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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:13 pm
“It would be, headquarters knows how to treat its employees,” Nick said, and then offered a smile, “Is the coffee as bad there as it is here?” Nick was fairly sure all workplace provided coffee was the same.
Nick perked up at the taps. He looked around and took the building in with a grin. “Cheer up, Alder! It’s our first day on the job. You want to put your best foot forward, put on some positivity!”
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:35 pm
"Yup." That was all Toby said as they crossed into the building. Suddenly the confident werewolf was sheepish, nervous, a millimeter from outright frowning. The one good thing about being old as dirt was that you learned things. You felt the whole gamut of emotion. It sucked while it was happening, but it could come in handy in this line of work. The young ones and the hopeful actors could rarely fake it so well that thy felt it. Toby's chest was heavy and twisted.
He forced a smile for Nick, but it too didn't look proper. "Yeah." He took another deep breath and cleared his throat.
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Back at HQ, Lori pointed to the monitor. "Look, they made it in. Now we just get to watch it happen."
One of the techs gave Lori a wary look. He was human, young, and clearly not expecting a senior agent to be so casual, even with his coworker.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:42 pm
Nick approached the front desk, greeting the clerk there eagerly. “Hello, we’re new interns, um, can you tell us what floor we should be on?” He looked around, taking in each person, the cameras, the doors. “This is a great place! I can’t wait to get started! I—“
“You want the third floor,” the clerk interrupted, with a roll of her eyes. This boy wouldn’t last long. They never did.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:04 pm
Toby offered another smile to the clerk, and as he looked up he too was taking stock of the security systems. There was no way either of them could see everything on their own without looking suspicious, so they would take it in degrees. He didn't know Nick well, but right now he had no choice but to trust him.
"You don't think '304' means ********' third floor, Nick?" he said under his breath. He smiled to an office worker who did not smile back. s**t, what a place! "We don't mean anything to these people, just chill out."
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:11 pm
Nick shrugged and gave a grin, leading Toby to where signs hanging from the ceiling indicated an elevator. “Relax! We got this job in the bag, they think we’re any old interns. We’ll have careers by the end of the year, I’m telling you Alder. Let’s see, third floor...”
He tapped the button, watching it light up. “What are you looking forward to most in your internship?”
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:16 pm
"We are any old interns! Careers, Jesus--!" Toby threw every ounce of frustration he'd built into his arms as he tossed them up and let them drop. His jaw set. "Nick, I'm gonna punch you in the head. If you go in there like this we'll be totally screwed."
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:21 pm
“We’ll be fine!” Nick gave him a smile as the elevator beeped and the doors slid open. The carpet inside was an ugly tan with gray dots. “Hey, violence is never the answer. We’ll do awesome, Ryan.”
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:11 pm
"How many jobs have you had? I mean in literal, actual reality, do you know what the chances of even one of us getting the job, let alone both of us?" Realizing he was escalating to a point where someone entering the elevator would be terribly uncomfortable, he set his jaw and quieted himself. He felt 19 again! How strange to see anger equated with feeling alive! He'd been fighting anger for 40 years. None of this was even genuine, but it felt good.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:16 pm
Nick paused. The smile slid from his face, and he said, “One.” He seemed to rethink, and the smile came slowly back. “But that’s okay! I really know my stuff, and I know we’ll succeed at this one.”
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:18 pm
"Mmh." Someone entered the elevator with them and Toby cast his eyes up in disgust, also noting a camera. Deep cover was hard, but it could be done. Nick was an alright guy to be stuck in an elevator shouting with.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:24 pm
“What do you think our boss will be like?” Nick asked, now that there was someone in the elevator with them. He seemed to bounce on the balls of his feet in anticipation.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 9:07 pm
Ah, smart! They could get some information about this boss from the man in the elevator with them. Mind whirring, the spinning wheel of possible replies finally stopped and dinged.
"You didn't meet him?" Toby asked. He looked to the other man in the elevator with an expression that wasn't entirely 'can you believe what this guy's in for" or "what should we expect?" either. He was fishing for clues, just in case he had to make up a story later. The company had already been informed that the FBI was going to be investigating undercover, and mum's the word. Toby hadn't met the man himself, and didn't believe Nick had either; mostly, Toby thought that Nick had dealt with the president of the company.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 10:25 pm
The man in the elevator paused and studied each man in turn. “He’s very fair,” he said. “You boys will like working here. There’s free donuts every Tuesday.”
Not exactly the information Nick had been hoping for. “Nope! I sent in my application for internship online, and they called and—“ he was distracted, whether in character or not, he seemed to recover quickly enough. “I was qualified. And they needed help anyway, so here I am.”
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 10:50 am
Toby smiled wholly sarcastically at the man. "Great."
He sighed again then and rubbed his nose, briefly closing his eyes. "If you're qualified... ********. Well. It's something. It's-- it's something. Maybe it can be something." He swallowed hard and looked at his feet. His brows furrowed briefly.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 11:12 am
“You’ll be fine, I’m sure you’re qualified too, Ryan. You wouldn’t have been selected!” He gave a smile and clapped his hand on his shoulder. “Let’s go show them what we can do!”
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