Selene had just picked up a bottle of frog eyes when a man walked into the shop. Selene glanced at him, but paid him as much mind as he paid her. None, but when he got to the counter, and asked something about Vampires. Selene couldn't help but listen. She edged nearer the counter, surveying a barrel of pickled eels, checking the price tag and listening to the conversation.
Selene worked in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, She was used to reading the research articles that were written about Vampires. Often it was only the first couple of lines, but sometimes she sat down and read them. People in the Department were like scholars, researching, learning, finding out things. It's what they did, and people like Selene, who were secretaries, were left to handle a lot of the paperwork. But every so often, there was only a couple of things to organize, and she would take some time to read some of their research articles, articles that she placed alphabetically in journals that were published to other Research Agencies all over the world.
Selene had spent time in the owlery, sending notes to places in Egypt, and America, and Japan. Australia, Russia, Even Antartica a few times. The owlery in the Ministry was quite the amazing place. And immediately Selene was reminded of the time she had sent some extremely important Vampire research to a clinic in Australia.. it appeared they had been having some problems with them going on rampages down there, and the Ministry was sending a team down, but an owl was being sent first for a debriefing. Selene's eyes traveled over the man. He didn't LOOK like a Vampire.. but then again they rarely did... Selene realized she was staring and quickly looked down at the barrel again, scooping up some eels and putting it in a bag which she added to her basket.