Sipping on her cold and fresh lemonade Natasha stood leaned against the bar thinking about nothing and everything as she waited. She was beginning to think about finding herself a chair of some sort when a man walked up to her with a hopeful smile. Shooting the man a sunny smile of her own, she affirmed. "I am Natasha Warrington. Are you Howard Constantine?" Or Gidyun Yenorin. It was a 50/50 % chance that she got it right but she doubted it. A name on a piece of paper didn’t exactly supply with information on appearance.

Gesturing towards the bar behind her she asked "Do you want to buy something to drink before we start the tour?" They had to wait for the other man anyway.

O__O

A giant!!!

Tasha almost jumped out of her skin as a very tall man approached her from the right. The nervous body language didn’t exactly fit with the otherwise tall appearance of the man. Hastily drinking a bit more lemonade to calm herself she responded some moments later with a calm smile. "Yes, I'm Natasha Warrington. Are you here for the tour?"

Howard was too busy contemplating his day ahead to notice that he had startled the woman. He glanced at the man and then looked back down at the her, shoulders pulled in close to his body protectively.

SHE was Natasha Warrington. What a bit of luck!

“Oh, yes yes I am. I'm Howard Constantine, Accidents and Catastrophes Department.” He introduced himself in the formal way he had heard other employees doing, though he didn't offer his hand to shake. Oh, no no no.. no. Physical contact was completely unnecessary.

Was it just the three of them? For some reason Howard had been expecting a large group with a tour guide like you get at muggle tourist attractions.

Giving the woman a smile "No, I'm Gidyun." he responded pleasantly. "Err, no I'm fine." He had just drank like 5 cups of coffee in fact, trying to stay awake after Becca being up the last few nights with morning sickness. Merlin, why couldn't morning sickness...be in the morning? Not middle of the night til 3 a.m.? Looking up as another person joined their group he had caught Natasha's expression and realized what it was for. "Morning, Howard. I'm Gidyun Yenorin." he said with a smile "Head of International Cooperation." Yes, the department head and needing a tour guide as well.

At least Becca had given him a brief description of the ministry! Now he'd just like to find his way around rather than just knowing where the lifts were in each level.

Elizabeth made her way down to the juice bar to go buy a drink during her lunch break. She hated the uniform that she had to wear now. Oh and dont get her started about not being an ambassador anymore. Eliza had to be the immigration officer now... whatever that means... She wasnt sure what she had to do but oh well she would have to figure it out sooner or later. Elizabeth was having a rough first day back and it showed. Her finger was a bit raw from her twisting her fingers and her hair was a bit messier than usual since she kept on messing with it. She sighed and rubbed her forehead, wishing for the day to be over soon but what does she have to look forehead to? 2 littel kids at home and a husband... so a messy house, loud noises and having to cook and clean... great... Sometimes she wished that she had a different life.

Benjy had checked Eliza's office and the whole rest of her floor, looking for her. He had finally decided to just meet up with Sky for lunch. As he arrived at the juice bar, he looked around for his wife but instead found Eliza in the area. Stepping into line behind Eliza, Benjy stayed quiet, just waiting for the right time to say hi.

Elizabeth felt someone come up behind her so she glanced and cursed under her breath. Of course! It just had to be Benjy... great... the last time she seen him was when she turned and basically ran out of the meet and greet in tears... how embarrassing! Eliza sighed and tried to not show that she had saw him. She glanced at all the juice favors and started to think of what one to get.

Natasha quickly rerouted things in her head. The nervous tall man was Howard from her department and the other man with a silent charisma, Gidyun was the new department head of international cooperation. It was odd that he needed a tour but if you were new the ministry was easy to get lost in.

"It's a pleasure to meet you both. I work in Accident’s and Catastroph’s and have been at the ministry for several years now."

Gesturing around the large room they were standing in she continued "This is the recently renovated ministry food court where you can by various types of foods and beverages."

Finishing off the last of her lemonade she left the glass on the counter of the
bar before she turned to Howard and Gidyun. "Now then, do either of you have any specific wishes on what places we visit on the tour or do you just want a general walk through of all departments?"

Zoe made her way to the Juice Bar counter and scanned the menu. She NEEDED some caffeine and she only had a few minutes before she had to get back to the Day Care area. "Hi there, I would like to order a drink." She smiled "I would love a large triple shot pumpkin latte with soy milk."

She reached into her pocket and pulled out some coins to pay for her, hopefully packed with caffeine, drink.

Sky entered the cafe and headed for the juice bar, she was supposed to meet Benjy over here for lunch, she stopped as she was almost there as she saw each of them look at each other when the other was distracted...And neither one of them had spoken to each other. She walked up behind Benjy and whispered, "Hello handsome." Before faking like she just noticed Eliza. "Eliza. Wonderful to see you again." she said as she tapped the woman on her shoulder. Yeap if the two weren't going to speak when she wasn't there they would surely speak now right?

Yes, Benjy did notice Eliza steal a look at him. No, he didn't quite think it was the perfect time to announce his arrival quite yet. But his wife who showed up right at that time decided that it was about time he should talk to Eliza.

It wasn't that Benjy was putting it off indefinitely... it was just that he needed to figure out how to start. He didn't want to scare her away again. Anyhow, his wife got a kiss and a wink before she greeted Elizabeth. Following her lead, Benjy smiled warmly at Eliza. "Hey! How are you, Eliza?" A little too perky? Well... maybe a little.

Eliza turned and acted surprised, "Oh! Benjy! Sky!" She pulled a fake beaming smile at them, "How amazing to see you two!" Elizabeth glanced at Benjy, "Good and you?" Yep, no talk about how she ran out crying the last time they seen each other... fake cheerfulness and all will be good... maybe they can just ignore this whole thing happened... yep that would be wonderful... very wonderful...

Sky smiled already knowing she had ruined her husband's plan to have a plan as to what he was going to say, but she had came over. Hearing how he said hey...Maybe he had already had a plan. Dang so she hadn't ruined it. Drats. She smiled towards Eliza all though unlike Eliza's fake smile Sky's was real. "Yeap, how have you been?" Making a mental note to say anything about the husband, the ring, or the wedding, because she could run off again.

Okay, this was weird...Eliza was acting as if yesterday hadn't happened, and Sky seemed to be sorta upset about something. "I've been better." Benjy said truthfully. He was really hoping to either get to tell Eliza what he thought about the secret marriage or have a peaceful date with his wife, but now it seemed like he would have to do both at the same time. Deciding that he needed to take care of business first, he turned to his wife. "Hey honey, can you order us some lunch and I'll come join you at a table in a minute?" Hopefully, she would recognize that he wanted to make amends with Eliza first while she was still here.

Turning to Eliza, Benjy grew more serious. "Look, Eliza.... about yesterday.... I'm not mad at you for running off and marrying without me knowing. I just wish you would've told me after the fact so that I could be there for you when the baby came." He said growing quieter and turning to go rejoin his wife again.

Elizabeth looked at her, "Erm... good... and you?" She then turned her full attention to Benjy. Eliza sighed and looked at him. Elizabeth rubbed her face and fought back more tears, "I really am sorry, Benjy... I was afraid and I didnt know what to do..." She longed to hug her baby brother and bury her head in his chest. Eliza sighed and looked down at her hands then back up, "Will you ever forgive me, Benjy? I do want you to meet the latest member of the family..." She sighed and held her hand out, as a peace offering.

Sky nodded and squeezed her husband hand to give him some encouragement. She left and ordered Benjys favorite and then whatever she felt like today her food cravings had been crazy!! Getting all the stuff she sat at a table and waited sipping on a smoothie.

After Sky had given him a little encouragement in the form of a little hand squeeze and had gone to order the lunch, Benjy made sure to give his undivided attention to Eliza. When she seemed to be starting to get upset, he pulled a small square of fabric out of his pocket. As he handed it to Eliza, it grew into a handkerchief. As she kept talking, he pulled her into a hug, wrapping his arms around Eliza. "Of course I forgive you... I just wanted to know..." He started to trail off, especially hearing about meeting the newest baby. "I'd definitely like to meet him....but at the moment, I should let you get back to your lunch and I should get back over to Sky." He glanced over at his wife who had already taken a seat. Looking at her meal, he could tell that she was having her weird cravings again, but was glad to see his favorite meal waiting for him.

Elizabeth gently took the handkerchief, "Thanks..." Her eyes lit with joy as he hugged her. Eliza hugged him back and buried her head in his chest, "Im glad that you forgive me, Benjy..." She held him close with a small smile, missing being hugged by him. "Okay..." Elizabeth pulled back and kissed his cheek, then ordered her food before looking at him, "Ill see you later, Benjy."

While Alysson usually tried not to drink coffee after 10am, today she made an exception. This whole de Talone business was slowly getting to her, as well as Wesley being gone. Yes, Emily was doing a great job but it was still...different. She was going to have to get used to this. She was her THIRD Department Head after all since she'd started.

And it wasn't like she'd been doing this job for that long either.

As it were today, Alysson was getting coffee on her lunch break. To clear her head. And just to get a few moments of peace and quiet. With her cappucino in hand, she turned around, not yet moving to sit down but instead simply observing the food court. There weren't too many people around right now. Not that she minded.

His job wasn't all that taxing but there were some days when you just needed a break. And he very rarely ate at the food court. No offense or anything but he preferred to go out and eat. Today however, he was feeling a bit lazy and could not be bothered walking anywhere. Although that didn't mean he was going to pig out on something unhealthy.

So after a quick scan of the food court, Oliver made his way over to the juice bar. His eyes were fixed firmly on the menu board on the wall above the counter, trying to decide what kind of juice he would like, so naturally he bumped into someone because he wasn't looking where he was going.

"Sorry." He mumbled as he took a step back to look at the person he had collided with. "Oh Alysson. Hey." He didn't cause her to spill her coffee, did he?

Alysson was too busy staring at something in the faaaar right corner of the food court to pay attention to what was going on right next to her. So naturally she couldn't get out of the way quickly enough to avoid somebody bumping into her. Nonetheless, she somehow managed NOT to spill her coffee all over her dress. Even though she wasn't an Auror she still had good reflexes after all.

"That was close..." She set her cappucino down on the counter next to her for a second, brushing down her dress to make sure that none of the drink had gotten on her clothes. It hadn't. Good. Alysson finally looked back up to see who it was that had run into her. "Oliver." What a lovely surprise. Apart from the whole almost-spilling-her-coffee part of course.

Smiling at him, Alysson picked up her coffee again. "How are you?" Hungry and/or thirsty probably?

Yeah that definitely was close. He was usually more observant than that and he gave Alysson an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry." He said again and waved his hand towards the menu board. "Was too busy trying to work out what I wanted."

He was very much glad that he hadn't caused her to spill her coffee because that would have been rather awkward. "I'm good Alysson. How are you doing?" Did he dare ask about William? He had not spoken to his friend since the ball. It wasn't like Oliver to hold a grudge but William had really annoyed him that night.

Alysson just smiled in reply to his second apology. Really, it could happen to anyone and it wasn't like he'd done it on purpose. Or anything had happened. Both her dress and her coffee were alright. So, no harm done. Her eyes briefly flicked towards the menu board when he gestured at it. Her lips curled into a small amused grin. "And? What do you want?" She took a sip of her cappucino while she waited for an answer.

"I'm-" She thought about this for a second. A little stressed-out? But then again, she didn't really want to bore Oliver with her work problems. One of which wasn't even a real problem. So in the end she went with something more neutral. "-good, thank you." And then after another quick glance around she added, "And do you like it here?" Here, as in the Ministry. Not the food court.

Oliver returned her grin and his gaze went back the menu board. "I'm thinking a smoothie." He didn't do coffee and he didn't really feel like tea at the moment. He placed his order and then turned his attention back to Alysson.

He raised his eyebrows at the hesitation in her answer but didn't say anything about it. He shrugged his shoulders at her question. "It's okay. I would prefer to be out catching some waves." But it was time to settle down and all that. He wasn't going to be young forever.

"What about you? Is Law Enforcement your life's ambition?

A smoothie. Alysson followed his gaze again, nodding slowly. "Sounds good." In case he'd wanted her opinion on his choice of beverage. She took another sip of her coffee while Oliver ordered his drink. Oh, catching some waves? She grinned at that, giving him a rather curious look. "So you surf then?" Now THAT was something she'd never done before.

Her eyes briefly drifted off towards the seating area again, wondering if maybe taking a seat would be a good idea when he asked her another question. She thought about this for a moment, bringing the coffee mug up to her lips again. "Well, I've always worked in that field and I love it...so, yes, actually yes it is." Work-wise, of course. They were talking about work, right?

Because naturally, there WERE other things in life she would value higher than working for the Ministry.

Oliver paid for his smoothie before picking up the cup and taking a sip out of the straw. Yep he had made a good choice. He returned his attention back to Alysson and grinned at the look on her face. "Yeah. Not as much as I'd like to but I get out there when I can." He took another sip of his smoothie and he too looked to the seating area. "It was once my profession." The surfing that is.

He could tell that she really did love what she did and good on her. "I'm not sure I could ever work in a department like that. Too many rules and the like." Ollie chuckled, yeah he definitely wasn't one for abiding by the rules. He took a big slurp of his smoothie and gestured towards the seating area with his hand. Did she want to go sit?

"How many people have you arrested?"