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The three holding cells double as interrogation rooms, each with an unbreakable mirror and a heavy door on one wall and nothing else to speak of aside from a table a chair and a makeshift bed which is secured to the wall. One has a light that stretches from the ceiling and swings gently this way and that, casting a yellow glow that is constantly and lazily in motion around the white painted room, while rooms Two and Three have fixed lights, that provide a horrible artificial tint of colour.

Behind the mirror of course a MLE employee could stand and see into the room itself. These mirrors are charmable and not always activated. Sometimes they simply appear to be mirrors on both sides. Any investigation carried out within these rooms will be recorded in pensieve form for later reviewing.

There is no escaping these rooms but likewise, if you're within one, you'll be perfectly safe from anyone seeking to cause you harm.

You are here.

Room 1:
Room 2:
Room 3:

This woman wasn't a very smart cookie, nor was she observant if she thought Alexa was arresting her for spilling coffee when she'd already said it didn't bother her. Sometimes people didn't pay attention to things they said and Lex was beginning to think it was the case with this woman, that being the case, she didn't dignify anything the lady said with a response, instead she led the way back to Level 2 and over to the holding cells. If she wouldn't answer her questions in the Food Court then maybe the bright lights and criminal cells would be more prompting.

The walk over was relatively silent, with the young woman relishing in her first arrest. If anyone asked, she already knew what she would say and who she would tell them to take it up with.

"Have a seat over there by the table." She said as she closed the heavy door behind them. At no point did she remove the woman's cuffs and depending on how this went, she might not at all. "Or you can stand by the table. It's all the same to me in regards to your inability to comply with instructions."

That's why she was here afterall. "In case you don't know, this is MLE's holding area. Through that glass that doubles as a mirror is another room. This session is being recorded so it'd go better if you just did what you're told for once." Alexa walked over to the table herself and took a seat opposite the one she expected her company to take. "Now we can try clearing a few things up." Shall we?

"Really Alexa? Is this the way to follow Rainey's wish of filling cells?"

Yes, Sky had seen the whole thing, having cast a disillusionment charm on herself before going down to the Food Court. Why? Well, Rainey had basically told them to spy on the other departments right? So, she was simply doing her job. But, it looked like someone needed to keep an eye on a certain freshman YATI too. Because she was taking the whole 'keep the holding cells full' thing way too far. Arresting someone for simply accidentally spilling their coffee on her or making her drop her candy or whatever it was she was claiming? Outrageous.

Sky folded her arms in front of her, leaned in the doorway and stayed there, eyebrow raised.

Beth had followed the 'rookie' to the holding cell on level 2. She sure hoped that Mr. Mitterball would be here soon, or head this MLE employee not bothered to even notify her head of department of this ridiculous situation. "I sure hope that you contacted Mr. Mitterball head of Department of Mysteries on our way here." Beth said with as much malice as she could muster. "He is after head of the Department that I WORK for."Elizabeth put a heavy emphasis on the word work. Beth had made her way over to the chair that was offered to her, or rather forced upon her.

This young employee here seemed to be taking her job a little too far in Beth's opinion. And then what was this....Dear Merlin there was another one? Who is Merlin's Beard was this newcomer, Elizabeth surely hoped it was someone a little higher in rank than the child in front of her. "What is you want to 'clear up' Beth asked her interrogator. She had tried to make air quotations around the clear up part of that speech, but with still being cuffed all Beth managed to do was make the cuffs bite into her wrists. Beth winced and asked "Are you going to uncuff me, for heavens sake I'm not a criminal?"

Making rounds to check the holding cells, Annabelle decided it could save some time for Mr. Rainey. Being the personal assistant, she wouldn't be able, or maybe in the rare occasion or two, go on the field to actually SEE the criminals they were bringing in. Coffee in one hand, her notebook and quill floating close behind her, the metamorphmagus peered into the cells. To her surprise, one was in use! The woman didn't peer in to long to see who all was in there because she intermediately went into the viewing area to watch this interrogation.

Taking a sip of her coffee, the Mardi Gras purple haired lady casually pulled out her wand. With a flick of it, she activated her side of the mirror to see what was happening on the other side. Almost spewing out her coffee, Annabelle gazed to see the person being interrogated was the women she had met just the other day at the Restaurant across the street. This HAD to be a misunderstanding! There was no way, in Merlin's entire life that, the other woman...what was her name??? Beth! That's right! There's no way that Beth, could possibly be a criminal.

Keeping the mirror activated, Annabelle walked briskly to the door of the room being used to interrogate the other Ministry worker. Waving her hand at the quill, it got into writing position. After this was done, the old eagle cleared her throat to make her presence known to the three. "What is the crime that this woman has committed? Also, Beth. That's your name, correct?" Just to make sure. "Beth should be uncuffed at once. The security in here is already extremely high, if she would attempt to do anything like make a break for it, she would fail."

The once warm and welcoming sky blue eyes now turned cold and serious. Her gaze was mainly directed towards the new YATI member who seemed to be the one who arrested her.

The otter patronus skittered ahead of him, providing some friendly light to the otherwise drab atmosphere of the holding cell area. It ran from one side of the hall to the other, its nose touching one wall before going to touch the opposite, innocently unaware of the voices up ahead that had turned them both down this hallway.

Sabel watched his patronus with half a mind, listening to the drifting words that ranged from indignant, angry and accusatory. More than two voices, which meant that something was going on. And from what he was catching, it didn't sound like the greatest of going-on's.

By the time he reached the overcrowded doorway, he had some understanding, if only a hair-width of one, as to what was going on. Needless to say, he was less than impressed. "I don't believe that anyone here, save for the arresting officer, ever has the right or appropriate knowledge of a situation to question an arrest they didn't make."

Stopping behind Rainey's personal assistant, Sabel leaned around her shoulder slightly to see exactly who was in the cell room. Alexa and another woman he didn't recognize. He locked eyes briefly with the young YATI, before turning his attention to the other MLE's two that had gathered.

"Miss Blanc. Miss Carter-Hope. If you would both join me in the viewing room." There was little emotion or expression to indicate his mood, save that the request was hardly up for debate. Drawing back, he gave a slight nod to the arrested. "Ma'am."

While waiting on the woman to take a seat, Alexa grabbed at some of the parchment, ready to take notes and anything else that would need scribbling during the interrogation. The sudden sound of a voice she hadn't hauled in had her eyes darting back to the door she could have sworn she just bolted shut. Huh, someone needed to talk to maintenance about that. In any case, Lex shot her fellow Trainee a plain look. Not perturbed by her pointed words.

"It is. Protecting the Ministry, what have you been doing--other than following me around apparently?" Hadn't seen her coming at all. Possibly disillusioned, MLE-ers seemed to like that.

But now she had an interrogation to hold so if she would excuse her, Lex turned to face her potential criminal. She scribbled the name Mitterbill onto the parchment before shooting the woman a quizzical look. Why would she call him? No one had mentioned Mysteries up until this point. What did he have to do with anyth--worked for...?

"Right.....likely story." Lex had asked the lady for her identification back down in the food court, if she truly worked there it wouldn't have been a problem producing it then. One thing was clear, this wasn't a random muggle walk in, this person knew the layout of the Ministry. "Tell you what, we'll shoot Mr. Mitterbill a little Patronus if it makes you feel better," There was a moment's pause as she flicked her wand and sent a cheetah darting from the room and down the corridor. "But until then, get comfy in the cuffs, they aren't leaving."

Lex ignored the second woman to walk to the door, the one that seemed ready to take her own notes. "All I wanna clear up is whether you really work here or not but you've been less than cooperative this entire time and as a result are understandably a threat to the Ministry and it's workers."

Ignoring became harder when the woman insisted on speaking--no, QUESTIONING HER AND MAKING DEMANDS. Alexa shot her an unimpressed look. "I don't believe I owe you an explanation NOR do I do what YOU tell me. Now as I just explained to her, the cuffs are staying. So long as she doesn't pull against them they shouldn't hurt her so why don't you and Sky SHOVE OFF so I can conduct this interrogation in peace?" Merlin to think this place was empty a moment ago.

Then there was even MOAR company, this time in the form of Sabel Dakest. She was about to repeat the whole 'shove off' thing but he seemed on her side. "Thank you." SOMEONE that understood. Now shoo, shoo all of you. This was HER arrest.

"Nope. Not going to happen, Sabel."

That was Sky's simple reply to the Auror 's request, order or whatever it was supposed to be. This wasn't the way the department used to be run, according to Aunt Roxi, nor was it supposed to be. She didn't even remember Emily running things this way. Sigh.

Rainey's assistant got a nod and a mouthed 'thank you' as she chimed in. Alexa was being ridiculous. "A threat? From what I saw, you're the one that's the threat to the Ministry," she said, using her wand to release the unfairly arrested woman's cuffs. And she'd only been disillusioned because Rainey had asked them to spy on the other departments. Of course, she wasn't going to say that in front of someone from another department, nope. Besides, it seemed like her fellow YATI was the one that needed to be watched. Way too eager to climb that ladder, that one.

WOOOOOOAH

So much happened in such little time. First another person, that Sabel man, joined the group, apparently siding with the one YATI member...Alex was it? They never really met so Annabelle didn't quite know her name. That should probably be done considering her position required good communication with the other workers...meaning she'd have to remember their names. A nod toward the quill and it scribbled down:

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Note to self: get to know everyone's name

Then there was the YATI member...telling them to shove off...who in the right mind...hair turning crimson red Annabelle said "You...do NOT...tell ME...to SHOVE OFF." With that burst of anger out the woman shook her head in disgust flipping her hair to a fro. Even though the curls got messed up, her hair returned to the shade of purple as it was.

Taking a sip of the latte in hand, Belle turned her head slightly to the side to acknowledge Sabel. "I will be with you shortly Sabel." Putting her own wand away, she made another gesture to the notebook. Scribbling something down, the Metamorphmagus folded it, and handed it to the other YATI member. (Sky) Leaning in, Annabelle whispered into her ear. "It's best if we just cooperate for now."

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Note to Sky:
We'll go tell Rainey about this later.

With this being said to her, Annabelle made a swift exit into the viewing room.

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Beth's mouth dropped open. "Excuse me? A likely story?" What in the world did this Department teach their new employees, for clearly this child had to be even newer than she was. "I think you are looking for trouble when there is none."

And then there was a whole crowd of people in this tiny little room. Was it normal procedure to arrest someone for a simple spill of coffee and then have the ENTIRE department show up to talk to them about it. Beth looked around the room and counted. She was keeping her own mental notes. This was turning out to be some sort of police brutality situation. Beth wouldn't hesitate to take this all the way to the minister if it got too out of hand. And then Elizabeth noticed the girl whom she had shared a table with the other morning. Whew well at least one friendly face was amongst the crowd witnessing her embarrassment. But then one of the new comers lifted her cuffs. Make that two friendly faces. "Thank you." Beth said smiling rubbing her wrists slightly to ease some of the discomfort.

"Listen I'm not sure how this got so out of hand. But if you weren't so cuff happy this could have easily been resolved by the desserts." Beth added turning back toward her arrestor. "That and if you weren't so rude to me to begin with." There! Ha! Beth had to add that in for good measure.

Sabel found that his mood went from tempered to furious within a heartbeat. His otter patronus disappeared in a puff of white smoke as he focussed all his attention on keeping his cool in front of whoever the arrested was. Their department was looking like a joke. A real, big joke.

Whatever part Alexa had to play in it, he would deal with it later. Or someone would. For now, these two weren't helping matters at all, and whether Alexa was right or wrong in her arrest shouldn't have been a subject for public debate. Nor should have blatant disregard for a Senior Auror's orders. Not that he had ever really cared to pull his rank, but he had made it clear his words weren't open for discussion or consideration.

His temper broke when the older YATI thought it best to pull her wand. In one swift movement, Sabel was in front of her and snatched the wand from her hand. Making bold statements in this situation was one thing, pulling out wands was an entirely different matter. An entirely unacceptable one.

These YATI's....

"Best it does happen, Miss Carter-Hope." He is cold gaze moved from her to Annable as she scribbled something down and offered it to the YATI. The assistant would have received words from him too, had she not demonstrated some sense. "Now."

Because he had several ways to remove her from the situation and while he had no desire to use them, he was feeling rather prepared to do so.

"You're welcome, Miss...." Sky replied to the wrongly arrested. And she was about to follow the assistants suggestion (because it was a suggestion instead of an order), but then her wand was ripped right from her hand!

"Give. Me. My. Wand." she said, not raising her voice but also clearly not in the mood for a tussle. Because, really, what right did he have?! Not that she couldn't survive without it. Luckily, her family had chosen to embrace anything and everything Muggle and her aunt had even taught her some self-defense, but still. It was her wand, the one she'd had ever since she'd started Hogwarts almost eleven years ago. IT WAS HER WAND!

And if anyone was making a joke of the MLE, it was Alexa with her falsely arresting people just for accidently spilling coffee on her. Besides......."You do realize that this is a false arrest anyway, right? Because Alexa's a YATI and we don't have clearance to arrest anyone, since we're not 'full employees of the department' and all that." Hopefully, the arrested woman would take advantage of the information Sky had just dropped and file a claim, because that's what the department needed at this point.

Ugh, she soooo should've taken her aunt up on her offer to complete her training in France. Or maybe she could get a job teaching somewhere...

This wasn't happening...this honestly wasn't freakin' happening.

Alexa stared as the room fell into one chaotic action after another. Refusing Sabel, passing notes, uncuffing HER suspect, flaming red hair. If she hadn't spent the last 7 years at Hogwarts she wouldn't believe it was possible for so many things to go wrong in the space of one hour. She also wouldn't believe people were capable of bringing her to such levels of frustration. But alas, she did spend the last seven years at Hogwarts and knew all too well that people were idiots.

Were she a little less professional, Lex would have slapped a second set of cuffs on the woman just to remind them all whose arrest it was. Unfortunately, the Department was probably looking like the biggest joke since cupid dressed elves on Valentine's Day back at the castle so she knitted her fingers and resisted. "I'm not a threat to the Ministry, I display ID when prompted to. She does not. You need a refresher course on what constitutes danger."

And as for you Miss Can't Stick To One Colour. "I do and did and will again. Shove off. This is MY arrest and none of you have given me reason why I should let her go."

Least of all the woman herself who was obviously feeling mighty all of a sudden because of the unwarranted support she was getting. "I'm not looking for trouble, but you're right, this COULD have all been sorted if you didn't decide you don't answer to me down in the food court." All Lex had asked for was ID. Being 18 didn't mean she was less likely to haul someone in for disrespect to Authority, WHICH SHE WAS, when simple instructions were given.

From the corner of her eyes she noticed Sabel swipe Sky's wand before her attention turned to the woman who'd called her rude and cuff happy. By now the young woman was rubbing her temples. It should be illegal to have this much stupid in one room and it was giving her a headache. "Try to understand, you were rude. I asked for valid identification and you immediately informed me that you do not answer to me. I told you we would come in for questioning if you didn't answer there and you chose the cuffs with your lack of cooperation."

And then Sky happened. Talking about clearance and all the technicalities that came with being a YATI instead of a full fledged Auror. Who's side was she on anyway? This was a matter for internal affairs NOT something you give to outsiders for them to run with. "If you're quite done, I think you can leave. You've caused enough damage." Couldn't Sabel like....pick her up and walk out?

Beth could not honestly believe that this was her life right now. Half the department was in here fighting amongst themselves and not even paying attention to her. And she was the suppose criminal! Jeepers!!! Beth was praying that Mr. Mitterbill would show up soon, she needed saving from these crazy people. Beth was so glad that she was NOT in this department.

"First of all, you demanded to see ID instantly while already accusing me of not working here. You assumed I didn't from the very begining of our incounter!" Beth spat at the young YATI memeber, or whatever she was called. "Second of all you slapped on a cuff on my wrist and THEN gave me the option of wether or not I wanted to come 'quietly' I don't see how there was an option to begin with" Beth was on a role now, she had simply had enough of all this nonsense, and she needed to get back to work!

"And then come to find out you don't even have permission to actually arrest anyone. I demand to see your head of department! And you can bet I will be writing a full scale inquiry about what the Merlin's Beard is going on around here." Beth's anger was really getting the better of her at this moment. She couldn't even believe that this was her life. And she was for sure giving up coffee and sweets. They would just always remind her of this stupid day! And this STUPID department!! Ugh!

For a moment, Sabel could do nothing but stare at the woman in front of him. And it wasn't anything close to a pleasant stare. Was this what their department had come to? Sure, he remembered being a defiant brat when he was a YATI, but he had also known when to shut up and listen.

These people didn't. And by Merlin, things were out of hand.

"The LOT of you! Shut IT!" It wasn't yet yelling, but it was hardly a demand to be missed.

His tone became as icy as his glare, which found Skye first, given she was right in front of him. "You. You will get your wand back when I am feeling a bit fuzzier. But right now your biggest concern is making it into that next room without so much as a peep." And if she didn't believe there would be consequences if she didn't listen, she was more than welcome to try one more thing. " That is an order."

In case she was confused, again.

After giving her one last look, he turned his glare on Alexa and the woman at the table. "As for you two, I would ask that you both sit down and act like adults to resolve this, regardless of who did or said what, or who's pride was stepped on. There's already enough paperwork that will come from this than extra complications are worth. If its simple to solve, then solve it."

Sabel gave Alexa an extra long look before turning his eyes to the arrested. He had to force his voice to a more civil tone. "If there has been a misunderstanding, you have my apologies. However, please understand that while our YATIs do not have the full power of arrest, they are still responsible for helping to keep the Ministry safe. Understand that neither myself nor my coworkers, despite their interference, can disregard something one of our trained has perceived as a potential threat." He gave her a look that once again said he was not commenting on if the arrest was right or wrong. " I understand that you are upset, but think this can be resolved without unneccessarily bothering both of our department heads." While the MLE would bear the brunt of the issue, he had no doubt that her department head would be less than happy with the situation either. The last thing, besides hot-headed YATIs, that anyone needed was inter-Ministry war.

"I would kindly ask that you take a few minutes to answer my co-workers questions and we will resolve this as quick as possible. You have my word that I will be available to speak with you about your concerns afterwards, and that everyone involved in this....display...will be spoken with."

Starting with the peanut gallery. His glare snapped to Skye. Was she going to move or try something new?

"Alexa, don't drag this out."

So much- to much- was happening on in this small, rather dark, place. Way to much for the small amount of people present at least. Yelling, wand taking, more yelling, questioning, yet more yelling, demands, and surprisingly...even MORE yelling. Eugh...

All of the noise was making Annabelle's head start to hurt. Gaaaaahhhh!!!

The woman had to take a sip of her drink before going back into that other room. Obviously, this was going no where, so SOMEONE had to do SOMETHING with EVERYONE in that infernal interrogation chamber. Having her notebook close, and slowly levitate itself down to the table in the viewing room, Annabelle impatiently and furiously paced out of the room. Hair fuming red again.

"ENOUGH!!!!!! YOU TWO!!!! VIEWING ROOM!!!! NOW!!!!" French accent nearly vanished. The icy blue stare was directed towards Sabel, and the YATI she gave the note to. A finger got pointed at the female interrogator. "AND YOU!!!! START THIS BLOODY INTERROGATION ALREADY IF YOU WANT TO!!!! BEFORE I DO IT FOR YOU!!!!" If it wasn't clear...the French Ravenclaw was M-A-D, mad!!! Things got scary when Annabelle Blanc, normally a sweet and innocent French woman, was mad. It was almost as if you could feel heat resonating from her anger. Not to mention, the now flaming red hair added to the, already intense scenario. The once cool and delicate tone was no longer in her voice. The 28 year old's tone now became serious and heated. A tone you obviously would not want to be hearing on a day to day basis.

A little bit cooled down, the gaze was directed back to Beth. "Sorry for all the yelling Beth, but if my colleagues here could maybe just get this show on the road, this wouldn't be happening right now." A death look was shot to the other three individuals standing in the room.

He was vaguely aware of things happening in the holding cells, so he was only too happy to follow the sound of those voices to see what all the fuss was about, because apparently there was some fuss. The Irishman was thrilled with himself that things were finally getting done at the Ministry, cells were indeed filling, who did he have to thank for that?

Slipping into the viewing room, he watched, arms folded across his chest. Cambridge, Dakest, the Carter-Hope girl, Blanc - of course she had best be spying for him, and... a woman he didn't know. It was always fun to see young ladies locked up. Whatever was the reason? Hhhmmm?

Also, did they know? Yelling was music to his ears?

It was never a secret that Alexa had a low tolerance for people, never but she was in a room full of people who either didn't know or didn't care to know and that posed quite a problem for her. Between Sabel treating her like a child, that Personal Assistant who was only good for fetching Rainey's coffee yelling at her with flaming red hair and worst of all the idiot she'd hauled in, the one that still didn't seem to get the picture, Alexa was DONE.

Lex stared the woman in the eyes, unsure whether she was naturally slow or simply being provocative. "I didn't assume from the beginning. I asked a question and you've been on the defensive ever since." But Lex wouldn't argue further. One of them had to be the bigger person and it obviously wasn't this Beth so it was left to her.

Merlin the young woman hated having to be the bigger person. She skillfully ignored the wild protest of the woman who wanted to speak with her Department Head. Sabel had explained well enough and she wouldn't be getting anything further. Honestly, everyone was making it a bigger deal than it needed to be. They would be done when they were done. She might have told that to Sabel too, what with him TELLING her what needed doing but then Frenchie stomped back in with a voice echoing off the bare walls. Once she was done, Alexa leaned forward in her chair, still unamused. "You don't tell me when to do with my interrogations, and you have no say in this matter at all. Now I suggest you run back to your little office and wait for Rainey to tell you what he wants for lunch because you have NO POWER in this cell Miss Personal Assistant."

Yelling wouldn't make Lex bend. Ordering Lex wouldn't make her bend. TELLING HER HOW TO RUN HER OWN BLOODY INTERROGATION wouldn't make her bend. Weren't they all leaving? So frustrated was she that despite the door being wide open, she didn't notice Rainey walk by to enter the other room.

Over them all she turned to the woman. "Let's try this again. I'm going to ask you a series of questions and this time, your response will not be that you don't answer to me--because as I've just proven, you do and I can have you here up to the end of the work day without making a proper arrest so it's your choice."

See, choices again. "Do you have Ministry certified Identification on you? Yes or no?" Even made it so simple the woman would understand.

The twenty-two year old was BEYOND fuming right now. Nor was she impressed by the wand snatching Auror's attitude. Trying to intimidate a woman? Really?! And she hadn't been confused the first nor was she confused this time. Sky did move to head towards the other room, but she didn't do so silently. "Really? You think I don't know that you have no power to suspend me? That it has to be done by either the program supervisor or the head of the department I'm doing my training with?" Yes, she had read her handbook front to back and back again. "Also, since I'm not under arrest, you have no right to keep my wand. So, I repeat GIVE. ME. MY. WAND." Before she took it back.

And then she was being yelled at by an assistant of all people.The nerve! The native New Yorker's accent was out in full force now. "Yeah, don't you have coffee to get or something?" Just because the woman was older than she and only by five or so years didn't mean she got to cross that line and boss her around. "And fix your hair, the color doesn't suit you."

Man, she had a headache now. Rubbing her temples, Sky took a seat in the viewing room, not even noticing her department head.

Well, whatever he had done, or tried to do, hadn't worked. In fact, it seemed to have backfired in all directions. Next time, he was going to resort to a simple grab and drag.

At least Skye was now moving, if not without great protest. All of which he hardly cared about. If she didn't think he had connections, she had a lot to learn. And if she thought that demanding in a threatening tone was going to change his mind, she definitely had a lot more to learn. But words, and repeated words, seemed to be fairly lost on the gathered. Perhaps everyone was wearing cotton in their ears? Maybe that's why Rainey's assistant took to shouting.

Needless to say, the woman got an equally icy stare back as he followed Skye's movement out of the room. He wouldn't join his colleagues on telling her that her place was getting coffee, given he was sure her job description was for more than that, but it certainly didn't involve telling him or the other YATI's what to do.

But pointing more fingers would do no good, and he was just as much to blame for the drama that had sprung up. Right now Alexa, the one that had been accused of being irresponsible, was proving to be acting the most responsible of them all. What a joke their department had turned out to look like. And they were all to blame.

Closing the cell door fast behind himself, Sabel followed Skye into the viewing room, only pausing briefly beside her to pass her wand back to her. He wasn't feeling any more fuzzy, but he had no further need, or desire, to keep it from her. And it was when he looked up from handing it over that he realized their little party had grown by one.

Sabel made no effort to hide his irritation at overarching situation, or to curb his frustration, even in the face of their Department Head. While he respected the man and his position over them, he wasn't interested in turning a different cheek just because Rainey was there.

So, despite the nervous chewing in his mind that perhaps he should keep his thoughts to himself, Sabel resigned to asking the same question he would have had the Department Head not showed up. Granted, the man's presence tempered his tone a great deal.

"I don't know how well you know that woman, maybe you're friends with her," Sabel moved over to the viewing window and folding his arms, rested his back against the sill, eyeing the two women in the room, "but did you two consider the possibility that the woman might be polyjuiced?" Honest question. If they had, great. If not, why had they been so quick to defend?

"Thank you."

Now that she had her wand back, Sky was feeling much calmer. But she still thought this whole thing was stupid and would be filing her own complaint with the Minister once this thing was over. If she could even find him, because, well, where was he? Had he even been seen since he won? Anyway, yeah. This was stupid.

Wait, what? "You mean there's no test for that at the door?" Legit question there. There should definitely be some kind of test for that. "Besides, why would a criminal waste all that time brewing that potion when they could just Imperius someone who worked here? Or disillusion themselves and walk right in, since Golden Girl in there didn't even notice that that was what I'd done." So, yeah, security was still lax around here, mmmhmmm.

Beth was honestly outraged at the turn of events in this room. This little girl thought she was the bigger person? Honestly this was so out of control. Beth took a very big deep breath. She needed to out of of here. And there was no chance in the world that she would ever be back! She would NEVER work for this department and they better hope they didn't need to get into her archives! Their requests would some how get lost in the post that's for sure!

Beth just watched them all screaming and yelling and everything else that they were doing. As for the person who arrested her, Dear Merlin she was something else. She was suffering under the delusion that she had ever given Beth an option. If there was how this Department was run Beth hated to see who the Department Head even was. Maybe it was better that she didn't have him or her come. At least there seemed to be one reasonable person in the room. Must be a senior employee and not these rookies that were everywhere.

Turning back to the arrestor Beth looked at her, toke yet another deep breath and proceded on. "Yes, I have one." If you weren't so quick to be rude maybe I would have given it to you before. Beth added in her head. "Can I get it from my pocket or will you get cuff happy again?" Beth snapped at the girl. It was a legit question.

Finally. This bloody interrogation could be over with. Annabelle could hardly stand another moment of being in this mess. The work meant for Rainey completely took a turn for the worse...well...that happened a while ago, back when the yelling first started...but...now it got even worse. Anywho.

Heading back to the viewing room, hair returning to the shade of purple, she waved her finger at the notebook and quill laying on the desk. As if like a dog being called by it's master, the book flew over and opened up. Quill zoomed out of the spiral into writing position. Taking a successful and cocky sip of her coffee, the Liaison nodded her head to acknowledge Rainey. "Sorry you had to hear that boss." The accent slowly coming back to her once again petite voice.

Now with Rainey acknowledged, the woman could get to Sabel's question. Obviously, the man knew nothing of her. Polyjuice potion. Psssssh. Please!!! As if. "Is that the best you could think of to support her position?" The tone of her voice was cocky, but in a subtle way. More of a, 'believe me, I know what I'm about to say' voice. "You are talking to a master when it comes to Transfiguration or Polyjuice Potions. I would've been able to tell if that wasn't the real woman. I met her before." Sip of the latte in hand. "Although looks may be spot on, personality is one of the hardest things to mimic. I would've noticed a few flaws in the personality. Trust me." Suddenly, her hands flourished in a grandeur motion. "You are talking to a Metamorphmagus after all. Recognize this?"

On cue Annabelle morphed into the person she portrayed to Sabel and a few others at Orientation. Kita Skeeter! Voice loud, emphasizing certain syllables, she said "KIta SkEEter here. Today's headline for the Daily Prophet is 'Escaped convict at Ministry Orientation!"

That should prove a thing or two.

Jasper came as soon as he could. One of the benefits of being such a small department was the fact that you tended to know who was accounted for and who wasn't. So when the glowing silver cheetah had delivered what was ultimately the bad news of a witch claiming to work for his department, Jasper wasted no time in spilling his tea and exclaiming, 'They've got Beth!'.

Now 'they' may or may not have had Beth, but he seemed to think so. And he logged this information away as if it were as factual as the physical laws governing momentum before heading on his way to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. When he got there, the lot of employees seemed to be gathered in one area. The voices sounding from the holding cell, grew clearer as Jasper got closer, including the recognizable voice of the cheetah.

And his own archivist.

Jasper stepped into the viewing area and confirmed the ownership of the afore heard voices. Elizabeth Greene, mild mannered archivist and the cheetah patronus witch, who was also the patrol officer assigned to Mysteries that day. What was her name? Canterbury? Or was it Oxford?




...Brown?

Cambridge!

Jasper made his way further into the area and saw Elliot as the first familiar face. "Oh, Mr. Rainey." The head of Mysteries thought that if anyone besides the interrogator on the other side of the glass would know what was going on, the Department Head for Law Enforcement would be a likely candidate. "The patrol officer you sent to Mysteries. She's got my archivist. You can tell her there's no need to question her any further."

Jasper could see Beth from the other side of the glass. Yes. That was definitely her. Unless someone was using enchantments to imitate her and infiltrate the Department of Mysteries. It made him realize just how vulnerable she was. They would have to fix that as he'd rather have her safe.

Fascinating, truly remarkable... Carter-Hope had lost her wand. Hilarious, and so very disappointing at the same time. Then there was Dakest, seemingly playing good cop. And of course Ms Blanc appeared to be having a good time of it all. Hah.

He was still assessing and making out the nature of this particular arrest when another warm body joined him.

Mr. Mitterbill.

"So good of you to join us, are you able to shed some light on this matter?" the Irishman asked, grinning as he turned toward his fellow department head and away from the discussions occurring between the others. Of course, at the mention of Polyjuice Potion, he couldn't help but be excited. This was shaping up to be a very interesting day indeed.

"I don't see why we need to cut this discussion short, what's the worst that could happen?"

Really, the girl wouldn't be missed from her 'work', would she?