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[Jessica is practically flailing she is so excited!]

Oh. My. Gawd! Guys guys guys! Look what just got submitted to run in the next issue of City Lights!

[She aims her communicator at a stack of random papers, letting the camera slowly adjust and finally focus on this. She squeaks in glee before turning the camera back to herself.]

It's an ad for 'Crescent'! And with the print ads, obviously that means the trailer is out! So Today, I went onto the Youtube-thing... and look what I found!

[A wild link appears. Pretend it's for 'Crescent'. It's about this level of dramatic and acting quality, only it's starring Rooney Mara as Crescent, Channing Tatum as Spencer and Marius, and Lindsay Lohan as 'Celeste'. Also at the end, it reveals that the film will be released in November.

Jessica meanwhile is screeching again.]

Eeeeeeeeeh! I am so excited, I can hardly breathe!

[She fans herself with both hands, as if to calm herself down. It is not very effective.]

Ugh, it looks so good already! I mean, obviously they had to make a few changes for the adaptation. Crescent Wayne should be blonde, Spencer is described as more brooding and sophisticated, Celeste isn't supposed to look like a 45 year old crack whore, etc., but I can forgive that as long as they like, capture the spirit of the novels! And if this trailer is any indication, they so totally have!

[She finally does seem to calm down, long enough to pout and whine.]

Gawd, this movie is going to be completely freaking perfect! Why does Thanksgiving have to be so far away!

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Peter, please. This isn't selling out.

This is Crescent.

Yeah, yeah, color me not a teenage girl.

That would, if you'll notice, put you in the minority among the staff.

I know. When did I become Team Old Guy? Emphasis on the guy?

Well, I don't believe our actual staff beyond the models has ever heavily featured the male gender. I believe it's only yourself and my assistant, Shinji.

Though...certain losses have certainly skewed the age average.

Sounds like Shinji and I are a little overdue for some male bonding time.

He could probably use it. His passiveness reaches such a high degree as to make myself look comparatively assertive.

You're not really what I'd describe as diffident, Kanaya. [Not during photo shoots, anyway.]

Well, perhaps not in my work. There are too many factors to be managed for me to approach it otherwise! My work and its public presentation is a reflection of myself, after all.

Isn't that sort of contradictory -- no, just kidding, I know whatcha mean. If I goof off sometimes at City Lights, it's only because working for a very interesting boss back home gave me some survival skills. Sorry, I meant bad habits.

Not that I'd goof off under your watch, of course.

As long as you properly showcase the subjects, we will be on pleasant terms. I do not promise that I will not have input on what that constitutes on various occasions.

Hey, no one ever said I couldn't take direction. I'm more of a candids guy, anyway.

Well, in our business, the preferred method is to maintain the aesthetic and emotional appeal of candidness in a somewhat more staged setting, so even that isn't without its place.

So, what you're saying is that we're two great tastes that go together? I can live with that.

Employing our best talents to the most effective complement of each other is, after all, the heart of collaboration!

Okay, but can you use your talent to get me out of this group outing thing I accidentally suggested to Jessica? Because that's my most pressing concern right now.

But Peter, we were thinking of holding it in conjunction with my wriggling day! I only turn seven once in my unlife, it would be a shame for you to miss it.

Edited 2012-09-23 04:26 (UTC)

Exactly! You should be having fun with the kids your age, not hanging out with an elderly statesman like me.

And please tell me that's seven sweeps, not seven human years.

Well, of course it's sweeps! According to my calculations, it should be closer to fifteen of your years.

...In a few weeks, at least.

Shows what I know. I could've sworn you were older than that... [And it's kinda weirding him out, considering she's probably the most mature person after him at City Lights.]

[ she works very hard to encourage that perception. ]

Well, I am the eldest among my friends. Well, compatriots, at least, as there have been more recent exemptions to that fact.

But I'm no older than I've ever been.

You like that song, huh.

[Yes, he's aware Kanaya probably hasn't heard of it.]

I have no idea whether I do or not, actually. Is it a song?

Remind me to introduce you to They Might Be Giants sometime.

I think I may be self-conscious about my height enough as it is. I don't know if I'd like to invite the possibility of gigantism on top of that.

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