Private Conversations with the Lady
Jan. 5th, 2020 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soulspice[Welcome to the Lady's...not home far from home, but it's a place she tolerates. The moment you enter it's clear she did her best to make this office in the bookstore a place she approves.
Outfitted with an overly plush chair on a rather elaborate rug, the desk is overflowing with countless books stacked everywhere, with everything serving as a makeshift bookshelf including an errant fax machine. The Lady seems to have tried her best to make the amenities up to her standards: there’s a tray with a teapot, notes everywhere written with confusing ciphers, and what seems to be an attempt to make a generator, but wasn’t completed.
Where the Lady sits it’s far more orderly, facing the door and giving her the high ground against anyone who enters. On the far wall hangs a large portrait of the Lady, adding character and additional charm. Truly, this is the office of someone who wants you to feel small before her presence.
And, there on her chair, there she is. When the door opened she turned her head towards you, seeing who it was. Invariably of who it is, she sighs like this is a big interruption of her work, and keeps writing and drawing]
Don't touch anything and make sure you don't track mud in. If you have any complaints go see Rembrandt.
[She didn't even look up while saying that. So, what brings you to her office today?]
Outfitted with an overly plush chair on a rather elaborate rug, the desk is overflowing with countless books stacked everywhere, with everything serving as a makeshift bookshelf including an errant fax machine. The Lady seems to have tried her best to make the amenities up to her standards: there’s a tray with a teapot, notes everywhere written with confusing ciphers, and what seems to be an attempt to make a generator, but wasn’t completed.
Where the Lady sits it’s far more orderly, facing the door and giving her the high ground against anyone who enters. On the far wall hangs a large portrait of the Lady, adding character and additional charm. Truly, this is the office of someone who wants you to feel small before her presence.
And, there on her chair, there she is. When the door opened she turned her head towards you, seeing who it was. Invariably of who it is, she sighs like this is a big interruption of her work, and keeps writing and drawing]
Don't touch anything and make sure you don't track mud in. If you have any complaints go see Rembrandt.
[She didn't even look up while saying that. So, what brings you to her office today?]
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Date: 2020-01-21 09:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-21 11:26 pm (UTC)[She doesn't sound upset, she just sounds extremely baffled]
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Date: 2020-01-21 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-22 01:25 am (UTC)[Excuse her, she needs a moment to calm down. Golly.
Alright, time to continue]
The blind part is accurate, though. He had never met me before, and although I had heard of him, I wasn't sure what to expect. In a way we both got lucky we were what each of us had been looking for.
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Date: 2020-01-22 01:37 am (UTC)You'd heard of him? From where?
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Date: 2020-01-22 01:43 am (UTC)[She takes a deep breath]
Yet I managed to contact him after a lot of investigating and having a few losses of personnel.
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Date: 2020-01-22 01:50 am (UTC)Well, that does sound exciting. What were you trying to contact him for?
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Date: 2020-01-22 02:03 am (UTC)Useful people are so rare.
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Date: 2020-01-22 02:19 am (UTC)[ have you SEEN ivar ]
And what was it he was looking for, then?
[ since "a job" seems a little improbable in this context ]
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Date: 2020-01-22 02:30 am (UTC)An employer he'd be interested in. It turns out my plans were interesting enough for him to stay and help. And the pay he asks for is affordable, anyway.
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Date: 2020-01-22 02:35 am (UTC)It isn't money?
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Date: 2020-01-22 02:41 am (UTC)[She's the picture of calm when she adds:]
And since he's such a good worker, I'm giving him the best accomodation and the best food he can get.
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Date: 2020-01-22 03:03 am (UTC)I see. It sounds like that all worked out very nicely for you.
[ ...He's got a lot of questions, but somehow he feels like maybe he should quit while he's ahead here, before he gets onto the wrong topic or overstays his welcome. He'll just try to pick this back up another time. ]
Anyway, I'll let you get back to your work. Thank you for indulging me.
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Date: 2020-01-22 03:23 am (UTC)[She waves at him. It looks like she had some fun, at least]
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Date: 2020-01-22 11:57 am (UTC)