Queen's Clothes - Fashion/Office RP - [See #3243!!!!! and #1] {Apps always open}

[LilacBaby]

"Yes, I agree. We have been kind of rude to her, and her back to us. It's the right thing to do." Chelsea was glad Cilla suggested it first, but she was right. Chelsea and Cilla did owe Delilah an appology for starting this.

[Slytherin-Girl]

After having spent most of the night wandering around and mingling with others, Amber realized she was hungry. Extremely hungry in fact because she had forgotten to eat before she came. So she slid out of the crowd of people and made her way to the kitchen to grab something to eat.

When she got there she saw a man already in there getting soemthing to eat. "Hi" she said, grabbing a plate of her own "I'm Amber, I'm a secretary at Queen's, what about you?"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah noticed Cilla and Chelsea approaching her.

She tensed up, anticipating having a drink spilled or her dress or harsh words yelled at her. Neither would have surprised her too much.

Oh dear God, they're going to kill me, aren't they? Delilah thought worriedly.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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"Yes, I agree. We have been kind of rude to her, and her back to us. It's the right thing to do."

Cilla nodded and they both headed towards Delilah.

"Um.. Delilah, is it?" she asked, shyly. "Yeah.. well, me and Chelsea.. we wanted to apologize," Cilla let out a cute smile.

[LilacBaby]

((I got to go for supper, I'll be back soon :)))

**

"Yes. We've been giving eaach other horrible glances all night. And we want to say sorry." Chelsea was happy she was doing this. She could be making a second friend as well as Cilla.

"And thanks for the pills. They are anti-hangover, right?" Chelsea just wanted to be sure.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah let out a breath of relief. "I thought you two were coming over to kill me," she said, trying to laugh it off. "I'm sorry too. And yes, they are anti-hangover. I use them all the time."

She smiled shyly, feeling somewhat awkward for once.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla was thinking the same thing as Chelsea. She returned the smile, grateful.

"So... lovely evening, isn't it?" Cilla asked, trying to make small (POLITE) talk.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah nodded. "Indeed. I'm going to go get some food from the kitchen. How about you two talk to Nicolao and keep him company?"

She winked at the two women and walked into the kitchen. She filled her plate with various goodies and greeted the others in the kitchen with a friendly smile and brief introduction.

[Anne_SC]

Work, work, work….


Two days after the party, it’s time to go to work again. You enter the tall building. On your right, are the elevators. On your left, some hallways, which probably lead to the canteen, the photostudio and some toilets. Right in front of you, are the stairs. You deciede to go… [Your choice]



Ok, so here is the plan of the building:

Floor 1: The canteen, photostudio, reception(Entrance)
Floor 2: Some empty Offices.
Floor 3: Gavin Ruppetts’ office, Delilah Stanton
Floor 4: Cecilia Queen’s Office, Amber Radisson’s Office.
Floor 5: The designers place.


((And now, let's do our jobs! xD))

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia walked in. "Hey Layla" she said to the woman at the reception. She walked upon the elevators and pressed the button. A man came to her and told her the elevators were broken.
"Oh god, they're just a week here." she said. And then walked to the stairs.

[DarkPhoenix]

At work

Delilah walked into her office, carrying a few bags of items to decorate and personalize the room.

She wanted a nice environment to work in.

She opened the first bag and pulled out several glass vases and red silk roses. She filled the vases with roses and placed them about the room.

"There!" she said, pleased. "The room looks nicer already!"

She hung up some pictures (copies of several famous works) and, pleased with how they looked, nodded.

"Not bad."

She emptied out the rest of the bags, turning the office into a nicely-furnished workspace.

[AtropaMandragora]

(((ooc: Sorry slytherin-girl. I typed up an answer, but was too late in posting it... :/ Shall we just assume they chatted for a bit?)))

[Anne_SC]

((Sorry for ending the party.))

She walked up a part of the stairs when her heel broke. She fell over.
"GOD!" she said out loud and sat on the stairs.
"This... is the worst day ever."

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: o.0 I'm the boss lady's secretary.....wowies. Okay then disregard my comments about my boss being hot then....:PI figured my boss would be a guy lol.

And sure Atropa, sounds fine to me :)

[Anne_SC]

((OOC: LOL! Well, there aren't much Assistant managers (one) and Delilah already confirmed that she was going to be Gavin's secretary.))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah popped open the box of donuts she'd brought with her and took one out.

"Mmm... donuts," she said, glad no one was around to hear her imitating Homer Simpson.

She sat at her desk, smiling to herself. This job would be fun, not to mention that she had a pretty cute boss. She just hoped he'd be nice as well. If there was one thing she really disliked, it was people who were really mean.

"Oh, almost forgot!" she mumbled, her mouth full of jelly donut. "First aid kit!"

She unpacked it and placed it in a desk drawer. "Now, if anything happens, I'm covered."

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia took her heel and threw it agressively at the trash can. She took off her heels and decieded to walk further on her bare feet.

[butterflykiss]

Nicolao tried to focus on Cecila, but after a couple drinks, and an empty stomach, he knew it was time to head out of dodge. Sadly, the young women at the party seemed to have a flare for drama. Women, he thought to himself, as he finished up his drink, waving to others and heading home.

{{Sorry couldn't just leave him. Yumm mustard filled donuts roflmao}}

Nicolao arrived for work the next day in a powder blue cotton wrinkle free polo, and a pair of black khakis. His shoes shined pristinely, as he hoped out of his vintage candy apple blue 1969 Ford Mustang. There was one thing, he loved cars, and his taste was varied, but this was by far his favorite piece. The door opened with a creak, and to start off the morning with a handover, he was none too pleased. The sunglasses upon his face did little to shield the morning sun.

It was undetermined whom was his secretary, but he needed coffee, and lots of it. How could he work under these conditions!! Finding the office that bore his name, he looked it over knowing this would never do. It would have to be redo, the whole lot of it, after he was remotely satisfied, he took a seat in the leather chair.

With a click of his index finger, he buzzed a secretary, whomever he/she would be was yet to be determined, "Coffee, make it black, so sugar, no cream."

The first day started off on the wrong foot, when he woke up everything was still packed, and that ticked him off. As he showered the water heater must have busted, for the shrill frozen icicles of water pelted his weary head. So, as he fumbled to get together an outfit that would be suitable for work, he made way to the elevator, yes that just happened to be broken. In a fury, he got to work with ten minutes to spare, and if anything, he hated to be late.

Here he was in his office looking over a couple fashion magazines, as he awaited his coffee.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/butterflykissess4you/nicolanooffice2.jpg

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: true enough. I did say i would make one for stylequeen but guess I was too slow :P There's PLENTY of eyecandy around here anyway so it's allll good ;)


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Amber had made sure to get to work early, after all it wouldn't do to be late on your first day. And she was the boss' secretary too boot, she had to set an example. She was sitting at her desk, sipping her second cup of tea for that morning when she heard some noises coming from the stairs.

She saw her boss come from the doors to the stairs and was surprised to see she had no shoes on. "Miss Queen" she said as she walked over, sounding concerned "Are you allright? What happened to your shoes?"

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea walked into the 5 story building with a binder full of designs in one hand and a french vanilla coffee in the other. She looked above her and saw what is where. She found where Cilla will be, where Cecilia is, where Delilah works and most importantly, whre she works.

After noticing the "Out Of Order" sign on the elevator she walked to up all of the stair to her desk and but down her binder as well as her coffee. She took it all in. She saw Nicolao arive at the same time. She said good morning and excused herself, explaining she wanted to see Cecilia.

**

*Knock* *Knock*

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla entered the building with her lips pursed. Her sunglasses were big and dark, hiding her eyes. Her hair, which was curled and partially messy. One side was flipped over her shoulder - and the other was just let down in the front just below her shoulders. She smiled as she took off her sunglasses and looked around the room.

She scowled repeatedly. Yesterday night she had received a voice message about arriving early for an assignment. Where the heck was she supposed to go?

She also was not pleased to know that the designers were all the way on the fifth floor, and that Delilah would be on the third. She wouldn't be able to see them that often anymore.

"Well.." she muttered. "for starters, can anyone tell me where the photostudio is supposed to be!?"

[Anne_SC]

"Yeah, i'm ok." she said, giggling. She stood up and walked up the stairs to her office where she saw Chelsea.
"Oh hi."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah picked up the box of donuts and hurried around the building. She wanted to make a good first impression, and bringing donuts was a smart choice, right?

She peeked in at Nicolao and said shyly, "Uh, hi. I brought some donuts for everyone, and wanted to know if you wanted one."

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber just shrugged and went back to her desk. "Maybe she doesn't like shoes or something" she thought, taking a sip of her tea.

"Before you go inot your office, was there anything specific you would like me to do this morning Miss Queen" she called, flicking her computer on.

[butterflykiss]

Almost bumping into Chelsea in his pursuit to find his secretary, he gave her a pleasant nod, he didn't want to be a prick after all. First impressions, well he could play it up like the next. He didn't consider himself a premadonna, but under certain circumstance, he was just a plain arse.

[DarkPhoenix]

Muttering to herself, Delilah hurried around the building, leaving donuts in every office. She went back to her office and tossed the empty box into the trash can.

She sighed and turned on her computer and waited to see if anything interesting would happen.

I would kill for some chocolate right now, she thought to herself.

[AtropaMandragora]

Stepping through the doors, Jericho looked his usual dark and dangerous self. Black leather pants and a dark blood red bondage shirt, his dark hair a stylish mess, and a thin black eyeliner intensifying his eyes.
Looking around for a sign or something like it, that told him what was where, he finally saw the floor plan and went over to study it.

"Photostudio...", he mumbled. "First floor."
He glanced over at the elevators, and the big "Out of order" sign.
"Thank god."

And with that he turned to start down the hallway, towards the photostudio.

[LilacBaby]

((Okay nevermind I entered the office))

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla raised an eyebrow. She was not amused.

As since no one had decided to help her, she had gone off to find it herself. Only to land in front of the canteen. She slapped her forehead.

"Oh, my, GOD!"

Maybe it would be better if she went off to find Delilah and Chelsea instead. Hopefully they wouldn't be busy.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia sat down and turned her computer on.

[butterflykiss]

The hustle of bustle of the daily routine set in for everyone, and he had no clue where the coffee was, so he abandoned the idea, and started to work.

With a charcoal pencil tucked behind his ear, and another in his left, he sketched away as if he was a possessed man. As the design began to take form, he succumbed to a hard candy he found at the bottom of his portfolio.

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea walked down to the photoshoot area to try and find Cilla. She wasn't in there so she decided to wander around instead, hoping to find her or Delilah.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia decieded to check her e-mail. The text on the screen was as always; No new e-mail messages. It wasn't really a surprise. She stood up and exited her office. She made her way to the stairs and walked to the Designer's Place. Where she saw Nicolao.

[cherryp3]

OOC: Oh dear God! This thread has gained quite a few pages in my absence. Anyone care to inform me as to what's going on while I try to catch up? :] That would be a great help.

[DarkPhoenix]

OOC: Oh dear God! This thread has gained quite a few pages in my absence. Anyone care to inform me as to what's going on while I try to catch up? :] That would be a great help.


(( OOC: Lots of drama at the party (mostly lots of evil glares), but it ended well, no fights or deaths. We're now at work. ))

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: Basicly it;s the first day on the job and the party is looong over. And my boss ignored me when I asked her for something to do :P

[Anne_SC]

((OOC: :o She was already gone xD LOL))

[cherryp3]

[:D Ok! Thanks, heehee, I'll still read through though. See what Mickey missed out on. The posts don't seem to be so long, so it should be ok.

And Slytherin-Girl, I must say that I agree wholeheartedly with your icon. :}]

[butterflykiss]

Sucking mindlessly on the candy, as he shaded in a couple spots, and erased feverishly to change up the style of his new piece. Simplicity, retro, geometrical, it was as the room was transformed as the passion of piece sent him into day dream land.

"Fabrics, accents, hmmm," he looked over the artist pad, perfecting the gown.

[BeautifulWeirdo]

Jayden entered the tall building.
"Okay, where to go now..." he mumbled and looked at the floor plan. "Designers place, 5th floor". He walked over to the elevators to find that they were out of order!
"Amazing..." he mumbled with a sigh and walked up the stairs to the 5th floor.

As he finally arrived at his desk he took a deep breath. "Not that bad..." he said to hisself and decided to start working immediately.

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: Hehehehe thanks :P I swear I'll dress in all black for a week and go into mourning if he does.

[Anne_SC]

She opened her mouth, trying to make sure she wouldn't scare him by. 'Sneaking up on him.' She then slowly started talking.
"Hey, I hope you don't mind i'm here."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah heated some water in the small microwave in her office and added a tea bag.

"Nothing like tea to help with the stress," she said to herself. She rummaged through her desk drawer and pulled out some packets of sugar.

"As though I have anything better to do than drink tea, eh?"

[LilacBaby]

After walking around aimlessly Chelsea went back up to the fifth floor to see if any more designers came.

**

Both were in the room.

"Good morning guys. How are you?""

[Slytherin-Girl]

For lack of anything better to do, Amber decided to e-mail her fellow secretary Delilah.

Hey Delilah,

How's your morning been so far you lucky thing you? You got a pretty damn hot boss, I'm jealous!

Amber

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah checked her e-mail and chuckled at Amber's e-mail.

She typed back a response:

Yes, but I think he went on vacation or something. So, that means I have a ton of time to myself. Any suggestions as to what I can do? It's either find something to do, or take a nap at my desk.

[butterflykiss]

For a time, he just sat there, mesmerized by the art in front of him. The voice started him a wee bit, as he raised the pencil to his lips. Mind she was here? Wasn't she the boss... "No, please come in, I would offer you coffee, but it seems designers have no secretary. I am having no idea where the coffee can be found either. Anyway, what can I help you with?"

As Chelsea offered a formal good morning, he waved giving her a boyish grin, "Morning."

[AtropaMandragora]

(((ooc: Jesus H. Christ! It's impossible to interact with anyone, because within the few minutes it takes me to make a post, the person I'm adressing has already been at three different locations. Almost everyone seem to be running around like madmen. I give up! *lol*)))

[DarkPhoenix]

(( OOC: Don't give up! That's how I feel sometimes. ))

[butterflykiss]

{{hahahahaah Atropa, that is why Nicolao is in his office. I get batty like that too, aka I take too long to post. It is like I have to think or something rofl. Hands everyone chocolates!! DarkPhoenix hope you are feeling better!!}}

[DarkPhoenix]

(( OOC: That's why I have Delilah in her office, drinking tea... easier to make everyone else come to me instead! And yes, I feel a million times better! ))

[BeautifulWeirdo]

Jayden looked over to Chelsea, who just came in.

"Good morning", he answered with a smile. "I'm doing good so far, what about you?".

[Anne_SC]

((LOL. Don't give up please. DO NOT give up. Maybe you should create posts which are a little shorter? Oh! I always copy my post and then refresh to check if no one has posted yet.))

"I just came here to look at how you work. There will be coffee machines at each floor, they will arrive tomorrow." she said. "Oh, I love that dress." she pointed at the drawing.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla sighed. Might as well.
Hurrying to the stairs she went up 5 flights to the fifth floor. It was definetly worth it. This was probably the best decorated floor out of all of them - then again, they're designers.

Hoping Chelsea would be on the same floor, she knocked on the closest door there, which had a label that said; 'CHELSEA DANE'

"I hope I'm not interuptting her," she mumbled.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah reached into her purse and pulled out several CD cases. She placed a CD into her computer, and immediately, Diary of a Madman began playing.

"Now this is more like it. At least I can be bored... and have good background music!"

[AtropaMandragora]

(((ooc: Anne - I find short posts rather boring, and difficult to reply to. It doesn't set a mood, nor does it inspire people. :) Thanks anyway.)))

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber laughed at Delilah's response and typed back:

There's always wandering around the office looking for some eyecandy to watch. I haven't been given much of anything to do either and my boss IS here.

[butterflykiss]

{{Exactly DarkPhoenix, my thinking exactly.}}

Trying to refrain from his disgruntled sigh about the coffee machines, he flipped the pad over towards her. "Thanks, I am going to go over fabric swatches, and look over some suitable accessories. I need your input on what kind of line you are looking for. I have a feeling, that we are going to make some other fashion houses sing our praises."

[Anne_SC]

((Actually... you're so right about that. xD I am Dutch and I don't know the grammar well enough to actually think of such long posts, I hate it though...))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah typed out a response to Amber:

Better than nothing. Come down here, and we can decide where we want to go first. Just look for the office that has Ozzy music playing from it.

After sending the e-mail, Delilah climbed on top of her desk (which, aside from her computer, had nothing on it) and danced to the music.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( Oops.. just discovered Amber was going to your office.. just ignore me or something. xD ))
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There was no reply on the door, so Cilla went down the stairs to the third floor. Perhaps Delilah was in her office?

Luckily, there was no problem to get to her office. The floor was quite small - which was understandable, really, because there were only two doors - one leading to Gavin's office and the other to Delilah's.

She knocked on Delilah's door 3 times. "Hey, Delilah, are you there? It's me, Cilla!"

[DarkPhoenix]

Not getting down from the desk, she called out, "Come in, Cilla! The door's unlocked!"

She giggled to herself and kept dancing.

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: OZZY! OMG! :P I was practicly raised on Ozzy, Kiss, Alice Cooper etc. Dad was (and still is) massively obsessed with 80's glamrock/hair metal.

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Glad to find herself something to do, Amber typed back: "I'll be right there".

Shutting her computer down, she grabbed her trusty Tim Hortons travel mug (That she filled with her 3rd cup of tea for the morning) and set off towards Delilah's office.

It wasn't hard to locate and she smiled as she walked in past Cilla and plopped herself into a chair. "Having as much fun as I was I take it", she said, laughing at Delilah's dancing "Don't hurt youself up there"

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla walked in, followed by Amber, feeling shy and out of place. Everyone except her was a secretary - smart and all that jazz. But she managed to ignore all this music and glanced around the office.

"Wow!" she beamed. "You are so lucky! This is such a great office!"

[Anne_SC]

"Well, for the factory-tailored clothing, i'm thinking of warm colours which also give you a summer feeling. If you get what I mean. Like cute dresses." (Clicky (http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/gojane_1955_55994786), Click (http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/gojane_1957_19658433), click (http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/gojane_1958_81308297), click (http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/gojane_1960_42017086) <- What she means... kinda LOL)

She waited a moment.
"And for the other line... do whatever you like and what suits you best."

[DarkPhoenix]

(( OOC: Ozzy was my first word and is still one of my favorite singers! ))

Delilah jumped off of the desk and grinned. "Hello there. Welcome to my new home away from home. As you can see, I've been busy decorating!"

[Slytherin-Girl]

"You guys should see mine, it's huge. Guess being the boss's personal secretary has it's perks. Even if I don't seem to have to do much", Amber said, looking around the room "I hope she's not secretly like the chick in The Devil Wears Prada".

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla chuckled and nodded at Amber's reply. "You guys are so lucky," she commented.

This office was HUGE! All she had was a chair and her own makeup/hair artist. Wow, this is what it felt like to be in an office? As a secretary?

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah laughed and said with a grin, "So, what's on the agenda today? Shall we go to Chotchkie's?" She wondered if they would get the reference.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( I've gotta go now, back in a hour or so. Feel free to mess up Cilla anyway you want. ))

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"You guys were planning to go somewhere? You know.. I can go, and all.." Cilla started trailing off, her sentence uncomplete, waiting for their reply.

[cherryp3]

[xD I agree with Atropa. Short posts are quite bland--hence the size of this one! I always have at least moderate sized posts and it takes me a while to compose them... I guess it's kind of a good thing that Mickey doesn't like talking. Saves me a little trouble. :}]

"Master Rumor, you mustn't be late today. Your mother gave me strict instructions not to allow you to dillydally on this morning," it was the old man again, hovering in Mickey's doorway with an apprehensive gaze. The boy gave no sign that he had heard him. His hands still clutched the black controller tightly, and his eyes were narrowed with concentration as a man in front of him exploded in a shower of guts and blood. "Master Rumor, please... You arrived dreadfully late to that party, and then on top of that you left early without even giving your boss a proper farewell. I think you have a fresh impression to make today, and being late could ruin that," the man pleaded, rubbing his temples. A soft noise came from Mickey. It wasn't a sigh, or a moan, but a simple notion to show the man that he had in fact been listening and was taking what he said into consideration.

"I do not intend to be late today, Horace," he informed him, as the surround sound cast the booming noises across the room in a flamboyant manner. "I'm coming." He pressed the pause button, leaving the game running rather than saving and shutting it off. He knew no one would touch the console while he was gone. Bad things happened to people who touched his belongings without prior permission.

*

Mickey had insisted on driving that day, despite the protests that Horace provided. So rather than arriving in his sleek black limo, he puttered up in a sputtering, battered little minivan. People looked on with distaste and confusion as the car came to a halt in the parking lot. One woman even coughed from the rancid fumes that it emitted from its tailpipe. Mickey knew it stunk, but he really didn’t care what those people thought. He could drive whatever he very well pleased. With a sigh he plucked the keys from the ignition and simply sat there for a moment. His wallet, his ID, and his cigarettes were in his back pocket. He was ready.

Mickey entered the building, and glanced up and down the hallway. There were people everywhere, swarming the hall like crazed little ants, no, gnats. Yes. Ants were pleasant, silent little creatures. These people were more like boisterous, irritating gnats that clumped together in giant swarms to attack you. He crossed his arms and released a sigh. Now where was he supposed to go? Right. The photostudio. He began to head in that direction, his hand moving to his pocket and snatching out a cigarette as he went. He thought he might have seen a sign saying something about...no smoking. He wasn't sure, and even if there had been one, he honestly didn't give a damn.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah explained, "Chotchkie's is a place in the movie Office Space where the guys like to go... I didn't mean we were actually going somewhere."

[AtropaMandragora]

Seeing as no one seemed about to show up in the photostudio, Jericho decided to kill some time by exploring the rest of the building. He wasn't sure if a model running around in places where he didn't belong would be appreciated, but then again, he didn't really care. He was bored.
Taking out his iPod, he inserted the ear plugs into his ears and the dark, husky voice of Nick Cave started to resonate in his head. He found the lyrics to the man's 'Murder Ballads' familiar and comforting, and it was a great way for him to rid himself of his own sometimes homicidal thoughts; hearing Cave sing about shootings, stabbings, and other, more creative ways of killig people.
With a rather content sigh he left the photostudio, and set out to explore.

[butterflykiss]

Summer, warm colors? Well, she was the boss, but he would have to add the Nicolao flare to it. Earthy, with a hint of turquiose, a splash of blood orange, his mind was swirling with excitement. "Understood, I am going to finish this up in a moment, if I don't take my coffee, I won't be able to work my best. Thanks for the insight."

{{Woott Ozzy!!! And who doesn't like 80's hair bands?!!!??!}}

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah turned up the music and sang along.

"Come on, ladies, you know the words!" she yelled, encouraging the other two to sing along.

She climbed back on top of her desk and danced around, just generally being as goofy as possible, even if she was being laughed at.

"Life's pointless if you don't have fun, you know!" she said.

[Anne_SC]

"No problem, Oh we've got coffee with caramel or hazelnut." she said smiling. She loved the caramel coffee. It always made her feel joyfull. Or, if she wasn't, a bit more. She walked out of the office and waved. She then, once again, had to take the stairs. Still on her bare feet, she made her way down, where she saw Jericho.
"Oh hey" Cecilia smiled. "How are you?" she tried to look casual and powerfull and the same time, but something held her from doing it. So she just looked casual.

[LilacBaby]

After saying her good mornings Chelsea ran down to the third floor to check if Delilah was there.

*knock*

"Delilah are you in there?"

[DarkPhoenix]

Hearing the knock, Delilah called out, "Come on in and join the party!"

She laughed when Chelsea saw her dancing on the table.

"Well, really," she said, "what did you expect me to do to amuse myself?"

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea walked in an saw Delilah dancing on the table. All Chelsea could come up with was "Wow, I should have been here earlier." And she joined in on the fun.

[butterflykiss]

The stairwell was barren, as he padded down the long winded steps. The strong Columbia brew, awaken his nostrils. Stopping at the first floor, the sounds of classic rock came from one of the offices, getting a glimpse of some chickas on the desk, made him laugh out loud.

The spectacle they made, seemed pointless, but he was nonetheless amused. After he found the coffee, he was going to attack it like vulture. Seemed like a quiet place, minus the echo of Ozzy, he almost felt the urge to listen to Mama I'm Comin Home, but forced it from his mind. This was work, and he needed to get designs out before the boss, found a different designer. He for one, like his livelyhood oh too much, to jeopardize it by giving into the submission of the taunting rock and roll beat.

[AtropaMandragora]

Running into Cecilia, just leaving the stairs, and barefoot at that... Jericho hadn't expected that. He saw her stop and smile at him, and while he did see her lips move, he couldn't hear a thing.
"I'm sorry, what?" he said, pulling out the ear plugs.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah saw the attractive man peek into the office and was so shocked, she fell off the desk and onto her butt with an undignified shriek.

"Owwww," she groaned. "I think my butt's broken," she remarked.

Seeing the women puzzled by her reaction, Delilah explained, blushing, "Some guy saw me dancing on the desk..."

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia laughed. "I said: Oh hey! How are you?" she repeated. "Oh, don't mention my feet... my heel broke."

[Slytherin-Girl]

"Told ya to watch yourself Delilah" said Amber with a laugh, standing up from her chair " And as much fun as this is, it probably IS a good idea for me to get back to work. Even if there's nothing to do I don't want to get in crap from Miss Queen on my first day. I'll see you guys on lunch break okay?".

She picked up her mug and waved to the other girls, heading back upstairs to her office.

[LilacBaby]

"Oh my! Delilah, are you alright?"

**

"Have you guys found coffee yet? I need another french vanilla." Chelsea needed coffee and she also needed to finish working on her newest design.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah waved back at Amber and then laughed her own foolishness.

"Great, my butt's going to be sore for the next few days. That's going to be a fun one to explain," Delilah remarked. "And the worst part is, I bet no one would believe that's why I'm walking so funny."

She rummaged through her desk drawer and pulled out several different packages of coffee. "Here," she said. "Take your pick. I've got every kind in here, I think."

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( Obviously I'm back! Weeh! ))

_____________

(Cilla's in Delilah's office, for all of you to know)

"This is why I always close the door!" Cilla added.

Her eyes grew bigger as she noticed all of the packages of coffee that now were in Delilah's hands. Who know someone could have so much?

[AtropaMandragora]

"I said: 'Oh hey! How are you?'", Cecilia repeated, laughing softly, to which Jericho gave a slightly sheepish grin.

"I'm fine, I guess," he replied, and looked down at her feet just as she commented on why she was barefoot. "I see. One of those days, I take it?"

[DarkPhoenix]

"I'm fine," Delilah reassured Cilla.

"All I did was bruise up my butt and probably give that guy something to gossip about. No big deal. At least I didn't break anything. Now that would have really sucked!"

[LilacBaby]

((Okay in the office, I'm sorry if I didn't notice someone. I'm very tired right now))

**

"Delilah, you're my savior. Thanks so much. I'm going to be going though because I want to go see Cecilia for a moment. See you all at lunch. Bye Amber, Delilah and Cilla. If you need me I'll be in my office."

Chelsea walked up one flight of stairs and knocked on Cecila's door, hoping she was there.

*knock**knock*

[Anne_SC]

"Yeah, I guess" she said. "I've got to go now, paperwork and stuff." she smiled. "Bye!" she said and hurried to her office.


((G2G!!!))

[SpoiledxxAngel]

____________

Cilla smiled and rolled her eyes, but just as a joke, reminding them and herself about the party and the 'dramatic silent war' between them.

"See ya, Chelsea," she waved 'bye' and then paused. "Wait, she has an office?"

This was so unfair!

[butterflykiss]

Nicolao found the canteen, and to his surprise it too was a ghost town. The aroma of coffee lingered, but there was no sign of a coffee pot. If he would have known, he would have stopped at the Starbucks. "I can't function without coffee," he retorted in a pathetic manner.

Where was that smell coming from, it followed it like a horse to water. Pensively he wandered the corridor on hot pursuit of French Roast, Kona blend, Jamacian Mountain beans, at this point a simple latte, would be like a god sent.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah groaned and sat down in her chair.

"No more dancing on desks for me. Well, at least no more this week," she remarked.

She kicked off her shoes and stretched. "I swear," she said, "when Gav-- I mean, Mr. Ruppetts, finally shows his face, I'm giving him an earful for not leaving me instructions on what he wanted me to do!"

She winked. "Maybe I should give him the mustard donut and silent evil glare treatment, eh?"

[SpoiledxxAngel]

______________

Cilla let of a playful smirk. "Sure, if you want to play hard." then fell backwards, landing in a chair. "kidding Delilah!"

[cherryp3]

[Doodoo! Of course Cecilia has to leave the moment Mickey works up enough tolerance to talk to someone. xD]

Mickey walked idly down the hallway, taking in the sights and observing the people coming and going. He took a slow drag of the cigarette, before blowing it out in a steady stream. Most of the people were far too rushed to notice him smoking, but there was the occasional unoccupied worker who wrinkled his nose and glared. Everything was quite lovely, Mickey admired. He didn’t like much, but he could appreciate true beauty when he saw it. The building was clean and spacious, the decorations exquisite, but not to the point of being brassy. He liked the idea of being there, so long as interaction with others was kept to a minimal.

His eyes returned to his goal, and he noted that the flow of people was diminishing the closer he got. He also noticed that his boss, whom he’d yet to even greet, was chatting with the peculiar man from the party. Mickey was bad with matching names and faces, but he thought his name had been Jericho. He grew closer, still puffing on his cigarette. What would he do? He couldn’t just waltz up to them and interrupt their conversation, even if it did only appear to be idle chitchat. Besides, that would suck him into the talk. He blew some of the smoke out of his nose as he tried to debate on what to do next. Just pass them, that would be simple, and he could avoid a lot of pain. Though he really did need to talk with their new boss. After all, he had no idea if she was going to be mad for his poor behavior at the party.

What the hell. One small conversation won’t be the death of me, he thought somewhat grudgingly and made his way over to the two. However, just as he drew closer, Cecilia was dashing off after having muttered something about paperwork.

“Damn,” he sighed, blowing out a stream of smoke. His attention then turned back to the other man, Jericho or whatever his name was. "Does she not stay still?" he questioned, irritation gracing his brow. He'd finally worked past his antisocial nature and was going to greet her, only to have her run off. It was things like that that pissed Mickey off.

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea, realising she had no coffee pot went down to the canteen and checked if there was anyone there.

[AtropaMandragora]

"Yeah, I guess" Cecilia said. "I've got to go now, paperwork and stuff. Bye!"

And just as fast as she had appeared, she was gone.

"Right..." Jericho said, glancing up the stairs where she'd disappeared, trying to decide if he should start up there somewhere, or down here on the first floor.

But before he was able to make up his mind, he heard a voice behind him.
"Damn."
It was just one word, but it sounded so bitter and disgruntled that he just had to turn around to see who it was.
It turned out to be the young boy from the party the other night. The one that had just appeared and then disappeared just as quickly, much like Cecilia just now.

"Does she not stay still?" he asked.

Jericho smirked slightly, lowering the volume on the iPod so that the music didn't distract him.

"I was wondering the same thing myself" he said. "This whole place seems filled with people on a major caffeine buzz."

[butterflykiss]

{{roflmao}}

Nicolao stopped abruptly in front of Delilah's office, his eyes merely grazed over her desk. So it was Delilah, who fell on her bum, "I smell coffee, if you have some, I may be forged into begging, but it wouldn't be my style. So, how about your little tete-a-tete with the desk, I keep to myself, and we trade?" Still amused by the whole ordeal, he leaned against the door frame. "Good morning by the way, seems you ladies have buried the hatchet?"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled up at Nicolao. "Yeah, I have lots of coffee."

She opened up the drawer and pulled out several packages. "Regular and gourmet, of every flavor imaginable. And yes, we have buried the hatchet, albeit in each other's skulls," she said with a grin.

She allowed him to rummage through the drawer to find the flavor he wanted.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

_____________

Cilla raised her eyebrow, glancing from Nicolao then to Delilah, the same eyebrow still raised. She didn't have to move her body at all, because she was sitting.

"At this time I'd like to remind you that I'm actually here," she said, slowly. "but nevermind then...."

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea decided that after waiting downstairs no one came so she went back up to Delilah's office.

"Delilah, do you have any coffee pots? I need coffee."

She stopped in her tracks when she saw Nicolao in her office. She then smiled at Delilah and Cilla to remind them of the party.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah laughed and playfully threw a wad of paper at Cilla. "Don't worry," she said, "no one forgot you were here."

She dug into a larger drawer and pulled out a small coffee pot. "Anything else? I think I might have the lost city of Atlantis in here."

[SpoiledxxAngel]

_____________

Cilla smiled and made a 'tsking' clucking noise over and over again, her face relaxed as she looked at Chelsea, and then Nicolao and Delilah, preventing herself from rolling her eyes again at the wall.

"Who knew coffee created drama?" she wondered.

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea glanced over from Nicolao to Delilah to Cilla. She could sense that Cilla wanted to roll her eyes but she refrained her self from saying or doing anything.

((Okay, I'm out for tonight. I'm about to be sick here so have fun everyone. :)))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled awkwardly. Oh no, she thought. I don't want them to be angry at me, but he is rather nice-looking...

[butterflykiss]

Having only met the woman briefly, he formally introduced himself, "Good morning ladies, pleasure to meet you, name is Nicolao."

Looking over the coffee, he glanced Chelsea, "No pots, for coffee, maybe I am locked in the Twilight Zone. Wake me when there is coffee. " Letting out a lengthy sigh, as he looked over the room of woman, "How is the first day, seems like this office needs organization. I have never seen an office like this before. And were you all listening to Ozzy, or am I losing my touch?"

{{Sorry I post so slow. eeepp}}

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled even more awkwardly. "My name's Delilah," she finally said.

"The room's kind of messy because we were dancing to my Ozzy CD. I was practicing diving into a mosh pit, but forgot I didn't have enough people to catch me."

She laughed, trying to make light of the situation.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( Aww, hope you feel better in the morning. :) ))

_____________

Cilla sent a look to Delilah that said; "Don't worry, I'm not mad. He's all yours.. but I'm not so sure about Chelsea,"

This was it. She rolled her eyes - at the ground, then looked down at her shoes, then up again, looking at the paintings she had hung up. Oh, wait, was she supposed to introduce herself? Whoops.

"Cilla." she finally said. "And that's Chelsea," she turned her head in the direction of Chelsea, who was standing quietly at the door, smiling shyly.

[DarkPhoenix]

(( OOC: Yes, please get better, and FAST! ))

Delilah grinned. "My boss didn't show up today, so I kind of decided to have an impropteau party. I hope it didn't offend anyone. I just wanted to have something to do besides sit around all day."

[butterflykiss]

Casting a glance in back of him slightly startled, "Hello, Delilah, Cilla, and Chelsea." The tension was a little thick in the room, and after the whole Ozfest, he felt like an intruder. Taking a Columbia Supremo, he smiled uncomfortably, and responded, "Thanks for the coffee, nice to meet you all. Enjoy the rest of your day, and beware of the mosh pit, the boss is scattering."

With that he headed back to the canteen, to get some hot water.

{{Nighties everyone, *waves* And feel better!!}}

[SpoiledxxAngel]

_____________

Cilla waved bye, still staring at the same painting, as if she was trying to make out what it was. She knew he was leaving because of the tension inside the room and she wanted to do the same, but she couldn't leave Chelsea and Delilah like this!

Man, she didn't get paid enough for this.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah watched Nicolao leave the office, and when she was sure he was a good distance away, she rested her head on her desk.

She thought to herself, Why does life have to be so freaking confusing sometimes? I'm interested in this guy, but I don't want to jeopardize any friendships.

She raised her head and gave the ladies a friendly smile. "I'm okay," she said out loud, although she said it more to reassure herself than them.

[Hamsterball]

Jamie stepped into the nice, air-conditioned lobby, slightly chagrined that she had smudged her manicure when opening the door. They really needed to get one of those revolving doors - the automatic kind, of course. Who would want to shove some stupid door around? Who has the time? Really.

"Jamie Wilkinson," Jamie told the receptionist in a bored manner, watching as she clicked around with her mouse. "I had an appointment for twelve o'clock, I know, but I had to stop at Starbucks, so I'm a little late." She watched as the receptionist slowly looked up at the clock. Okay, so it was five past four. Maybe she had taken more than one detour on the way. That was her right, wasn't it?

"Go on in, Miss Wilkinson," the receptionist said finally. "I'll let Nicolao know that you have arrived."

"Kay, thanks," Jamie tossed back her hair with a grin and headed towards the elevators. Just before she reached the door, however, she happened to notice her face gracing the cover of her least favorite tabloid, When Lights Go Out. And it was not a very graceful picture. She was throwing the previous issue of When Lights Go Out at one of the publishers and having one of her world-famous tantrums. Of course, what did they expect? How dare they take pictures of her in a taxi?

Jamie quickly picked out all the issues of the particular tabloid and stuffed them into her oversized purse. Hopefully no one would've read it already.

At last she made her way up to the fifth floor and wandered towards Nicolao's office. There seemed to be some drama going on further down the hallway, but she ignored it. She had enough drama from the tabloid. Jamie felt like bursting through the door, but decided to salvage some reputation and knock. Plus the door was locked.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

_____________

Cilla sighed. "Hmm," she muttered between her teeth. She didn't feel like talking anyway.

"So...."

[Hamsterball]

((I switched it. Thanks for the heads up. :) I hope that's okay with butter, btw...))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled, trying to pretend she was okay. "I'm going to go eat lunch..." she finally said.

She stood up and grabbed her purse. She wasn't hungry, but she needed time to think.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

_____________

"Oh, okay. I think me and Chelsea should go back to work anyway," she said, smiling friendly.

"Delilah's acting so weird.." she thought in her mind. "I bet she's uncomfortable about the situation."

Cilla and Chelsea went their seperate ways, and as Cilla headed downstairs, she kept thinking. "Reality blows. Especially guys."

[cherryp3]

Mickey scowled, and the cigarette was placed to his lips again. He had to agree. It was as if everyone went at an inhuman speed, and he had heard the workers chattering about coffee all on his trek down the hall. What was the best brand? Which kept you up longer, and which was darker, more bitter, creamier? It was like god in a cup to them. Then again, all businessmen and women worshiped coffee. It was common knowledge. He extended his his free hand to the man.

“I’m Mickey,” he introduced, “Mickey Rumor. And your name is Jericho, right?” he gave him a moment to respond and then inquired, “Do you have any idea what we’re even supposed to be doing right now?”

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah walked to the nearest restrooms. After making sure it was the women's restroom, she pushed the door open and walked in.

She let herself into the first empty stall, set her purse down, and dealt with the stress the only way she knew how.

She cried until her makeup ran.

"God, I'm such a baby," she choked out. She left the stall, washed her face, and reapplied her makeup.

"Don't let them see you sweat," she told herself. "You can't show signs of weakness. Ever."

She took a deep breath and walked out of the restroom, feigning confidence and nonchalance.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

_____________

"Well.. the office has certainly cooled down," Cilla thought, glancing everywhere. The place was so quiet, you could hear people breathing and the woman at the reception typing away on her keyboard. This made her very uncomfortable, as she had never dealt with drama before - the slightest sarcasm always helped her through this, but now that Chelsea and Delilah were now on a man-war - right? Well, what happened if they'd split up? Who would she go with - her first friend here, or her ex-enemy which turned out to be a good person?
Since she didn't experience a proper education she never dealt with these kinds of things - surely, she hoped that Chelsea or Delilah did.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggg.

Cilla grabbed the cell out of her pocket and answered with a short "Hello?" but suddenly an automatic voice began to go off.
"We need you at the photostudio.. wants you to.. advertise.... new clothing..." she didn't really bother to hear. First things first - WHERE THE HECK WAS THE PHOTOSTUDIO!?

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah walked back to her office and sat at her desk.

"Nothing left to do but amuse myself," she muttered.

She tidied up the room and then played games on her computer, trying to get back into her normal state of mind.

Don't let them see you sweat. Don't let them see you sweat. Don't let them see you sweat.

It became a neverending chant in her head.

"I am definitely going drinking after work," she said softly. At least it would help her forget things for a while, right?

Right?

[AtropaMandragora]

Jericho smiled as the boy puffed away on his cigarette, with the "No smoking" sign just a few feet behind him. He already liked him. How could he not? They both seemed to share an aversion to rules, and the codes of what was considered good behaviour. That alone scored many points with Jericho.
But there was also something else... Something he couldn't quite put his finger on. The boy, Mickey, didn't seem to be anything like "normal" teenagers - except for the videogame growing out of his hand. He seemed more mature, although in a very peculiar way. He wasn't your typical chatterbox of a young man, with nothing on his mind but girls. Instead he seemed to take in the situation and analyze it before speaking or reacting. That was something ordinary kids just didn't do.

“I’m Mickey,” he said, extending his hand. “Mickey Rumor. And your name is Jericho, right?”

"Right," Jericho said, giving him a firm handshake.

“Do you have any idea what we’re even supposed to be doing right now?” Mickey asked.

Jericho looked around the lobby, as if searching for some kind of hint or sign, or even just something that would give him an idea of what they could do.

"Nope", he said. "I haven't got a clue. The photostudio was completely dead, so I came back out here. I thought maybe my run-in with that Queen lady would shed some light on the situation, but... She really wasn't much help. As I'm sure you noticed."


(((ooc: Have to go now. It's past 4 AM. *LOL*)))

[Pandaness]

[[ Gah! I'm so behind! ;-; I'll jump in in a second! ]]

[AtropaMandragora]

(((*lol* How odd! Ever since page 12, my posts are always the last ones on the page!)))

[Slytherin-Girl]

I'm off for now guys, might not be on as frequently tomorrow, I'm avoiding the net till I'm done reading Potter. (I'll be getting it at midnight of course, so I shall be back full time on Saturday)

[cherryp3]

[xD Whoa. It's like...9 PM here. o_o']

"Right," Jericho had replied, and accepted Mickey's hand. The slightest whisper of a smile coiled into the boy's lips. He knew the man could benefit him in some way. Models always had a lot to give, and Mickey had every intention to use that to his advantage. The handshake was more than a greeting to him. It was an exchange of oaths. In ways, it was a 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' pact. Mickey always took more in the end, though.

It was then that Mickey had inquired him if he knew where they were meant to go.

"Nope," Jericho replied with a shrug. Mickey had been hoping for a different answer. "I haven't got a clue. The photostudio was completely dead, so I came back out here. I thought maybe my run-in with that Queen lady would shed some light on the situation, but... She really wasn't much help. As I'm sure you noticed." Mickey gave a solemn nod. Things were certainly unorganized, but he supposed that was simply because it was the first day.

"I need to drop off my stuff," he commented, gesturing to the bag dangling on his shoulder. "I'll see you, Jericho." He nodded to dismiss himself, and made his way into the photostudio.

[LilacBaby]

((I'm so addicted I had to come back before I go to bed! Which is once this post is done. So nighty night!))

Chelsea went back up to her office while Cilla went off to do her thing. She knew Nicolao left because of all the tension especially betwen herself and Delilah but Delilah could have him. All she really wanted was to make friends with Nicolao and keep her current friendships with Delilah and Cilla. She just wanted to be friends with him.

"Maybe I should talk to Delilah and tell her that he's all hers. I just want to be friends."

[DarkPhoenix]

With nothing better to do, Delilah took a nap in her office, with her head on the desk.

[Pandaness]

[[ Hey guys, I'm going to probably be offline for about a week except for about an hour each day. I'm visiting relatives. So, Lotta's going to pop in and out. Sorry. ]]

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah finally woke up from her nap and yawned. She popped a few mints in her mouth and hoped no one caught her napping on the job.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia sat in het office, finally done with her paperwork. She sighed of relieve and took the telephone. She dialed a number, and waited for the other side to answer.
"Hello, you're speaking with Cecilia Queen"
"..."
"No..."
"..."
"Yes..."
"..."
"Can I please tell you what i'm calling for?"
"..."
"Can you bring these coffee machines today?"
"..."
"No..."
"..."
"Yes..."
"..."
"Just do it, ok?"
"..."
"Right"
"..."
"Thank you, I appreaciate that"
"..."
"Goodbye" She hung up.
She didn't have anything to do now, so she decieded to just relax for a moment.

[AtropaMandragora]

"I need to drop off my stuff", Mickey said, giving a polite nod before starting towards the photostudio. "I'll see you, Jericho."

Jericho watched as he left, still wondering about what exactly it was about him that set him apart from everyone else his age.

"You most likely will", he said mostly to himself.

Then he turned to the floor plan once again, studying it intently, as if hoping something more interesting would have appeared since he last looked at it. He'd changed his mind about starting at the first floor. He'd been there for quite a while now, and it was just completely dead. So where to start? The offices? No. What interesting things could possibly happen up there? Not a whole lot, that's what. But the designer floor... Now there was something that piqued his interest. Most designers were just as eccentric as alot of the models, and often even moreso. And it wouldn't exactly be a bad thing to get acquainted with the people whose creations he'd sooner or later be wearing. He already knew of two of the designers there - Nicolao Leao-Pires and Jayden somethingorother - but hadn't officially met them. Maybe this would be a good time?
So, after one last glance around the lobby, Jericho once again inserted the ear plugs into his ears, Nick Cave drawling "All God's children have all gotta die..." as he started ascending the stairs towards the fifth floor.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia looked through the door-opening and saw Jericho walking by, probably going to one of the upper floors. She grabbed her shoes. She wanted to wear them, but since her heel broke, she couldn't. She took her right shoe, which still had a heel. She slammed the heel against the desk a couple of times untill it broke. She smiled and took a file(?) and started to file the places where parts of the heel would stick out.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah rummaged through a drawer and found some trail mix. She opened the package and munched at the contents, savoring the sweet flavor of the dried fruit.

The telephone rang, and Delilah looked about, unsure of where the sound was coming from. She located the phone and lifted the receiver.

"Hrmrrrrmr," she said, then remembered to swallow. "Sorry," Delilah quickly added. "Hello, Queen's Clothes, Mr. Ruppetts' office."

She listened for a moment. "No, sir, I'm sorry. You'll want to contact Ms. Queen for that information. Yes, sir. Yes. Thank you, and have a nice day, sir."

Delilah sighed and put the receiver back on the hook, then went back to eating the trail mix.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia put on her new made shoes and smiled. She then got called.

"Cecilia Queen"
"..."
"You'll have to contact Mr. Ruppetts for that."
"..."
"No..."
"..."
"Yeah, goodbye."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah danced around, playing air guitar, having just drank her fifth cup of coffee.

She said, "Do you folks like coffee? Real coffee, from the hills of--"

The phone rang, cutting her off. "Urgh!" she groaned.

She lifted the receiver.

"Hello, Queen's Clothes, Mr. Ruppetts' office."

She listened a moment, then said, "No, sir, I'm afraid if you want to talk to the head of the company, you'll have to call Ms. Queen's office. Oh? You were told to call here? Well, sir, I'm afraid you have to call Ms. Queen's office for that. Mr. Ruppetts isn't the company head. Yes, sir. Have a nice day."

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( I'll be gone pretty much the whole day. Feel free to move Cilla as you want. Sorry guys. :( ))

_____________

Cilla groaned once more as she returned to her own chair in the dressing room. There were at least a million mirrors in the same room, and more models getting their hair or makeup done. She literally felt sore - even her cheek bones, which had been keeping her mouth smiling all the time.
She didn't like coffee, but felt as if she needed something to eat - or drink. Maybe she could browse around the Canteen, look for something to eat. Cilla was famished after all that work - and standing.

Man, she really wished she had her own office. Models weren't allowed to bring food into the photostudio - just a bottle of water and a smile. Ouch.

"After this, I'll go find Chelsea," she decided. "or Delilah," she kept thinking if she should leave them alone for a while. Oh well, 2 hours and a half would be long enough for them to 'think'. Hopefully she could help things 'patch up'.

After all, it just was over a silly guy.

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea had finished skechcing her newest design, a lovely top/mini dress. All she needed to do was add the color itself. She looked around in her desk and found a turkey sandwich. She really needed to get herself a mini fridge and a coffe pot.

Chelsea had so many things to do. She wrote them on her computer.

• Talk to Cecilia.
• Talk to Delilah about Nicolao.
• Finish top/mini dress.

She decided she would go and see Cecilia first. She walked down the stairs.

*Knock Knock*

[Anne_SC]

((LOL))

After a while, her phone rang again.
"Cecilia Queen..."
"..."
"Hi again..."
"..."
"Right... what's exactly the problem?"
"..."
"Uhhuh..."
"..."
"Ok, right, well, what date?"
"..."
"Ok, see you then, bye."
She hung up.

She then heard the knocking.
"Come in"

[LilacBaby]

Cecilia was there this time.

"Hello, Miss Queen. I would just like to apologize about the party when I went out to find you on the balcony. I thought you were alone and I didn't mean to interupt. I guess I was just excited, getting a job right out of school." Chelsea felt good to finish that, finally.

[butterflykiss]

Jamie stepped into the nice, air-conditioned lobby, slightly chagrined that she had smudged her manicure when opening the door. They really needed to get one of those revolving doors - the automatic kind, of course. Who would want to shove some stupid door around? Who has the time? Really.

"Jamie Wilkinson," Jamie told the receptionist in a bored manner, watching as she clicked around with her mouse. "I had an appointment for twelve o'clock, I know, but I had to stop at Starbucks, so I'm a little late." She watched as the receptionist slowly looked up at the clock. Okay, so it was five past four. Maybe she had taken more than one detour on the way. That was her right, wasn't it?

"Go on in, Miss Wilkinson," the receptionist said finally. "I'll let Nicolao know that you have arrived."

"Kay, thanks," Jamie tossed back her hair with a grin and headed towards the elevators. Just before she reached the door, however, she happened to notice her face gracing the cover of her least favorite tabloid, When Lights Go Out. And it was not a very graceful picture. She was throwing the previous issue of When Lights Go Out at one of the publishers and having one of her world-famous tantrums. Of course, what did they expect? How dare they take pictures of her in a taxi?

Jamie quickly picked out all the issues of the particular tabloid and stuffed them into her oversized purse. Hopefully no one would've read it already.

At last she made her way up to the fifth floor and wandered towards Nicolao's office. There seemed to be some drama going on further down the hallway, but she ignored it. She had enough drama from the tabloid. Jamie felt like bursting through the door, but decided to salvage some reputation and knock. Plus the door was locked.

Nicolao trudged up the stairs with every step a new obscenity. The day must have been the beginning of the bloody apocalypsis. Trying to assure himself with a cup of coffee in his veins, he could conquer the world. "Women," he murmured again his lips pursed with the tension for the morning. "I am so lucky to have the fifth floor, office with the view, no coffee, no elevator. What else could go wrong." As if it was an omen of what was to come, he exited the stairwell, his office in sight. A woman graced the front of his door, a bit of sweat grazed his bronzed face, as he wiped it gingerly.

His murky brown eyes set on the woman with an inquisitive stare, "Can I help you with something..." Then as he unlocked the wooden door, he turned once again to face her, "Miss."

The sight of his office was immaculate, the only debris was the balls of paper from his designs only an hour before. Scrabbling to retrieve the balls of paper, he pulled a chair offering her a seat. Taking a seat himself, as he swiveled it before her, his hands extended into a fold almost graciously.


{{Happy day everyone!!! Hope everyone is fine today! I am always giddy don't mind me hehehee.}}

[Anne_SC]

"Hello, Miss Queen. I would just like to apologize about the party when I went out to find you on the balcony. I thought you were alone and I didn't mean to interupt. I guess I was just excited, getting a job right out of school."

She laughed to what Chelsea said. "No, that's ok. I should have invited you on the balcony. How are you?"

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea was so releived that everything was fine. One down one to go.

'I'm fine, you? I've been working on a new design, it's like a long top/mini dress. It's sketched, just needs to be colored." Chelsea decided it was a good idea to fill Cecilia in that she was actually working.

"How has your day been?"

After this chat Chelsea would be going to see Delilah.

[Anne_SC]

((Your last sentence is a good idea, so others can see that people are going to talk to their characters))

Cecilia smiled. "I could be better. My heel broke, but well I created my own shoe out of it." she laughed and continued. "Sounds good, of which colours are you thinking?"

After this Cecilia wants to talk to someone, but will stay in her office. :eviltongu

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah decided to keep doing the whole "dance around, playing air guitar" thing.

After going through several well-known songs (as well as a few somewhat obscure ones), she launched into a rather enthusiastic rendition of one of her favorite songs, complete with full-blown headbanging. She was only glad that there was no one around to see her.

What a great form of amusement and stress relief!

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( Okay, I REALLY, have to go! Byeeee! ))
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Cilla knocked on Delilah's door three times. Knock knock knock.
She was almost convinced no one was there, except the fact that the music was blasting through the door. She crossed her arms and waited patiently for a reply.

[LilacBaby]

"I'm not completely sure. I was thinking of doing it in a few diferent colors, but I think I'm going to go with white or black. It all depends on what age the clients are aiming for when they see the design." Chelsea was glad, she was having a productive conversation with her boss. :)

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah turned off her music and opened the door.

"Hey, Cilla," she said. She knew how she looked-- face flushed, hair all messed up. "I was just goofing around, playing air guitar."

She opened the door fully to allow her access into the room and then sat on the desk.

[Anne_SC]

"Good idea. And oh, i've got some good news. The coffee guys are going to install the coffee-machines today."

[AtropaMandragora]

(((ooc: Just a question, as I'm getting confused; do the designers share one office, or do each of them have their own?)))

[Anne_SC]

((One, but I guess it turns out to be that everyone has his own xD))

[LilacBaby]

"Thank god! I have so much coffee in my apartment, but I can't drink it all, even though I'm a coffee adict."

[AtropaMandragora]

(((ooc: Uhhh... That was probably the most confusing answer I could've gotten. Which is it? One office, or three (at the moment)? Nicolao seems to have his own, so I'd kind of need to know.)))

[Anne_SC]

((Three. Sorry for confusing you xD))

"I love coffee with caramel." she said randomly. "I guess the coffee machines will arrive in five minutes."

[LilacBaby]

"Okay. Thank you." Chelsea needed to go see Delilah.

"I'm going to go back up and finish up my designs, before my lunch break. Have a nice day"

And she went to go see Delilah.

*Knock Knock*

[butterflykiss]

{{Sorry, I just figured they would have there own office.*runs to hide in the closet*}}

[Anne_SC]

She waved as Chelsea left and decieded to put on some music. She turned on the radio. She closed her eyes and relaxed, hearing only the music and the sound of the nature... which were cars and things like that in this case.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah called out, in response to the knocks, "Come in! I'm hyper and have had enough caffeine for a small army. Do you feel lucky?"

Chelsea peeked in, and Delilah grinned and said, "Eh, you're safe enough for now. Worst thing I'll do to you is maybe make you sit through my Great Cornholio imitations. What can I do for you today?"

[LilacBaby]

"Hey Delilah! I just wanted to talk to you for a minute. It's sort of important, epecially for you to know." Chelsea didn't exactly know how to bring this up, but she had to.

[BeautifulWeirdo]

Jayden was sitting is office and tried to create something new, something fresh, something that he couldn't explain. "No, no, no, no" he cursed and and crumpled the piece of paper up. "Calm Jay..." he said to his self and tried again.

This time it turned out a little better but it still wasn't the way it was supposed to be. He hated it when he was seeing something right before his eye but still couldn't get it out that way!

"I need more inspiration!" he figured and rushed out of his room.

He didn't even looked around and just went straight down the hallway, as he suddenly bumped into someone!

"Oh, I'm sorry!" he apologized. "I didn't see you!".

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled warmly at Chelsea. "Sure, Chels. What is it?"

She sat down and waited to hear what was to be said.

[AtropaMandragora]

(((ooc: Aw, crap. *sighs and deletes post*)))

[DarkPhoenix]

(( OOC: Now you see why I have my character stay in her office, eh? ))

[AtropaMandragora]

(((ooc: I tried that. Jericho was in the photostudio for ages, and no one showed up. Or if they did, they left in the same post as they arrived, leaving me with nothing to write anyway.)))

[Anne_SC]

((Cecilia is in her office, and she will stay there xD))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled at Chelsea. "Hm? You had something you wanted to say? Don't be shy; just say it!"

[LilacBaby]

"I want to talk to you about earlier today, when Nicolao was there. I'm pretty sure he left because of the tension in the room, between us. I just wanted to say that if you do like him, go ahead, go for it. I just want to be friends with him. That's it so don't feel like you have to stop flirting when I'm there. I really don't mind." God this was hard for Chelsea.

"I also hope I'm not offending you in any way. Those were just the vibes I picked up when we were all in the room."

Chelsea felt good to get this off her and hoped it worked.

[AtropaMandragora]

Strolling around on the fifth floor, Jericho discovered it was almost as deserted as the photostudio. Where was everyone? First day on the job, and he was almost expecting to see a tumbleweed roll down the hallway any second.
Though as he turned a corner he saw Nicolao enter his office, and following him was the (in)famous Jamie Wilkinson.
'So', Jericho thought. 'There is life on this planet after all.'
But that seemed to be about it.
Passing by the offices further down the hall, he noticed that many of them were empty. Unuccupied even. But he did pass by a few doors with signs, and read the names on them. "Chelsea Dane" was one. Jericho shook his head to himself. Never heard of her.
Ah, but there was one he recognized. "Jayden Bell". He'd only heard the name, but unlike faces, he usually remembered names. Part of them anyway.

As the door was open he peeked in to see if there was anyone there, although expecting it would be as dead as everything else around this place. Much to his surprise, the young designer just came storming out of the room, and right into Jericho.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" he said. "I didn't see you!"

"No kidding...", Jericho replied dryly.

He straightened his clothes after the collision, and then looked up at the young designer, but was forced to run a hand through his black hair just to get it out of his face. Finally able to give Jayden a good look, the corner of his mouth curled slightly, in what was presumably supposed to be a smile of some sort.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled and gave Chelsea a brief hug.

"Chels," she said kindly, "you are so sweet. But I have no chance with the guy. I mean, come on, I'm just a lowly secretary. If I actually thought I had a chance with him, do you think I would have been so forward? The way I see it, the best I can most likely hope for is being his friend. Sure, I'm interested in him, but..."

She shrugged helplessly, not sure of how to explain it.

[LilacBaby]

"But what?" Chelsea was very curious on what Delilah had to say.

[DarkPhoenix]

"But I just don't think he's very interested in me," Delilah replied. "Maybe he is and I just don't realize it. But I just don't think I stand much chance with him."

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia yawned. God she was so bored and relaxed at the same time. She had no appointments, and no paperwork. She stood up and walked to a drawer. She opened it and looked through the files. She then opened the drawer under it and took out a box, which had a lot of files in it. She took it with her to desk and started looking at them, one at a time.

[LilacBaby]

"You don't know until you try, right? Besides you are very pretty and you're smart." Chelsea was a tad jealous but she would rather keep a friendship that be in a relationship that might not last.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah shook her head.

"Nah," she said. "I think he's more interested in women with... uh... more power. Like our boss."

She frowned. "Life sucks sometimes, but I'll get over it, just like I do everything else."

She smiled at Chelsea, looking more cheerful. "Besides, it's not the end of the world if a guy isn't interested in me."

[LilacBaby]

"Okay. Well do you want to go get a drink at the bar next door after work? You know, as a celebration to the end of our first day." Chelsea thought it would be a great idea, since all the weirdness about Nicolao is ended.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah's eyes lit up. "Oh, sure! I'd love that. Sounds like a good idea, Chelsea."

[butterflykiss]

{{I wish Hamster was here eeeekk, but I am enjoying watching these scenes unfold. And I am sorry DarkPhoenix you are a riot!! Great Cornholio!!! And Nicolao says he will stay in his office for some time, hehe. I know it is frustrating Atropa....next time I see Jericho in idling, I will make assured to assault him rofl.}}

[cherryp3]

Mickey's stomach was talking to him as he sat his belongings inside the photostudio. It was telling him that he was, indeed, pissed off at Mickey's negligence. After all, the poor stomach hadn't been fed since breakfast of the previous day and even then all it had gotten was one teeny little boiled egg with a little salt. His stomach had every right to be angry with him. His stomach wasn't like the stomachs of other models, made to go without food for weeks. His required three meals per day every day with light snacks in-between meals. Mickey didn't always listen to what his stomach was trying to tell him, and that sometimes resulted in events like the one that was occurring at that moment. His stomach could get loud if it needed to get a point across.

So, Mickey clutched his stomach and grimaced as if he was trying to stifle the noise. When he'd passed through, he knew he hadn't seen a cafeteria. He'd been keeping a good look out for the various rooms too. But...it was impossible for them not to have a cafeteria, so he was sure that they had one. He'd just have to look on the other floors. His stomach released a raging gurgle and he padded back out into the hallway, hoping to find a sign pointing him in the right direction.

[LilacBaby]

"Okay well I'm going to go up to my office and finish some work. Meet you by reception at 6?"

((Okay so now I'll be in my office if anyone want me!))

[DarkPhoenix]

"Sounds good," Delilah replied. "I'll be in here all day, if you need anything. I might order some pizza in a bit."

[LilacBaby]

"Okay, great!" And Chelsea ran back up to her office.

[BeautifulWeirdo]

Jayden looked at the good looking guy in fron of him, assuming he was to be one of the models! Something about the guy was mysterious and he looked kinda dark. But he liked his look and the odd way he smiled. Jayden knew he would look great in the clothes that he and the other two would create for queen's clothes!
"So...you are?" he asked.

[Anne_SC]

She looked through the files.


Amber Radisson, Chelsea Dane, Cilla Reyes, Chloe Williams, Delilah Stanton, Gavin Ruppetts, Jayden Bell, Jericho, Lotta Gustaf, Mickey Rumor, Nicolao Leao-Pires,

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( Uh.. I'm still in Delilah's office, rigghhtttt? ))

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[DarkPhoenix]

(( OOC: No idea where you are! ))

Delilah picked up the receiver and dialed a number.

"Yes, I'd like to place an order. Seven pizzas, please-- three pepperoni, three plain cheese, one with everything on it. And hurry-- this is a building full of models and fashion designers, and I don't know the last time they've eaten!"

Twenty minutes later, the pizza man arrived. He was tipped well. Delilah put one box away for herself and then sent out a mass e-mail:

I have ordered pizza for everyone! Come down to the second floor, Delilah Stanton's office. It's free!

Delilah sat back and waited to see if anyone would come.

[LilacBaby]

((If you're in Delilah's office are you coming for drinks?))

**

"Wow, this design is nice. I hope Cecilia likes it." Chelsea was adding the finishing touches to a new design.

"You have mail!" Her computer was speacking to her.

From: Delilah Stanton <[email protected]>
To: Queen's Clothes Staff

I have ordered pizza for everyone! Come down to the second floor, Delilah Stanton's office. It's free!

And suddenly all that was in Chelsea's office was a dust cloud from her jumping up so fast.

**

"Hello. I'm here for pizza."

[Anne_SC]

From: Delilah Stanton <[email protected]>
To: Queen's Clothes Staff

I have ordered pizza for everyone! Come down to the second floor, Delilah Stanton's office. It's free!

She smiled and walked out of her office.

She walked in Delilah's office.
"Pizzaaaa!"

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( Yeah, sure. Let's pretend I left and came back up too. xD ))

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Cilla climbed up the stairs once again - it wasn't fun, going up and down the stairs everytime. After all, the photostudio was way down on the first floor.

She saw Chelsea knock on the door and speak.

"Oh, hey Chelsea!" she greeted, standing beside her, both awaiting the door to open.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grinned. "Welcome. Crack open a pizza box and help yourself. There's napkins and paper plates on the filing cabinet. As for drinks, I think I saw a soda machine near the restrooms. I wasn't sure how many people would show up or how hungry they would be, so I ordered six pizzas for everyone here."

Delilah didn't feel the need to mention that she had a seventh pizza-- pepperoni-- stashed away.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Unlike most models, Cilla didn't watch her weight. She shrugged half-heartedly and walked in, followed by Chelsea.

"What should I eat first..?" she wondered. Now, she was glad she hadn't eaten from the canteen. Pizza was so much better!

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah handed Cilla a plate.

"Don't be shy!" she said. "Just help yourself. There's plenty to go around."

[LilacBaby]

"Hey Cilla. Long time no see." After Chelsea said that she realised it wasn't a joke. They haven't seen each other since earlier that morning. And even then it was only a brief moment with plenty of tension.

"Thanks for the pizza Delilah. I haven't eaten anything today." Chelsea took a napkin, a plate and then got the sudden urge for a bailey's shiver but shook it off. Instead she picked up a piece of chese pizza.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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"Thanks," Cilla smiled at Delilah, then at Chelsea, grabbing a napkin. She felt like she wanted something to drink, so she turned her head to say something.

"Hey, I'm going to go to the soda machine. Does anybody want anything?" she asked, pulling some coins out of her pocket, regretting the fact that she hadn't brought a purse instead.

[AtropaMandragora]

"So... you are?" Jayden asked, after giving Jericho a quick inspection.
Jericho gave him a just as quick once over in return, noting that he was quite attractive. Coming to think of it, Jericho recalled seeing him at the party the other night, and had considered approaching him but never gotten around to it. But back then he hadn't known who he was.
"I'm Jericho", he replied, extending his hand. "Donovan."

He glanced at the name on the door, and added:
"And I take it you're Jayden Bell."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah held out several dollar bills.

"Hey, can you please grab a few sodas? I want to make sure that there's drinks available for people who don't have money for the vending machine."

[LilacBaby]

"Oh, no thanks, I'm good." Chels said smilling at Cilla.

[Anne_SC]

((Sorry, I am rp-ing at lots of other places.))

Cecilia smiled eating her pizza, soon the whole building would smell like pizza.

[PixieDust_fairy]

Chloe grabbed a napkin and a piece of pizza and took a seat at the couch. Before she sat down she pulled her dress down again and started scoping out people. She hoped that somebody would come up to her and talk to her, but she wasn't sure who would.

She knew she was going to like this business, but she hoped that they wouldn't treat her like she was a total slut. Chloe had only whoo hooed with one person before, and that would be her husband that had died. She doesn't like to flaunt herself off to people, but the one thing she hates is being alone in the world, especially since her parents and husband died. There was nobody left to care for her or love her, she just really needed friends or somebody that would love her.

Chloe sat down on the couch and took a bite of the pizza. It melted in her mouth and she took a sigh of relief, finally she could have some relaxation. Everything at her house was hectic and she didn't really want to be there. She felt alone in there, well she basically was, besides her dog Missy.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla smiled at Delilah, responding with a polite "Sure,".

Taking the few dollar bills, Cilla left the room looking for a soda machine - there was one beside the canteen, wasn't there?

[Anne_SC]

"This pizza is wonderfull... I never really eat pizza since I've got people to take care of that so this is really great" she laughed.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah laughed softly and said, "Well, I know how hectic things can be. I was pretty sure that most of the people here hadn't had a chance to get lunch yet, and I know how cranky I can get when I'm hungry. Plus, it's a good chance for everyone to interact."

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea saw someone new. She looked like one of the models and she was eating alone on the couch.

"Hello. I'm Chelsea Dane one of the designers. Is this seat taken?"

[BeautifulWeirdo]

Jayden heard that he got a new mail from the noise out of his office, but he didn't cared about it.

Jericho Donovon... Jayden heard that name somewhere before!
Maybe one of his friends, who was also a designer but more into that dark gothic style, mentioned him before.

"And I take it you're Jayden Bell." Jericho said, after glancing at the door and Jayden nodded. "Yeah obviously" he answered and winked.

He rushed into his room for a few seconds to check that mail out.
Something about pizza on the 2. floor.

He rushed out again and looked at Jericho.
"Well someone giving pizza out for free..." he started. "Wanna go? If theres something left now, the mail was sent minutes ago...".

[PixieDust_fairy]

"Hello. I'm Chelsea Dane one of the designers. Is this seat taken?"

Chloe looked up at the woman who was talking to her. She was glad that somebody finally had decided to talk to her.

"No this seat isn't taken, you may sit here. I'm Chloe Williams, one of the models." She smiled for a second then it faded. "None of the other models seem to like me I guess." She laughed and took a bite of her pizza.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah sat in her chair and rolled around while nibbling at a slice of pizza.

Yes, life is good, she thought to herself, smiling and looking around at everyone.

At that moment, she felt better than she had in a long time.

She waved at Chloe. "And I'm Delilah, secretary and resident weirdo. You missed the dancing on the desk earlier."

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia sat down in front of the window and ate from her pizza. If there was something she didn't expect it would be this. A bird flew through the window, grabbed her pizza and dissapeared.
"What the"

[LilacBaby]

Chelsea laughed along with Chloe. "Nice to meet you. How has you day been here so far?"

[SpoiledxxAngel]

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Cilla made a loud 'cough' near Chelsea, placing the drinks on the empty side of the table. She got every kind in the machine - 7-UP, root beer, coca-cola and many more...

"The room is really starting get crowded," she thought, then turned towards Chelsea and Chloe.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah rolled over to the window and yelled at the bird, "You bloody pidgeon, you get your butt back here with that pizza, or so help me God, I'm cooking you and feeding you to my cat!"

Seeing that her threats didn't work, she turned back to the other women, looking slightly embarrassed. "I'm sorry that you had to see that," she apologized.

She smiled at Cilla. "Thank you for getting those. Did you have much trouble finding the machine?"

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia burst into laughter after Delilah yelled at the bird.
"Oh well, I guess the city is a little to crowded right now. I will never sit by the window again while eating pizza."

[LilacBaby]

"Yes, thanks for the drinks Cilla. They look great."

Chelsea though Cilla meant something by her 'cough' but it just wouldn't snap.

[cherryp3]

It was the most wondrous thing he'd ever smelt. He could practically see the grease dripping across it, and the pepperoni sliding around on the cheese. Ok, so it wasn't the most appetizing thought...but...at the moment anything sounded good. It could've been toasted pig brains for all he cared. Mickey found himself walking down the hallway leading to the secretaries' offices. He grimaced. Wasn't that woman that had stormed off before a secretary? He bit his tongue. Face yet another irritating encounter, or starve? It sounded like there were a bunch of people in there...

He'd rather starve, really. But, his stomach was the one in command at the moment, and it was telling him to go in there and get some pizza. He lightly pushed open the door and frowned.

"You're uh...serving pizza?" he questioned. He didn't want to just waltz in and demand a slice if it was a private gathering.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah gave Mickey a brief smile.

"Yes. Help yourself."

She scooted as far away as possible to give him as much space as he could possibly need.

"There's plates on the filing cabinet."

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( CHELSEA! Hellloooo! Introduce Cilla, silly!!!!!!! XD ))

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Cilla smiled at Chloe, then her head turned to the attention of Delilah. "No problem at all. There's some near the canteen so I went down there. Oh, and here's your change," she said, handing a few coins back. (We'll say a drink is a dollar fifty)

[DarkPhoenix]

"By the way," Delilah said to everyone, "the lovely young lady who just entered is Cilla. Help yourself to the drinks, guys."

[supersim_SC]

Would it be okay if I entered this roleplay at somepoint? I don't know if I'll be able to be in it because I'm doing so many of them. But I will definitley try. :)

[LilacBaby]

((Oops. I just had a moment. Oh and now that's it's summer I might have way more moment like that. LOL.))

[Anne_SC]

((Sure, ofcourse you can.))

[DarkPhoenix]

(( OOC: Yes, come join us! New people are always welcome! ))

[LilacBaby]

"I have an idea. Why doesn't everyone introduce themselves by saying their name and their job."

"I'll start. My name is Chelsea Dane and I'm a designer."

[PixieDust_fairy]

Chelsea started to laugh. "Nice to meet you. How has you day been here so far?"

"Really hectic, I just finished moving into my house...well mansion. I haven't really got any friends right now, because i moved 2,000 miles away from my last house." Chloe started to smile. She thought this girl looked like a model more then a designer. "Hows your day been?"

[DarkPhoenix]

"I have an idea. Why doesn't everyone introduce themselves by saying their name and their job."

Delilah smiled. "Like I said, I'm Delilah Stanton, secretary for Mr. Ruppetts. He's currently on vacation."

[LilacBaby]

"Great. I finally found something to eat." Chelsea had made another friend. ((I hope :)))

[cherryp3]

Mickey gave the secretary an odd look as she shuffled out of the way. Maybe his respect for her had gone up a bit, she seemed to realize that words were only a nuisance to him. Either that, or she was simply too busy with everything else to say anything at all.

The boy dug into the pizza box and took a slice of pepperoni. How long had it been since he'd had pizza? Probably a few years, really. He'd gotten so tired of it when he was young, he refused to touch the greasy slop after a while. He frowned as he bit off a piece. It wasn't bad, actually. Mickey tried his best to squeeze through the room and find himself a comfortable place to sit. Though, it seemed there were no seats left. With a sigh, he stood off to himself and munched on his pizza.

His stomach had finally stopped growling.

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( I meant Chelsea to introduce me to Chloe. XD Oh well. ))

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"Erm.. I'm supposed to do this too? Oh, okay," Cilla mumbled. "I'm Cilla.. Cilla Reyes, I a model. It's okay, the worst I can do is be sarcastic.."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah opened her closet and found a few folding chairs. She offered one to Mickey.

"Need somewhere to sit?" she asked, careful to give him a wide berth.

It was clear to her that he didn't like people getting into his personal space or speaking to him much.

[AtropaMandragora]

"Yeah obviously", Jayden replied with a wink, before suddenly ducking back into his office when the computer sounded, announcing that he had an email waiting.

Returning about 30 seconds later, he looked at Jericho.
"Well someone giving pizza out for free..." he said. "Wanna go? If theres something left now, the mail was sent minutes ago..."

Jericho's brows furrowed, and a hint of disgust drew across his face.
"Pizza?" he said, frowning. "Now just who the hell gets the brilliant idea to offer free pizza to fashion people?"

No sooner had he spoken than he realized that maybe he'd been to vocal with his opinion. Lots of people liked pizza, including fashion people. And Jayden seemed to be one of the. Why wouldn't he be? It was just the models that had the alarm go off in their heads whenever they heard the word "pizza". Although, model or not, Jericho still didn't like pizza. Rivers of grease and mountains of melted cheese. Erch... The mere thought almost made him gag.
But... And there was a big 'but' here... It sounded like a good chance of finally seeing some people around this place. And hopefully getting acquianted with Jayden.

"Well, okay", he said. "I may not like pizza, but I suppose it won't kill me to meet some people. And if pizza is what it takes to do it, then alright."

[cherryp3]

Mickey nodded, "Yes, please." He took the chair awkwardly. He wasn't one for lugging objects around. He couldn't remember when he'd last had to do something like that himself. With a frown intact, he brought the chair off to his little secluded corner and plopped down with his pizza. He had to admit that he was impressed. Delilah caught on well and seemed to have a good sense of respect. People like that generally didn't bother him. Perhaps, he thought as he took another bite of pizza, I got the wrong impression of her the other night.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah opened up a Coke and sipped it. She smiled at Cilla. "Cilla, thanks again for grabbing the drinks for me."

She turned to the others. "You guys can help yourselves to the drinks, like I said. I had Cilla get them because I know not everyone has money for the vending machine. Oh, and there's napkins on the filing cabinet too. I know how messy and greasy your hands will get after eating, so..."

[SpoiledxxAngel]

(( Okay! I'm a model! Not a celebrity - wait, aren't models celebrities? Okay then well - everyone knows Cilla got the drinks! XD ))

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Cilla grabbed a napkin respectively off the filing cabinet, and smiled weakly. "You're welcome..." she wasn't comfortable being the center of attention. The spot light was welcome to anyone else... at least, for her.

She didn't really know what to do. It seemed like many people were occupied with talking or the presence of someone else - it was almost boring.

[BeautifulWeirdo]

"Okay, let's go then!" Jayden said and closed his office door.

He went down, followed by Jericho.
As they entred the room it was already really crowded!

"Well, hello!" Jayden said and looked at all the people.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah waved at the newcomers.

"Hey, guys, come on in. The pizzas are on the desk, plates are on the filing cabinet. Help yourselves! I'm Delilah, by the way."

[PixieDust_fairy]

Chloe laughed. The pizza was great, and she was happy that in fact it was pizza that they were eating, because that's the only fatty food she would even consider eating. Chloe took another bite of her pizza.

"So how long have you been with this Fashion industry?"

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia smiled when Jayden and Jericho walked in.
"Hello! Welcome to the pizza party"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah admitted, "I haven't been in this line of work very long. I used to be involved in the theater a lot, but I quit after getting sick of dealing with egotistical idiots. So, uh, now I'm a secretary here."

[LilacBaby]

"Well I've been doing tiny designs here and there. But I got this job right out of school, so not long."

Chelsea smiled at Cilla and signaled for her to come over here and join in on the fun.

[PixieDust_fairy]

"Oh so you just got out of school? How old are you if you don't mind me asking." Chloe brushed some hair behind her ear and took a sip of her diet pepsi. She noticed that Chelsea was waving another girl over. Chloe was anxioux to make new friends.

[LilacBaby]

"I just turned 23. I actually found out I got this job on my birthday."

Women were always weird abot saying their ages but Chelsea didn't care. She doesn't mind people knowing how old she is.

[PixieDust_fairy]

Chloe set her pizza down and decided to get more into the conversation.

"Really your 23? So am I, that's so awesome." She smiled and watched as the other girl walked up to them.

[DarkPhoenix]

"I'm 24. Just turned 24, actually," Delilah spoke up.

[PixieDust_fairy]

Chloe hadn't noticed the other girl that had walked up to them and told them her age. Chloe looked up at the girl and scooted over a little bit so she could sit down.

"That's cool, we probably all graduated highschool the same year. I'm Chloe and you are?" her eyes began to wander when she spotted Jayden.

[DarkPhoenix]

"You know," Delilah said, turning to the men and giving them a grin, "you guys are allowed to join in. Or is there a rule here that only women are allowed to speak? You don't have to talk, but you know, you're free to speak."

[AtropaMandragora]

After having followed Jayden down to the office where the "pizza party" was being held, Jericho stopped in the doorway. There he remained while taking in the scene, dark and brooding, every inch of his appearance doing his shaded mind justice. The room was hot and crowded, and everyone seemed to have a slice of pizza in their hands. It all made him wince slightly.
But, he reminded himself, these were people he was going to work with, and so for the sake of his own career, he rolled his shoulders back, and forced himself to relax. He knew that when at his worst he had a presence so intense and enigmatic that it could make an entire room of people fall almost silent, turning the loud and joyful conversations into a soft murmur as if to not annoy him. Although he wasn't now, he wasn't far from it either, and so he was probably better off playing pretend games.

He saw Cecilia smile at him and Jayden, and he forced a smile in return, greeting her with a simple nod.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah leaned against a wall, sipping her Coke and quietly listening to the conversation. She didn't have much to add, but she could learn about her coworkers. She listened and smiled to herself.

[supersim_SC]

((I decided to enter. This roleplay sounds fun. Also, where should I start my roleplay?))

Name: Aylen Chosovi
Gender: Female
Occupation: Model
Age: 23
Bio: Growing up in a small town with her mom, dad, and brother, Aylen was always different. Everyone was always a certain way, dressing the same, looking the same, acting the same. When Aylen came along, she was thought of as the "weird girl". For the longest time, Aylen hid in the shadows, waiting for someone to like her the way she was. After highschool, Aylen moved to the big city, where people all shapes and sizes came to live. She soon started modeling, hoping to be noticed.
Personality: She can be fun and bubbly, always ready to talk, but cannot laugh at herself and hates it when someone laughs at others. She is patient and shy, and can be sweet and generous, but sometimes can't say no.
Head Shot:
http://i11.tinypic.com/4qz0gua.jpg

[BeautifulWeirdo]

Jayden smiled at Delilah and Cecilia "Well I'm Jayden, just in case some of you don't know..." he said. He looked at Jericho, who just had greeted Cecilia.
He started to look around the room and suddenly spotted Chloe!
"Hey, I haven't seen you since the party" he said. "How are you doing?".

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah gave Jayden a brief but friendly smile.

She watched everyone interacting, and she tried to imagine what the future would hold for everyone. She hoped it would be good.

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: I'm still alive I swear. This is the first time I popped online all day *is SO excited for potter it's not funny and is in her Slytherin uniform*

And uhh...well I guess AMber's still in her office :P I'd come for Pizza but it seems pretty crowded. Someone can come visit me if they want to :)

[Anne_SC]

{She's beautifull, you can make her walk in right now}

"I know" she smiled friendly to Jayden. She walked after him. "So..." she said, trying to start a conversation.