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| Level One The Minister's Office |
06-14-2021, 01:30 AM
| | Wellness Room
During her time as an Auror, Senior Undersecretary James enjoyed the benefit of having a place to go to work out her frustration and gather her thoughts quietly. Although she is no longer working on Level Two, she brought those work practices with her - one of the smaller conference rooms has been transformed into a 'wellness room'.
Whether your wellness needs include a quiet place with soft cushions for meditating, yoga mats, or even a discretely hidden practice dummy (his name is Fletchley and he lives behind the potted monstera), this is a room open to all employees. If you find Undersecretary James in here, feel free to roll out a yoga mat and join her. Quietly.
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08-20-2021, 03:02 PM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin First Year Ministry RPG Name:
Daxton Prince Mysteries Ministry RPG Name:
Nikolai Kaiser Minister's Office Diagon Alley Employee:
Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12
| for the boss lady Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight Often frustratingly contradictory in nature, Kaiser had given this wellness room the widest of berths since he had first been directed towards it. He'd taken a throwaway 'might be of some benefit' comment as insult rather than advice, yes, but it was actually more the whole implication of meditation and mindfulness that scared him away.
Not that he wasn't also just a touch defensive over the slightest suggestion he was, or had ever been, anything other than 'well', that he wasn't handling everything. That he wasn't perfectly fine. More than fine.
The contradiction came in the form of a dual craving and horror of quiet time to sit by himself and be with his thoughts, which seemed to be in part what this room was dedicated to. Kaiser preferred his own company, and he hated it, unless he had a book (and the capacity to concentrate on reading it). He'd have denied thriving in chaos, but - another contradiction - would have been telling both truth and lie with that claim. Even the tucked away practice dummy was not something he could risk.
A moment, just the briefest moment where he'd thought he'd reached his limit during an overwhelming work day, that was all that had brought Kaiser here, into what had once been a conference room he used to slip inside of when things got a bit much. A moment. Just ten seconds to step away and breathe, and then return to work. Maybe he'd scouted the room out while he was here, but he'd seen enough to know it wasn't for him, and abruptly turned to leave again.
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08-21-2021, 12:56 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Mercer Branxton Ravenclaw Seventh Year Ministry RPG Name:
Genevieve James Minister's Office x7 x8
| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "A yoga buddy!" Genevieve could tell by the set of Kaiser's shoulders that he was going to cut and run, and since she sincerely believed in the benefit of her wellness space, she would happily bully him into staying. Feet planted, Vivi James was a tiny, blonde immovable wall.
"Hey, Kaiser! We're going to do a few sun salutations together, and then we'll have a healthy snack. How do you feel about kale chips?" She gently pushed him back into the room and closed the door partway with her foot. "Grab a mat. Is that what you're going to wear? It's nice, I mean, but can you stretch?"
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08-23-2021, 02:26 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin First Year Ministry RPG Name:
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Nikolai Kaiser Minister's Office Diagon Alley Employee:
Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12
| Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight Kaiser did not know how these small but mighty women managed it. Candela could do it too. Stop him in his tracks by simply barring his way with her tiny frame - not that she'd ever done so when he'd really, truly needed to get away. Not that he wouldn't barrel through anyway in such a situation in any case. For the best then, all things considered.
Though he was inclined to believe that he really, truly needed to get away from this room, that evidently wasn't actually the situation, because he just sort of wilted slightly when he realised Mrs James had him ensnared in her dastardly torture chamber of wellness and other horrors. Again, for the best. The Senior Undersecretary had been a Senior Auror. She could probably take him down by blinking in just the right way; he was not exactly tempted to try and push past. "I..." Kaiser began, as he was steered roomwards again, and stopped by the... mats. "I don't have any idea what that is." Sun salutations? Kale chips? Healthy? He grabbed a mat, like he knew exactly what he was doing, and why, and like it was really no big deal and actually he totally wanted to do this in the first place, and then looked down at his office clothes. True enough; admittedly not what he'd expect a yoga... player? Yoga performer? Yoga... doer... to wear either. "... Not really. Perhaps I shouldn't. I knew I had forgotten something." Alas.
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08-24-2021, 01:46 AM
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| Manticore
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Mercer Branxton Ravenclaw Seventh Year Ministry RPG Name:
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "It's a bit weird, I know," Vivi stepped back into the room and took a deep breath. Maybe it was her imagination, or the running water, or the live plants, but it really felt like the air was fresher in here. She tried not to bustle as she rolled out mats for them and brought Kaiser a cup of ice cold cucumber water. Her mother bustled, and Vivi was not turning into her mother.
"Take a sip of that. Breathe in the air. I was kidding about the kale chips, I promise. I prefer one of those green smoothies that I've been training Kodee to make, followed by six cups of bad coffee. The good balances out the very very bad." She centered herself on her mat and moved into the first pose. If he wanted to join her, he could.
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09-13-2021, 12:54 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin First Year Ministry RPG Name:
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Nikolai Kaiser Minister's Office Diagon Alley Employee:
Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12
| Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight Kaiser did indeed take the cup, and inspected its contents. He had seen a lot in his arguably short life, including a myriad of foods and combinations from all over Europe, but this cup of vegetable water stumped him. Or was it a fruit? A gourd? Was a gourd a... You know what. It did not matter.
He took a sip of the water, and then a second, because the iciness of it was sort of extremely welcome. After a third, he set it aside. "I live on a diet of coffee, and I'm thriving." A joke, sort of. A sort of inside joke. Maybe a little more outside than inside. "The smoothies look radioactive. I wasn't sure if they were supposed to or if that was just..."
... If that was just the way Kodee made them. Kaiser didn't finish the sentence, but he did think it very loudly, and then moved to join - and then mimic - the Boss Lady and the whole... pose... thing. It was hardly the strangest thing he'd ever tried.
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04-25-2022, 03:34 PM
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| Open Puff by day, snake by night | Mj's bestie | Always UP to Something... Alana had come in to do some yoga or stretches, honestly she wasn't sure, she just wanted a quiet place to focus for a few moments, but when she got down on the ground to start she was hit with her mouth becoming so dry. Reaching for her water she took a few drinks and began to stretch again.
It wasn't long before she felt her mouth go dry again, this time it seemed like she hadn't drank anything for days. Was her tongue sand paper or was she imagining the feeling. Grabbing her water once more she drank most of it quickly, but doing so it spilled down the front of her as well.
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05-15-2022, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Bazinga Alana had come in to do some yoga or stretches, honestly she wasn't sure, she just wanted a quiet place to focus for a few moments, but when she got down on the ground to start she was hit with her mouth becoming so dry. Reaching for her water she took a few drinks and began to stretch again.
It wasn't long before she felt her mouth go dry again, this time it seemed like she hadn't drank anything for days. Was her tongue sand paper or was she imagining the feeling. Grabbing her water once more she drank most of it quickly, but doing so it spilled down the front of her as well. One of Gunnar's pastimes was exercising and keeping fit, and that didn't change even if he was a Ministry employee rather than something more physical. He normally liked the fitness room on Level Seven, but it was a little too crowded this morning and he had a sore shoulder anyway after wrangling some stubborn blast-ended skrewts earlier in the week. He remembered the Wellness Room on Level One and made the journey up there. He might be able to benefit from stretching before starting his day.
Gunnar was pleased to see that it wasn't too crowded and he smiled at the familiar face he met as he walked in. "Hi, Alana," he greeted his longtime friend. "Uh... are you okay?" Not to make her self-conscious or anything, but it was something of an unusual sight to see a woman spilling so much water down the front of her as she attempted a drink.
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05-31-2023, 12:16 AM
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Nikolai Kaiser Minister's Office Diagon Alley Employee:
Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12
| quick oneshot post Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight Some days, Kaiser was more likely to dip into the Wellness Room on his break than to appear in an actual break room - though he much preferred to do so inconspicuously. Being witnessed taking himself into a room that everyone knew was for wellness would just be asking for trouble, as far as he was concerned.
This was one of those days. And it was all fine. Just needed a breather. Just got a little too caught up thinking about the approaching holidays, and Elio's upcoming birthday, and how Elio would be turning nine, and how settled life had become without Kaiser entirely noticing it, and how he wasn't sure how he felt about that (other than conflicted).
He thought about all this as he parked himself on one of the cushions, legs out in front of him, back leaning against the wall. He thought about it and was reminded, as he was every other time he'd come in here (and yet never seemed to learn), that he was better off when he didn't give his thoughts so much space to stretch their legs and run wild. They were often impossible to rein back in again.
A better remedy to his ruminating was likely to come in the form of piling a little - a lot - more work onto his plate, checking in with his boss to see if there was anything she'd like for him to take on. Yes, Kaiser decided. He'd do that, give himself enough to keep him busy during work hours that there was little time to think of anything else, let alone take a break. For now, he allowed his body to rest, and focused instead on counting the leaves on the monstera. Often it made him drowsy, but, though Kaiser's insomnia was haunting him again, he never closed his eyes for more than a moment while at the Ministry, if he could help it.
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07-30-2023, 08:20 PM
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| Open <3 HeadGirlMC | Treddie & Trixiver <3 | Copy Girl | Katie's Ickle Minion | I love YOU more Allison, or Allie as she was much more commonly known, wasn’t usually one to partake in yoga or Pilates. Her usual sport of choice was Netball or Volleyball or anything involving a ball and a net and a super cute uniform. Today it had just been one of those days where the children in the daycare did not want to leave their parents and the volume in the room had increased tenfold to accommodate the screaming voices. She couldn’t blame the children, they were young and the anxiety of being separated from their loved ones must have been overwhelming but when one started then they all did. No amount of enthusiasm and distractions from the blonde seemed to be helping the situation. As soon as the clock ticked over and her colleague returned from their own break she quickly slipped out.
Just ten minutes in a peaceful room with no interruptions and a comfy seat sounded like the paradise she needed during her lunch break before preparing herself to return.
Into the room she went, glancing around to find it was entirely empty apart from all the soft furnishings. She chose a large cushion to sit on in the far corner and tucked her legs underneath herself resting her hands on top of her knees. Inwardly she breathed, slowly allowing her lungs to be filled with fresh air and expand to their maximum capacity before exhaling through her mouth pushing a plume of warm air into the atmosphere. She allowed her head to be filled with thoughts of colour schemes and flower arrangements in preparation for her big day. Better.
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08-02-2023, 01:47 AM
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| Toothless - Napoleon of Crime - Gryffinclaw - Owl Emissary - Pirate Auror - DoctorDonna Noah had promised his best friend that he wouldn’t turn into a workaholic like both of their fathers which seemed hard while working in the ministry. But he was doing his best to have little moments of downtime even during the workday, something that might have been made a little easier when he discovered a certain undersecretary had set aside the Wellness Room right on Level 1. Well wonders never ceased, the former Hufflepuff having always felt, at least at first, that she seemed to be constantly on edge and maybe couldn’t relax.
Having left his robes slung on his desk chair, he slipped into the room with slacks and shirt. The personal assistant noticed someone already there, making him try to be extra quiet so as not to disturb his companion. He grabbed one of the available mats and unrolled it off to one side before slipping off his shoes and stepping upon it. Then with a deep breath and standing with feet separated, he slowly bent down and let his upper half hung there as he tried to clear his head from the latest paperwork he had been taking care of.
Must not think of...
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08-02-2023, 12:52 PM
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| HeadGirlMC | Treddie & Trixiver <3 | Copy Girl | Katie's Ickle Minion | I love YOU more Thankfully Allie wasn’t overly precious about alone time and so the arrival of another employee into the Wellness Room didn’t disturb her at all. In fact she had opened one eye just to see who it was that had entered. She recognised the man from being in the same department as her although she rarely ever entered the main work area having concentrated herself in the Daycare and therefore barely having any time to socialise with fellow employees.
Despite absolutely loving working with children, it would be nice to have an actual conversation with an adult that didn’t involve being told of the latest Broomstick or newest Quidditch player or the newest gadget at Weasley’s. She directed a little wave at the gentleman not wanting to outright disturb him from whatever it was he was doing. Yoga perhaps? Or just stretching? Or maybe meditating like she was.
Not that she knew how to meditate properly. Perhaps someone should come and run a class at some point?
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| Toothless - Napoleon of Crime - Gryffinclaw - Owl Emissary - Pirate Auror - DoctorDonna Having the blood rush down to one’s head did wonders in having you think of other things than what had been on your mind previously. Like the conscious effort to not be all wobbly on one’s feet and keeping your balance while you try to relax into the pose. And remembering some stretching techniques that had been shared with you from those who were more active than you. Maybe Games and Sports would think about hosting more get-togethers.
Noah was slowly rolling up back to his full height, eyes opening up, when he noticed his quiet companion waving at him. “Um…hello,” he greeted, his tone quiet so as not to disturb her too much. The assistant feeling weird just waving back, especially when she wasn’t necessarily looking at him to see the reaction. Twisting at his waist and stretching some more, he absently took in the woman’s appearance, realizing that she wasn’t someone he had normally come across though figuring it just meant she didn’t have much direct contact with the minister.
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11-11-2023, 04:02 AM
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Ece Arslan Nesting Occamy Rentals | Noah! New ministry year, new TL! Anashti l Brat Pack l Sally & Dr. Finklestein Evan knew that while he was here at working, he should have been thinking of his assigned tasks and only his assigned tasks. However... as a university student in tandem with working part time, and with an approaching exam, he was feeling a little bit on the distracted side. Which was probably why he'd finally excused himself for a break and made his way to Level One.
With a textbook tucked under his arm, Evan made his way into the Wellness Room. He helped himself to a Yoga mat and after checking to ensure there wasn't anyone else around he was going to disturb, he cracked open a book and started to test himself under his breath. "Alright... goblin rebellion..."
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