Orientation

[newhire]

[ As you approach the classroom, at the designated time for this "orientation" you were told about-- a voice carries from just beyond the door. ]

--they've all been wiped?

[ There's an awkward pause and then an even more awkward laugh. ]

Bwah?? No, I-- I just thought it would be cool to see what she was working on. Fine, fiiiine.

[ But when you come in, she immediately shuts off her phone and sits it on top of the laptops in front of her. ]

Oh. Hey guys! Wow is it that time already? And he's not even here yet... Oh well! Welcome!!

Comments

[covertizer]

[ ........

That veneer of happiness covering up something a lot darker and more twisted feels familiar too. But not from here, or from Henry even though he’s the person here and now. But on someone else’s face. Who though? Trying to remember is just a big blank, like he’s making it up.

But it feels significant. Somehow.

...

Akira shivers slightly, and shakes his head. ]

Our emotions were running high back then. Maybe that’s why?

[ It isn’t. But it makes sense and right now that feels more important. ]

[curseoclock]

Mine usually run high positively. I mean, I was definitely all about killing our buddy Toddles! That's usually the sort of thing that makes me excited, not upset.

Aw, I guess I'll just have to think about it. And either way... I definitely want him dead. I've been thinking about nothing else this whooooole time.

[isn't that... touching]

[covertizer]

[ he can feel the warmth of this touching moment and it feels something like concern, funny that. ]

...

We'd lose the chance to ask him about why he's doing this, though. If he's dead. [ As much as he hates the man, death is extreme, and despite what happened before, not to be thrown around like loose change. ]

[curseoclock]

Right, okay. And then I just kill him right after that.

[covertizer]

As much as I hate the guy, can we keep the "killing Todd" fantasies as fantasies for the moment. It could be a long process, getting every secret out of him.

[curseoclock]

I can wait... a little while.

[And only a little while. Killing Oswald > getting info, as far as he's concerned.]

[covertizer]

[ He'll take what he can get, you blood-thirsty murderboy. ]

... Well. We'll sort something out when the time comes.

[ Might we suggest a good kick to the balls instead? ]