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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Celeste Gert
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Nadia Atreyu-Rehman
Gryffindor Fourth Year
Ministry RPG Name:
Simon Spencer Bennett
Law Enforcement
Ministry RPG Name:
Noah Bennett
Minister's Office  x8  x8
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SPOILER!!: Tala and Lex Quote:
Originally Posted by nicole black  Well, this guy wasn't intimidating, he was... Well, kind of reliable looking, and Tala let herself relax as she stood before him. It would do no good to be a bundle of anxiety, she had to seem calm and assured. She thought briefly of her cool, controlled father and wished for a moment she were a bit more like him and a bit less like her papa Ken, who was, well... A surfer dude and would have had no place here.
Tala watched quietly as the man and young woman spoke. She looked familiar, something about the edges of her mouth and the style of her hair, but Taladona couldn't place where she had seen the young woman, and she was usually so good at faces. Hm. The blonde, so caught up in her little attempt to place the girl had totally zoned out and just managed to stop herself from reacting as the man spoke to her.
"Oh, Taladona Jordan." She smiled as she dug into her little satchel, bringing out her well taken care of alder wand and handing it to the man. "Um.. Is my wand going in that thing?" It was probably a very silly question, but Tala needed to know, especially because her wand was precious and that... Machine- thingy, whatever it was, looked like it might break the wand in two.
And if it did? The ministry was so paying for her new one.
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
Oh man, she was gonna get to see this bad boy in action? Epic. Lex gave Simon a firm nod then turned to get an orientation package from the large pile. The young woman was really quick about it too because she didn't wanna miss the moment the machine got to work and could already hear him asking her to cough up her wand. "Here you go, welcome to the Ministry!" She beamed as she extended the package. The name...sounded familiar but in all the excitement of finally being back at work she couldn't really place it. Nothing to do about that for now and especially not when there were questions to be answered. "Sure is." In response to the wand going into the machine. "No worries, I'm sure they've used this thing maybe a million times by now--which could either mean it's really good....or looking to break down any minute now." ....Might not have been the most reassuring thing to say in hind sight....yeah...might not have been at all. "But we have Maintenance peeps who'd be glad to fix it--even if I don't think any came prepared to work tonight..." Huh.
So maybe she'd just drop this line of conversation all together. "Fire it up, Simon." Let's see what it could do.
With Simon taking this first lady, Lex waved the other up to the desk as well. There were two of them currently here, no reason the line needed to stretch for miles. There would be even less reason when the others finally got here. "Step right up and we can have you nicely processed and on your way."
As in SHE would be the one to process her, taking the name AND USING THE FANCY MACHINE. Was Simon done with it yet? What was taking him so long. Might have been the lady. She didn't look all that thrilled about handing over her wand to begin with.
He nodded in acceptance as she gave her name, waiting patiently as her wand was retrieved from her bag. "Yes it is," Simon answered as he accepted her wand. Alexa spoke up herself when the woman seemed concern for it so he remained quiet not to just repeat assurances but instead fed the wand into the machine. He wouldn't blame her for her worry, seeing as it was obviously a new thing for her and wands wer extensions of the witch or wizard they belonged to.
"Alright Taladona Jordan...." Simon spoke as he made sure the name was attached to the wand. " The machine did its job, weighing and scanning the item and connecting it with what was filled out on the woman's application. It took a few moments but all went well and the wand was rleased. "You're all set," he said as she took the wand and handed it back to her as well as her id since nobody from administration was there yet.
"Have a good day and enjoy the orientation." Lex had already handed her the welcome bag there with the next woman (Chelle) to take care of.
SPOILER!!: Jory and Sky Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory was ready to be back. Or not really. He wasn't sure. He was in a strange mood today but not that unusual of a mood to be the spoil sport of the Ministry Orientation. He passed through the Gate, looking for familiar faces. Sophie? Daichi? Oakey? Simon? Hardly had Simon's name ran through his head when he noticed the Auror with Alexa and an odd machine.
"Alexa.'' Jory smiled at his old schoolmate when his turn came in the line. "Looking forward to another year?" Jory missed being a YATI, he would not lie but it was great to be out in the real world with the title of 'Auror' attached to his name at times. "Nice toy, Simon. You went shopping to get it without me?'' It was just his little attempt at a joke. He wasn't too good with those. Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Instead of stopping right off at the security booth, Sky had taken a lap around the place. And to be honest, she was ready to slap the thing with a big ol' 'L' for LAME. Seriously, where was the party? It was mostly just obstacle courses.
"Are they training these new people to take our jobs or something?" This was of course aimed at Simon and Alexa, as indicated by the motion of her (still upright) glass of water she'd nabbed from the lunch table. "Hope you guys enjoy obstacle courses and canned questions," she continued to the others at the table after taking a sip of aforementioned water. Surely they didn't, right? Surely they thought it was as lame as she did.
Taking a step back to let her try it out, Simon took a moment to be an observer. There were more new employees lining up as well as aurors and trainees and department heads who were either there to work or seemed like they were just doing it like old hats. As for Jory's nice toy remark, he teased back, "Oh this old thing...was given it by a nice former department head." Wherever Wes was.
He raised an eyebrow at Sky's question as she joined them, having briefly noticed what was going on in the Ministry proper himself. The auror-turned -security man was about to make a comment asking her how she felt given the other divisions had been stepping on his area's jobs all last year but decided against it. He was supposed to be the mature one leading the others.
"Cross training is always a good idea....especially if their jobs entail being out in the field. We can't always be there to protect them."
SPOILER!!: Amethyst Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger Somehow, even though she would have expected it to take less time getting there from Suffolk instead of Queensferry, Amethyst still found herself running a bit late. All it did was remind her that she needed to organize a meeting with Delphine as soon as possible, just to make sure things would be alright later on, but first, she was going to do her job. In some ways, she’d already decided, even before she’d walked past the maze and everything else, that it might be safer for her to work behind the security booth making sure the new employees had everything they needed. She was fairly certain there were others who would have preferred she stay away from risks such as that maze too, but for now she was going with her own feelings. She felt it would be better, no matter how curious she was about the unknown aspect of the other tasks. Eventually perhaps she could step away and explore a bit, but for now she knew she had a job to do.
As she arrived at the table, she noticed there was already a short queue waiting, and MLE already present and working. She wondered if they would want to scan her wand, but she stepped behind the table anyhow. “I’m sorry. I was running a bit late,” she murmured to the two MLE workers, shifting the small stack of orientation packets waiting on the table just to give her hands something to do until wands were weighed. NO need to bog people down with paperwork while they were worried about their wands after all. She pulled a few nametags of those who had given their names however, ready for whenever they were. At the very least, she ought to be safe with the MLE workers, whether or not the Prophet had said certain things in the past year. She knew MLE, even if she hadn’t worked in that department in years, or here in England. She trusted them.
Ah there was a minister's office employee. One Simon was sure he met at least in passing during rounds and such, "Hello," he greeted politely before nodding in acceptance of her appology. "It's alright...we all have those mornings." At least now she could hand out ids and welcome packets while the MLErs did the security work. Which she seemed ready to do as she moved behind the table and handled the paperwork ready to begin.
One thing off his shoulders.
SPOILER!!: Aron Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Feeling that flashing his badge was more than enough, Aron had decided to play nice and throw some YATI a bone and let them weigh his wand and do all that they had to do for training purposes. That was the point of the day, after all. Training.
Or, as he hoped those belong to level 3 would soon demonstrate, how to do things effectively and efficiently.
And he supposed, although he hardly believed a lick of what the Prophet was publishing these days, one could never be too sure with all these Cult rumors. Honestly, he wouldn't put it past that hand-breaker-good-for-nothing-cocky-chomping-cabbage of a Law Enforcement department head to be involved in that lot.
Lazily removing his wand from his jeans' pocket, he twirled it idly in his fingers while he waited for his turn to be up and casually nodding his head to those nearby with a halfhearted 'hello' for a greeting. "Ah, there she is. My glorified babysitter," he mused while winking at the young woman.
As for Aron, Simon returned the hello before raising another eyebrow at his remark directed at Alexa it seemed. Just what had the YATI gotten up to during her batch of rounds? At least the former MLEr didn't seem to be bothered by it which was certainly a good thing. The department liaison didn't need to have to try and smooth more ruffled feathers, especially this early in the game.
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