First day on the new job and the mun isn't helping.

[tessanne]

I've got a lot of stuff to learn today. I just got my new desk and I've barely finished unpacking. I still have to learn where everything is, who all these people are, what the office policies are and about all the cases I'm assigned to. I'll be reading files for hours.

And I am very nervous, now that I'm suddenly working for one of the biggest firms in Chicago, answering directly to somebody whose name is on the wall.

That's not counting the few things I promised Scott I'd finish this week so that my old firm isn't short-handed.

Plus, oh yeah, my brother's still in a huff because I left a job he got me in order to take one working for somebody he's never met.

I really have enough going on without you being so excited about all of it. Just wait until Will's mun gets back so I can talk to him and until then, let me finish going over all these files.

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[giantsofty]

Moving up in the world, Miss Tessanne?

[Hours of reading files?

Heaven.]

[tessanne]

More like moving sideways, Viktor, but thanks for asking.

[giantsofty]

New developments are usually a good way to grow regardless, so perhaps compromise and call it diagonal.

[This is one of his 'jokes.'

HAHAHAHAHAHAH.]

[tessanne]

....Yeah, I guess you could say that.

(She's humoring him.)

How are you?

[giantsofty]

[It's a testament to how much he over thinks things that he stops and considers 'how are you' for a little while.]

I am adequate. Still feeling uncomfortably aimless, I suppose.

[tessanne]

Still nothing that interests you?

[giantsofty]

My investigations continue, but there's a lot to consider.

[He huffs a bit, shrugging in a slightly fed up manner. No matter how he acts, he's still a teenager under it all, even if not for long.]

My usual avenues for taking a break are cut off from me, also. I'm starting to think in circles.

[tessanne]

Sounds like you need a good night in. Dinner and some extra sleep.

[giantsofty]

Unfortunately, that would fall under my daily routine. [So sensible. Even though biologically he needs like two hours a day, he sleeps eight.]

My ordinary method of blowing off steam would be slaying something. Opportunities to do so are scare. Morally, at least.

[tessanne]

....Yeah we try to avoid that. At least I do.

[giantsofty]

And I hope you've no need to ever change that policy. Humans are too gentle to spoil their hands on such things.

[tessanne]

I've got enough to worry about right now, anyway. This new job is, well, it's a lot.

[giantsofty]

Please take care of yourself, above all else.

[tessanne]

I will. It's just going to be a long few days because I have to learn everything. They don't do things here like we did at my old law firm.

[giantsofty]

Please, tell me more.

[He's a worrier. Look at him worry.]

[tessanne]

It's just all the stuff that comes with a new job. Meeting the new co-workers, learning the office policies, getting my new desk, catching up on what's going on. I'm working as Will's assistant, so I have to familiarize myself with all the cases he's currently working on. Once I'm up to speed it'll get easier.

[giantsofty]

...Desks are always difficult to get used to.

[tessanne]

Do they even make desks in your size?

[giantsofty]

Not on my salary.

[And now you know why he doesn't wear shoes or shirts, too.]

[tessanne]

We should check online. You can get everything online.

[giantsofty]

[He pauses, his lips flexing side to side.]

...I'm not very good with machines.

[tessanne]

Aha well I happen to be very good with them.

[giantsofty]

I couldn't impose so...

[tessanne]

Oh please. Google is not time consuming.

[giantsofty]

Mmmm.

Well, if you insist... [Yeah, he's one of those guys that needs people to insist they want to do something for him.

Because he prefers to do all the things for everyone else.]

[tessanne]

All I need is a list of your preferences and a shipping address. The Internet will do the rest.

[giantsofty]

Uh. A big... desk? Is that a preference?

[What is his life.]

[tessanne]

You don't have any opinion on style? Color? Any features you might need?

[giantsofty]

Honestly, at this point I will take anything that would not be more appropriate as a chair.

[But, he does have a light bulb moment.]

And drawers. As many drawers as possible. Desks without drawers are unforgivable.

[tessanne]

Okay. See. I can work with this. Ikea, here we come.

[giantsofty]

[He opens his mouth to say 'I-what' but instead settles on-]

I am not familiar with such a place.

[tessanne]

It is a land of Swedish furniture and confusing aisles. But they have a cafeteria. Probably because people get hungry after being lost for four hours.

[giantsofty]

Sounds fun.

[This is not your typical 'that's nice dear' he really means it.]

Although I don't know who Swedish is, I think I would enjoy finding out.

[tessanne]

If I ever take you to Ikea I'm taking a map and some sandwiches. That place is a void.

[giantsofty]

You can trust my sense of direction. When I was a child, I was the only one of my tribe that could fit into the caves of the mountain, so I'd often go exploring alone-what I learned there has been of much use to me in later life.

[Maybe taking her a little too seriously.]

[tessanne]

I imagine you'd be easy to spot too. So at least I won't lose you.

[giantsofty]

I hardly see how I stand out in a crowd.

[This one has to be a joke.

Look at his 'I made a joke' smile.]

[tessanne]

I was meaning...oh wait that was a joke wasn't it?

[giantsofty]

[The edges of lips drop like an anvil.]

Uh.

Yes.

[tessanne]

I thought so!

[giantsofty]

Although you did have to ask.

[tessanne]

You're really good at that deadpan thing.

[giantsofty]

I think everyone else is simply better at livepan.

[tessanne]

Hey, we can't all be pert and perky.

[giantsofty]

...Since you are introducing me to IKEA, one day I will introduce you to fairies and we shall see if you retain that opinion.

[So happy. All the time.

He loves fairies, man.]