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[talks_to_nisse]

Who: Sindre and Veronika
When: Monday, 19 September 2011
Where: Liberty University
What: Stealing of TA's.

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[pravdadomina]

She had only stepped out for a minute.

She had only stepped out to head (or limp) towards the women's restroom at the end of the hall, hand absently reaching behind her to switch off the light via reflex as the door lay partially opened behind her. The building was near empty, or her floor was at least, so no one could really blame Veronika for assuming she could leave her office unlocked for what was really a minuscule break.

However, upon returning and with the light back off, Veronika noticed that the steel ruler she often had with her was missing, no longer on her desk and on top of the neat stack of papers she had left behind.

...or formerly neat stack, as the sudden theft of her ruler had caused the pile to become slightly messy.

Lips pursed, Veronika moved to check if her purse and cell phone were still there. And they were, to her confusion.

"What in the world," the Czech woman murmured, brow furrowing somewhat as she sat back down on her desk chair.

[talks_to_nisse]

Final line drawn and last flyer torn, Sindre gathered up the papers and stacked them in the relatively-cleanest place he could find. He didn't want Professor Montour losing them in his office and making Sindre repeat the whole project.

He was well into grading the quizzes when he realized he hadn't ever returned the ruler. Damn. Glancing between what he had yet to do and the purloined item, Sindre sighed again. He should probably return it.

Making his way back toward the office, he hesitated a moment when he saw that the professor had returned, and it was one he didn't recognize. With a mental shrug, Sindre stepped into the office, dropped the ruler on the desk, and turned to leave.

[pravdadomina]

The mysterious disappearance of her ruler had left Veronika wondering if it had been a victim of bizarre and petty theft or if, perhaps, someone had come by her office and borrowed with the intent of bringing it back shortly. However, after spending quite some time pouring over quizzes and inserting grades into her online grade book, the Czech woman realized that, perhaps, the building (or her room, rather) had been infiltrated by a thief with a fetish for office supplies.

There was also the assumption that she had forgetful colleagues who couldn't return things.

Just as she was about to gather her things and leave for the day, Veronika found herself pausing, red pen in hand as her eyes raised to find a rather stoic faced blonde entering her office-

With her ruler.

And there he was walking away without a word.

"Excuse me," she piped up, voice dangerously sweet as she set her pen down, chin coming to rest on her palm as she stared at the back of the retreating blonde. "But it is a bit rude to take another person's belongings

[talks_to_nisse]

Sindre paused in the doorway, turning his head to the professor, examining her slowly. "I don't see how," he responded. "Taking it did no harm, so I don't see what I have to apologize for. Besides," he shrugged. "You weren't using it, and I returned it."

[pravdadomina]

"Then I suppose I should reword my previous statement," Veronika said, pushing her chair back as kept her expression dangerously passive. "Do you not think it a bit rude to enter a professor's office without permission? And then waltz back in as though it were nothing? I may have left my door partially open, but I had only stepped out for three minutes at most. And if memory serves me right, I do not recall you being a member of this department's staff, darling."

[talks_to_nisse]

"Not this department," Sindre agreed. "But as to staff, your memory does not serve you correctly." At least, he hoped that was still the case. Money was tight enough as it was; he couldn't afford to not have the TA position.

He cocked his head slightly. "You were not there to ask," he pointed out. "And I returned it with no damage. No harm done."

kdfjlklfgh; I AM SO SORRY.

[pravdadomina]

"I do hope you realize that not every professor knows the staff that make up departments outside of their own, darling," Veronika murmured, hand reaching out to grasp the ruler from on top her desk in order to place it back inside the desk drawer beside her.

Exhaling sharply in order to both compose herself and stave off the beginnings of a horrible migraine, she stared at her nails, examining them idly. "While that may be case, I have reason for being testy over you barging into my office and taking something of mine, even if you have in fact returned it. It is difficult managing a large class without help, as my lovely assistant had to leave due to a family crisis. So I am allowed some unreasonable frustration," she continued, eyes raising to stare coolly up at the blonde from beneath dark lashes.

It's fine~

[talks_to_nisse]

"I am aware of that," Sindre replied. "Just as I am aware that one can hardly make statements about whether someone is or is not staff without having full knowledge of said staff."

Sindre's interest sharpened, however, at the mention of the loss of the assistant. "You would be interested in acquiring a new assistant, then?"