Oh, had she forgotten to go through that?

Might have been good to mention during the little speech earlier. You'd think it'd have been like the third thing she mentioned but alas, having already passed the tedious process of getting accepted it was far detached from her mind.

What DID she need to get into YATI training? She'd taken so many NEWTs that it was hard to really remember. He was right, there was Defense Against the Dark Arts....and...oh! Right. "Along with DADA, you'll also be needing Charms, Transfiguration, Potions and, though I can't figure out for the life of me why, Herbology." That last one had been her only 'E'. A stain in her otherwise perfect row of 'O's but she supposed it didn't matter. Her grandparents still kept their end and she was greatly rewarded. "Muggle Studies wouldn't hurt when it comes to detection and such either." Food for thought as she remembered the Muggle Artifact Identification training her office had just completed.



Merlin, the enthusiasm on this one. Fairfield, huh? "Any relation to a former Elise Fairfield?" Elise was now married, as were......most of her friends and the people she'd gone to school with. Not for the life of her could she see the appeal--but yes, onto the question.

"I wouldn't call it top secret or anything. In fact you should know what you're getting into and the sort of things that will be required of you. There are tests you have to take, to show the Department they aren't about to hire a nut case or someone who'll easily crack under pressure. There's also advanced magical combat--so these duels are a good way of getting your feet wet." Even if...they were nothing compared to the actual training that got done over on Level 2.

"I dunno if I'd call them classes but YATIs are required to train in concealment and disguise as well as stealth and tracking. You'll also need to learn a ton about poisons and antidotes. It's all very rigorous but you'll be more than happy for it when you finally get out there."



...Er....why...was he looking at her like that....?

Lex might have asked him if he needed to see the Healer--Murdoch was still here, yeah?--in fact she was about to insist he did when the boy's hand shot up. Turns out, he had a question, not some contagious ailment. Good stuff.

"Most dangerous mission? I'd have to say...the one I'm on right now--but it's completely classified so I can't fill you in. I will tell you this though. It'll take me very close to potentially rabid chimaeras." But really she wouldn't say more. It wasn't that she figured any of these kids would intentionally jeopardize the case but you just never knew who had an uncle with a hand in the underground rink and she'd rather not take that chance of them tipping them off accidentally or otherwise. "I could tell you of a case we've now closed that was plenty dangerous. Some idiots thought it a good idea to smuggle werewolves through Knockturn Alley. Had to go undercover, do stakeouts and finally organize the bust to take them down. The werewolves weren't the problem, just the blokes who thought it a good idea to smuggle them."
As for the question on the spells she found most useful..."It depends really...on if you want them taken back dead or alive but I suppose in the cast of the latter, stunning spells are brilliant. Anything that can prevent them from fighting back is always a good way to go. Sometimes, you'll need them talking after and dead people have a hard time doing that."




Now there was a question she'd be asking if she was on the other side of this room! Not that she wouldn't have asked the others because honestly, always important to know the requirements and how much harder she'd have to work. It was just...this was more up her alley of interest; the take down of dark wizards. "I've gotten a few, yeah. None by myself yet but it'll happen one day." If Legend ever stepped out of his right mind long enough and decided it was a good idea.

"It's a brilliant feeling when you've got your wand to their throat and they know they've lost." Or...was that...one of those things the Professor was talking against when he said 'some haven't reached puberty, don't overshare? Merlin she couldn't very well take it back now, could she? Obliviating worked. She would if the Professor needed her to.

Best to just...er...move on and hope the man wouldn't notice. "My absolute favourite thing is the thrill of it all. I love the adrenaline rush before a big bust and how your heart starts to pound 'cause you know it's all very real." If the girl was hoping for a 'it's seeing the hope on the faces of the innocent' or 'the joy of knowing I saved someone', she'd have better luck asking another Auror. Alexa lived for the thrill and uncertainty around every corner.



And the next question came from...oh, this one. And an interesting set of questions too. Funny enough, that very thing HAD happened, not to her but she'd heard of it.

"If the training doesn't work in your favour, you could always end up working Security for the Ministry, or you could apply for something else within Magical Law Enforcement, wait a year then attempt the training again. Sometimes Security work takes you close to Auror stuff which could end up helping you on your second go of YATI training." Just ask Simon--or maybe he didn't count. He'd been BOTH an Auror and Security. Kinda gave him an advantage most others didn't have.

The second question though. Alexa took a noticeable pause and for that moment, she wasn't sure how to respond. It was...well it wasn't like...

A brief look of uncertainty swept across the Auror's face before she quickly regained composure. Pull yourself together Cambridge! Lex shook the unwanted thought from her head, pulling for a grin instead. "I haven't, but I have beat the--" Ahem, language Lex, "...stuffing out of someone before. Poor sod was crying by the time I was done with him."



Oh look, there was Zeke's girlfriend. Or well...she hadn't BEEN his girlfriend when Lex was still at Hogwarts but they'd always spent so much time together. Kinda had her wondering where he was.

No questions from her though so it was back to search the room in case anyone else had questions or the first set had follow ups.