Harriet's office, the wee hours of Friday onwards

[idontlooktired]

Quietly, calmly, Harriet made tea and used it to down two analgesics. As they took effect, she sat down at her desk, looking at the paperwork stacked neatly on it. Some of it was clawed, and she touched the class lists with one finger

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[stupid_toasters]

After having received a phone call from the Dean, Lee trudged down to her office, just wondering what he'd done now.

He knocked on the door and peered in.

"Dean?"

[idontlooktired]

Harriet looked up. "Just Harriet will be fine. I'm sorry to bring you down here on the last day of your vacation." She pointed to a chair in front of her desk. "Please, take a seat."

[stupid_toasters]

"Uh, I think I'll stick with Dean," he said but took the requested seat. "It's all right, I wasn't doing much of anything."

[idontlooktired]

"In that case, it would be Vice Principal, though neither will be accurate after today," she said, then shook her head. "Dean is fine. I asked you to come and see me because I know you were close to Sarah Kerrigan."

[light_a_spark]

Roy had heard the broadcast last night and it left him with the feeling that he needed to talk to Harriet. Even if talking to politicians wasn't his favourite pastime.

He didn't find her at her house, so he tried the school next. He had to look for a moment before he found the right office and he knocked lightly on the door.

[idontlooktired]

Harriet glanced up. "Sheriff Mustang." If she was surprised to see him, it didn't show. Nothing was showing. "How can I help you?"

[light_a_spark]

He stepped inside the office, briefly glancing around before his attention settled back on Harriet. "I came to see if you were alright," he said.

[idontlooktired]

"That should be a simple question to answer, shouldn't it?" It was anything but. "I'm not seriously injured, and I think that might be the best I can say." She offered him a chair with a wave of her hand. "You?"