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Marcus Briody Cole
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Aurora Simone Stone
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SPOILER!!: Charles Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie  Half an hour of licking.
Now there was some information and accompanying visual he did NOT need.
Eyes narrowing slightly, he was rather tempted to invite Maddox to bugger off before he received even more unnecessary visuals when his COLLEAGUE drew his attention to whatever in Orion's belt he had managed to get on his suit. "Oh...for Merlin's s----" he grumbled as he tugged on his sleeve a bit to get a better look, retrieving his wand in the next moment to administer several - read about ten more than necessary - cleaning charms to his suit to remove the evidence. "A leak...not exactly," he grunted once the cleaning was to his satisfaction. "Mostly some restless encephalons over potion continuously seeping out from inside container." So yes, a leak. "We need a modified solution anyway. Nousists reported the appearance of abnormalities in the Hypothalamus region specifically. I'll be having my potioneers taking a look into matters as well." Though with Maddox's suggestion of Megan - who had just announced herself a PART Officer - this seemed like two fwoopers with one stone. "Stellar. I'll send an official summons to you in the coming days," he beamed at the woman, not waiting for her confirmation to Maddox's praise and suggestion.
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He was beginning to understand why the suggestion that he hire a personal assistant had been offered to him. Or perhaps he needed to stop offering lunch outings to every other person he spoke to. No no, personal assistant it was and hopefully he would remember that he had added that to his to-do list come tomorrow.
Hopefully.
Parting ways with Simon, Charles was delighted that the industrious Victoria was seeming to enjoy herself. He was quite QUITE keen on the developments and work to come out of Games and Sports. And speaking of Games and Sports, this little darling was certainly the eager beaver! What a delight. "May you maintain such spirit, Laila," he beamed at her before his eyes glanced back towards the front of the room once again. "A rain check on our conversation, my dear. I have a toast I need to give."
Oh now THAT had been a cute little party trick from that young woman. The disillusioned wand holster. Smashing. He offered her a bit of a mischievous twinkle of a smile as he moved past her. Though his attention soon was drawn to a young woman working in Accidents and Catastophes. "Ah lovely to meet you, Megan," he chuckled with a wide grin. "Part officer part what else?" Ho Ho Hoooooooooooooo just a bit of grandpa dad humor there, he knew perfectly well what all PART entailed having gone over each department meticulously with his Senior Undersecretary earlier as well as spoken individually with the department heads.
Grinning at January, he offered the young woman a quick wink before slinking off to grab bubbly number three - which was mostly just for show due to his need to provide a toast. Clicking against his glass with a spoon, he waited until the crowd, mostly, settled down before speaking.
"GOOD evening, good evening INDEED," his voice boomed as he commanded the attention of the room. He had no real intention of making this particularly long and it would even but cut unceremoniously short in that he would not go into a retelling, complete with pictures, of the escapades of his grandchildren the other day in which the triplets had covered themselves in paint and rolled all around the living room to create their own living artwork on the carpet - which he by no means encouraged nor enabled. Nope. "It is indeed a pleasure for me to welcome you ALL to the first annual Ministry Cocktail Hour and the triumphant reopening of the Ministry of Magic. Upon my appointment as your Minister for Magic, I was pleased to learn of the fruitful discussions held during these turbulent times between administrations and am humbled to be presented the opportunity to continue to actively support and nurture the enrichment of synergies between the department heads of this Ministry. Rest assured, the wizarding world is in good hands and all of you here have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with those who will help shape its future." Meaning each and every one of them, of course. "The work we do here will set the precedent for years to come. It is my fervent belief that increased people-to-people contacts have a crucial role to play in consolidating stability, and is why these humble beginnings were selected as a means of kicking off our Ministry year. May tonight serve as a reminder that, despite their differences, we much still communicate on a human level. That it is our responsibility to develop and deliver a powerful message in favor of enhanced dialogue. As a Ministry, we can build bridges, but we also need to spur and convince people on both sides to cross these bridges," he continued, raising his glass in the air to signal the climax, of sorts, to his toast. "The time has NOW come for US to walk across one of these bridges TOGETHER! TO A UNIFIED MINISTRY!"
And with that, he took a sip and fully expected the audience to echo his proclamation and take sips themselves. If not, well, that would be only moderately embarrassing.
"It is not my intention to bog down our evening with too many announcements, but I do bring one from the Minister's Office. Your Senior Undersecretary, January Bones, and myself are seeking an emerging inspiration voice among all of you to step up and join the administration as our new Junior Undersecretary. Interested parties should send your resume and cover letter directly January for consideration. Those who pass our initial screening will receive an official summons for an interview in the coming months. Now, everyone back to their conversations and enjoy the rest of your evening!"
And yes, he may have already forgotten that he had given January a bit of a nudge earlier to prepare a speech of her own or else he would have asked the crowed to retain their attention for just a bit longer. Simon had been flitting and about the various people in the room, acknowledging those he knew and perhaps the ones that simply noticed and acknowledged him first. But no longstanding conversations given it would take forever. And then Charles was gathering the attention of the room, giving a speech to all those gathered before him. Even if he hadn’t known the man and he hadn’t been the father of a good friend and little sister, the new minister would have gotten his vote.
As if he needed it.
A toast was given and the security man followed suit, taking a sip from the drink that still lingered in his hand. A unified Ministry. He’d have to wait though to see just what exciting changes and developments were to come though Simon did hope that he got the heads up before anything that affected his security work went into play.
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Originally Posted by Tazzie "My assignment was in North America, but mostly Cuba." She wondered briefly if Lexa had been there. The climate there was one notable difference from London. At her next question, the brunette grinned. "Oh, yeah. I was briefed of the mayhem. Thank Merlin they got him when they did." The ex-Minister was truly a nutjob and Beatrice was glad she and her son had been away during his reign. "For now I'm waiting for further instructions from my Department Head on how we could possibly incorporate my research in our Greenhouses here at the Ministry." She was being a bit vague about it since she still had to talk personally to Olly about the matter.
"Oh, and Emm is your daughter, right? I heard." She might have also heard from the post-Hogwarts grapevine that they were in the same single motherhood boat.
To Olly, she smiled. Did she know the new Minister? Yes and no. Taking a sip of the wine, Beatrice shifted on her feet. Thirty-two years old and she was still not a fan of heels. "Not, personally, no. Although I went to Hogwarts with his daughter -" She was cut off with the sound of clinking. The Minister has begun his speech. Owen was pleasantly surprised. Memory Restoration Specialist sounded like a very cool, albeit mysterious, position in the Ministry. "I'll be sure to look for you when I forget things again, Ursula," he said with a chuckle.
He then turned to Cassie. "You were a Hogwarts champion for the IMPS." It wasn't a question anymore. He could remember rooting for her on some of the tasks. The girl was pretty tenacious. "But I don't think we interacted so much back at school." Maybe they could change that now that they were colleagues at work? It would be awesome to have her as a friend.
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And then the Minister was talking. Owen listened intently, grinning. The man went about his speech with a unique energy. The former Hufflepuff liked that. His first job was looking promising despite the recent mishaps the ministry underwent. He was looking forward to working under this administration.
Also, the position for Junior Undersecretary was open? Hmm. You were a Hogwarts champion for the IMPS.
Oh…so that was how he knew her. “Not my finest moments…” she mused, having been one of the earlier champions to leave the challenge. Very much the reason memory charms were still not her favorite form of magic, even in her chosen field of charms. She was pretty glad not to have the job the other woman with Owen had which sounded much like one of her dad’s former professions before taking on professor. “My dad was a reminscator,” she absently commented to that conversation.
As for Owen’s other comment, she had to agree. “Yeah, I don’t think we did.” Which made her feel a little better about not knowing him. “But then I tended to live up to the typical Ravenclaw life of living out of books.” And then the minister was talking, drawing all of their attentions to the man speaking. At least it seemed like a might different and surely better than the last man that had made her first year at the ministry chaotic.
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