Ella smiled and stood up as Manolo did. "Sounds like a good plan." She was looking forward to training him the following day. "Anytime, Manolo. Thanks for stopping by! And I will tell my mother," she said with a small laugh, putting his tea cup back onto the shelf behind her. "Have a good rest of the day."

A purple paper airplane, complete with the emblem of the Ministry of Magic stamped along its sides, makes its ways through the lifts and corridors of the Ministry of Magic. Reaching its destination, the interdepartmental memo comes to rest in front of its intended recipient.

When unfolded, it reads:

Hands at his side, Dexter stood at the door to his department head's office. After having read the announcement she had posted earlier, he felt the need to converse with the woman and offer up an idea. He had yet to formally meet her as well and he figured now was as good a time as any to do that, really.

So there he stood, hand raised to the door as he gave it a rap.

After she had posted the notice on the bulletin board, Ella had returned to her office to look through some papers and have a couple sips of tea before she needed to grab the bloodhounds and head down to the food court. As soon as she entered her office, Ella began heating up some water for her tea. Just a few minutes after she had closed her door and began searching for the Bloodhound papers, Ella heard a knock. "It's open!" she called as she dug through her filing cabinet at the opposite end of the office.

After twisting the knob, Dexter paused in the doorway. His eyes had been caught by the moving window in the back. It had vaguely reminded him of the stain glass one his parents had owned. It was gorgeous in all honesty. Which was why it had caught him so off guard.

With a slight shake of his head and a thrust of his hand into the pocket of his jeans, the normally underdressed man moved a bit further into the office before uttering the woman's name. "Ms. Wellington?" He paused for a moment, taking in the rest of the office as he waited for a response.

When Ella heard the door open, she was still digging through one of her filing cabinets. She didn't hear anyone speak for a moment, but she soon found the file she was looking for and pulled it out. Ella stood back up as soon as the man said her name and she spotted him just inside the doorway. Dexter Bronwyn, chief committee agent for the disposal of dangerous creatures. She was proud of herself for remembering that even though they hadn't officially met before.

"Mr. Bronwyn," Ella replied as she walked over to the man with a small smile. She set the file on her desk and extended her hand for him to shake. "What can I do for you?" She asked, walking around the desk to her teapot. "Tea?"

Dexter gave a slight nod at the woman when she'd said his name. He was a bit surprised that she'd known it. But then again- she was the boss and she'd hired him. So, she supposed his application had made an impression? Or perhaps she was just brilliant with names. Either way, he approached the desk further and opened his mouth. "Just got some questions 'bout the outbreak, ma'am."

He was not yet use to not being in charge and having no one working under him, but he supposed he ought to educate himself on what was going on within the new work place. "The infected- they free roamin' yeh?" Or had the ministry finally rounded them up and he had not heard about it? He hoped so.

"Yeh. Tea'd be nice, thank ya."

Questions about the outbreak, of course. That seemed to be quite the popular topic. "Ask away. And take a seat, if you want." she said, nodding to the chairs in front of her desk as she grabbed two small teacups from the cupboard in her large bookshelf.

"No," she replied. "Law Enforcement is currently working on rounding up all of the infected and quarantining them in a holding room on level two. There are a few there already, actually, and I do believe they are still on the hunt for more." So hopefully, if there were any contagions, they would be put under control. Ella turned back around and set the two cups of her favorite tea from Spain on the desk before sitting in her comfortable desk chair.

"Right. Thanks ma'am." But he didn't take the seat. He preferred standing anyway. So that's what he did as his eyes followed her around the room as she went from the filing cabinet to cupboard and back toward the desk.

"Do they know how many's on the loose? How many are infected?" Just curious really. Originally, he was going to suggest to her that they ought to use the bloodhound cages to hold any and all of the infected. But he supposed that the law enforcement had it all under control. Seemed that way, really. The infected were sort of like animals anyway, weren't they? Plus, the bloodhounds could be housed elsewhere. But now that there was no need for that he just nodded. "They figure out how it's spread yet?" Should he be down in the juice bar asking these questions rather than pestering her? Probably.

One more question though.. "About the bloodhounds, ma'am- I haven't met none of that team. How should I... Proceed?" He'd really like to know where they've been. Hadn't spotted one member yet. The whole teamwork thing didn't work out so well if the team wasn't around.

He wasn't going to sit..? That was fine, but Ella remained seated and sipped her tea. More good questions that no one had the answer to, though. "We don't know how many are infected, except for the few that we already have quarantined. We also don't know how IF it is contagious. If it is, I assume there are some of is getting infected as we speak... but I haven't seen the number of infected grow significantly. But we can't be sure either way." She had noticed Isobel drooling in the meeting and her husband had definitely seemed to think it was this infection. Ella wondered how long that had been going on... And she really hoped it wasn't contagious.

"We don't know how it's spread, either. If it's being spread." Because they still weren't sure if it was contagious or not.

As for the bloodhounds... Ella took another drink of her tea and stood up again. "Actually, the bloodhounds do not fall under your jurisdiction. They're under the Pest Subdivision and you are in the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures Comittee. " They were similar, but different. Meh. "With that being said, the Bloodhound Leader is currently out of office and our only other employee in that area is our intern. I'm about to go down to the food court right now with some bloodhounds for the investigation." Ella flipped through the bloodhound file on her desk again and downed the rest of her tea. "If you would join me, I'm sure we could use your expertise in the investigation."

Dexter watched her sip her tea, having almost forgotten already that she had made him one too. With a somewhat sheepish grin, he reached for the second cup and took a rather large sip. Almost burning his tongue in the process. He winced slightly and put the cup right back where he found it, deciding he'd pick it back up in a few minutes, after it cooled a bit more. "Tha's what the meetin's fer then? To try and figure tha' out?" Honestly, he wanted to know why all of the ministry employees and employers had to take care of this and not some healers from St. Mango's or whatever the name of the closest wizarding hospital was.

"... So it's entirely possible that we might all be infe'ted? Tha's a scary thought, ma'am."

He nodded. "Yeh, I know. I was just 'posed to be working with them. Wasn't I? I couldn't find none of them. Tha's wot I meant." Out of office? Well that made a lot of sense. Did that mean- Was the intern in charge? This confused him. A lot. He was still settling into the whole ministry chain of command and that- that was just odd to him. But he realized enough that now was not the time to voice this. Maybe some other time when an infection wasn't the main concern here. "Right. Well- I'd be happy to lend yer a hand."

Ella was too concentrated on scanning the bloodhound files that she didn't notice Dexter burn his tongue on his tea. Whoops. Did she not mention that tea was hot? She nodded at his question. "Well it's not so much of a meeting as it is an investigation." Like she said. "But yes, we will be trying to figure out the cause."

A scary thought indeed... Ella didn't want to get him too worried though. "I do want to assure you, Mr. Bronwyn, that we will get this taken care of. as soon as possible. There's nothing to worry about." ... Yet.

Oh, right. Okay. That made sense. "Yes, we are kind of short on employees at the moment. I've been having to train the intern myself. Not that I mind." But anyway. Ella sighed and closed the file after deciding which bloodhounds to take on the job. "I appreciate your willingness. Anything else I can answer for you?"

Hadley had been away from work on a 'work excursion' which seemed to her to be a failure. She sighed. She had been back a few days and had decided to meet the new Head. She left when Atticus was head, but she knew nothing about this current lady.

She walked up to her door, extended her hand and knocked three times.

Ella had been organizing the mess on her desk and searching for an owl she had received earlier the day before when she heard a knock on her office door. Grabbing her wand, she flicked it towards the door and it opened. "Come on in," she said to the woman outside. She didn't necessarily look familiar, but Ella hadn't gotten a good look yet. "How can I help you?"

Hadley smiled at the woman as she walked in towards her. She held out her hand and said "Hello, Miss... Mrs. Wellington," she said, unsure which title it was she looked apologetically to her boss. "I'm Hadley. Hadley Willowgrass, I thought I might come in and introduce myself."

Ella stood as the woman entered and shook her hand, noticing that she wasn't sure which title to use in front of her name. "Just call me Ella," she said with a small smile. It was simpler for everyone, including herself. "Ah, Hadley Willowgrass, yes..." Ella hadn't met her before, but she knew she was in the Spirits division, if she remembered correctly. "It's good to finally meet you. Please, take a seat." She motioned for the chair in front of her desk and took a seat in her own.

Having been directed to the Department Head's office, Jade stopped to take a little time to rearrange her messy hair. She really didn't want to be not presented as professional. After she did that, she quickly knocked on the door and waited for the call to come in.

With a yawn, Ella had just taken a seat in her big office chair and was about to get to work, when she heard a knock on the door. Good timing.

"Come in!" she called. It was unlocked, as usual when she was in there.

Hearing the call to come in, Jade opened the door.

First of all, she was taken back by the large window showcasing creatures, before she turned to address the department head, Constance Wellington, whom she had met on numerous occasions but had never had a chance to get to know her.

Anyway, this was official business NOT for chit chat. So after she had shook hands with Ms. Wellington in greeting, Jade opened her mouth to say, "Thank you for agreeing to see me so quickly. Ms. Wellington. I'm Jade Gemstone from Accidents and Catastrophes. I'm sure that by now you've heard about the explosion that happened a short time ago in one of our labs." She waited for a second before continuing, "I'm part of the team assigned to investigate and well..." How was she going to explain this one? "We've found an unknown creature whose drool actually eats away at things and it is going insane in the lab. Standard stunning and immobilizing spells have very little effect on it. We need one of your men to come and help us urgently."

She finished talking a little out of breath and waited for an answer.

A tiny paper origami crane flutters into the office, slipping under the door and landing softly on the desk. It delicately unfolds in the middle of the Department Head's desk to reveal the following memo:

Quote:

Dear Department Heads,

Please pardon the inconvenience, but the Floo Network is currently undergoing repairs in light of technical difficulties in the connections between fireplaces. Please bear with us as we work to correct the problem. In the meantime, employees are encouraged to use other forms of transportation including Apparition, Portkeys and the visitors entrance in the Atrium to commute to and from work. If you have any concerns or information crucial to the repair of the network, please contact Gabriela Schultz directly.

Thank you

Ah, yes, she looked familiar. And when she said her name, Ella remembered. She was about to speak in reply, but the woman didn't let her. It was almost rude, but Ella soon realized that there was some panic behind the woman's voice. As she spoke, the Spaniard's eyes widened and she stood from her chair. Yes, she had heard about the explosion, but...

"Merlin..." Unknown creature with destructive drool? They needed one of her men? Ella dismissed that. This was no ordinary job for the Pest division. Besides, she was running low on employees and she didn't think any of them were in the office today. "I'll come with you," she replied quickly holstering her wand. "Now." Ella ushered the woman out the door and followed her, closing the door behind them and rushed off of level five.

After leaving Colin behind, and that mean, loud person at Florean's Saxon apparated to the ministry. It had taken her what seemed like fifteen minutes to find the Department for Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. She finally found the right floor, and then began to walk in short steps, going back and forth, almost looking like she was doing the moon walk as she tried to guess which person was right to contact about this issue.

At last, she came to her senses and found the department head, she believed. Hopefully this was the right person. Today had been such a stressful day with these crups, she didn't need to talk to the wrong person or annoy an employee. Finding the office Saxon knocked on the door quickly and several times. After a few seconds wait of silence she knocked some more again.

This was urgent.

Ella had just sat down to a cup of tea when she heard a knock on the door. And some more knocks. A bit impatient, were we?

"Yes, yes, come in," she called, setting her cup down and pushing papers to the side. Eh. At least her desk looked somewhat organized.

If Saxon had been nervous when she first talked to Lourdes, her department head, then meeting a new department head on a different level was nerve wracking. From behind the door she cleared her throat, smoothed out her blouse, and tried to walk into the room with some elegance. Try as in tripping over her feet but catching herself.

How did one start this? " H-h-hi. Ummm, I'm Saxon errr Kildare, yes " nervous laughter " And I work for the the the games and sports department and well, errr... I was at the fountain near Diagon, Diagon alley " She had no clue as to why she was shaking. " And I found some crups, on the loose. Err, yes. And they held some article that explained why they they they were on the loose and it said to contact your level. Mhm, that's it. " Please don't get angry at her. Saxon was a wreck at the moment. " Hiii! "

Ella looked up as the door opened and was mildly surprised to see a younger woman, shaking in her boots. Was she that scary? She didn't think she was even remotely scary at all. But her thoughts quickly moved on from that when the girl finally spat out that there were crups loose in Diagon Alley. Ella sighed and closed her tired her eyes just for a moment. But then she put a smile back on her face and nodded at the girl.

"Thank you for letting me know, dear. I'll go post a notice for my employees and we will get that taken care of immediately." Ella stood from her chair and walked around her desk and watched the woman carefully. "Are you alright?" she asked gently. Because she kind of looked like she was about to pass out.