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Finn walked down the city street with his wife, as they always did. They chose walking over taking the bus, as it was too expensive and they liked the exercise. Thankfully, they didn’t have to worry about their kids either, as they lived close enough to the school where Diarmuid, their eldest son who was 12 years old could escort their daughter Nanna, who was 10.
“Lachesis, I have a meeting at around lunch time, so I don’t think I’ll be able to make it to our lunch date today. However, on the way home I’ll buy you your favorite sweets on the way home.” Finn explained to his wife.
“Really?! You’re the best Finn!” Lachesis said excitedly. “But don't stress over the lunch date too much, I know you have a job to do.”
“Thank you for understanding, darling.”
As the two neared the entrance of their job, Finn looked up once again at the grandiose sign. “Jugdral Sweets Co.”. The sign was plastered on the front of the building, for all of the city to see. The two entered the office building and entered the elevator. Finn hit the 4th floor, while Lachesis pressed the button for the 5th floor.
Before the doors could close however, two more men came into the elevator. The one who entered first wore a green suit with a white tie, perfectly complimenting his green hair. The other wore a blue suit with a gold tie, giving a bit of contrast to his green hair.
“Running late again, Alec?” Finn asked the man in the green suit.
“Oh, hey Finn! Yeah, a pretty girl caught my eye and before I knew it, I was runnin’ late. I ran into this big guy on my way here,” Alec said, taking a jab at the other man’s shoulder. “You should really walk at a faster pace if you don’t want to be late, Arden.”
“I was just goin’ at my usual pace! No need for me to change it. I already said we won’t be late, so don’t worry,” Arden reassured.
“All I’m saying is that if Sigurd gets mad at us for being late, I’m gonna say I told you so.”
The two got off on the 3rd floor, where the planning department was. He could see them nervously look around for their boss, before the doors shut and the elevator started to move again.
“Hearing Sigurd’s guys bicker with each other is always fun. They always make the room lively,” Finn thought aloud.
“Yeah, they’re quite the bunch! The other day, I heard Naoise get into an argument with Alec over bread of all things,” Lachesis added.
The elevator chimed and the door opened to the accounting department, where Finn worked. He smiled at his wife and said his goodbyes as he got off the elevator. The elevator doors shut, and was off to the advertising department on the 5th floor, where Lachesis worked. Finn was greeted by his boss, Quan, as soon as he sat down at his desk.
“Finn, you know that meeting we have right before lunch?” Quan asked.
“Yes, it’s a meeting to go over this term’s finances,” Finn answered.
“Well I need you to do some last minute number crunching for the past week's sales, since Cain had to leave early yesterday,” Quan explained, revealing a small stack of paperwork. “You’re the only one I can rely on to have it done in an efficient and fast manner.”
“Of course, Quan. I’ll have it done before the meeting.”
And so began Finn’s last minute number crunching, periodically interrupted by his desk phone ringing. However it didn’t take long for Finn to calculate everything, organize it, and put it on Quan’s desk.
“Wow, that only took you about 3 hours. We still have an hour until the meeting,” Quan said as he started to look over the papers. “I’ll let you know if I find anything to fix, so for the meantime you can head back to your desk and get started with some of your other work.”
Finn did as he was told and sat back down at his desk. On his left, a blonde man in a black suit and purple tie leaned over from the neighboring desk.
“Sometimes you amaze me at how fast you can do all that work, Finn.”
“Thanks Glade, but I just want to make sure Quan has nothing to worry about in the meeting today. He has to present the finances to his father, afterall,” Finn said, turning toward Glade. “Speaking of work, how’s your stuff coming along? I heard you were looking at the sales of the latest chocolate the planning department came up with.”
“Yeah, I was looking over the sales compared to our other sweets, and it’s been a resounding success. I gotta give Oifey a call after the meeting to tell him about it,” Glade said as he shuffled through a couple of papers. “The new chocolate was a lot more popular than the peppermint candy, and the caramel squares.”
Glade started to talk about the sales of the new chocolate more and more in depth before he was interrupted by a coffee being placed on his desk. The giver of the coffee was a woman with Blue hair, wearing a blue dress with a white cardigan.
“Ah, Selphina. Thank you for getting that for me. I forgot to get a cup this morning,” Glade chuckled, taking a sip from the coffee. “You truly are an amazing wife. What would I do without you?”
Selphina blushed a little and sat back down next to Glade at her own desk. The three of them started to work diligently on today’s pile of work. The three of them all joined the company at the same time, and subsequently joined the same department.
“Alright Finn, it’s almost time for the meeting. You’d better get ready and make sure you’ve got everything you need,” Glade reminded Finn, looking at his watch.
“Yes, I think I’ll go talk to Quan and ask if he needs me to bring any extra paperwork to the meeting.”
“Good luck, you got this!” Selphina gave him a pat on the back.
“Hit ‘em twice and knock ‘em dead!” Glade said encouragingly.
Quan looked up as Finn approached his desk. He smiled at him and slid forward the paperwork that Finn had completed this morning.
“You did a great job on this Finn. And in such a short time as well, I’m quite proud,” Quan praised.
“Thank you, Quan. You’re too kind.”
“Also, about the meeting. Don’t be too nervous. I know this is your first meeting like this, and the Board of Directors will be there. So just watch me and only speak if they address you. This should be a good learning experience for you,” Quan explained.
“I understand.”
The two then made their way to the 6th floor, where the meeting rooms and Board of Director offices were. They were a little bit early so they set up their things and waited for everyone to enter the meeting room.
The first to enter was Sigurd, the head of the planning department, followed by Oifey. Oifey also joined the company around the same time as Glade, Finn, and Selphina, however it was on Sigurd’s recommendation, so he ended up joining the planning department.
“Quan, would you like to go out for a drink tonight? I have some free time tonight since Seliph is going over Edain’s to play with Lana and Lester,” Sigurd asked as he sat down next to Quan. “You can even bring Ethlyn if you want. I know Deirdre would be happy to come along as well.”
“That sounds like a fun time. I’ll text Ethlyn and get back to you before we leave, how does that sound?” Quan asked with a smile on his face.
“Making plans without me?” A voice from the doorway asked. It was Eldigan, the head of the advertisement department. He was also the brother of Lachesis, making him his brother-in-law.
“You were going to be the next person I would ask, Eldigan. You know I would never leave you out of plans with Quan,” Sigurd said as Eldigan sat down next to him. “We’re even thinking of bringing Deirdre and Ethlyn along, so ask if Grahnye wants to come.”
“I’m sure she’d love that. Ares is getting to that age where sometimes we both need a few moments out of the house.”
Eldigan organized the papers in front of him and momentarily made eye contact with Finn. They both smiled at each other and went back to their papers. There was a momentary silence, however it was interrupted by the door opening once again.
In came the Board of Directors, consisting of Calf, Byron, Chagall, Lahna, Lombard, Reptor, Arvis, and the CEO of the Company, Azmur. They all sat down on the opposite end of the table from the department heads, and Azmur started the meeting.
The meeting lasted about an hour and a half, just cutting into the hour lunch that each employee got. For the duration of the meeting, Finn was intently watching Quan, taking in anything he thought might help him during meetings in the future.
When the meeting was done, everyone started to rush for the lunch room, ready for whatever they could eat. Finn however, was on a different mission. He scanned the lunch room, looking for his dear wife. He spotted her, and went to go sit down next to her, and enjoy a nice meal together.