Re: Arrivals to Encounter 1
Max arrived roughly on time. He'd taken the luxury of a real shower and change of clothes, because he had spent most of the day in the wrong body. Also, he'd needed to reset his wards. His connection to the Ley lines was still with him, and appareling had seemed unsettling, so he walked the block and a half home from the MACUSA building.
Between the wards, the hot food, the hot shower, and the rituals of getting dressed to go out, Max felt himself again by the time he apparated to President's Island. He would have to work on how to apparate without feeling nauseated, but that was a problem for a different night.
Max was off duty, but Aurors are never really off duty. His wand was in his dueling holster and he had an unactivated amulet that would increase his reflexes and senses around his neck.
Max entered slowly, staying on the edge of the crowd. As he'd mentioned to Ben, he was seeing Ley lines. Max was using this party as an opportunity to practice seeing what he could learn from them.
He wasn't sure if this could've helped them in Salem, but he'd be trying to see if he could be his own instrument.