Zoe's Office Hours - September 6

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe sat in her office, writing a series of memos to the powers that be on the school board. As nice as it was having a skeleton staff in the office occassionally, using them always resulted in a number of forms that had to be filled out after the fact. (Bills for spare bones? Honestly, that was just unnecessary.)

The door was open for anyone who needed her.

[I figure this goes without saying most days, but it's important today: the radio can say who came by, but not what was discussed.]

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[sith_happened]

Vader's hands clenched together so hard that the leather creaked. The mental profanity he was aiming at the Emperor at the moment was both varied and physically impossible.

"He's been known to do that," Vader gritted out.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Has he also been known to not mention acts of murder and possibly something along the lines of genocide?" Zoe asked. "Because those are the rumors that seem to be sprouting up, and I'd really like to know that they're not true."

[sith_happened]

"The Jedi were weak," Vader growled. "And Alderaan needed discipline."

And both were the Emperor's idea, but Vader wasn't going to mention that.

[bigdamnprincipal]

That was a little less than reassuring.

"As you're aware, we often have students here who need discipline. You know you're not allowed to hurt them, right?" she asked. "There's a very firm line drawn at the most drastic kind of action that can be taken against problem students, and it's called 'temporarily turning them into harmless animals.'"

[sith_happened]

The only sound in the room as Vader processed that was his respirator unit.

"No choking, then," he muttered.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"No choking," Zoe repeated. "Or harming of any sort. The rules haven't changed."

[sith_happened]

Sith Lords were beyond sulking, but Vader's body language was decidedly unhappy.

"Detention?" he asked.

[bigdamnprincipal]

"Detention is a perfectly reasonable option," she replied, wondering how many more students she was going to see on her weekly lists from this point forward.

[sith_happened]

Vader nodded sharply. "I'll keep that in mind. Was there anything else?"

[bigdamnprincipal]

"That was all. I simply wanted to make sure that we were on the same page before your classes started." Zoe glanced at Vader. "And I meant what I said before. It's good to have you here, in its own way."

[sith_happened]

Vader stood up, cape swirling around him.

"I will see you later, Principal Washburn," he replied, then swept out of the room.

It wasn't good to be back. It wasn't.