Judge Doran entered the law chamber and found his leather chair and desk. He walked over to it and sat down in the chair, glad to finally be at the Ministry of Magic. Seeing no one else yet present in the room, Judge Doran took out a book on the shelf behind him on contracts and opened it up to read, waiting for the other judges to arrive.

Syd wandered into the Wizengamot offices. His hands were in his pockets, his red vest buttoned and nicely ironed. He looked around the room, mane of hair shifting slightly as he did so. His lips were a bit pursed as he looked at the large, heavy desks that were all but empty. The recent hiring was taking a while it seemed, but that was alright. For now anyway. However, his gaze did land on one man.

"Na' don't tell me," he said, squinting a bit. "Judge Doran, right?"

His southern drawl was certainly unexpected in a British governmental organization and yet here it was coming from the head of the department.

Judge Doran looked up as Syd walked into the offices. He could see in the man's face that he didn't look too pleased to see all the empty chairs. Judge Doran put his book down and put out his hand when Syd walked over to him.

"That would be me, Sir," said Judge Doran in a friendly manner, his half-moon spectacles glinting with the light of the chambers. "I would like to thank you for my job. I'm quite eager to get started with everything. How are the judgeship applications coming along?"

Cassandra was walking around, trying to find her division. She looked into one of the offices and noticed an elderly man and a younder one talking.
She walked in, hoping one of them would be able to help her out in finding the Auror offices.
"Excuse me, hi, I'm Cassandra Carter." Cassandra said as she came up to the two.

Judge Doran looked over to the new approacher and smiled at her. He thought he had saw her somewhere before, but he wasn't quite sure where.

"Hello, Cassandra," said Judge Doran. "My name is Judge Doran. What brings you to the Wizengamot administration?"

Cassandra looked at the judge, he seemed familiar but it could've been her imagination.
"Hello Judge Doran, I'm actually on my way to the Auror department, I'm new and well, can't seem to be able to find my office." She said, a little embarrased by this.

The judge could tell that she was embarrassed and felt bad for her.

"Well, you're in the right general area. It's just right down the hall from here. You look fairly young, though, to be an auror. Have you recently graduated from Hogwarts?"

Judge Doran took off his half-moon spectacles and put them down on top of the papers spread out all over his desk, waiting for a reply from the girl.

"Yeah, the applications are fine. Got 3 solid judges I think," he said as a woman entered the office.

The woman appeared lost and admitted to just such a thing. Syd remembered now. She was an auror... and just as he realized this, she, again, admitted it. She was pretty off, but it was the first day. It was like being at Hogwarts as a first year.

"Well you've wandered into the judges' chambers, I'm afraid, but that's just fine. The Aurors are juuust down the hall a ways. Door's marked, or should be anyway."

"Thank you sir. Not exactly, I graduated almost ten years ago, I'm 25." Cassandra told the elderly man.
She turned to the younger looking man. "Thank you. You're the head of the Law Enforcement, right?" She asked him.

"Well, I'm glad to hear that I at least have two other colleagues. Have you hired a Chief Warlock yet?"

The judge had had his eye on the position for years now and was hoping to be the one to get it soon, but if he did not, he was at least glad to be where he was and had been for years under the old administration of Fudge.

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"Wow, I certainly thought you were younger. Well, you are still pretty young, and I'm glad to see that the younger generation are becoming more involved with law enforcement. I remember back in '99, we judges often complained of the lack of young people in law enforcement, especially in the Wizengamot itself. Most people get the misconception that a judgeship is just for the old. But what attracted you to being an auror, m'dear?"

Judge Doran had put his half-moon spectacles back on and looked at Cassandra curiously.

"Yes, I'm the head of this ole department," he said, smiling.

It was a warm-enough smile. Not exactly the most tender, but not ice cold. He sat took his hands out of his pockets and sat down on one of the desks, looking around the room.

"Yes, Miss Carter I think you should get to know Judge Doran here. It'll be less intimdatin' if you ever end up in court to testify."

He turned his attention to Doran as the question registered. Chief Warlock? Doran seemed a bit eager. A small smirk appeared on Syd's face.

"Chief? No, not yet. Though we'll see, now won't we Your Honor?"

Cassandra listened intently to the elerly judge, she was in awe about how long he had been a judge. She was almost shocked when he asked her a question.
"It had been my life long dream." Cassandra told him. "I always wanted to catch dark wizards."
She turned to the head of the Department. "Yes, that would come in useful." She said giving him a kind smile.

Judge Doran folded his hands together and nodded in reply to the Head's response.

"I guess we shall," said the judge with anticipation. "Will you be taking age into consideration, sir? As they always say, wisdom comes with age."

Deciding not to look too desperate for the position, the judge turned his attention back to the auror, who seemed to be a bit apprehensive with him.

"Yes, the universal goal of all in the justice departments. A very good ambition that you have there, Miss Carter. Bring me the criminals, and I will make sure justice is served in the courtroom. And really, you need not feel intimidated by me. I may be old and, in the eyes of many, shrewd, but like I always say, such is needed within my field. I expect you are good in your studies?"

The judge had to ask the question, for he was very advanced with his books and admired those who were as well. He believed that education was the key to a good and structured society.

Alex nodded to the judge, she wasn't intimidated by him, he seemed pretty friendly.
"I'm not that great." She told him. "I mean, I did get mostly Exceeds Expectations on my NEWTs, but education really isn't my field, that's more for my sister."

Syd's smirk was still on his lips as the man tried to focus on the girl. Subtle hints. Syd liked that. He liked it very much. Now Judge Doran was planted in his mind and once the staff grew, he'd know who to be on the watch for. If Doran could prove himself, Syd would be willing to make a deal.

He merely nodded his head to Doran's question, being slightly vague. The advice being given to Cassandra was good.

Judge Doran could pick up on the fact that the Head understood his inner intentions and was glad he got through to him. But for the time being, Judge Doran thought he would show his boss that he could be extremely shrewd and analytic in the courtroom.

"I see," said the Judge in reply to Cassandra. "Well, with your field, you need to have more of skill than wit, anyway. But still, that is good. Do you know, I wasn't always a judge. I use to be a healer before I entered law."

The judge definitely thought Cassandra was pretty nice as well.

"Ah, healing, I'm not very good in the medical field but I do have much respect to the healers." Cassandra told him. She seemed very interested in the judge's past, something she never used to be interested in before.

"Yes, and I also served as the Chief for quite a time."

Judge Doran glanced at his boss, hoping he would get the other hint. It could be said that Judge Doran was a pretty ambitious man and had always been for the major part of his life. He thanked his ambition for his successes, but others would say it was his diplomacy and shrewd abilities as an official of law.

"Yes, the medical field......such deference I have for it as well. But, Miss Carter, I wonder, how many crooks have you caught so far in your lifetime? I personally convicted at least 10,000 people in my lifetime for small demeanors to large situations. I served in numerous courts over seas as well."

"Wow, you must've been a really great healer." Cassandra said to him, she was intrigued by him. "Since I'm new here and everything, I haven't caught any dark wizards, but I'm willing to prove myself." She told him, her main goal right now would be to become the next head of the Auror Department and she was willing to do anything to prove she could get the job.

"I was knowledgeable in my field," replied Judge Doran, fiddling with his gavel that he had on top of his law books. "I enjoyed the thrill of the hospital, but I decided to take up law because we didn't have many judges back then on the board. My heart will always lie with healing, but it has definitely grown onto law."

Judge Doran put the book he had been reading earlier back onto the shelf behind him and put his hands flat on his desk and looked at Cassandra, who seemed to want to hear more about the judge.

"Well, Miss Carter, I am afraid to say this, but I have an important meeting with an old colleague of mine to attend to. So, I'll be back in the office tomorrow morning. Maybe we can have a cup of coffee in the lounge or something?"

Judge Doran put his hand out to Miss Carter and shook her hand.

"See you tomorrow, then?"

(OOC: Khristina, I'm gonna get off for tonight. I have class tomorrow, but I'll be on again tomorrow night. I'll talk to ya then.)

Cassandra noddded. "I should probably get to the Auror office anyway." She said as she shook the judge's hand. "I'll meet you tomorrow in the breakroom. It was nice to meet you, and you Mr. Wordsmith" She said waving goodbye and leaving the room and headed for the Auror Headquarters.

Syd just smiled to Doran and got up from the desk as Miss Carter was about to be ushered out. He nodded politely to both parties.

"Nice to meet you both personally," he said before starting to leave.

He gave Doran's shoulder a little pat followed by a squeeze and exited the offices.

Shane Dalton's purple snakeskin shoes went click, clack, click as she walked into the Wizenagmont Administration Services office, her purple robes making swishing noises as she walked step by step. Around her neck she wore the Akhu Amulet, a family symbol of the Dalton's that had been passed on for generations.

A smile appeared on her face when she saw Syd Wordsmith, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement Head, exit the offices. Wonder why he was down here, she thought, walking straight toward him. "Hello, Mr. Wordsmith!" Shane said, giving him the biggest smile she could possibly make. "What brought you down here today?"

Syd stopped as the woman in purple heels walked right toward him. He looked her over, trying to put the face to the application. Dalton.

"Well, Miss Dalton," he said with that warm, yet offputting smile of his. "I came down here to see you judges. As you may know, I'm a pretty famous prosecutor."