39 * Accidental video

[starchilde_lost]

[Someone's going through papers on a desk. It looked like it had been organized, once, but that organization had been gone. Rachel's muttering to herself, obviously trying to find something.]

I know it's in here somewhere - who the hell was going through this place...?

...Jesus, where's Bobby Drake when you need an accountant?

[She sees a piece of paper and grabs it.]

Ah-ha! Oh, wait, this is from last month's payroll. Where's...

Holy crap, is this Goodfellow's old tab?

[She shakes her head and goes back to looking.]

This is gonna take forever.

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[Kirk looked over everything and scratched his head.]

I would have thought Niko would have been more anal about organizing his paperwork...

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[starchilde_lost]

He is, was, whatever. So was Kyle, but... man... I think everyone's been through here.

[She pointed over to the file cabinet.]

Look over there, okay? Payroll has to have its own section.

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[Kirk headed over to the cabinet and started to look through it.]

Well, there are some receipts in here...

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Okay, keep those, we might need them to figure out the orders for this week.

[She shuffles through some more paper.]

Have you heard anyone on staff talking about taking over?

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We all voted, you're the boss now.

[He checks another drawer of the cabinet.]

Aha, found it!

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[starchilde_lost]

I am so not doing this alone.

[She points a finger.]

I go down for it, so do you, Captain.

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Hey, if it's not a ship, I don't run it.

[Kirk flipped through some of the files.]

You don't get paid enough, by the way.

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You're still gonna help me, if I start giving orders, no one will believe it. You're the Captain, they'll listen to you.

[She arched an eyebrow.]

Well, if I'm cleaning up all this mess, I'll just have to fix that, won't I?

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[Kirk made a very displeased face.]

I suppose someone has to do it.

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Don't look at me like that, I'm not exactly thrilled with this either, but who else is there?

[Rachel began flipping through the papers.]

If you really don't, I'm not going to force you. Kitty can help me, I can find someone else....

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Maybe we should sell the place. Give everyone who works here a percentage of it to the new owner...

[Kirk shook his head.]

No, I'll help you out with this.

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...we don't have that right, it belongs to Ishiah if he ever comes back. We hold it until he sells it, or Niko comes back.

[She sat in the desk chair and put her head in her hands.]

I'm so damn tired of people leaving and coming back and leaving.

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How long do you wait before you pass it on to someone else? People who own businesses should have documents on who gets things when they leave...

[He glanced over at her.]

I know what you mean.

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[starchilde_lost]

Niko didn't want it, he was happy to just hold it until Ishiah came back.

[She idly sorted a few of the papers strewn on the desk.]

Kitty's come and gone a few times, Kara, Niko and just about everyone from his world... did you know that there are only four people left from my world, there used to be a dozen or so of us.

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There used to be six of us here from my world, now it's just me.

[Kirk gave a bit of a shrug.]

I guess it helps if you're not used to having people around.

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..not really used to that. Haven't been alone for awhile - everyone's been kinda keeping a close eye on me back home.

[Rachel started making some notes on a notepad.]

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How are you doing here, Rachel?

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My parents ran a school, dozens and dozens of students, lots of details...

[She looked up.]

Better pray I inherited some of it.

[She pushed the notes toward him.]

I think that's what we need to pay everyone this month. We'll need the receipts for supplies for the last few weeks to make sure we can cover those going forward - and we'll need to talk to the suppliers? Yeah, probably.

Am I forgetting anything?

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[Kirk shook his head.]

That's not what I meant.

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Huh?

[She missed something and blinked a few times when she looked up from the figures again.]

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Rachel, how are you doing here in the City?

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Oh.

[She shrugged, moving a few papers around.]

Okay, I mean, Kitty came back, Kara's still around, I'm kinda seeing someone...

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[Kirk nodded, he knew exactly who she was seeing. And he knew she could do so, so much better, but that wasn't his place.]

Not about to throw anyone through a table?

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Not lately.

[She considers. And smiles - despite the fact that she saw that look.]

Give it time. It always comes back sooner or later.

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[Kirk gave her a smile back.]

I'm glad you're doing better, Rachel.