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First Day on the Job

*rover rolls around his new office of Security, squeaky-rubber noises as he squeezes through the small space between the desk and wall, adjusting the stapler on the desk which he eyes suspiciously before it gets nudged into the trash bin.*

*after witnessing the carnage in the

fandomhighdorms decides some rules need to be instituted, along with the consequences of breaking them.*

*several failed attempts at writing them later, rover decides to take a roll around the campus to become familiar with the layout.*

*...after shoving the desk out the window*

*...making a note to open the window first next time*

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Uncertain as to what had actually happened to his assistant, possibly less worried about last night's memory loss than he ought to have been, Spider was prowling the grounds in search of someone who knew what had happened when....

"What the shit is this?"

*hearing a voice echoing up through the now broken window outside a building that was supposed to be empty on the weekend, he rolled out the door at high speed to investigate...mindful of the glass.*

*turn after turn, he bounced along, occasionally bumping into the wall or a row of lockers as he tried to get used to negotiating on the waxed floors until he reached the front doors to the building and bowled through them.*

*around the corner to his now junked desk on the lawn, he is brought up short by the one who was to be under house arrest.*

*he waited, inflating and deflating slowly...watching...*

Deciding that the desk was harmless, Spider stepped back and examined the windows above. He avoided the shards of glass as he did some mental mathematics and concluded that it had fallen from...

"The security office?" A sudden grin curved his lips. "Is it too much to hope that someone murdered our security officer?"

*rover rolled up closer, still skirting around the glass bits in the grass.*

*right behind the one who was under house arrest, rover inflated and deflated slowly*

Still grinning cheerfully, Spider turned to continue his walk... and stopped dead in his tracks. "What the fucking hell?" He stuck out a foot and prodded cautiously at the ball.

*taking offense at being prodded, rover shimmied in place, not moving out of the way*

"You can't possibly be a student," Spider muttered, prodding again. "I'd remember seeing that on the roster. I've seen most of the faculty and the... staff...."

He stepped back, glaring darkly. "You are not the goddamned security officer."

*rover puffed up until his surface was firm to the touch.*

*he bounced once in place and nudged back at the one who was under house arrest none too gently.*

Spider didn't actually stagger, but the impact did rock him back on his heels. "Oh, so that's how it's gonna be, huh?"

No stranger to things that weren't what they seemed, he weighed his options carefully before plastering on an obviously fake smile. "So. You're 'rover', then?"

*rover determined the one who was under house arrest didn't understand the hierarchy of things.*

*that would change.*

*he shimmied and vibrated in response to the one who was under house arrest's question*

"So, no audio then. That's a pain in the ass." Spider circled the white sphere slowly, frowning a little. "This place gets more fucked up every day...."

*rover rolled in a tight circle around to follow the one who was under house arrest and stay even with him.*

*he jiggled and shuddered.*

"Hmm. Note to self, find a large, pointy stick and keep it around at all times." Spider muttered, watching the thing turn warily. "Better yet, wait for one of the students to try it first."

*rover was not intimidated by the one who was under house arrest's threats.*

*those who didn't understand rover, underestimated rover.*

*that was a good thing.*

Deciding that his morning was weird enough without any further help, Spider moved warily away and headed toward the student dorms.

*rover watched the one who was under house arrest walk away.*

*the one who was under house arrest was added to rover's list of 'those to watch closely'*

*once the one who was under house arrest was out of sight, rover went about his patrol of the school grounds.*

Slartibartfast turned off the TV, disappointed that the weather had ruined the day's play in London. He went back to the comfy chair, ready to settle in for a solid afternoon's nap.

I don't know why you were worried, he said to himself, no-one minds if you sleep in the teacher's lounge.

*back in the building, noises from empty rooms.*

*rover rolled, slipping and sliding along the highly waxed floors.*

*the teacher's lounge and noises in his quiet.*

*a body reclined where there should be no body reclined.*

*not amused.*

*rover pushed in the door and squeezed through in a horrific squeak of rubber and vibrated quickly*

The old man looks up at the noise, is faintly surprised at what he sees.
He sits up, pulls out his battered copy of the Guide, fast-winds through the index, types in the code.

He reads. He looks again. He reads some more.

You're a Rover? A little far from home, aren't we? Still, I'm a fine one to talk. Do please try and keep the squeaking down, some of us are trying to sleep. It plays hell with the diurnal cycle, watching a Test in a different time zone.

He puts the Guide away, leans back and shuts his eyes again.

*inflating and deflating, the old man who had no home still could not stay.*

*the building wasn't secure.*

*at least the old man who had no home knew who rover was.*

*this pleased him.*

*rover rolled over and on top of the old man who had no home.*

*the old man who had no home disappeared.*

*the old man who had no home reappeared somewhere else, amid potting soil and marigolds in the gardening shed on the back part of the property*

*secure.*

[somewhere else]

*sleeps on*

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First Day on the Job

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