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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Juno Snakebark
Gryffindor
Second Year

Hogwarts RPG Name:
JT Forsfelle
Slytherin
Seventh Year

Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ariadne Rose
Hufflepuff
Seventh Year

Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mirabelle Draguar
Ravenclaw
Third Year

Ministry Department Head:
Violet Fawley
Ecological Protection
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SPOILER!!: Nataile & Quentin
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Quentin was afloat.
no, not literally, but figuratively.
He hadn't felt like himself for some time now, not since the beginning of the year when the wind had turned from sweet to bitter, engulfing him in a dispassionate and paranoid embrace. Something was wrong, but Q wasn't sure if it was within or without.

Hence the afloat.
Hence the.. hence.

He found himself most often in the greenhouses, a quick pitstop before he left for the shop. Q had some really beautiful leeching leaf vines he was cultivating (he kept them under careful supervision, of course) that needed his attention. He was five steps into the greenhouse before a very familiar head swam into his vision.

The head was quickly followed by the torso, waist and hips and other extremities of Natalie McKinley, former employee and current coworker.
"Hullo." Quentin said, his voice light.
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Yes, this was her happy place. The warm, humid atmosphere that smelled like soil and blooming life. As she hummed, Natalie heard footsteps (two pairs, perhaps) enter the greenhouse and continued tending to the echevaria before her. She couldn't help but hear what the other woman was saying, quite possibly to herself, about flowers. Roses were fine, sure.

"There are some Everlasting Echevaria over here," the young herbologist said, her eyes still focused on the young little chick that the plant had grown - she wanted to be careful that she didn't hurt the little plant baby when she cleaned it up. In her peripheral vision, Natalie noticed a figure and assumed it was whoever the woman was. "Rumor has it they spontaneously bloom when they sense.............. happiness."

The last word came out as a whisper and Natalie felt frozen in time. She had finally lifted her eyes to see her new friend, but her eyes fell upon an old friend instead. "Q," she said, her voice also light, not really hearing herself anyway. "H-hi..." She knew he worked here. She did know that. But she had sort of been avoiding him - avoiding the places she knew he would be because she had been scared to think, to feel.... exactly what she was feeling right in that moment. Which was a lot of things.

She had forgotten about the other voice she had heard. The one who mentioned roses. Her hands were covered in soil. Behind her, a yellow blossom emerged and bloomed from one of the Everlasting Echevaria she had just mentioned.


Aurora was smelling the flowers and plants that she passed as she walked further inside the greenhouse. She didn’t see the younger woman, sitting there tending to some baby plant’s until she spoke up. Aurora looked over at the plants that the young herbologist mentioned before she turned to face the dark haired woman with a small smile that pursed her lips. "A plant like the Everlasting Echervaria that spontaneously blooms when it senses happiness seems like something that all departments need in their work areas, and not just me in my new office." It was something she’d note to bring up at their next department head meeting.

Then they were joined by a man that Aurora didn’t recognize, but like the woman probably worked in the Environmental department. It was clear too that the two younglings knew each other because the tension in the air increased. Walking closer to them she greeted as she pulled away some blond strands of hair out of her face. "Hi, I don’t believe we’ve had the pleasure to meet. I’m Aurora Bagnold, the new head of Magical Creatures, and you two are?"
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