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Zander adjusted his name tag, opening his mouth to say something else to Olly before he saw students making their way over already. He quickly straightened his back and put a smile into place, which wasn’t all that difficult. He was excited to speak to the students. It’s actually one thing he did really well with, connecting to adolescents. The adult world was a whole different story entirely, but kids? He could do that.
“Hi,” he smiled at girl (Skylar) sporting both a badge, and green robes. Of course he knew that Quidditch was coming back (his previous department had been working very closely with Hogwarts in order to make the transition a smooth one), but it did still catch him by surprise. “Quidditch Captain, I take it?” he noticed her eyes scanning the pamphlets on the booth and turned back to them to hold a couple up. “Do you want any of these, we’ve got plenty to give out,” he offered.
The boy man man-child (???) took a moment to consider the question (which was perfect because Olly was taking the lead here). Speaking of which, he was being nudged. “After I graduated I honestly wasn’t sure what I wanted to do,” he admitted sheepishly. “But I talked to my Head of House,” and mentor and hogwarts-father figure and ANYWAYS, “And he told me about this internship program called Portkey Pass. Did it for a couple of years, didn’t fancy making a career out of it… Moved back to London with a friend… Took a couple of odd jobs here and there… And applied on a whim?” Was there such a thing as being too honest?
Just as he went to continue, someone else (Kye) had walked over to the booth and Zander smiled their way, welcoming them to join the conversation. “I was just telling…..?” He looked over at the Captain, hoping she’d give her name so he didn’t sound like a total idiot. “That I really ended up in the Ministry by chance. Personally, I just wanted a job so I didn’t have much of a preference on the ‘where’ at first. Like Olly said, there's an application process and they take everything into account like your sorting, but… There’s no hat,” he laughed. “I wasn’t a fan of my original placement, actually, so I asked to be transferred and now I’m really happy with where I’m at!” Was he rambling? He felt like he was rambling. “Essentially everything’s taken into consideration: Your experience, skill set, major examination scores, and your desired placement.”
Had he said a lot, it felt like he was saying a lot. "Either of you have any particular interests within the ministry?"
Things were going pretty seamlessly, actually. Zander was both impressed, and surprised….
Until the next student approached and asked a question about a subject that Zander was 100% not qualified to speak on. “Uh, I don't know a lot of specifics either aside from the need to have a strong background in charms, but I do happen to know the Department Head pretty well…” Quigley had taught Zander for two years after all… And had given the boy a detention… And had berated him for exam results…. And….. Yeah. Definitely knew him well. “I can get you in contact with the Head if you wanna give me your contact information?” He took one of the notebooks from the table and offered it to him to jot his info down. Bless the ministry, at least they thought about this one.
"Any particular reason you're drawn to that path?"
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