solarhippie: ([pos] Sounds like a fun idea.)
Karolina Dean ([personal profile] solarhippie) wrote2017-08-28 08:41 pm

Guidance Counselor's Office, Monday

Karolina had missed the picnic due to an unexpected case of villainy back in LA early on Saturday. She'd only gotten in town late last night, but, hey! Mondays were a good time to get started on a new thing. And for this new thing, coming to see her new office for the first time seemed like the best way to start, so here she was.

She had never had an office before.

It was weird. But also exciting! She'd barely gotten in the door, but already she was considering the possibilities in how to re-decorate it. She wanted to make it a little more inviting – something that students wouldn't find, like, intimidating or anything like that. A place where you could just drop in without it being a big deal, because she knew from personal experience how hard it was sometimes to approach adults who were Obligated to Care about your crap. She wanted to fight that, and make her office a place where you could --

-- admire a drawing of Nyan Cat in a corner on the wall?

Huh.

Okay, it was kind of a weird thing, but Karolina found that she actually liked it. She was definitely going to bring something in a rainbow print into the office, anyway. And nothing else already in the room seemed very inspiring to her eye. As she went around the desk and took a seat behind it and started opening the drawers, all she found was piles of old paperwork (some of which looked like it had been at some point folded up into paper planes) and... a 1000-piece puzzle in a box?

So guess now she knew what guidance counselors did when they were bored. And on that note, she also looked into the mini fridge by the desk. It was empty, except for a single bottle of something called Green Lamp Ale. A post-it was stuck to the side of it. All it said was Good luck.

Karolina was going to take that at face value.

She leaned back in her chair some, and snapped a picture of the room on her phone - and promptly texted that off to Jim:

OH MY GOD I have an OFFICE!!

[ooc: Open! Yay Karolina!]
pursuedthestars: (j09)

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-28 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim was overseeing some repairs today and it was the most boring thing known to man. He knew it needed to be done and this was part of being a captain but he'd started counting the cracks in the wall.

When his text tone chimed, he almost said 'thank you' out loud and plucked his phone out of his pocket.

And where did you get wrangled into working that you have an office?
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-28 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't know that was something you wanted to do. Students need a lot of guiding, I guess. Especially there.

He'd never gone but maybe others were smarter when it came to feelings and such.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-28 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
What are you studying?

He barely knew what day and year it was back in that world let alone what everyone was up to. He tried to keep up but things kept him very busy.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-28 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It does but you know those kid are not normal kids, right?

That wasn't an insult, it was just a fact.

You ready to hear some weird shit?
pursuedthestars: (j08)

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
A what?

That was a new one.

Don't sharks hang out in the water?
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
How lovely.

He glanced over at the repairs taking place, frowning at the hole they were patching.

I'll stick to space, I think. You nervous?
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It probably is. Are you the youngest person on the staff?

That could go either way. Jim remembered a lot of young teachers but he also remembered a lot of gruff and grizzled teachers too.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Dumb villains?

Something sparked and one of the technicians cursed. Jim just rolled his eyes.

What happened?
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you beat 'em up? Or did you play peacemaker and talk them down?
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You're there because you want to help battle dumb villains?

Jim wasn't sure if he was following correctly.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, got it now. That's a good reason to be there. Just don't work too hard and don't let any push you around.

He knew she was strong but she was also so so so nice that Jim worried.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-29 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. We're busy with repairing the ship right now and then I've got a few missions in the future. I'll try but it's not easy to get away.

Hopefully she understood.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-30 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
I do!

Jim wanted to get there and see her, see her office and tease her a bit and he would. He just had to plan it out.

I'll send you something of mine to keep you company until then, though.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-30 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Not telling.

Mostly because he didn't know himself just yet.

You'll have to wait and see.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-30 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
One day, a box is just going to show up with instructions on what to do and you'll have to do them because you love me.

He'd make sure it was nothing embarrassing though that would have been fun too. She was working now, a professional and he didn't want to make her uncomfortable.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-30 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, have I ever broken my word?

That was one of the few things he held dear, held sacred.

Don't go doubting me.
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[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-30 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
And you will be rewarded.

Jim glanced up, noticing that the repairs were just about done. For this section, at least.

Just keep an eye on your mail. It'll get there. But, I've gotta go help with some more repairs. Boring, I know.
pursuedthestars: (j12)

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2017-08-30 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Is too!

Jim smiled and shot off one last message before pocketing his phone.

Have fun!
bigdamnprincipal: (i am actually smiling)

[personal profile] bigdamnprincipal 2017-08-28 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
It always gave Zoe a warm, fuzzy feeling in the part of her that was capable of warm, fuzzy feelings to see students coming back to work at the school. Once she saw Karolina was settled, she knocked on the door and peeked her head in. "Getting settled in all right?" she asked.
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[personal profile] bigdamnprincipal 2017-08-29 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
"That's good to hear. I'm very glad you decided to join us," Zoe said. "This space is all yours, you can decorate it however you want, in case that needed to be said. The good news is, we don't have a lot of students who need a lot of help, so you shouldn't be overwhelmed. But... well, this place hasn't changed a whole lot since you were here, I imagine."