#answered: paperwork

[suntails]

reality

[starcurtain]

What do you think Aventurine would be like as a boss?

Aventurine's first character story tells us that people both outside the IPC and internal to the Strategic Investment Department are explicitly racist toward him, so I would say first that I suspect Aventurine's team is much, much smaller than other Stonehearts like Topaz. For example, we constantly see Topaz's dumb "support squad" following her around in most of the events she shows up in, while we've never been introduced to a single "Aventurine support squad" member.

My suspicion is that, between the rampant racism and the undoubtedly common rumors about Aventurine's dangerous behavior, very few people are even willing to be put on his team in the first place. I suspect he's much more likely to be paired up with one or two "strategic partners" (like Ratio) and sent to handle things that way, rather than actually having a large group of underlings he directly supervises.

But just logistically speaking I'm sure he does have a few underlings, and I think... He's probably a very difficult person to work for, for a couple reasons:

He will almost certainly beat assholes to the punch. If a majority of the people who have been assigned to work with him don't want to be there, you can bet he's not going to wait around for new people to prove they are racist garbage. I imagine that, for the most part, he's off-putting and offensive to new people from the get-go. You ask which desk is yours and he just goes "Oh, feel free to set your things anywhere!" then turns around like: "Wowwww. Jim, this rookie is trying to steal the desk you've had for ten years! How inconsiderate our new friend is proving to be~!" New people on his team probably have the worst few weeks of their lives. (Because... If people are going to hate him on principle alone, he might as well give them a reason, right?) However, this has the effect of weeding out most of the people who are incapable of dealing with Aventurine's antics, so I imagine that the few who persevere through the hazing are probably genuinely decent folks. Those that make it past the initial "Let's see how much you hate Sigonians and disrespect me personally" vibe check probably end up on Aventurine's good side, and I think he eventually eases off his newbies after a while. (Not before they've proven their exceedingly high tolerance for shenanigans and even higher ceiling for shock factor, though. If a new employee makes it past the first month of working for Aventurine, literally nothing else will ever phase them. An elephant-sized Warp Trotter could warp them all six galaxies over and they'd just be like "Anyone got a working cell? I need to tell my babysitter I won't be back by 9.")

I think he's just never there. Absentee boss in the extreme. It's not that he ever slacks or doesn't do the work--it's just that he's constantly going off and doing the missions all on his own. It doesn't matter how many times the higher-ups assign him to do a team task, tell him he has to take the full squad... He just scampers off and does the deal entirely on his own, comes back covered in blood, and is like "Hey guys, I took care of the problem; enjoy some comp time on me!" I don't think he drags his average-level underlings into his dangerous gambles; I think he just does all the work with their clients by himself or with a high-caliber partner. You would think this would make him a great boss to work for, but I implore to put yourself in such an employee's shoes: You go into the office every morning only to see your to-do list is empty. Your boss isn't there to give you any new direction. After twiddling your thumbs for four hours, you find out the reason he isn't in the office this morning is that he's recovering from betting he could take an entire pack of Borisin in a fist fight. He's not in the hospital because of the fight (which he won). He's in the hospital because he was then promptly shot in the back by the guy he was betting with. Why is your life like this? Why must you be subjected to the soap opera of your boss's own self-destructive spiral?

Even when he's around, he's probably weirdly awkward. Don't get me wrong, I bet when he's in a good mood he throws all kinds of extravagant parties in the office, and his employees would never lack for bonuses and perks. But I think he has never really bothered to learn--or perhaps simply does not care--about normal managerial behaviors and boundaries. Like, you slip up and tell him your mother-in-law is in the hospital. He comes back five minutes later to tell you he's just bought six bouquets (sent from your address), commissioned a personally embossed card for her with your monogram, and contracted the services of the best-reviewed individualized medical team in Pier Point under your name. He's patting himself on the back for being an incredibly thoughtful boss. You don't know how to tell him that you haven't spoken to your mother-in-law in years, not since her last attempt to poison you. Every six months he buys the whole team new cars. You have no idea what to do with all these cars. It's too many cars. Put some cars back. He calls everyone his "friend," but even after working for him for years, you still have absolutely no idea about his likes, dislikes, or hobbies outside of the IPC. You could not name his favorite food if someone put a gun to your head. Does he exist outside of the workplace? You literally can't imagine him anywhere but on a mission or at a poker table. He's constantly bringing an "I am the party!" vibe to the room, but everyone else is a bored 8-5 worker who doesn't have a drop of enthusiasm left in their veins. It's like when a singer asks the audience to cheer along with a song, but nobody in the audience makes a peep. Absolutely no one in the IPC cubicles can match his particular freak. Aventurine's a smooth-talker and a street-smart cookie for sure, but something about the way his smile looks like it's made out of plastic when anyone tries to engage him in chitchat at the water cooler gives you the vague impression that he's probably never had an actual friend in his life. If "uncanny valley" was a vibe a workplace could have, Aventurine's office would have it.

Long story longer, I think Aventurine has very few people willing to tolerate him as a boss, whether because they are racist or simply because his quirks are just too quirky. However, I like to imagine the few who have hung in there are ride or die. You know they have an "Aventurine Protection Squad" group chat. They probably all wear peacock-teal and gold accessories in solidarity. They have definitely disappeared people for talking shit on their boss before. Aventurine has no idea how much they actually like him.

[sergle]

yall are about to piss me off by not having any PASSING basic knowledge of the way the u.s. military manipulates its recruits into joining by typing up one of your uninformed, unresearched, unempathetic, individualistic, unbelievably annoying posts about how 100% of the people in the military ended up there because they just Love America So Damn Much! they're extremely mature and informed at time of recruitment, they can totally leave anytime they want, they totally had tons of other avenues in life they could've taken, there was no rush at all to get income as fast as possible, and everyone in the military also totally is part of the combat divisions and personally enjoys being IN the military very much, big believers of violence. everyone in the military is shooting guns all day, that's how that works. they LOVE BLOODSHED. also I love the "amewicans haha" twang to this type of shit because you're actually TOTALLY stealing our Thing, which is turning systemic issues into Individual Issues. Instead of talking about the powers that be, it's so Personal Choice up in here. It's, "well you shouldn't have done it then. I totally wouldn't because I know better." you don't wanna talk about the military industrial complex as a whole, and you don't want to talk about recruiters, you just want to pin the blame on Specific Individual People one-by-one, as if they're responsible for the system that they're being ground up in. someone was in the military? bad person, no matter what. it's easier to believe that, I guess, than to acknowledge that Normal People (with high school educations) are manipulated and incentivized into joining a system that is Bad. at like age 18. but yeah no that 18 year old should have just been smarter lol haha anyway here are some screenshots for no particular reason

side note this reply of someone going "umm just get loans and go into a high paying field it's easy XD" as a direct response to someone trying to explain how most americans joining the military are being funneled in that direction out of a need for money.

and another person who Decided that americans join the military just CLENCHING their teeth thinking of other people, and not thinking completely selfishly about their own selves and their own income/housing/healthcare.

[soaps-mohawk]

Does marriage exist in CRCB?

Mm not really in the traditional sense.

Claiming kind of takes the place of marriage. When an alpha claims an omega, they take over as the sort of legal caretaker of that omega. There's paperwork and stuff that has to be filed in order for it to be viewed as a legally binding claim, sort of like a marriage license.

Some packs might have claiming ceremonies, which are kind of like weddings, though they've fallen out of popularity in modern times. Claiming has come to be viewed as more of an intimate event and some, like the 141, let it be a moment just between the alpha and omega. Some packs might throw parties afterward though, to celebrate the new member of the pack. The 141 probably had a little mini celebration after the reader and Price recovered from her heat.

[fymo-blogs]

Dr iceberg stimboard

Themes ; Ice, guns/gunpowder, paperwork, sorrow(?), gray and blue

Artist Credit ; @/cupinho & @/sandisjustsad

SCP!!!!

Warning for guns below cut!

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Dr Iceburg stimboard

Requested by: @cyberpsychosis-system

Themes: Ice, paperwork, guns

Song:

[creativeskull95]

I just had a brain thought that's an MD au where J isn't an ass and is instead just extremely burnt out and is running on approximately 12 cups of caffeinated oil

Local corporate wage drone just wants her two coworkers to fill out their own paperwork for once in their lives.

[thepollyjustice]

"I'm gonna fill your askbox with coal if you don't stop being mean! and 12 cent bread!!" - Bertie, on the cusp of war

“I’d tattle.”

[floof-writes]

Kristen Applebees ask for help challenge

[savingsallow]

When you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish them, and send this ask to the last 10 people in your notifs! (Or just some people!) 💙

hello there! :D

— thank you for sending me this! 🫂✨

[alexandraisyes]

SOoOoOoOooo do you genuinely prefer to keep the ask anons active before ensuring your mental health?

I don't know if you are as childish as those anons or you are just a masochist who likes to get attention, maybe both

I was going to just flag and block you, however a lot of people including my friends are wondering why I'm not turning off anons, so I suppose I'll address it once and only once.

I'm not affected by the petty little "hate campaign" people are sending in my inbox. I laugh at them, make fun of them, report, and block. And then I never see them again. I've only seen about 6 people in total that I've had to block, and I'm not going to turn off anons because a few people shit in the playground. This is my blog, I can do whatever the hell I want with it, and it's really no one's business.

I'm not a masochist, that would mean I'm getting sexual pleasure out of this. That would be paradoxical since the last time I checked I'm aroace. I'm simply indifferent and apathetic. This isn't affecting my "mental health". It would be childish to answer the anons who are sending harassment towards me, I'm just blocking and moving on. It literally doesn't affect me in the slightest, and I really don't give a fuck if people want to harass me. I just ask that they keep my friends and followers out of it.

Harassment only works if it bothers someone. At worst I'm bored because they're struggling to be original. You can only send the same kind of ask so many times before it loses its spark. Come on people, if you're going to hate me do better. This is weak and pathetic and shows that you really don't care about whatever issue you're preaching, you're just looking for my attention.

You have to be really obsessed with someone to dedicate this much energy towards hating them, so maybe I should be flattered about all my parasocial little crows flocking into my inbox.

[tj-crochets]

Work's being absolutely ridiculous, so please send me quilt or plushie ideas! Puns and pride flags are bonuses but not required, I'm looking for anything like color combos, patterns, suggestions that are more vibe-based than specific color combo based, anything

It's sorta difficult to figure out what level of detail I have to remove in order to anonymize my job, but basically two of the other people who do my job are out, so I'm helping cover for them, but one of their contractors turned in paperwork showing three different dates for when he did [job that should have only taken one day]. I ended up having to call the customer and ask when our contractor did [job]. Thankfully the customer found it a little funny and was willing to answer, but I hate cold-calling customers to tell them our contractors can't do paperwork correctly and we need their help to fix it

[ciph3rrr]

late night scheming. what horrors are they discussing? what crimes will they commit? how much paperwork is ruined after they fuck on gort's desk?

all important questions i have

[honeydewcorporation]

Boss, I need to you stay very calm about this, but I broke the thing.

I was wondering why all those alarm bells were going off! And why the prowling beasts were out and about. And why the Dark Amulet seems to be glowing purple. And the... fourth thing.

Gonna have to send you to the dark maze for this one henchman. And no bringing a flashlight/lantern on your trip to the maze, that really took the fun out of it for me last time. 'Cause you could like... see all the puzzles in there. No fun if you can see the maze puzzles in the dark maze.

So just... whenever you're ready. Head on over to the chute. The maze chute.

[sergle]

I had breast reduction surgery like two weeks ago and I've been having some small yellow leaking with no pain or odor, and I've read it's supposed to be like liquified fat, but it's still kinda scary (Dr knows this happened but didn't really say anything about it—)

Did you experience anything similar?

Nope!! But it IS normal. Tons of the ppl in the breast surgery group I'm in have had the exact same thing! It's just drainage. I don't know if it's fat, or lymphatic fluid, but this is exactly what would be siphoning out of your boobs if you had drains put in! I didn't have drains, and I was sewn together pretty tight / I closed up fast, so I didn't have anyplace for it to drain, lol, my boobs just FILLED UP for like the first week before my body processed it all internally. anyway. you're all good!! it's not infected, if that's what you're worried about. You'll be going through a lot of gauze while this sorts itself out. EDIT: also congrats on your reduction!!!!! 🎉🎉 EDIT EDIT: If your doc didn't already give you Goo instructions, I was given a lot of goos to put on my incisions, and this is the one they gave me to use for the first 5 weeks. It might help you Close Up a little quicker!

[oceandiagonale]

Your tag rambling about Gene's paperwork is genuinely fascinating to me and I'd love to hear more about what the league does in its downtime (if you have the spoons for it, of course). I'm so interested in if/how he's going to tackle Paldea (especially interacting with someone like Rika who seems to be very concerned with regulations, or Larry who seems very... Lax about his role in the League besides what he's contractually obligated to care about.)

Also please don't feel obligated to answer this, I just wanted to let you know I really enjoyed reading those tags!

AH THANKS!!! I DO really want to do a paldea thing with him -- something small and casual like the swsh run, not as developed as his hisui arc 🥺🥺🥺

(Larry is so funny to me because he says things like how he'd never do work he's not obligated to do, but also that he's been required to stop working so much damn overtime -- he seems to really enjoy being as mundane as possible, like gene does. I hope he's not a bad influence on gene who's been tryinggggg to get a better work-life balance KJSDHFD)

just have to make it.... through the ultra flare stuff......... just gotta -- finish this thing with lysandre that started forever and ever ago --

[ilikecarsandlike4people]

I'm supposed to be going back to work in 2 weeks. Just because I had a bad feeling, went to email the people in charge of the accommodations. And well. Basically none of the things I needed arranged have been done over the summer break, and the person in charge of all the paperwork and informing has actually quit her job. The new person in charge is working remotely and isn't even familiar with the school layout.

Well, didn't think it'd necessarily be a problem, since surely my study councilor knows what's going on, after all I gave her a copy of the paperwork in May.

But no. She hadn't read it, just marked to the system that a statement had been delivered. Which means that she wasn't even aware of what she was supposed to inform people of.....

"But don't worry! Most of your teachers can be contacted through email." Yeah, except the one I was having this problem with, who is the entire reason I submitted the paperwork.

At this point I don't know whether to laugh or cry because this is getting ridiculously difficult. All I am asking is a classroom with no stairs.