I know I've been out of the loop for a while...

[xp_daytripper]

...what with various magic disasters and whatnot, but I have a question:

Why is Clea here in the office and why did she just bring me a cuppa and a pile of files?

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[xp_tarot]

I hired her weeks ago after Kevin talked her into asking us for a job. She is very very good at coffee and her cat bit the elevator wee man.

[xp_daytripper]

Wait, what? She's working here? As in, all of the work?

[xp_tarot]

No, not all of the work. Just the office work - filing and coffee and phone screening and trying to talk Wade out of his paranoid mail screening dance. It is a limited role for the time being.

[xp_daytripper]

Small mercies. She's just a kid, she doesn't need to get mixed up in our shite.

[xp_tarot]

She is eighteen and trained her cat to bite the elevator wee man.

[xp_tarot]

oh, wait, this means you missed our Americans being pouty about the spelling of centre in Clea's offer letter. They were all very sullen over it.

[xp_cypher]

Okay, I’m still sullen, but the enjoyment I got from actually seeing the cat bite the elevator wee man just slightly outweighs my usual grump about Center-vs-Centre.

NEXT TIME, GADGET. NEXT TIME!

[xp_jubilee]

I for one welcome the lack of Elevator pee man.

[xp_clea]

The coffee and tea was seriously underrated here.

I don't believe monsieur wee man hasn't been back at all.

[xp_daytripper]

What the hell possessed you to ask for a job here?! I mean, they told you what we really do, right?

[xp_clea]

You mentioned that the workplace was in utter chaos, and it was. It smelled like pee when you first walked and now it smells way better. Coffee is now made properly (I even had my mum send over some tea from England, because it is better). I had the copier fixed so it would stop jamming. People are getting their missed phone calls and schedules bak in order. Lunches are provided daily because seriously, you people need to eat. The supply closet is now fully stocked, no more looking for a pen. Mail is a little tricky because of the off chance we will get blown up, but I am thinking of training Cata to find these things before they happen.

I even bring in flowers to brighten up the place. No matter where I go, there is bond to be trouble. Why not a place that knows that I am not a normal person, and I won't get in trouble if I take a day off because I am exhausted from battling a giant squid.

Seriously, I am not sure how you even survived!

And I had a very long conversation with Kevin. (He is a weird one).

[xp_daytripper]

But... Bugger, I can't keep flailing when you're being all logical and reasonable at me.

Fine.

But if you get killed, I'll never forgive you. :P

And no missions until you finish high school.

[xp_clea]

Promise.

Hmm, maybe I should practice on my defensive spells more. Did you know ebay has a whole section dedicated to spell books?!

Surprisingly, I am graduating in two months. I honestly don't know how this happened. It feels like yesterday you showed up at the summer camp. And since I was told that I must go to college, I am looking into business administrative. I got the acceptance letter to start in autumn at Columbia.

[xp_jubilee]

Alas, I shall miss that Bob Marley poster.

[xp_changeling]

Lies. Everyone knows the only people I've ever tried to talk into a job here already charge an hourly rate.

[xp_artie]

She's actually very good at this stuff. I'm back around for a few weeks and she's doing great.