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James_Potter · 06-30-2013, 09:46 PM

Text Cut: Wes, Skander, Roxanne, and Vic

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

"Yeah, that is a nice feeling," Wes agreed with Skander, closing the file for a second time when the new guy walked in. Oh, and Rodrigo was back! Excellent. So now that everyone was here... Wes stood up and made the necessary handshakes.

"Bones, Beckett, erm... Rodrigo," he wasn't even going to attempt pronouncing THAT last name, "let's get down to it. And yes, you're in the right place," he added with a wink toward the new prosecutor.

Wes passed out copies of the same file he had been reading and let them start looking them over. It contained numerous sworn witness testimonies, including that of several Hogwarts students and professors, expert testimony from a former Department of Mysteries employee, photographs, evidence logs, interrogations and statements from de Talone herself, and more.

"What we have here is a complicated case of thievery and an unusual bit of mild dark magic. And I say mild only because no one, to my knowledge, directly died due to De Talone's actions. Are you familiar with her story at all, Bones? Rodrigo?" Skander, he was assuming, knew things since he had been here for a while. But Wes only paused for a fraction of a moment for an answer before moving on.

"She started stealing time hundreds of years ago back when she was a student at Hogwarts. I'm not sure of the specifics of HOW she stole time, but it looks like some potions and possibly incantations from the Book of Mysteria were involved. Where we come into the story is in about three years ago, in January of 2078. De Talone had apparently enchanted a little crystal orb," he pointed to page of the file, where there was a photograph of the smashed orb, "to freeze people who touched it. The victims had no memory of freezing, as apparently the orb put them in some sort of suspended state of consciousness. Meanwhile, de Talone used the time they were frozen to keep herself from aging."

Complicated, and weird, stuff. "She was caught when the school Healer, a Cecelia Tillstorm, smashed the orb thus unfreezing all her victims. Additionally, a locket from de Talone's school days was found with her photograph and initials in it." Wes pointed to another image in the file. "After some research I guess, the connection was made that the same de Talone who had stolen an entire year of her classmates' lives back in her Hogwarts days was the de Talone who owned a bookshop in Hogsmeade village. When the students of Hogwarts confronted her about her thievery, two more students drank a tea that froze them while de Talone made her escape.

"She was caught a few months later in Diagon Alley, by Hit Witch Aubrie Hampson and myself. De Talone was apparently en route to withdraw all her money from Gringotts, no doubt to make another great escape. She's been held here on Level Two ever since while we have gone over her bookshop and hidden potions lab within with a fine-tooth comb. Her lawyer, Sydney Edgecombe, recently popped up before the holiday break, trying to make things messy for us and obscure some evidence no doubt, but I think we're ready to head to trial regardless." Wes finally took a breath. He should have brought himself a bottle of water in addition to the coffee, shoooooot.

"Questions?"

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Originally Posted by Saiai

Nodding politely at the man who introduced himself as the stenographer Skander determined that he'd really have to get to know people he was in the same division with a bit better. He'd never even seen the man before. Still, now wasn't the time to worry about that, and when Wes handed them all a copy of the file he concentrated on looking through it.

Skander nodded along with what Wes was saying, already familiar with some of the facts as he was in the Ministry at the time everything was being investigated, although there was obviously a lot he didn't know, considering the fact that he hadn't been involved in the investigation much.

"Do we know exactly how many people she's done this to and if she was tried when she was found doing this in her Hogwarts days? That would probably work in our favour in getting her a harsher sentence. Also, what do we know about Edgecombe and the tactics he might try to use, or has used to affect some evidence? Because that will most likely affect the way we want to run the trial, and if he's done anything illegal to obtain evidence in his favour, or to tamper with what we have, we could attempt to have him removed as counsel, or at least get some of the evidence he may claim to have, thrown out of court," Skander asked once Wes made it clear that he was open to questions.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

After taking her time making her way over to Level Two, Roxanne had first stopped by Wes' office. But he didn't seem to be in there, so she figured the next best place to look would be the conference room. And it turned out she was right, because the closer she got to the room, the more clearly she could hear his voice. Peaking into the room, she saw that he was in a meeting with Skander, Rodrigo and some other guy. Talking about the De Talone case, which meant that Wes had finally found her replacement. Quite nice looking, too, but she wasn't here for that. Knocking on the door, she decided to throw her two cents in about Edgeworth. "Yeah, that guy is a real piece of work. I wouldn't put anything past him. Wes, a moment?"

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Shaking hands, whew, no huggers. Very good. Oh but their bossman seemed to like winking. Hmm. Vic's mouth hitched up in a small smirk before dropping his daily prophet and then himself on the seat next to the other prosecutor. More handshaking with the stenographer and then finally settling back for WORK.

He'd heard about this incident in Hogwarts, in the daily prophet mainly so not much really. He didn't have anyone in school to worry about at the time so the story pretty much flew over his head. But now, it sounded more serious than he fathomed. Vic flipped through the file as Wes talked, looking at the smashed orb's picture, cool move from their healer by the way but too impulsive. Then came the woman's face staring back at him. Oh, the stealing age was working well for her, he had to admit that, pretty despicable though.

Yes, the questions Beckett had voiced were important. They needed to corner this woman from every possible direction, choke her lawyer too, figuratively speaking of course. The sort of thieving she attempted was one of a kind, not sure he had heard of an age-stealing thief. "So it's dark magic, thievery, and violation of underage wizards and witches' rights. I'm sure her lawyer can't be that good to trespass all those." If he was, Vic was going to consider him as a mentor. ~~Heh heh, jk jk~~

... oh. A lady interrupting their debriefing. Okay. Vic sank back into the case's file, reading.

Rodrigo sipped some more of his espresso as Wes handed him the file on the de Talone case. He skimmed it as Wes debriefed everyone on what had happened. So this crazy woman stole people's age. He had never heard of such a crime. Being in Spain the past year, he had heard of some events occurring in the British Ministry, but he had never heard enough to be familiar with this case. Seemed like a perfect time for him to return to Britain. This would be quite a case to stenograph.

He drained the rest of his coffee and set it on a nearby table as Wes asked if any of them had questions. He waited as Skander and Vic spoke. The Spaniard looked over at Wes when they had finished, for he too had a question.
"Yes, I agree with both of them," he said, not remembering their names even though he had just heard Wes say them moments before. "Are we in contact with any of these victims? You said they were unaware of being frozen via de Talone's orb, but can they help give us testimonies to further accentuate the extent of de Talone's actons?" He wished he had another cup of coffee. And was about to make a dash to go get more, when someone knocked on the door and entered the room. He paused, lowering his case file and turning to the woman asking for Wes. He redirected his gaze to his Department Head before looking down at the file and flipping through the pages.

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James_Potter Blast-Ended Skrewt Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 15,633 Hogwarts RPG Name: William Atticus MacGhilliseathenaich-Dwinkendorf IV Second Year	James is my REAL name \| Pokah Face \| Scheming Marauder \| True Marauder \| Foster the People Text Cut: Wes, Skander, Roxanne, and Vic Quote: Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl "Yeah, that is a nice feeling," Wes agreed with Skander, closing the file for a second time when the new guy walked in. Oh, and Rodrigo was back! Excellent. So now that everyone was here... Wes stood up and made the necessary handshakes. "Bones, Beckett, erm... Rodrigo," he wasn't even going to attempt pronouncing THAT last name, "let's get down to it. And yes, you're in the right place," he added with a wink toward the new prosecutor. Wes passed out copies of the same file he had been reading and let them start looking them over. It contained numerous sworn witness testimonies, including that of several Hogwarts students and professors, expert testimony from a former Department of Mysteries employee, photographs, evidence logs, interrogations and statements from de Talone herself, and more. "What we have here is a complicated case of thievery and an unusual bit of mild dark magic. And I say mild only because no one, to my knowledge, directly died due to De Talone's actions. Are you familiar with her story at all, Bones? Rodrigo?" Skander, he was assuming, knew things since he had been here for a while. But Wes only paused for a fraction of a moment for an answer before moving on. "She started stealing time hundreds of years ago back when she was a student at Hogwarts. I'm not sure of the specifics of HOW she stole time, but it looks like some potions and possibly incantations from the Book of Mysteria were involved. Where we come into the story is in about three years ago, in January of 2078. De Talone had apparently enchanted a little crystal orb," he pointed to page of the file, where there was a photograph of the smashed orb, "to freeze people who touched it. The victims had no memory of freezing, as apparently the orb put them in some sort of suspended state of consciousness. Meanwhile, de Talone used the time they were frozen to keep herself from aging." Complicated, and weird, stuff. "She was caught when the school Healer, a Cecelia Tillstorm, smashed the orb thus unfreezing all her victims. Additionally, a locket from de Talone's school days was found with her photograph and initials in it." Wes pointed to another image in the file. "After some research I guess, the connection was made that the same de Talone who had stolen an entire year of her classmates' lives back in her Hogwarts days was the de Talone who owned a bookshop in Hogsmeade village. When the students of Hogwarts confronted her about her thievery, two more students drank a tea that froze them while de Talone made her escape. "She was caught a few months later in Diagon Alley, by Hit Witch Aubrie Hampson and myself. De Talone was apparently en route to withdraw all her money from Gringotts, no doubt to make another great escape. She's been held here on Level Two ever since while we have gone over her bookshop and hidden potions lab within with a fine-tooth comb. Her lawyer, Sydney Edgecombe, recently popped up before the holiday break, trying to make things messy for us and obscure some evidence no doubt, but I think we're ready to head to trial regardless." Wes finally took a breath. He should have brought himself a bottle of water in addition to the coffee, shoooooot. "Questions?" Quote: Originally Posted by Saiai Nodding politely at the man who introduced himself as the stenographer Skander determined that he'd really have to get to know people he was in the same division with a bit better. He'd never even seen the man before. Still, now wasn't the time to worry about that, and when Wes handed them all a copy of the file he concentrated on looking through it. Skander nodded along with what Wes was saying, already familiar with some of the facts as he was in the Ministry at the time everything was being investigated, although there was obviously a lot he didn't know, considering the fact that he hadn't been involved in the investigation much. "Do we know exactly how many people she's done this to and if she was tried when she was found doing this in her Hogwarts days? That would probably work in our favour in getting her a harsher sentence. Also, what do we know about Edgecombe and the tactics he might try to use, or has used to affect some evidence? Because that will most likely affect the way we want to run the trial, and if he's done anything illegal to obtain evidence in his favour, or to tamper with what we have, we could attempt to have him removed as counsel, or at least get some of the evidence he may claim to have, thrown out of court," Skander asked once Wes made it clear that he was open to questions. Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty After taking her time making her way over to Level Two, Roxanne had first stopped by Wes' office. But he didn't seem to be in there, so she figured the next best place to look would be the conference room. And it turned out she was right, because the closer she got to the room, the more clearly she could hear his voice. Peaking into the room, she saw that he was in a meeting with Skander, Rodrigo and some other guy. Talking about the De Talone case, which meant that Wes had finally found her replacement. Quite nice looking, too, but she wasn't here for that. Knocking on the door, she decided to throw her two cents in about Edgeworth. "Yeah, that guy is a real piece of work. I wouldn't put anything past him. Wes, a moment?" Quote: Originally Posted by Magical Soul Shaking hands, whew, no huggers. Very good. Oh but their bossman seemed to like winking. Hmm. Vic's mouth hitched up in a small smirk before dropping his daily prophet and then himself on the seat next to the other prosecutor. More handshaking with the stenographer and then finally settling back for WORK. He'd heard about this incident in Hogwarts, in the daily prophet mainly so not much really. He didn't have anyone in school to worry about at the time so the story pretty much flew over his head. But now, it sounded more serious than he fathomed. Vic flipped through the file as Wes talked, looking at the smashed orb's picture, cool move from their healer by the way but too impulsive. Then came the woman's face staring back at him. Oh, the stealing age was working well for her, he had to admit that, pretty despicable though. Yes, the questions Beckett had voiced were important. They needed to corner this woman from every possible direction, choke her lawyer too, figuratively speaking of course. The sort of thieving she attempted was one of a kind, not sure he had heard of an age-stealing thief. "*So it's dark magic, thievery, and violation of underage* wizards and witches' rights. I'm sure her lawyer can't be that good to trespass all those.**" If he was, Vic was going to consider him as a mentor. ~~Heh heh, jk jk~~ ... oh. A lady interrupting their debriefing. Okay. Vic sank back into the case's file, reading. Rodrigo sipped some more of his espresso as Wes handed him the file on the de Talone case. He skimmed it as Wes debriefed everyone on what had happened. So this crazy woman stole people's age. He had never heard of such a crime. Being in Spain the past year, he had heard of some events occurring in the British Ministry, but he had never heard enough to be familiar with this case. Seemed like a perfect time for him to return to Britain. This would be quite a case to stenograph. He drained the rest of his coffee and set it on a nearby table as Wes asked if any of them had questions. He waited as Skander and Vic spoke. The Spaniard looked over at Wes when they had finished, for he too had a question. "Yes, I agree with both of them," he said, not remembering their names even though he had just heard Wes say them moments before. "Are we in contact with any of these victims? You said they were unaware of being frozen via de Talone's orb, but can they help give us testimonies to further accentuate the extent of de Talone's actons?" He wished he had another cup of coffee. And was about to make a dash to go get more, when someone knocked on the door and entered the room. He paused, lowering his case file and turning to the woman asking for Wes. He redirected his gaze to his Department Head before looking down at the file and flipping through the pages.