MCA Lobby, Tuesday [6|29|2010]

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

While there was still a lot of mental flailing in regards to having so much more work responsibility, Cally was playing it cool today. On the desk/counter in the lobby was a small tray of chocolate cupcakes with various colors of frosting. Beside the tray was a little sign that read:
Stop By to Meet Your New Landlord
(cupcakes not made by management)

She sat in the chair (which was really getting more comfortable each day) and wondered if anyone would stop by.

Please pay no attention to the glances toward the phone when she thought about calling the local day care to check on Nicky. She was trying not to be that sort of mom.

[ooc: OCD free, moddable cupcakes, open post!]

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[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

One arm in a sling notwithstanding, Tim was in an okay mood upon his return from New York.

He did a double take at the sign.

"Hi new Landlord."

He'd outlasted two landlords. Go him.

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

"Hello guy I saw in the park," Cally said with a smile. "You normally double-take like that about simple things?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah it's the really weird things I take in stride. I'm Tim Desmond, I live in number 8."

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

Cally wondered if the name seemed familiar, but couldn't put a finger on it. "Nice to meet you," she said. "Properly, I mean."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Same here. How do you like the job so far?"

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

Cally chuckled. "Ask me when I've had it for at least a week," she said. "This is still too new to have a real opinion of anything."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"How'd you get roped into it?"

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

"I was just the superintendent," Cally said. "Then Miss Murray decided to stay in England for important business."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Lucky for everyone you were here then huh?"

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

Cally thought about that for a moment, thinking over what exactly all that implied.

Sure, it could have been just a throw away line from the guy, but she had to honestly think about it all.

"Lucky for me, maybe," she finally said. "How lucky it is for everyone else I don't know. I hope to do well enough at it all, though."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Well Tim had kind of meant how it could have been a huge hassle for Mina and the tenants if she had to split without having anyone to take over for her.

"Can't be any worse than the landlord we had before Miss Murray."

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

"Who was that?" Cally asked, unfamiliar.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Her name was Rachel if I recall correctly." And if he didn't, that was karma. "I mean sure the building didn't fall down around us, but that seems like the only thing could be said for her."

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

"You can't even remember her name?" Cally said. "That doesn't sound like she was that bad, if you didn't even bother to learn her name."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"I remember she was stuck up and couldn't be bothered to remember mine." Tim shrugged. But he accepted the rebuke with a slight grimace.

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

"Well, I know your name, Tim," Cally said. "So we won't be repeating that experience."

She smiled a bit. "Should work out okay, right?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"See? You're already doing a great job."

[nomoreveruca.livejournal.com]

"If learning a name means I'm doing a great job, I think your standards must be pretty terrible," Cally said. "That's actually pretty sad. No offense or anything."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"You're right, I'll try to be harder on you in the future." he teased.