know if you still remember me, I am Zacharias McMillan. Used to be an Advisor." he said now looking at the other Department heads as well. He knew them very well, he is just not sure if they know who he is.
Him being away for a couple of years might've made him an obsolete face around.
Armen wasn't expecting this relatively new employee (at least he thought one that was new) to come up and speak so boldly to him but now that he mentioned it, the department head did recongize the man as one of the people seen flittering around nervously behind the His Largeness, Lord Borr.
"Ahh, I do remember you, and advisor during Borr's reign?" he said to ensure he was remembering correctly.
"I understand wanting to take leave after he was...resigned." Overthrown by rebels really. He went on much quiter,
"The current regime isn't as understanding as in the past." he gave the man a small smile, a congradulations on his return and promotion and a pat on the arm.
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TSnitch "Well, well, well, if it isn't the gopher. How was that Recard?" she said, coldly. As she watched him sneer at her boss. Loyalty was a thing MLE had more than enough of. Besides, she still hadn't forgotten the insult she had to endure with this man a few years back. She still wanted blood for it.
"Oh you mean my executive assistant position? It was enlightening. It reminds me why I went to school for so long in order to achieve a position where I work with more competant and qualified people as well as making more Galleons than a person working in a trivial job below my current one." he said with another sneer. Yes, he was meaning her as an employee of MLE running about accusing others of things and sticking their necks out for much less money than a Department Head.
What duffers.
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Droo "Yeah, he's been promoted to Junior Undersecretary." Ian said patting Zach's back "How did you like your office, mate? Did you bring your broom?" He said pointing at the guy. He then turned to the rest and waved at them, "Hello everyone! Nice to see you all again..." Was anyone a beater? For the conference room scrimmage he had planned...
And then there was the new Senior Undersecretary, a childhood friend of the Minister's and a nepotism case if there ever was one.
Armen didn't care for the man and his annoying and bubbly personality especially in such a situation as present. Employees becoming ill with a strange sickness was not an exciting matter and one, other than him, would find it hard to liken it to some Quidditch term or play like he was so well at doing Recard had deducted.
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CassiopeiaAKTF Rylan had been a bit perplexed when he got the invintation from his boss that he was needed in courtroom seven. And if he had known sooner he would have wore a better outfit, not ...this.. The ex-hufflepuff looked down at his clothes let out a soft sigh.
He pushed the door open and immediately took note of the light in the room and again he was surprised. He had thought that courtroom 7 was creepy and dungeon-y but he guessed he had been wrong.
"Hello everyone" he greeted in general, not in the mood to go to everyone and say hi. He spotted Armen though as he made his way to his place. He nodded his head while saying a
"Hello Mr.Recard" and took a seat as well.
So, what was he supposed to do here? mweh guess he would figure that out soon enough when the Minister came. Yes he had seen that the man wasn't in the room yet. Rylan had met the Minister before during that special occassion. Odd man, seemed to be more interested in the brooms they were selling...
The first of his invited employees arrived and quickly joined him; good job. Recard had at least hired someone with enough sense not to sit with the MLEers.
"Afternoon Rylan, glad to see you've made it. We will need to discuss how Floos relate to this whole ordeal later, surely." he pursed his lips before resting his ankle of one foot onto his opposite knee.
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Tegz Early of course. Althea Schirmer was NEVER late. She took a seat, ensuring that there was space for Jade and Derek to join her, and looked about for Abi. Well if she wasn't yet here, Althea would save a seat for her cousin too. Her eyes came to rest on Isobel and Thea gave the other woman a tentative smile.
Ahem.
Yes.
She arranged her notes in front of her, readied her quill to take its notes on its own, and waited, sitting primly and not engaging in any sort of conversation.
The Transportation Head was glad to see Althea Schrimer arrive, they needed at least another head of reason to combat Wes's curse-first-ask-questions-later attitude and the Minister's Mightier Than Thou beliefs.
He inclinde his head to her as she sat.
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BanaBatGirl Wes gave brief nods to Aron and Dacs as they came in and settled down. He was just toying with the scrap of a memo that was still reserving a seat for his third employee when the scum of the earth worked his way on in.
"Recard," Wes' upper lip curled into a snarl. "You mean what trouble of yours have I dug up this time? Does your founding the Brotherhood of Idiots count as trouble? Because if so, you'd better just weasel out of this meeting the same way you oozed in."
As a gopher, as Dacs had said. Ah it was horrid to see him again. Why couldn't Magical Transportation be in a separate annex from the rest of the Ministry so Wesley would literally never have to see Armen's face??? He was like a piece of Drooble's one accidentally stepped on and then NEVER got off his shoe ever again.
How clever he thought he was....
Recard turned his head to look at the MLE department head and just stared before making a rather disgusted face. He didn't say anything, the man was obviously desperate to look good in front of his employees.
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RachieRu She bit on her lip a little as Althea arrived. Things were still awkward between them. She did offer her best friend a smile back though. They might not have properly talked for a couple of months but Isobel knew Thea would probably always be the female she was closest too. Her attention was there drawn too Armen, and she rolled her eyes. "Good afternoon Recard." She drawled, before not saying anything else to him. At all.
And of couse Izzy would say something, although he had expected something more than a boring 'Good afternoon' what with their
history.
"Afternoon Isobel." He wanted so badly to mention his new girlfriend Gabi but it wouldn't be proper and moreso there was no way to segway it properly.
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grangerfan8 Trailing behind one of the employees invited by another department head, one that was unknown to him, Rafael entered the courtroom, hands deep in pockets. And alone. His workers had nothing of importance to provide to this meeting, but he had invited some to gather more information that could help them with their responsibilities in all this mess.
Greeting everyone with a small nod, and a few spoken hellos for those he was familiar with, he made his way over to Ella and took a seat beside his co-level head. "Afternoon, Ella." Armen nodded to Rafa as he entered the room. It was good to see him around, seeing as he was a sympathizer to the Cult's environmental cause. He was given a nod before Recard turned his attention to his other employee.
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Lollipop! Oops.
Was she late? Well, it wasn't really her fault if she was. The invitation to join Rylan and Armen in meeting the Minister had come as a pretty big shock. And, really, how could one not expect her to dress nicely and do her hair. Though she really hadn't had time to do the latter. So she had tucked her notepad (quill charm to stick to it, mind you) under her arm and had tied her hair up in a tight ponytail, in the elevator on the way down. And now, she marched up to the door, heels clacking on the floor, and pushed open the door, half-expecting to see faces glare at her and the minister in the middle of talking but no, thankfully.
She eyed everybody and decided NOT to say hello cause did she LOOK like she cared about these random people from different departments. She gave the room another once over and found Armen and Rylan. Slyvie walked over, eyes straight ahead before sliding smoothly into a chair beside them. "Hello." She nodded at both of them, a flickering smile on her lips. She put her notepad on the table, along with her quill and leaned back into her chair, lacing her fingers together.
Now...what was this about exactly? "Hello Slyvie, glad to see you could make it." He wouldn't have been happy if she had missed it but she was there so he wouldn't have to worry about the what ifs. He had all of his people there so now it was just waiting until the Minister arrived.
SPOILER!!: Fighting and uncivilized MLEers
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TSnitch "You so much as touch my employee, I will, I repeat I will, put you down. And I will do so hard. Have some tact." Dacs said quietly without even looking at the man with the kooler."And you don't talk to her directly, you talk to me when I'm around." It was one thing to be infected but it was another to have it shoved in your face. This guy was rubbing her the wrong way.
"Kensi, get some control there. If you can't manage this meeting right now, go get some down time. Either here or at St. Mungo's." she said turning to Kensi.
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Exsqueaze me?
Aron arched an eyebrow and pushed his things aside and just STARED at the Chief Investigator. She was joking, right? This bloody honking daffodil was joking, yes? Surely she had READ the memo from Head Cabbage about what was going on in the department? Suuuuurely she had seen that his branch was supposed to investigate those who were showing symptoms of whatever it was that was going around the Ministry? SURELY she knew that HER so-called employee was on that list of infected. Or was this woman just daft? Not to mention he wasn't touching her. There was NO physical contact whatsoever going on.
"Are you telling me that I am not allowed to do the job that I was assigned to do?" he asked, somehow showing none of his frustrations towards the woman. "For the past few weeks I have been down in Accidents & Catastrophes analyzing drool and vomit samples from people within the Ministry to try and figure out what is going on. People who are showing symptoms including Witworth here. If she is worse than the time I took a previous sample, then it is within my right to take another one." And if she disagreed then she could take that up with Wes. HE had assigned Aron with this task AND had asked him to come to this meeting to discuss how things were going. "So, by all means. If you think it would be better if I not do the job I am assigned to, a job that is meant to protect everyone in the wizarding world including yourself, by all means take it up with Wes."
And he was done now. Kensi best take the bag though if she was feeling sick and like she was going to vomit. Better in a bag than on the floor.
HONESTLY! Were ALL the women in the MLE bloody honking daffodils?!
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BanaBatGirl "That's enough," Wes growled at BOTH of his employees. He clear leaned on the table and shot a look at them that showed how unacceptable their bickering was. "I also asked Kensi here as evidence, Aron, so she's just as important to this meeting as are you and your samples. Being in her presence isn't going to instantly infect you, since you've been around her before and nothing's happened to you yet. Dacs, he DOES have permission to collect evidence from your employees, albeit in a more professional manner, so your threats are not needed here."
Well, maybe more Kensi was more important than the samples, since she was living and breathing, he supposed, and there was no better evidence to have in hand than one that could talk.
"The point is," his voice dropped into a menacing whisper, "you're BOTH embarrassing my department and I'll fire BOTH of you and conduct the investigation myself if you continue to act like bickering brats. Is that clear?"
Merlin, don't make him turn this car around! if his boys ever behaved like this when they were old enough to argue talk.... it wouldn't be pretty. As for the poor MLEr in question...
"Glad to hear you're feeling better, Kensi. We really need you here, for now, anyway. If you do feel a need to leave the meeting at any point, though, please do." He made a show of patting the young woman on the back and then went back to glaring daggers at Recard.
Armen couldn't help but chuckle out loud at the arguing employees sitting around Ferguson. They were a pack of overly hyped-up children searching for bad guys under every rock and in every corner and couldn't even sit quietly in a room without fighting amongst themselves.
Good to see Wes at least was embarrassed.
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Anna Banana Alexander had been visiting with foreign minister for most of the morning, but just as he was wrapping up their meeting and saying his goodbyes, word arrived that the meeting in courtroom seven was about to get underway. Straightening his coat and tie, Alexander left his office and made his way to level ten. He arrived and took his usual seat when in this particular room.
Clearing his throat, he addressed the crowd, "If I may have your attention," he said, and then gave the department heads and select few from their levels time to take their seats and prepare to get started. "Thank you for your attendance today and for tending to this matter and arriving in a timely manner. I've asked you here today as leaders of the Ministry and employees in the know to address a situation that had come to our attention and that requires our addressing right away. This is the situation involving a group of our own exhibiting a certain type of behavior that causes suspicion and the frequent raised eyebrow. It's my hope that we can discuss what we individually know and then as a group arrive at a plan to approach this situation."
He looked around the room, meeting the eye of both department heads and their employees. "Those wishing to speak may do so now," he said, "by raising their hand then standing so the group at large can hear you."
The Minister arrived and Armen turned his attention to him lazily and then decided to let others speak first.
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WHAT?!
Armen couldn't believe what he was hearing. There was an INFECTED in the room with them all right now? What was she thinking? Oh...of course she was in MLE.
After letting her speak and hearing the Minister's comment, he had to interject.
"I'm sorry if this comes off as rude but honestly, Wesley, why did you invite her hear and put us all in risk of catching this disease? Do we know how it's spread? I find this very troubling and frankly irresponsible." Yeah, the almighty MLE didn't think this through did they?
Armen sat back down after much thinking of leaving the meeting just then covering his mouth , dragging Rylan and Slyvie with him but he wanted to add his other thoughts and see what comes of the INFECTED one.
Finally the idea of closing the cafeteria was given and more people had spoken. Recard raised his hand and spoke.
"Armen Recard, Department Head of Magical Transportation. First off I think that those working the Cafeteria are most likely at fault for either planting this infection or being clumsy with their work and preparing the food incorrectly. Either way the employees there should be reprimanded and at the least all taken into custody for questioning." It was fishy and reaked of sabotage.
Now more about how Transportation could be involved.
"My department is more than willing to promote and help keep quarintine areas by closing down floo networks in the cafeteria and others when necessary, also we can work with the department of law Enforcement to help lessen the amount of visitors entering the complex on a daily basis by strengthening security on the entrances and issuing a warning that all non-essential employees and visitors should stay away." It seemed necessary even if he would have to work with level two.