(Untitled)

[regtuesdaysuit]

"Hey Sam! Have you got that -- oh huh."

You'd think Josh would have learned his lesson about walking blindly into rooms while shouting. Not so, alas.

[[tinytag: Jack Rudolph]]

Comments

[nbs_chairman]

Shouting is fun. You can get a lot by shouting. Jack likes shouting.

Except when someone's shouting at him. Then it was annoying.

"When did you start wearing a tie?"

[regtuesdaysuit]

Josh glances down. "I've always worn ties. What, is this not a nice tie?" Donna assured him this morning that it was.

It's not bothering Josh right now that he doesn't recognize whoever's addressing him. He's got an important job that entails yelling at many people.

[nbs_chairman]

"No, it's just... I've never seen you wear a tie. You never struck me as that sort of person."

It's hard to imagine such a laid back guy wearing a tie like that. Jackets, sure. Sunglasses... sure, but he still looked like a bit of an ass in them. Tie, nah.

'Course in Jack's case, it's the other way around. Hard to imagine the bastard chairman in anything other than a tie and a suit. Jack in sunglasses. That'd be the day.

[regtuesdaysuit]

One eyebrow arches up. "Really?" It seems to Josh that most people think of him as a consummate tie person. "What kind of person do I strike you as?"

He's genuinely puzzled by the proposition. The word the guy is looking for will probably be "busy," as Josh starts walking. It doesn't feel right, standing around chatting.

[2020sight]

Epimetheus currently has his boots up on a table and a newspaper over in face in the classic pose of clandestine nappers everywhere.

He lifts the pages with a crackle and gives Josh a look. "I know it's a bar and all, but at least get drunk before you start yelling, huh?"

[regtuesdaysuit]

"I don't need to get drunk to have a reason to yell at people. I'm paid to yell at people. It's what I'm good at. Well, okay, plus some other stuff, but it's all secondary to the yelling."

Josh blinks. Exactly how long are this guy's legs?

[2020sight]

Just long enough to reach from his body to the ground, sir.

". . . I think I have a cousin who'd like your job."

Ares? Totally suited for a job involving yelling at people.

[regtuesdaysuit]

Abe Lincoln said that once, appropriately enough.

Josh snorts.

"I think I know some people who'd like yours."

Seriously, asleep under a newspaper? Cushy gig.