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| Brennan Cooper Era All historical records pertaining to Ministry of Magic RPG under Minister for Magic, Brennan Cooper [IC January 2064 - December 2067; OOC January 2007 - December 2009] |
01-28-2009, 02:56 PM
| | Mona Quigley's Office
Take care when entering Mona Quigley's office; the old cloak rack keeps breaking, and Mona's heavy black cloak might just tip it towards your unsuspecting skull. A safe step inside reveals a cluttered but comfy office, with a large and mostly unused stone fireplace. A high window on the left sheds sunlight onto a dark cherry desk that desperately needs clearing; old editions and parchment paper the surface (the quills, at least, are in little quill holders).
The bookcases are full to bursting with everything from Muggle how-to books to children's comics, obviously magical as dragons soar across the covers. A silky black shawl hangs over the back of her chair, and an expensive-looking leather trunk monogrammed with the initials M.A.Q. sits snugly in the corner. Ever the sweet tooth, Mona keeps a jar full of sweets at the edge of her desk that you may help yourself to. Feel free to have a seat-- or, clear one for yourself, rather. |
01-29-2009, 07:34 PM
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The ever-murderous cloak stand greeted Mona as she opened the door to her office. She ducked quickly, drawing her wand from a pocket of her velvet robes. "Stupid...eejit...thing," she muttered. She waved it quickly at the base of the stand. Useless. She may as well use Muggle glue. Must replace it today.
She walked across the room, her lace-up boots clonking smartly. Her bag and midnight blue shawl ended up on some chair or another (her chairs were where everything ended up, eventually) on the way to her desk, where she put down two cups of piping hot coffee. She turned toward the drapes, which she pulled - no, yanked open. She blinked her blue eyes rapidly against the glare of the sunlight; she hated sunlight, really, but she couldn't be productive without a few hours of natural light. Or, of course, coffee.
She sipped one quickly, enjoying the rich aroma. The other was for Getti, of course; she always dismissed subtleties like making one's own coffee. She sighed through her nose and left the office for Getti's lair.
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01-30-2009, 02:50 AM
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| Mooncalf
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ And suddenly he was in another office. And even more sudden, there was something large and heavy coming at him. Thunk "Ouch! What the..." Something hit him on the chin, of all places, and looking down he saw the attacker. A cloak stand.
Rubbing his chin, Tristan looked around the office and tried to lean the cloak stand against the wall. Walking away from it slowly he could see the pretty packed room, atleast she had a window to...imagine how it looked outside. Clean much?
Trying to manevuer himself to a less cluttered place in the office, Tristan waited for the woman to enter. |
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01-30-2009, 03:14 AM
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"Mind the cloak stand," Mona trilled cheerily, mending the stand with another wave of her wand. "It's stubborn, see." She traipsed over to her chair, buoyed by the thought of playing with...what's-his-face. TRISTAN. That's it.
She placed her thumbs and forefingers onto the surface of her desk, easing herself into her chair like a spider settling into its web.
"So. Tristan, izzit? Have a seat." She gestured vaguely toward one of the cluttered chairs. "I'm Mohhna, Managing Editor. What can I do for you?"
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01-30-2009, 03:30 AM
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| Mooncalf
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ Tristan huffed, she could have warned him sooner. "Yeah..." he muttered and watched as the woman waved her wand. He doubted that would work though. A seat? Where? Thankyou, he smiled and walked over to remove a few items off the chair and dumped it onto the already full desk. "Yes, Tristan Carwyn. Im the new Layout Editor..." he trailed off hoping Mona would give him some new information about his work here. |
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01-30-2009, 04:19 AM
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"Ahhh yes, layout editor," Mona said, consulting some staffing parchment on her desk. Ohhh. Oh poor soul.
"You'll be working with Ian Hoshino," she said as cheerily as possible, her voice dripping with sugar. No need to hint at impending doom, eh? "You guys and some other splendid folk will be deciding what the issues look like. The journalists write the pieces, the photogs take the snappys, and you guys slap it together in time for daily release." She leaned forward, suddenly serious. "You guys are the lifeblood of this paper." Lie. "You guys are the artists that paint the canvas." Eh. "Without you, there would be no Prophet." True in theory, supposedly, but staff were a dime a dozen.
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01-30-2009, 04:50 AM
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| Mooncalf
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ Ian Hoshino Mental note there.
The work description seemed easy enough, nothing difficult there. It'll be a great experience. A smile crept onto his face as he imagined the work he would be doing.
Then she became serious, and Tristan's smile vanished. Lifeblood? he cocked an eyebrow and squinted at her. Wait, painters? Tristan tried to cover up his chuckle. As far as he knew, the Daily Prophet was a team effort, without the others there would be no layout editors. "Uh...I understand." Nodding, he tried to look serious aswell. "I will make sure to do my best Miss Mona." he smiled at her. "You have a very nice office..." |
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01-30-2009, 05:27 PM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Phineas Fischer Fourth Year | *snortles* MAMA!Shroom Miss Mona. Hmmm. That had a rather nice ring to it. Although there seemed to be a hint of cheek there. Just because Mona was the queen of cheek didn't mean she necessarily tolerated it from others. She narrowed her eyes for a moment, then crinkled them into a smile. Ol' Tristan better watch his step.
"Thanks very much, I find it quite cozy," she replied. Nice office. It was cluttered and small and had a murderous cloak stand. Smart aleck. Picking up her wand, she Summoned her glasses from the bag still lounging on some chair in the middle of the room, and placed them on her nose. She pulled a couple of parchment towards her and began scribbling, her expert eye finding errors all over the place. "So tell me about yourself, Tristan."
She was interested. Really and truly.
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01-30-2009, 08:07 PM
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ Maybe it was time to leave her to her work. , he thought as Mona started to scribble something on the parchment. Ugh...
Tristan didn't much like that question. Talk about himself? Fine... "Well..." he sighed before continuing, "A year after I...graduated from Hogwarts, I started to travel around the world." What else... "I got an owl telling me I got a position here at the Daily Prophet....and so I came back." There. Short and precise. He shuffled in his seat.
Looking down he noticed a crumpled up paper cup in his hands and frowned. Oh, it had been the one Mona had given him. Huh. Tristan must have crumpled it unconsciously. "Should I come back later?" he eyed the parchment Mona had infront of her "Or, maybe there's some work to do?" "If you don't mind my asking, what is it you do Miss Mona? I mean...Do I report to you?" |
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01-30-2009, 08:26 PM
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Mona stifled an eyeroll with difficulty. Traveled around the worrrrld. Probably in a bloody hot-air balloon. She smiled in spite of herself at his briskness. Brisk was good. No telling how well that would go over with Ian, but it would certainly be fun to watch. Like two...molecules that don't...bond or...something like that. Electrons?....
Mona glanced at him over her glasses. "There is always work to be done, Tristan," she said, making her final note (on that parchment, at least) with a flourish. At his question, she froze, and put down her quill slowly. She sat back in her chair and placed one designer boot on the opposite knee, and steepled her fingertips in front of her.
"I, dearest, as Managing Editor, do everything that the editors-in-chief do not have time for," she replied imperially. "For your purposes, yes you do report to me, as do the other layout editors, as do our photographers, as do our section editors. I, in turn, report to Getti and Belle." She couldn't suppress a grimace. Belle. ooc: I failed. Tristan will not work directly with Ian, but as the "cosmetic" staff, if you will, they will cross paths eventually. *winkwink*
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01-30-2009, 09:16 PM
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ Always work to be done? Geez I hope so... Would be typical that the DP is put on hold for lack of work. But how could it seeing as how this place just loves to write about everything and anyone.
When Mona stopped talking however, Tristan sensed that he might have offended her with his question. But what was he supposed to have done, walk around like a fool not knowing who to report to? "Great!" he smiled big as Mona explained it all, "Can't wait to get started."
Ignoring the odd expression his new boss had was difficult, and being the gentleman that he is, he had to ask... "Is everything allright?" OOC: Gotcha =) and no you don't! |
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01-30-2009, 09:47 PM
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Mona quickly swallowed her grimace (and a little bit of bile) and straightened her spectacles, shuffling through some more parchment on her desk.
"Certainly, honeybee. Why wouldn't everything be all right?" Because Belle is the bane of your existence? Nuuuuu.
"Too early in the day, I think, for anything to not be all right." She winked at him.
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01-31-2009, 12:23 AM
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ Tristan noticed Mona's sudden change of attitude, it must be stressfull being the Managing Editor around here... specially around here. "I dunno," he shrugged looking around the packed office and picked up a rather antique looking book. "It must get pretty busy around here..." Dusting off the book, he began to flip through it, "Really?" he smiled at her winking, "I can't wait for the not-allright part later then..." the sarcasm was there, but not that pronounced... Curiosity was creeping up on him, wondering just how hectic things got here. |
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01-31-2009, 01:02 AM
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"Well of course it gets busy around here," Mona replied, her eyes wide and incredulous. What did he mean by this flippant joking? "We're only the center of the wizarding community in Britain. We only have to release a brand new issue quicker than the public can finish flipping through the last issue." She nodded sagely. "I'm afraid you're going to learn the meaning of the word 'busy'."
And, admittedly, the meanings of many other words. Like "fear", or "pain", or "master".
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01-31-2009, 01:19 AM
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ Or the word uptight. Tristan raised his eyebrows as Mona lectured him about the DP. "Yes, I understand." he said as serious as he could. No need to keep making her think he had no clue about this business.
Putting back the old book where he found it, Tristan decided to keep on the serious track. "When do you think I can start work?" And where was his workspace anyways? |
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02-03-2009, 04:25 PM
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"Straightaway, dearest, if you know what's good for ya," she replied with a chuckle. She then sat up with a start.
"How perfectly rude of me!" she exclaimed. "Here I am going on and on and keeping you in here for my very own when I ought to be showing you around! Come, come."
With that, she skipped out the door, ducking the cloak stand. ooc: we can continue in the photographer's workarea thread, if you like
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02-03-2009, 10:36 PM
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| ♪ Golden Badger ♥ clawdia & taylour ♥ Huffie Cappytain ♫ Tristan was looking forward getting to work, letting his creative juices flowing. He didn't do much of that out in the woods or deserts. Unless you count enchanting the camp fires, making them look like different kinds of dragon.
He was suddenly startled by Mona's abrupt change of topic. "Uh, yes, exellent" Tristan stuttered and, with much more forewarning this time, he somehow didn't have to touch the scary cloak stand, following Mona out wherever she was going. OOC: Wohooo! |
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02-12-2009, 04:13 PM
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Eurgh. That, as Mona had suspected, had gone as perfectly and as horribly as could be expected. Too many of the new people were loud and obnoxious and they thought they could--goodness, stand up to Getti. As if she had been insulting them!! Mrs Greenwood sure was touchy; Getti had not, in fact, insulted anyone in that particular gathering. She insulted their old staff, and expressed her hope that the new staff would not need the same insulting. From Getti, that was practically a compliment. Aaaand, Mona hadn't insulted anyone either! People who did not work at the Daily Prophet were indeed commoners. Derrr. And neither was anything wrong with being common, per se. It wasn't like being a Muggle, or a Squib, Merlin forbid. And Sergio's vile cologne was, hopefully, not natural, or she was sure to break out in hives. HIVES. These people...lacked subtlety. Wheeeeeze.
In preparation for her impending hive-inducing, threat-to-her-indispensable health chat with Sergio, Mona picked up her wand and placed a Bubble Head Charm around her stuffed-up, balloony-feeling head. Her features distorted through the charm, she breathed in sweet untainted air. Ahhhh. Worth it.
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02-13-2009, 04:03 AM
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Sergio was about to leave for the day when he recalled one of the other editors wanted to speak with him. He was in a rather good mood as he was about to go shopping, something he always enjoyed. He gently rapped on the door then promptly entered. His fragrance wafted across the room, spreading as he moved. It took a moment before he realised Mona had cast a Bubble Head Charm. "Oh is that really appropriate?" he said in a slightly raised voice. She was mocking him, he could feel it and he didn't much like being the fool. "This is expensive stuff, not some rubbish I picked up from the grocery!" He sat down in a huff, scowling at the boss. He knew what this would be about, and he didn't have much patience to hear it.
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Payton J. McNiven | Ama!Nabs IS NAMED MINHO & Is SO Black Panther Right Now Knocking three times, more cheerfully than he had when visiting Getti's office, Ian hummed a tune to himself. The chocolate was still uneaten in his hand and he looked down at it suspiciously before tentatively giving it a lick. |
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02-16-2009, 06:08 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Phineas Fischer Fourth Year | *snortles* MAMA!Shroom What ho. They could knock at her door but not at Getti's? Perfect.
Mona sighed through her newly cleared nose and swallowed as much sarcasm as possible. "Enterrrr," she called out.
As an afterthought, "Mind the cloak stand."
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02-16-2009, 06:13 AM
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Payton J. McNiven | Ama!Nabs IS NAMED MINHO & Is SO Black Panther Right Now Ian pushed the door open all the way before stepping in sideways, artfully dodging Mona's swinging cloak stand. "Hello Mona!" greeted Hoshino happily, leaning against the far wall, inspecting his licked chocolate joyfully. "It's been a long day hasn't it? I won't waste any more of your time and get right down to business."
Heh. Heh.
"A reliable source tells me that a certain Getti Forde might be at the Leaky Cauldron an hour from now. I'd like to confirm that myself if you'd accompany me, that is," finished the man tilting his head at her, holding out his chocolate for her to examine. "Do you know what this is?" |
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02-16-2009, 06:22 AM
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Mona's eyes narrowed. Ian...acting borderline jovial. She ran a hand through her hair. What shenanigans was he up to?
"Reliable source eh?" She leaned back in her chair and surveyed Ian with the fingers steepled in front of her. "As much as I know that you must be either an imposter or up to no good, Getti hardly ever sees the outside of the walls and I dooo wonder what she'd be doing there."
"It...looks like chocolate," she said suspiciously. "Is it supposed to look like something else?"
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Payton J. McNiven | Ama!Nabs IS NAMED MINHO & Is SO Black Panther Right Now "Having herself a drink they say," quipped Ian, chocolate still trapped between his index and thumb. "I'd like it if we had ourselves some drinks in her vicinity as well." Shaking the finger of his free hand at Mona, Hoshino corrected his superior tactfully. "It's just not any chocolate. It's Getti's chocolate. Getti's." |
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Mona tutted. "Getti's vicinity is not always a welcome place. And it's even more unwelcome in public places. Her personal bubble expands around others. But I'm always game for a nightcap, you know me."
Mona blinked. "Getti's chocolate? What are you on about? She...eats?"
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