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sweetpinkpixie · 02-09-2014, 09:23 AM

Artifacts dating as far back as World War II are strung about the room in various piles here and there. Most appear to be too rusted over to be recognizable, but there may be something salvageable in here somewhere. The only things that looks new and, well, alive in the entire room is a single potted poppy on a wooden table and some of the plants that survived the fire in the reception area that Aron happened to take home over the break just in case the climate enchantments went haywire again. The table holding the poppy serves as the Department Head's desk, but there is another large table over by the wall opposite the door that can be used for any meetings the department may have while locked out.

Aron has zero desire to make the place feel comfy as he has no intention of staying in this location for too long. The drabness only serves as a reminder to what the task the Department of Magical Accidents & Catastrophes must complete: find a way back into the Ministry.

AlwaysSnapesGirl · 02-18-2014, 02:37 AM

First one to the meeting?

Cora was fine with being early, of course, but not really this early. It felt odd, especially in this place where it could be a bit creepy. But she might as well try to make herself comfortable, or as close to it as possible, while she waited. So she conjured up a simple chair by the table - she didn't trust the furniture in this place not to collapse the moment she touched it. And even if it had charms on it, it didn't look nice or comfortable, so she still didn't want to sit on any of them.

So she sat on her chair...and waited.

Merlin, maybe she should've gotten a cup of coffee first or something. This was boring.

sweetpinkpixie · 02-18-2014, 03:01 AM

Cursing to himself as he made his way back into the armoury with an arm load of paperwork, Aron stomped in, sunglasses on, and mild scowl on his face. He didn't mind muggle transportation - although he was looking to rectify this as soon as possible in case of an emergency, which really only provided irony as to the location he had set aside for an apparition zone - it was the fact that ALL his records and cases were now locked up in the Ministry. He only had a handful of files he had taken home with him over the break. Among those the case files on the mutants, so at least Derek and Armand would be pleased about that, but everything else was out of reach and would need to rely on memory if they wanted to accomplish anything.

Rubbish. Complete and utter rubbish. RUBBISH!

"Cora," he mumbled as he took his seat and set the paperwork on the table in front of him. "Make it here with no trouble I hope."

lemon · 02-18-2014, 05:34 AM

He had wheeled halfway into the Armory before the little leaves and bits of roofing plank were noticed. Really? First having to stuff his chair through a bus door, and now this? Old men weren't really all that flexible, but Sherman and his frail little bones did their best to twist and turn and pick all the excess rubbish out of the spokes of his wheels.

After blocking off the entrance to the room for a good few minutes, he wheeled all the way inside. This place was... disgusting. For the first time all morning, Sherman was thankful that he had his own seat and didn't have to rely on those provided ones that looked like they'd collapse any minute.

Nudging one of the pieces of old furniture out of the way, he rolled in next to the others, adjusted his newsboy cap, and tried to look not horrified.

*Nordic Witch* · 02-18-2014, 08:18 AM

The HMS Arthur building was a ticking pile of rubbish.

Passing by her work area to get to the Armory for the level wide meeting Tasha didn't even give her flooded inbox a glance. She knew exactly what she'd find there when she went there after the meeting had adjourned. Mail upon mail from people demanding her department to fix things.

Heading inside the armoury, one of the more disgusting places in the building Tasha acknowledged that Cora, Aron and one of the new employees who she hadn't learned the name of yet were already there. "Morning all!" she mumbled her tone of voice matching her flushed features.

Would the place crumble to ash around them if someone sneezed too loudly?

Mell · 02-18-2014, 08:28 AM

Other people may have found this situation annoying, even frustrating. Oliver on the other hand found this whole thing awesome. He was just as comfortable in the muggle world as he was in the magical world.

He sauntered into the old armoury carrying a bag of doughnuts and a tall cup of coffee. "Hello everyone." Everyone being the four people in the room. He tossed the bag onto an overturned crate. "Help yourselves."

Finding an old tire from a tank, Oliver sat himself and took a sip of his coffee while he waited for the others to arrive and the meeting to start.

TeafortheSoul · 02-18-2014, 09:31 AM

"Someone's gonna stab themselves on a door frame, get tetanus, and die a slow and painful death." Rusty observed cheerfully enough as he entered what was apparently a former armoury. The shabbiness didn't bother him at all, but safety was kind of a thing, right? How could they protect the Wizarding World against accidents and catastrophes if they couldn't even ensure there wouldn't be any in their own place of work. No, Lola would not be permitted to visit with him at work for as long as they had to work from here. No chance.

He arranged himself a chair -transfiguring a crate into something a little more comfortable for his frame- and then kicked his feet up to rest on a second crate.

He was pretty comfortable actually. Rusty began to casually rummage in his backpack. Whether it was for food, or for something more relevant to work, was not yet obvious, but it seemed to have all his attention.

sweetpinkpixie · 02-18-2014, 11:04 AM

Not even bothing to sit down - because he had no intention of making this a long meeting nor lingering in here for too long - he furrowed his brow as one of his new employees wheeled in. Honestly, of all the times to get a senior citizen. At least the bloke hadn't been transferred to MLE. Underground had to be worse on his limbs than this place.

"Mr. Clark, welcome," he grumbled towards the old gent. He probably should thank him for coming, but it WAS he job to be here after all. And that mildly horrified look on the man's face? That was good sign. The more disgusted his employees were with the space the better. Motivation to get the heck out of here.

And speaking of disgusted, Tasha's faced looked like a mandrake pulled from its pot the way she was looking about. He simply gave her an inclination of the head and gestured towards one of the chairs for her to take a seat if she wanted. Or stand. He wasn't going to sit.

Good. There was Oliver. Aron had a list ten miles long for him and his division to take care of. Even better was that the man had brought something with him. Something sweet smelling. The only thing in the immediate area he had found were some old vending machines filled with spoiled and stale muggle snacks. "Any glazed ones in there?" he asked. Coffee. He should have grabbed himself a mug from the work room. Thank Merlin he had managed to get A&C's coffee maker and one of the last bags of coffee beans from the break room in the Ministry.

"If we can't brew a potion that can cure tetanus then we aren't worth our weight in salt," he snorted in reply to Rusty. Something else to keep Derek busy in the lab? Preferably not. Far too many other matters to handle this year. "Until we can clean this place up and turn it into a something more than a garbage dump...watch where you step and what you touch."

Which was going to be among their first tasks in case anyone in the room was too slow to figure that much out. Fix it up a little but by no means make it too comfortable. Comfort implied acceptance and this man was not going to accept staying here any longer than completely necessary.

Hey Ju · 02-18-2014, 12:02 PM

Why? Why, Merlin, WHY?

Derek honestly didn't care about taking Muggle public transport, and had a deadpan expression since he got the memo letting him know where they would be working for now. But flipping Ministry people were foolish enough to have such things happening to the building.

Not that Derek was included on this, having his lab invaded by unknown beings more than once. Sigh.

It was only when he got to the abandoned naval training school that... his expression changed drastically. How in the WORLD would they be able to work properly in that place?? What was the Ministry THINKING?? Not that Derek was going to comment on it or complain about it to anyone, but STILL.

The lab technician - of what lab?? WHAT. LAB. HM??? >______> - looked like he had a pile of dragon dung just below his nose when he finally entered the... meeting room or however people were calling that area. No, he wasn't happy. That was to be expected, wasn't it? People had better expect that, because he was greeting no one.

Ugh. UGH.

Derek gave his boss an acknowledging look and stood by a wall - without leaning against it, obviously >___> - with his arms folded.

It would be great if miracles happened.

pinkphoenix · 02-18-2014, 07:34 PM

Finding her way around this building would be adventurous. Jade thought warily to herself as she got lost a few times on the way to the Armoury including having walked past it at least two times. But she was finally here. In. this. hideous. room.

Nonetheless, ever the professional, she smiled at everyone in greeting and smirked at Derek as she settled herself in for the meeting. Grabbing a donut from the box in the crate, she turned to Oliver (she knew that he was always reliable). "Thanks for these."

sweetpinkpixie · 02-19-2014, 12:41 AM

Nodding to Derek and Jade as they entered, he cocked his neck to the side to relieve some of the tension that had been growing there ever since he had arrived on site that morning. He definitely had had enough of this standing around waiting for the rest of the paint to peel off the wall. Grabbing some sort of doughnut from the bag, not bothering to see what it was before taking a big bite out of it, he swallowed and put the rest of it down on a spare piece of parchment on the table. Certainly didn't trust putting anything directly on the surface. Cleaning charms aside, this place was a bit of a fixer upper and then some.

"Alright. Let's keep this brief and to the point. Skipping introductions aside, we have a massive task ahead of us this year. At risk of stating the obvious, we currently have no way to get into the Ministry and I can tell by the looks on most of your faces that our current accommodations are less than satisfactory," he began as he gave the armoury a sweeping motion with his right hand. "The first thing we need to do for ourselves is fix clean and organize this space into an acceptable work space. Cleaning, repairs.... there is quite a bit to take care of. The silver lining is that we do have a lot of space to work with." It was a start if nothing else. At least they didn't need to add expansion charms to the list of things needed to get done. "All housekeeping aside, we need to figure out a means of getting back into the Ministry. That is our primary focus and I expect all divisions to come up with some ideas for us to try. Any suggestions you have right now, I'm all ears. We also have to make sure that each department's new location remains hidden from muggle eyes. This will mean regular patrols around the areas and inspections of the facilities to ensure all concealing and repelling charms are holding. Two departments, International Cooperation and Environmental, will not have either of this enchantments in place, but I still expect a weekly report on my desk regarding their activities. We're got or work cut out for us here, but I expect you all to work quickly and efficiently."

He paused to glance down at his half eaten pastry, contemplated popping the rest of it in his mouth, but decided against it and instead directed his attention towards Oliver. "Oliver, I need you to assist me in running a Ministry wide training on muggle evasion and statute violation prevention. I expect you all to participate and show those other departments how its done. Set the bar high. This is not the time to accept mediocre performance from anyone." Even if there was the quick fix of just obliviating any witnesses. He would personally prefer that they avoid such a situation entirely.

OOC: if you are just joining us now it would be in your character's best interest to pretend they have been here all along. Arriving late will result in IC consequences

TeafortheSoul · 02-19-2014, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Alright. Let's keep this brief and to the point. Skipping introductions aside, we have a massive task ahead of us this year. At risk of stating the obvious, we currently have no way to get into the Ministry and I can tell by the looks on most of your faces that our current accommodations are less than satisfactory," he began as he gave the armoury a sweeping motion with his right hand. "The first thing we need to do for ourselves is fix clean and organize this space into an acceptable work space. Cleaning, repairs.... there is quite a bit to take care of. The silver lining is that we do have a lot of space to work with." It was a start if nothing else. At least they didn't need to add expansion charms to the list of things needed to get done. "All housekeeping aside, we need to figure out a means of getting back into the Ministry. That is our primary focus and I expect all divisions to come up with some ideas for us to try. Any suggestions you have right now, I'm all ears. We also have to make sure that each department's new location remains hidden from muggle eyes. This will mean regular patrols around the areas and inspections of the facilities to ensure all concealing and repelling charms are holding. Two departments, International Cooperation and Environmental, will not have either of this enchantments in place, but I still expect a weekly report on my desk regarding their activities. We're got or work cut out for us here, but I expect you all to work quickly and efficiently."

He paused to glance down at his half eaten pastry, contemplated popping the rest of it in his mouth, but decided against it and instead directed his attention towards Oliver. "Oliver, I need you to assist me in running a Ministry wide training on muggle evasion and statute violation prevention. I expect you all to participate and show those other departments how its done. Set the bar high. This is not the time to accept mediocre performance from anyone." Even if there was the quick fix of just obliviating any witnesses. He would personally prefer that they avoid such a situation entirely.

OOC: if you are just joining us now it would be in your character's best interest to pretend they have been here all along. Arriving late will result in IC consequences

"Not to be a douche nozzle with irritating questions and all," Rusty began, "But is this whole being locked out of the Ministry, find a way in thing dumped entirely on us?" Because he supposed it was the sort of thing that came under their jurisdiction, at least until some sort of evidence of a crime came to light, but that was quite a bit of pressure yeah? Well, for others. For him it was more about waving his wand around and obliviating muggles that noticed. Fun job... but he got the impression he'd be run off his feet with it. And.... international Cooperation and Environmental with no repelling charms or anything? Man. Man. So he'd have to hang out with them a bit then. ... which was where exactly? Ehhhh. "Where ARE the other departments located anyway? Seems like we'll be needing to spend as much if not more time wherever they are, rather than here." Or some of them would. Like him.

Presumably though, all in all, for most departments, it would be business as usual.

Mell · 02-19-2014, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by pinkphoenix

Finding her way around this building would be adventurous. Jade thought warily to herself as she got lost a few times on the way to the Armoury including having walked past it at least two times. But she was finally here. In. this. hideous. room.

Nonetheless, ever the professional, she smiled at everyone in greeting and smirked at Derek as she settled herself in for the meeting. Grabbing a donut from the box in the crate, she turned to Oliver (she knew that he was always reliable). "Thanks for these."

"My pleasure." He said, tossing her a wink while taking another sip of his coffee. Oliver's gaze swept over the room once more noting all the disgruntled looks on his fellow employees and shook his head.

The place wasn't THAT bad.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Nodding to Derek and Jade as they entered, he cocked his neck to the side to relieve some of the tension that had been growing there ever since he had arrived on site that morning. He definitely had had enough of this standing around waiting for the rest of the paint to peel off the wall. Grabbing some sort of doughnut from the bag, not bothering to see what it was before taking a big bite out of it, he swallowed and put the rest of it down on a spare piece of parchment on the table. Certainly didn't trust putting anything directly on the surface. Cleaning charms aside, this place was a bit of a fixer upper and then some.

"Alright. Let's keep this brief and to the point. Skipping introductions aside, we have a massive task ahead of us this year. At risk of stating the obvious, we currently have no way to get into the Ministry and I can tell by the looks on most of your faces that our current accommodations are less than satisfactory," he began as he gave the armoury a sweeping motion with his right hand. "The first thing we need to do for ourselves is fix clean and organize this space into an acceptable work space. Cleaning, repairs.... there is quite a bit to take care of. The silver lining is that we do have a lot of space to work with." It was a start if nothing else. At least they didn't need to add expansion charms to the list of things needed to get done. "All housekeeping aside, we need to figure out a means of getting back into the Ministry. That is our primary focus and I expect all divisions to come up with some ideas for us to try. Any suggestions you have right now, I'm all ears. We also have to make sure that each department's new location remains hidden from muggle eyes. This will mean regular patrols around the areas and inspections of the facilities to ensure all concealing and repelling charms are holding. Two departments, International Cooperation and Environmental, will not have either of this enchantments in place, but I still expect a weekly report on my desk regarding their activities. We're got or work cut out for us here, but I expect you all to work quickly and efficiently."

He paused to glance down at his half eaten pastry, contemplated popping the rest of it in his mouth, but decided against it and instead directed his attention towards Oliver. "Oliver, I need you to assist me in running a Ministry wide training on muggle evasion and statute violation prevention. I expect you all to participate and show those other departments how its done. Set the bar high. This is not the time to accept mediocre performance from anyone." Even if there was the quick fix of just obliviating any witnesses. He would personally prefer that they avoid such a situation entirely.

OOC: if you are just joining us now it would be in your character's best interest to pretend they have been here all along. Arriving late will result in IC consequences

Oliver was just taking a another sip of his coffee when he heard his name being spoken by the boss man. "No problems at all. Just let me know where and when you need me."

Hmm, should he have another doughnut? He'd already had two, but taking muggle transportation did work up an appetite. He leaned forward and picked up another one. "Have you considered asking Gringotts if we can borrow a couple of Cursebreakers? They usually know how to get into places."

He then began nomming on his doughnut.

*Nordic Witch* · 02-19-2014, 08:36 AM

Tasha didn’t want to sit. She just hovered until Aron motioned her to take a seat. Still flushed and hot she moved to stand to the side instead. Tasha was not sitting on one of the chairs they looked ready to break if someone sat down on them.

When Oliver arrived just minutes after her with doughnuts she gave a little quip of happiness. Going over to the bag she rummaged around until she found a doughnut with pink icing. Taking a bite out of it she shot Oliver an appreciative glance "Thanks, I skipped breakfast."

Next person to arrive was Rusty going on about tetanus which just made Tasha think of the possible hazards this dump possibly housed. Rusty received a nod of greeting though as did Derek and Jade when they arrived.

SPOILER!!: Aron

There wasn't much time for greeting for verbal greetings as Aron got the meeting started. It was as she had feared. They were locked out of the ministry and that was why they were stuck in this dump of a workplace. Nibbling on her doughnut in silence she listened as Rusty voiced what was probably on all their minds. Did the task of finding a way back in rest solely on them?

Her mind working on possible ideas she asked to get a clarification to something Aron had said."Why doesn't the International Cooperation or Environment have their repelling and concealing charms in place? Are they housed in locations free from peering muggle eyes?" Somehow she doubted it.

As Oliver suggested borrowing cursebreakers Tasha stood silent trying to think up ideas.

hjhm · 02-19-2014, 12:42 PM

Jonathan has to admit that working for the ministry for the first time ever is quiet a change for his previous job in Romania. Apparently even the language is a contributing factor too. Not that he is complaining, in fact hearing their Department Head speak in english is like music to his ears and his co-workers around speaking in english too-- now this is something he really missed.

Jonathan is in his quiet mode like always. He sat in one corner and listened to mister... uhmmm... he forgot how bad he was at names. Hawthorne is it? Yeah, something like that. He'll try checking this later. For now, he took out his small notebook, enough to fit his palm and his pen. In case there are stuff needed to be remember.

Jonathan is not cut out to work in the muggle work. He has never done it, ever. So this is the first time he has actually traveled into such place. It's nice, he'll give them that. Muggles have their own fancy technology and mobile phones to distract them from wizard magic. Jonathan could actually make a scene and people would just think it's some fancy hologram.

Hey Ju · 02-19-2014, 01:31 PM

Hm. Aron got that right. Derek himself wasn't please at all for being there. How on earth would he work on his experiments and those drools samples and everything without his lab??

Actually, he could simply take the things back to his house, which was much more lab-like than anything in that old building. Maybe he could ask his boss if he could do that. ~~It'd also be a good excuse to avoid his 'supervisor'.~~

Fix, clean and organize the place. Great. Not only would he not be able to use a proper lab, but he would also have to do things that had NOTHING to do with Potions. Stupid old building. Stupid thing locking all of them out of the Ministry. Derek cursed a bit in his mind while Aron went on about the place there were going to use for now.

The former Gryffindor looked at Rustin when he made comments and asked questions. Good question, in fact. Because Derek simply wanted his lab back, but having to think of a way back into the Ministry without having any kind of clues as to why they were locked out didn't help much. Wait, did they even know why they were locked out? Wasn't there anyone at ALL in the building during the winter break? Derek would have gladly stayed in working if he were allowed. He had the question, but didn't ask it. Aron would tell them if he knew it, he supposed. But that was certainly annoying.

He would offer to try exploding all of the doors of the Ministry, but 1- that'd call too much attention, 2- the Ministry was underground, so it'd be a bit difficult, 3- someone else might've tried that already. But honestly, Derek could easily cast a very effective Bombarda at the moment with the help of his current mood.

He couldn't care less about all the Muggles and remaining hidden from them. He just wanted a proper lab. His lab. Muggles would never go into his lab. And they certainly wouldn't this time either. Even though that old place was never going to be his lab.

Anyway. Derek was curious to know how much they knew about whatever had locked them out of the Ministry, but he was not going to speak. It wasn't something he'd normally do, more especially in such a mood, so he simply remained quiet, his arms still folded and the annoyed frown still in place.

sweetpinkpixie · 02-19-2014, 03:15 PM

Running his hands vigorously through the hair on the back of his head, Aron went over a mental check list of what else he wanted to touch on before dismissing this meeting. But just because he was thinking didn't mean he missed the way Derek was fidgeting and looking displeased. The man should be grateful he had something at least resembling a lab to work with. They could have ended up on a boat in the middle of a bloody river for Merlin's sake! Imagine doing experimentation on choppy waters. He and Kim, the new employee within the division, would have a field day with that.

Douche nozzle. Aron couldn't help but snort at that. "Would you rather we sit around all day twiddling our thumbs while others who are not nearly as qualified as you lot handle things? The solution does not lay solely on our capable shoulders and we will be combining efforts with other departments when the situation calls for it." His eyes glanced over briefly to his division four employees specifically. They were going to be the ones to specifically spearhead this investigation. His attention moved to Oliver as he spoke, a suggestion that he did not believe the Minister had considered just yet and certainly not one that had come to his mind.

He was more of a go out and do it yourself sort of fellow. And he had gone, poked around, and ended up with nothing more than soggy toilet water filled shoes and matching socks.

"Cure Breakers have not been asked to examine the entrances as of yet, but that is certainly an option that should be explored," he nodded. Under the department's supervision. "Tasha, are you writing all this down?" She ought to be if she wasn't already. As the liaison for the department he was relying on her to keep a record and deliver it to the Minister's Office afterwards. "On the contrary, those two departments are right smack dab in the middle of highly muggle populated areas." Cue a pointed look at Rusty. Yeah, get ready for that.

Flipping through the pile of papers on his desk, he found the parchment with the all the temporary locations of the other departments along with a map London with those locations labeled. Spreading it out on the table - it creaking and wobbling as he did so - he motioned for everyone to move closer so they could see. "The Minister's Office is located in an abandoned building at 152 Whittaker Street, MLE is underground along the Northern Line and has an entrance at Cranley Gardens Station. Creatures is here, at the Muttropolitan Vet Clinic," he said as he pointed to each location on the map. "Games and Sports are over here at Airplane Hangar 17, Transportation at an abandoned boatyard in Lot's Ait, Specialty at.... the Sugar Hill Asylum for the Insane." Which reminded him that he needed to make other accommodations for his son. NO WAY that was going to happen. "Environment is over here, in the basement of a Walmart. Apparently it is wizarding owned, hence the decision not to put up enchantments. International is nestled on the third floor of the Harlequin Building." Not wizarding owned and muggles everywhere. "Mysteries is on a container ship on the Thames."

Merlin he had a headache already just thinking about all the potential disasters that could happen.

"Besides patrols and checking on concealment and repelling enchantments, we will be working with Transportation on setting up apparition zones in secure locations at each site with the exception of Environmental." Lots of things to take care of here and it was only the first week. Good thing they still had good coffee, yeah?

"This is a lot of information to take in, but you all will have a full report on your desks in the workroom summarizing all this by the end of the day," he sighed as he straightened his poster from leaning over the map to standing again. "Any other questions, urgent or otherwise?" Or lingering thoughts for that matter.

pinkphoenix · 02-19-2014, 06:24 PM

Text Cut: sweetpinkpixie

Running his hands vigorously through the hair on the back of his head, Aron went over a mental check list of what else he wanted to touch on before dismissing this meeting. But just because he was thinking didn't mean he missed the way Derek was fidgeting and looking displeased. The man should be grateful he had something at least resembling a lab to work with. They could have ended up on a boat in the middle of a bloody river for Merlin's sake! Imagine doing experimentation on choppy waters. He and Kim, the new employee within the division, would have a field day with that.

Douche nozzle. Aron couldn't help but snort at that. "Would you rather we sit around all day twiddling our thumbs while others who are not nearly as qualified as you lot handle things? The solution does not lay solely on our capable shoulders and we will be combining efforts with other departments when the situation calls for it." His eyes glanced over briefly to his division four employees specifically. They were going to be the ones to specifically spearhead this investigation. His attention moved to Oliver as he spoke, a suggestion that he did not believe the Minister had considered just yet and certainly not one that had come to his mind.

He was more of a go out and do it yourself sort of fellow. And he had gone, poked around, and ended up with nothing more than soggy toilet water filled shoes and matching socks.

"Cure Breakers have not been asked to examine the entrances as of yet, but that is certainly an option that should be explored," he nodded. Under the department's supervision. "Tasha, are you writing all this down?" She ought to be if she wasn't already. As the liaison for the department he was relying on her to keep a record and deliver it to the Minister's Office afterwards. "On the contrary, those two departments are right smack dab in the middle of highly muggle populated areas." Cue a pointed look at Rusty. Yeah, get ready for that.

Flipping through the pile of papers on his desk, he found the parchment with the all the temporary locations of the other departments along with a map London with those locations labeled. Spreading it out on the table - it creaking and wobbling as he did so - he motioned for everyone to move closer so they could see. "The Minister's Office is located in an abandoned building at 152 Whittaker Street, MLE is underground along the Northern Line and has an entrance at Cranley Gardens Station. Creatures is here, at the Muttropolitan Vet Clinic," he said as he pointed to each location on the map. "Games and Sports are over here at Airplane Hangar 17, Transportation at an abandoned boatyard in Lot's Ait, Specialty at.... the Sugar Hill Asylum for the Insane." Which reminded him that he needed to make other accommodations for his son. NO WAY that was going to happen. "Environment is over here, in the basement of a Walmart. Apparently it is wizarding owned, hence the decision not to put up enchantments. International is nestled on the third floor of the Harlequin Building." Not wizarding owned and muggles everywhere. "Mysteries is on a container ship on the Thames."

Merlin he had a headache already just thinking about all the potential disasters that could happen.

"Besides patrols and checking on concealment and repelling enchantments, we will be working with Transportation on setting up apparition zones in secure locations at each site with the exception of Environmental." Lots of things to take care of here and it was only the first week. Good thing they still had good coffee, yeah?

"This is a lot of information to take in, but you all will have a full report on your desks in the workroom summarizing all this by the end of the day," he sighed as he straightened his poster from leaning over the map to standing again. "Any other questions, urgent or otherwise?" Or lingering thoughts for that matter.

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As she listened to what Aron had to say, Jade took her time looking over the map. This was going to be a complete logistical nightmare for sure but maybe if she could direct some of her fellow Reminisciators to act as Emergency Obliviators when need be it could help. She supposed.

"I can lend the Obliviator division a few Reminisciators to help with the patrolling if need be. But does the MLE or any of the other departments have information on why the Ministry is unaccessible?" She wondered out loud. That was the more pressing issue in her opinion. They could always deal with repelling and concelment charms but getting back to their Ministry was of the utmost importance.

*Nordic Witch* · 02-20-2014, 08:52 AM

SPOILER!!: Boss man

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Douche nozzle. Aron couldn't help but snort at that. "Would you rather we sit around all day twiddling our thumbs while others who are not nearly as qualified as you lot handle things? The solution does not lay solely on our capable shoulders and we will be combining efforts with other departments when the situation calls for it." His eyes glanced over briefly to his division four employees specifically. They were going to be the ones to specifically spearhead this investigation. His attention moved to Oliver as he spoke, a suggestion that he did not believe the Minister had considered just yet and certainly not one that had come to his mind.

He was more of a go out and do it yourself sort of fellow. And he had gone, poked around, and ended up with nothing more than soggy toilet water filled shoes and matching socks.

"Cure Breakers have not been asked to examine the entrances as of yet, but that is certainly an option that should be explored," he nodded. Under the department's supervision. "Tasha, are you writing all this down?" She ought to be if she wasn't already. As the liaison for the department he was relying on her to keep a record and deliver it to the Minister's Office afterwards. "On the contrary, those two departments are right smack dab in the middle of highly muggle populated areas." Cue a pointed look at Rusty. Yeah, get ready for that.

Flipping through the pile of papers on his desk, he found the parchment with the all the temporary locations of the other departments along with a map London with those locations labeled. Spreading it out on the table - it creaking and wobbling as he did so - he motioned for everyone to move closer so they could see. "The Minister's Office is located in an abandoned building at 152 Whittaker Street, MLE is underground along the Northern Line and has an entrance at Cranley Gardens Station. Creatures is here, at the Muttropolitan Vet Clinic," he said as he pointed to each location on the map. "Games and Sports are over here at Airplane Hangar 17, Transportation at an abandoned boatyard in Lot's Ait, Specialty at.... the Sugar Hill Asylum for the Insane." Which reminded him that he needed to make other accommodations for his son. NO WAY that was going to happen. "Environment is over here, in the basement of a Walmart. Apparently it is wizarding owned, hence the decision not to put up enchantments. International is nestled on the third floor of the Harlequin Building." Not wizarding owned and muggles everywhere. "Mysteries is on a container ship on the Thames."

Merlin he had a headache already just thinking about all the potential disasters that could happen.

"Besides patrols and checking on concealment and repelling enchantments, we will be working with Transportation on setting up apparition zones in secure locations at each site with the exception of Environmental." Lots of things to take care of here and it was only the first week. Good thing they still had good coffee, yeah?

"This is a lot of information to take in, but you all will have a full report on your desks in the workroom summarizing all this by the end of the day," he sighed as he straightened his poster from leaning over the map to standing again. "Any other questions, urgent or otherwise?" Or lingering thoughts for that matter.

Grumble.

With a long look Aron's way Tasha walked up to the table to claim the most solid looking chair. If the chair collapsed under her Tasha was going to blame it all on Aron. Yes that was the plan. Taking out her meeting planner, a feathery quill and blue ink Tasha started to scribble down what had been established so far in the meeting in fast but neat handwriting.

SPOILER!!: Tasha's meeting notes

When Aron had assigned the most pressing tasks there was time for questions. Unconsiously sucking on the end of her feathery quill Tasha asked "Considering that the ministry is basically scattered all over London how will we keep in touch with the other departments for the day-to day work? Will we rely on the muggle mail system to provide and deliver our interdepartment memos and mail?"

TeafortheSoul · 02-20-2014, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Douche nozzle. Aron couldn't help but snort at that. "Would you rather we sit around all day twiddling our thumbs while others who are not nearly as qualified as you lot handle things? The solution does not lay solely on our capable shoulders and we will be combining efforts with other departments when the situation calls for it." His eyes glanced over briefly to his division four employees specifically. They were going to be the ones to specifically spearhead this investigation. His attention moved to Oliver as he spoke, a suggestion that he did not believe the Minister had considered just yet and certainly not one that had come to his mind.

"On the contrary, those two departments are right smack dab in the middle of highly muggle populated areas." Cue a pointed look at Rusty. Yeah, get ready for that.

Flipping through the pile of papers on his desk, he found the parchment with the all the temporary locations of the other departments along with a map London with those locations labeled. Spreading it out on the table - it creaking and wobbling as he did so - he motioned for everyone to move closer so they could see. "The Minister's Office is located in an abandoned building at 152 Whittaker Street, MLE is underground along the Northern Line and has an entrance at Cranley Gardens Station. Creatures is here, at the Muttropolitan Vet Clinic," he said as he pointed to each location on the map. "Games and Sports are over here at Airplane Hangar 17, Transportation at an abandoned boatyard in Lot's Ait, Specialty at.... the Sugar Hill Asylum for the Insane." Which reminded him that he needed to make other accommodations for his son. NO WAY that was going to happen. "Environment is over here, in the basement of a Walmart. Apparently it is wizarding owned, hence the decision not to put up enchantments. International is nestled on the third floor of the Harlequin Building." Not wizarding owned and muggles everywhere. "Mysteries is on a container ship on the Thames."

Merlin he had a headache already just thinking about all the potential disasters that could happen.

"Besides patrols and checking on concealment and repelling enchantments, we will be working with Transportation on setting up apparition zones in secure locations at each site with the exception of Environmental." Lots of things to take care of here and it was only the first week. Good thing they still had good coffee, yeah?

"This is a lot of information to take in, but you all will have a full report on your desks in the workroom summarizing all this by the end of the day," he sighed as he straightened his poster from leaning over the map to standing again. "Any other questions, urgent or otherwise?" Or lingering thoughts for that matter.

Rustin shrugged. To be completely honest as long as he still got paid and it didn't directly effect his life in any way that would upset Lolly, he didn't much care who fixed things or how. But it would be interesting to see if any other departments got in their way right? And he had his own work to worry about, apparently, with departments being smack dab in Muggle environments. Stuff had probably gone wrong already.

Rusty looked down at the map and listened.... and then looked up at Aron and stared. You mean to say that the daycare is at an insane asylum? Was that a joke? Were they TRYING to permanently scar all the children of ministry employees? There was NO WAY he was taking Lola there. No chance.

Other questions though? Sigh.

"I guess I'll volunteer to keep an eye on those departments... the others can carry on business as usual." Since... there was always plenty of work for Obliviators to do regardless. "I suppose I should send a memo, ministry-wide, make sure they all know who to send for?" He glanced at Tasha. Her memo question, it appeared, was already proving to be a good one.

sweetpinkpixie · 02-21-2014, 03:01 PM

"Thank you, Jade," he nodded. With the way things were spread out now, everyone was going to need to wander a little outside of their usual job description. "Rusty and yourself can create patrol shifts for your divisions. Give me a copy of that once you have finalized things." Whether or not she meant for her other question to be heard or not did not matter to the man. The answer was the same regardless. "You can use an owl to deliver your memos or go deliver them in person." Intimidation factor, A&C had it.

"Unfortunately, no," he sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck in frustration. "Further investigation of the various entry points may yield some sort of hint, but as of right now we are entirely in the dark." So, get ready to rumble everyone. Long road ahead.

Maybe Tasha needed another one of those doughnuts? Raising an eyebrow at the woman as she attempted to inhale her quill, he internally groaned at her question. Oh yes, yet ANOTHER thing on their never ending list of to-do's. "Presently we are using owls to deliver messages back and forth, but I have devised a more efficient option. There are several old muggle telephones in here and the Operations Analysis classroom. Given the proper enchantments and repairs, we can set up a network within the Ministry. Considering how several departments are at locations where muggles will certainly wander in, a telephone shouldn't raise any eyebrows like an owl swooping in." So, write that down as well Tasha. And grab yourself another doughnut for Merlin's sake.

He glanced around the room at everyone. Anything else? No? Good. Then they could get to work right away.

"Unless there is anything anyone else is burning to ask or get off their chest, we can call this meeting adjourned and get to work."

AlwaysSnapesGirl · 02-21-2014, 11:38 PM

Yes, Cora had arrived with pretty much no trouble, but already there were more people arriving and the meeting was starting - good - so she didn't get the chance to respond. She also didn't say much while everything was going on, but she was definitely listening, munching on a doughnut and watching each person when they spoke up. Lots of good points and questions brought up. Lots of things to work on too, not that that was particularly surprising.

No questions or comments from her though. She was ready to get to work once this meeting was officially over.

sweetpinkpixie · 02-22-2014, 02:26 AM

Finally shoving the rest of his doughnut into his mouth and licking the sugary syrup off his fingers, he gave a quick nod towards the door.Since no one else was speaking up... "You are all free to go about your business. Assignments and reminders will be on your desks in a few hours," he said as he put both his hands down on the table and...

*CRAAAAAAAAACK*

*CRASH*

...the table broke almost entirely down the middle, sending splinters and papers all about the floors. Aron's expression remained neutral at the scene and instead looked towards Tasha who was taking notes. "If you see my personal assistant anywhere, tell her she needs to fix me a new table." He had a few other things he wanted the woman to do as well, but table would do for now.

OOC: meeting is 'officially' over, but feel free to stick around if needed to discuss promotions, concerns, or suggestions regarding anything. I will post on the A&C Announcement Board soon with tasks and job assignments, so be sure to check that out.

TeafortheSoul · 02-22-2014, 05:40 AM

SPOILER!!: bossman

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Thank you, Jade," he nodded. With the way things were spread out now, everyone was going to need to wander a little outside of their usual job description. "Rusty and yourself can create patrol shifts for your divisions. Give me a copy of that once you have finalized things." Whether or not she meant for her other question to be heard or not did not matter to the man. The answer was the same regardless. "You can use an owl to deliver your memos or go deliver them in person." Intimidation factor, A&C had it.

"Unfortunately, no," he sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck in frustration. "Further investigation of the various entry points may yield some sort of hint, but as of right now we are entirely in the dark." So, get ready to rumble everyone. Long road ahead.

Maybe Tasha needed another one of those doughnuts? Raising an eyebrow at the woman as she attempted to inhale her quill, he internally groaned at her question. Oh yes, yet ANOTHER thing on their never ending list of to-do's. "Presently we are using owls to deliver messages back and forth, but I have devised a more efficient option. There are several old muggle telephones in here and the Operations Analysis classroom. Given the proper enchantments and repairs, we can set up a network within the Ministry. Considering how several departments are at locations where muggles will certainly wander in, a telephone shouldn't raise any eyebrows like an owl swooping in." So, write that down as well Tasha. And grab yourself another doughnut for Merlin's sake.

He glanced around the room at everyone. Anything else? No? Good. Then they could get to work right away.

"Unless there is anything anyone else is burning to ask or get off their chest, we can call this meeting adjourned and get to work."

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Finally shoving the rest of his doughnut into his mouth and licking the sugary syrup off his fingers, he gave a quick nod towards the door.Since no one else was speaking up... "You are all free to go about your business. Assignments and reminders will be on your desks in a few hours," he said as he put both his hands down on the table and...

*CRAAAAAAAAACK*

*CRASH*

...the table broke almost entirely down the middle, sending splinters and papers all about the floors. Aron's expression remained neutral at the scene and instead looked towards Tasha who was taking notes. "If you see my personal assistant anywhere, tell her she needs to fix me a new table." He had a few other things he wanted the woman to do as well, but table would do for now.

OOC: meeting is 'officially' over, but feel free to stick around if needed to discuss promotions, concerns, or suggestions regarding anything. I will post on the A&C Announcement Board soon with tasks and job assignments, so be sure to check that out.

Brows. So, hang on then, Rusty eyed Aron, he was wanting him to... what, take the lead on this? That was fine and dandy and all but... money. If he was supposed to be working outside of, or above his own particular job description, then Rusty would much rather be paid for it. He had a kid at home ~~the Leaky~~ after all.

"In person will be a good way to scope out the other locations and assess risk." For memo dropping he meant. So yeah sure.

The telephone thing sounded pretty good.

And the meeting was over?

Rusty didn't move, because if he was gonna be taking point on things... then Aron had to come to the table with some incentive, even if the table was currently in two bits on the ground.

pinkphoenix · 02-22-2014, 07:11 PM

Text Cut: Aron and Rusty

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Thank you, Jade," he nodded. With the way things were spread out now, everyone was going to need to wander a little outside of their usual job description. "Rusty and yourself can create patrol shifts for your divisions. Give me a copy of that once you have finalized things." Whether or not she meant for her other question to be heard or not did not matter to the man. The answer was the same regardless. "You can use an owl to deliver your memos or go deliver them in person." Intimidation factor, A&C had it.

"Unfortunately, no," he sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck in frustration. "Further investigation of the various entry points may yield some sort of hint, but as of right now we are entirely in the dark." So, get ready to rumble everyone. Long road ahead.

Maybe Tasha needed another one of those doughnuts? Raising an eyebrow at the woman as she attempted to inhale her quill, he internally groaned at her question. Oh yes, yet ANOTHER thing on their never ending list of to-do's. "Presently we are using owls to deliver messages back and forth, but I have devised a more efficient option. There are several old muggle telephones in here and the Operations Analysis classroom. Given the proper enchantments and repairs, we can set up a network within the Ministry. Considering how several departments are at locations where muggles will certainly wander in, a telephone shouldn't raise any eyebrows like an owl swooping in." So, write that down as well Tasha. And grab yourself another doughnut for Merlin's sake.

He glanced around the room at everyone. Anything else? No? Good. Then they could get to work right away.

"Unless there is anything anyone else is burning to ask or get off their chest, we can call this meeting adjourned and get to work."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tegz

SPOILER!!: bossman

Brows. So, hang on then, Rusty eyed Aron, he was wanting him to... what, take the lead on this? That was fine and dandy and all but... money. If he was supposed to be working outside of, or above his own particular job description, then Rusty would much rather be paid for it. He had a kid at home ~~the Leaky~~ after all.

"In person will be a good way to scope out the other locations and assess risk." For memo dropping he meant. So yeah sure.

The telephone thing sounded pretty good.

And the meeting was over?

Rusty didn't move, because if he was gonna be taking point on things... then Aron had to come to the table with some incentive, even if the table was currently in two bits on the ground.

Jade nodded in response to Aron's assignment adding a "Yes, of course". She couldn't quite believe that there wasn't much information to go on but then it had just happened and in a way that probably took the highest ranking Ministry Officials by surprise. Because who would have thought that the actual Ministry would disappear.

After Aron had finished talking, Jade wandered over to Rusty who looked a bit put out in her opinion. Having not worked with the man before, she wasn't sure what she was in for. But they had to work together so she put on a smile and said, "I guess that we're working together on the patrol thing. So, um, I was wondering what you had in mind."

Really smooth Jade She inwardly cringed.

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