Just Some Papers (Colette)

[Aurora Sanguina]

Late afternoon, when the sun was hanging low enough that even the brightest windows of the surface level of the Ministry wouldn't harm Aurora, that was when she preferred to take her stroll through the halls or to get a refreshment or two before retreating to her department again for the next several hours. However, this time, she had her mind set on more than just a kitchenette or stall of snacks. 

Memories from another time still floated through her mind: The flashes of magic, the broaches, the cheering, the severing of humanity. The Department of Mysteries held so much, but so much of it collections from others and from documents recovered. When things were missing, they were missing simply because of irreparable memory or artifacts they didn't know existed to be considered missing at all. If for any other political reasons another department doesn't help hers fill in the gaps, negotiations had to be made. 

Level 5. Aurora couldn't remember the last time she had been there... Perhaps it was during her orientation in what feels like ages and ages ago? She couldn't remember much about it. And the faces had certainly changed some since then. Aurora hated roaming where she frequents least in the Ministry; she didn't like others to worry about her presence there at all. Even the most professional, well-trained wizards were timid creatures. 

The Bulgarian Ambassador's office felt like such a strange place to be. There were antiquities from Eastern Europe covering the walls and decorative surfaces—all polished to perfection. Aurora took a small look around to admire what was there before heading towards the desk where an assistant was working diligently. She tried to hide her teeth, though she couldn't do much about her complexion or eyes. "Excuse me," Aurora said in her gentlest tone. "Might I know where I can find some information for the Department of Mysteries on German history?"

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Colette Davis

[Colette Davis]

These days Colete spent precious few days in the office that was the pleasure of balancing work and twins, but she was determined to keep it up for as long as she was able to. Work had given her such a powerful independence at at a time when she had felt very low. Which was why she was not going to quit, not yet at least. She was making it work and with Sonya very graciously taking them for a few hours it allowed her to come into the office and organise a few things especially Pollux’s calendar which was a bit of a disaster at the moment. It had taken quite the afternoon to put it back on track and he had quite a few back to back meetings as a result, which meant he would not be pleased with her and she would have to make some sort of plan to make it up to him in the evening.

Tying her curly hair back into a loose ponytail to get it out of her way, Colette went about reorganising the office there were files here that Pollux had not put back and paperwork on chairs, this whole place needed a good once over. Which was what she was in the middle of when someone got her attention, turning Colette found a woman standing in the doorway asking about information on German history. ”Hello, I am not quite the best person to ask if I am honest. History was never my best subject." Colette joked with a nervous smile, she did not speak to a lot of adults these days other than her husband of course, so this was rather new for her ”the German Ambassador is usually in twice a week, his office is down the hall on the left. If you want I can leave a note for them to get in touch when they are next in if that would help? Or if the matter is urgent I might have an address for him at the German Ministry Would questions on German History be urgent? She never really knew it was the department of Mysteries after all and nobody ever knew what was going on down there.

[Aurora Sanguina]

Aurora wondered how the German Ambassador could possibly have staff under him with little knowledge of what the ambassador's office keeps. She scrunched her mouth to the corner before deciding she would have to be more specific.

"No need to go bothering the Ambassador if he's not here," Aurora replied. "I'm curious what files the ambassador might keep on German influences in the wizarding world. Particularly during the tyranny of Gellert Grindewald."

She was hoping this staffer wouldn't flinch at the name and retreat to a hidden office somewhere. It wasn't often many were willing to discuss Grindewald. Merlin, even this far away from both circuits of Voldemort's violence, there were still wizards afraid to utter his name.

Aurora looked around the office at the Bulgarian accoutrement. It was certainly was an odd assortment of odes to the triad of Bulagaria, Germany, and Austria. Old photographs of musty wizards and witches signing declarations or standing in front of various muggle and wizardry political buildings of importance. Aurora recalled a few of them in her own travels, though she didn't recognize the faces.