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[When the video feed turns on, it shows a pale young elven man with an extremely calm demeanor, sitting at a desk made of heavy, dark wood, and anyone who's been to Gramarye Magic Research will recognize that wallpaper. His hands are folded neatly in front of himself, and he's dressed in a simple blue tunic, pierced ears lifted, alert and attentive.

Lifting his chin slightly, he pins the camera with a serious expression.]

Our name is Csevet Aisava, and we have recently been placed in charge of administrative tasks at Gramarye Magic Research.

[A pause.]

It is clear that whoever preceded us in this position was far more invested in research than paperwork. We would like to request that any in the employ of the Research Center please turn in copies of all necessary receipts and reports since...

[Another pause, and he lifts a hand to shift a paper into better view.]

...January first.

They may be left at our desk, or submitted by mail or electronically.

[That last word sounds awkward, as if he's only said it a handful of times in his life and doesn't entirely understand what it means. Csevet hates not entirely understanding things, and there's an undercurrent of that as well, his ears pulling back against his head a little.]

Our thanks.

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[ Loki feels a brief pang of loss. It's been almost a year since Victor left and Loki had liked him. And this new one . . . Loki still isn't fond of elves, but that has mostly tempered over time.]

Simply for the record?

You want me to recreate notes from the past 6 months?

[ He chuckles, a deep and throaty sound, though he isn't really trying to be painfully attractive. Sometimes it just happens. ]

I'll be sure to get right on that.

Taking them to task are we? You're a far braver soul than us.

We haven't begun to take stock of our predecessor's filing cabinets yet.

(Lucretia's username isn't chronicler for nothing. After carefully watching the video she reaches for a stack of papers on her desk, licking her thumb and rifling through them. Several sheaves are extracted from there. It takes her close to twenty minutes to find the rest of the receipts and reports owed because she keeps getting distracted by her own work, pausing here and there to read something over, reaching for a book to look up a reference... before she shakes her head and closes it, returning to the task at hand.

Finally she has quite a sizable stack ready for presentation. She reaches to turn on her on video feed as she tries to force a paperclip to hold all of the papers together. It just doesn't seem big enough. How could she possibly have so many things saved to hand over?)

And where exactly is your desk found, Csevet Aisava?

No problem!

[ THUMBS UP. Both thumbs, actually. That's how serious he is about getting paperwork to you!

...

It's easy to be agreeable when you've only got two months' of paperwork, anyway. ]

Wait. Do you need anything from me? I'm not a researcher.

[ He just teaches magical kids about mundane subjects. But he's still a Gramarye employee! ]

[There may have been a pause before Alex asks this, because she doesn't know if she wants the answer to it but:]

What does this mean for library books?

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