Who ⬤ Shealtiel & Various
What ⬤ July mini event/substories/misc threads
When ⬤ Through July
Where ⬤ Various
Content Warnings ⬤ None currently
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jigokulogs2022-07-19 11:17 am
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[ His own name is on the office door and all so he finds it superfluous to mention... ]
You're dismissed for the time being. I look forward to your work.
[ There is a tired note in that last phrase that indicates he really, really does. Help him. ]
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Sure enough, it's about a half hour before the end of the work day when he re-approaches the office. There's a stack in his arms, even larger than the first due to any additional documents he might have printed or pulled, and he struggles a little to knock properly at the office door.
He's ready to show his work. He's done a thorough job of going through everything, making sure the law was met, and still managing to get the warrants necessary. In some cases, small, unrelated details became relevant for the sake of making it legal, but it was purely legal, and there was not a single line skipped or detail missed. At least he can manage paperwork.
He just hopes there wasn't anything glaringly wrong. )
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Van Zieks settles on his end of the desk and begins flipping through the pages, with an intense look of concentration on his face. His brows furrow, only further empathizing the scar between. The wine glass from earlier is empty by now, unsurprisingly.
Sorry Shealtiel, this is going to be an awkwardly long wait...
By the end of it, van Zieks sets the final files down with a loud thud. ]
Marvelously done.
[ The grave face he's making is not befitting of a compliment at all, but he does mean it. ]
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But at the praise, regardless of his expression, he sits upright a little more, almost like a puppy perking its ears. )
R-really? ( He had tried hard, of course, but there's something new about hearing that, compared to angel tasks like killing a demon and coming back failing... )
I mean, thank you! I know it's not usually the way you're supposed to do it, but I worked by focusing on anything in the report that could be classified as some sort of violation or crime, or any other loopholes to allow us to get in...
( He laughs nervously, hoping that's not. A bad thing. )
So I can come back again?
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You are to come by my office tomorrow at 8 so I can assign you your share of cases.
[ Light at the end of the tunnel... someone else with competence in filing these damn things!! Deep inside his dark goth heart, van Zieks is overrun with relief. ]
As for the loophole approach... I would not always advocate for it, but right now we are under a lot of pressure from our superiors to send our forces out there. Making sure that our warrants are airtight, even if only on technicalities, is the greatest courtesy we can give the other factions under the present circumstances.
So please continue to act as you see fit within the letter of the law.
[ Van Zieks wishes he could just reform the department of the Enma in one fell swoop, but reality is hardly ever so convenient. Right now, he needs to toe the line between following his own morals and doing what is expected of him in order to advance his career to further influence. ]
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( Shealtiel is well aware that this is not the best way to do law-related things, but. He's also very aware of how stressed van Zieks must be, how the pressure on the faction from even as high as the Enma is real right now, and that this is the only way to make everyone "happy." )
I'll see you then.
( With that out of the way, he'll head off for now and report as needed for him from this point onwards. Yay, new boss! )