WHERE WAS AIREYYYYYYY???

This, like all other Ministry wide events of this nature were mandatory for Department Heads--the only reason the man was currently meandering through the growing crowd of ministry employees. But where was his friend? Mingling was a lot more effort than Maddox had prepared to do when he left his house and wife. Unlike the vast majority, he hadn't been on break until now, he'd still been here, overseeing decontamination and the renovations, getting files updated, the whole nine yards. He wouldn't mind a near four month vacation but as negligent as he tended to be, even he knew it wasn't a good idea.

"Coming through, pardon me." He said, moving with a lazy sort of grace. He did very little to suppress the yawn that came up--the third one since he'd arrived minutes ago. He nodded to the small group forming by the new Minister. He plucked a sandwich from the table. "Don't suppose any of you have seen our Mysteries Department Head?"

It was important.

By this point, she no longer questioned the point of these events. It'd been years of attending them and years of coming to the conclusion that they only served to waste her time. Logically, she knew they made sense for team building...but her team was on Level 2 and they were currently busy. She wanted to be busy--scratch that, she was busy. The Auror Office hadn't taken vacation with the closing of the Ministry. If nothing else, this cocktail hour was her break and suffice to say she'd rather spend that "break" elsewhere.

"Congrats on the new position." She said, settling in next to Olly and...er....Cole something. News traveled fast but it didn't all always stick with her. "You too, I suppose." She nodded to the new head of creatures. "Alexa Cambridge." She extended a hand to offer a firm shake.

Lex looked over to the table and all laid out there. Not that hungry, she would forgo it for now. "Hey, Olly, got any thing over in your greenhouses that might help a stubborn prisoner talk?" Veritaserum was useful, but boring.