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[excontractu]

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post-17

[selfdissecting]

[ i said i'd do it so i'm doing it.

today, 5 o'clock comes and goes. 6 comes and goes. 7...

and Maeve doesn't leave the near-darkness of their office. like, it's not unusual for the employees of a law firm to stay late—it's not even rare for Maeve to stay late—but... paper sheaves are spread across their desk by the dozens, their desk lamp turned to the lowest brightness setting. there's a pile of oily tissues to one side, plus a mostly-eaten box of chocolate truffles hoarded probably from the last white elephant.

on their computer screen is an email to Pascal. it's... blank. the cursor blinks incessantly. eventually, Maeve just opens the company slack and leaves a message. ]

7:03 p.m.
Does anyone have any work they are willing to delegated?
*delegate

Re: post-17

[excontractu]

paperwork ok?

[selfdissecting]

[ stares at their mountain of paperwork

it's easier than staring at the name attached to that message. he hasn't gone home yet...?

eventually, ] Paperwork is fine. If it works for you, you can drop it off at my desk when you leave. Or I could come pick it up

post-21

[selfdissecting]

[ so we left off on this: Maeve, still bandaged, still exhausted, standing in HR with one abrupt request: ] Go for coffee with me.

[ and now that the first hurdle has been leapt and met with an unquestioning "okay", they just. stand there. bracing themselves at the edge of his workspace ]

[inhumanresources]

[:o

:0]

. . . Do you have a place in mind?

[selfdissecting]

[ they don't.

and they don't drink coffee. ]

...No. [ and just like that the second thoughts wrest control ] I could just—the break room, um, I'll fix you a cup, and—

[ go. ]

post-33

[selfdissecting]

[ for those who want it! ]

Re: post-33

[perfectvision]

[lysander will go looking for Maeve exactly five minutes before the workday ends to see if they're actually going to go home or do overtime because one of those is NOT APPROVED]

[selfdissecting]

[ at five minutes to close, Maeve's desk looks like five minutes after open; they are elbows-deep in paperwork, and all four of their hands are in use, and every single one of their auxiliary eyes. they look almost sick with concentration ]

Re: post-33

[mobilehome]

[Continuation of sharpie sign scene. Standing on other side of the desk, Ivan goes on a small face journey as they try to figure out what to say. He almost starts saying something a couple times but stops and rewinds.]

Describe- Walk through what happened at Castle Valiant after you came. [one/two parts at a time please]

[selfdissecting]

[ if only they could discern what any of that journey means. but they just keep glancing back at the sign. ]

I danced. They took me to be made presentable.

Re: post-33

[trywarlockpatreon]

[1d20+7 Stealth: 26

Does Maeve even notice a tiefling hiding just outside their office door? SEEMS UNLIKELY. But the mage hand slowly floating into the room is likely very easy to notice, especially as it carefully deposits a requisition form on Maeve's desk. It's filled out poorly, and requesting one (1) forgiveness from a Fixer Maeve Cutter for a Fixer Andy Tand. Purpose of requested item: making up for rash decisions.]

[selfdissecting]

[ they are, in fact, so utterly wrapped up in their work that they don't notice the mage hand, either. and when it drops the requisition on their desk, they simply grab it without glancing up and begin to process it—

one (1) forgiveness from Maeve Cutter to Andy Tand, for the purposes of making up for rash decisions.

...

they look up ]

...

post-36

[algorithmage]

[at some point, after fixing any lingering technical problems, johannes will come to find tandy. he, like most other aasimar around lately, is also shedding feathers.]

Re: post-36

[trywarlockpatreon]

[If only they were a Very Good Employee like Maeve, they could reliably be found in an office! Instead Tandy is at a vending machine, actually BUYING something for once in their horrible life. They don't molt, but they do have annoyed tail flips.

They have a horrendous perception so they won't notice Johannes until they get one of those individually-wrapped pop tarts out of the machine.]

Hey! Still not invisible.

post-37

[selfdissecting]

[ after Johannes' assessment, Maeve will linger behind. well, that's not quite right—they do leave, but double back later the others have gone on with their day; back to work, back to the Necropolis, back home.

a halting knock comes at the door, and when (if) answered, Maeve stands there wringing their hands softly ]

...Hi.

Re: post-37

[algorithmage]

[he glances up briefly and then looks back down at his laptop

you can see the reflection of a blank notepad document in his glasses. hard at work???]

Hey. Need something?

post-44

[selfdissecting]

[ just one message sent to the communicator. ]

sorry for waking you. your help means a lot.

-m

post-shark 46

[perfectvision]

[how're we doing this fine shark-free evening on bedrest

Lysander's great. Lysander has taken an entire hotel floor's worth of hot water to shower and is now busy preening his wings. Plagiarism is helping. The stress molting is not helping.]

[selfdissecting]

[ collapsed face-down on their bed... rapidly flicking through photos and texts on their phone with dead eyes. every now and again, an eye in their hair opens up and glances furtively around the room, at everyone else, but the bravery to speak up is just... not there yet.

any of the gang can reply to this!! ]

Re: post-shark 46

[mobilehome]

[Half dying fuckin sucks. Healing was new and weird. Being wet was gross. 0/10 would not shark again. If there's a heater they'll sit next to that, otherwise they've got a bunch of blankets. They're mulling over a few dead wasps in their hand, which is a little powdery. Overhearing Lysander and Maeve's conversation they take out their communicator and text Johannes with one hand.]

you dont do like medical technology do you? Does venus have anyone that does?

[trywarlockpatreon]

[People have many coping mechanisms. For example, playing with the party's new portable hole, meticulously shoving hotel room items into it. Little soaps will be theirs.]

post-50

[selfdissecting]

[ rings the HR service bell. ]

[inhumanresources]

[poofs into existence]

[algorithmage]

[so ivan has been called to the dreamlands to serve the worm god. now they stand before their sovereign(??) in the sands of the great desert, having a Quick Chat]