[BASEMENT-DAY]

The elevator descends rapidly through the long elevator shaft. The doors open onto a cramped, airless, windowless basement room. A painful contrast to the floor above. Clearly, the place where utter no-hoper work.

Yin leads Rose past a hundred typewriters clacking away unmanned with a tangle of glass pipes hanging down from the ceiling above them.

As each memo or form is completed by a typewriter, it folds itself into an origami rat, which scurries up the appropriate tube to the offices above. Two rats collide and fight, tearing each other apart.

Yin walks toward a dingy corner of the room. A sign: WAND PERMIT OFFICE. Rose ducks under it.

[WAND PERMIT OFFICE-DAY]

The Wand Permit Office is only slightly larger than a cupboard. There are piles of unopened wand applications.

Yin stops behind a desk, removing his coat and hat. He tries to regain his lost status in front of Rose by appearing official, busying himself with papers.

Yin "So, you got your wand permit? All foreigners have to have them in New York"

Rose (lying) "I made a postal application weeks ago"

Yin (now sitting on the desk, scribbles on a clipboard) "Scamander..." (finding her very fishy) "And you were just in Equatorial Guinea?" 

Rose "I've just completed a year in the field. I'm writing a book about magical creatures"

Yin "Like- an extermination guide?"

Rose "No. A guide to help people understand why we should be protecting these creatures instead of killing them"

Abernathy "GOLDSTEIN! Where is he? Where is he? GOLDSTEIN!"

Yin ducks behind his desk, which amuses Rose.

Abernathy, a pompous jobsworth, enters. He immediately realizes where Yin is hidden.

Abernathy "Goldstein!"

Yin, looking guilty, slowly emerges from behind the desk. 

Abernathy "Did you just butt in on the Investigation Team again?"

Yin is about to defend himself, but Abernathy continues: 

Abernathy "Where've you been?"

Yin (awkward) "What...?"

Abernathy (to Rose) "Where'd he pick you up?"

Rose "Me?"

Rose quickly looks at Yin, who shakes his head, his expression one of desperation. Rose stalls- a silent pact between her and Yin.

Abernathy (agitated with the lack of information) "Have you been tracking them Second Salemers again?"

Yin "Of course not, sir"

Arima comes around the corner. Abernathy is immediately cowed.

Abernathy "Afternoon, Mr. Arima, sir!"

Arima "Afternoon, ah- Abernathy"

Yin steps forward to formally address Arima.

Yin (speaking quickly, eager to have his case heard) "Mr. Arima, sir, this is Mrs. Scamander- she has a crazy creature in that case and it got out and caused mayhem in a bank, sir"

Arima "Let's see the little guy"

Yin breathes a sigh of relief: finally, someone is listening to him. Rose tries to speak up- she looks more panicky than might seem warranted by a Niffler- but Arima dismisses her.

Yin theatrically places the case onto a table and throws open the lid. He looks aghast at the contents.

{ANGEL ON THE CASE CONTENTS}

It is full of pastries.

Rose approaches, nervous. On seeing the contents, she looks horrified. Arima looks confused but smirks slightly- another one of Yin's mistakes.

Arima "Yin..."

Arima walks away. Rose and Yin stare at each other.