The final stop for Allen and his group today was the Construct Workshop.
Ross Geller, the Umbrella construct supervisor, had seen the giant ship descending earlier—back when they were visiting the Muggle Artifacts Enchantment Factory—and had already brought his subordinates over to wait nearby. Aside from being an Umbrella employee, the more important reason was that he was actually a longtime fan of Allen's.
Ross Geller had clearly taken today's Promotional Film shoot very seriously. His brown hair had been set with gel and styled into shape, and paired with his rather long face, he looked like a burning torch. But this did not match his tall, sturdy build at all. When Ross welcomed everyone, every person present felt that the man spoke far too slowly and clearly, as if he had rehearsed it several times in his mind before reciting it somewhat mechanically. And his gaze kept drifting now and then toward the Quidditch star he admired.
That successfully made everyone unable to resist wanting to hurry up and finish the last observation.
"To save time, Dr. Geller, please bring out the machines you're showing today and begin," Hermione urged. She had heard Fudge, who had already grown comfortably plump, muttering that Ross's tone made him want to punch him...
"Oh, right... Miss Granger..." Ross Geller's train of thought had been interrupted, and he seemed to get stuck for quite a while before remembering what was supposed to come next. He led everyone into the workshop interior and arrived before the outer ring of a huge carved stone circle. These tiered outer rings formed spectator seats much like the new dueling arena at Hogwarts, though of course on a much smaller scale.
In front of the group, upright stone steles carved with Ancient Runes supported an equally ornamented stone