Which, as it turned out, had been a terrible decision. Despite it being a Saturday, what seemed like the entirety of Kingsley's task force was in the office and wanted to wish her luck. Not five minutes after she sat down at her desk Ron showed up, attempting yet again to dissuade her from going. After nearly a quarter of an hour of his high-handedness, she had to threaten him with a silencing charm before he finally backed down, but Ginny’s arrival to wish her luck started him right back up again. Hermione left the two siblings bickering in her office as she attempted to find a bit of solitude (and another cup of tea) in the Ministry’s atrium, but of course it was just her luck that Dean Thomas was exiting the floo as she passed by, and she was roped into a half hour of well-meaning advice. Even the archives, usually a haven of quiet and seclusion, saw visits from people who had certainly never been there before, all with encouragement or offers of assistance or, in Michael Corner’s case, a request for a date when she got back, which she politely declined. 