Day 32 Pt. 1
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The One who Strangles Concepts to death
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[X] Read The Contract
Good. God.
You have never felt more drained than you did when you finished reading that beast of a legal document. You consider yourself an avid reader. Sure you haven't done much of it in the past few days because of...well, everything! But you still enjoy reading long-winded books now and then. You never would've gotten through those five hundred page textbooks you needed to read to get your certificate otherwise.
But THIS!
This makes those long-winded Terms Of Service Agreements look short and simple! You would've taken ten of those in comparison to this!
Thankfully you have a little, three-hundred-year-old bundle of joy to help you out. Anna is a golden ray of sunshine upon the dark task laid before you. Her knowledge of magical contracts (because of course, the contract has magic binding placed on it) severely cut down how long it took you to finish it. Not to mention she pointed out the parts of the text that you would've missed.
The contract itself is mostly normal. It's more open than many modern corporate agreements, with little "Corporate Speak" and no fine print to speak of. A lot of it is the standard things you would've expected. You're not allowed to speak of your employment or involvement with the Association to anyone who isn't a client or employed by the Association, not allowed to use any of their resources for clearly malevolent or needlessly violent purposes, no hostile action towards the other employees, etc.
For the first half, it's what you expected.
It's the second half that gets your attention.
Mainly the sections titled "Workplace Relationships", "Employee Resources", and "Employee Protections."
In contrast to many corporate environments you know of (by proxy from listening to your co-workers talk about previous jobs), the way they handle Workplace Relations is...surprisingly open. The short of it is that any agent may pursue any type of bond with their co-workers, as long as they do it off the clock. While you're on the job, all relations must cease. "Public displays of affections" are particularly singled out, as well as how this includes both mortals and mythics. You're here to work. While you may grow more intimate with each other in the process of performing your task, you are to keep it all to yourselves.
All bets are off once your shift is over.
Kind of surprising, but it might explain why that place was so...serious when you walked in. It makes you wonder what those people are like off the clock.
The second section mainly caught your eye due to the details it provided. They didn't exactly explain what you had access to now that you were an Agent. There's a lot of basic stuff (there's a cafeteria you can buy food from, which is nice), but substantial stuff too. Mainly how you can go to the "Records Room" and request basic information on other mythic, the Association, and general history. Considering your lack of knowledge in that subject and you're natural enthusiasm to learn, this will be a place that'll see plenty of use.
Then there's the last section. Specifically the second word there.
"Protections."
You've never known any type of business to outline exactly what protections their employees have while working for them. Usually, that stuff is either implied or left out "by accident". But here...it openly lays it out. Most of the section is filled with instructions on what you can do in case the Association ever does anything to harm you and yours specifically. All the way ups to terminating the contract which will result in in...immediate punishment of all staff members involved?!
And you can choose the punishment?!
....
You're not sure if you should happy about this or not.
(Contract Read! You won't be sidelined by surprise rules and regulations!)
[X] Search For Students: 38 - 25 (Golden) + 15 (Those Who Can't) = 28 Failure
You wanted to get this outta the way before you headed off to your new job. Even if they weren't your students, you couldn't afford to simply leave things as they are. Not simply as their teacher, but as a responsible adult.
What surprised you was that the News hadn't made any mention of it. A couple of kids missing is something that should make headlines everywhere. So, why wasn't it? Why wasn't it on everybody's lips? It's not like the kids just up and vanished...right?
....
You give Mr. Weston a call on his cell phone. You might need his help with this. He answers and, after exchanging pleasantries, you explain how you're worried about the two kids who haven't answered their phones. You're about to ask him for help...but then he says something that deepens your worry.
"I already know, Craft. I've been looking too, and haven't found a thing."
This makes your skin crawl. Ever since the Crossroads Assault, you had seen your old boss in a different light. He had gone from the happy go lucky, slightly eccentric principal, to a seemingly unstoppable force of nature with the span of a night.
If he couldn't find two little kids, then something was wrong.
He told you he still had some leads to follow up on. And to be careful. Then he hung up.
You put your house phone down with a sigh.
Why has everything in your life become so complicated?
(Hannah and ??? are still missing! Devon is on the Case! +20 to next Search Roll)
[X] Read A Book: 27 +15 (Prodigy) + 15 (Potential) = 57 Success
With her progress in her Psychology book stalled, Ana moved to her Government Systems book. She blazed through the first five chapters (300 pages total out of a 600-page book!), then went back and reread them to better absorb the information. You couldn't help beaming at her, pride welling up in your chest. You hadn't even taught her to reread what she had already read to better understand the material. The thought of asking Mr. Weston to let her skip a few grades comes to mind as she closes the book.
Knowing what she wants, you walk over to the sofa and sit down next to her. Blue comes by a bit later, the sound of a toilet flushing following as he sits down on the other cushion. With her audience now in place, Anastasia explained exactly what she learned to both you. While you did space out here and there when she started detailing concepts that went way over your head, you never once took your eyes off your daughter as she spoke.
After all, what parent wouldn't do that for their child?
(Ana Gains A New Perk! Government 101: All governments start as small ideas... (+10 to Governing Small Organizations, and a +5 to Speaking to People)
Here's the first part everyone. I wanted to get these three out of the way, as I had ideas for them.
Your first day on the job, and Ana visiting your work will take a bit longer as I need to figure out exactly what I'm gonna write for it.
Hopefully this tides you all over in the mean time.
Good. God.
You have never felt more drained than you did when you finished reading that beast of a legal document. You consider yourself an avid reader. Sure you haven't done much of it in the past few days because of...well, everything! But you still enjoy reading long-winded books now and then. You never would've gotten through those five hundred page textbooks you needed to read to get your certificate otherwise.
But THIS!
This makes those long-winded Terms Of Service Agreements look short and simple! You would've taken ten of those in comparison to this!
Thankfully you have a little, three-hundred-year-old bundle of joy to help you out. Anna is a golden ray of sunshine upon the dark task laid before you. Her knowledge of magical contracts (because of course, the contract has magic binding placed on it) severely cut down how long it took you to finish it. Not to mention she pointed out the parts of the text that you would've missed.
The contract itself is mostly normal. It's more open than many modern corporate agreements, with little "Corporate Speak" and no fine print to speak of. A lot of it is the standard things you would've expected. You're not allowed to speak of your employment or involvement with the Association to anyone who isn't a client or employed by the Association, not allowed to use any of their resources for clearly malevolent or needlessly violent purposes, no hostile action towards the other employees, etc.
For the first half, it's what you expected.
It's the second half that gets your attention.
Mainly the sections titled "Workplace Relationships", "Employee Resources", and "Employee Protections."
In contrast to many corporate environments you know of (by proxy from listening to your co-workers talk about previous jobs), the way they handle Workplace Relations is...surprisingly open. The short of it is that any agent may pursue any type of bond with their co-workers, as long as they do it off the clock. While you're on the job, all relations must cease. "Public displays of affections" are particularly singled out, as well as how this includes both mortals and mythics. You're here to work. While you may grow more intimate with each other in the process of performing your task, you are to keep it all to yourselves.
All bets are off once your shift is over.
Kind of surprising, but it might explain why that place was so...serious when you walked in. It makes you wonder what those people are like off the clock.
The second section mainly caught your eye due to the details it provided. They didn't exactly explain what you had access to now that you were an Agent. There's a lot of basic stuff (there's a cafeteria you can buy food from, which is nice), but substantial stuff too. Mainly how you can go to the "Records Room" and request basic information on other mythic, the Association, and general history. Considering your lack of knowledge in that subject and you're natural enthusiasm to learn, this will be a place that'll see plenty of use.
Then there's the last section. Specifically the second word there.
"Protections."
You've never known any type of business to outline exactly what protections their employees have while working for them. Usually, that stuff is either implied or left out "by accident". But here...it openly lays it out. Most of the section is filled with instructions on what you can do in case the Association ever does anything to harm you and yours specifically. All the way ups to terminating the contract which will result in in...immediate punishment of all staff members involved?!
And you can choose the punishment?!
....
You're not sure if you should happy about this or not.
(Contract Read! You won't be sidelined by surprise rules and regulations!)
[X] Search For Students: 38 - 25 (Golden) + 15 (Those Who Can't) = 28 Failure
You wanted to get this outta the way before you headed off to your new job. Even if they weren't your students, you couldn't afford to simply leave things as they are. Not simply as their teacher, but as a responsible adult.
What surprised you was that the News hadn't made any mention of it. A couple of kids missing is something that should make headlines everywhere. So, why wasn't it? Why wasn't it on everybody's lips? It's not like the kids just up and vanished...right?
....
You give Mr. Weston a call on his cell phone. You might need his help with this. He answers and, after exchanging pleasantries, you explain how you're worried about the two kids who haven't answered their phones. You're about to ask him for help...but then he says something that deepens your worry.
"I already know, Craft. I've been looking too, and haven't found a thing."
This makes your skin crawl. Ever since the Crossroads Assault, you had seen your old boss in a different light. He had gone from the happy go lucky, slightly eccentric principal, to a seemingly unstoppable force of nature with the span of a night.
If he couldn't find two little kids, then something was wrong.
He told you he still had some leads to follow up on. And to be careful. Then he hung up.
You put your house phone down with a sigh.
Why has everything in your life become so complicated?
(Hannah and ??? are still missing! Devon is on the Case! +20 to next Search Roll)
[X] Read A Book: 27 +15 (Prodigy) + 15 (Potential) = 57 Success
With her progress in her Psychology book stalled, Ana moved to her Government Systems book. She blazed through the first five chapters (300 pages total out of a 600-page book!), then went back and reread them to better absorb the information. You couldn't help beaming at her, pride welling up in your chest. You hadn't even taught her to reread what she had already read to better understand the material. The thought of asking Mr. Weston to let her skip a few grades comes to mind as she closes the book.
Knowing what she wants, you walk over to the sofa and sit down next to her. Blue comes by a bit later, the sound of a toilet flushing following as he sits down on the other cushion. With her audience now in place, Anastasia explained exactly what she learned to both you. While you did space out here and there when she started detailing concepts that went way over your head, you never once took your eyes off your daughter as she spoke.
After all, what parent wouldn't do that for their child?
(Ana Gains A New Perk! Government 101: All governments start as small ideas... (+10 to Governing Small Organizations, and a +5 to Speaking to People)
Here's the first part everyone. I wanted to get these three out of the way, as I had ideas for them.
Your first day on the job, and Ana visiting your work will take a bit longer as I need to figure out exactly what I'm gonna write for it.
Hopefully this tides you all over in the mean time.
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