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[A relatively new face to the Institute, Grell's been stuck watching training videos about how to manage academic offices. It's been boring. So boring. Once the videos were over, though, the real work started and the new office lady(?) has realized something very important.]

To those in the student body who are organizing new clubs, first let me applaud you on your enthusiasm. Everyone should learn from your excellent example. Second, please allow me to remind you to turn in your bloody forms. I am not chasing you down because it's absolute murder on the legs to run in heels, and a lady should never be required to run anywhere that doesn't hold handsome rewards for her. If you force me to chase after you, you will not enjoy it. Are we clear? Wonderful. I expect tardy forms in by the end of the week.

As for the staff and faculty, please do me a pretty little favor, hm? I seem to have misplaced a bottle of polish - rose red - when watching one of your classes. If any of you have seen it, do be a dear and return it? I have a special reward to any handsome prince who brings it back to me.

[Which is to say, she left a bottle of polish in most male teachers' classrooms so she has a reason to talk to them all. Huehuehue.]

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I'm not big into competition. I'm more reward oriented.

O...kay. I'll see about that. I mean, maybe the head of security will have to look into it, since this was his idea. I'm just the lowly student liaison.

Huh? Wait, what's that got to do with me? I hate seminars. I already had to go to... a few. I don't think anyone's going to believe I'm a pro-seminar guy. That's just not the kind of person I am.

But there is a reward - you just have to work for it.

[And nope, you've spoken to her, so now she's going to chase after you, Adachi. Welcome to the horror.]

As student liaison you're in the perfect position. Speak to the students, create the roster, get the signatures, and bring them to me. By Friday.

And the seminars have everything to do with you! I wouldn't have known that the staff and faculty are derelict in their knowledge of the administrative workings if it weren't for you.

I dunno, can't I even have a hint? Is it edible?

[But... he doesn't want to be chased. That doesn't sound very fun at all!]

Sure... I might be, but I have a lot of work to do. And those students can be hard to pin down. Round up. What's the right expression?

I don't know if I'm a good representative of everyone. I'd like to go on record as saying I was not in favor of any seminars. But—now I know, so I don't have to go through the seminar!

In a manner of speaking, yes.

[Hue hue hue.]

Are you saying I don't have a lot of work to do? You do realize that without those forms, you're increasing my workload, too.

...

And the correct term is "gather."

[Otherwise they sound like criminals. Or cattle.]

Anyway, there shall be no exceptions to the seminars. It just wouldn't be fair.

Hmm. What manner?

[That's not the same as saying yes! He's kind of skeptical.]

I didn't say that, I just meant Friday's really close.

[Adachi, this is Monday.]

Wait, how would you have a workload if there aren't any forms? It sounds to me like you'd have less work with no forms! It'd be nice if we would be a little more casual around here. Let it all hang loose, like they say.

Okay, gather, then.

[They're kind of a combination of cattle and criminals!]

I don't know about that! You'll have to take it up with the head of security! You might have to watch the security seminars, and you wouldn't like that. You could start a horrible chain reaction in which everyone has to attend everyone else's seminars.

You're certainly a curious one, aren't you? Can't stand a mystery?

[And wow, Adachi, accusing her (rightfully) of pushing work off on others!]

Club forms aren't the only thing I do here, you know.

[She swivels the webcamera around to show her desk which is piled with folders, various stamps, manuals which are already heavily marked with Post-Its, and binders thick with papers.]

Chasing your students down means I can't do this and it piles up. [Because yes, they're pretty much crimicattle.]

And if the Institute gets to the point where it's that bad, I'll just quit.

[Easy peezy. She has no work ethic.]

Nope! I sure hate mysteries. That's why I became a cop.

[Hey, it takes a work-pusher-offer to know one!]

And I do lots of stuff, too! Like patrolling. And paperwork. And tracking down... lost stuff, mostly. And pranksters.

[And hanging out in the canteen.]

They're not my students. Anyway, those ones are so responsible, they might have filled out the forms already themselves. I don't know. I mostly let them handle it. You should go check.

And, if it gets that bad, I'll—

[He can't quit, because he's under house arrest here.]

I'll take a nap.

What a boring life that must be. I adore mysteries. They make everything so much more exciting.

[And wow, come not do work with her then, sheesh. They can get a tea and coffee together and slack off like winners.]

If they had filled the forms out, would I be asking after them? Also your threat falls a bit flat, dear. A nap isn't nearly as threatening unless your sleep is of the permanent kind.

And if you're in charge of finding things, have you found my missing polish bottle?

Yeah, I'm pretty boring that way.

[It's not like he's a former criminal, stalker and abductor who loves trolling people or anything like that!]

You didn't even know about the security club! You weren't asking me, I volunteered. Stupidly, I admit in retrospect. It won't happen again.

[He has learned for the future.]

Well, a nap means I'm not going to pay any attention to seminars, so your cunning revenge plan will fall flat.

[He thinks over this last question.]

Hm, I might have found a bottle or bottles.

[No, don't troll her... they could make beautiful crime together...!]

Because you didn't fill out the bloody forms! How am I supposed to follow every little thing the student body does? If they aren't exploding walls, they're forgetting that "oh, right, I need to turn in my immigration papers or I get deported." Good Lord, I had less headaches when--

[Wait, oops. Right. Noooot mentioning jobs in England.]

You'll just be stuck in seminars forever then. There's a test.

[No, no there isn't.]

As for my polish, are you going to return them, or hold onto them indefinitely if you don't like the reward? I may have to report you for the latter as it is technically stealing.

[But he had to retire, or he'll be sent back to Japan and/or prison!]

I told you, I handed it over to the kids, so they might have done it! And wow, I don't know, isn't there a spreadsheet or something? Ah, immigration papers aren't such a big deal. The old man can handle it. He's not gonna let the kids get deported. I mean he got me—

[Oh yeah, better not say that.]

—not deported.

You're not wrong, I probably will be stuck in them forever, in this job, but I prefer to keep the breaks between them as nice and long as possible!

Well, I didn't say I did have them. But I didn't say I didn't, either. So technically, you have nothing to report.

[Maybe they can do petty crime together. Or just not get caught.]

Then a name of someone in your club? Because I'll need to speak with them.

[Okay, obviously they have more in common than they thought, Adachi. But they can't talk about. Woes.]

I'm glad you weren't deported. I'd hate to be deported, too, but I prefer to not go through our benefactor. He has so many worries already.

And if you aren't going to return them, then I'm filing a formal "lost item" report or whatever it is. Help me find them as it's your job.

[He would, but he has to be careful about these things. He can't just go collaborating with anyone! The fact that he's a loner probably doesn't help.

Okay, a name, uh... Let me get back to you on that.

[Well done on remembering people's names, Adachi!]

He likes worrying about me! I keep him on his toes.

[This is probably not true.]

But yeah, being deported would be the worst. Don't want to go back to Japan, thanks.

Ah... all right, I'll help. But you know what might help me help...? If there was a really great reward!

[One day she'll earn your ~~blood~~ trust.

Also, she never remembers names unless the person is A) cute or B) hot. So, yanno. /kanyeshrug]

Please.

And the reward is the solution to the mystery to satisfy your curiosity.

[Someday.

He never remembers names unless it is necessary or to his benefit. And there are so many kids, it's hard to tell them all apart. He knows his security club ones by sight, though, and he says "hi, kid" to them, which has to count for something.]

All right, all right, it's not like I need nailpolish, and it's not like I have anything better to do.

[Since he's not doing his job!]

Where do you want me to put it?

[That's definitely something. It's more than Grell will do.]

Come by the front office, hm? As you can see, I'm a bit swamped.

[It's partly because he's being told to be more friendly and outgoing in his mandatory counseling, which is part of the reason he's doing this, too.]

Yeah, you look swamped, talking to a security guard for ten minutes.

[He shakes his head.]

So demanding. I've got better things to do than ferry nail polish around.

[But he sounds more like he's joking than actually complaining.]

I might make it by. If I don't decide to keep all this polish for myself.

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Absolutely drowning.

[Meaning, Adachi should totes come over so she doesn't have to keep collating files. This is boring. She's bored.]

Well, should you decide to keep it, I can offer some tips. Red isn't for everyone, after all.

[ooc; action is cool with me! Prose or action brackets work.]

Yeah, I feel so bad for you!

Don't worry about it, red's not my color. Uh, except for ties. Obviously. Not my nail polish color, though!

[Though no, he would never wear nail polish. His manly fingernails are perfect as they are, as far as he's concerned.

He takes his time getting to Grell's office, because first he forgets where he put the nail polish, then he forgets where the office is, as finally, he stops for coffee. But he does get there!

He knocks on the doorframe facetiously.]

So, I heard someone in the vicinity lost some important personal possessions.

You should. All this paper will absolutely ruin my perfect hands.

[She signs off after that to wait.

And wait.

And good Lord, how long does it take to find a bottle of nail polish?? At least while she was waiting, she was able to finish parts of her work, filing away anything turned in by the "good" students and writing up those who had yet to join that list.

Grell has her long red hair tied back in a ponytail by the time Adachi arrives, a pencil behind one ear, and a look of utter disgust pointed at a particular file she has open. She glances up when she hears the voice and drops the file on her desk.]

Yes, it would seem I lost you somewhere in the past few hours.

Well... It takes a long time...

[Adachi pauses for effect, then empties his pockets.]

..to find all these bottles.

[Not that he found all of the ones she left lying around, not by any means—but he managed a few!]

You know, I take my job very seriously.

[Ha. Ha.]

You ought to be more careful with your personal property, Miss.

[Finally, his horrible, painful sensitivity training has paid off.]

[Good Lord. She takes a moment to count the bottles and does a mental tally of how many she left out. There are still a few hanging around, if she's accurately kept tabs.

Grell smiles, careful to make it a close-lipped one, and swipes a bottle from where it was dropped.]

I'm ever so glad to hear that someone in this school does. I wouldn't have lost so many, but I've been so flustered since coming here.

[She motions to a nearby chair with the hand holding the polish.]

Please, sit. It would be rude of me not to at least offer compensation.

[In actuality, he thought arriving with more of them would be funnier—after having spied two by chance while loafing around, he'd gone looking for more. He'd wasted a couple hours of his shift that way. What a good employee]

You can say that again. So many slackers around here, you can hardly walk down the hall without tripping over one.

Yeah, I know all about that, newcomer's nerves, right? But don't let it happen again, or people might think you're using it as an excuse to hit on guys. You wouldn't want that!

[Adachi hovers near the chair but doesn't sit right away.]

Oh, no, it's cool... It's my job, I don't need any reward. Just the pleasure of a job well done. [Now he's going to keep on pretending to be a good worker! Sort of. He's not that convincing. He pauses.] Unless it's something really good.

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