Bee

The Office

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Emily Kessler

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Main Office -> Conference Room -> Annex

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A very distinctly Scottish voice came through the phone as Emily stared at her boss, Aidan. It was a Scottish woman belting out whatever it was she was gabbing about whatever it was. Emily found the Scottish variant of English very hard to understand. It was hard enough for her to comprehend what her boss was saying in the first place, and then now that there was an incredibly thick accent added into the equation, it was nigh impossible to understand, especially over the phone. She made out a few words, but she didn't bother to remember them as she took a finger and pressed the button where the handset used to rest. It disconnected the call and Emily was freed from the grasps of Aidan's wretched ex-wife. Emily raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes as she put the handset where it belonged. Wiping a lock of hair away from her face, she returned to the conference room. She did glance at the unfamiliar figure standing in the doorway though. Probably a new hire.

As she sat down, she heard the trail end of Eduard's explanation. Something about having to pick up a packet in his office. She stood around in the conference room for a little bit even after the boss had left, before finally departing herself. As she made her way back to the annex, her phone buzzed. She pulled it out of her pocket and saw that the local news had sent her a notification. Something about a car crash where at least one had been identified as dead. As she cut across the kitchen, she opened up the app and scrolled through the story. She glanced over it, until one thing had really caught her eye.

"Rose Peters, 25, has been identified as one of the people killed in the crash."

The camera zoomed in on Emily's devastated face as she finally figured out why Rose hadn't showed up to work. As it turns out, yesterday was the last day she would've ever seen Rose alive ever again. It had devastated her. She bit her lip and proceeded back to the now completely lonely annex. Now that Nana had left, there wasn't really anyone else to keep her company in her little section of the office. It was sad. Emily had walked back into her office, nothing but silence filling the annex as she plopped down in her chair, putting an elbow up on the table as she tried to figure out what had just happened.

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"I honestly don't know what to feel right now. Everyone around me is just... going away now."

The camera zoomed out from a portrait shot of Emily as she looked down at her shirt, fiddling with a button as she tried to comprehend the recent tragedy that had struck her circle of friends. Her eyes were slightly red as she was blatantly fighting back tears. She didn't want to cry. Not in front of the cameras. Emily knew very well that they would be gobbling this sort of stuff up, and use it pretty often in their documentary. Not her, she wouldn't fall victim and be that archetype in the documentary.

The camera panned over to the completely vacant (for the time being) annex, before going back to Emily's lone self.

"Am I upset? Yes." Emily bit her lip as she tried to figure out what to say next. It was hard to think clearly after being struck so suddenly with grief. She really was connected to Nana and Rose. It was hard to deal with their lack of presence in the office. Nana didn't affect her as much as Rose did, at least Emily had the opportunity to text Nana, but Rose, Rose was no more.

She couldn't think of anything to say, she really couldn't. Emily decided to end the interview, dismissing herself.

"I better head on over to Eduard's with Chris, gotta get started on those peer reviews." She laughed, before sniffling and getting out of her chair rather quickly.

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Kayla Archer

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Conference Room -> Main Office

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Kayla was honestly taken slightly aback as she locked eyes with her (hopefully) boss-to-be for the first time ever. She stared at him intently as he addressed her. The brief interaction had left a weird taste in Kayla's mouth. Was it a good thing to do? Was it a bad thing? Kayla didn't know, but she sure as hell hoped that she didn't do the wrong this time. As she left, she found a couple more interviewees sitting next to the receptionist desk. She felt their eyes go onto her, stabbing into her very soul and heart as she walked over them, taking the seat closest to the receptionist's desk. It seemed just like high school, with them being so, so cliquey. They were all gathered around the table, as if they were better than everyone here. They probably didn't even have a fraction of Kayla's credentials. Hell, they were probably gathered there talking some serious smack about her.

Kayla didn't understand why they were staring into her like that, she was here for the same reason as everyone else. She was sure she was going to get the job though. No way they were going to turn someone like her down. Suddenly, Mr. Ferguson came out and gave them their directions. Kayla looked at the mopey blonde. She swore he must've been a member of a Beatles cover band at one point in his life. As he walked away, Kayla was the first to rise, walking over to the man that Mr. Ferguson had told them to check in with. As she walked to him, she looked around, and noticed that the office looked like there were quite a few open positions. Maybe another one of those cutthroat accountants would be joining her as well.

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"My name's Kayla Archer. I'm from Seattle, Washington."

Kayla had no idea there would be a full-blown camera crew documenting their every move here. Seeing as she had little experience in this sort of situation, it was expected that she'd be a little bit nervous. She tugged on her shirt collar, making sure she was looking spic and span for the camera.

"I'm applying for the vacant accounting position that had recently opened up. I guess a friend referred me. They told me to avoid the New Castle branch, because of all the people leaving. But, they had the best offer to me, and to make a long story short, here I am."

Kayla smirked, flipping her long brown hair back as the interviewers asked her a question of sorts.

"Well, I've got a Master's in Accounting from the University of Washington. I don't know what the other people have, but I'm sure they've got something similar. I came from this start-up in Bellevue. Westing & Fisher. They were on the news a few months back. Y'know, the big case about money embezzling?"

Kayla was then asked how she felt about her chances of getting the job. She looked to the upper right corner of the room as she collected her thoughts. She hadn't done a camera interview like this since her Olympic stint. And even then, it wasn't as in-depth as this.

"I think I've got as good of a chance as every other candidate. It's all up to Mr. Ferguson, I guess. I think at the end of the day we'll see who makes it in.

Kayla flashed a smile as the interview concluded.

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That car crash gif.... ouch.

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Guess Emily will have a new bestie now :P

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Tom starting up another business? that mofo don't know when to quit

@samreaper

Guess he's taking a quick stop to New Castle before he goes back to Pawnee.

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Emily Kessler

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As Chris would respond, a soft smile formed on the California native's face. What she was truly feeling inside was masked by the smile, it was a mask she liked to use to really conceal what was going on inside that mind of hers. The mind that held many things like the horrors she experienced with her step-mother, or the fact that a certain somebody liked to look at fanfictions of some sort on their offtime. She then looked back at Eduard as he did his thing.

It was kind of strange that Nana and Declan had just suddenly upped and left, as in left the office entirely. What had happened between those two? There was this weird trend of people just straight up leaving. The accounting team was stripped down to just Gerald, a couple salesmen had left, and Rose was just not here. It was scary just how many people were leaving today, which coincidentally had to be the first day the camera crew came. To the audience, it'd probably be perceived as them not wanting to be shown on camera. It was understandable. But Emily was losing more and more people to talk to. Chris was still here, which was nice. But everyone else she didn't really talk to.

Maybe Emily would have to start talking to the likes of Eduard and Gerald more just so she could keep her circle open. Suddenly, the phone rang. She couldn't tell who's phone it was, and the constant ringing was starting to bug her. Since it could potentially be a phone that belonged to somebody who had left, she was probably one of the only people who knew what to do to get the person to the right place (meaning that she knew how to operate the phones the best). "Excuse me. I think that phone needs answering." Emily said as she got up, walking out of the conference room and into the office. She was trying to use her hearing skills to pinpoint where exactly the phone was.

After a few moments of wandering around like a bat, she found the phone and picked it up, the office finally spared of its distinct, but annoying ringtone. As she heard the person on the phone speak, her eyes darted into the conference room, her piercing blue eyes staring into it as she tried to find someone.

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Kayla Archer

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Kayla waited around for what seemed like forever. She started to wonder if she was too early for the interview. The accounting prospect pulled out her phone and looked at what she had scheduled for today. Thankfully, she wasn't the one who was too early. Some way, somehow the person who was supposed to help her around wasn't here on time. It was sort of worrying for her. Was something big going on? Had she come at an inappropriate time? Or maybe... was she wrong to sign up for the New Castle branch? People had always told her not to sign up for this place, but Kayla saw the potential it had, not to mention it had the highest pay out of all the other branches. She gripped her phone tight in her hands, looking around for a sign of life in the office.

It was practically right on cue, as she saw a few people walk out from nowhere. One was crying, and a couple were happy. Kayla thought the pair was going to help them along, but as they walked straight past her she thought differently. She figured that they were victims of the notoriously high turnover rate she had heard so much about. Hopefully, with Kayla's credentials and background, that she wouldn't fall victim to one of these turnovers. Suddenly a phone went off and it startled dear Kayla. There seemed to be nobody around, but she hoped someone would be out soon so that she could be released from the hell that was known as that ringing over and over again. Kayla put her head down, her hair flowing down and obscuring her head as she tried to deal with the ringing.

She looked up and someone came out, a blonde girl, and picked it up. She sighed a breath of relief. Kayla took one more look at the time, and decided she needed to go look for someone. She didn't know if taking the initiative herself would get her in trouble, but it was worth a shot. She got up, her heels pounding as she walked past the manager's room. She peered into the conference room, which turned out to be where everyone was. She revealed herself in the hallway, trying to make eye contact with Aidan Ferguson, the boss. "Hello? I'm Kayla Archer. I'm here for an interview at *insert time that passed a long time ago*, for the accounting position?" This was way outside of Kayla's comfort zone, but if it got her the job then it was worth it.

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Oh hey no deaths! Sweet!

Well... deaths in the main cast.

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song as I watch all these people go ;_;

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<Snipped quote by QueenOfTheBee>

BFFs confirmed

@Fabricant451

You really think Eugene would befriend someone like Kayla? I'm tickled :

(I mean that in a good way)

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So I was prepping an update, and it involved someone getting to fill in as the receptionist. I entered all of the characters (even Aidan) into a generator, to see which one it would spit out...

....Chris Meyer is our temporary receptionist.....

@Morose

Just gonna be like that time Kevin was a receptionist

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I just realized Eugene and Kayla have the same birthday...