There are many things April doesn't care enough about to have an opinion on, like writing and speaking at the same time. But watching this guy and his dumb pointy ears do that makes one immediately manifest in April's mind, and it isn't positive.
April mumbles something under their breath that might be about not calling them 'old thing' as they snatch the paper and read it over.
They're reminded why they hate contract negotiating. God, where's Flan when you need her? Not only does she love dealing with the strange and the fair (Flan's risk assessment being 'that sounds like the fae's problem', logic that April agrees with), she also never leaves home without their version of the Public Service Employees Union handbook and attends every meeting she can. She'd have something to say about the contract negotia- oh who are they kidding? This contract is friendly enough that she'd sign off on it anyway.
April taps their pen to a few places that irritate them - how broad this contract is, written to apply to anybody on this ship when April couldn't give a rat's ass; the note about no influence but goodwill, maybe; how airtight it seems, even if it's complying with what April asked for. April begins writing a little arrow to where they're planning on adding a restriction against 'old thing' or any other potentially familiar terms, when a better idea strikes them.
"You know what, hold on." April says, gesturing with their hand before abruptly flipping to a new page of the notepad.
They start writing (without narration, they don't have anything to prove), occasionally drawing a long line across or down the page, and when they're done they pass this over to Oswald:
RETURN DELIVERY NOTE
Return date:
Today
Order/Doc No.
0001
Return No.
0001
Vendor: ____________
Customer: April
Collect From: Cabin 128, Deck 2 Serena Eterna
Line
Item Description
Quantity
Condition
Price
1
Bottled Water, unbranded, 500ml
1
Unopened
0.00
2
Ibuprofen, 200mg tablets
2
Unopened
0.00
3
Candy, Scoops brand
1
Unopened
0.00
Net Total:
0.00
Reason for return: Items were not ordered by customer or paid for by customer.
Returned by: ____________ (signature)
Received by: ____________ (signature)
"There, that should be simpler and cleaner." April says, and turns turns the notepad around to the stranger handing out candy. "Just need you to sign for this here and there."
They tap the blank line beside 'Vendor' and 'Received by'.
no subject
April mumbles something under their breath that might be about not calling them 'old thing' as they snatch the paper and read it over.
They're reminded why they hate contract negotiating. God, where's Flan when you need her? Not only does she love dealing with the strange and the fair (Flan's risk assessment being 'that sounds like the fae's problem', logic that April agrees with), she also never leaves home without their version of the Public Service Employees Union handbook and attends every meeting she can. She'd have something to say about the contract negotia- oh who are they kidding? This contract is friendly enough that she'd sign off on it anyway.
April taps their pen to a few places that irritate them - how broad this contract is, written to apply to anybody on this ship when April couldn't give a rat's ass; the note about no influence but goodwill, maybe; how airtight it seems, even if it's complying with what April asked for. April begins writing a little arrow to where they're planning on adding a restriction against 'old thing' or any other potentially familiar terms, when a better idea strikes them.
"You know what, hold on." April says, gesturing with their hand before abruptly flipping to a new page of the notepad.
They start writing (without narration, they don't have anything to prove), occasionally drawing a long line across or down the page, and when they're done they pass this over to Oswald:
RETURN DELIVERY NOTE
Vendor: ____________
Customer: April
Collect From:
Cabin 128, Deck 2
Serena Eterna
Reason for return: Items were not ordered by customer or paid for by customer.
Returned by: ____________ (signature)
Received by: ____________ (signature)
"There, that should be simpler and cleaner." April says, and turns turns the notepad around to the stranger handing out candy. "Just need you to sign for this here and there."
They tap the blank line beside 'Vendor' and 'Received by'.