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Mad Eye Touz · #1 (**permalink**) 06-21-2012, 07:14 PM

Not far down the hall from where the writers and editors work is the Editor-in-Chief's office. Editor-in-Chief, Basil Skeeter, prefers to keep his office a little more private and has thus removed the opaque glass walls and traded them for solid cream colored ones. Basil is usually sitting behind his desk with paperwork stacked to his left and a single pineapple placed on the edge of his desk to the right. Why a pineapple? You can try to get an answer out of him if you wish, but don't expect one. Basil is very private about certain things.

On the shelf behind Basil's desk, among all the library of books and under a clock, is a unique looking fish tank that has pygmy plimpies swiming about in it like adorable aquatic hamsters. To the left of this, over in the corner by one of the large windows that looks out onto the streets of Diagon Alley, is a sink that Basil uses whenever he enters and exits his office - and whenever one of his staffers hands in an assignment. You won't find any pygmy plimpies in here, however. Instead you will find a colorful assortment of mundane fish purchased in Muggle London.

Basil keeps his door locked at all times, so you must knock if you wish an audience with him. Have no fear, he is usually of a good disposition as long as he has a nice steaming cup of coffee in his mug.

sweetpinkpixie · 12-13-2012, 01:40 AM

Basil had been out and about when he had heard the toot toot - or whatever sound it was - of the Hogwarts Express as it pulled into the station and had quickly run back to his office. Merlin...it was starting...

But that had been a few days ago.

Not that he wasn't excited to meet his new employees or anything. They all seemed like sharp and well put together individuals - save for that one who had sent him a head shot along with his application...that one reminded him of the folks he used to work with over at Witch Weekly - so he actually was looking forward to a little chit chat before sending them to work.

Sitting as his desk, Basil began to go over some paperwork while he waited for the first of them to arrive.

BanaBatGirl · 12-13-2012, 09:08 PM

Still beaming from his little trick in the conference room, Chord made his way down and around the Daily Prophet offices, poking his head in here, sticking his nose in there. He was most interested in the Managing Editor's office, as he'd heard that she was well... hot, but he was also curious to see what Shorty Skeeter had in his cell.

Only problem was: the door was locked. Chord tried unlocking it with his wand, his shoulder, his foot, etc., and still the damn thing kept him out. Shoot. He should have just stayed in the conference room in the first place, with all the baby interns. At least one of them was going to bring him coffee... right?

In the meantime, Chord decided to slump down to the bottom of the door. He leaned his ~~beautiful~~ blonde head against the door, causing it to make a soft knocking sound.

"Owwww," he muttered to himself, stretching his long legs out and frowning. "Damn door...!"

Erindipity · 12-15-2012, 01:16 AM

Lexi was here... she was ready to work again. SIGHS. Dora was with the sitter and her clothes were NOT dirty with child slobber or the like. WIN.

She rolled her shoulders slightly and approached the door of the Editor's office... only to spot a blonde dude being weird. GREAT. Lexi ignored him being all weird and whatnot and offered him a smile. "Helloooo," she said merrily before reaching over him and rapping on the door.

Now. She smoothed her skirt down and smiled brightly. She was going to have a great day and things would go well and HUZZAH. Yep.

hjhm · 12-16-2012, 09:34 AM

Jonathan walked from the Conference room to the Editor-in-chief's office. Quite frankly, it wasn't that easy as well. Not that he was really paying attention to where he was going. No, he was busy looking around. This place just fascinates him and for it's the very first time he has actually walked through these corridors. Yeah, it's pretty new to him.

Okay, focus Jonathan. Luckily for him, when his eyes scouted the place, he saw the office door........ and a couple of people. One of which, he just saw earlier in the conference room. What was his name again? Mr. Chord, as he remembered. Seeing as he and the woman are still outside, he's guessing the door is locked.

"Mr. Chord..." he smiled greeting the blonde guy. He then turned to girl and gave a small smile.

sweetpinkpixie · 12-20-2012, 05:17 AM

Now that the interns were all on assignment, Basil could turn his attention to more important things. Or, well, more pressing matters as the case really was in his mind. His entry level kids.

Walking towards his office, Basil felt the vein in his forehead pulse in agitation when he heard several loud thudding noises. Good thing he had put some protective charms on his door from vandals and dents? Maybe that one had dented his head...that would be amusing. But alas, it didn't look like the sunglasses wonder had dented his head. At least the other two seemed more put together and less...whatever the word was.

"Sorry to keep you three waiting," he said while flicking his wand and unlocking his door. "One at a time please. Just a short chit chat and then we will figure out your assignments." And without another word Basil walked past the three ~~hopefully to avoid any comments about his height since they ALL were taller than him~~ and into his office.

OOC: between SS server changes, timezones, and hospital visits I am SO SORRY that it took me so long to get back to you guys *hides under the table* no need to wait for one person to be done, just go ahead and post your charrie walking into the office and having a seat and whatnot and we will keep this short and sweet so you can go play more and start on tasks and woot

hjhm · 12-20-2012, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

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"Sorry to keep you three waiting," he said while flicking his wand and unlocking his door. "One at a time please. Just a short chit chat and then we will figure out your assignments." And without another word Basil walked past the three ~~hopefully to avoid any comments about his height since they ALL were taller than him~~ and into his office.

OOC: between SS server changes, timezones, and hospital visits I am SO SORRY that it took me so long to get back to you guys *hides under the table* no need to wait for one person to be done, just go ahead and post your charrie walking into the office and having a seat and whatnot and we will keep this short and sweet so you can go play more and start on tasks and woot

The sound of the footsteps alarmed Jonathan as his head quickly snapped over to the person coming near them. Mr. Skeeter has finally arrived. Well, that was brief, uhm, the meeting from the conference room that is. Jonathan thought it would take them half a day just to show them the whole Daily Prophet or something... but then again, he thought wrong. So as Mr. Skeeter apologized being late, Jonathan just stood there and casually nodded his head. He wasn't really late, fact is it wasn't that long enough til he came.

Jonathan came inside his office and his eyes scouted the place. WHOAH! First impression? PRETTY CLEAN. Now Jonathan can live in this area but of course, he had to be the editor-in-chief to do so, which is unlikely because he is not.

Focusing on the main thing right now, which is why he was sent here instead of being part of the interns, Jonathan looked at Mr. Skeeter. Obviously he didn't need to ask, so again he just greeted the man "Morning, sir".

BanaBatGirl · 12-21-2012, 05:14 AM

Heh, the kid remembered to call him Mr. Chord. Grinning up at the man-boy-boy-man?, Chord gave him a nod and slowly rose to a standing position. Didn't want to look lazy straight off the bat for the old Chief, even if... well, he was a lazy person.

"Sup," he added to the chick standing there. She looked nice enough. But now was no time for chatter; now was the time to get himself a job!!!!

Or to figure out what his job actually was!!!!!

So when it was Chord's turn, he straightened out his jacket, ran a hand through his luscious blonde locks, and then strutted into the office. He took a seat and refrained from putting his feet up on the other guy's desk, as tempting as that was, and instead took a look around the room.

"What's with the pineapple?" was the first obvious question out of his big mouth.

sweetpinkpixie · 12-22-2012, 02:39 AM

Basil hurried inside his office and immediately made his way towards the sink to wash his hands of all the germs he had accumulated while in the conference room and being out and about in Diagon Alley. Once all that was settled, he moved to behind his desk - inflating his seat just a bit so he looked taller - and then waited for the first of the kids to come in. Time to get down to business!

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Originally Posted by hjhm

The sound of the footsteps alarmed Jonathan as his head quickly snapped over to the person coming near them. Mr. Skeeter has finally arrived. Well, that was brief, uhm, the meeting from the conference room that is. Jonathan thought it would take them half a day just to show them the whole Daily Prophet or something... but then again, he thought wrong. So as Mr. Skeeter apologized being late, Jonathan just stood there and casually nodded his head. He wasn't really late, fact is it wasn't that long enough til he came.

Jonathan came inside his office and his eyes scouted the place. WHOAH! First impression? PRETTY CLEAN. Now Jonathan can live in this area but of course, he had to be the editor-in-chief to do so, which is unlikely because he is not.

Focusing on the main thing right now, which is why he was sent here instead of being part of the interns, Jonathan looked at Mr. Skeeter. Obviously he didn't need to ask, so again he just greeted the man "Morning, sir".

"Mr. Kim, please, have a seat," Basil said as he gestured towards the chair in front of his desk. Basil rested his elbows on the desk after adjusting some of the pens there so they were perfectly vertical and perfectly aligned with the parchment sitting next to it. "Have you given any thought as to which position you would like to try your hand at?" He had included a list of things in his initial letter to all the entry level kiddos, so it really was up to them. Minus the secretary work at the desk. All of them had to do that. "What seems to play to your strengths?"

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

So when it was Chord's turn, he straightened out his jacket, ran a hand through his luscious blonde locks, and then strutted into the office. He took a seat and refrained from putting his feet up on the other guy's desk, as tempting as that was, and instead took a look around the room.

"What's with the pineapple?" was the first obvious question out of his big mouth.

This one was going to raise Basil's blood pressure to ridiculous heights and cause him to need to see a Healer - he could just feel it. Shuffling through some paper's on his desk, Basil reached for the boy's application - ignoring the unnecessary head shot once again - and gave it a quick look over before resting his gaze on the young man as he took a seat and...

The pineapple?

"Saved my life once," Basil said rather unconvincingly as he waved the question off with his hand. "Your letter of recommendation is...impressive," Basil said as he rest it on the desk. Impressive because it was clearly NOT written by anyone other than the boy sitting in front of him. "How would you like to try your hand at writing an article for the Daily Prophet? I have a small piece of news I would like to get out soon regarding the jokes shop in Diagon Alley." Eh, funny boy?

BanaBatGirl · 12-22-2012, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

This one was going to raise Basil's blood pressure to ridiculous heights and cause him to need to see a Healer - he could just feel it. Shuffling through some paper's on his desk, Basil reached for the boy's application - ignoring the unnecessary head shot once again - and gave it a quick look over before resting his gaze on the young man as he took a seat and...

The pineapple?

"Saved my life once," Basil said rather unconvincingly as he waved the question off with his hand. "Your letter of recommendation is...impressive," Basil said as he rest it on the desk. Impressive because it was clearly NOT written by anyone other than the boy sitting in front of him. "How would you like to try your hand at writing an article for the Daily Prophet? I have a small piece of news I would like to get out soon regarding the jokes shop in Diagon Alley." Eh, funny boy?

"How'd it do that? Did it tapdance across your heart and restart it for you?" Chord was curious, what could he say. He did grin as he made that comment though, you know, so bossman wouldn't pop that vein in his forehead. Chord did NOT want to have to do laundry today. So please don't explode, shawty.

He settled back as the editor complimented his letter of rec. HEH. HEHEHEHEH. Apparently they hadn't contacted Scamander about it then, eh? EXCELLENT. Chord was quite proud he'd pulled that one off...only... perhaps not, because now his AWESOME self-written letter of rec was going to give him WORK to DO.

GUH.

"I could, er, look into something," Chord scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "I was actually wondering if you guys had a... music beat, here. Like for discovering new bands and stuff? If I could do that?"

hjhm · 12-22-2012, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Mr. Kim, please, have a seat," Basil said as he gestured towards the chair in front of his desk. Basil rested his elbows on the desk after adjusting some of the pens there so they were perfectly vertical and perfectly aligned with the parchment sitting next to it. "Have you given any thought as to which position you would like to try your hand at?" He had included a list of things in his initial letter to all the entry level kiddos, so it really was up to them. Minus the secretary work at the desk. All of them had to do that. "What seems to play to your strengths?"

Jonathan tends to notice the minute details, well because he grew up like that most of the time. He's that little boy in the corner eyeing all the children and what they're doing and actually just observing them from a far. Growing up he kept this attitude and actually, it's quite an advantage to it. He gets to read a person's behavior just by observing the little details they do...... and good for girlfriends too. Haha. And from his observation this guy is quite organized. Too organized. The way he designed his office is too proportioned, like, everything has to be where it is or else he will go knock someone out. Jonathan snapped out of it when he heard Mr. Skeeter telling him to sit down.

His eyes immediately looked at his direction as he sat down in one of the comfortable chairs in the office. This was Jonathan's first time to be in an actual job interview(?) He hasn't done this before nor has any experiences whatsoever. He's just hoping he'll manage what is given to him...

Have you given any thought as to which position you would like to try your hand at?

Gulp.

He has read that letter and took a time or two to sit down and tried finding which one is for him because let's face it, other than composing songs for the piano Jonathan has never wrote that involves it being published.

What seems to play to your strengths?

At the end of the day, Jonathan finally decided which of the list would he like to work as. Smirking at the question Jonathan opened his mouth to answer Mr. Skeeter "Op-Ed Columnist would be perfect, I suppose" Jonathan is okay with any of the list but if Mr. Skeeter wanted him to choose then he chooses the Op-Ed Columnist. "My head is full of opinions and that seems to be a strength of mine" he said with a small laugh. "I think it' be really fun" he doesn't know the DP journalist that writes of that column but whoever that is must be strict or something like that. Then again, when you surpass Lafay at Hogwarts, you surpass any teacher... any boss.

Erindipity · 12-22-2012, 06:40 AM

Lexi smiled cordially at the two guys there... The one she thought she recognized from Hogwarts... she was pretty sure he was a fair bit younger than herself, though. Whatever. MHM. They both got nods, though. NOD NOD.

And then the ~~REALLY SHORT~~ editor- in- chief came in and yada yada. Squaring her shoulders when it was her turn she entered the office and smiled brightly.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Skeeter for your time and the job and all. I really like your office." She had had her own office once. SIGHS. She was glad to get back to work though. Even if an entry level position did kind of make her cringe. SIGHS.

She stood awkwardly waiting for the man to tell her to be seated. She would stand on ceremony in this case and not Gryffindor her way into the office and be all RAWRR and whatnot. Heh.

sweetpinkpixie · 12-22-2012, 07:14 AM

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"How'd it do that? Did it tapdance across your heart and restart it for you?" Chord was curious, what could he say. He did grin as he made that comment though, you know, so bossman wouldn't pop that vein in his forehead. Chord did NOT want to have to do laundry today. So please don't explode, shawty.

He settled back as the editor complimented his letter of rec. HEH. HEHEHEHEH. Apparently they hadn't contacted Scamander about it then, eh? EXCELLENT. Chord was quite proud he'd pulled that one off...only... perhaps not, because now his AWESOME self-written letter of rec was going to give him WORK to DO.

GUH.

"I could, er, look into something," Chord scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "I was actually wondering if you guys had a... music beat, here. Like for discovering new bands and stuff? If I could do that?"

Basil tried his best not to raise an eyebrow at the suggestion. Good story though, tap dancing pineapple and all that. He would have to remember that one for the next time someone asked him about why there was a pineapples on his desk. This kid had an imagination at least. Creative outlets were always a good thing. "Something like that," he said with another dismissive wave while he slid some more pieces of parchment across his desk with no real intended location. He just needed to do something with his hands.

"We don't have a specific column dedicated to music," he replied, furrowing his brow while rummaging through some papers. Oh, here was that info from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. "A pop culture column would be something our readers would be interested in. If this is something you are serious about..." Cue an eyebrow raise as he passed over the submission form regarding Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes to mister self-proclaimed-poster-boy. "You could write up a proper proposal idea after this article and then show it to me." Basil had no qualms with creating new columns and features for the Daily Prophet. It was in desperate need of some expanding anyway.

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Jonathan tends to notice the minute details, well because he grew up like that most of the time. He's that little boy in the corner eyeing all the children and what they're doing and actually just observing them from a far. Growing up he kept this attitude and actually, it's quite an advantage to it. He gets to read a person's behavior just by observing the little details they do...... and good for girlfriends too. Haha. And from his observation this guy is quite organized. Too organized. The way he designed his office is too proportioned, like, everything has to be where it is or else he will go knock someone out. Jonathan snapped out of it when he heard Mr. Skeeter telling him to sit down.

His eyes immediately looked at his direction as he sat down in one of the comfortable chairs in the office. This was Jonathan's first time to be in an actual job interview(?) He hasn't done this before nor has any experiences whatsoever. He's just hoping he'll manage what is given to him...

Have you given any thought as to which position you would like to try your hand at?

Gulp.

He has read that letter and took a time or two to sit down and tried finding which one is for him because let's face it, other than composing songs for the piano Jonathan has never wrote that involves it being published.

What seems to play to your strengths?

At the end of the day, Jonathan finally decided which of the list would he like to work as. Smirking at the question Jonathan opened his mouth to answer Mr. Skeeter "Op-Ed Columnist would be perfect, I suppose" Jonathan is okay with any of the list but if Mr. Skeeter wanted him to choose then he chooses the Op-Ed Columnist. "My head is full of opinions and that seems to be a strength of mine" he said with a small laugh. "I think it' be really fun" he doesn't know the DP journalist that writes of that column but whoever that is must be strict or something like that. Then again, when you surpass Lafay at Hogwarts, you surpass any teacher... any boss.

Nodding as the boy took a seat, Basil looked over his staff list and the most recent issue of the Daily Prophet for a moment as Mr. Kim began to speak. Opinion column, interesting choice but certainly a good one to begin a writing career with. He had been the same at his first journalist job - although most of his opinions were bitter and jaded and not the most cheerful of pieces. Oh well. He had gotten his writing out there and that had been the important part anyway.

"I like opinionated people," he grinned, nodding his head approvingly at the boy. "What are some topics you think you would like to write about? This would be a new column of sorts, so it would be your's to mold." Although Basil wanted to steer some topics towards muggles and muggle society if possible.

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Lexi smiled cordially at the two guys there... The one she thought she recognized from Hogwarts... she was pretty sure he was a fair bit younger than herself, though. Whatever. MHM. They both got nods, though. NOD NOD.

And then the ~~REALLY SHORT~~ editor- in- chief came in and yada yada. Squaring her shoulders when it was her turn she entered the office and smiled brightly.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Skeeter for your time and the job and all. I really like your office." She had had her own office once. SIGHS. She was glad to get back to work though. Even if an entry level position did kind of make her cringe. SIGHS.

She stood awkwardly waiting for the man to tell her to be seated. She would stand on ceremony in this case and not Gryffindor her way into the office and be all RAWRR and whatnot. Heh.

Nodding his head towards the empty chair as the young woman entered his office, he turned to her application and left it open on the desk as his gaze drifted back to her. "You are quite welcome," he said with a smirk. Yes, she may have been sucking up just a bit - or perhaps she was just polite - but Basil knew when to appreciate it and right now he had the appreciation switch on. "Please, have a seat."

No awkward fidgeting or anything, please.

His eyes darted back to the pieces of paper in front of him and he began to drum his fingers on his desk. "So...Miss Kennedy, advice columnist, correct?" That had been what she had owled back about being interested in, right? "What made you decide that that was something you wanted to do?"

hjhm · 12-22-2012, 02:18 PM

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Nodding as the boy took a seat, Basil looked over his staff list and the most recent issue of the Daily Prophet for a moment as Mr. Kim began to speak. Opinion column, interesting choice but certainly a good one to begin a writing career with. He had been the same at his first journalist job - although most of his opinions were bitter and jaded and not the most cheerful of pieces. Oh well. He had gotten his writing out there and that had been the important part anyway.

"I like opinionated people," he grinned, nodding his head approvingly at the boy. "What are some topics you think you would like to write about? This would be a new column of sorts, so it would be your's to mold." Although Basil wanted to steer some topics towards muggles and muggle society if possible.

Was he doing great? Was he actually answering him correctly? Jonathan kept looking at him and yet he couldn't really tell what was Mr. Skeeter was thinking. THAT and the fact that Jonathan just needs to relax a bit with this interview. Try to keep his imaginations on the down low for the sake of not embarrassing his self in front of his boss. Breathe in, breathe out.

I like opinionated people. Smile, that's a start. Jonathan also love opinions. What are some topics you think you would like to write about? Hmmm... He never really thought about such but that's probably something he should have thought about. What are some topics you think you would like to write about?

. . . 0__________________0. Gulp.

Jonathan's eyes sort of widened hearing that. Uhm... Him? Molding it? Well well well, NOW this is news. Even for him. GULP. Still, with a calm tone he casually faced Mr. Skeeter "I think when it comes to opinions topics be uhmm... everything, because opinions are opinions. So it doesn't quite matter which topics one has to choose, as long as it could appeal to the public" boring news means boring opinions, that's just how it is. "Are there any topics would you consider?" an idea or two perhaps?

BanaBatGirl · 12-24-2012, 06:19 AM

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Basil tried his best not to raise an eyebrow at the suggestion. Good story though, tap dancing pineapple and all that. He would have to remember that one for the next time someone asked him about why there was a pineapples on his desk. This kid had an imagination at least. Creative outlets were always a good thing. "Something like that," he said with another dismissive wave while he slid some more pieces of parchment across his desk with no real intended location. He just needed to do something with his hands.

"We don't have a specific column dedicated to music," he replied, furrowing his brow while rummaging through some papers. Oh, here was that info from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. "A pop culture column would be something our readers would be interested in. If this is something you are serious about..." Cue an eyebrow raise as he passed over the submission form regarding Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes to mister self-proclaimed-poster-boy. "You could write up a proper proposal idea after this article and then show it to me." Basil had no qualms with creating new columns and features for the Daily Prophet. It was in desperate need of some expanding anyway.

'Something like that.' Huh. Sounded like someone had a mighty shifty-looking fruit on his desk that he sure didn't want to talk about. Chord made a mental vow then and there to find out the REAL story behind the pineapple... and before he was either fired from this job or got discovered for his musical talent. Yup.

"A pop culture column sounds AWESOME," Chord answered honestly, and with much real enthusiasm. How cool would that be?! He could be like a... like a critic, and tell people what was UP and what was DOWN, what was IN and what was OUT. Sweeeeeet. "I uh, I'll take it! I'll take the job!" he stood up and grabbed the little WWW paper, substituting his hand for the paper in something of a forced handshake.

Anyway, it was something, right? "I'll get right on this, Skeetske-- sir. Uh," he actually glanced down at the clipping in his palm, "just as soon as you tell me which direction the double-u, double-u, double u is? East or West?" Merlin, he should have hung around Diagon Alley more before getting a job here.

Hera · 03-18-2013, 09:22 AM

Emily entered the office space, her hazel eyes taking in the clock, the tank, the shelves and their volumes... all of it. It was one of those things she did. But still, she didn't make herself comfortable. The man hadn't invited her to sit, and while she had strong opinions, she wasn't rude. Besides, Emily wasn't planning on staying for long... she had some real work to do.

sweetpinkpixie · 03-18-2013, 12:32 PM

Shutting the door behind him, Basil first walked over to his sink and spent a few long moments before returning his attention to...whatever her name was. It WOULD have been nice of her to at least offer him that much before she started telling him what was wrong with his paper.

Thank Merlin her complaint wasn't about something he had written.

"Have a seat Miss...." Whatever your name is. He gestured towards the chair opposite his on the other side of his desk and took a seat himself. Or she could stand if she wanted to. "Now, what exactly is it about this article that you have a problem with?"

Basil himself knew nothing about Quidditch and all that - never interested him - so hopefully there wasn't something technical she wanted to discuss because then she might as well have been talking to a brick wall.

Hera · 03-19-2013, 07:48 AM

Eyebrows arched in curiosity as the short man went about his... business? What was with the sink? He wasn't... was he? Emily found herself averting her gaze, focusing on the clock instead. And look, there went her coffee time too...

"Browne," she interjected, as Prophet man finally addressed her. Though she hadn't intended to sit, she didn't want to find herself talking down at the man, but it was oh so hard not to do so standing up... so yes, she sat.
"There are a number of inaccuracies for starters, and privacy issues as well..." Though it wasn't exactly illegal, it meant that she was not a happy reader.

sweetpinkpixie · 03-19-2013, 12:21 PM

Adjusting his cushion that made him appear a little taller than he really was, Basil rested his elbows on his desk and raised an eyebrow towards the woman.

Browne, right. Got it.

And now the vein in his forehead was twitching. Inaccuracies? Hand't he left all of that rubbish when he left Witch Weekly? As if that wasn't enough, Miss Browne brought up privacy issues. Sweet Merlin...were wizarding lawyers going to show up at the Daily Prophet's front door next? "Would you be so kind as to point out what exactly these inaccuracies are?" he asked while handing her back the paper and summoning his Quick Quotes Quill on the side.

Cue another eyebrow raise.

"And are you saying that you did not give permission for the information from your interview to be published?"

Hera · 03-19-2013, 12:50 PM

Was it just her? Or did Mr. DailyProphetEditorDude nervous? ... She wasn't going to sue them - because that was a waste of time, and she wasn't going to eat him, or burn down the establishment ~~as tempting as that was...~~

"Well firstly, your writer needs to learn to spell, or at least do research. It's Browne with an E, as opposed to the generic and drab colour." See, ONE issue, and a poor mistake at that. "Secondly, I played quidditch in sixty-seven to sixty-eight and seventy-two to seventy-three... not sixty-five to sixty-nine." Again, did Willow lady do any research at all? Or did she skim through resources and guess the rest?

"And lastly, I'm sure you can understand and appreciate my reservations about having my name and occupation printed in a public forum when the topic of the article isn't even newsworthy."
If her name and occupation had cropped up as a result of a criminal investigation, then that would have been one thing... but a quidditch players where are they now? .. just ridiculous. And she wasn't even going to mention that of her colleagues name as well. That wasn't her fight. It was his business, she was only here to complain about HER exposure.

Emily paused at the mention of an interview... interview?
"What interview? I never agreed to an interview..." her eyebrows narrowed in distaste.

sweetpinkpixie · 03-19-2013, 02:30 PM

Quill working furiously in the background, Basil's eyes narrowed first on the Ministry employee - he knew that thanks to the article, but he apparently wasn't supposed to know that. His eyes glazed over the paper until he found her name and he leaned forward just a bit to read. "Ravenclaw, huh?" he said with an amused smirk.

Sweet Merlin.

Basil gnawed on his lower lip and simply gawked at the paper for a few moments before picking it up and grabbing a red inked quill from his desk and underlining the mistakes that this Browne lady had listed. Hopefully it was just her section that was riddled with errors...but now he was growing more anxious as to why the other bloke was in the lobby area.

"My deepest apologies on behalf of the Daily Prophet," he began before she essentially hit him in the face with a hex and dropped a bomb on him with words. Wait. WHAT?! "You mean there was no interview nor permission given at all?"

........................................

"Would you like me to call the writer into my office so that you may address them directly?" And then they could figure out what to do to fix this or at least do some damage control.

Hera · 03-20-2013, 09:28 AM

Oh well, would you look at that. Short man knew how to pull funnies. Yeah, she got it. Ravenclaw. And her not-so-irrational need to scrutinise every last detail in the blasted article. Ha ha ha.
Emily was highly amused. Even her face said so with her pouty grimace.

His deepest apologies, well that was worth its weight in gold.. Emily was not yet impressed. But she was willing to wait.
"No... no consent, no interview.. just a surprise when I was eating my morning bagel." If he could even imagine...
She was willing to bet the man didn't know a bagel was a choking hazard.

Emily exhaled sharply as Skeeter? dude asked if he ought to drag in the culprit behind the distasteful article. Emily shrugged. It amused her that he was willing to put the writer into the same room as her.. you know, auror and angry and all. Not that she could or would DO anything, except think about it.
"Whatever you think is best," she replied. Because really... how was this Willow, going to make it up to her? Write an article pronouncing her dead perhaps?

sweetpinkpixie · 03-21-2013, 02:38 PM

By now Basil was rubbing BOTH temples and scrunching up his nose as if he were smelling fresh dragon dung covered in troll bogies. And if you haven't smelled that before, well, we can guarantee that it is very VERY unpleasant. But this was a bloody nightmare and he was seriously getting a migraine from all of this.

He would prefer not to bring Willow in here because that would just be more germs in his office at once, but the man was sort of at a loss as to what to do. Here he was in the office with an Auror. An angry one at that. "Miss Browne, what is it you would like me to do about this? Or was your purpose just to come here to file a complaint?" Because if it was just to do that, then they were done here. If she wanted something more - like a retraction or an apology from the writer or something - then she needed to say something.

Hera · 03-22-2013, 09:34 AM

Emily politely diverted her gaze for a long moment while the editor exhibited his signs of stress. Watching would just be rude. At least, Emily knew that SHE, wouldn't want anyone seeing her like that. Mmmhhm.

She glanced back, however, when the man voiced a question.

What did she want?

Well really, she wanted to complain. She wanted them to know that they were out of line... but ultimately? She wouldn't object to the girl being fired, but perhaps that would be too harsh, though there were other things...

"A retraction would be a good start... but what I would love from you," she said emphasising the word love, "...is to ensure my name, identity or occupation are never released in your publication ever again, unless there is a plausible cause, meaning as a direct result from my work." That would be the only exception. The ONLY, exception. And she'd want it in writing, of course.

"And... I suggest you get your writers into a ethics in journalism course... for your benefit as well as the publics."

sweetpinkpixie · 03-23-2013, 12:58 PM

Basil continued to rub his temples firmly while he waited for the woman to either complain some more or give him her demands. He wanted to just brush the woman off and call her overly sensitive and offer her a chocolate frog before dismissing her, but if that didn't work with his own kids then he doubt it would do anything in this situation.

A retraction? Bloody fantastic.

Taking note of this among a few other things on a spare piece of parchment, he stood up and walked around his desk to offer her a proper handshake. "I personally promise you that the next and all future articles that may involve a need to include you in any form will receive your permission before doing so." Was that good enough?

As for this retraction business, well, he would speak with Willow about a possibility for that after he dealt with whatever the other gentleman out there was wanting. Although he too had mentioned something about a retraction as well.

And what she meant to say was for the sake of his reputation. And yes, he would see to that. Perhaps hold a staff meeting of sorts with all his writers since he had some assignments to hand out anyway.

"If that is all, I will escort you out."

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