Topic: Vaccinated. Get 'Em Done!

Fiora Shantalaine

Date: 2011-08-09 12:13 EST
Bright and early that morning: "PAIGE!"She sang out over the intercom, "PAIGE! Are you THERE?!"

And she didn't wait a beat for an answer: "I've got Nurse Notus arrivin' for the mornin' to divvy out vaccinations! Could ye make sure everybody stops by and sees her? I set her up in the Ballroom. Just let everybody know that she's here and that everybody needs to go get their shot."


"Thankye!"

Paige Granger

Date: 2011-08-09 13:37 EST
Fiora was an early bird which meant she needed to be too! There was enough files and papers to keep her busy so that was quite all right! Fiora's ever happy voice filled her ears and she looked over to the intercom.

Vaccinations meant needles. Ew she didn't like needles! Poking the little black button on the intercom she pushed herself to her feet. "Yes, Ms. Fiora. That means you too!" A reminder for her boss if not just a slight tease behind it.

The button was released and Paige was off to each and every door. Even though she was embarrassed still about the playmate she would make sure each and every person would be down to the ballroom for their vaccination. She would threaten to send Fiora after them if they resisted!

Luke Boudreaux

Date: 2011-08-09 18:44 EST
I sat at my desk, still a little smile in place from last night with my elf. She seemed to have that lingering effect on me, even if she didn't know it. The morning was slow, there were no important things I had to do until later in the afternoon, and the knock at the door was a little startling.

I made my way to that heavy, wooden door, and looked at Fiora's secretary, Peggy? Pam? Eless told me her name and damn if I could remember. I knew names from years ago, people who were dead and alive, and for the life of me I couldn't understand why this woman's name escaped me. She smiled, and greeted me with the customary 'Good Morning,' before handing me yet another piece of paper.

I was apprehensive, but after a look at it, and seeing that a nurse had been hired and was waiting to vaccinate us, I was relieved. Eless had just mentioned that I get that shot, so after a quick use of hand sanitizer, I made my way down to the ballroom, and found that woman with the needle.

Mary the Intern

Date: 2011-08-09 22:12 EST
Orders, meetings, phone calls, negotiations, supplications, innovations, revocations. You get the picture. I would explain how busy we were, but it would be boring. Everyone?s busy.

I had no desire to break the news to Bridget that she needed to interrupt her precise schedule. In her daily dealings, that woman was a part symphonic conductor and part third-world mogul. I?d already been the bearer of enough bad news for one week.

?Joy,? I chimed sweetly as I approached the front desk of the office suite, pitching my voice to soft, lofty innocence and kneeling as closely to her desk as my tiny skirt would allow. The secretary persisted in her flawless posture, but her eyes slid warily in my direction.

?What??

Seizing the opportunity, I spoke rapidly, offering no polite pause for censure, questions, or protest: ?So I just ran into Paige, Fiora?s assistant, and she said that everyone has to go get vaccinated for the RBF thingy down in the ballroom today. I?m gunna go now, just let Bridget know, okay? Bye.?

And I was gone, out of the office, before Joy even drew a breath to curse me.

Bridget Valenti

Date: 2011-08-09 22:29 EST
?Gentlemen,? I nodded to the pair of lawyers, cordially dismissing them from our impromptu meeting. Before they could quit my office, however, Joy crowded the doorway, each hand resting upon the vertical components of the smooth frame.

?Vaccinations.? She began, procuring our attention with immediate and essential information. ?In the ballroom. Everyone has to get one.?

?On whose orders?? I replied, my still-seated figure flanked in her field of vision by the stoic barristers.

?Fiora?s.?

?Well,? I conceded with unforgiving efficiency, ?We certainly can?t afford to have an outbreak in the Plaza, can we? Let everyone in the office know they can go immediately.?

My secretary nodded obediently, stepping aside to allow the men to pass. ?Should I go as well?? she asked, ?Or should I stay and watch the phones??

?Go with everyone else. I?ll get my vaccination when you return.?

Perhaps I should have fabricated an altruistic motive for these instructions - an others-before-self sort of proposition - but the simple truth was that I craved the sustained silence of an empty office: a few precious moments dwell in introspection over a variety of troubling topics, both personal and professional. For all of my poise and polish, I could never escape this weak mien of melancholy.

My employees would return soon enough, and I would proceed to the ballroom to fulfill my obligations. Then it would be back to busy, back to business as usual, each of us a little more confident in our imperviousness.