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Election EraAll historical records pertaining to Ministry of Magic RPG under Ministers for Magic, Sherman Clark [IC January 2086 - December 2089; OOC February 2015 - June 2016] & Althea Scabior [IC January 2090 - December 2093; OOC February 2016 - June 2017]
Ember had gone down to the little cafeteria-ish place for her USUAL snack. Well, not usual in the sense that she got the same thing as usual--usual in that this was her snack time. She had had a LOVELY cinnamon roll, too. Sweet and sticky and everything a cinnamon roll SHOULD BE.
She was singing, as she usually was, when she was in a good mood. She had watched a VERY ancient muggle TV show all last time. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY RIVETING, THOUGH. Talking VEGETABLES(sometimes fruit) with LESSONS to teach young children?! Ember was so glad she had invested in buying the entire show. MAGNIFICENT. The theme song was quiiiiiiiite stuck in her head, though, and as she slipped into her level, she didn't even NOTICE the man at first.
"...If you liike to waaaaaaltz with POTATOES--up and down your prooooooduuuuuce aiiiiisle!!!!!" she finished off the beginning of the song, gripping her bag and moving it to the front of her, clinging to it as she.......get into the song DEEPLY. "VEGGIETAAAAALES! VEGGGIETAAAALES! VEGGIETAAAALES! VEGGIETALEEEES!" and that went on for a good bit until she got to the REALLY good part--
Ahem--
"Broooocooliiiiii! Celeryyyy! Gotta' BEEEEEEE--VEGGIETALES!" she finished STRONG. Not that she was finished the song--but she had taken notice of the man.
One NOT in her department!
"WELCOME, WELCOME!" she bounced cheerfully towards him, swinging her backpack back over her shoulder, approaching with quite a bit of PEP in her STEP. "Level Four! Home to the creepies and the crawlies that we ADORE SO MUCH!" she was turning red she was so EXCITED THAT THERE WAS A VISITOR!!!!!!!
Someone walking in here hadn't gone unnoticed by Dale; as soon as he'd heard approaching footsteps he'd turned towards the doorway in the hopes that whoever it was would be coming in here. And so they did, accompanied by... singing. No, not singing. More like BELTING out that... weird song. Veggietales? What in Merlin's beard was this about?
He watched her, quite baffled and sort of entranced, until she was done with her rendition, at which point Dale continued to stand there, mouth hanging open slightly. But then she was coming closer and talking and slowly turning the shade of a tomato.
"Uhh..." Dale began, still sort of stunned by that entrance. Then, all at once, he snapped out of it, stopped gaping like a fool and held out his hand, to shake and all. "Hi. I'm... Dale. Level Two. Come to, ahh... visit." ............... "Lovely singing."
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Someone walking in here hadn't gone unnoticed by Dale; as soon as he'd heard approaching footsteps he'd turned towards the doorway in the hopes that whoever it was would be coming in here. And so they did, accompanied by... singing. No, not singing. More like BELTING out that... weird song. Veggietales? What in Merlin's beard was this about?
He watched her, quite baffled and sort of entranced, until she was done with her rendition, at which point Dale continued to stand there, mouth hanging open slightly. But then she was coming closer and talking and slowly turning the shade of a tomato.
"Uhh..." Dale began, still sort of stunned by that entrance. Then, all at once, he snapped out of it, stopped gaping like a fool and held out his hand, to shake and all. "Hi. I'm... Dale. Level Two. Come to, ahh... visit." ............... "Lovely singing."
She might have scared the poor bloke. Ember waved her hand in front of his face. "Hi--hello--are you lost?" she asked softly, because he certainly didn't look like he belonged on THIS level!
OH HANDSHAKES! THE SECOND BEST KIND OF SHAKES(the first were milkshakes, obvi). She BEAMED and shook his hand. "Dale! Dale! Dale from Level TWO!" she said, grinning and giggling away. She found that name SO FUNNY. "Well Dale from Level Two--I'm EMBER from Level FOUR. Obviously!" she let go of his hand after violently shaking it for that...entire little time. She put her hands behind her back and rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet. "Visit! Oh we LOVE visitors here! We're nice people here on level FOUR! And we would NEVER EVER BAN YOU if you decided to redecorate!" she said, smiling innocently...but...
She remembered.
She remembered when Emily Browne and Gavin Stinkpants banned her from Levels One, Two, and Three. It had been so RUDE. But they were both...gone now.
HEHEHEHE. GONE.
"Are you scary? I know lots of people from Two are SCARY." Because asking someone if they were scary was the way to go!
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Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin
She might have scared the poor bloke. Ember waved her hand in front of his face. "Hi--hello--are you lost?" she asked softly, because he certainly didn't look like he belonged on THIS level!
OH HANDSHAKES! THE SECOND BEST KIND OF SHAKES(the first were milkshakes, obvi). She BEAMED and shook his hand. "Dale! Dale! Dale from Level TWO!" she said, grinning and giggling away. She found that name SO FUNNY. "Well Dale from Level Two--I'm EMBER from Level FOUR. Obviously!" she let go of his hand after violently shaking it for that...entire little time. She put her hands behind her back and rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet. "Visit! Oh we LOVE visitors here! We're nice people here on level FOUR! And we would NEVER EVER BAN YOU if you decided to redecorate!" she said, smiling innocently...but...
She remembered.
She remembered when Emily Browne and Gavin Stinkpants banned her from Levels One, Two, and Three. It had been so RUDE. But they were both...gone now.
HEHEHEHE. GONE.
"Are you scary? I know lots of people from Two are SCARY." Because asking someone if they were scary was the way to go!
Lost? Noooo. Well, not geographically at least, and that seemed to be what she was getting at with the question.
The main thing that really occurred to Dale through this interaction was that it was almost like talking to one of his brothers back when they were super little. Or even Jake, if he got his hands on sugar. She was just... something. He raised his eyebrows in amusement and looked from her face to their hands, still in that very long handshake, and then back again.
"Ember. Hello Ember," Dale replied when at last his hand was free and Ember had appeared to draw breath. It was funny, usually Dale was considered the calm one in his family, but next to EMBER from Level FOUR he felt almost like he'd been Impedimenta'd and was moving in slow-mo.
Wouldn't... ban? Uhhh... That was... good to know.
Even though his apparent new friend seemed mad as a box of frogs, Dale found her rather endearing, and he smiled at her as warmly as he could.
"I don't think I'm one of the scary ones. Not yet, at any rate. I'm only new, so maybe it's an acquired thing." Or maybe it was because he wasn't an Auror or Hit Wizard or something... though Jake had been on that side of things for a few years and he was about as scary as a wet sock, unless you got him riled up. "I know what you mean, though. I wouldn't to cross many of them." He glanced around the reception area again. "What about you? Are people from Level Four a scary bunch? D'you need to be scary with your work?" Oh so casually hinting towards the 'so what do you do down here' topic.
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Ember was very smiley now, because this bloke seemed REALLY nice. It was funny...she had only ever met ONE mean person from Level Two. All the others were just LOVELY. "Ember..BRIGHTEN." She said, pizazzing her hands out on side of her face. "My parents think they're really witty." PFFFT. Ember LIVED UP TO HER NAME, OKAY?
"Yes...though I think the Hit Wizards are scaaarier." She made scary-crawly hands and then grinned as she stood up straight once more, her skirt billowing as she twirled a bit. "Oh! What is it you DO then?" One quite forgot all of the jobs in MLE besides Aurors...but Ember should probably rectify that idea in her head! Everyone deserved RECOGNITION!
The piles of paperwork on her desk COULD WAIT! She was making an amigo, okay?
"Oh--" she laaaaughed. "No! We're not scary--well--" she lowered her voice. "Emmalee Quinn, the PLANT HEAD PERSON--she can be scary I suppose--she's a redhead--" they were always a bit fierce, right? "And Harmony can be scary IF SOMEONE IS HARMING THE ANIMALS. But other than that--we're all SUNSHINE AND DAISIES!" Not really. But Ember would like to THINK of them that way. "And I--" she put a hand on her chest, "Am part of pest control." Everyone always laughed when Ember told them that, and she didn't quite know why. What was so funny about Pest Control? "And it may seem like a not fun job--but I love it--I do! I like making sure everyone involved is happy when I'm through--the pests are taken care of--the people inflicted with pests taken car of--" she nodded eagerly. "It's a ball of fun!"
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"You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin
Professor Pink | Mrs. Bruce Wayne | I'm on a Goat | Glitterpuff | Dumbledore's Defense Squad | BHB
Doooodoooooodoo. Just a few more days and William would be coming into work with his crup! But not today. Today he was carrying two tall, hot lattes in his hands and doing his very best not to drop them.
Uh oh, what was this? An obstacle in his way to his desk. Ember and... somebody new. Or new to him, at least. The tall dragon researcher swallowed a nervous lump in his throat, the kind he always got around Ember. She was just so ... crazy that he never knew how to handle her. But maybe he could avoid her today, since she'd found someone else to pester?
"'Scuse me," William murmured as he edged his way toward them. "Just passin' through." To the desks. Yep. Just like every other day.
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Ember BRIGHTEN. Okay-... wait. Brighten. Did he... know that name? Dale was sure, now he thought of it, that 'Ember Brighten' definitely rang a bell. Though it wasn't something to dwell on for very long, because for the most part Dale was simply... floored. Surely Ember had had a little bit too much sugar in her quadruple espresso that morning or something.
"My brother was a Hit Wizard," he interjected. "Quit recently, though. Judging by him, seems like they think they're a lot scarier than they are." Though maybe Dale wouldn't go shouting that on his own level. It was more at the expense of his big bro, rather than his colleagues, in any case. Ahem. "I'm a Stenographer, though. Court Scribe. Write up all the stuff said in hearings and stuff like that." Compared to how bubbly and upbeat this one was, it probably seemed like a total drag. Not to him, though. Neverrrrr.
Once Ember had launched into her spiel about Level Four and the scary red-head by the name of Quinn, and the morally-sound Harmony, Dale found himself all but staring. She was so animated and happy and he'd not encountered anyone quite like her on Level Two. Quite enthusiastic about Pest Control, wasn't she? But then, what better person to have in a job like that. He had a sudden mental image of Ember singing show tunes while encouraging various magical pests to tap-dance their way out of wizarding establishments. Dale, what.
At that moment, he thought again about bringing up Hogwarts or something, and how he thought he recognised her name if not her face, but there was someone else.
"Oh, right," Dale looked around at the other guy and budged up a bit out of the way. Didn't seem fair to get in the way of people who actually worked down here. "Sorry mate." Just gonna go ahead and get out the- wait. Didn't he look familiar too? This was becoming something of a recurring theme at the Ministry. Dale decided not to say anything about it, but his eyes lingered on the dude's face for a moment before glancing back at Ember.
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OH! His BROTHER was a /HIT/ wizard! MERLIN! Ember's lavender eyes widened. "Oh WOW. That is...that is COOOOOOL." As coooooool as a cucumber---OMGOMG. THAT REMINDED HER OF VEGGIE TALES. Larry the CUCUMBER. She smiled away, though, thinking that his whole family must be, like, MLE people. "So are ALL your siblings part of the MLE?" she asked, in which case--HIS FACE. He was looking at her....and his face.
HIS FACE WAS FAMILIAR. And that was all Ember could make out of it. She had always WONDERED.......Hogwarts was a big school.....hmm.....
Court scribe? That sounded a bit medieval, didn't it? Ember wouldn't question it, though. "So you...write down everything? SUPER SPEEDY FAST?" he must be TALENTED at the writing thing. "Is there no way to record what has happened at court proceedings?" Perhaps it was always good to have a written document, though. Because even if, say, Dale was at a court case, and later on could just pull his memory out using a pensieve, what if he didn't remember something properly? Then it would be good to double check the WRITTEN part of things. Hmph. How interesting. Ember didn't find it full oneeeee bit. "You must hear...a lot of interesting things." She commented--
OH HO HO!!
It was.....WILLIAM! WILLIAMSON! Ember IMMEDIATELY swiped her arm out to catch him, placing it on his shoulders and TURNING him around to face Dale, SMILING SO BIG. "This is WILLIAM WILLIAMSON." She said cheerfully. "Our...HEAD Dragon guy?" she announced to Dale. "Just so you get a little variety of the jobs down here--yeah--DRAGONS." Everybody loooooved talking about the dragons. Ember didn't blame them. Who wanted to talk about a nasty chizpurfle infestation deeeeeply hidden in the walls of a muggle school when you could talk about DRAGONS.
"But yes--William is great, too--and not scary, either, see? He's quite the gentleman! He once saved me from a rogue shoe!" Oh, she DID appreciate that! Who KNOWS what her shoe might have done if William had not stepped in!
"Go on, William! Tell him how great you are, don't be SHY!"
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"You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin
Professor Pink | Mrs. Bruce Wayne | I'm on a Goat | Glitterpuff | Dumbledore's Defense Squad | BHB
Ohhhhh no. Oh no. William had made it past the first guy, quite happily might he add, because he was normal and moved out of the way when he saw someone coming through with his hands full.
But Ember? Despite probably being a foot shorter than William, Ember managed to turn him around so that he was facing the guy he had JUST passed. And now he was embarrassed, and his red cheeks were showing it. It figured that she would bring up the shoe incident... she still didn't know he'd been pranking her, did she?
"Erhm, uh-huh---hi," he gave the guy a small, thin smile. "I'm great, apparently, how are you? Are you new?" He wasn't the dragon guy supposed to be joining their team, was he? Looked a bit young if he was.
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Had it not been for all the talking and enthusiasm which was still leaving Dale periodically dumbfounded, he might have informed Ember that no, it was just him and the one brother, who didn't even 'do' the whole Law Enforcement thing anymore. Might have brought up his younger brothers, and how the twins were still at Hogwarts, probably causing trouble.
He simply nodded when she asked more about his job, because yep, that was him. All his job. Dale would have liked to explain how necessary his job was, and why, but when Ember made that last remark he instead smiled somewhat knowingly. "Well, yeah, quite a lot. Discretion's part of the job requi-... uhh..."
He trailed off here because, at that moment, EMBER from Level FOUR had dragged that poor other guy into their conversation. Though she was all the while singing his praises and mentioning dragons and something about a...
"Rogue shoe..." Dale repeated quietly to himself, as though saying the words out loud for himself would make them make a little more sense. But, mmm... nope. Nothing.
William Williamson, and what a name that was too, looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here at the moment, and Dale couldn't help but feel a bit bad as it was he who Ember was forcing him into conversation with. Guilt continued to be a part of his delicate Hufflepuff tendencies, it seemed.
"Hi," he replied, looking from William to Ember and then back again. "I'm good. New, yeah, but, uhh... Level Two. Ember was just telling me a bit about what you lot do down here." Dale tried to communicate a sort of unspoken apology to William Williamson, like with his eyes and that about the potentially uncomfortable situation, but Merlin only knew how well that was working. "... Certainly an interesting... bunch."
His eyes flicked to Ember again, and he smiled.
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Ember thought William was so QUIET today! Hehe. That was okay, though. Ember could do aaaalllllll the talking for him! Still keeping him planted next to her, she smiiiiiled a lot as Dale spoke. Discretion--what did he do again? SHE FORGOT WITH ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF A WILLIAM SIGHTING--
oh.
RIGHT! The SCRIBE thing. He recorded stuff. "I bet you have such PRETTY handwriting--Dale here is from Level TWO--" she told William as she let him go. He was holding coffee and the smell was getting to her. She NEEDED COFFEE NOW. Maybe she'd go find Mitya for a cup of coffee--HMM. SHe was already SO hyper though..and..coffee might not be the BEST idea---
OH WELL!
"WE ARE INTERESTING, AREN'T WE?!" she asked, bouncing a bit--almost knocking into William--who had the cups of coffee--MERLIN! "Whoops! So sorry!" Ember said, trying to make sure one of the cups didn't fall to the floor or something--"William deal with DRAGONS--" she explained to Dale with a grin. "Coolest job around--for the coolest GUY around--" Because Ember thought he was QUITE cool, yeah?
SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND BOUNCY THAT SHE BEGAN TO RUN IN PLACE BECAUSE LOTS OF ENERGY TO EXUTE, OKAY?
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"You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin
Nothing to see here..just spying by order of..whatshisface
Frangelina || twitter addict || Music of the Sun || The Fresh Princess of Bellaire
What exactly they were suppose to uncover by snooping..or umm...keeping a close eye on the other departments, Tyler didn't quite get but he would do it if it meant not being stuck doing boring paper work at his desk.
He'd start here, though he was sure there was absolutely nothing interesting happening.
He walked casually into the department, hands buried in his pockets as per usual, one had gripping his wand.
People chatting....didn't they have anything better to do?
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Professor Pink | Mrs. Bruce Wayne | I'm on a Goat | Glitterpuff | Dumbledore's Defense Squad | BHB
Level Two? Level TWO? This guy was from enemy territory, did Ember KNOW THAT? William's eyes narrowed at him slightly, but... then he relaxed, just a little, at the guy's eye signals. Yes, Ember WAS crazy. He knew this from personal experience dealing with the woman.
Yeah, Level Two guy was alright for now.
Ah, AH! Ember was bouncing around him again and causing William to spill some of the coffees he was carrying on his own hand. Shoooooooot, Ember! "I--- ugh, yeah, geez, I work with dragons, it's pretty cool, if you want to come up and visit another time," he winced because HOT COFFEE ow ow ow, "just yeah-- swing by, and uh, EMBER," William lifted the coffees up in the air, above her head to where she wouldn't be able to bump them, "EMBER, can you move please? I just need to set these down." Now. Please. Where they would be safe from harm.
And who was the other weirdo snooping around? Someone else from Level Two? William rolled his eyes and edged away from the group.
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Pretty handwriting? Huh. Dale didn't think anyone had ever called his handwriting pretty, as such. That compliment was usually reserved for his face and all. But. Ahem. Not the point.
Dragons though, huh? That was interesting. Dale knew a certain someone who liked dragons. And by 'knew a certain someone', he meant 'had a ridiculous brother' and by 'liked' he meant 'was moderately obsessed with'.
"Might take you up on that offer one day," he said in response, though at the moment he was a little preoccupied in what was transpiring here with the coffee and the tension between these two and the... uh... the... the running on the spot. Right. Dale made a mental note that, while very nice, Ember was definitely absolutely a little bit completely crazy.
At that moment, while... whatever was happened was going on, Dale became aware of someone else stepping into the area. Someone he recognised from that first meeting, someone who had no doubt come to level four for the same reason as he had. Dale simply nodded in his direction (and hope he was recognised or that might seem kinda weird) before directing his attention back to William and Ember. Right.
"So... Ember, hey, Ember?" Dale interjected, hoping that getting her attention back at the moment wouldn't be quite like getting the attention of the hyperactive child she was currently reminding him of. "Would you be able to maybe show me around, show me what you do here, or something? Or perhaps just... a walk?" Burn off some of that excess energy that she clearly had. Mainly, though, distract her from William, WHO, in Dale's opinion, still looked like he wanted nothing more than to escape this area in general.
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Ember siiiiideswiped a bit, to move for William at his prodding. "Oh dear! I am SO sorry, WillyWilliam!" she said with a GIGGLE. "Oh--did I get COFFEE on you--hold on--" she pulled out her wand and tapped her wrist a bit before clearing her throat.
"Cool water would solve that JUST PERFECTLY--Aguamenti!" she cried, a geeeentle stream of coldish water poured from her wand onto William's hands-well, at least Ember was TRYING to aim for his hands(she had grabbed one)--but then she got DISTRACTED by DALE. HE WANTED TO BE SHOWN AROUND. EMBER WOULD LOVE TO SHOW HIM ARRROOOUUUUUND! She forgot she was performing the spell and JUMPED up---HAD SHE SPLASHED WWW? If she did--she didn't notice--only once she pulled her wand back and she eyed William..."oh--Oh--OH--DID I GET YOU WET?" she asked LOOKING TERRIFIED."I should dry you--I know the spell for that--"
But did she accidentally WANT TO LIKE BURN HIM WITH A HEAT SPELL THAT WAS TOO HOT?
Hmph.
And there was....another person here. Ember BEAMED--"HI THERE! And who are YOU? Welcome to Level FOUR!" she jumped up with a fist bump and almost fell--wedges were NOT qualified as JUMPING shoes were they?!!?
"I was JUST about to take DALE here for a tour! Of LEvel FOUR and all of our AWESOMENESS! William probably has a LOT of work to do--" she giggled and winked at William.
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"You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin
Frangelina || twitter addict || Music of the Sun || The Fresh Princess of Bellaire
People down here were just too weird and it turned out that he was not the only one from his department who had decided to give this level a visit.
Perhaps they all should have made a note of that.
But they received a nod from him and the fumbled woman received a look. Yes ask for a tour, take them away so he could have time to glimpse at things and file them away in his memory.
He rubbed his neck.
"Umm no thank you..I've been here before I'm just waiting for someone. They're going to meet me here in a few you see." He cleared his throat and pocketed his hands again.
"I'm sure Dale will enjoy his tour though." He nodded towards the man.
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*joins in because it's been a while* *assumes these guys know each other at least*
*sappysapper* MAJNOO, YO!
Cole might be late to work but he had his reasons. He actually wondered if this was how it was going to be from now. He was not really this careless when he had not been engaged. It was probably a phase.
He walked in to a scene, of course. Ah poor William.
"What a waste," he commented, eyeing the spilled coffee. Would this be an inappropriate time to ask William for some coffee?
And then Ember was splashing him with water. What is this crazy person? Cole watched with slight disbelief. Was she for real?
It may be not be an inappropriate time now, he decided, because clearly William would be too concerned with how wet he was. And Cole was really craving some coffee now. "Oh dear, dear, tch" he sympathized with the guy, and grabbed one of the coffees - at least it wouldn't be a waste now. "Really, Ember - what are you doing?"
He noticed the new faces and smiled at them while he sipped the coffee. Ah still good coffee. "Hello, it isn't usually this crazy around here" It was true. Not that Cole was around here a lot. But if this is how Ember behaved everyday, Cole was content handling the dragons.
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Professor Pink | Mrs. Bruce Wayne | I'm on a Goat | Glitterpuff | Dumbledore's Defense Squad | BHB
For. The. Love. Of. MERLIN. First with the hot coffee, now with the water spell, and in just one short, distracted EMBER BRIGHTEN MOMENT, William's entire white shirt was turned into a soaking, sticky mess.
"Emberrrrrrr," William just growled, hardly even NOTICING when Cole swooped in and relieved him of one of the coffees. He could have used a hand, but that WASN'T FOR HI----
That was when he glanced over and saw the guy drinking the coffee. Drinking January's coffee. The coffee he had brought for his BEST FRIEND. WELLLLLLLLLLLL. THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW!!!!
"I am GOING HOME," he declared loudly, turning around and shoving past both Ember and her new BFF Dale and Cole and whoever the other ROAMER was. Yes, he WAS marching out of here right now. "I AM GOING HOME TO CHANGE, IF HARMONY ASKS WHERE I WENT." SO what if he had started keeping a change of clothes in his desk ever since the mutant had taken his pants; he was OBVIOUSLY NEVER going to make it to his desk and out of this waiting area with ALL THESE HOOLIGANS AROUND.
So. To home he would go, cool off, and come back to start this day ALL OVER AGAIN.
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Olly wasn't sure if all the Department Heads were all really close (probably not) but now she felt a little anxious about not getting around to cleaning up her spilt tea. She had been ABOUT to. Now it was too late, however and she didn't exactly want to bring it up again. So she simply took another sip of her tea. "Transportation. That's interesting." They did apparation stuff, yeah?
Mhm. Probably.
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"What....what do you need to see her about?" She'd paled considerably but otherwise tried to keep her face void of any emotions. Would she tell her about the spilt tea? Olly thought they'd conversed quite nicely so far. Or maybe this wasn't about her. Hopefully it wasn't. Actually, why would it be. It was totally fine. Yup. All good.
The wink threw her a little. So she didn't think before replying, "That's disappointing." Uhm. Yeah. Okay, they were finally on the fourth floor. When the doors opened she waited for the other woman to get off first. Politeness and all that. Manners. She did have them.
Lynley nodded. "Quite interesting to me...since it's my niche and all." She said casually, stepping off the lift with a click-clack of her heels. She touched the pearls strung about her neck instinctively, and glanced around the level with keen interest. She'd come here once before, back when she was doing her introductory rounds....but it seemed like such a ....cluttered level.
That's what happened when two departments were on one level, psshhh. Lynley had never been happier to have her whole level to HERSELF, Merlin. And that Harmony woman...she probably kept things so messy for poor Mrs. Howell.
Ooooh. Lynley just sighed. "Personal matter, regarding a floo connection. Nothing too major." But she was sending her people by this weekend. Yes. The paperwork was all on the clipboard Lynley..........had left inner office.
Well then.
The woman was most displeased with herself. Her face hardened and she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Butternugget. I left my clipboard in my office." UUGGHH.
Lynley nodded. "Quite interesting to me...since it's my niche and all." She said casually, stepping off the lift with a click-clack of her heels. She touched the pearls strung about her neck instinctively, and glanced around the level with keen interest. She'd come here once before, back when she was doing her introductory rounds....but it seemed like such a ....cluttered level.
That's what happened when two departments were on one level, psshhh. Lynley had never been happier to have her whole level to HERSELF, Merlin. And that Harmony woman...she probably kept things so messy for poor Mrs. Howell.
Ooooh. Lynley just sighed. "Personal matter, regarding a floo connection. Nothing too major." But she was sending her people by this weekend. Yes. The paperwork was all on the clipboard Lynley..........had left inner office.
Well then.
The woman was most displeased with herself. Her face hardened and she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Butternugget. I left my clipboard in my office." UUGGHH.
Yeah. Like Olly was with plants. That was why they didn't work in the other one's department.
Following the other woman out of the lifts, she sighed in relief. It had gotten a bit stuffy in there and Olly was VERY glad to be outside again. Or you know, in their department. Which wasn't just THEIRS but it was still a lot better than being inside the lifts with a Department Head who had seen her spill tea.
At least it didn't seem like she was going to rat her out. Olly had no reason not to believe her after all. So she just nodded. "Right." Right yeah. She didn't really know what else to say. This was starting to get awkward. She stopped when the woman did, however. "Oh." Why was she telling her that? "That's annoying." Did she expect her to say anything else??
... "Well, I gotta get to work." She offered the woman a half-hearted smile, still sort of feeling like she had to be dismissed somehow.
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With barely ten minutes to spare - lesser than what she had originally planned - before the hour of her appointment with the Head of the Department of Environmental Regulation and Protection, Beatrice finally reached the reception desk. Finally. She didn't want to admit it but she got a little lost on her way here. Turns out there were so many things happening at the Ministry all at once and well, she got a bit sidetracked which was oh so typical for a Beatrice Castell.
She was here now though. And she was ready.
With a confident stride, the brunette approached the receptionist and politely said, "Hi. Good day. My name's Beatrice Castell. I have an appointment with Miss Emmalee Howell."
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Also coming from the lifts, stack of memos in hand, William swung by the new receptionist's desk. Why hadn't he talked to her before was a good question.
So, right behind some girl with dark hair, William stepped up to the desk and waited for his turn, putting on a charming smile while he waited.
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Addi had a habit of whistling. She wasn't sure when it came about, because up until the age of like, ten, she hadn't even been able to whistle at all and suddenly one day she just COULD and now she couldn't stop, it seemed. Still, it was fun to do while she filed paperwork and stacked books and magazines and delivered memos...busy work made the day go by fast, and Addi really did LOVE it!
She hardly had visitors, though, and today she had TWO. TWO!
The first woman asked for Emmalee...which stumped Addison for a second until she remembered that Miss Howell was the head in the Environment department. DUH! Even though Addi manned the front desk, she was technically a Magical Creatures employee and had to remember that Environment was also on the level. Smiling at the woman, Addi stepped behind the desk and gestured towards the hall dedicated to the Environmental offices. "You'll find her office down this hall, on the left side right before you reach the greenhouses. It's clearly marked...she will be waiting for you in there. Let me know if you need help," she told her with a smile, but it wasn't hard to find things here on the level - hopefully Howell would actually BE there, because...well, Addi didn't know her schedule and if she WASN'T there, it would be HER fault, because it was ALWAYS the receptionist's fault, right? The only downside to this job, really...
Alright, next one...OH. HELLO HANDSOME MAN.
Addi recognized this one - he was the GOOD LOOKING one in the Creatures department. She knew his name was...well, something that began with the same letters, and he was obviously much older than her and probably married or something. But that didn't mean Addi couldn't ADMIRE him, right? She was JUST about to turn twenty anyways, not at all ready to even begin thinking about love and all that...but MMMM. EYE CANDY.
"Um, hi, can I help you?" she asked with a smile. Or was he just stopping by to chat? It honestly made her a bit sad that some of her coworkers seemed so ANTISOCIAL.
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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom
Addi had a habit of whistling. She wasn't sure when it came about, because up until the age of like, ten, she hadn't even been able to whistle at all and suddenly one day she just COULD and now she couldn't stop, it seemed. Still, it was fun to do while she filed paperwork and stacked books and magazines and delivered memos...busy work made the day go by fast, and Addi really did LOVE it!
She hardly had visitors, though, and today she had TWO. TWO!
The first woman asked for Emmalee...which stumped Addison for a second until she remembered that Miss Howell was the head in the Environment department. DUH! Even though Addi manned the front desk, she was technically a Magical Creatures employee and had to remember that Environment was also on the level. Smiling at the woman, Addi stepped behind the desk and gestured towards the hall dedicated to the Environmental offices. "You'll find her office down this hall, on the left side right before you reach the greenhouses. It's clearly marked...she will be waiting for you in there. Let me know if you need help," she told her with a smile, but it wasn't hard to find things here on the level - hopefully Howell would actually BE there, because...well, Addi didn't know her schedule and if she WASN'T there, it would be HER fault, because it was ALWAYS the receptionist's fault, right? The only downside to this job, really...
Alright, next one...OH. HELLO HANDSOME MAN.
Addi recognized this one - he was the GOOD LOOKING one in the Creatures department. She knew his name was...well, something that began with the same letters, and he was obviously much older than her and probably married or something. But that didn't mean Addi couldn't ADMIRE him, right? She was JUST about to turn twenty anyways, not at all ready to even begin thinking about love and all that...but MMMM. EYE CANDY.
"Um, hi, can I help you?" she asked with a smile. Or was he just stopping by to chat? It honestly made her a bit sad that some of her coworkers seemed so ANTISOCIAL.
Ooh, the new receptionist was a whistler! This was a good sign, she might even be helpful. She'd seemed to direct the girl ahead of him correctly, so William figured why not chat. Why not.
"Hi, I'm William Williamson. I'm not looking for anything in particular, I just noticed you were new? Are new?" He tried to look for a nameplate, and settled for just offering his hand across the the counter. "Are you in Magical Creatures, officially, then?"
What was he doing, making conversation with young receptionists? Merlin, he had been away from this place for too long.
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SPOILER!!: Miss receptionist and WWW
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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom
Addi had a habit of whistling. She wasn't sure when it came about, because up until the age of like, ten, she hadn't even been able to whistle at all and suddenly one day she just COULD and now she couldn't stop, it seemed. Still, it was fun to do while she filed paperwork and stacked books and magazines and delivered memos...busy work made the day go by fast, and Addi really did LOVE it!
She hardly had visitors, though, and today she had TWO. TWO!
The first woman asked for Emmalee...which stumped Addison for a second until she remembered that Miss Howell was the head in the Environment department. DUH! Even though Addi manned the front desk, she was technically a Magical Creatures employee and had to remember that Environment was also on the level. Smiling at the woman, Addi stepped behind the desk and gestured towards the hall dedicated to the Environmental offices. "You'll find her office down this hall, on the left side right before you reach the greenhouses. It's clearly marked...she will be waiting for you in there. Let me know if you need help," she told her with a smile, but it wasn't hard to find things here on the level - hopefully Howell would actually BE there, because...well, Addi didn't know her schedule and if she WASN'T there, it would be HER fault, because it was ALWAYS the receptionist's fault, right? The only downside to this job, really...
Alright, next one...OH. HELLO HANDSOME MAN.
Addi recognized this one - he was the GOOD LOOKING one in the Creatures department. She knew his name was...well, something that began with the same letters, and he was obviously much older than her and probably married or something. But that didn't mean Addi couldn't ADMIRE him, right? She was JUST about to turn twenty anyways, not at all ready to even begin thinking about love and all that...but MMMM. EYE CANDY.
"Um, hi, can I help you?" she asked with a smile. Or was he just stopping by to chat? It honestly made her a bit sad that some of her coworkers seemed so ANTISOCIAL.
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
Ooh, the new receptionist was a whistler! This was a good sign, she might even be helpful. She'd seemed to direct the girl ahead of him correctly, so William figured why not chat. Why not.
"Hi, I'm William Williamson. I'm not looking for anything in particular, I just noticed you were new? Are new?" He tried to look for a nameplate, and settled for just offering his hand across the the counter. "Are you in Magical Creatures, officially, then?"
What was he doing, making conversation with young receptionists? Merlin, he had been away from this place for too long.
The DERP's Head was down the hall, which the whistling receptionist was pointing at, left side right before the Greenhouses? Holy snitch. They had greenhouses on the level? She couldn't wait to explore them. Hopefully the interview will go smoothly. "I got it. Thanks."
As Beatrice was about to go her way, she heard the person next to her in line address his concern to the receptionist.
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON?
About-face!
Merlin, it was......really him. A former Care of Magical Creatures professor when she was still at Hogwarts. Merlin, he still looked....dreamy. "Professor Williamson?" She wasn't sure if he still knew her. "It's me. One of your students from Hogwarts? Castell. Beatrice Castell. It's so nice to see you again, sir." It really waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas.
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
Ooh, the new receptionist was a whistler! This was a good sign, she might even be helpful. She'd seemed to direct the girl ahead of him correctly, so William figured why not chat. Why not.
"Hi, I'm William Williamson. I'm not looking for anything in particular, I just noticed you were new? Are new?" He tried to look for a nameplate, and settled for just offering his hand across the the counter. "Are you in Magical Creatures, officially, then?"
What was he doing, making conversation with young receptionists? Merlin, he had been away from this place for too long.
Addi smiled and nodded. "Yup, that's me, the new receptionist - but I guess I kind of work for both departments, don't I?" she chuckled. Seeing as how she just helped someone with Environment business. "But technically, yes, Creatures," she answered, realizing that she was on the verge of rambling. Gah. This was why she didn't have a boyfriend.
"Nice to meet you, do I call you, uh, William? Will? Billy?" she asked with a smile. "And I'm Addison Longbottom, but you can call me Addi," she added, realizing that she hadn't given him HER name yet. "I think I saw you in the break room the other day. What do you do on the level?" she asked. She had met a FEW of her co-workers and kind of got a feel for what everyone did, but she had yet to figure out what this guy did. If she had to guess, she'd go with....dragons. He seemed like a dragon guy.
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SPOILER!!: Miss receptionist and WWW
The DERP's Head was down the hall, which the whistling receptionist was pointing at, left side right before the Greenhouses? Holy snitch. They had greenhouses on the level? She couldn't wait to explore them. Hopefully the interview will go smoothly. "I got it. Thanks."
As Beatrice was about to go her way, she heard the person next to her in line address his concern to the receptionist.
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON?
About-face!
Merlin, it was......really him. A former Care of Magical Creatures professor when she was still at Hogwarts. Merlin, he still looked....dreamy. "Professor Williamson?" She wasn't sure if he still knew her. "It's me. One of your students from Hogwarts? Castell. Beatrice Castell. It's so nice to see you again, sir." It really waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas.
Whoa, WHAT? Professor? She raised an eyebrow at looked back at the man. Well, he certainly was not one of HER former professors. She'd remember HIM, that was for sure. Hmm, what did he teach, she wondered? Probably Creatures if she HAD to guess, since he was, you know, IN the Creatures department now.
"You're a former professor? Whoa! At Hogwarts? I don't think I had you for anything..." she said, trailing off. Maybe he didn't work at Hogwarts, perhaps Beauxbatons? You could never tell these days, everyone was globetrotting...even her!
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