SEND IN THE CLONES III : The Run-around

"We have to go to Requisitions and Acquisitions first." Cart repeated to the other two, and headed back out, returning to the elevator.

"Oh alright, back again we go!" Brett says while still recording.

"Your desk is very unclean my friend. have you considered the impact on your loyalty to..." I look up as the clerk mentions the R&A "Was that room 4004? It's one of the missing numbers!"

The junior exec slams down the stamp on the sheet of paper in front of him. He turns his eyes towards Will and speaks through gritted teeth,

thank you for pointing out the cleanliness of my desk citizen, if you're looking for Stevens he is not in acquisitions and requisitions, he is three desks back and two desks over, processing acquisition and requisition forms. Now if you don't mind...

Irritated with the distraction the junior executive returns to his stamping.

"Searching Stevens!" Cart did a 180 degree, and came back behind Will, to follow him and Brett to Stevens' table.

"one, two, three back and ... over where again? I look around, looking for Brett to magically identify Stevens

"Hmm, three back, two over..." Brett tries to guess the location. He looks at the desks behind the junior exec, and will walk up to the one he believes is correct.

Stevens is removing staples from stacks of paper and then rearranging them into new stacks and restapling them. He looks up at you. His face is remarkably similar to the previous Junior executive,
Who sent you over here was it Jenkins? Of course he would send you over to me he hasn't kept up with his i-95 roster changes since the last quarterly report. I used to be in acquisitions and requisitions and now I am in installations and insulations. It was a mostly lateral move but I think it's going to be good for my career.
You need to talk to Lemon, he's the new guy in charge of acquisitions and requisitions. He's like three more over and one back. Or was it one over and three back. I don't know he's over there somewhere.
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He returns to his task

"I knew it! It's because his desk is so untidy isn't it? No body can d loyal work in that mess!" I say to myself when Jekin's productivity is clarified. "Lemon..." I look around... "three back and two over and then one over and three back, that's ... 3b + 2o -3b +1o..."

"When life gives you lemons, strike while the iron is hot!" That was one of Cart's favourite proverbs he learnt from incubator school. He selected the opposite what Will had counted off, to cover both bases.

"Thank you for the clarification, citizen!" Brett says as he zooms into Steven's face, then turns the multicorder to the rows of desks. "Eenie meenie miney mo..."

Will's guy is reading a brochure. There is nothing on his desk.

Cart's guy is diligently folding brochures and putting them into envelopes. He is wearing headphones.

Brett's guy is on a phone call. There is a bunch of stuff on his desk. He holds a handset up to his ear, yes, Mr Bigley...No Mr Bigley... Right Away Mr Bigley... You got it Mr Bigley...

"Greetings and salutations! Greenthings and solicitations!" Cart repeated different versions of it until he managed to get his guy's attention, accompanied with waving of arms in front of the guy in case he couldn't hear him.

"Hello! You are now live on daytime-screening!" Brett says to get his guy's attention. "Wait, is it day or night now? Anyways, are you Lemon?" Brett will keep smiling and staring as he waits for him to answer.

"Hello loyal citizen. It seems you're quality controlling important materials for information distribution. Would you happen to have one of those pointing to Lemon?"

Cart's guy removes his headphones and makes the what do you want face at him.

Brett's guy: just one second Mr Bigley,
He's furiously searching through stacks of paper, he covers the mouth piece with his hand and hisses at you,
look I'm a little busy right now why don't you go bother somebody else.
you can hear yelling back at him through the earpiece
oh no I wasn't talking to you Mr Bigley, I wouldn't dream of it, there was somebody here but he's going away now, his attention is back on his work, okay I've got that patent number right here, it's T-H-X-2-0-0-1-W-A-I-K-I-K...

Will's guy: He looks up from the brochure, and notices your face. His eyes dart back and forth. He folds up his brochure and puts it into a file cabinet on his right. He gives you a knowing look and wags his finger at you
Uh, Lemon? Sure I've got that file right here.
He reaches into a file cabinet on his left and rifles through a few files before pulling out a red envelope and handing it to you.

"Greedthongs and superstitions! Are you Lemon? I need requisitions and acquisitions."

"Alright, I can wait..." Brett turns around on the spot to look for his other mates, seeing if they had any luck.

I look at the envelop and read it carefully. "Interesting. Can I have one of those brochures as well? You wouldn't happen to know in which direction is... next?" I wag my fingers back at him as I remove the requisition from the envelop and leave the rest on his desk. "Hey Cart, I think this is for you" I shout as I wave the equipment requisition form.

Cart's Guy: Lemon? that guy over there
He points to Brett's guy and is only too happy to put his headphones back in and return to his work

Brett sees the interaction between Will and his guy and Cart and his guy

Will's guy hands you a brochure and points you in the right direction