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!

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Comments

[snackooed]

Perfect. Light beer or a vodka seltzer is my drink of choice, but I prefer it a little heavier on the seltzer...

[ Here, Angel, it's premium stuff, finest pop this side of the hose-- ]

Not much of a drinker, but the police department has these little "group bonding" activities all the time, and I always feel like it's kind of taboo not to drink a little at those things. Plus, I mean, it's on my boss's dime, so it'd be a mistake not to take advantage a little...

[didntgetdadslooks]

I mean hey, I guess in a way we're both drinking on my boss's dime here.

[snackooed]

Which is all the more reason we should milk it for all its worth. Though I will say, I don't know if it's you or him, but whoever put that CD in there? "Clash at Demon Souls" or whatever it's called?

It's catchy. I've had that song stuck in my head since yesterday.

[didntgetdadslooks]

I...

[ She thinks for a few seconds. ]

I know it wasn't me who put it there, so you probably have the cleaning staff to thank?

[snackooed]

Huh. For some reason, I kind of assumed it was you. Maybe because you give off that sort of vibe?

[ As if trying to punctuate her point, she runs a hand through her hair and pulls it back; it's sort of punk! ]

I know you've probably never been to a rock concert, but I feel like you'd probably fit right in.

[didntgetdadslooks]

Oh, the hair.

[ She runs a hand over her cybernetic implants, smiling a little. ]

I listen to... you know, honestly, The Clash at Demonhead is absolutely my style.

[snackooed]

A-ha! So I was on the money! Do you have any other recommendations for bands like them, then? Maybe I can throw them on in the boombox in the bar next time I decide to play barten. I dunno if you saw, but it seems like my drinks were a bit of a hit...

[didntgetdadslooks]

Well, I listen to most of my music on my tablet, but...

[ She scans through what looks like a standard music app. ]

CHVRCHES is kind of like them, I think? Most of what I listen to is a little more down-tempo, but... I can see what I can do if you want me to ask for some more CDs.

[snackooed]

I'd appreciate that! As long as you've got internet on that thing, I can probably give you some recs myself, if you're looking to make a little trade of it.

[ Though, wait, right, they're in 2020 now... ]

Mm, what did I listen to when I was studying abroad in Europe...I was eighteen years old, and as eighteen year olds do, I was going through a little bit of a phase at the time. The kind of phase where you want to just sorta throw yourself at everything and prove yourself, you know?

[ She crosses her arms and stares up at the ceiling of Angel's office a bit... ]

Marina and the Diamonds, Florence and the Machine, Lana del Rey, and Halsey? I liked Paramore, too...

[ A little embarrassing... ]

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ Angel jots them all down in a notepad. ]

I've heard some of their stuff... Nothing embarrassing about liking Paramore. Did you ever listen to Daughter?

[ you know, Paramore With Depression? ]

[snackooed]

Oh, I've heard of Daughter, actually! I know a few of their songs from these old TV shows I used to watch, way back when. But I never actually owned one of their albums or anything. A lot of the CDs I actually owned were hand-me-downs from my sister Lana...

Do you recommend their less popular stuff? I know deep cuts are usually where it's at...

[didntgetdadslooks]

I mean... the problem with a closed network is that, uh...

[ she turns the music app towards Ema - the popularity metrics are all completely empty ]

... I don't know what's popular or not, exactly. But I'm a fan of them in general.

[snackooed]

Oh, goodness...

[ A little bit upsetting... ]

That's kind of lame. You really don't get any, like, blogs or social media or anything at all on that thing?

[ Granted, neither do they, but, sometimes you gotta send a poke to your friend that lives four countries away-- ]

[didntgetdadslooks]

Nope, not a one. The extra apps I get don't connect to the internet - not that there is any in here, anyway.

[snackooed]

And here I thought you could get Wi-Fi pretty much anywhere these days...

[ She takes a sip of her vodka soda... ]

What about things like current events? Do you get updates from your boss with things like that, or do you know as much as we do?

[didntgetdadslooks]

If anything happens I need to know about, he'll tell me, but... apart from a war breaking out or something there's not much that affects what happens down here.

[snackooed]

Mm...I get it, but it sounds like a pain in the butt to me.

[ Of course, there isn't much about this situation that isn't. ]

I guess you'll see once you get out of here, but it's kind of fun to look up posts and stuff of what people thought of these songs once you finish. Sometimes they come out of it with a completely different point of view than you did, which is interesting in its own way, scientifically speaking...