"Right." Van shook briefly and then let go. "Welcome to the British Ministry. I recall, from your file, you're more than suited to the job, and have plenty of experience in event security to bring to the table." Van liked that. "We reward hard workers and strong experience around here."

And where was Gabriel?

Evander tried to think if the Security head was supposed to be off anywhere, but... no he should be around.

"Gabriel Vartann, your head of security, shouldn't be far away. One moment."

Van drew his wand, careful to be non-threatening because... well... if these two were anything like himself or the vets of MLE, they'd have a healthy dose of paranoia so being careful and non-threatening was kind of a good plan. He flicked off a patronus, a mountain lion, to find Gabriel.

"Come in and sit down while you wait.." Van went on and unlocked and unbarred and uncursed his office door, giving it a cursory glance as it swung open.

He glanced at the other man, who he was assuming based on the file he had and the description within it, was Mr Luke Dubois.

"Come on in. Its Dubois isn't it?" Van'd shoot off a patronus to Dorian too if the man confirmed himself.

Blaise nodded his head as Bole spoke to him about being qualified for the job. Sweeeeet. He was pretty stoked for this.

"Thank you," he said in response to the welcome and the statement about being qualified. "I look forward to working in this area." He wasn't lying - he was seriously excited about it.

After watching him draw out his wand, his left arm twitched. He kept his wand in a wrist holster up near his bicep so he could still roll up his sleeves a little without it being noticed. It was instinct - you never know what would happen. But he didn't move enough so as to let it come down. It was his boss, he wasn't going to do anything to him.

He watched the patronus dance off down the hall, and followed his boss into the room and sit down, waiting for this Gabriel fellow.

The mountain lion suddenly appearing in front of his desk, emitting a low growl to get his attention, had somewhat startled Gabriel - not that he would ever admit that. He'd had his head down, half listening to the Auror's group discussion, and also filling in forms. Forms which would need to be started again now. But that would have to wait until later, because the lion belonged to Van, he knew that much. And he also knew his boss wouldn't send it unless he was needed somewhere.

Standing up, Gabe tidied away what he was working on and straightened his tie. Gesturing to the lion to point him the direction he needed to go, he followed close behind. And it took him to the corridor where the main man had his office before disappearing. The door to said office was just shutting as Gabriel strolled down towards it, meaning he would have to knock. The wards might have been replaced, so it wasn't a good idea to just walk in...

Rapping three times, he stood stock still, hands behind his back in an almost military stance.

Luke lifted his head at the sound of someone approaching, he spun around and placed his hand on his wand sticking out of his thigh holster. He didn't draw he just watched the man with careful steely eyes. He looked the man in the eye. "I'm looking for Evander Bole." He said in his soft, military trained voice. He observed the man before him. Whomever he was he had training and knew what he was doing. He watched the man approaching and waited for him to speak, his hand still on his wand in his holster.

"I'm Bole." Van grinned. It was usual for him to do so and really, this unexpected encounter was cheering him up. Look how paranoid the new staff were. That was all to the good and Evander was mentally congratulating himself on his selections. Made a nice change from being irritated by Ryan. Not that that had been Ryan's fault exactly, not when the Borr situation already had him worked up. "Evander Bole. Call me Evander. Take a seat." He gestured to the available chairs.



"Ah. That will be Gabe now." Van flicked his empty hand and the door opened once more.

"Gabriel. I've got a new man here for you, your new Event Security Liasion, I trust you read the files?"

Here he was again, standing in front of this door for another time; this time though, with less nerves, because he had got the job, and he was merely here for he wanted to meet his boss/director/whatever these British called it properly, and he needed a brief informing of what he would do exactly, especially today. Thus, checking his clothes again, he knocked on the door and stepped a little aside to let anyone inside get out.

As the door swung open Gabriel stepped inside with a smile, and was immediately greeted by his boss' voice. The files? New man? "I have indeed, Evander. They landed on my desk a couple of hours ago." Nodding at Van, Gabe moved forward and offered his hand to the man that matched the description in that file. "And if this is the new Event Liaison, you must be Blaise Carlisle. Gabriel Vartann. Welcome to the Ministry."

"Yes, I'm Luke Dubois." He spoke in that careful, soft voice of his. That was something his military training had taught him. One only raises their voice to bark out an order or to express extreme anger. He relaxed a bit as the man asked him to come in by name. It was clear he had been expected and that was a very good thing. He hated it when he made an appointment somewhere and showed up only to find that no one was expecting him.

Luke nodded when He found out that this was indeed his new supervisor. He'd not met the man as his hiring process had gone on via OWL just after graduation from SMU. He liked this man already he could tell they would get along. He sat down as asked Right ankle propped over left knee for easier wand access. He made himself quite comfortable for him which to an outsider meant Stiff as a board.

Dacs made her way to Evander's office to talk to him about the ongoing investigation. Something wasn't sitting well with her. She it would be a good idea to talk to the head man and see what he had to say.

Reaching his office door, she knocked on it firmly and waited for him to respond. She rarely ever had a situation where she felt compelled to talk to her boss about how to handle her work. But this time was a bit ticklish and she thought this was one way to cover all bases before she acted.

Blaise stood up as soon as the door had opened. He studied the man who walked in who seemed to be a decent fellow to work for. That made things easier for Blaise. He didn't really need a stuffy boss - that would take the fun part out of work. Well, if there was one.

Blaise took his hand in a firm grip, and nodded his head. "Pleased to meet you Mr. Vartann. And thank you, it's an honor to work here."

Good. Internal Memo systems were working as they should then. Of all the things he'd needed to get back in order when he'd taken over the department, the communication system was the biggest. Still kinks, but at least now files weren't getting lost in mid air.

He waited for the two men to shake hands and then cleared his throat.

"Gabe, perhaps a tour and an orientation of sorts is in order for Blaise here?" There was still plenty of space in Evander's office, but everyone there had different reasons after all.

"Let me know if you need anything. I'll come by to check on things when I get the chance."






"Good to meet you Luke. Welcome to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for the British Ministry of Magic. Your file and application interested me greatly. Was there anything particular that drew you to us?"



It was lucky that Evander's office was spacious. Van opened the door and decided to prop it open since it was clearly going to be one of those days where people were going to be coming and going.

"Dacs. How are things?" He gestured for the MLES Deputy Chief to come on in. And as for the other one there...

"Can I help?"

Merlin. He needed a secretary or something.

Wow. If the office of his department head was so crowded at the early morning hour, then Enrique didn't even want to think how hard he must be working. He looked in sympathy for a moment, before explaining "I'm the new employee, Enrique Brandon, señor."

Dacs poked her head in as the office looked a little busy, "I wanna take my team into the field. I know the aurors went already but I'd feel better going out there myself." she responded quickly and straight to the point.

"I love Justice and I want to help the wizarding world. I've also been following the ministry's caseload about the Cultists and I'm intrigued. I would love to try some new techniques on some of the old evidence and see if I can't help you solve these disappearances... He became quiet again then said, "I also wanted to be close to my family and my Daughter and her mother live here in London."

Blaise looked back over at Bole, and nodded his head.

"I think that would help me out around here," he said. "I have a general idea, I just need to get more in tune with the surroundings."

A tour would be fine, but he wasn't so much looking forward to the orientation part. He figured it would be long and boring, involving too much reading and not enough action. Blah. But, whatever would get him started, he would take.

"After you, sir," he said to Gabe.

Stressed. That would be the word to describe it. Benjamin Amsten has been stressed; Strained, unhappy, and unmotivated. He had been thinking about it for a few weeks now, and it was now time to talk to Evander about what was going on with the MMAO...

Also, something else was on Ben's mind. And Evander was the only one he could talk to. Rather, Evander was the only one who could do something about it.

"Enrique Brandon. Ah of course, the newest Legislator. You came highly recommended." And it was interesting to Evander that both the current Legislators were transfers from other departments. It was a good thing as it meant they had a broader understanding of the wizarding world at large.

"There is no point my keeping you, as you're familiar enough with how the British Ministry works. If you head out this door," Van pointed to a second door from his office, "Down the corridor, and past the evidence room, you'll be in the main work area that the Wizengamot employees share with a few other divisions. Of course you lot also have free run of level ten - you can get there via the direct floos, but if you go to the main work area first and look for Laurie Henderson, she'll set you up and get you oriented." She was his new boss, or at least, the boss between Enrique and Evander himself.

"Unless you had any questions for me?"

ooc: Cinn-o-bun plays Laurie, she'll post when she sees you post in there


Dacs.

Evander considered and nodded. "Perhaps you could take your team out to check the locations of the last few incidents. Third Hand Book Exchange and Scribbulus Ever-Changing Inks." She knew that, but to be specific. "See if there's anything odd going on. Have your new people prepare a report." It'd be good practice.

...

Well at least Evander could say he was good at hiring those who were against the cult.

"Just a word on that, best to keep your tongue on cult-related issues where you can. Here on level 2 we're cult free, but the other departments, and the ministers office itself, well..." The cult had infiltrated and was in control of the Ministry of Magic. Still.

"Your help and your skills are greatly appreciated. Would you prefer I send for your division head, or would you like to head down to the work area yourself? Alternatively, if you don't mind waiting," Van gestured around at the rather full office, "I can take you myself."

"There's a map on the main noticeboard, in the corridor outside." He gestured to the second door, the one that most of them had not come in through, "And each part of level 2 has a map up somewhere." He'd have more trouble finding his way around the rest of the ministry. Level 2 was sorted.

He watched the Security peeps head to the door and turned his attention to another arrival.


"Ben."

Someone looked a little stressed.

Just sayin'.

"Take a seat."

Dacs who was just by the door, nodded once and slipped back out as quickly and as quietly as she came. It was her specialty to be unnoticed. She left to prepare her new people as Evander called them for field investigation.

Luke listened to what his boss had to say and nodded succinctly. "I can understand that and I'm known for keeping my tongue when it comes to things like that." He stood and offered his hand to his boss. "it was nice to meet you Evander, If you'll direct me to where to go I would like to get acclimated to the office a bit..."

Efficient, that one. Van nodded appreciatively and turned his attention back to Luke.



"Good." That was all he asked.

"And you, Luke. Down the corridor, and past the evidence room, grab a desk in the CMEC area, Dorian will find you soon enough."

"thank you Evander." He smiled and left the office.

Ben walked in and closed the door behind him... Didn't exactly want anyone to listen in. He took a look at Evander and knew exactly what he was thinking... Well, maybe not everything, but... "Yeah, I know I look stressed. I am." He let out a laugh, half-nervously, and took a seat. Before beginning, he took off his charmed bottled glasses that kept out unfriendly eyes and rubbed them.

"Basically, Ben began trying to keep the tone half lighthearted, "It's been tough... running the whole MMAO single handedly, well, most of the time." Every once in a while he had help, but all the boring stuff and hard thinking work was him. "I've obviously been handling it, Barely, "But, It's been rough... And it's stressful," And boring. VERY boring. Ben had to get to the point. "What I'm trying to say is, is it possible for my Office... Me... To get some of the more bigger cases? Like the Aurors and the MLES have been getting. These small, simple cases are easy, but getting flooded with them makes it very stressful and difficult. If I can pass the some of the smaller cases on to someone else," Hoping there will be someone else, "I can focus my skills on something more substantial than cat-food that makes cats twice as big." Ben hoped he didn't sound like he was whining. I hope I don't sound like I'm whining. "I hope I don't sound like I'm whining."

Oliva walked up to the door of Mr Bole she was clutching the parchment with her acceptence letter to the Ministry, she took a deep breath and let it out again her eyes closed as she knocked loudly three times on the door. Olivia stood there and hoped she would settle into the job quickly.

Enrique smiled, bowing a little with modesty. Hearing it from his new boss himself was very pleasing.

Following his point, he nodded his head to indicate he was following. Then, looking at him again, he listened intently and got up to his feet at last when he was finished.

"No, Mr. Bole. Thank you," he said, reaching out to shake his hand. Then he turned and left the room to the working area.

A sudden flash of pale-violet appears in the office, and upon looking up, one can see that an interdepartmental memo in the form of a folded paper airplane has made its way in.

Once caught and unfolded, the memo inside will read:

Minister Berty Borr has called a mandatory meeting with the Senior Undersecretary and all Ministry Department Heads. The meeting will commence immediately in Courtroom 10 on the tenth level of the Ministry of Magic. Please be on time and bring with you all ideas and responses to the recent memo regarding the rejuvenating of our spirits and the oxygenating of our halls.