SPOILER!!: TheBoss
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Lissy Longbottom 
"Hmm. I'll look into that," Cale said. He noticed that the boy seemed - well, all SMILEY and stuff which was odd. It was like his question had gone in one ear and out the other. Right. Mental note to check on THAT later. But for now...
"Well, take a seat anywhere in the Apparition area," he said, pointing to the desks that he had set up for his largest division near one of the large windows. "Start making yourself at home. Unfortunately all our belongings are still in the Ministry but if you have any other pictures or whatnot you want to display, bring them in," he encouraged with a smile.
He turned his head in the direction of where the man gestured at. Apparition. He belonged there right? He sorta remembered that mmhmm. And just when he turned his boss said something about their belongings still being stuck elsewhere.
"Oh.... alright Sir." he nodded his head distractedly. He needs to see his stuff for certain memories to trigger yeah? Well maybe later
or not
And well he didnt have stuff to bring here other than his wand and a self-inking quill. But yes off to the workstation he goes....
SPOILER!!: Kyle. and 'Alex DeLarge??' LOL!
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McFeisty Kyle quietly entered the new offices and tried her hardest not to cough at the stench. It was strong, heavy, and luckily not hot in their offices otherwise she was sure it would be quite worse. As she walked over to the workspaces and glanced around she couldn’t help but notice the office area and the creepily smiling Vickers. Seriously it looked as though he was dosed with a shot of pure happiness…or well almost Cheshire cat-like…or like a rather happy Alex DeLarge.
“I wonder if Pirates ever used this boatyard?” She thought aloud and tried to ignore the oblivious smiling man. It was a hard thing to do…avoid asking someone who looked like a porcelain doll with their forced happiness.
“Hello Mr. Newell” she smiled to her boss as she placed a small plant on her desk. Yep. Too bad it wasn’t real. “Hello Vickers” she waved to her coworker that she still hardly had talked to. "I'm glad we are somewhere above ground - I heard Law Enforcement is in an abandoned underground line - I know i'd have a hard time getting round in here."
And then somebody mentioned about
pirates. He looked up from the dazed staring at his blank desk. Why so curious? Boys and pirates. Thats all the explanation needed really.
"There were Pirates here?" cue more confused looking around. Although with the stench of things it seemed more like the booty was of a more piscene variety.
"And hello-- uhh...." oh goodness. Name? Faces have names yes? Cue awkwardly polite waving.
SPOILER!!: TheBoss again
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Originally Posted by
Lissy Longbottom
Cale frowned. He felt like he needed to make a big banner that said "YES. IT SMELLS LIKE FISH. WE KNOW." Ugh, no appreciation around here at all for his awesome scouting skills!
"I know it's not ideal, but it's far from Muggles and with apparition testing, we need that," he pointed out. He wasn't about to let that just crumble because they couldn't get into the Ministry and the Floos were having a temper tantrum.
"Perhaps an evergreen tree?" Cale said with a grin, hinting at the smelly smell that floated around the air in here. "A bit out of season, but it would smell real nice on your desk," he added with a chuckle.
And yes. The Ministry DID hate them for some reason. WHY? Cale didn't know. He hated not knowing.
"We have windows," Cale pointed out. BIG WINDOWS. He didn't really know if they opened though. Normally he'd be sassy right back to Reese, but he knew she was pregnant and probably not enjoying the fish smell ONE BIT. Cale could handle it, but a pregnant lady? Probably not.
"It's January. If you want to set up a muggle fan at your desk, you can, " he said, reminding her that opening a window would likely result in an arctic tundra in the workplace. Not cool.
"Ah, hello Kyle!" Cale said with a smile. FINALLY someone cheerful and ready to work even though it smelled in here! "It's the perfect place for us to test out brooms and apparition too without being noticed by prying eyes," he added. Yeah, he was TOTALLY proud of himself for that one. It was serious business, keeping muggles away.
"Speaking of other departments, I was told we will probably get some calls about going and creating anti-apparition spells in a lot of the alternative locations. Like the asylum," he said. Yes, did they know some employees worked in an INSANE ASYLUM right now?
It made their boatyard smell like roses when compared to that, in Cale's opinion.
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Originally Posted by
Lissy Longbottom
"Maintenance, I think?" Cale replied. He couldn't remember off the top of his head where he'd read that - in the Prophet maybe? He'd look later. SO YES. Things could be worse, right?
"How about this - while we're waiting for calls to come in about the anti-apparition charms," Cale said, tapping his chin in thought, "We all work together to get some sort of air freshening charm drummed up? One that can cover the WHOLE warehouse," he said. Think BIG! He had an apple cinnamon air freshener in his office but that just made it worse when mixed with fish smell. Blegh.
So the other departments had to find office space at an Underground and an Asylum. Ok so maybe their fishy situation aint so bad after all
not that he was complaining. "Sir, should we wait for them to call or should we go make our rounds? Perhaps set up a temporary transportation network for each department to use? At least get us connected again instead of being segregated." Which exposes them to more prying Muggles.
And as for freshening the air
"Uhm... how about some ceiling fans that occasionally sprays a fine mist of fragrance? It would help circulate the air a bit too."