The Aurors: Threads

20:18 Kitchen staff elf assaulted by Hum Cauc Fem, dark hair small/childish appearance. Suspect at large and may be dangerous. Attempted to coerce elf into apparating in anti-apparation area, do not take AA for granted. HWs attempting to track and backtrack. Full report through normal channels to follow. M Rivera, Auror Div.

WHO: Jack Duvall and Lien Fitzgerald
WHAT: Party prep
WHERE: Jack's office, NYC
WHEN: Friday afternoon, December 22, 3:30 pm or so
WHY: Because Jack owes her an explanation!
RATING: PG-13 for discussion of shenanigans?
STATUS: Complete

( I have six aurors that have swapped bodies. I have one team going on a ergot bust and hopefully arresting a suspected crime boss and an alleged death eater. I have another team getting ready for the ball tonight where a Delegate’s life has been threatened… and none of my six aurors have swapped back yet. So, fun right? )

Quarter past eight, after the kitchen has sent out the last round of h'orderves to the guests, a scream lets off from the kitchen. Just moments before it happened, Miles noticed Kent Brightstar making his way into the bathroom.

Objectives: Calm the Hysterical House Elf, Check the Food, Question Kent, don't die

[10:04] Hey, would you like to be my date to the Ball tonight?
[10:05] There are some potential life saving opportunities.
[10:05] And I'll have to fill you in on what shit has gone down in the office... today.

Who: Max Rivera, Jack Duvall, Kit Ghazzi, Ben McMullen, (others as they arrive)
What: Body Swap, part 5!
When: Friday, December 22, 7:33 am
Where: Jack's Office
Warnings: Language.

( The conversation didn't go as he'd expected it to... )

WHAT: Staff Meeting RE: Secret Snowflake
WHERE: Conference Room
WHEN: December 21st at 8:30 AM

( Polly want a cracker? )

WHO: Jack Duvall, Ariel Singleton, Sal Staunton-Perksmore, Miles Hastings & Pamela Knight
WHAT: Mistletoe meeting.
WHERE: Jack's Office
WHEN: 8 am Monday December 18
WHY: First of many meetings
RATING: PG
STATUS: Complete

( First coffee of many today )

WHO: Adrian Pucey and Jack Duvall
WHAT: The Department is getting a specialist
WHERE: Jack's office
WHEN: Friday morning, 15 December, 10 AM
WHY: Have you met these people? They need headshrinking!
RATING: Probably PG, maybe PG-13 but only for discussion of the Salem case
STATUS: Complete

( ... apparently the people in this division needed his help. Maybe they'd actually take it for a change. )

Who: Everyone invited!
What: Aurors Holiday Bowling Party
When: Friday December 15 7 pm
Where: Lucky Strikes

( Eat, Drink and be Merry! )

Who: Director Levi, Director Duvall, Lien Fitzgerald, Audrey Jo Parker
What: The big dogs are going to meet to assess Ben McMullen's progress and whether he is fit to remain as an auror
When: Friday afternoon, December 15
Where: Administrative conference room

( Happy holiday party! Maybe Ben is going to be let go. )

[OOC: Backdated to December 1st. RSVP Deadline was December 8th. All staff may bring + 1]

CODE BY TESSISAMESS

WHO: Lien Fitzgerald and Jack Duvall
WHAT: Old friends meeting under less than ideal circumstances
WHERE: NY Auror Office
WHEN: Early November (date TBD but after Jack is back)
WHY: Because Internal Affairs has to look into Salem business and Lien drew the short straw
RATING: TBD, likely to be high for discussions of criminal behavior (violence, use of Unforgivables, murder)
STATUS: In progress

( ... something had gone wrong here, badly wrong, and Lien needed to find out what it was ... )

WHAT: Closer/Stinger for Case Sierra Alpha 95
WHERE: Salem mostly
RATING: PG

After it was all said and done, there was nothing left to do but go back to New York City.

Brigid Playfer had casually strolled out of the Federal Building and quickly made it out of Salem. There was no trail to follow. Although the aurors continued to work around the clock for the next twenty-four hours. Alongside the vetted local authorities, they scoured all crime scenes, tracing any bits of magic they could find, and still found nothing. The trail wasn’t just cold, it was frigid.

Playfer’s house had nothing of value. The abandoned building Frank the Pirate used was nothing more than a den for a bored twenty year old. Not even Alistair Sterling could find trace of Brigid.

Twenty-five hours after Ariel had used stupefy to kill an innocent witch, the media descended. What had happened quickly became public knowledge - the double murder, the laced beers getting into no-maj hands, the recurrent violations of the Statute of Wizarding Secrecy and especially the event on October 21, rumors of a new powerful and dangerous spell, not to mention the vast failings of the department to not apprehend the criminal Brigid Playfer, but how they had been manipulated so easily and one of their own killed an innocent woman while in auror custody.

The one small kernel of hope came thirty-eight hours later when Bobby Dedworth finally woke up.

Dedworth confessed to his dalliances with the beer and his presence at the Adler apartment the night of the murder. He had broke down in tears at that part in the story. “I was just so far in over my head. All I wanted was to let people have a good time.”

And then, one-by-one, the aurors made their ways back to NYC, heads hung low. There would be no celebrations or revels, just more work to be done and further fall out to mitigate.

WHO: Everyone or anyone in the office + Brigid Playfer
WHAT: Trying to close the case
WHERE: Auror Offices
WHEN: 11:30, Thursday, October 26, 2017
RATING: PG
STATUS: Incomplete

( Playfer was sitting very stubbornly silent )

WHO: Jack Duvall (Briefly), Brigid Playfer, Pamela Knight, Miles Hastings, & Max Rivera
WHAT: Time to bring Brigid in.
WHERE: Nomaj Liaison Office
WHEN: 9 am, Thursday, October 26, 2017
RATING: PG
STATUS: Incomplete

( Arrest Warrant for Brigid Playfer )

WHO: Alistair Sterling, Jack Duvall, Pamela Knight
WHAT: The Aurors talk to Alistair about the information he received.
WHERE: Federal Building/Auror Office
WHEN: 1:30 am, Thursday, October 26, 2017
RATING: PG
STATUS: Complete

( It wasn't the first time Alistair had been in an interrogation room. )

WHO: Kent Brightstar, Kit Ghezzi, Ben McMullen, Caroline Davis (NPC- Alistair's Fancy Lawyer)- with a Pamela Knight cameo
WHAT: Kent tries to do the Right Thing
WHERE: Federal Building/Auror Office
WHEN: 01:01 AM, Thursday, October 26, 2017
RATING: PG-13
STATUS: Complete

( Comes Around )

WHO: Auror field team + Duvall and Parker
WHAT: IC/OOC team meeting to coordinate information
WHERE: Federal Building
WHEN: Wednesday, October 25 @ 8:30 am
WHY: Because this case has gone on long enough
STATUS: Complete

Director Duvall calls everyone in to share all case related information. Full attention should be diverted to figuring out what is going on and make it stop. Because you guys are trained professionals, and this is getting ridiculous. Time is running out.

WHO: Director Duvall and Auror Rivera
WHAT: Reporting in, Getting Assigned, Etc.
WHERE: Duvall's office, Federal Building
WHEN: After Max meets with Ben
WHY: Protocol and Politeness require actually talking to your new boss.
RATING: A+! Would Thread Again!
STATUS: Complete

( protocol and prudence suggest that backup would be wise )