SNORT.

Wes accidentally SNORTED with laughter as Sam tumbled out of the elevator. He didn't mean to but...he just looked so silly! How unprofessional! He cleared his throat and shook his head. "Erm, sorry...you ok there, buddy?" he asked as Sam crawled up off the ground.

He turned to Lexi as he waited for Dan to get off the broken elevator and smiled. "Haha, I was just kidding. They're lucky you were around!" He was sure that news of their bickering had spread across the Ministry, and he wasn't exactly sure if everyone would help the two squabbling brothers. Hehe.

Dan hopped out as soon as the door opened. He actually jumped over his lame brother who had fallen to the floor.

"I'm great. Thanks, gorgeous." He smiled at her, happy to be out of that thing. He didn't think that he would ever take the elevators again. Or at least not for the rest of the day and not with Sam.

Sam immediately looked over at Wes when the man SNORTED. "No, I'm not okay," he responded. "I'm unquestionably, undoubtedly, indubitably, precisely, absolutely, incredibly hurt that you snorted when I fell." Was that enough adjectives for ya? He ran his hand through his hair as he took a quick look towards the hot secretary. "Actually, I'm fine," he added. "That fall was nothing." He was MANLY. He could take falls like that any day.

When the Division Head noticed Lexi looking back at Dan, he also turned his head towards his brother. Wait... did he just call Lexi GORGEOUS? Oh heck no! He was beginning to feel quite intimidated by his brother...and Wes. They both seemed to have more moves than him! What was UP with that?! He quickly gave his brother a 'I'm going to EAT YOU' look before looking towards Lexi.

"Sooooo, what have you been up to since the last time we met?" He casually asked.

Alexandra blinked in surprise then burst into a few giggles when Wes snorted. For some reason, it just always made her laugh when people snorted. She wasn't laughing at him, of course. She was laughing with him. Hearing someone snort just made any situation funnier than it already was. "I knew you were kidding. I was just playing along," she said. She knew Wes wasn't kidding, though, when he said Sam and Dan were lucky it was her that found them. She had a feeling Wes would have left them to be had he found them first.

Alexandra playfully rolled her eyes when Dan greeted her by calling her gorgeous. She had a feeling he said that to all the ladies. Still, it was nice to hear it regardless. "You're welcome, and I'm glad to hear you're doing fine," she said. Her eyes traveled down to Sam, who was still laid out on the floor. "I'm not sure I can say the same for your poor brother, though."

Speaking of the poor brother, though, Sam was currently very much impressing the Senior Undersecretary with his wide vocabulary. Alexandra wasn't even sure she could have said 'I'm not well' in that many ways. "Wow. Unquestionably, undoubtedly, indubitably, precisely, absolutely, incredibly hurt, hmm? I'm impressed, Sam," she said. "With your wide vocabulary, I mean." She gave him a friendly smile when he said he was fine. That was a man for you. He could have been missing a limb or something, and he still probably would have claimed he was fine.

"What have I been up to, hmm? Well, I've been trying to get down to that cafeteria on level four, but I haven't quite had the time yet," she admitted. "I think I may go now. Would you like to come with me?" It was a friendly gesture---the least she could do for one of the men she just rescued from the big, bad elevator. "Wes, Dan? How about you?"

Wes blinked. Whoooooa. Those were a lot of BIG words there. Wes had gotten straight E's and O's in school, of course, but when it came to spelling and grammar...NOT one of his finer points. He just blinked at Sam a few times before running and hand through his hair and shaking his head. This was so typical of him, trying to make him look bad in public! HMPF. He was getting paperwork later as punishment!

"It was an accident, I'm sorry--even you can admit it must have been pretty funny from my point of view," he said with a grin. He turned to Lexi and Dan--who hadn't even said HELLO to him!--and smiled politely at them.

"Well, as much as I'd love to stay and chat I have to get back to my office and work on some things...and I will definitely NOT be taking THAT elevator," he said with a little chuckle before hitting the button and opening up another lift a few lifts down. "Ciao!" he called before going into the lift and hitting the button for Level 3.

Pierre walked into the Ministry. It was only his fourth day at work and he already knew right where to go. He walked over to where the lifts were and waited for one of them to come. They were a little on the slow side today. He looked around at all of the people shuffling about. He really didn't know many people at his job yet. He let out a sigh as he waited for the elevator to arrive.

Cora had given up.

Still no sign of Pippa, well not at work at least. She'd managed to find her way back to Pippa's house, fortunately or she would've been spending her night on the street but yeah she'd seen her at home it was like as soon as they'd both got to work Pippa dissapeared. Cora decided she'd tell Pippa too stop dissapearing and they'd have to arrange to meet somewhere on their break for now she needed to go back to work. She walked along to the elevators, looking at her feet before she walked into someone. Not good, she looked up too see a young boy with very curly hair and bit her lip. "Sorry..."

Pierre was just standing there minding his own business when someone ran into him. He took care so that he wouldn't fall down. He looked down at the woman who had run into him. He was going to be his normal rude self when he thought better of it. He needed to meet more people, which meant he needed to be nicer. "It's all right. Are you okay?"

Cora took a few steps backwards, she really needed to stop looking at the floor when she was walking because it would be really bad if like one day she knocked someone down the stairs or something. She could've easily knocked someone into closing elevator doors and they could've gotten squished. S'not good, S'not good. She looked up as the young man asked if she was okay. "Um...Yeahh, Are you ?" oohhhhh, he meant cause she'd walked into himm. Riiiiight.

Pierre was glad that she hadn't been hurt in any way, shape, or form. He chuckled a little as she asked if he was okay. "Yeah. It takes a lot for me to fall." He motioned to himself. He was almost 6 feet tall so it did take a lot. "I'm Pierre by the way." He extended his hand for her to shake it. It never hurt to be nice, especially if he met someone else because well, he didn't know a lot of people.

Cora looked up and back down to her feet, she wasn't overly obsessed with her shoes, not even just obsessed with them. To be quite honest she didn't really like them that much but they were okay for walking around in all day. She nodded her head slowly as the boy said it took a lot for him too fall. She could see that. He was tall, like taller than she was and she thought she was tall. Sighh. "Cora. Nice to meet you." she didnt try pronounce his name, it sounded quite simple to say but yeah she'd prolly muck it up. She shook his hand and smile slightly.

Pierre shook her hand and looked Cora over. She seemed pretty tall for a woman, but he wasn't going to say anything outloud. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well Cora." He smiled and looked back towards the row of elevators. There still wasn't one there. He would have to try and start a conversation to pass time. The only problem was that he sucked at conversing about things that weren't intellectually related. "So what department are you in? That is if you don't mind me asking."

Cora looked up at the boy, She was pretty sure he was younger than her quite a bit younger than her acctually and he was atleast 3 inchs taller than her maybe even 4 or 5. She gave him a small smile and nodded her head. He seemed nice enough so it wouldn't hurt for her to make some more friends esspecially seen as Pippa was no where to be seen and hadn't been for the past two days. She looked back up as he asked what department she was in. "International Magical cooperation. What about you ? and no its fine you asking." she said with another smile.

Pierre looked back towards the elevators for a moment. One of them seemed to be nearing the Atrium. He turned back to Cora who seemed to be older than him and a few inches shorter than him. He was used to looking down to talk better to people. "I work in Magical Transportation. The Floo Network Division." He looked back towards the elevators as one of them was only a floor away.

Cora followed the boys eye too see what he was looking at, just the elevator. Well, she thought just but she really ought to keep a eye on the elevators, she really needed to get back to work. She nodded her head as he told her where he worked. She smiled up at him before looking back at her feet. "That sounds cool." she said with a small shrug. She didn't really know what else to say now. "So how long you been working here ?"

Pierre was starting to feel a little awkward. He really needed to work on his conversation skills. He looked back to the elevator which was now moving towards their floor. He nodded his head at her comment. "Um...This is only my fourth day here. I'm enjoying it though." The elevator then stopped and opened. "After you," Pierre said motioning Cora into the elevator. He was a gentleman. It was just the way he was raised.

Cora nodded her head as Pierre explained that he'd began working at the ministry just 4 days ago. Atleast she wasn't the only new one around here, infact there seemed to be quite a few new people dotted around the place or more so they seemed to be new, asking for directions and stuffs like that. "Well, thanks for the vote of confidence. I started, yesterday." That sounded strange seen as she'd already met like 3 people, 4 including Pippa, but they'd already met so yeah it didnt reeeeaaally count. "Oh thanks." she said stepping into the elevator and shooting a smile at Pierre.

It was Silas Emmett's first day at the Ministry and therefore he had decided that he would go and explore the place in his break time. So far, he was enjoying his job. Sure he was yet to do a great deal of work but it seemed like a pretty good department to belong to. The people were friendly and the work seemed to be a reasonable amount, not too much and not too little. It was pretty much exactly how he wanted it to be.

He was perhaps a little over-dressed, though. He was wearing a fairly long black robe on top of a pink shirt (one which he wore almost all the time) and a black tie with black trousers and black shoes. Perhaps he would remove the robe at some point if he felt more at ease as everyone else seemed not to be wearing one but then he was supposed to look reasonably good as a member of security.

Silas arrived at the lifts ready to embark on a random walk around the Ministry of Magic that he supposed would be where he worked for some years to come. He stepped into it and looked around, thinking it seemed a little bigger on the inside somehow. Maybe it had been charmed? He liked magic in that respect; the unexpected was often just around the corner.

He had decided he really needed to make some friends there. After all, he would be working there for some time and he really didnt want to be lonely the whole time he worked there. Therefore, he had decided exploration would be a good thing.

Jade shifted her weight from one foot to the next as she waited for the lift. She still had her tea in her hand from her visit to her local coffee shop down the street. It was just what she had needed to get her through all the work that she needed to get done. Forgoing her usual dress robes, she glanced down at her outfit and shrugged. She was pretty sure it wasn't exactly what one would consider Ministry appeal, but she thought it was rather suitable.

Leaning on the wall slightly, she took a sip from her beverage and allowed her eyes to wander. She had to give it to the Ministry. The whole remodel had gone beautifully and she was just now able to fully appreciate everything. She had yet to truly explore all the floor but she did promise she would have to one day. Perhaps once things truly calmed down a bit again.

Hearing the ding of the lift, she turned her attention to the opening doors and stepped in. Noticing someone in the lift, she smiled and gave a small nod. "Hello," she said as she moved further into the lift as the doors closed.

As the lift stopped, Silas automatically straightened his tie and checked that his shirt was tucked in properly. He hated not looking professional. Neatness was just something that had to be in order or he would end up driving himself insane correcting things all day. Even in his free time, it was rare to see him without a suit on. His shirt was alwas tucked in neatly and for him, taking his tie off was probably the equivalent of other men removing their shirt in winter when it was snowing. He simply didnt do it.

"Hello," he replied, smiling briefly at her. He rarely smiled at people he didn't know but seeing as he was about to be stuck in a lift with her, he didnt think it would be appropriate to annoy her. He also decided it was about right to introduce himself as well, "I'm Silas Emmett, by the way," he said, unsure of whether to offer her his hand or not seeing as her hands looked rather full.

Jade smiled back politely and nodded. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Silas. I'm Jade Smith," she replied as she extended her free hand. She had been making a habit of shaking hands of late for some reason. Perhaps it was the professional appearance of it and all. Either way, she did want to make a good first impression and all.

"May I ask? Are you new?" she asked as she heard the voice of the flat announce a floor. Silas didn't look familiar and she had thought she had seen almost everyone that worked in the Ministry at least once. She wasn't one to silence and if she was to be in a lift with him, she might as well make small talk. Besides, most people she had encountered since starting at the Ministry had been rather open to small talk, most were rather friendly and nice. A far cry from some of the other Ministries around.

Silas smiled at her once more, half wondering why he seemed to be smiling so much. Perhaps he was letting the general kindness of the Ministry get the better of him? He wasnt sure. He decided to be nice towards her all the same though as he did need a few friends there. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Jade," he said, nodding and shaking her hand.

He nodded as a response to her question, "Yes, I only started here a few days ago. I just thought I ought to explore a little on my breaks," he explained, smiling again. What was up with him? Perhaps the Ministry had brainwashed him. Yeah, that was probably it. He was normally far too shy to do much more than look at someone, yet here he was talking. "Have you worked her a while?" he asked

Jade returned the smile and nodded as she listened. "Over a year, actually," she replied after doing the math quickly in her head. Had it only been a year? Oddly, she had days that had felt like she had been there years and others that she felt like it was her first day. "I never did get a chance to explore during my first few days," she sighed as she thought about it. She had kind of just jumped in to work the moment she started and never really looked back. "But you know with the new remodel and all, I'm getting around to exploring now. Be it slowly, but I'm getting to it," she laughed softly. Okay, maybe she had only explored a few places, but her department was rather busy.

"So have you seen anything interesting in your exploring," she asked as she hear the voice of the flat announce another level. "I've only explored the Book Shelves on Level Five and the Records and References room on Level Six," she said with a nod. She was there for personal reasons and all , but it still did count as exploring to her. "Some say the Records and References room is haunted too." she added with a smile. "So it's worth a peek, spooky too if you're into that." She was meaning to go back there and hide out, but she was so busy and all with the latest project. Just then she realized she never mentioned where she did work. Laughing it off slightly, she glanced at the level number that was next. "You know I complete forgot to mention this, but I work on Level Nine. Department of Mysteries. Great little corners to be explored there."

Silas laughed, "Well, late exploring is better than none at all I guess," he commented as he had never really explored his old work place (although it had only been a shop so there wasnt really an awful lot to explore in the first place!) and he was determined to make the most of any free time he got and explore the place as much as he possibly could. "I'll have to take a look around a few of those places then," he said, nodding at the thought of a haunted area of the Ministry. He liked eerie things like that and he hoped that maybe he might get to see whatever was supposedly haunting it one day. "Level Nine? Okay," he nodded, "I work on Level Eight, Security," he said, smiling at her. "I should think our departments are closely linked at times?" He wasnt entirely sure but Mysteries and Security seemed likely to cross a few times.

Jade smiled and nodded. "More so than you would think at times," she replied. "I believe our Department Heads are married. I work under Becca Lee and doesn't Security work under Brian Lee?" she asked as she wasn't completely sure if it was true. She really wasn't one to keep track of such things, but in passing she had seen the couple together and their little baby was a perfect combination of them both. "But I do understand, our department do sound as if they would be very closely linked. There is a lot that goes on in the department and it is of utmost importance and is very secretive."