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Who: Slytherin & Hufflepuff
What: A reunion.
Where: Ministry, for now.
When: Backdated to Sept 4, 1980
Warnings: TBA.


Slytherin's arrival at the Ministry has caused some buzz and excitement to quickly spread out, that Slytherin has had inkling that the same would occur should one of the his other colleagues arrive at the gates and announce their presence. He's read a few books regarding the school and its founders — including the most illustrious Hogwarts: A History — and knows of the things that has yet come to pass in his time. Not that he is surprised by any of them; the fights between him and Godric have only started to take a turn for the worst. That he would think of leave the school, after years of hard work placed into it is not improbable.

All the same, he wants to be ready for the inevitable. He'd spoken to a low-level ministry official working in the registration department, won her over with his wit and fair compliments, and she promised to sent him a quick word should a founder arrive at the Ministry.

And one did.

So he is back in the heart of British wizarding bureaucracy, waiting for one Helga Hufflepuff to finish registration. At the very least, he figures that she will not hex him on sight (though he is ready for that, too).

Comments

[inclusiveness]

A lot has changed since Helga's time. That there even is an organized Ministry of Magic is a surprise to her. She is delighted by every new development she sees, awed by the progress the wizarding community has made. And so she is glad to follow procedure and be brought before the Ministry to register her presence. She fills out her form to the best of her ability-- no formal records were ever kept of her birth, and so she must estimate the date-- and patiently waits in line to hand it in. She gets a few looks from people who recognize her face from portraits, or so she's been told, and she's happy to smile and chat with anyone who comes up to her saying they were in her House in school. She hasn't had a chance to read up on the progress Hogwarts has made, and so she eats up these chance meetings with a voracious appetite for knowledge. How has the school grown and changed in the thousand years since she was last there?

Finally, though, the registration process is complete, and Helga bids the Ministry official good day and turns to leave, only to stop short when she spies a familiar face waiting in the crowd. A grin splits across her face to see her friend, and she calls out, "Salazar!" and rushes to his side.

"So you've become displaced as well! How curious."

[slithering]

He is relieved, to be honest, that he is greeted with a smile, and not with a frown that even now seems so unnatural to see in Helga's face. Out of the three of them, she has always been the kindest, most accepting — a sharp contrast to Salazar's quiet demeanor and fastidiousness, which he knows all to well. And even now, when she rushes to his side, he doesn't greet her with a smile.

However, it perhaps says a lot to the many eyes watching them that he kisses her hand instead of turning her away — they are still at a point in time where he hasn't left to pursue his own agenda, and he still feels profound respect for his colleagues.

"Helga," he greets her, and he might not be the warmest of receptions, but he tries a little. "At the moment, it seems to be only you and me. I was informed that you arrived, so I came as quickly as I could. Has everything been taken cared of?"