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[tender]

WHO: Derrica + OTA
WHAT: Office Hours
WHEN: Guardian
WHERE: The Gallows
NOTES: Drop in, door's open.

There is nothing technically wrong with the Project Haven conference room and office. They are orderly, without any tangible sign of the intentions of their former owner.

Still, Derrica has thrown open the single window in the office wide in spite of the cold. There is a small crate just beside the doorway between office and conference room, where Derrica has been pitching anything she finds questionable. (Chantry texts to be relocated to records or the chapel, small items that might be personal affects, or are simply not to her taste.) She's left the doors open behind her, the one leading into the conference room, the one leading into the corridor, and the one leading into the Forces and Diplomacy workspaces as well, as if to promote circulation to the highest degree possible.

What comes after the cleaning is something Derrica is still working out.

She's never had an office. She's yet to even sit down at her allotted desk in the Forces workroom. But here she is, and she make something of the space. It's expected, she's certain.

Her hands are full of Chantry hymnals when the sound of footsteps pulls her attention from them.

"Watch out for the box," is her first, immediate word of caution. It's only partly blocking the doorway, but just enough to be a hazard to the unsuspecting.

Welcome to Project Haven. Don't mind the momentary clutter.

Comments

[overharrowed]

Julius weighs his words; he trusts Derrica well enough, but they're more or less in public, in a project office where anyone could arrive or pass by without warning. After a moment, he speaks, tone as neutral as hers.

"Since even before we've been Riftwatch, many of us here have had more than one aim. I think as long as you make it clear that Corypheus is your priority, and that those other aims won't hinder the war effort, most people will understand, or at least look the other way. That said." He pauses, just a moment. "I think that security for members of our organization is a worthy goal, and that it would be short-sighted to take it for granted. Now or in the future."

He adds, with a small, wry smile: "After all. Who are we saving the world for?"