Originally Posted by Alexander Wrekin

Alex did not smile when he saw his brother, in fact it irked him even more to see Ren on THAT side of things while he stuck dealing with morons. Scanning the crowd he looked for a way through that did NOT involve violence, even if he did prefer that method. Sighing to himself he locked eyes with Ren and gave him a LOOK. One that said he had better get him through somehow or he would start blowing things up.

Breaking said gaze his eyes landed on Andrina and then on Gretchen. Seeing her smile he nodded at her. She was always better at dealing with stupid people than he was. It was her gift, he thought. Oh... someone said MISTER SAKURA. Funny stuff. He turned his attention to the lady speaking to Ren and nodded vehemently. "I am sorry I do not know your name, Miss... " he trailed off waiting a moment for her to provide it. "But, yes we DO need to get into the Ministry now. It is of the utmost importance that we do so. We are here on official Ministry business, you see. We do not want to force our way through, contrary to popular belief it would seem," he said as he gestured to the crowd. Especially the ones that seemed to be set on their being INTRUDERS with EVIL motives. They were there for a meeting, nothing more. Perhaps the nice lady could help them, yes? He smiled and nodded encouragingly at her.

Originally Posted by Gretchen Montasio

For the time being, Gretchen chose not to respond to the man who had apparently appointed himself speaker for the people blocking their entry. First, she sent a smile over to Alexander, as the man seconded her words. In his own way, but at least it meant she had backup if needed. She could always count on him. But then, it seemed ignoring the angry mob wasn't going to get them very far, so she turned back to the man who had answered her simple questions. "I would imagine he had plenty of good reasons to suspend the MLE apparition licenses. Perhaps they weren't doing their jobs," she replied, just as calm as he was trying to be. Nobody ever got anywhere through violence, or at least that was her belief. It seemed these people weren't quite as level-headed.

Before she could address his other question, though, it seemed the others had arrived. She nodded slightly as Ren spoke up, confirming that they had a reason, at least, for needing to get inside. "Exactly. I can't imagine you really believe anything will get done if you're preventing people from doing their jobs," she added, letting Ren field Andrina's questions as the other woman reached their group. She was determined to talk her way through the mob. At least, she could do so if they weren't all so simple-minded as to be beyond common sense. Mob mentality seemed to support the idea that they might not be quite as easy to convince, but she wasn't going to give up easily.