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Cassirin 
Genevieve propped her boots up on Victor's desk, since he was right there and all, and gave the man a mischievous grin. "Hi. Nice desk you have here. Right in the middle of things. Mind if I put my feet on it? Have you tried the coffee from Level 1? I think it's probably the best in the building, but then anything is better than the sludge they serve here on 2."
Victor shot a confused, apprehensive look up from his clipboard at Genevieve. He couldn't help but frown slightly as it sounded suspiciously like this woman was suggesting that he leave.
"Well, since you've put them there already.." He cleared his throat and blinked, obviously a little confused.
"No, I haven't tried the coffee on level one, although I can imagine they'd keep the best coffee up there, what with the Minister's officer and all." he spoke quickly and deliberately.
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I didn't catch your name. Is there something I can help you with?" Quote:
Originally Posted by
Kaos.Doodles "Good morning, Happy New Year and all of that. And to those who are new welcome to the MLE." His eyes even flickered to the new guy at a desk. He wasn't an Auror but SUP, welcome to you too.
Victor returned the Head Auror's kind welcome with his sincerest of smiles, a bow of his head, and a quiet
'Thank you'. The man addressing the group of Aurors and YATIs was certainly sending mixed signals, and Victor really wasn't sure if it'd behoove him to avoid contact with him as much as possible or if it was just that disrespectful YATIs brought out the worst in him. He supposed - and hoped - the latter.
SPOILER!!: Jake
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Originally Posted by
Felixir The more Jake stood here, the more Jake realised that... he didn't want to be stood here. He was internally huffing and puffing to himself about THINGS and STUFF, though on the outside looked just as 'blah' as he always did. He looked around the group, aware that somewhere here was someone new to his own department, a Victor something-or-other. Jake couldn't remember; words were hard.
Anyway, where was the dude? The guy? The dudeguy?
Jake was already moving away and halfway back to his desk when Legend started calling for the Aurors to gather around. He wasn't one of those (which now seemed like a blessing in disguise; Jake wasn't sure he'd ever be able to take Legend seriously or be all that civil if the guy was his boss) so, y'know, he'd just leave 'em to it.
And THAT was when he spotted him, the new guy. It was easy enough to work out because, well... new face at the MLES desks and all. AND, now that the Auror type people were all preoccupied... apart from that Branxton girl... Jake was far more willing to strike up a conversation.
"Hi," he said to the bloke in his still-strong London accent, offering a small, but nonetheless welcoming, smile and holding out his hand. For a handshake. Because that was the thing to do. "Name's Jake. Hit Wizard. You're new here."
It wasn't a question, just a very straightforward observation. His way of greeting people, and being welcoming. Genevieve got... a nod AND a little smile as well. Hi.
My, my, the good folks at the MLE had been more welcoming so far than any place of employment he'd ever encountered before. Obviously, that wasn't saying much, but by now, at least two different people had actually approached him. Without a moments hesitation, Victor stood up from his chair and put his clipboard on the desk. The gentleman who had just introduced himself had offered a hand, and he'd be damned if he was going to commit the cardinal sin of accepting it sitting down.
"Victor Sebastian LaCroix." He introduced himself plainly.
"Just started work here as a patrol officer." He added, shaking the gentleman's hand.
"I understand we'll be working in close proximity to one another, and I certainly hope we can get along." Though his eyes reflected experience and maturity, he spoke with an almost naive sincerity in his voice. He'd realized a long time ago that letting previous experience cloud ones initial judgement of a new workplace and new colleagues was probably the biggest mistake you could make.