Lonely Win - Intermission - One-Parter
[The station. It's fairly late, and it's a bit rainy outside. It's not completely dark yet though.]
[The meeting room. July's currently giving it some decorations to brighten it up a little bit. Lita can be heard hosting her show from one of the upstairs rooms.]
July: "And… Done!" [She's basically set up some kind of photo/sticker/notice board. It's a bit sparce right now, but she hopes that alongside her own additions, the others will also contribute from time to time.]
[For now though, it only has some cutesy stickers in one of the corners, courtesy of July.]
July: "Can't wait for this to be filled up with memories!" [She steps back, proud of her work.]
[July begins to clean up after herself, picking up any scrap bits of paper and sweeping away some glitter she used to cover half of the board.]
[After about 15 minutes, she finishes up]
July: "All do- AH- Sorry, you scared me..!"
Wayne: [He's just standing in the doorway] "…No worries. Just finished organising some paperwork."
July: "Oh, alright!"
Wayne: "You wanted to talk?"
July: "Yeah. Just, uh, let me throw this out."
Wayne: "Alright. I'll be in my studio whenever you're ready."
July: "Okay."
[July goes outside to throw the trash bag out. Well, now it's time to open up about her opinions for a bit.]
[Wayne's studio. It's more like a combination of a studio and an office, with the bookshelf of paperwork on one wall. There's the radio equipment neatly arranged in one corner. The desk, near the corner, has 3 monitors on it, and a bunch of notes written in Korean spread out all over the desk. There's a couple of books in Korean and English on one of the other shelves, and some items in the room do have a gold trim. Otherwise, there's no decorations. A fairly neat room overall.]
Wayne: "Sit down."
July: "Right- Uh, promise you won't get mad over what I want to say?"
Wayne: "Why would I..?"
July: "Because you're my boss?"
Wayne: "Look- I won't."
July: "…promise?"
Wayne: "Promise."
July: "Where do I start…" [She's a little upset.] "I guess… I feel like I could help Shade. Like, earlier today I had a look through her Infinipic account, and she gets a significant amount of hate comments. More than I do!"
Wayne: "…I'll admit, I didn't see any hate comments."
July: "That's because you were only checking one or two videos- But in the posts she makes… She's so happy. And just… Maybe those hate comments got to her head. I've wanted to lash out once or twice thanks to the type of people who find my posts… Maybe we could comfort each other."
Wayne: "That's valid. And you were afraid because…?"
July: "Because this was my second job, and y'know. I thought I shouldn't complain! Especially after my first job." [A twinge of disgust is felt]
Wayne: "Oh, that." [He understands what July means, and is also fairly disgusted by it.] "I was well prepared to interfere if the police didn't actually get around to dealing with the aftermath. I am surprised they didn't have to be forced to help-"
July: "I also spent an hour blocking those people from my account. Just… Ah…" [She slumps down, clearly upset with herself.] "I shouldn't be fretting over any of this…"
Wayne: "Regarding your first assignment, you were sexually harassed. And as the person who gave that assignment to you, I'm so sorry…"
July: "You already apologised, it's fine-!"
Wayne: "I know, I know… And about Shade. It's fine you want to help her improve."
July: "But what if she hates me…"
Wayne: "Can't help you there. I will say I wish you luck though. And look…"
July: "Hm..?"
Wayne: "Don't get scared or feel like you shouldn't do something only because you're a rookie, I'm your boss, and I may fire you. I get I might still intimidate you a little bit, I get that a lot from other people, but I'm here if you've got any work-related concerns or the like, okay?"
July: "Right…"
Wayne: "You wanna stay here until Lita wraps up? It's dark outside."
July: "I'd actually like to see if there's anything I can pin to the board I set up!"
Wayne: "Alright. You have fun. I'll finish tidying up my desk and then I'll come along."
July: "See you then!"
[Well, July feels a bit better now. She still has some kind of feeling about Shade that isn't negative and goes beyond wanting to help her, but… She can't come up with a word for it just yet. The rest of the day goes normally. Before July heads home, there's also a couple of new additions to the photo/sticker/notice board, one of them being a picture of all four of the team celebrating July's first victory.]
(The writing is supposed to read: "First assignment done!". however. i used a machine translator. god help me.)
[One Part only]