Done with his table, Jacob nearly sprinted to where Reagan was stationed with her multitude of boxes. What she said made plenty of sense. It was simple, yet respectful and little fun.

"I'd be thrilled to help," he said, trying hard to ignore Clara Belle. Reagan didn't look pleased to see the Minister's wife present. Jacob, on the other hand, was just itching to show how helpful he could be.

Reagan beamed as someone volunteered without hesitation. She picked up the box with the Japanese materials and explained, "This box contains a variety of items representing Japanese culture. Inside are kimono-style wizarding robes, samauri weaponry and armour, a traditional tea set, and a musical instrument known as a koto. Please place very secure sticking charms on these items as you position them on the wall. They should have an artistic flair to them, so try to get creative. The area you will be decorating will be the left side wall, closest to the front of the auditorium. If you have any questions, I'll be here. When you finish, come find me because I may have other decorations for you to display. Thank you."

Reagan turned to the rest of the people helping with decorations and inquired, "Anyone else want to volunteer?"

Tonya Anne smiled at Reagan, "I'll help in anyway I can." she said to her as she nodded slightly to the minister's wife.

A memo flew in and landed in Reagan's hand

Reagan handed another large box with Tonya with a smile, "Excellent. Here is the box for the Australia, which contains ballet shoes worn by a principal artist from the original ensemble of the Australian Ballet Company; a cabbage palm hat; aboriginal wizards' bark paintings and rock engravings; and a wooden musical instrument known as a didgeridoo. Please arrange them on the right side wall, closest to the front of the auditorium. Use sturdy sticking charms and please make sure the representation is artistic and eye-catching. Thank you!"

Reagan jumped a bit from the surprise of the note sliding into her hand. As she read each word, her eyes grew larger and larger. The Chinese Minister wants to meet me? And now? And here? Oh this is so not good. My hair isn't done, my robes aren't as pristine as they should, and this room is grossly incomplete! I can't let this happen.

Trying to think quickly on her feet and wanting the room to look less empty and unfinished, Reagan whipped out her wand, grabbed the box for the country of the United States, headed for the center of the back wall and began casting several sticking charms upon objects in the box. She started with the necklace of clabbert horns, followed by a Quodpot player's uniform, documents from the Salem Witch trials, a number of comic books, and a pair of Mickey Mouse ears.

Once these were fastened to the wall in such a way that looked to be an appropriate representation of American culture, she turned her wand upon herself and pulled her hair from where it rested on her shoulders into a neat french twist. She then dusted off her robes and shoes and made a fast approach for the door, where she stood waiting for the Chinese Minister to arrive.

Walking by and seeing Miss Taylor looking around Jay stopped. "Is there anything I can help with? I have some time and all my work for the day is complete." She asked.

Tonya took the box and walked to the wall. She glanced at the iotems in the box and started casting sticking charms. She carfully placed the items on the wall. As soon as she finished she smiled to herself and walked back over to Reagan. "Australia is done. Which country would you like to do next?" she asked politely.

Reagan nodded and replied, "Yes, please. We can use all the help we can get. Please come in the auditorium and I'll have Tonya help you get set up and explain everything to you." Reagan held open the door for Jay and followed behind her quickly.

OOC: See my next post with draco'sgirl for instructions on what you will be doing.

Tonya had finished rather quickly and from where she stood, the arrangement of the Australian items looked lovely. She explained, "We have another person to help us out and I'd like for you to help explain the task at hand. We still have the boxes for India and France to set up and we have five more countries' items to place on the walls once Lorraine gets here with them. So, what I need for you both to do is choose who will take India and who will take France. Whoever takes France will be in the middle of the wall on the right side of the auditorium and whoever takes India will be on the same wall but further to the back of the auditorium.

"The box for India contains a Salwar kameez, hand-crafted bangle bracelets, a small pink sandstone sculpture, small figurines representing each of the eight classical forms of Indian dance, and an illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra."

Reagan took a peak in the box containing the contents from France and explained, "The French items include a custom gobstones set in its case, silk couture ladies wizarding robes, a framed copy of the famous wizard Malécrit's "Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré mes Pieds," which actually translates to "Alas, I have Transfigured my Feet," and the Beauxbatons Academy flag, bearing their coat of arms - two crossed golden wands on a powder-blue field, each emitting three stars. Good luck arranging everything. Let me know when you both finish. Thank you."
Reagan finished giving them both their instructions and then turned back toward the door to wait for the Chinese Minister Li.

OOC: Feel free to have some fun describing these items (size, color, texture, etc. Make it vibrant )

Angelina had no idea if Clara wanted something on her coffee.. but since she hadn't said anything about it, the young woman ordered a simple coffee.
"I have your coffee right here.." Angelina said while she handed the coffee to the minister's wife.

Only after that, she noticed Reagan was back.
And she was dusting off her robes ... and shoes.
Angelina's right eyebrow popped up, and then she walked towards her superior.
"I had to leave for a moment to get a coffee for the minister's wife." she said, while she looked at Reagan. She was with that look.
The look that said "I was seriously not waiting for this!".
Well ...at least it looked like it.
"Is it something wrong Reagan?" she finally asked.

Reagan replied hurriedly, "I don't know if I'd say wrong, per se, but definitely something is stressful! The Chinese Minister of Magic wants to meet with me and he's on his way here as we speak. The room isn't finished and I don't want him to see it until it is done, but that seems like it may be impossible. The room isn't even half finished and I'm still waiting on Lorraine to bring down the boxes from the other four countries that we need to display. Not to mention the stuff we need to display to represent our own country."

Just then Reagan had an idea of how should could utilize Angelina, "Can you please do me a huge favor? Can you collect a series of items that represent typical British culture and history and begin sticking them to the front walls next to the stage? We need to decorate that area with things we're proud of, so try to come up with something tasteful, yet vibrant. Thanks!"

"I'll do France! I love the culture there." Jay replied, picking up the box she walked over to the wall to start hanging stuff up. Starting with the flag that was on top she hung it in the center of the area. Pulling out the dress she remembered all the fun explorations she had had. Looking at the dress she was amazed at the craftsmanship of the dress, It was a vivid pink gown with beads stitched around the trim, and lace. Deciding this should be the center instead, she moved the flag up and put a sticking charm on the dress, just enough to hold it in place while the skirt itself was left to flow. Quickly Jay started to hang the rest of the box up. Picking up the picture she laughed at remembering the translation and placed it to the right of the dress. As the box emptied she returned to see if any others had came yet.

"Miss Taylor, The French wall is finished." She told her. "Have the other countries boxes arrived yet?"

Frida had been running around the Ministry all day, and quite frankly, was getting sick of it. As the doors opened onto level ten, Frida walked into the auditorium, there was a large number of people in the room. 'Great,' Frida thought as she began to scan over the faces she could see, 'It'll take forever to find her now I suppose.'
She walked around the perimeter a bit longer before pushing her long light brown hair out of her face and asking, "Excuse me. Is there a Ms. Rebecca Todd present?" Frida waited eagerly for a response. Hoping that she would be able to report back to her office soon with some information.

Rebecca walked in thinking she was with the Chinese minister "Miss Taylor, Rebecca Todd" she nodded to her and stood watching Reagan

Reagan's chest filled with slight panic. She hadn't wanted any of the Ministers to see the auditorium before it was done. And this Rebecca Todd should have known better than to allow the Chinese Minister anywhere near this auditorium. Reagan would be speaking with her superior if she actually remembered it after all the craziness of the conference.

Trying not to appear cross, Reagan smoothed the lines in her brow and greeted Rebecca, "Hello Ms. Todd. I got your memo that the Minister from China would be arriving with you, but I do not see him. It is your job to protect him and you've let him wander off alone? What if something happens to him in your absence?"

Angelina's green eyes widen when she heard what Reagan had said. "The Chinese minister?" she stared at her superior for a minute. That was definitely stressful. "Oh, hum.. I'm sure he will understand and that he will notice how hard we are working on this.. Reagan was speaking fast, again.
It looked like she did that a lot when she was feeling stressed.

With a genuine smile, the young woman nodded at the womans words. "But yes, of course! I think we have some items that we can use on level one." she remembered. "I'll go there get them. I'll be back on so time.. just when she finished talking,she heard a woman's voice. and when she moved her green eyes to the door, the Chinese Minister was already there.

"Excuse me, but I must leave for a moment."She placed a polite smile on her face while she looked at Minister Li and then to Reagan, before leaving the room.

Rebecca looked around and gulped "He was here a minute ago, sorry" Rebecca felt so embarrassed when Bao Li wasn't there "I'll just go and look for him" she said awkwardly "He has a tandency to run off" Rebecca explained desperately and then she half walked half ran out of the room

Jacob grinned in delight as Reagan handed him a Japan themed box. Japan, at least when he had visited it years ago, had been beautiful. As Jacob opened the box and admired the items, he recognized several from his own adventure to the island country. And now he would have the honor of making the Japanese Minister feel at home, just as his Japanese friends had made him feel at home years ago. Perfect!

Carefully and almost reverently, Jacob lifted the kimono-style robes from the top of the pile. It was a very elaborate woman's outfit, with a sort of floral pattern interspersed with owls. The main colors were a deep maroon and rich mahogany, with accents of a simple color Jacob recognized as Egyptian blue. The weapons and armor were quite intimidating; Jacob decided he would not like to run into anyone with it. Using his strongest sticking charm, Jacob arranged the garments in a fanned out display on the left of the wall, near the front. His next challenge was the tea set. A few minutes later, the plum-blossom adorned ceramic was stuck to the wall in a circle about the kimono and armor. The koto was a very finely designed piece, and Jacob was just itching to play it using the little skill he had acquired a few years ago. To remove the temptation, he waved his wand and watched as the instrument adhered to the wall directly above the kimono and armor. He looked back and admired his handiwork, but he felt something was missing.

With a wave of his wand, a simple map of Japan appeared underneath the objects; the country appeared in some places and tucked behind the relics in others, never exceeding the boundary of the cups.

Returning to the woman in charge, Jacob noticed that she seemed a bit flustered. Still, he felt that he should get approval on his addition of the map.

"Excuse me," Jacob said politely. "I've set up the box of Japanese objects. I added a background, and if you'll look over there, you can see." Waiting for her reaction, he added quickly, "I can easily remove it if it is not to your liking."

Tonya grabbed the box Reagan handed to her and walked over to the wall and started casting sticking charms. She carefully took all of the items out of the box one at a time and places them on the wall.

Lorraine wasn't really sure what to expect as she entered the auditorium. The small wrapped box was bouncing slightly in her robe pocket, as she carefully levitated the boxes from level one in front of her. Oh dear, hopefully Reagan wasn't have too much of cardiac distress while she made her mini pit stop.

Allowing the boxes to float downward towards an open space on the floor, she whirled around to find Reagan chatting frantically talking with other employees. Oh how she would hate to be in that woman's shoes. "Reagan! When you've got a chance, the boxes are right here. Where would you like me to start setting their contents up?" she asked, once the woman was finished with her conversation.

Reagan looked to the new face and explained, "Rebecca was just here, but she's since left. I don't know where she went, though. I'm sorry I can't be of more assistance."

Reagan gave a sigh of relief upon seeing Lorraine and the boxes arriving. "Oh thank heavens you're finally here! Angelina's just stepped out to obtain some items to help decorate, but she should be back any minute. If you'd like to help us decorate while you're waiting for her, I'd be incredibly appreciative. Why don't you take the box with the label from China and begin setting up on the back wall on the left side? I don't entirely recall all the items in there, but I know it contains a fan made from phoenix feathers, a hollowed out Chinese Fireball dragon egg, a biography of the famous Chinese alchemist Dzou Yen, a miniature of the Forbidden City, and a few other objects I don't recall. Feel free to use as many or as few as you think appropriate and try to arrange them in a stylish and artistic way. Thank you!"

Reagan glanced over to the area that Jacob had decorated and noticed the map that he had added. She commented, "I think it looks lovely and really ties the whole piece together. It is perfect just the way it is. Are you ready for another project? I'd like for you to begin working right next to where you were working before, but this time with items from Norway. In the middle of the right wall, I'd like there to be a display of some of these items."

Reagan sifted through the box from Norway, lifting items that she wished to show Jacob, "This a lovely painting of the fjords that Norway is famous for and I think it would like nice on the wall. There is also a really stylish pair of shoes made from Norwegian Ridgeback skin, that I actually really hope fit me, but that is beside the point." Reagan rummaged some more and found, "Ooh. This is a poem written about Quidditch by Ingolfr the Iambic. And a traditional costume, called a bunad. There is a some other stuff in here too. I'll let you decide what to hang and what to leave out. Enjoy!"

Reagan closed the box and handed it to Jacob, "Thanks again for all your help. I'm going to put in a very good word with your Department Head."
Reagan nodded and explained, "Yes, they've finally arrived. Can you take the box from Bulgaria and display them on the rear wall on the right side? I'd really like you to display the photographs from the 1994 World Cup in which the Bulgarian national team played the Irish team. Also, Bulgaria is known for its musicality, so please display the series of instruments in the box, which I believe include a kaval, gaida, zurla, tambura, and a tapan. And make the gaida the focus of the instrument section. I don't remember if there is anything else in there, but if you find something beautiful that you think will enhance the display, be my guest to add it to the area. Thank you for all your assistance. The French wall looks lovely, by the way."

Lorraine waited patiently -as was possible within her capabilities- for Reagan to attend to her and the boxes. Serpents! That woman was insanely busy or something. And of course Ang was not there; it made the department head wonder if she was ever going to see her again, as apparently she'd been sucked into the life of 'I-work-for-the-minister-too-busy-for-anything-else'. Nodding in understanding, she listened to Reagan tell her which box to start setting up. "Sure thing, Reagan. I can do that!" she replied, glancing over towards the boxes. Chinaaa. this should be funn! Wait; wasn't that the minister she'd seen in the gift shop? Oh Merlin; she'd better make this section perfect with him viewing it. And joy - she wasn't even that artistic... well hopefully this wouldn't be too horrid.

Levitating the box over towards the back wall on the left, the department head carefully opened the box to see what was inside it. Ooh - A Chinese Flag! This would go nice as the back drop... Waving her wand, Lorraine attached an enlarged flag to cover the wall which represent the China section. She then carefully opened the phoenix feather fan and gently enchanted it to float just in front of the flag. Well - this looks good so far ...

Now for the table in front of this wall... Lorraine thought about the layout for a brief moment before she charmed the top surface of the table to represent a geographic map of China. She then carefully set the biography of Dzou Yen to stand upright in the left corner; the Chinese Fireball dragon egg resting upright in front of that book. And the Forbidden City - well that would look nice over to the right corner, on a slight angle.

Standing back to admire the work thus far, the brunette was actually liking its aesthetics. But there was one thing missing from the whole display which was something in the middle. And there at the bottom of the box was the thing she needed most. A nice rectangular object - framed picture of the China Minister of Magic, Bao Li.

Reaching into the box, she set up right in the middle so that everyone could admire his adorable face.

Just as she was about to go ask for Reagan's approval on the display, she frowned as she recalled one more thing. Free things were always a bonus and thus, there they were. Removing the box of fortune cookies from the larger China box, Lorraine carefully spread them over the table.

"Done." She murmured to herself before spinning around to see Reagan. "Excuse me.. Reagan? I've finished the China section, would you care to take a look and make sure it's good?" She asked politely towards the Senior Undersecretary.

Frida gave an exhausted sigh, "Alright, thank you for telling me." She said as politely as she could before turning on her heel and making her way to the exit, her fingers rubbing her temples. 'I'll be running around this place all day at this rate I expect.'

Angelina was finally back to Level ten, she had spend more than just some times on level one looking for icons that represent the British culture.
The young woman carefully placed the box she had been levitation since she had left level one on the floor, next to the stage.

She carefully opened the box and started taking the items she had found on the floor.
Actually, she had found some pretty interesting stuff.
A British flag, of course, a painting of Britannia (She was portrayed as a young woman in a neo-classical dress and helmet, seated by the sea, holding a trident in one hand and a shield, decorated with the Union flag, in the other.) , a figure of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament and there was also a figure of the tower bridge, a very elegant tea set, the typical red British telephone box, some figures of the queens guards, an atlas of Wizarding Britain, where most important locations are noted with icons (like Quidditch stadiums, Hogwarts, Azkaban, London, Little Hangleton..) and an atlas on muggle Britain, between many other stuff.

Angelina took a couple steps back while she looked at the front walls next to the stage.
She could do a lot with the things she had on there..
The young woman flipped her wand in the air a couple times, casting sticking charms, and then turned her green eyes to the British icons with her arms crossed while she started to think in what was the best way to decorate the walls.

The brunette unfolded her arms and , flipping her wand, Angelina started levitating the icons extremely carefully, still a little rapidly, one by one.
The last item she stuck on the wall was a portrait of the minister.
She wrinkle her nose very slightly, she wasn’t sure about the minister’s portrait.. but if Reagan didn’t like it, she could take it away.

After all, decoration wasn’t Angelina’s strongest point.

The young woman finally turned around, still holding her wand on her right hand. “ I finished the walls next to the stage.. she said with a smile on her lips while she started walking towards her superior. “ If there is something you don’t like or that you want me do added, tell me.

While Reagan was answering to another worker, Angelina spotted a new woman in the room.
“Lorraine !”
Angelina couldn't help feeling bad for not going to talk with the woman, or even send her a note, about her promotion since she started working immediately on the conference.
Lorraine was such a pleasure to talk with, Angelina liked when she had to visit her office.

Reagan was pleased that the room had come together nicely. Glancing at her watch, Reagan squeaked, "Eek! Everybody out! Go get yourselves dressed and looking pristine. Opening ceremonies will be beginning in just a couple hours! Thank you all for your help. You've been wonderful and the auditorium looks great. I hope you all enjoy the conference." Reagan propped open one of the auditorium doors for everyone to exit through and then started returning some of the unused items to the large closet.

Whilst Lorraine was waiting for Reagan to inspect her work on China's section of the room, another woman walked into the room and proceeded to set up another country's corner without even noticing around her. The woman had brown hair and was awfully familiar. It wasn't until she turned around that the department head had realized who it was...

Angelina Gilmore. Just the person she wanted to see.

"Ang!!" Lorraine exclaimed, at the exact moment she had said her own name. Hurrying towards her, the department head quickly wrapped her arms around the younger woman's shoulders in a comforting embrace. "You have no idea how worried I was about you, but well... Congratulations!! I've just heard of your promotion and I couldn't be happier for you!" She beamed, pulling away from the hug and reaching one hand into her robes.

"I've got something for you too," she informed her, slight mysteriousness to her hazel eyes. Handing her the small package, she hugged her again. "Congrats again, really. You'll be great."


But just as Lorraine had finished handing over the small gift, Reagan was squeaking at them to get out and go get dressed for the opening ceremonies. Oh dear! The conference already; this was certainly going to be fun...

"Oh! Sorry Reagan! You go get yourself ready as well, right?" she asked, raising a brow in curiosity. Hopefully she would, as she was the senior undersecretary and needed to look her best. "It was my pleasure, just glad I could help out some with the set up and well, see you in a few." Smiling weakly at the woman, she turned briefly back to Angelina.

"Bye Ang! Congrats for the third time and see you soon!" she said to her, enthusiastically. With that, the department head for magical transportation exited the auditorium and headed back up to office. She needed to warn her employees...