OFFICE HOURS

[didntgetdadslooks]

Got something you want to say to your good friend The Professor's Assistant? Come on in, don't be shy! Her official hours are daylight hours - girl has to sleep? after all, probably - but if you knock on the door at night she'll generally answer. Please just make sure to leave the in-game date and time in the header of your toplevel!

All comments are screened for confidentiality during the course of the experiment.

Comments

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ She's actually collecting some papers from around her desk as he comes in, a mug of Probably Coffee next to her. ]

Yeah, just... trying to brainstorm some things. How about you?

[bolderfell]

[Shrug. Uggghhh, he totally wants to see her papers, but she's not gonna let him snoop, is she? He sidles a bit closer to her desk.]

I keep odd hours. And it seemed like he pulled another fast one on you. Figured I'd check in.

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ He can try, anyway! She hasn't fully put them away, after all. ]

Yeah, I guess he did. It's a bummer, but there's obviously not really much I can do about it.

[bolderfell]

You're not worried about it?

[TIME TO PEER! NO ONE CAN CATCH YOU LOOKING IF THEY CAN'T SEE YOUR EYES! HERE HE COMES!!!]

[didntgetdadslooks]

I mean... it's going to suck, but one week off probably won't be so bad.

[ There's a lot of writing on there, a lot of which isn't legible before she picks it up, but Therion definitely gets a glimpse of drawings of a few of the religious symbols from the chapel, especially a few of the symbol Nira brought up in particular! There's also a couple notable underlined scribblings of the words Hyperion and Pandora. ]

[bolderfell]

[Hoho. Well. * Therion will remember that.]

Oh, so it's temporary. It just seemed... Well, that's two weeks in a row he's done something you weren't expecting.

[He leans against her desk, facing away. Whatever's under his cloak, he's resting it in his lap now. It's. Like, a foot and a half tall?]

I was worried he could be trying to cut you out.

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ It's sure big, isn't it? ]

He's... I think I've been connecting with you guys more than he wanted or something. Or maybe this was always the plan, I don't know.

[bolderfell]

...Just keep your guard up. If it'll help, I'll ask people to stay away. In the meantime...

[He presents her a Life-sized Stuffed Penguin! It's about a foot and a half tall, and looks almost real, but its almost unbelievable softness gives away that it's not.

It is, however, a bit heavier than it ought to be.]

Consider this another partial payment for whatever I do end up asking you for, when you're open for business again.

[didntgetdadslooks]

People don't need to stay away or anything, just... Maybe I need to figure out a different way to handle requests.

[ Her eyes widen a little. ]

Oh! Thank you. I'm happy to take it.

[bolderfell]

[He'll just leave it on her desk, then. If she looks at it later, she'll find that the bottom was ripped open and sewn inexpertly back together, and that Therion shoved a "Personal Space Reminder" up poor Penguin-san's, er, body cavity. The usual note's in there, too.

Don't know what this is supposed to do, but the device says you like technology. Figure you'll get more use out of it than me.

For now, he sits there. Apparently, "people don't need to stay away or anything" works well enough as an invitation.]

How have you been handling them so far?

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ Therion she's flattered but why is the taser in the penguin ass? ]

Just taking them, mostly. Maybe I should have set a limit? But... I don't think anyone's asked for more than one thing at a time.

[bolderfell]

[MAYBE IT WILL HELP HER HELP THEM, IF SHE'S THE ONE HELPING THEM? MAYBE SHE CAN USE IT TO PROTECT HERSELF? MAYBE IT BEEPS OR PLAYS MUSIC OR SOMETHING? He doesn't want the Professor to see it, whatever it is. Only two people Therion has spoken with here have power of any kind in this underwater grave, and he doubts trying to strike up a rapport with the Professor is going to do him any good.

After his bathroom conversation with Birkin, he's not sure he wants to get too close with Angel, either. But he's a thief and a jailbird. He can't not try every avenue available to him. He just has to be careful.

He's so bad at being careful, when he sees something of his life in others.]

Hmm.

[He... genuinely appears to be thinking this over.]

Professor likes a challenge, doesn't he? Sure that applies to us, too. Someone asks for something, maybe give them the materials to make it, but they have to build it themselves. Doesn't seem like he minds that kind of thing, given the wing that's just opened.