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"Oh, hey Laura," Theron said with a forced smile. "My girls had a bad case of Dragon pox, but they're all better now and off to school. It's just so weird with home being so quiet without them." He certainly wasn't used to the silence, but certainly was looking forward to work distracting him from it all. Theron took in a deep breath and tried to push the thought to the back of his mind. "Anyways, I've been a bit loopy lately. Anything new I might've missed in the department?"
Laura didn't bother hiding her frown. Dragon pox? Well she had never had them before, but she had heard that it was a downright nasty condition. She did however have the chicken pox once when she was very young. It was the worst time of her six year old life.
"I'm very sorry to hear that, but I am so glad that your daughters are better now," she said, patting Theron on the shoulder. She kind of had to reach up a little. It made Laura feel short.
Yes, Theron did seem a little off today. Not quite himself, Laura would say although she hadn't gotten to know him as much as the other division heads yet. Well, they couldn't have that.
"If you need a pick-me-up, I think Armen has a whole bowl full of Chocolate Frogs," she said with a giggle.
"As for what's been going on in the department, you've only missed a good amount of fresh new faces, in case you haven't already noticed." Laura gestured around to bring to his attention the many new employees to the department.
"Refreshing, isn't it? There were virtually no new faces around when I was in the Portkey Office," she added matter-of-factly.
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LilFox06 "Hello again Laura." Jayden said waving back. "Looking lovely as always." he said to her with a smile before settling into his desk. Another year at Hogwarts had just began. Which meant soon Apparition would be busy with that. But he didn't mind. He'd been there over a year now and actually enjoyed the work.
Laura laughed pleasantly. Jayden sure knew how to brighten someone's day.
"Thank you, Jayden," she said with a sunny smile.
"Good to have you joining us. We have plenty of new faces to welcome." She hadn't had the time to check out the new files in the filing cabinet, but Laura was sure there were a good number of new Apparation employees.
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Tomasina Riddle Well she was making friends and that was always a good thing. "Good then. We will have fun I think if you're as crazy about brooms as I am." If she loved brooms anymore she would be making them. She had thought about going into that field, but the work was repetitive and Royce hated that.
She nodded. "Oh yes it was certainly an adjustment to say the least. We had fun though and everything worked out for the best." Her brother was a tad jealous that he didn't get a letter, but then he really found his passion in basketball and soon forgot all about Royce learning to be a witch. "Well my mom is a scientist and this just intrigued her to no end. She must have examined my wand for months." She giggled. Her mom didn't like puzzles. She liked answers. And a magical wand was a puzzle that she couldn't solve. It had vexed her for years.
She hoped everyone was as nice as the people on Level 6. "Well thank you for the warm welcome. I shall wear the badge proudly." she teased. Royce was really excited to have a job and be a working girl. Her mother was a strong woman that had set out to make her mark even though she was married to a football superstar with bank breaking contracts. She wanted to stand on her own two feet and so did Royce. "Yes I hope to stay with the Ministry as long as they will have me." she answered honestly.
Laura looked up enthusiastically.
"Have you been to the trophy room, Royce?" she asked.
"They have brooms on display there. Of course, it's mostly devoted to the game of Quidditch and not the brooms themselves, but it's a great place if you want a little break from work. Just one level below us." Level Seven, Magical Games and Sports. Sigh. Now, Laura was crazy about brooms, but she really loved Quidditch too. If the black and white pin on her work bag wasn't a big enough hint, she was a fan of the Montrose Magpies in particular. It was too bad Royce didn't seem to be as interested in Quidditch. But that was okay because she did seem to be interested in working with the Quidditch players' brooms.
When Laura listened to her speak about her mother's reaction to her wand, she laughed lightly. Her mother was a scientist? That sounded radically different from what she was used to.
"My mother was intrigued too," she simply said, nodding. Actually, her mother was a writer, and a very liberal one at that. She had spent countless hours researching voodoo in the library. Wrote a nice short story about it, though.
"Great! So what did you do before coming to the Ministry?" Laura asked curiously. From what she already knew, her mother was a scientist. And science was a far cry from the Ministry of Magic.
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Harron Peasley Walking through the office towards her cubicle, Leigh was very aware that everyone seemed to already know each other, and all be deep in conversation. She felt a little out-of-place and not her usual bubbly self, and so walked through the departments work area in silence. Oh she didn't have a clue what to do. Go up to someone and talk, make conversation? Or would that be rude? Well, she thought it probably would be, and so kept to herself, dropping some equiptment onto her new desk.
Ohnoes! Laura noticed another new someone walk in and go straight to their cubicle without even so much as a proper greeting yet. She hadn't recalled getting a memo about so many new Broom Regulatory employees, so this woman must have been either a Floo, Portkey, or Apparation. No matter, no matter, she approached her all the same with a welcoming smile.
"Hello there. I'm Laura Miller, division head of Broom Regulatory and Control. Welcome to the department," she said, offering her a hand to shake.
"Are you a new Apparation employee?" Well, she was sitting in the Apparation corner of the office, so it was only safe to assume.