 The Disappearing Girl | | Swooping Bowtruckle
Kris frowned slightly at Lucein's reaction. Someone definitely didn't seem to be having a good day today. Besides Kris, anyway.
He turned to look at Melina as she entered the Room once more. She was late for once, but it wasn't a big deal. He sat down on his desk and folded his arms as he looked at his employees. Sighing slightly, he thought he should address something that was brought up in the meeting.
"Before we begin," he said, pausing slightly. "We need to address a few issues. The first one is being on time to your job. I am here early every morning. I do not expect to see you here before I am, and if you are I will question your sanity. I understand you have those mornings where you run late, and that is fine. But if you are more than an hour late, we'll start to have problems." He looked towards the file cabinet, and looked at the three employees in front of him out of his original seven. "Showing up period is important. If you cannot make it a day, please owl me. I have seven employees registered here. Only three of you are here. Coming to the job is crucial."
He looked towards the back of the room where there were all of the old pieces of Time Turners, clocks, and other magical equipment he had no idea about yet. This subject hadn't been covered in the meeting, but needed to be addressed just in case something of this nature would come up.
"We are all adults here. Stealing should be below us, correct? There have been instances where previous employees have taken things from this room. Newly constructed Time Turners for personal use are extremely hot from this room. If anything is taken from here, there will be severe repercussions. Do you understand?"
Last but not least, he turned away from his employees and towards the Muggle white board he preferred to use. He flicked his wand and one of the markers began to write on the board.
"As you all should know," he said, facing them once more. "The Quidditch World Cup is coming here. Every department and division in the Ministry has an assignment. Ours, for the Time Room, is to create a specific Time Turner. It's a short period one to review plays and to ensure no cheating occurred." He flicked his wand again and a box came floating up to where they all were seated and hovered in front of Kris. He pulled out five time turners and held them up. "These were used previously in other World Cups. They are old now, and we have to fine tune them."
He walked up to his employees and handed one to each of them, with Kris holding two left. "We have to make sure that each rotation is only a five minute interval. If they really need to go back further, they'll do more rotations. We actually will have to test them out to make sure we've gotten it right. It will take a little while to do, because you can either set it back too far or not far enough. It also involves removing sand or adding more to get the correct balance."
He paused to look around at his employees. "I know it's a lot to take in today. There are books at the tables for each of you. Read over them, and if you have any questions I will be right here."
Walking back to his desk, the box followed. He flicked his wand so books appeared at the big group table underneath the clock that illuminated the room. Once he was done, the box put itself on the ground next to the desk as he looked at the Time Turners he had in his hand, always aware of what was going on in the room.
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