[Written -> voice]

[ignitethesky]

[There are some randomly placed and badly drawn doodles scattered about the page -a dog, something that might be a tree, and a few others that are unrecognizably bad. After a little while, he grows bored with doodling, switching over to voice.]

I was rather hoping this would have been a short stay, but it's been nearly six, seven months already. Time seems to fly when you don't know what to do with yourself.



I never thought I'd miss processing paperwork...

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[selfinteresting]

Are you taking up art, then?

[ignitethesky]

[That garners a small chuckle. Oh, right. Drawing in the journal was probably a bad idea.]

Only if there's a market for alchemic arrays. An artist, I am not.

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

There is paperwork enough to be filed at the clinics, if you've this much time on your hands.

[Voice]

[ignitethesky]

I may have to take you up on that. While it's not necessarily something I enjoy, I'd prefer it over boredom.

video;

[humility]

Are you suffering from a lack of something to do as well?

video;

[ignitethesky]

A bit. When one is used to never having enough hours in the day, having more than enough is a bit of a change.

[video]

[paladinlost]

...Goodness, that makes a year already. Time really does fly, though I've not yet reached the 'missing paperwork' stage. Are there any hobbies you might wish to try?

[video]

[ignitethesky]

...hobbies? Aside from chess, I can't say that I have any.

[imxperfectlife]

S-Soon it will be a year for me... I m-miss e-exams. Why wouldn't you m-miss paperwork?

[ignitethesky]

I've never really enjoyed paperwork. There was always something needing attention, always something needing addressed...

I can't imagine what it would be like to be here for a year.

[selphie_t]

You miss doing paperwork?

[Roy are you sick?]

[ignitethesky]

[Not sick, just really really bored... and missing his team.]

Well, the company kept while in the office made it far more bearable.

[installing]

Just wait until you hit a year.

[ignitethesky]

I'm rather hoping that doesn't happen.

[redjacketthief]

...Have you blown up your house yet?

[ignitethesky]

Not yet! I'm rather proud of myself for it, actually. Then again, I haven't attempted to do more than basic transmutations, so there hasn't been much opportunity to destroy the place.

voice

[bravefighter]

[Oh whoa, cool! He'll start to doodle stuff alongside it. A fairly badly drawn Pikachu... but oh!]

Well, I'm training my Pokemon back up to normal! Is there anything like that you can do?

But man. Some people have really been here a while, huh?

voice

[ignitethesky]

Pokemon? What's that? [Some sort of pet?]

Some have apparently been here for a year or longer.

doodles + voice

[gardeningaia]

[ She'll add some flowers (she's excellent at those) by the tree and a chocobo (those are a bit more tricky) by the dog. ]

Over a year for me. But I always liked the quiet life anyway, so that doesn't bother me. Was that your job back home?

doodles + voice

[ignitethesky]

[Between her drawings, his own, and the pokemon, it's becoming quite the image!]

Over a year? What do you do to pass the time?

Ah... I was a military commander and State Alchemist.

[cop_an_attitude]

If I ever start to miss processing paperwork, all hope is lost.

[ignitethesky]

I used to think the same way. Paperwork is the one thing I honestly can't stand, but the company was always nice.

voice;

[consultsdetective]

You can take up the missing for the rest of us, if you like.

voice;

[ignitethesky]

Take up the missing?

[bloodypocket]

That depends on just what you miss about it.

[ignitethesky]

...the company. The paperwork itself was rather a bore.

[justicereigns]

Don't say that. The Malnosso might take it as a hint and inflict it on the rest of us.

[ignitethesky]

There are far worse things to be inflicted with, though.

[voice]

[goesbythebook]

How unfortunate.

[Wlliam is thinking of all the paperwork that could pile up in that time.]

Clearly the appropriate course of action would be to do what paperwork you can while you are here. However unlikely, the possibility that it will spare at least a modicum of overtime is certainly worth the effort.

[voice]

[ignitethesky]

Were I able to access it, I would gladly do so. [Except that then he'd have access to his team and could push some of it onto them.]

I suppose I'll end up sleeping in the office for a while when I get home, though.