Aloysius 'Al' Max

( Application for ALOYSIUS MAX )

[WARDED TO MAC O'CONNOR]

I'm sure you're already on this, and probably have your hands full, so just give me something on Kelly when you get a second? I'm starting to wish I'd never left the DMLE. This sitting around in the dark waiting to find out if someone is okay is for the bloody birds, mate.

( Warded to Prudence Max & cut to save your crazy ass flist :P )

The things I do for my job

I believe this war was inevitable. I believe that, even if we were all the same blood status, Vo You-Know-Who would have found some other cause to rally his forces, and vigilantes would still be attempting to wrest control of the wizarding world away from the Ministry. I feel like there will always be someone powerful fighting for more power, undermining the ways of law and order, even after this war is over. I love my job, and I believe in the Ministry even when its choices are, but I sometimes feel like we're all just rodents in a wheel, spinning towards nothing good, no progress in sight.

I feel for those who have lost people that they love, and for those that are living each day in fear. I believe the Ministry is doing what it can to end this war, to protect those that remain, but I worry that the constant in-fighting, and the distraction caused by the Order, will be our undoing. I feel like we are nearing a breaking point, and I can only hope that our citizens will rally behind the Ministry; remember, we are not your enemy.

[WARDED TO FRIENDS]

I feel like I'm back at Hogwarts. I believe I have better things to do with my time. I love salt and vinegar crisps.

[/END WARD]

[WARDED TO PRUDENCE MAX]

What say you to us foisting the kids off on my parents tomorrow night? They're amenable. I was thinking maybe I could leave work at a decent time and we could get out of town for the night.

[/END WARD]

Between the after effects of Sensitivity Training and the full moon, the journals have been a bit too much for me to sort through in my limited free time. I'm not really sure how anyone manages it, to be honest. I open this thing up and there's pages of bickering and grandstanding to dig through, so I end up missing out on replying to things that actually matter. Like Alice standing up for the DMLE.

So, this is me apologising, Alice, for being a lousy Friend of the DMLE and ex-hit last night. You're absolutely right. The DMLE, from aurors to hitwizards to trainees, they're a hardworking lot who aren't given enough credit for the work they do. That's part of the job, though, yeah? Put your life on the line, take a whole bunch of shi grief, beat yourself up for your failures, dig yourself out from a mountain of paperwork, and do it all over again the next day. It takes a special brand of stubborn bastard to survive in your department and I wouldn't have it any other way. Anyone that doesn't give the DMLE their due respect should really try to picture the wizarding world without it.

And be really glad that your opinion won't stop the upstanding men and women of the DMLE from coming to aid your ungrateful arse the next time you give them a call.

[WARDED TO PRUDENCE MAX]

Quinn keeps asking me if we can get a dog. Have you already told her no Are we completely against this?

[/END WARD]

[WARDED TO MAC O'CONNOR]

So, I was just thinking I haven't seen you in person in awhile. Apparently, I miss your dumb face. I'm blaming all this bloody "sensitivity training".

Have time for a beer and some catching up soon?

[/END WARD]

[WARDED TO THE DMLE]

I'm just now catching wind of the comments mentioned and several replies suggest one or both might be vampires, so I've done a preliminary search of the names provided. There is one Christian and three names that Kelly could be short for in the registry. Whether those are their real names is questionable, and it's doubtful any registered vampire would call so much attention to themselves, but I will forward the information I have to you for further investigation, anyway.

Unofficially, and without anything but heresay to support it on my end, I've heard of another, much older vampire named Christian who fits this bloke's attitude. Word is that he has a flair for the dramatic and poses the corpses of his victims. I recommend extreme caution.

I would appreciate if my department was notified of any further developments on this angle, so I may continue to assist however possible. Thank you.

[/END WARD]

[WARDED TO PRUDENCE MAX]

I might be late. Don't wait up.

[/END WARD]

[OOC note: I'm at work so please assume an owl was sent immediately after this and that the information was fairly useless overall. Go Ministry. :P]

[WARDED TO DMLE FRIENDS]

Can someone tell me who is in charge of investigating the incident at the Ministry yesterday?

[/END WARD]

[WARDED TO MAC O'CONNOR]

I continue to impress myself with what a bloody failure of a husband I am. I should get a trophy. Seriously.

[/END WARD]

[Added after this.]

[WARDED TO WILL GOYLE]

Good Morning, sir. I'm being told that the investigation is still in the early stages and needs to be sorted between Homicide and Violent Crimes. I'll be notified when that designation has been made and I can get more information. You'll be the first to know as soon as I know more.

[/END WARD]

( Warded Private )

[WARDED TO FRIENDS]

As much as I fucking love paperwork, I need to get out of the office for an hour. Call it a lunch. Even though I just ate three biscuits, a bowl of popcorn, and a bag of crisps. I will pay one of you prats to meet me somewhere secluded for a broom race. If you’re not up to the challenge, don’t offer. This is serious business!

Sort of serious. Semi-serious. Fine, a little bit ridiculous but consider it helping a mate burn off some excess energy, tension and crisp grease.

Oh, and, unrelated but, I need suggestions on a 'just because' gift for Pru. Don't read into this, just help me out.

[/END WARD]

[WARDED TO MAC O'CONNOR]

I was going to avoid stating the obvious, but here goes anyway. I'm not thrilled at the thought of you showing up at future auror battles where the chance of you getting hit by a stray Unforgivable has possibly doubled. Watch your arse, Mac.

[/END WARD]

Can't say I miss the DMLE right about now, with talk of a blizzard and protestors still standing around outside the Ministry. Then again, there's this stack of reports to read and a sh tonne of paperwork to be done. I wouldn't be against a trade.

Speaking of trade, I was trying to think what I could offer my fellow MoM employees for a spare bag of crisps, but all I have is stale coffee, a few packets of breakfast tea, and some leftover Christmas candy. I don't suppose there are any really desperate sweet lovers in the building?