He wanted to reach out and give Lily's hand a squeeze, but he was focused now, even if he was 100% aware of her presence.


... and 100% aware of an audience. Evander intentionally angled himself so he could keep an eye on Wrekin from the corner of his eye.

"Not Borr's problem, responsibility or jurisdiction." Evander answered shortly, managing to cut short a personal fantasy of making the giant man implode. He smiled apologetically at the Obliviator, not meaning to be rude in her direction. He was simply under a lot of stress in general.

Cultists.



"Alright."

Van turned his head slightly. "Damien!" The man was around here somewhere, ghosting about in Van's peripheral vision.

Turning back to Tate he nodded. "Have your people meet at the security check point in fifteen minutes."

And to the Obliviator,

"Its Iridesca, isn't it? Perhaps you'll come with me. Will you need help from anyone else in your department?" Now would be the time to play fetch and find them.

Damien had been drifting toward the buffet since he spotted Lily and the Headmaster over there. He needed to tell Tate about his insolent child person that got fined for being... well an insolent child. Clearly.

Wait... it was Van YELLING his name. How had he missed Evander walking up? Meh. He was focused on something else entirely. Picking up his step a bit he slid into the group beside Van and cleared his throat. "What's up Chief?" he asked in a low tone. Then one by one he turned to those gathered and gave them a little nod. Except for Lil, she got a quick wink and tip of the hat. We see you Pretty Healer Lady.

Turning back to Tate he gave a little incline of the head and quickly said, "Gave one of your lot a fine. Underage magic. You should put them on a leash."

Back to business.

Iridesca shook her head at his words...he was completely right and she was happy to be in the presence of someone who felt the same way as her. She was too worried about Hogwarts to really bother with his sharpness...she knew that everyone was edge. She just continued nodding her head up and down slightly.

When he turned towards her again, she met his eyes, "Yes that's me..." she paused and thought about his question....she glanced through the crowd trying to find any familiar faces from her division..."Well it wouldn't hurt to have one more obliviator just to get things changed and cleared up quicker..." she said to him as she scanned the crowd....she thought she saw a fellow member of her division and she said quickly, "I think I may see someone that might be able to help us out " she said pointing to Gavin in the seating area.

"Would you like me to go grab him or are we trying to keep our group as small as possible?" she said suddenly not wanting to be the person that brought in an outsider eventhough she knew Gavin was good at what he did.

"Of course." Lily nodded. She'd been mostly up at the dias for quite a while, and she wasn't sure where the students had wandered off to, but she was hoping they had been sticking together and weren't too hard to find.

Lily had opened her mouth to ask where she should meet Tate/Van after she'd gathered up the children, but that question was answered before she even got the chance to form the words.

Geez. These men. Just when she thought she was caught up, they took off again.

She glanced at Van. Did he want to "escort" her?

HEHE.

Right.. probably not the time...

Lily waved at Damien, "I'll meet you there." She said to all three of them before slipping away to gather up the children.

"We have a situation." Naturally. "At Hogwarts." Even more naturally. "I'll brief you as we walk."

Van smirked just a little at the leash comment but didn't say a word.


"Get him and bring him to the security check point if you think he can help." Van turned his head and clocked Gavin... was it McNally? Van's familiarity with non-MLE people was mostly limited to name and face.

"Fourteen minutes." He reminded Iridesca. They had to move quickly, it was clear Tate would go straight there had he been alone.


Evander watched his girlfriend leave, indulging himself for a split second before going back to business as usual.

"Alright." He led the way back to the security check point, and began briefing Damien.

Alexander noticed that Bole shifted so he could spy him from the corner of his eye. What fun! Quirking an eyebrow he also gave him a little smirk. It was a lovely time to play with Bole. He looked rather worked up. Heh.

Alex noticed Healer Moretti was leaving and for Bole and Miss Moretti he waggled those nimble fingers of his about and smiiiiiled. Oh they needed to be around him more often. That was for sure.

Iridesca gave him one big nod and said, "Gotcha...see you there..." as she turned and headed towards Gavin to grab him as she went she knew that fourteen minutes was more than enough time but she wouldn't dilly dally anyways.

Damien gave her a nod and a smooth flash of a smile. Lovely, she was.

Okay back to business.

Situation and Hogwarts were NOT words that he liked to hear in the same sentence. He set his jaw and nodded his head. "Right." We're walking, we're walking.

Taking his hat off he tapped it with his wand and vanished it. Crud. He loathed children SO much. He was fairly certain they were SOMEHOW responsible for all this.

Sure dad she said with a smile.Joey got a small and put mash potatoes,vanilla pudding.So put her plate and Heather on top of the of the storller that can hold things.She rolled the stroller over to the seating area.

" You are a good mother just like mom" J.J. Starr told Joey. " How are you doing little one?" Joe Jon Montcenaggio asked Heather." I am folling both of you" J.J. said to Joey.

Thanks dad she said with a smile.Raising A teenager is harder then raising a baby she said with a laugh.What did you say dad folling both of you.Heather started to giggle then smiled for the first time.She shook her rattle really fasted.

Alex watched with a bit of disappointment when the MLE guys and Tate walked away with Lilyan Moretti. Why did THEY get to have all the fun with the Healer? If Alex were the type of man to pout, he sure would have just then.

But, matters of great import were calling his name... Where was the person responsible for the offensive chocolate? Hmmm? He had to find them and punish them for such an atrosity.

Xander decided that Miss Hopton ( he assumed she was a Miss at least, hopefully) had a wonderful smile. Truly. He wasn't even aware that he was smiling much more genuinely right back at her in response, but he caught himself quickly enough. He took her hand in his, tilting his head to the side at the description of her job.

" It's been a definite pleasure meeting you." he said, catching onto the not-so-hidden meaning behind her words. It made him smile again and since he still held her hand he placed a brief, polite kiss against her knuckles before letting go. " Obliviator Headquarters. That is impressive." He said seriously. Oblivating a person was not easy work, and for someone as young as Miss Hopton appeared, being an Obliviator was something that spoke to her talents.

Taking a breath, he fixed his gaze on Miss Hopton's face. " Your job sounds very hands on. Would I be wrong in assuming that?" He asked, making polite conversation. He needed to get a feel for her before he decided to liven up his evening by flirting with her.

"Done," Tate gave one last nod before turning to follow Lily back toward the student section. It would be a small task to get the kids round up in less than 15 minutes, and he wasn't going to brook any arguments.

He paused to address the Auror-man who complained congenially about one of his kids. If the man had been rude about it, they might have to pause and have words, but under the circumstances, he let it go.

"You get the law passed, I'll buy the leashes. In the meantime, we do what we can." And he hurried toward the student area.

" You welcome, you were not a hard person to raise at all" J.J. Starr told Joey. " I said " Heather is a pretty little girl" Joe Jon Montcenaggio said to Joey. " Follow me to the table" J.J. smiled.

Well i wasnt a boy dad she said with a smile.Joey Push the Stroller to the seating Area and then Heather started to giggle at her grandpa.

Daphne was vaguely aware of her surroundings. Manners didn't allow her attention to stray too far from the man that was speaking to her. She did; however, notice the sudden appearance of Headmaster Tate when she glanced over at Sabel Dakest just to make sure he was doing well with yet another lady friend of his. Always so popular, she smiled tensely aware of the sort of secretive air they had to them.

She was hard pressed to try to read their lips as they turned their backs to her. Also, Alexander Whomever was already speaking to her again--with her hand in his possession and his lips against her skin. Daphne blushed as she was caught off-guard, completely forgetting she was in the midst of an introduction.

"Sometimes it is," she remarked with a small frown. Her hazel eyes once more drifted to where she thought she had seen someone join Headmaster Tate and the woman whom Lord Borr had introduced as Lily someone or the other; a Hogwarts' staff. Then, suddenly, her department head had joined him. Iridesca was hard to miss what with her unique hair color and all. "It isn't just pure wand work though, you know. It's not like dueling. It takes...intellect," she finished with a pause. Her attention waned and she turned her head each way several times as she caught the last sight of Headmaster Tate disappearing towards the student seating area.

How peculiar. Where had her Department Head disappeared to as well?

" Yes, you were not a boy but William and Aiden were easy to raise, too" J.J. Starr told Joey." Oh, you are a funny little girl: joe Jon montcenaggio said to Heather. J.J. tickled her chin.

Lucy finished off her ice-cream and dumped her napkin into the bin. She grimaced and pulled back her black hair into a loose, messy knot. The woman sighed and looked at the table nothing really caught her interest but she wasn't about to leave. There was a dude infront of her that was a potential work friend and his too-cute-for-words daughter.

Okay the kid had her ice-cream and was rubbing it on her face. Oookaay. Maybe it was good for her skin? But Lucy highly doubted that a five-year-old would care what her skin would look like. "Your welcome." And then the kid's hair went bright red. Okay. Cool.

Metamorphasis.

Cool..again.

0___o

I know where she gets it from.Well they are not Malfoys she said with a laugh.I would have to say Having my adpoted mother remarrying Draco was a shock.

" Heather, I thought you get your being funny from your grandfather" J.J. Starr laughed. "Yes, your sdopted mother marrying Draco was quite a shock" Joe Jon Montcenaggio said to Joey." Everything cool beteen her family and ours, do not worry" J.J. explained to Joey.

Elias bent down and wiped the chocolate off his daughter's face. Gosh she was messy. You'd think the kid was eating the ice-cream with her face.

Bahahaha!! Ohh, watching people's faces when Caroline randomly changed appearance was highly entertaining. "She's a metamorphmagus," He explained, though it was pretty self-explanatory. It's no wonder either, seeing as Lauren's mother had also been one.

As if on cue, she twitched her nose and her hair curled up into spirals, fading to a dark brown color. That was the thing, usually only her hair changed and it was unannounced when it did so- though Caroline did tend to morph more when she was excited.

Turning the attention away from his daughter's rapidly changing hair, Elias looked back at Lucy. "So are you new to the ministry?" he asked. Bland topic, but he sensed the rising boredom and he wasn't just going to sit there.

Standing by his Largeness as he boomed and guffawed till the walls shook wasn't Ren's idea of having a good time, but the dias did provide an excellent vantage point, to which he used to his utmost advantage, observing appearances and behaviors and committing them to memory. But as all good things must come to an end his Lordship declared that it was time to go. Ren stepped off the platform and was on his way back to the gift bag table when he spotted Alex milling by the buffet area with that look on his face. Sauntering over to his side he muttered "Who are we hunting brother?"

After Damon successfully passed the security, he made his way towards the buffet. He was hungry and he couldn't help it. He wasn't really keen to come to this party but he should made the best of it, right. So, he started filling his plate with some foods. Gah! This was boring. He didn't plan to enjoy this party this way but yeah. And more of it, he just got a memo about his new job in A&C Department. He didn't has a slightest clue what kind of work he'd do there. Well, maybe just a little clue but not much.

Alex turned slowly to face his brother and smirked slightly. He loved that Ren could tell simply by his demeanor that he was in THAT mode. "Have you seen THIS?" he asked as he pointed out the chocolate that was clearly not something that THEY had approved. "It's an embarrassment. If His Lordship saw this he would fire us all on the spot," he said with a snort. Okay that was overstating it a bit, but perhaps they could make a good show of things. Heh.

"I think we need to find whoever made this... mess and have a little talk with them." Indeed they did. He tossed the piece of chocolate to the ground and made it a point to stamp on it as he made his way toward a pair of women who seemed to be COMPLAINING about Lord Borr and standing in front of more candy. Jackpot?