Employees and Invisible Ikenna!
 

The office was in the middle of being cleaned up and the majority of the things were fixed but there was still some work to be done. Suddenly the few peices of paper on the ground and some debris and dust was swept up when a figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the room in a flush. Armen had just Apparated from outside the Minister's Confernce Room. He was very distressed looking and his tie was undune and his dress shirt was half untucked.

He looked around at his employees and composed himself a bit. "Great work you guys! You are all doing so well, thanks for the amazing work keep it up!" He walked closer to his Division Heads. "And I checked the conference room by the way, its all ok. And great job taking control while I was gone, I will be back soon to show you all the suprise for the good work in the fight and clean-up. I just......left something in my office!" and he then ran down the hall nervous as to what he would find, and hoping to Merlin he had beat Ikenna down here.

Laura looked up from the files she was sorting, her face brightening as she noticed that it was Armen who had just appeared in the middle of the room. She stood up, having a mind to ask how the Department Head meeting had went, if he was alright, and perhaps what the surprise he promised was. But to her surprise, he had disappeared quite nearly as fast as he had appeared after a short compliment on the work, reassurance that the conference room was untouched, and promise that a surprise was on its way. She sat back down, slightly confused and unsure of how to react. As she focused on sorting files again, she wondered if Armen had looked particularly flustered, and whether or not she should have been worried.

Scarlett was maybe going ahead of herself when she had asked if the conference room could be damaged too. They had no indication that the figurines had been there and besides it usually was locked up. Shrugging she said "No, I'll check the conference room later. There is enough to fix in here."

If she sent an employee down the corridor to assess the potential damage of another room they had to clean in two places. Cleaning wasn't one of Scarlett's favourite duties and probably nobody elses either. Picking up her muggle wireless radio she turned it on and moved to attack the last pile of debris in the work area.

Scarlett was just about sit down at her desk and have a well earned break when a swirling figure appeared in the middle of the cubicle area. She had almost drawn her wand when she noticed that it was only a flustered and hurried Armen. Feeling a bit ashamed she dropped her hand from her wand. Clearing her throat to speak Scarlett was cut off by Armen who reassurred her that the conference room was undamaged.

Letting out a sigh of relief Scarlett was about to ask if they could get a hint about what the surprise might be when Armen just as swiftly dissappeared. Confused she turned to look at Laura asking "Any idea what all that was about? Armen looked hurried."

Royce feeling better than she had in days was busy repairing her desk. Those pesky figurines had totally destroyed and of course all her work as well. It was going to take her days to redo it and she wasn't looking forward to that.

She looked up as Armen appeared in the office looking like something the cat drug in. And just as suddenly as he appeared he disappeared. Working in the Ministry was proving to be more of a challenge than she had banked on.

ALL LEVEL 6 Employess! :)
 

Walking slowly into the work areas and cubicles of Level Six, Armen walked carefully trying not to run into his invisible 'visitor' and bring his position to knowledge of the others. He turned and saw a few of them working on finishing the repairs and stopped with his hand on the side of his face he had just gotten the burns on, hiding them to make it look like he was just thinking.

"Come on over here you guys, Scarlett, Laura, Royce, Brooke, Katrina, Jamie, and Cris." he said smiling smally. "I am proud of you guys and they work you have done to bring this office back together. Now we are going to take a break, now that it is pretty much finished, and head on into the Conference room for a meeting that is now involving pressing measures." he said nodding more to himself than to his employees, "So, yes, grab parchment and quills and meet me in there in five minutes. I have sent memos to the rest of the employees." he then walked down the hall with smiles to those who were watching.

With Recard having effectively cleared out the work cubicles, Ikenna moved swiftly and silently amongst the empty desks, riffling through papers here, picking up personal mementos there, making note of which desks were busy with work and which were empty due to laziness.

He made certain to place every item he touched back in its precise place, in the exact way he had been trained to do many years ago. Take with your eyes, not with your hands, Gevrik liked to say, so he left no sign that he had been snooping on the Transportation Employees and had planted his hand-created eavesdropping devices throughout their shared work space.

The round, beetle-shaped devices were charmed to blend with their surrounding environment seamlessly but would still record certain snippets of conversations and planning without becoming obtrusive or noticeable. Ikenna had left a few of his higher-end devices in Armen's office before the man had even arrived on his own level and they all worked the same way.

It was all for the greater good and security of the Ministry.

Pleased with his work for now, the dark, invisible man swept out of the work area and moved on to the conference centre.

Jenny couldn't sleep much that night, and instead had stayed up writing most of the night as she snacked on some sweets that she had stashed for nights exactly like that. Bright and early, Jenny had dressed and headed to the Ministry. Walking into the work area of her department, she realized that she was the first one back to work. Having not been in the Ministry for too long, she didn't quite know what to do, even if she did, she still had to think about the meeting that had taken place the day before.

Giving a sigh, she sat down in a random chair beside a desk, and waited for someone else to make it in. At least then, she hoped someone would tell her where she was supposed to go.

Katrina rubbed her eyes outside of the working area, and took a sip of the coffee she held in hand. She needed her caffeine today. She just knew it. However, she just looked around. She had not been able to select her work desk yet and she wasn't sure which one was going to be hers. She didn't exactly know who her division head was and she was quite nervous. Katrina awkwardly waved at the other woman who was there. What did she do now? Did she just stand around, or did she take a seat?

A paper airplane-shaped memo shot out of the Department Head's office and into the work area. It soared over a cubicle wall and into the space where two women sat waiting. It landed on the floor in between them and its contents were ready to be read:

Jenny carefully bent down and picked up the memo. She unfolded it with great care, afraid that she bent it the wrong way or something, that it would be ruined. Reading it carefully she nodded her head and held it out for the other woman to read it. Jenny hadn't caught her name the before, or she might have if she had been paying attention completely to what was going on.

Looking up as another person wandered into the room, Jenny gave a sigh of relief when she realized she had already met this person before. "Pierre." Jenny greeted with a smile. She suddenly felt very embarrassed as she remembered how they met. Including tripping in the middle of Diagon, hitting her head, and having blood every where. She was extremely thankful that Pierre had been there. But now, she was at a loss of words of what to say.

Katrina scanned the memo briefly and bit her lower lip in thought. This place was awkwardly silent and she wanted someone to say something, anything really. Or just to see a familiar face really. She let out a little cough, the silence was a bit overwhelming and she was never really one to break it. Katrina glanced at the door for a possible sign of Jamie walking through. There was none and in the time she was here, two people and only two people, had entered through those doors.

Katrina allowed her eyes to scan the room again. Nothing really was of interest here and she saw someone lie down on the floor. Oh...? That was something new... The corner of her lips tugged up a bit and she couldn't help but giggle. She took another sip of the coffee she had in hand. "You sure know how to make yourself comfortable, don't you?" she asked, smiling at the person who had laid down. The memo had said get comfortable, except no one else really seemed to be doing that... except him, that is.

Jayden lifted his hand and chuckled. "Well. I happen to be very good at following directions." he said looking at her. He then lay his head back down.

"My only flaw however, is taking things much too literally. Hence, me being on the floor." he said stretching out his arm behind his head.

"Care to join me? Or will you be more comfortable at a boring ole chair?"

Pierre turned around at the sound of someone saying his name. He smiled at the girl he'd met that day in Diagon Alley. Unfortunately, they hadn't met under the best of circumstances. The blood and all that...

"Hello Jenny. So you got a job here?" He remembered her saying something about her not knowing what she was going to do. Pierre was glad that she figured it out.

Katrina giggled, because in a way, what he said made sense. "Well, I hope no one will mistaken you as a rug by accident," she said jokingly. Ah, it did seem comfortable lying on the ground. Except well... she didn't feel like it was... appropriate.

Katrina bit her lip to prevent herself from laughing out loud. "You do know that it might be dirty right?" she asked, a smile on her face.

She looked down at the ground. It was quite tempting... hmm... chair versus ground. It was, surprisingly, a hard decision. Katrina finished her coffee and tossed it into the trash can. "Why not?" she said smiling as she laid down on the ground next to him. The view from below was actually quite nice. She now knew how her younger cousin felt like.

Then she heard someone walk in. Eep. She just hoped that she wouldn't be trampled. Oh dear, how embarrassing would that be? So, meekly, she waved up at whoever it was hoping the person would ignore her oddness for joining the other person next to her.

Thanks for showing up guys! :) Plotness is starting NOW!!
 

With Adam on his heels, Armen entered the flourescently-lit Work Area that housed his awesome and quirky collection of employees. He really liked those guys and gals and their spunky little attitudes yesterday during the meeting. He was touched by their sense of pride and responsibility to their careers and Transportation that they didn't want people like the Cult (and unfortunately himself) ruining it. But what must be done must be done. And besides they didn't know he was on the Cult. *shrug*

He walked in and saw that Jayden, one of the employees he had worked with the longest, and Katrina, a newer woman who had proven to be fun and likeable were lying stretched out on the floor. "Good morning everyone! Glad some people followed my directions to the 'T'." He chuckled warmly. Then unexpectedly he walked over to the area the two were lying, an open clearing in the center of the four sections of cubicles, and sat down indian style on the carpet.

"Ok everyone form a circle around me and criss-cross applesauce those legs!" he said as if it was perfectly normal office vernacular, wiggling excitedly. He motioned for Adam to sit next to him. "Everyone this is Adam, he is our newest employee and is going to be working with those awesome fools in Apparation." he nodded to those who were in that division breifly. He waited for the others to join him in the circle. They had a big day ahead of them and they needed to straighten out a few things first.

A flash of purple zoomed into the work area, flying over heads and cubicle walls and coming to a hault in the center of the room. What news had this official looking memo brought for the Ministery workers?

Quote:

Memo from the Minister or Magic Ladies and gentlemen of the Ministry of Magic, We are very pleased and excited to announce to you that we have recently filled the vacancy of Junior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic. Our utmost attention has been given to finding just the right person for the job, and we are confident that we have found this in one very busy and important person. Please join me in extending a very warm welcome to Lord Berty Borr, your new Junior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic. Mr. Borr has formerly dedicated his unmatched services to both the Ministry and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. He has served as an adviser to our society's leaders for years, having had a great allegiance and working relationship with Minister Cooper. In addition, Lord Borr somehow found time in his busy schedule to take on the role as Ministry-approved professor at the school for several years. His past achievements, as well as his promising future and and worldliness, will no doubt prove to be a benefit to the governing of our wizarding world. With the addition of Lord Berty Borr to the Ministry team, we are confident that we're now just one step closer to keeping the Ministry of Magic moving in the right direction. Sincerely, Alexandra A. Carlton Minister of Magic

Armen will tell every1 the news soon as we get started (just allowing others to join)
 

Armen looked up at Pierre with a small smile. "Good morning Pierre." He wasn't going to push the guy. He hopde that he would join them later but as long as he was near the circle, the Dept. Head guessed that was alright. Now for mooore crossed legged employees!
A memo zoomed into the office with the Minister's seal! Armen hopped up from his spot and caught it in his hand and read it quickly, a grin appearing even wider on his lips. He would break the news as soon as they started.

Cris, all he could do was do as told, and sit on the carpet as some of the people inside the office had done. The flash of purple light, though, made him rush down to the floor and wait for the news there were to tell. Indeed, all this was becoming mysterious and weird. Having to deal with Muggles? Simplifying their lives?

And his boss' attitude, which totally made Cris think that he was in some sort of hypnosis or something, although he did try to make that idea get out of his head for a long time already.

He's in a weird mood... :)
 

WOOHOO! Criss-cross applesauce! Mason hadn't done that since Primary School! Needless to say, He was excited.

He immediately got off his chair and plopped down on the floor and helped create the circle with the other employees. The less enthusiastic employees. *stare*

Suddenly, Mason saw a flash of purple zoom over head and then it stopped in the middle of their applesauce circle. He narrowed his eyes as he read it... New understudy secretary assistant thingy, huh? Cool beans.

His attention span wasn't great today.

Jayden smirked a little as Katrina joined him. Breaking Following the rules was totally fun.

"Ehh... I showered this morning." he said. "I'm sure some of that will cancel out the floor's dirtiness." he said with a smiled.

Too bad his almost nap at work had to end. He nodded in greeting as his boss mentioned how some employees had gotten comfortable. He was one of them. Too bad it was work time now.

He sat up and looked at the new employee. He'd be in Apparition Department with him. He nodded in greeting to Adam. He then sat up.

Shortly after he sat up a note flew in. He watched as his boss read it. Whatever it was it was causing Armen to smile. He tilted his head to the side and wondered if that note was for everyone.

Katrina shook her head. "I'm not so sure about that last part..." she said smiling. And she was quite sure it didn't seeing as the floor's germs would just stick to him. Then again, she was lying on the floor as well so... she probably shouldn't be freaking herself out like that.

She felt quite relaxed lying on the ground. It was quite nice till she heard the footsteps of someone else and heard the head of the department talking. Katrina shot straight up, blushing a bit and feeling completely embarrassed. Maybe it wasn't very much of a good idea and she did have a bit of a guilty look on her face. "Good morning Mister Recard," Katrina greeted before joining the circle.

Katrina sat "criss cross applesauce" style on the ground. She smiled at the new employee in the apparation department and gave a little wave. Then seemingly out of no where, a flash of purple came and a sealed letter of some sorts. Katrina wanted to read it, she really did but the department head seemed to have taken it first. She wondered what that was all about, especially since he looked awfully happy.