Nathan had never seen half of these people before! He never knew he had so many colleagues hidden away. Maybe Warren was right about him turning into a
hermit - he needed to get out more. He nodded and smiled at each of his colleagues in welcoming as they entered the office, scooting round to make room around the pensieve. He grinned stupidly at the Lettie, giving her a roguish wink as she sat down. She seemed...
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He seated himself, regarding each of them with an attentive stare. "Time to get everything sorted," he said grimly. "To those that did not work with the Aurors while I was away, the International Magical Conference is coming up, using the entire Level Two as Security. Part of our job is to capture an international jewel thief-which the Aurors are on a mission to do now," Nicoli grimaced slightly. "So for now, we'll have to await word of what happened from them-but that doesn't mean we can't learn more about the thief...and who the thief could possibly be...and so we have two memories here-" Nicoli pulled the cover off the pensive once again, "from Nathan and Apha...which we will all visit together, we might have one person on guard, and try and find something that the Aurors had missed before from the first mission." Nicoli stared at them silently, waiting for their replies.
The grin was short lived, however, as the realisation hit him that all these people were also going to bare witness to his stupidity outside Gringotts. Not content with just Apha seeing (again), Nicoli seemed to want the whole ministry to see this. He scratched the back of his head sheepishly as he looked into the bowl containing the silvery swirl of memories of the mission. He looked up and nodded at Nicoli in understanding.
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Linda Hagrid Suddenly a sound outside arrested his attention and Nicoli alighted from his seat. He unlocked the door and peered outside, a shadowy figure disappearing into the roomier Auror office down the corridor. Nicoli's eyes narrowed, who would be in the Auror office while the aurors were still on their mission? Nicoli glanced at the group inside his office before pulling his wand out of his sleeve and inching closer to the Auror office to see who it was in the office.
Nathan had to restrain himself from looking skyward at yet another interruption. He expression became one of confused bewilderment as Nicoli drew his wand and left the room. What the heck was going on?
Wondering whether they should follow, Nathan remained glued to his seat when none of his colleagues made a move. Best avoid the Auror HQ anyway. Who knows what sort of menial task the Auror boss would think up for Nathan this time. He sighed and sat back, folding his arms across his chest as they waited for Nicoli's return.