office hours: round 1.

[foo_bar]

office hours daily. i'm here to help... i think.

(screened PCs with han)

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[foo_bar]

[he pauses.

and then takes a longer drink.

oops, it's empty.]

To be fair, I didn't know he was going to be my boss.

[donotlick]

[ Damn, son. That sure makes Hank smirk.

Bro, you're gonna get drunk drinking like that. ]

So did Megumi do the hiring, or did you just fill out some kinda ad?

[foo_bar]

Megumi's newer than me. Some HR Rep did the hiring for my old department.

[he wipes his mouth]

Oswald pulled me out of that to make me run this "new and improved" program.

[his voice raises mockingly at new and improved, and he starts to pour himself another glass. he accidentally drank his already.]

The onboarding's been a nightmare.

[donotlick]

Bureaucracy's shit, ain't it?

[ Hank takes a drink to that. He's not even done with his first glass yet though. ]

You miss your old boss? Because Hale sounds like a fucking nightmare to work with -- what with the killing and all.

[foo_bar]

Barely knew the guy. But better than where I'm at now.

I didn't think my first real job would be running something that doesn't even feel legal.

[donotlick]

Yeaaaah, that's not gonna look great on your resume, I can tell you right now.

[ But it makes Hank laugh tbh. Han kind of deserves this shit. ]

Ain't Todd's bosses the ones behind everything? Who even signs your checks?

[foo_bar]

[he kinda does. but at this point.]

The university does. I dunno, it get's direct deposited you know.

Canada wouldn't do this to me.

[and then. he takes another drink. but not a long one, not this time.]

[donotlick]

What're you even gonna spend your money on? A better laptop?

[ If the world is so awful, money seems kind of pointless??? ]

Alright, what's Canada like? I mean, I know what it's like for me -- Android-free and actually nice, but what's it like here?

[foo_bar]

No, my laptop is great.

[it's old.]

Anyway, "Canada is nice" is basically a universal constant.

[donotlick]

Huh. Guess I'm used to the shit we have back home.

[ Which are way nicer than yours, buddy. Hank takes another drink. ]

That's good to hear. Why the hell couldn't we have done this shit in Canada instead of this shithole?

[foo_bar]

It looks bad, but it gets the job done for me, and then some.

[he would pat the laptop, but that would be weird.]

And because this wouldn't have worked there, or at least I'd hope it wouldn't have. But here, either it's fine, or somethings happening to whoever is reporting it.

[donotlick]

Ain't the world supposed to be all fucked, and that's why we're trying to do that shit to "save the world"?

[ If you need some alone time with that laptop, that's cool, dude. Get it on with your roomba next. ]

Are you telling me America's fucked and Canada's doing fine?

[foo_bar]

[don't call him out like this.]

It has to be that way, but I get the feeling something else is wrong. But I don't know what it is.

[donotlick]

"It has to be that way," meaning what? You guys telling us it's fucked, or the world actually fucked?

[ Wait. ]

Do you not remember?

[foo_bar]

No. I mean. I remember one way-- but not this.

[donotlick]

What the hell's that supposed to mean? ]

[ Holy shit. ]

Please don't tell me you were in fucking stasis or something and woke up to some fucked up planet.

[foo_bar]

No. I was never in stasis, okay? This just means that there's something going on, and I don't have the answers.

And that what is happening doesn't make sense.

[donotlick]

Oh, thank fuck.

[ He was starting to assume the worst sci fi bullshit here. He takes a drink. Actually, a refill would be nice. ]

So... as far as you know, this shouldn't be happening? Then how do you explain what happened to the people who went outside?

[foo_bar]

[han's got you there, Hank. He takes the bottle, and holds it out to him, offering a refill.]

I don't know. I've seen it before on others, but hell if i know what's causing it. And no one's seemed to think it's that big of a deal, beyond avoiding it.

[donotlick]

[ Bless. Hank nods a thanks for that one. ]

Seriously? You telling me that's just normal for you?

[foo_bar]

Uhhh... I didn't think it was. I don't know.

[he, meanwhile, finally drains the second glass. he's going to die. he should stop.]

[donotlick]

Sounds like there's a lot you don't know.

[ Hank scoffs. Two whiskeys and Han's already looking green? Oh, honey. ]

What do you actually remember?

[foo_bar]

Reading about a top academy for high achieving students, and how that academy needed computer science professors.

[donotlick]

Next thing you know, you're getting transferred by Toddswald, that right?

[ Sucks to be Han, wow. But hey, at least he's getting drunk with Hank, right? ]

That about what Megumi's story is too, or do you and her not chat?

[foo_bar]

[yeah about the drunk part... He's a lightweight. It just hasn't had time to sink in yet.]

I hope it is. But honestly, we don't talk that much. I'm not even sure what her story is, why she's here, or if she was answering the same add I was and was just later in the pipeline... or what.