Record-Breaking {5/5} [Repost] [Monsters U. Spoilers]afterandalasiaSeptember 9 2013, 18:34:10 UTC
Waternoose heaved a sigh. "I have considered it an honour that you stayed with us for this length of time, Dr. Hardscrabble. You have proved yourself a leading light of the scaring profession, and if you were to leave I can assure you that you would be sorely missed. If you feel that this is the best thing for you, however..."
"Thank you, Mr. Waternoose. I am still considering the offer," she replied. She patted him on the shoulder again, and for a moment glanced up to meet Bill's eyes. His expression gave away nothing, of course. "We'll... see how things go."
"Yes, yes..." she could hear the distraction in his voice for a moment, then he clapped again and took a deep breath. "Right! Time for a bit of a celebration, I think. A round of toasts, at the very least. Henry!" Waternoose Jr. came scuttling over. "Come on, lad. You should get the chance to talk to these two. Finest scarers in the factory, real pillars of this place. Now, let me tell you about this one time..."
He quickly warmed to his story about a time when Bill Sullivan had accidentally been sent someone else's dead door, and had managed to 'reactivate' it by scaring the child inside to the point of bed-wetting. Quite the high point of the year, as she recalled. Hardscrabble smiled to herself and trailed a couple of steps behind them as they made their way back, allowing herself the satisfaction of a job well done. Somewhere behind her, there was the clang of a can falling over, and Ida cursing out the unfortunate can wrangler involved for such a slight.
It was a good place here; she would miss it. But... now, there was another door. And she was looking forward to seeing what challenge was on the other side of it.
"Thank you, Mr. Waternoose. I am still considering the offer," she replied. She patted him on the shoulder again, and for a moment glanced up to meet Bill's eyes. His expression gave away nothing, of course. "We'll... see how things go."
"Yes, yes..." she could hear the distraction in his voice for a moment, then he clapped again and took a deep breath. "Right! Time for a bit of a celebration, I think. A round of toasts, at the very least. Henry!" Waternoose Jr. came scuttling over. "Come on, lad. You should get the chance to talk to these two. Finest scarers in the factory, real pillars of this place. Now, let me tell you about this one time..."
He quickly warmed to his story about a time when Bill Sullivan had accidentally been sent someone else's dead door, and had managed to 'reactivate' it by scaring the child inside to the point of bed-wetting. Quite the high point of the year, as she recalled. Hardscrabble smiled to herself and trailed a couple of steps behind them as they made their way back, allowing herself the satisfaction of a job well done. Somewhere behind her, there was the clang of a can falling over, and Ida cursing out the unfortunate can wrangler involved for such a slight.
It was a good place here; she would miss it. But... now, there was another door. And she was looking forward to seeing what challenge was on the other side of it.
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