Comments | dontlooklisten: Pre-Milliways: Welcome to the Club, Carl

dontlooklisten

Pre-Milliways: Welcome to the Club, Carl

Dec 28, 2006 23:50

Even the smallest organizations have an orientation of some kind when somebody new gets hired, and Martin Bishop's security testing firm is no exception. Carl Arbogast's first day on the job begins with the mandatory Grand Tour of the premises, such as they are. Bishop's conducting the tour himself, despite Mother's offer. He's well aware that his ( Read more... )

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abar_starclog December 29 2006, 05:02:15 UTC

It's a pretty cool building, all told. And Carl's still a little bit in the 'I can't believe they offered me a JOB' stage.
...Okay, make that a lot.
"Used to be?"

dontlooklisten December 29 2006, 05:06:20 UTC

"Yes, used to be," says Crease, leaning in to shake the young man's hand. "Ten years was plenty of time with them, thank you. I met Martin here not long after."

abar_starclog December 29 2006, 05:11:13 UTC

Carl is not one to avoid returning a handshake, no matter how in awe of a situation he is.
"Cool."

dontlooklisten December 29 2006, 05:15:32 UTC

"He still won't tell us why," comes another voice from the night before- Mother's. Crease rolls his eyes as the other man continues, "Personally, I think there's a serious case of-"

"That's enough, Mother," says Bishop. "Don't mind him, Carl. Mother's been like that as long as I've known him."

"And it's kept me alive and out of harm's way so far, hasn't it? If you're not paranoid, you aren't paying attention."

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