Post by auryn991 on Sept 22, 2010 10:23:56 GMT -5
Just run with me through rows of speeding cars...
This was ridiculous. Jacqueline had been in Madam Malkin's all afternoon trying to find the perfect outfit for her dinner party with the department. Now, to be perfectly honest, it wasn't like the members of the Department of International Magical Cooperation had never seen her before- they all knew what she looked like, even on those mornings where she just couldn't make it into the office with dry hair. Or the mornings where she needed a drop of firewhiskey to get going. Or the mornings where she'd spent the whole night working and wasn't awake yet. Or the mornings where- Well, you get the idea.
How in the world was she to find a suitable set of dress robes for this? It was a formal party, and she did want to make a good impression. But this was hopeless! She must have tried on everything imaginable, and still Jacqueline had come up with nothing. She now slumped in one of the chairs designed for those who were waiting for fittings, just hoping that something might come to her in a flash of realization.
As she sat there, Jacqueline went over the list of things she'd had to do today. She'd spoken with the Ministry's ambassador from Australia regarding the strange reports they'd gotten about the fireworks craze, she'd written her formal report on the progress of the Pen Pal Program, she'd talked to maintenance about the charms on the windows...yes, everything that had been on her list was done. Except this. She couldn't find a simple set of dress robes. How hard was it to find dress robes, really?! Obviously it wasn't as easy as she'd thought, or Jacqueline would have begun ages ago. However, she hadn't anticipated a problem like this. Now there was no time left! The dinner was tonight, what on earth was she going to do?
Jacqueline sighed. This was an utter failure. She couldn't wear her old robes, they were far too old-fashioned. She couldn't find new ones, obviously. The department members were going to think she had no sense at all!
She checked her watch to see how much time was left.
Not enough.