First Night At The Office.

Well, I started "work" tonight. I got there early (courtesy of the cloud gift) only to discover the majority of my new "workforce" gathered around the coffee machine and brandishing plastic forks (no doubt stolen from the cantine) at each other. Everyone one else decided that they were too sick to come to work tonight or were sprawled across various pieces of office furniture, asleep. Some of them weren't even on desks or chairs. I think there was only one mortal who actually looked like she was working but when I went to introduce myself to her I soon realised that what was being displayed on the computer was neither work nor...clean... Her attention, however, was quickly directed at me soon enough and instead of looking at those websites for the rest of the night she watched me. I made sure not to bend down or do anything else that may have provoked any form of action from her. After the choas around the coffee machine had stopped and everyone had caffine in their system, the atmosphere in the office changed. People actually got to work (with the exception of my newfound stalker) and I was introduced to my assistant, Emma, and the rest of my team. Emma is a very "snooty" woman, for want of a better term, and seems to enjoy making things difficult and bossing others around. Even me, her boss. Physically she is not at all ugly, with Strawberry Blonde hair and Green eyes but her personality soon puts an end to any form of attraction a person might feel for her. The other members of my team were quite a shock. Riccardo and Albinus. If you've ever read Armand's tale, you'd know that two of my apprentices had these names. Not only were the names a shock, so was their physical appearance; Riccardo had Black curly hair with equally Black eyes and this Albinus had Blonde hair and Green eyes. Just like my apprentices. Both wear their hair down to their shoulders, Riccardo is 18 and Albinus is 17 (why are they working here at this age? I would have to put this down to their skill.) Reincarnation, perhaps? Anyway, I was impressed and greatly pleased with my office, which is located opposite that of Emma and the boys. After we had been through all the introductions and had some basic designs for the new clothing line down, Emma, in a rare moment of generosity, offered to get everyone something to eat. Riccardo made sure to place large orders for himself and Albinus, not because he was particularly hungry but because we were all thoroughly sick of the sight of Emma and her snooty remarks. When she asked me what I wanted to eat (what a stupid thing to do! everyone in the office has been briefed on these issues!) I gave her the obvious reply "I can't digest food." She scurried off murmuring the words "skinny prick" under her breath. If she wasn't so stupid, I would have thought that she'd asked me what I wanted to eat out of spite. She's just not that smart. Emma didn't come back until well after lunch, and only came back to complain that my eating habits had "put her off" having lunch. The boys hastily moved their furniture and materials into my office during that lunchtime. Riccardo also went out to make a purchase. He left the diet pills he'd bought on Emma's desk and we hastily barricaded the door to our office. It was during the time we decided to "lay low" that I was paged and we had to leave the Emma-free zone in order to brief everyone on the launch of ~Red Velvet. Luckily Emma didn't show up again, unfortunately my stalker did. Apparantley she is also one of my assistants so, as you can imagine, I'm pleased that her office is nowhere near mine. Riccardo and Albinus seemed uneasy. They should be. My stalker has friends. Friends who like them, very much. But at least they didn't have to sit through a meeting with a crazed woman running her hand up and down their thigh! Inspiration didn't have much time to strike me much today but I did get a few designs on paper; one of them is a dress for Pandora...(sigh) there's a bit of a spill on one because I wasn't concentrating much as I was too busy laughing at Emma's expense with Riccardo and Albinus. Source