Who: Malcolm Baddock and Vi Marlowe (and whoever else wants to join in on the free-for-all!)
Where: A less-frequented cafe about three miles from Scamander Park.
When: Lunch, July 16
What: Anything goes.
Rating: TBD
Status: OpenEating in his office or in the break room was simply not an option these days. Work was slowly grating on Malcolm's nerves, and every minute spent away from Scamander Park was a blessed one. Besides, the frenetic gossiping about Tonks was getting trite. No matter how much they bitched about it, she wasn't going anywhere, and while her presence was suspicious, they would have to learn to live with it. It's not as if the Regulators had been up against more worthy adversaries before.
In the meantime, he ran his fork through his brown rice, staring emptily at the bag by his side. He had brought the most recent copy of his paper ("A Theory on the Use of Potions in Rehabilitation of Squibs") in order to get some proof-reading done, but he hardly felt like rereading it. So instead, he pulled out a copy of
Witch Weekly (stolen from some colleague's desk or other; no man was without his guilty pleasures) and began idly thumbing through the pages.