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Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Scotland, [GMT]
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Bennett Potter
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Atlas Ward
Ravenclaw First Year |  Mammy, Simon, Logan, Lynley, Aron and Simon - and then next available wand weigher :D Toto * RotiSila * ToRo * Braveheart * Grandma & Mama Tori
SPOILER!!: Mammy, Simon, Logan, Lynley, Aron and Simon again Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn  "Boo is not human," her (almost noticeable) smile fell as she grumbled, squeezing Leza's hand softly in return. Might as well not even try to pretend she was awake now though. Took less energy. Energy she needed for all the smiles and polite talking that she had to do today.
Although, she gave in after a second and lightly rested her head upon Leza's shoulder for the time being.
Protection from...what?
"Pfft, in your dreams," she said, lifting her head from Leza's shoulder as she inspected the medallion from the foot or so they were away from it. 'Course she wanted one, but not in front of her boss and especially not when it was attracting unwanted attention. As Leza let go of her hand, she took the short moment to nonchalantly move to Logan's side.
Ahem, "You have more of those, right?"
A shudder ran down her spine from hearing her full name. Oh god. "Please, Boss, just...just Mary is fine, please," she glanced towards the woman next to her with a glare in her eyes. Don't even.
No hand-holding for you, Hazel Ward - light of her life honey muffin angel face.
Huffing quietly, she resisted crossing her arms and pouting, instead taking the moment to glance around to see who else was there... completely forgetting to introduce Leza to her Boss but the redhead had that covered. It wasn't until her proper name was called that she turned back to the conversations in front of her.
Ah, the MLE dude.
"Perhaps," Mammy tilted her head to the side slightly, staring at the man. Have they met? Her brain was too fuzzy from sleep still to remember. She needed COFFEE. "Though you'll have to excuse this one here," she gestured to Logan over her shoulder with her thumb, "Never did have a good grasp on the proper way to make friends. Honestly can't hurt even a fly. I'm sure you'll have tons of fun inspecting that medallion...or, you know, not."
Since there was probably nothing wrong with it and all. Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Oh look...flying amulet sent his way.
Simon caught it easily as Aron offered the one in his position to look at. "Thank you..." he said simply as he slipped out his own wand. The security man wasn't interested in it for himself....no...he was more concerned there was something wrong with the item. He wasn't taking any chances, especially not with recent events happening. He ran a few quick yet thorough spells on the item in his hand.
Oh look....the woman with the man with the medallions were introducing them. The security man listened and nodded in acknowledgement as he worked on his scans. Hazel....Logan...and Mammy. Simon was figuring the comment about the last was directed at Aron since he himself didn't know the woman. Yep...returning employee the department head confirmed. At least the elder man seemed as skepical about the necklace's power. Defense in the Ministry wasn't needed...by jewelry and he was in no way a fan of items like it.
"I daresy there are better ways to defend yourself," he remarked, handing it back. Quote:
Originally Posted by Nordic Witch In Logan’s eyes the brunette in the colourful dress was after hearing and seeing her reaction to his medallions clearly the last person he should have approached with his precious medallions but he couldn’t exactly do anything about that now. She seemed to be the impersonation of the wicked witch of the west in the bed time stories his mother had read to him when he was younger and that never boded well. The woman was rude and cold but hopefully not evil. It was wise to tread cautiously regardless.
Deciding to answer the rude woman and the man by her side Logan spoke in his own defence eyes glancing from one to the other. "I created these medallions with the help of a skilled charms developer during my previous employment as junior obliviator for the French Ministry of Magic. All the medallions have been tested by charms experts at the French ministry and have been found to be completely safe, regulated and free of curses."
Eyes resting on the brunette he added fighting to keep his calm. "I would never ever bring anything evil to my new work place. And to suggest that I would try to infiltrate this ministry is absurd. I’m here to start my new job as Obliviator on level 3 which my big sister Hazel can attest as well as Margret." In his head he added. If I had wanted to infiltrate a place like this I certainly wouldn’t have done it by raising attention to myself.
"These medallions are just charmed to give better protection for example if you run into a shady character when you head home and struggle to find your wand. With just one word you could get the medallion to make it seem like you are surrounded by a pack of howling wolves, which in a tight spot can be pretty handy. But honestly the medallions are harmless and just for a bit of fun. There is nothing evil or sinister about them."
Before Logan could say anything else his big sisters sort of came to his defence in their own unique ways. Hazel even took the liberty of introducing him to everyone. He wasn’t sure if that aided or made everything worse for him. Extracting two more medallions he handed one to Hazel and the other to Mammy.
As he gave Mammy hers, he leaned in to whisper quietly. "You got one with a skull motif that you like. Just don’t show it around." If she did it was highly possible with these people who took this way more serious than it was and turn it into something really bad.
Accepting the medallion back from the man who had joined in to inspect the necklace Logan commented to him. "That is true. I however only wanted to combine something pretty with something useful." Taking a step toward Hazel and Mammy he said to the group surrounding him in general. "I'm sorry if I caused any offence. I had just created something nice to look at that I had charmed to be useful and that I wanted to show off and giveaway. I really meant no harm and the medallions are truly harmless themselves. I just wanted to do something fun on my first day." Logan was wise enough to know when it was high time to apologize to people and instead of burying his head in the sand.
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Originally Posted by kayquilz What was the French Ministry UP to, anyways? Lynley disproved. Very much so. She side eyed quite a bit..."Oh. YOU developed them? How...interesting. I'm interested in charms myself..." which was the truth. She squinted at a medallion. "I suppose I could entertain the idea of taking one..." Just to be nice. That would nice of her. See, Lynley could have nice thoughts.
Oh, but here he went. Off on a......rant about being noble, blah blah, etc etc. Lynley had to suppress an eye roll. Sigh. "Thank you for the life story." She said......she tried to keep the sarcasm from her tone. Tried. "I'd like one, I guess. Are you just handing them out for free?" Hmm? Because Lynley didn't want to pay for one, but if it was for sale..she'd buy it.
Was she trying too hard to seem...accepting of these new people at her new job? Maybe. She was definitely withholding a lot of sass right now. And she had yet to find one person she wouldn't hate to have lunch with...
Alas.
Was she doomed to dine alone at her new job?[/COLOR] Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Aron couldn't agree with Simon more, especially after hearing the description that new Obliviator gave about it. Holy holly what DID go on in the French Ministry? That was where Roxanne had transferred to, yeah?
Go figure.
Mary. Margaret. Sure. Whatever she wanted. He was still dumbfounded by this whole medallion business and just barely managed to nod his head in acknowledgement of her correction.
"You can keep it," he informed Simon as he took a step away from the man. He literally had no use the glorified daydream charm. Maybe Simon could use it as a paperweight or something. Scare people away from his desk by activating that Daydream Charm.
And the Australian didn't do...pretty.
Attention briefly on another woman who had spoken to him, Hazel . "Welcome back," he greeted. "You ought to tell your brother to stop letting Mammy practice her skills on his brain." Just some pseudo-friendly unsolicited advice for you all.
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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Simon listened as the originator of the medallions explained about them and how they came to be. He had to admit, the story made him less concerned about them, even if nothing had shown up anyway to raise an alarm which cleared them to. In all honesty he had been doing his job, not getting excited about them like the newly establushed department head that the man was defending himself with. Neither he nor Aron had done anything truly negative in reaction just inquired about them for various reasons.
At least Lynley was good natured after the whole explanation.
"I assure you...no offense was given," the security man remarked to the man. "Its more be proactive and curious about what passes through the doors of the ministry. " Sometimes even the most harmless items had caused trouble over the years. Getting the medallion back from Aron who didn't want it, he absently decided to keep it, if only for further reference for security to be aware of.
"Surely you would understand that sometimes one needs to simply look into things." In the wizarding world, there was always the possible case of things being not always what they seem. "And I meant no offense to you, just doing my job." A job he took quite seriously thank you very much. Leza couldn’t help the small smile that crossed her lips at the mention of Boo being inhuman. It wasn’t in the least bit true, but it was at the same time. She was the only one of them who preferred mornings and being up far too early, but that likely had to do with the years she had spent training in the morning… and it would likely come in handy in the future if they ever decided to have children… but for right now the Welsh woman simply rained on their parade in the morning.
Grinning, she looked at the man and nodded. ”She hates Margaret.” BIG GRIN. She was in for it later, but it would so be worth it… especially when she told Boo that some people at the ministry still called their Mammy, Margaret instead of Mary. Hehehehe. Oh, it would be so worth the glares.
Sighing though, Leza hoped that Mammy wasn’t making the situation worse with the man that seemed to need to inspect one of Lo’s medallions. Was it that important? Really? He’d made them in France and had taken them home… honestly. ”Possibly there are, but does it hurt to have something extra for back-up? Especially when it looks pretty?”
If there was one thing that Hazel didn’t like, it was when her friends and family felt like they had to apologise for just being nice. She had some family members who would stare conflict in the face until neither party won and a full day had been lost, but her brother was nothing of the sort. Biting her tongue and holding anything that she wanted to say that would be scathing, Leza decided that it really wasn’t worth her and Logan getting into trouble on their very first day at the Ministry… heck, they hadn’t even weighed their wands in yet. Geez, Lo what are you like? She shot her brother a small, reassuring smile. I got your back.
She took the medallion that Logan gave to her and carefully threaded it onto the side clasp of her bag. There. Wasn’t that pretty? She grinned at Mammy as he handed her a very specific charm and grinned as her wife pocketed it carefully. I sawww that you two. Hehe.
Ha. Sure, you could entertain the thought of taking one… Hazel thought to herself as she watched the brunette woman looking at the medallion from Logan. Seeee, people just didn’t like to be the first person to have something new…. even when it was something awesome and cool. Her eyes slanted slightly - did she need to be rude? Logan didn’t mean anything by it. Hmph. Pride for her brother curled around her tongue, but she simply tightened her grip on Mammy’s hand a little and said nothing. Sorry pumpkin - you’ll get your hand back in a minute… but not yet.
Frowning slightly, Hazel wondered what the man meant about stopping Mammy practising her charms on Logan… Did he think that Logan’s brain was fried? That wasn’t very nice. Urgh. People. She hadn’t had enough coffee for this yet. Resting her head on Mammy’s shoulder, she sighed slightly. ”I need coffee.” She said quietly to Mammy. So much coffee.
Ha. No offense given to you - but offense was taken for Logan and his skills. Regardless of what anyone else said, Hazel was offended. Darn, love sucked at times…. and didn’t she know it. Heh.
Standing up straight again, she looked at the man (Simon) and nodded past him at the lines for weighing their wands. ”Can we go and weigh our wands now, so that we can go through to orientation?” AKA, I need to get coffee and leave this group before I say something stupid while trying to stand up for my brother who is perfectly able to do that himself. Sigh. She smiled at Logan and Mammy and moved forward towards weighing their wands when Simon said that they could go.
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