this is for anybody here but special shout out to Lex ^_^
 

I am too lazy to reply to everyone individual... So this happened
 

Michelle was right. The buffet table WAS popular.She nodded at the people who said "Hello" to her She wasn't in the mood to repeat herself. So to save everyone's time, she blurted out, in her "Hello. My name is Michelle Harrison. I just moved to London, from America, I just got a job in the Magical Transportation department"., loud enough for everyone around the buffet table. 'There that should cover everything.' Michelle blushed when the realization of what she just did hit her.

Turning to glance at the blond woman beside her in an equally fancy dress Sophie nodded. "Thank you. Which punch flavour did you try?" It was hard to tell from just looking at the woman’s glass. Holding out her hand for a shake Sophie said with small smile pursing her lips. "I'm pleased to meet you Alana. I’m Sophie Connolly. I work in Accidents and Catastrophes."

"What does the Mysteries department do?" Sophie couldn’t help but ask. She had always wondered that but had never asked but now she could since she was standing next to an actual employee of the Mysteries department.

Turning to a dark haired man that had arrived behind her she said "I'd like a glass of punch too if you don't mind?" Of the least suspicious looking flavour. "I'm Sophie Connolly by the way, Accidents and Catastrophes."

Turning to the energetic younger brunette who spoke up to answer her question Sophie nodded to her not feeling at all reassured by the younger woman's words. "I uh thank you I think. I've heard what has happened at past ministry orientations and would like to not become another food poison victim." And given with what she worked with on a daily basis that was just common sense and self protectiom. "I'm Sophie Connolly. I work in Accidents and Catastrophes."

Sophie was happy when at least one familiar face in the form of Simon, made his presence known by her side and also answered her punch question. "Hey Simon!" moving to give him a friendly hug in greeting, she asked as she pulled away from him. "You're not on security detail tonight?"

And goodness just when he thought nobody can be louder than Lex in a crowd-- this happened.

Cue more spilling of his drink.

Ok so she's new, and loud typically American but kindred spirit this one is... well sort of. The former Ravenclaw offered his hand as he introduced himself "H-Hi Michelle, welcome to the Department of Transportation. I work there too. My name's Vincenzo Vanderbilt. Uhm just call me Vickers if thats a mouthful." because it is.

Whoa....a part of his duties...."Epic. You must have seen everywhere by now. Are YATI required to do rounds? Can I do rounds with you anyway?" Stupid question, she'd follow him regardless of permission but it'd jumbled out before she could think better of it. There went that whole seeking forgiveness rather than permission rule. Great.

"And what'd you mean they learned their lesson?" Lex heard what he'd replied to that lady when she asked about the punch. "Has it been spiked before...?" If so, she was seriously eyeing everyone who'd already taken a sip and was re-thinking her own cup. Can't be constantly vigilant when you were under whatever potion your attacker saw fit and she needed to be READY!

But back to this guy right here. "What else do you do as security? Have there been any break ins where you've had to tackle people to the ground and wrestle them into cuffs?" Yes? YES? Aurors could do that do, only with excessive force so she wasn't too jealous if the answer turned out to be yes for real but at the same time, how cool would that be?



Know something? She was used to that look of disbelief, the one where people felt like she was young and by extension naive among other things so Alexa simply nommed on her cupcake and waited for this one to get over the fact she was going to be running the Auror Division one day. Of course she meant what she said and said what she meant so...whatchu gonna do bro?

"Remember my name, I mean it; Alexa Cambridge. I'm gonna be in charge one day." The look she gave him was perfectly serious too however calm and casual her voice managed to remain.

Lex took another bite of her sugary treat while waiting on whatever introduction he would offer. Wait. What if he was Head Auror? It would explain why he got so weird about her proclamation but no, this dude did one better and had her choking on her cupcake before she put it down completely. "No...freakin'...way." Whatever look she had before was replaced by one of complete awe...almost sparkly eyed actually. "You..." Ex-Convict?? A FREAKIN' EX-CONVICT. "Incredible. What'd they haul you in for? How many'd you kill? What would you do different? It was Azkaban wasn't it? Oh man I've heard stuff about there. More than a pretty face, dangerous too." So OF COURSE she was stepping closer with a wide smile, keeping an eye on this one for sure, for however long he was allowed to stay before Simon made him leave.

"Tell me you used some curses. I've been working to learn as many as I can and YOU could give me suggestions." This wasn't quite the level she hit with Vinteren fangirling but oh my. He even knew that Auror's weren't rude in events. So well read he must have been. Wooooowwwww.



It was hard to believe that something could catch her attention after Mr. Ex-Convict here but something DID...or rather...someone. "Vickers!" Grin firmly in place, Lex waved enthusiastically at the guy she hadn't seen in forever and ages but that stopped suddenly when she remembered she was newly graduated from Hogwarts and he owed her an adventure.

"Oi! Where's my near death experience?? With real monsters." He'd tried arguing about monsters being figurative at one point but she was having none of that. Tell her he hadn't forgotten because it was one of the only things to tide her over in all this time.

An American eh? "What made you move here?" It was always kinda interesting to know what prompted people to no longer stay in their own countries. Lex had met a few Americans in her time, for the most part they were decent people.

So THAT was the story behind the drinks in this place. "Neat." If you got past the whole poisoning thing it was actually quite intriguing. "D'you know what happened to the people who were poisoned?" They might have died...but then that would hit the Prophets and her father would have read it and told her about it. Considering that wasn't the case, she was willing to assume they lived.

"I'm Alexa...or just Lex. Official Auror in training in the YATI program. What'd you do in Accidents and Catastrophes?" Was this another case of if I tell you I have to kill you????

A bit short.. I am multitasking....
 

Michelle blushed even more when she realized she possibly started him. 'Way to go.' She shook his hand. She smiled when she found he was in the same department, he seemed friendly. "Nice to meet you, Vickers. So how is like working in the Department of Transportation, and the Ministry of Magic in general? She asked.

Michelle bit her lip, before answering "Well my parents died in a fire last year, leaving just my sister and I. One day I found out that we have roots here in England. So we decided to move here, using some of the money our parents left us." She finished up, hoping she wasn't babbling.

Literally everyone here. lol
 

Alana, Lex, Simon, William(lulz), Michelle, and.....DEREK.
 

Anyone can claim ^_^
 

Jasmine & anyone else can grab
 

Anyone who knew Geneveive Branxton at all knew that she'd make a beeline for the food first thing. How was she supposed to hobnob with her co-workers on an empty stomach? The Auror grabbed up a woefully insufficient plate and filled it with a towering pyramid of whatever looked good, nearly running over another woman who looked overwhelmed by all the food choices.

"Marvy, right? Just take a little of what you want now, and you can wrap up the really good stuff in your purse on your way past later. The puff things go stale after three days and anything with sauce is a mistake, but I had dinner for nearly a week after one of these events." Not lately, of course, not since she'd been a poor YATI and trying to keep herself and Selina alive.

Oh. OH A LEX right here. How exciting! Talking to... oh. Merlin.

for anyone :3
 

Anyone can take Annabelle :)
 

Ooohhh, there was something she didn't hear as often as she'd have liked to. She had spirit, this lady had just said so. "I've been told. I've also been told it'll do me some real good in this line of work so I'm excited to get started." The sooner she could throw herself into the work, the better.

Instinctively, Lex's eyes fell to the floor at the mention of it being ruined if she were to hypothetically get killed there. Funny how she'd actually forgotten about that and about the fact that someone would be in charge of cleaning it after. "Is it some kind of contract? Or an unbreakable vow they make you lot sign when they employ you?" That might have been why she wasn't allowed to say.

"How do you even apply for a job like that if they don't openly say what they have and are all super secretive?"

You know when you asked a question then felt like a real jerk once you got the answer? Lex was having one of those moments right now. "Whoa. Sounds rough." Losing one was bad enough but losing both? Merlin Lex didn't wanna think about what would have happened if she'd lost her father too. One loss was enough.

Even worse yet, she had a sister she had to be bothered with too. For the briefest moment Alexa tried imagining her father passing on and leaving Jessa in her care but quickly came to the conclusion that she'd have abandoned her sister shortly after so best to avoid that subject altogether. Apparently some people actually liked their siblings. Fancy that. "What made you so interested in joining the Transportation section?"



Scary? Lex never actually thought about it that way...wow...her....scary. A few kids had said as much back when she was at Hogwarts but it was hardly the same as when someone in the big fancy world said it. Lex was beaming by now. "I wouldn't really say I'm scary, just totally awesome and fierce and epic!" Not a conceited thought at all, it was simply what it was and what Auror life would do to her. Obviously.

Then she mentioned Penelope and Lex's face lit up. "You know Penelope?!" Smaaaall world inside the Ministry, wasn't it? "She was my Housemate until last year, we were on the same Quidditch team too." And now they'd be on the same training team, it was pretty neat.

To say she was disappointed Emily had left before she could meet her was an understatement given everything Zeke had said about her but right now Lex was too busy being impressed to think about that. "You got banned?? Wicked! What for? Did you set off explosions? Cause someone an arm? A leg?" HOW did one get banned from a level?

From the corner of her eyes she caught the distinctive head of blonde hair make its way to the table. Forgetting the conversations she happened to be a part of at the moment, Alexa fixed her full attention on Vivi with a grin. "I was wondering when you'd show up. You can't rub off on me if you're not here and--and look!" She pointed to Sabel with renewed enthusiasm. " Says he's an ex-convict! How cool is that?!"

A nice looking ex-convict, surely Vivi could appreciate him for this fact too. "Also," because she was curious about this too. "Why are you giving advice on stuffing things into purses?" Should she have been taking notes? Must have been some survival thing for Aurors. If that was the case she needed to start learning that now.

"I don't have a purse, can I stuff my food in yours?" And NEXT time she'd remember her own because this might be official business.

Hey...hey wasn't that that guy that called himself a king when he showed up to the Gryffindor table at the Hogwarts Reunion. "I didn't know you had a job." Actual awe here. What Department did he belong to? Must have been something very showy. She'd probably be able to guess if she knew more about the individual departments. Something to look into for later.

"D'you call yourself a king here too?"

Carol nodded in thanks as she was handed the cup of punch. "Thanks for this. My name's Carol."

Carol thought for a moment about how to explain her job. She was still getting her head around it. She then took a breath and began explaining.

"A magical product tester tests any foreign made wizarding object for any faults that may deem it unsafe. I've got to make sure the item functions properly by checking such things as the parts, the charm work on the item, etc," Carol replied. Her face then grimaced.

"I sound like an instruction leaflet," Carol said, laughing slightly.

*throws her here for anyone to grab* :3
 

Quick post!
 

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What.

Alana jolted once again as the girl screamed loudly at her with a blaring HIIII and she rubbed her ear for a couple seconds afterwards. She HAD said hi. Was this girl crazy? Obviously. She had to be.

W-wait. Did she just say pest control? Alana couldn't help but try to stifle a laugh because how could she control pests if she was one herself? Oooh, burn. "Alana Ritter. An unspeakable at dee department ov Mysteries." She said, holding out a hand for the girl to shake. "And vat do you do at dee pest control?" Did she really want the girl to know? Eh.



Spirit was definitely something to have in all lines of work, at least that's what Alana thought. Hopefully this girl didn't have too much spirit or else Alana felt bad for Lex's co-workers. "'M also very excited to get started. I hav yet to meet someone who I vill be vorking vith. It seems like only MLE people are here." She said, looking around them.

Contract? Alana never had signed a contract or had made an unbreakable vow...yet, but she wouldn't let Lex know that. The more mysterious the better, right? Or maybe she just liked messing with the younger girl. Heh. "Somezing like zat." She smiled. Her next question though got her stumped and she simply shrugged. "Zat is top secret too."



So she was right.

Alana laughed a little as Carol said she was an instruction leaflet. "Vell zat is the only zing you're going on. You haven't vorked yet so zat is vats in your mind." She nodded. Alana didn't really have an entire idea of what is was going to be like working as a charmist, but she hoped it would be fun. "'M not allowed to say vat my job is, I'm an unspeakable." She nodded. "It is cool though...I hope." She smiled.

"So do you liv here, in London? I just moved from Germany to here."



Alana continued sipping at her deep orange punch out of her crystal goblet when she heard someone say something to her right. She turned to see another woman with extravagant hair looking at the food.

"How is dee vine? I zink dee punch is a leetle too citrus-y for me." She said, in her German accent.



Alana turned to grab some more of the chicken sliders and watched a younger girl seem to debate on what to have. "Dee chicken sliders are very delicious. I recommend those...and maybe ze deep orange punch. I have yet to try ze vine, but I zink I might have to." She said, giving her a small smile.

Everybody, especially MLE
 

gets this in quick before i am taken :3
 

He shook her hand in return and smiled genuinely "Oh well its Transportation, it can be quite interesting, I mean we manage the all the transportation issues-- floo, apparition, brooms... carpets. Sometimes." Yeah he still remembered that one incident where he was made to chase an errant flying carpet across three floors. "You know things like those. And working at the UK Ministry of Magic is good, its stable."he counts his blessings.

"Where from the States are you from? I'm from Upstate New York."


Well it seems like it was just old times isnt it? Except swap the Great Hall for the Ministry interiors. But then suddenly Lex went badgering him about "--What near death experience?" he blinked. Why would he give Lex something that sounded so terrifying? "Real monsters?" Clearly he didnt have a clue what she was talking about.... Oh wait "Wait.... wait I remember something......"pause "Ah yes, your graduation present. Right I kinda missed out on that." He forgot? Or had a moment of confusion. It whirls in his head from time to time. "Its.... it was a trip. We could still go. I dont know about monsters but the beasts of the wild can quite raise your pulse."

"Unspeakable sounds very interesting and mysterious. I wish you all the best, love. I have lived in London for about two years. I am originally from Australia."

Legend and Lex and Jasmine
 

"Bossman," Genevieve wasn't really surprised to see Legend there at the buffet, not when he was always so much more a man of action than words. And what was the number one action at parties like this? Eating. Obviously.

"Try the meatball things. They have a little kick to them." You know what this party needed? A food tour guide, and no one was better suited to it than Genevieve Branxton.

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Originally Posted by Jasmine As Jasmine was filling up her plate, she didn't realize a women was right next to her. She turned around and gave her a friendly smile. She heard the women called her Marvy? Ermm that wasn't her name. "I am Jasmine.." she said trailing on introducing herself. She didn't understand what she meant by Marvy. She never heard that term used before. Jazz heard her advice and nodded. She seemed to be knowing what she was talking about. "I will keep that in mind, thank you..." she trailed off and asked, "And your name is?" As soon as she asked, she saw the woman's attention turn to someone else and that is when someone else caught her eyes.

"Marvy... marvelous? Nevermind. I'm Genevieve," she had to juggle her towering plate a bit to offer a hand to the other woman. She didn't recognize her, but that didn't necessarily mean the woman was a new employee. It was a big building, and Genevieve spent most of her time outside the building anyway.

"I'm a little passionate when it comes to food. Sorry."

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo (Post 11725000) From the corner of her eyes she caught the distinctive head of blonde hair make its way to the table. Forgetting the conversations she happened to be a part of at the moment, Alexa fixed her full attention on Vivi with a grin. "I was wondering when you'd show up. You can't rub off on me if you're not here and--and look!" She pointed to Sabel with renewed enthusiasm. " Says he's an ex-convict! How cool is that?!" A nice looking ex-convict, surely Vivi could appreciate him for this fact too. "Also," because she was curious about this too. "Why are you giving advice on stuffing things into purses?" Should she have been taking notes? Must have been some survival thing for Aurors. If that was the case she needed to start learning that now. "I don't have a purse, can I stuff my food in yours?" And NEXT time she'd remember her own because this might be official business.

She was happy to abandon her towering plate of food to give the little lion cub a cuddle. "I don't miss these parties, kiddo. Free food and an opportunity to wear my fancy togs and rub elbows with my boss. It blows my mind to see you here, though. You're still my baby lion."

It was cute that Lex was introducing Genevieve to Sabel, who was a fellow Auror. "I've met Sabel before. He works in our office, and he isn't an ex-con or he couldn't get a job in MLE. Don't believe that line." She made a face at Sabel and opened her purse to let Lex store food inside. Extending charms were amazing.

...I think I got everyone?...
 

So apparently he was drink server for the night. That was cool with him, though he really wasn't sure why people were still asking him for drinks when he had just proclaimed his ex-convict status. Yeah, Emily would have hexed him by now. Damien, would have been grinning like a lunatic.

He glanced to the punches before picking up a glass, giving it a little twirl and filling it with green punch. Because green punch was safe, right? Especially a strange, radioactive color. "Pleasure, Sophie." He handed her the glass. "Sabel Dakest." And that was enough of an introduction for now.

Thought that facade thing, he realized hadn't been just in front of his fellow MLEr's. It had been in front of other departments. That may be something he should fix....

SPOILER!!: Carol

[QUOTE=Ginevra;11725087]Carol nodded in thanks as she was handed the cup of punch. "Thanks for this. My name's Carol."

Sabel's attention skipped to the woman he had just served punch to, nodding a bit. "Sabel." Er. "Dakest." Yeah it was getting harder to introduce himself to people now that he had gone and opened his mouth. "Nice to meet you."

Less words, Dakest. Less words.


And then there was this girl. This Alexa Cambridge. He was aware of how unintimidating it was for a proclaimed ex-convict to be starting down wide-eyed at the girl, but he couldn't help it. No, he wouldn't be forgetting her name. Ever. In fact, he'd be worrying about it. Every. Single. Night.

This girl....was. Wait, why was she moving closer? And what was with that.......A pretty face? Sabel felt his face heat at the same time his disbelief spiked. Dangerous, yes. At least she got it half right? But what was this now? Curses too? She was working on them? Just....what?

Sabel wanted to facepalm, but he was too focused on trying not to drop his drink in what was a mixture of shock and a great deal of amusement. Honestly, he didn't know whether to shake the girl or laugh at her. She was excited about meeting a convict? Most Aurors or Auror's-to-be wanted to deck a criminal, or give them a hard run-down.

This, was a first. And a problem. A big problem.

And it seemed that she wasn't the only one who believed his story. The other woman in their small circle seemed convinced, but more appropriately reserved. What department was she in again?

As he was trying to untie his tongue to figure out how to best answer the slew of questions so as to hopefully make the girl somewhat afraid of the convict titled, Simon stepped in. Gracefully and without hesitation or pause. Smooth, Bennett. Very smooth. Almost like he had rehearsed this before. Now, could Sabel pull off his end of being the creepy villain?

He wasn't sure. Even the thought of saying some of the things that came to mind made his skin crawl. And he couldn't talk mean, let alone act mean. Not to someone he had no ill will towards. And really, his face just didn't contort into such expressions. From the corner of his eye, he saw Legend and Genevieve approaching. This could either end up in a lot of laughs, or a lot of scoldings. One thing was for sure. Emily would kill them. One-hundred percent kill them if she ever found out.

Clearing his throat, Sabel turned back towards Alexa with his best knowing smile, patting Simon on the shoulder. "Might. This guy's always got high hopes for me. Sadly, I disappoint. Most of the time. Azkaban knows me well." He let out a whistle and shake of his head to accent the point.

As for the rest of her questions, no. Just no. He couldn't even joke about that stuff. Maybe she would be satisfied with a non-answer, though it wasn't particularly terrifying enough to be a good learning lesson.


And then there was Genevieve. In part, he was disappointed that the charade ended so early, but on the other hand, he was grateful to her. He hadn't known what he had bitten off when he had tried to pull the wool over the girl's eyes. And really, he hadn't intended it to work, let alone go so far as Alexa showing him off as her new-found-ex-convict.

And it was no wonder she had blown his cover. It seemed that the two were quite close, what with the cuddles, 'baby lion' and talk of purse stuffing. That was close friend talk for sure. On top of that tidbit of information, Alexa was a Gryffindor. That, explained a lot.

Holding up his hands Sabel made a playful face at Genevieve. Totes adults, here, just having a bit of fun. "Alright, alright. You got me."

Lowering one hand, he picked up Alexa's cupcake to hand back to her with a friendly smile. "Sabel Dakest, honestly. But Genevieve is right, Auror. Not ex-convict." She wouldn't cram the icing topped desert in his face in horrible disappointment, right? "Just thought I'd see what type of reaction I could get."

And it wasn't a good one. Not in his books. Genevieve got a look for that. Was she worried for her baby lion, because he sure was.

MLE people....cuz I suck at quoting
 

For anyone and Vic ^_^