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luciazephyrAZOPA part one
STEPHANIE shrugs and takes off in a sprint, leaving IVAN behind. IVAN starts to run his hands through his hair, ruffling it more. From off camera, IVAN is grabbed by a pair of hands and pushed along the aisle of the cubicle. DANIEL BRYERS, Tech Support Administrator, comes into frame. He's boyishly handsome with neat black hair tucked mostly behind his ear and bright eyes. He's wearing impecable neat clothing: shiny shoes, ironed pinstripe pants, tailored dress shirt, and a paisley silk tie.
DANIEL backs away from IVAN, who turns to look at him. DANIEL crosses his arms over his chest.
IVAN looks around. The two have been getting progressively louder as time went on, so IVAN grabs DANIEL's shoulder and pulled him along, out of the cubicles and under one of the time zone clocks.
IVAN slumps against the wall and bangs his head against it a few times, eyes closed, grimacing.
DANIEL waves vaguely over his shoulder and jogs away, headed toward the large room adjacent to the BULLPEN that is reserved for DANIEL'S TECH SUP TEAM. DANIEL almost crashes into TERRY LOSTEN, Network Administrator. He's tall and handsome with dark eyes and tanned skin, wearing a green dress shirt and black jeans. He's also British.
NO ONE on the floor even looks up from their work.
*sips tea*
-Luce
STEPHANIE shrugs and takes off in a sprint, leaving IVAN behind. IVAN starts to run his hands through his hair, ruffling it more. From off camera, IVAN is grabbed by a pair of hands and pushed along the aisle of the cubicle. DANIEL BRYERS, Tech Support Administrator, comes into frame. He's boyishly handsome with neat black hair tucked mostly behind his ear and bright eyes. He's wearing impecable neat clothing: shiny shoes, ironed pinstripe pants, tailored dress shirt, and a paisley silk tie.
DANNY
(leaning up to talk in IVAN's ear)
Five hundred and sixty-nine.
IVAN
(looks at Danny over his shoulder)
I'm sorry?
DANNY
(speaking clearly and over-enunciating)
Five hundred and sixty-nine.
IVAN
Winning lottery numbers?
(leaning up to talk in IVAN's ear)
Five hundred and sixty-nine.
IVAN
(looks at Danny over his shoulder)
I'm sorry?
DANNY
(speaking clearly and over-enunciating)
Five hundred and sixty-nine.
IVAN
Winning lottery numbers?
DANIEL backs away from IVAN, who turns to look at him. DANIEL crosses his arms over his chest.
DANNY
Emails.
IVAN
(closes his eyes, tilting his head back)
You're kidding.
DANNY
There are so many flames on the forums over this, my guys are starting to call it the flamewar of the year. And it's still February!
IVAN
(shakes his head)
Daniel, I'm still not on top of what actually happened.
DANNY
Five hundred and sixty-nine, Ivan! They're calling us bigots against the slash community.
IVAN
(frowns)
They're what?
DANNY
The branch has been down since noon and we're being accused of bigotry against the slash community.
Emails.
IVAN
(closes his eyes, tilting his head back)
You're kidding.
DANNY
There are so many flames on the forums over this, my guys are starting to call it the flamewar of the year. And it's still February!
IVAN
(shakes his head)
Daniel, I'm still not on top of what actually happened.
DANNY
Five hundred and sixty-nine, Ivan! They're calling us bigots against the slash community.
IVAN
(frowns)
They're what?
DANNY
The branch has been down since noon and we're being accused of bigotry against the slash community.
IVAN looks around. The two have been getting progressively louder as time went on, so IVAN grabs DANIEL's shoulder and pulled him along, out of the cubicles and under one of the time zone clocks.
IVAN
I'm staring to wonder if we're talking about the same thing here, Danny.
DANNY
(rolls his eyes)
Just before noon, we got word that one of the branches of the site- the one that carries a majority of our slash fic- went down. Completely 404-ed across the board.
IVAN
Oh god, how many?
DANNY
More than a hundred pages.
IVAN
I think I need to lie down...
DANNY
You don't have time for that. I just got a call from a friend of mine- he says the vidders are rallying together and are going to do something about it.
IVAN
Our fanvidders?
DANNY
(nods)
We need Terry and Steph in there, getting things running again. You know I'd fix it if I could, but this seems to be an internal problem.
I'm staring to wonder if we're talking about the same thing here, Danny.
DANNY
(rolls his eyes)
Just before noon, we got word that one of the branches of the site- the one that carries a majority of our slash fic- went down. Completely 404-ed across the board.
IVAN
Oh god, how many?
DANNY
More than a hundred pages.
IVAN
I think I need to lie down...
DANNY
You don't have time for that. I just got a call from a friend of mine- he says the vidders are rallying together and are going to do something about it.
IVAN
Our fanvidders?
DANNY
(nods)
We need Terry and Steph in there, getting things running again. You know I'd fix it if I could, but this seems to be an internal problem.
IVAN slumps against the wall and bangs his head against it a few times, eyes closed, grimacing.
DANNY
(puts a hand between IVAN's head and the wall)
Ivan.
IVAN
(stops, opens eyes, mets DANNY's gaze)
Alright, yeah, I'll go make it work.
DANNY
(backs away)
Thank you. Now I have to go and make sure the forums don't crash under the influx of trolls and pissed off regulars.
IVAN
Good luck.
(puts a hand between IVAN's head and the wall)
Ivan.
IVAN
(stops, opens eyes, mets DANNY's gaze)
Alright, yeah, I'll go make it work.
DANNY
(backs away)
Thank you. Now I have to go and make sure the forums don't crash under the influx of trolls and pissed off regulars.
IVAN
Good luck.
DANIEL waves vaguely over his shoulder and jogs away, headed toward the large room adjacent to the BULLPEN that is reserved for DANIEL'S TECH SUP TEAM. DANIEL almost crashes into TERRY LOSTEN, Network Administrator. He's tall and handsome with dark eyes and tanned skin, wearing a green dress shirt and black jeans. He's also British.
IVAN
Hi Terry. What crisis has happened this time?
TERRY
Miriam's in the lobby.
IVAN
Oh, Christ.
TERRY
And the world's falling down around our heads, case you didn't see.
IVAN
That's the understatement of the century. How long she been there?
TERRY
Miriam?
IVAN
No, Ms. Scribe. Yes, Miriam!
TERRY
Don't get snappy at me, I'm not the one who slapped the Slashy Awards in the face after a generous nomination.
IVAN
Is that what happened?
TERRY
(shrugs)
No one knows for sure, but that's what I hear.
IVAN
Why don't we know?
TERRY
The awards' site took it down pretty bloody quickly after it went up.
IVAN
Casa got nominated?
(runs a hand through his hair, very deep in thought)
I'm out of the times a bit, but she's a good old vanilla het writer, isn't she?
TERRY
(long stare)
Ivan, what was the last fandom I was a participant in?
IVAN
Uh, Life on Mars, five years ago?
TERRY
And what's the last thing I wrote fannishly?
IVAN
A meta column on why the US version of The Office beat the pants off the UK version?
TERRY
And what's the last fanfiction I read?
IVAN
A epic fanzine anthology of the best Jossverse stories released last year and I should go ask someone else, I'm guessing.
TERRY
You got it.
IVAN
Yeah.
(yells:)
Hey, anyone here have the quote Casa gave the Slashy Awards this morning?
Hi Terry. What crisis has happened this time?
TERRY
Miriam's in the lobby.
IVAN
Oh, Christ.
TERRY
And the world's falling down around our heads, case you didn't see.
IVAN
That's the understatement of the century. How long she been there?
TERRY
Miriam?
IVAN
No, Ms. Scribe. Yes, Miriam!
TERRY
Don't get snappy at me, I'm not the one who slapped the Slashy Awards in the face after a generous nomination.
IVAN
Is that what happened?
TERRY
(shrugs)
No one knows for sure, but that's what I hear.
IVAN
Why don't we know?
TERRY
The awards' site took it down pretty bloody quickly after it went up.
IVAN
Casa got nominated?
(runs a hand through his hair, very deep in thought)
I'm out of the times a bit, but she's a good old vanilla het writer, isn't she?
TERRY
(long stare)
Ivan, what was the last fandom I was a participant in?
IVAN
Uh, Life on Mars, five years ago?
TERRY
And what's the last thing I wrote fannishly?
IVAN
A meta column on why the US version of The Office beat the pants off the UK version?
TERRY
And what's the last fanfiction I read?
IVAN
A epic fanzine anthology of the best Jossverse stories released last year and I should go ask someone else, I'm guessing.
TERRY
You got it.
IVAN
Yeah.
(yells:)
Hey, anyone here have the quote Casa gave the Slashy Awards this morning?
NO ONE on the floor even looks up from their work.
IVAN
Alright, if we don't get shut down or this, you're all fired!
TERRY
That's hardly a positive attitude about it, Ivan.
IVAN
Terry, I'm so not in the mood for emotional psych evaluations from you right now, I cannot tell you. You know anything about the vidders?
TERRY
No. I've seen about five fanvids in my entire fannish career.
IVAN
(squints at TERRY)
Why do you even work here?
TERRY
Moral support.
IVAN
Ah.
Alright, if we don't get shut down or this, you're all fired!
TERRY
That's hardly a positive attitude about it, Ivan.
IVAN
Terry, I'm so not in the mood for emotional psych evaluations from you right now, I cannot tell you. You know anything about the vidders?
TERRY
No. I've seen about five fanvids in my entire fannish career.
IVAN
(squints at TERRY)
Why do you even work here?
TERRY
Moral support.
IVAN
Ah.
*sips tea*
-Luce
(no subject)
Date: 2007-02-11 08:25 pm (UTC)*read both*
Date: 2007-02-11 08:30 pm (UTC)Yay Stephanie! Good name, I approve.
Can't go wrong w/a good pedeconference!
Awww, there's the Danny. Hi, Danny.
DANNY
(puts a hand between IVAN's head and the wall)
Ivan.
AW. They're gonna be my pairing, aren't they?
{heh, ms. scribe}
Dude, I'm a little in love with Terry.
...and I really like your whole *vague hand gestures* thing here. It's sort of mind-twistingly meta, which I really love. *gets some tea of her own, sits back*
Re: *read both*
Date: 2007-02-11 08:48 pm (UTC)"Pedeconference" is the best terminology ever. It's in the Wiki, for god's sake.
Danny/Ivan is the new Dan/Casey (or Matt/Danny, despite Sorkin pushing the het ships like being straight is going out of style).
I love Terry. He's extremely competant but just doesn't do fandom anymore. Poor guy.
I'm glad you like the *vage hand gestures*. And, yes, meta-heavy here, 'cause I'm just asking for a flamewar here. *laughs*
Yay for tea!
(no subject)
Date: 2007-02-11 09:43 pm (UTC)(puts a hand between IVAN's head and the wall)
Ivan.
Danny/Ivan OTP!
IVAN
(squints at TERRY)
Why do you even work here?
TERRY
Moral support.
I ♥ Terry.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-02-11 10:04 pm (UTC)Terry seems to be a hit. Where did that come from? *boggles*
(no subject)
Date: 2007-02-11 11:55 pm (UTC)I literally LOLed. (Onto pt.3)