Paperwork [CLOSED/MOSTLY FINISHED]

[redcinemareel]

Characters: Grell, possibly NPC staff. Probably Espio and Toby? IDEK
Location: Some stuffy office to start.
Rating: G...mostly.
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed & MOSTLY Finished
Summary: Grell files for citizenship. This is just a post so that it has been done ICly! Anyone is welcome to see that she left Garden with paperwork and ask what she was doing later on. Espio and Toby may pop in, since this would essentially affect them, too.

Now, being the secretary to the Commander meant paperwork upon paperwork, but filing her own paperwork was far more stressful. Grell had to make sure every 'I' was dotted and every 'T' was crossed. She also re-read every paragraph to make sure she got everything in order. Photos, signatures, records of her cadet and SeeD life. Records of her marriage.

Plus, since Marco wasn't going to apply, Grell wanted to make doubly sure that she was choosing the right thing. It would be silly for her to pass up an opportunity to gain citizenship status after being in Balamb for so long. Also, Marco was right about needing at least one of them to be an insider.

Well, she wanted to do this, so to Hell with doubts!

She took all her paperwork and headed to an office to get them filed. It was outside of the Garden itself, so it meant a nice trip to town. The locals still looked at her in passing, but didn't really go hiding in their homes like they used to. It was an improvement. She'd rather they feared her, though. The office was a rather plain looking building, not very tall, but more than three floors. Grell could already tell the process was going to be long.

Once inside, she took a number and sat down. She was number 69, and they were serving number 58. It really didn't matter which world she got sucked into, all offices made you wait forever. The numbers crawled forward before finally arriving at hers, and Grell wasted little time getting to the window. Looking over the paperwork at least five times meant that everything she needed was accounted for, and they told her that she would receive something in the mail in at least a month's time. By then she would be informed if her application was accepted or not. Grell did raise an eyebrow at that, because why wouldn't it be accepted if they're offering it to them, and they fall under the stipulations?

Bureaucracy was still the same in every world, as well.

Glad to be done with that process, Grell left the building, and already she could feel her patience waning. A whole month...

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[espio]

Espio was hanging around near the front entrance when Grell returned - he wasn't doing anything in particular, he just wanted to be outdoors without all the noise of the Quad. He was actually contemplating a trip to Balamb himself for an evening, perhaps even take Toby for a meal or something while the weather was warm.

As he spotted Grell, he just raised a hand in greeting. "Where've you been?"

Omai~!

[redcinemareel]

Should she be surprised Espio was there? Grell looked up to find him just relaxing about.

"Out." Not even Marco clocked her movements.

[espio]

Espio shrugged, a little irritated at her snappishness. "I was just interested."

[redcinemareel]

She didn't like being interrogated, so she just waved her hand casually. "It actually involves both you and Tobias, in the long run. So, where is he?" She could just go and appear before him, but she wanted to walk there.

[espio]

"He's just doing his own thing, probably in the Quad or something. I was actually thinking of taking him out to Balamb for the evening, but most places'll be busy at this time of the week... mind you, we could always just walk along the sea front..."

However, he tilted his head curiously, and hopped down from the ledge he had perched on. "How does your trip out involve us?" he asked. He couldn't think of anything off-hand, unless it was something wedding related, and it seemed a bit early to get into those plans.

[redcinemareel]

Grell gave him a smile, because...

"That's so very touching~! I'm sure he would like that!" She nudged her head in the direction of the Quad and started walking there. "You'll see!"

What was he thinking? It was never too early to plan for a wedding!

[espio]

"Shame the weather's not a bit nicer. A clear night would have been better... can't have it all, I guess. At least it's warm."

As Grell made her way to the Quad, Espio followed, confused. It looked like she wasn't going to say anything about it until they found Tobias, at any rate. He was a little worried by that, actually.

[corruptedsouls]

As always, Tobias' usual hangout was in the quad. Whether or not they found him first was dependant on whether or not they looked up, of course -- Tobias was playing a bit with Pikachu, climbing through the branches with practiced ease.

Of course, his Pokemon's irritated chittering caused him to look down.

"Hi Mom! Hi Espio!"

[redcinemareel]

"Yes, it has been rather cloudy, hasn't it?" Odd for such a season, really.

As they entered the quad, Grell hadn't initially been looking up, because she thought Toby would be out of the climbing trees phase. Apparently she was wrong.

"...really, I had thought you'd find chairs to be more appropriate by now."

[espio]

"What's wrong with trees?" Espio wondered, aloud. He liked to climb things himself. As though to demonstrate, he quickly shot up the tree himself to join Tobias, taking a seat on a branch to look down at Grell. "Are you coming or what?"

[redcinemareel]

With a roll of her eyes, Grell leapt up, grabbing a branch and pulling herself up to another, until she sat across from them on a branch of a similar height. Ants had better stay away or she'll burn this tree down.

"Now that we're all together, I wish to inform you both that I've applied for citizenship for Balamb."

[corruptedsouls]

Tobias giggled a little as Espio and Grell joined him, Pikachu moving over to his shoulder to peer at the new arrivals. Even this high up and on a branch, he was as comfortable as ever -- if not moreso. Up in trees... this was something he had far more experience with in terms of 'safe haven.'

"Ah! I hope you get it!"

[espio]

Ah, so she'd gone for it, had she? "Good for you!" he said, with sincerity. "I'm still thinking about it, myself."

[redcinemareel]

Espio being positive and sincere...well, Grell just gave him a somewhat surprised look at the compliment.

"Thank you..." She got over her initial surprise and respond to his second statement. "Out of all of us, I'm quite surprised you haven't taken the first leap."