It took a minute of focusing to realize that someone was talking to her. Blake blinked a few times and turned to the woman, "Blake." she told her as way of an introduction.

Mandie smiled and held out her hand, "I'm from the Muggle-Worthy excuse committee you?" The woman had looked slightly startled by Mandie's greeting. Mandie raised her eyebrows slightly and continued, "I'm new here, just came from Wizarding University; I studied Muggle Association. I don't suppose you've gone to University, Dianna? You look like a Hogwarts Graduate,"

Dianna accepted Mandie's hand. "I'm in the Accidental Reversal Squad" Dianna made a small smile. Soon, she released the hand shake. "I'm new here too." Dianna nodded. "I haven't went to other schools aside Hogwarts and a little Muggle preschool."

"Hello, are you new here?" Utau asked, her blonde hair turned dark indigo without her noticing it and her eyes shifted from purple to green as she smiled.

Kammy simply smiled.
"Or you could be healthy. Probably better than these things, anyways. Full of sugar and fat..." she commented with a small chuckle, a twinkle in her eye.

She grabbed a carrot, following Natasha's suit, and smile pleasantly as she consumed it..well, it was not doughnut. But maybe it would cancel out all the fattening substances int he doughnut...that's not logical at all, she thought to herself, still smiling at the other woman.

Constance smiled, deciding only then that she liked Kammy Patricia. "Kammy Patricia, it is then!"

Ma'am?

Oh she could get used to that.

"Yes we are. I am ready to start sailing," Constance added - chuckling briefly.


Mandie? Not Madie?

"Oh. I am so sorry, dear." Constance apologized, instantly. "Nice to meet you MANDIE Elliot!"

Constance's eyebrow rose. "What is unsettling, may I ask?" she asked, at once - her attention fully devoted to the next person who had spoken.

A person who had not done a introduction.


Constance smiled seeing the girl's obvious embarrassment. Obviously, she did not want to make the girl uncomfortable - so she smiled warmly and heard her introduction.

"It's really nice to meet you, Natasha Montgorse-Ayre" Constance said, smiling still.

"Don't you want to add anything, dear?" Constance asked, noticing the quite person in the crowd.

Gabi raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow. Meet with her after the meeting? Interesting. She couldn't be set up for a promotion this early, so Gabi had no idea what the department head would want to talk to her about. Whatever it was, she knew it couldn't be anything bad, of course--she'd barely been at this job more than five minutes. Not like she could have done anything bad or offensive yet.

"Of course," she said with a smile. Since the woman was preoccupied with other employees right now, she wandered over to the bagels that the man named Gavin had brought in and picked one up. Mmmmm. Finally something edible. She smiled at the man, who was being quiet and unsocial in the corner. Gabi wasn't usually the center of attention either, as other people usually were not worth bothering with, so she had a distinct feeling this man might be one of the ones she got along with in this office.

"Thanks for bringing the bagels. I didn't want to be rude but...donuts are not really my taste," she said with a smile. Yes. No saturated fats and all that for her.

"Oh, you went to a Muggle school," Mandie said, "I've never been to Muggle school, what's it like?" She smiled and nodded, "I was home-schooled until Hogwarts. Even if I was a squib I don't reckon I would've gone to Muggle school. My father was a bit of a pure-blood maniac; I would probably have been disowned really," Mandie shook her head bitterly.

Mandie looked over her shoulder at Constance as she apologized, "That's okay!" She said warmly and continued talking to Dianna.

Pureblood maniac? Her father? Now, Dianna could see where she got her insanity. Dianna sipped from her cup and nodded. "It's okay. Not really bad." Dianna remembered everything during her preschool times. The small slide she played with her Muggle childhood friend Kate Johnson. She remembered the little guy who used to have a crush on her. What was his name? Oh, Niko Walter. Dianna didn't fancy him, nor did anyone of the, since he was a bad kid. But Dianna remembered the time she accidentally used magic without her knowing it.

During a classmate's party, Niko had pulled a prank on Kate because she and he got into a fight. Dianna was so furious at him that she used magic absentmindedly. Niko fell into a pool during a game and he actually didn't know how to swim. Yeah, Dianna didn't regret that one. It was funny.

"Very true," Gabi said with a head nod. Sweets were a temptation for her--something she had to regularly monitor if she wanted to keep her good figure. She'd reward herself every once in a while, but she had to be a good role model for Tucker. She didn't want him turning into one of those kids who sat around all day playing muggle video games instead of being outside and being active.

Not that she'd ever allow those ridiculous muggle contraptions in her house, of course.

"What division are you in?" she asked him. She had noticed that he made no introduction when they went around the room, and even if he had that didn't mean she had listened to it. She already forgot most the names of the people in here, and where they worked.

Mandie smiled and glanced at the table full of food, "I'm just going to fill up my drink," She said and wandered off to the food table, filling up her glass with the bubbly muggle drink called "lemonade" she decided she liked it almost as much a Butterbeer.

She'd had it on occasion as part of her course at Wizarding University. Mandie remembered one small work gathering she had had at University that included the mother of a Hogwarts student she knew. Mandie wandered back over to Dianna again and sipped her drink, looking around the room at the many people chatting and eating.

At least they were like-minded in that sense. Gavin tilted his head slightly as she asked what division he was since he had said it before in introductions. The man then silently berating himself for thinking everyone would remember everyone else after one mention.

"Obli--Office of Misinformation," he answered having started to say Oblivator division when he stopped and corrected himself. Gavin really had to work on that, the switch seeming to be harder then when he had actually switched divisions, but then he guessed that might be because he was so used to refering it one way even when he didn't work within and Frida was head.

"And you're from Experimental Charms...am I right?" Gavin asked, think back to what he heard but unsure he matched face with job.

Dianna took a sip of her juice. "Oh, sure." Dianna let Mandie go. Dianna clearly had a lot going on today. Meeting the Department Head and... stuff about her being the youngest employee in the Department... but not only that, probably the whole Ministry.

Natasha frowned. This was not the way in which people normally reacted to her and she had already decided that it was infuriating. She looked again at the offending doughnut and sighed. It did indeed look like it was stuffed to the brim with sugar and fat...

But that wasn't enough to make Natasha eat it. Sure, maybe deep down she wanted to eat the doughnut, but like she was gonna admit that to herself...

She nibbled yet again on her carrot stick in a conclusive manner. This really does taste awful, she thought to herself.

Natasha saw the bright smile that Constance was giving her and decided that she had evidently already spotted her efficient manner and positive attitude towards work. Not long before I'm promoted then, she thought to herself smugly.

'I am gratified to meet you myself,' Natasha replied sweetly. 'In fact, I already feel as though we're going to get on well with one another.' She yanked her expression into what she thought of as an endearing smile before continuing. 'I know that I will soon become a valuable asset to this department and will, of course, be able to assist you in any way necessary - such as overseeing new staff recruitments, perhaps?' she suggested. 'And, naturally, dismissals... I am afraid that I have already noticed that there are certain employees who just don't quite meet the standards neccessary for their jobs.' Her gaze shifted to Gavin as if to show just who she thought needed firing.

Kammy raised her eyebrow at the other woman. She wasn't saying anything...maybe she had lost the ability to talk? Hmm...but she could speak yesterday? Kammy was confused? She finished her doughnut and threw the napkin away in the garbage. Now. Was there any coffee here?
"Have you seen the coffee? I need some...desperately," she asked Natasha. It was all part of being an adult, drinking coffee. Kammy had always seen the adults do it...so naturally, as soon as she started her real job, she had taken to drinking the really strong stuff. She liked it almost black. Nice and bitter.

EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION - IC DATE 1 JAN 2078, 9AM

Althea hadn't liked putting the orientation off, but with Isobel's wedding it had been necessary and besides it was nice being able to ease the new employees into things and allow them to get their bearings before throwing them in the deep end.

Thea had some nibbles laid out, and a few jugs of water and juice and the like, but the nibbles were covered, though the smells suggested something sweet and also perhaps varied sandwiches.

She sat near the front and waited with a quill and paper in front of her, as well as a stack of files. It was about ten minutes to nine.

Ashley Green checked her watch for what was probably the hundredth time as she hurried towards the conference room. She was quite eager to attend the employee orientation, especially since her initial encounter with the new department head had been quite brief. The blonde was curious about the woman and in all honesty quite excited for whatever changes the woman had in store for them.

Opening the door to the room, Ashley slipped in and noted that she was one of the first people to arrive. Much better than being late, she supposed. Offering the department head a smile, she headed towards the seat on the woman's left, and sat down before smoothing out her dress. "Hello, I'm Ashley Green. I'm pleased to officially meet you, Ms. Schirmer" Ash said sincerely, before extending her hand to the department head.

Derek and Althea already met during his job interview, righty right? =B
 

Charlotte actually loved meeting people, including her co-workers and the head of course. But then she just hated the feeling and the atmosphere throughout a meeting, always serious and stuffy.

She quickly rushed into the conference room and hopefully they were not talking about those very serious issue again. Since it was the employee orientation so she guessed that it would be okay.

She opened the door and stepped inside the room. She gave everyone a smile and greeted the department head. "Good day,"she said politely."Charlotte Wellington." She the took a seat and waited for the head to start off this meeting.

and a Derek mention
 

Ashley was relieved that other people had started coming into the conference room. Not that she was afraid of being alone with the department head, it just was nice to not be alone in the spotlight, at least for the moment. She watched as blonde woman approached the table albeit quite cheerfully, and sat down across from the boss lady. So they knew eachother then, judging by the way she greeted the woman. And oh, now she was looking at Ash. Putting on her best smile, the blonde nodded. "You're right, I don't believe we have. I'm Ashley Green." And she extended her hand to her coworker. "It's nice to meet you, Natasha."

As more people filed in, Ashley noted that she didn't see too many familiar faces. Not that that was too surprising, the blonde was still relatively new to the department herself and hadn't seen much action since she started her position. Perhaps it was a good thing she had decided to attend this orientation after all.

Derek. Heh. Ashley offered him a genuine smile when he entered the room, noting right off the bat that he seemed a bit uncomfortable. She wished the poor guy would relax a bit. His uneasiness was even starting to make her uncomfortable. She made a mental note to invite him to get some food with her sometime or something. Maybe try and figure him out a bit. That was good friendly employee protocol anyway, yeah?

Violet walked into the room, giving a courteous nod to the people in the room already. Violet hadn't really met many people in her department, including the new department head yet, so needless to say she was a little bit nervous. But, Violet knew how to carry herself and was keeping herself calm.