//M Rated // Witch, Please!

"LaFonz?" Benjamin asked only to hear a rather pathetic whimper from the dog "Oh.. yeah right.. cool dog" it was about the only thing that could be said for the poor creature forced into a suit and to look on as it's owner went about making a scene. "How about Jersey? We could catch some Ice Skatin' and down a few drinks?" The thought just popping into his head as he watched the two 'devil's' eying each other off. "So how's it goin' with the chat show circuit?" Benjamin asked as he watched unbelieving as the women in red put her arm around his boss. While they where too far away to hear what was being said it was probably a good thing to not know to be honest. Ignorance was bliss after all. At the offer of joining them there was really only one thing Benjamin could say.. after all she was Cherry Clinger "I thought you'd never ask" in the back of his mind Benjamin was thanking his lucky stars that Mom had offered to babysit tonight. Who knew maybe Meg might not be the only one getting lucky tonight.

Or at least it had been until Benjamin went to get a plate of food and happened to overhear a comment from Frump, clearly he was going to need another drink.. "Yo Cherry.. am I wrong or is that bird on Frump's arm James's girl?" It was too hard to see properly plus Benjamin tended to avoid the inner circle as much as possible but it was hard to avoid the image of seeing his boss getting quite the slap from the irate young woman. "Just another day at the office" Benjamin said offering Cherry a toast before downing the drink and looking each way for somewhere to slip out for a smoke. So much for a quiet night it seemed, but then again it wasn't a party if some drama wasn't going down.

"Jersey... Jersey is good," Cherry agreed, not so much for the ice skating as the distance it would put between them and the Ministry Women's Division Championships going on over on the other side of the room. "I think drinks are a definite necessary after this," she added as she too got a bit more food. "Show's going good. Sure you don't want to come to work for us?" she asked again, as the group got a bit louder, though at least no one was getting killed yet.

Or maybe she spoke to soon as The Slap (TM pending) echoed through the studio. Even Cherry had to wince at the sound of it. "That had to hurt," she said to BJay as she looked up to see who was doing the slapping and who was on the receiving end. "Poor Dunena," she commented and nodded at BJay's question. "Yes, James is stuck in Boston thanks to that freak snowstorm and she was going to accompany him. Now she had to represent him so she asked Frump to escort her so she wouldn't have to come alone." She brought her glass up to return James' toast, grinning "Yep, TGIF!" Taking a sip, she added, "So Jersey it is then," as she looked up to watch the news ad that was on, shaking her head at the sight of some guy jumping.

In many ways it was all just like any other office party, someone was drunk, someone else was high, someone was plotting the overthrow of all and another accusing someone else of sleeping around. There was of course the slap and the woman in red but none of that really matted at all to Nathan who'd never really come to know that much what 'red' even meant. "It's um.. okay.. " Nathan mumbled prying the toy from Beanie's claws before offering it to the server once he'd come back with a plate of fish. Nathan felt a bit queasy looking at it so turned his head towards the tv which looked to just have the running news. It was all background noise to Nathan as Beanie climbed out of his arms to better get a look at the temping fish. Unlike his owners Beanpole had no qualms about how his food arrived as long as it was often and plentiful. Yep, there was no question that it wasn't just fluff making Beanie a rather heavy cat.

With Greta holding his hand Nathan felt rather exposed, anyone might see them after all! So it was a good thing when she said that everything was okay.. even if the 'with you' bit was a bit worrying.. but that was okay to be 'with' someone when they where friends. He'd certainly always felt better being around friends.. well except when there was drinking involved because then he'd either get teased or lead into drinking too much where he'd then get a horrible hangover the next day. Thankfully Greta suggested food and Nathan nodded "Yeah.. " after some thinking time to figure out when he had last eaten. He'd had a slice of pizza at one point but he couldn't recall if that was for lunch or if it had been yesterday. There was however one problem that made itself clear as they made their way over to the food table which was loaded up with all the traditional wizarding foods for a party. "Um.." and there in was the problem, because Nathan had NO idea what any of it was "is there anything..." cue the horrific silence, he always regretted asking this question "vegetarian?" A waiter in hearing distance was kind enough to offer that the salad did not have 'much' meat in it. Unfortunately it seemed that everything that didn't have meat had eggs and Nathan didn't eat that either.

Speaking of food Beanpole had sniffed a problem. Here he was with his tuna and yet.. somewhere towards where they where heading Beanpole could smell STEAK. Yes, despite any attempts by his owner there was no changing Beanpole's habits as he sniffled around and then found the bowl.. Beanie started gnawing at the thick chunk of meat.. pulling it off the plate as all cats knew that the food tasted better only if it was eaten off the floor. Poor LaFonz didn't know what to think as the dog dared trying to butt in and bark at the cat.. cue a flash of claws and a very unlucky poodle taking off as fast as it's feet could take it as Beanpole returned to his hard won dinner. It was good to be a cat after all.

Dunena could not believe were this conversation was going The photos were a mistake but the other documents were good his other sources in the MOM If he had just checked about the photos may be there was no trouble at all.
Dunena like seeing frump back peddling at that way laRoux then she said some thing He could use.

"Yes well that the question isn't i know your wife is not talking to you so who is the woman in the photos? and the other documents have been verified by other sources in the Ministry who shell remain nameless at this point " Dunena was not going to expose his people to the man they were going to bring down.
"My show is off as you well know as we have no access to the WWBN network Thank you very much Daniel. I tried to speck with James about it but he said that you where not taking calls from WWBN- NYC as to say why i am having this conversation here and now" Dunena was not even paying attention to the other parts of the conversation going it was then that he Received The Slap (TM)

Dunena hand came up to cover the place were she has slapped him just as Frump explained who she was James daughter.
"Nice Right hook you have there" Dunena said to james very fiery daughter "I am no ones partner i just although worker in the great machine that is WWBN-NYC. I mean if i was a partner i'm sure some one would have told me" Dunena hope that the light hearted way he had dismissed at the end would mean that none of the reports in the room would put in on the front page or any other page for that matter.
Dunena now knew that Laroux was no willing to go all the way to get her information.
"well to bad MIss LaRoux I would have thought you would try a little harder to get you information but alas i see even your kind have limits" Dunena was done playing games he had lived in the pureblood world his whole life and he loved to play but not any more. The crazy Bint he knew she was hunting him if not to shut him up then it was to get the information he has and she was no going to get it from him well not with out some fun first Maybe.

"Any way Daniel i believe this were i take my leave i will expect that that you will call james tomorrow to arrange to have the station put back on line with the rest of the WWBN so i may make my apologise as required" Dunena was about to turn to find Bjay when he decided to trow one more log on the Fire.
"Oh and Ronald I think there still some Cocaine about your nose you should know to alway clean up before the party" Dunena strolled off with a smirk on his face knowing that even if he was off the air he could still kick Frump about.

Greta grinned as the server came back with a plate of tuna for the bribery route of retrieving the tail. Smart man who valued his life and extremities, the way the cat had possessively held on to the tail. However, they were unaware of the cat's success bound plans for liberating a nice steak from another familiar currently enjoying it under the table. When the server did see that battle shortly after, he counted his blessing and silently thanked a reporter witch who had stopped him from an action that might have left him maimed for life.

Not that Beanie was getting a reputation now or anything... Just ask La Fonz.

Greta did notice Cherry peeking under the table at something and then calling a server over to give him explicit directions with some hand gestures. She also noticed her and BJay seemed to be getting along well. If Greta looked again later, she would notice that waiter occasionally sliding two plates of steak under the table with some distance between the two. Who knew Cherry was good at negotiating and peacemaking?

Greta looked up at the television as Nathan tried to get the waiter to find something vegeterian when the news clip played and something tugged at the back of her mind about theg figure plummeting to the river. However, it was a bit grainy and she was not that close to the monitor to see enough to make any instant recognitions.

While the War of the Rib Eyes was being staged under the table, and two couples (shhh don't let Nathan hear that one of those involves him *giggles*) negotiated escape plans and food ideas, the battle of the century was still evolving at center stage.

Daniel looked at Dunena with a raised eyebrow. "Yes, I know your show is off and that's the second main reason I wanted to meet with you tomorrow. Why had you refused to do a show since the rally? Were you mad cause people didn't like you using that photo? Cause you got told off? James called me upset because he was afraid you were going to storm off and demand him to buy you out immediately. We want you on air and when you refuse to tape for no reason, then I come out here to meet with you. You want a show? Well, only you can run it." Daniel could not believe Dunena was thinking he had pulled the show.

Miss Heck of a Right Hook aka James Mahoney's daughter spoke up as well. "Father's been owling you since the rally wanting to know why you weren't showing up to do your show and where was Benjamin. You refused to reply. We've been forced to run reruns of your older shows. He asked Daniel to come out and find out what was wrong. IF you were planning to dump the partnership. You've got my father so worried, he's almost made himself sick, Mr. Reid." She was not happy. It was her shares they had sold to Dunena as he had seemed genuinely interested in making WWBN-NY one of the flagship affliate stations of WWBN-Global. Now, her father and her were beginning to think it was just an act by Reid and he was now bored with it all.

At Dunena's attempt at another attack on Frump, the American Minister just smiled. "Daniel, he asked the WWBN-Global owner, "Don't you have medical staff here tonight? How about an immediate random drug test for both Mr. Reid and myself, right now. Without either of us leaving your presence and Ms. LaRoux's presence so no one can say either of us took anything to fix the results." Yes, it turned out that currently, Frump had no drugs in his system, just a couple of cocktails that he had already had at the party. He wondered if Reid could say the same.

"Hardly limits Monsieur Reid" Fifi stated flatly "Ai doubt there is anything you could show me that would be anything but a waste of my time" handing her glass to a waiter she happened to glance up at the television feed recognizing the view of Paris she was about to look away when the footage showed ...... So that was why Dominic had forced her to this stupid party? So she would be neatly out of the way when.. when.. Fifi left the others to continue their thrilling discussion as she slipped out from where they where talking. It was funny how a women dressed in red and who one moment had been in the centre of everything could so quickly fade into the background as she slipped between the crowd and into the night. She didn't rush of course and took a moment to browse the food table to pick up La' Fonz and bid her farewells to Cherry and the radio man. "Till next time Cherry.. I'm afraid poor La' Fonz has had too much excitement for one night" the shivering poodle being in rather a agreement that it was time to go home.

"Do you wish me to call your driver Miss LaRoux?" the doorman asked as she stepped into the street "No thank you" Fifi called back, it was freezing outside the studio but no doubt it would be colder in Paris. A pity that she did not have the luxury of time to change as she dug around her pockets for her watch, clicking it open she pressed the top and side latch, taking a deep breath and holding La' Fonz painfully tight against her as they where sucked into the night air, New York shrinking away into a point of light as wind whipped her and La Fonz until the world turned and she found herself heading towards the sleeping city of Paris. She looked like a whirlwind devil when she landed in the middle of a small park just outside her apartment. Determined she marched inside to leave La' Fonz at home before turning her sights to Dominic, there was hell to pay for what he'd done. Little did she know of course that by the time she arrived Dominic was already awake and waiting for her to tell her of Marty's next assignment. Safe to say she was not going to be very pleased.

Cherry and BJay were chatting and figuring out where they wanted to head to once out of there while LaFonz and Beanie Kitty, though Cherry did not know that was the cat's name, were kept supplied with steaks, thanks to Cherry's instructions. For some reason, LaFonz gingerly picked at his while the cat, well, scarfed those suckers down would probably be an apt description. Should Weight Watchers or Nutri-System open a division for kitties, Beanie was well on his way to trying out for charter membership.

Cherry was a bit surprised when Fifi suddenly came by making her apologies and retrieving the slightly inebriated and properly chastened by a cat La Fonz. "Sure, I'll look forward to it, but..." Cherry hesitated before asking if her friend was okay. Assured she was, she watched the lady in red leave the studio before turning to BJay and telling him, "So what's say we follow Fifi's lead and break out of this joint? Jersey anyone?" Receiving and affirmative answer, Cherry led the way out of the studio and the floo network in the building. Off they went on a night's adventure.

Dunena was ready to leave when Daniel and frump started mostly Dunena was mad at Daniel and the Mahoney Girl He knew he was off as there was no network access to WWBN Global
" Your trying to lay this on me. That a crock of shit and you know it i was there the very next day to run the show" Dunena wasn't ganna say that Bjay was still missing at that point " I had a producer and everything and no access to WWBN Global so no broadcast So if you didn't do that daniel who did ? If your father was owling me then they were bloody invisible birds coz i have not heard from him since after the Rally. So i don't know who pulling what here but i not the guy who ganna take the fall this time i was there i have even been paying my people ( i.e. Bjay) wages as you father has not sign a check the whole time and that his job By the way" Dunena was really sick of people thinking just coz he was a little flakey some times that he was unreliable he was a good worker.

"and as for Buying me out that will never happen. I can live with my mistakes i know i fucked up with the Photos and I told james as much and was prepared to go on recored saying as much if i can ever get back on the air that is" Dunena was letting it fly now he was no longer cared if people knew he was the other half of WWBN NYC he was not ganna let any one tell him he was some loser that walk out when thing didn't go his way.

"As For the medical test Go jam it. Frump i don't have to prove anything to you " Dunena was really beyond caring about frump right now. Dunena had some of the best lawyers in the wizarding world and was like Teflon nothing stuck unless he wanted it to.

Dunena noted that Fifi LaRoux Had disappeared and that his raised voice had gotten almost all the people in the room attention.
You know what I don't care

"So may be one of you three can work out were the Fucking miscommunication is happening and let me know" Dunena was looking between Daniel and Mohoney. He was not paying any attention to Frump as He really hated him.
Dunena did not wait the hear what they had to say he simply turned and walked past the growing number of shock faces in the room.