Angel Grove Net

Being called on as house staff has proven to be...interesting.

( TW: Prostitution, death )

If nothing else, I've learned there are exceptions to the things I thought I knew, and that I am still attempting to wrap my mind around them. Everything is being shaken up again. This time, I hope that I prove stronger than the last in dealing with it, I suppose.

( possible trigger/sad discussion of foster kids and the system )

It would take Christmas, wouldn't it, to serve as a reminder of what an absolute piece of shit the world truly is?

I believe it customary to post some sort of a greeting or, perhaps, a warning, when one returns from a months long hiatus in this place, yes? In some of the places I have been, there was no access to the network, and in others, the time was better spent in training, and in study, then scratching out an existence in this place. And I have...

Things have not changed so drastically from Paris, and my old life there, I suppose, and certainly I have not changed, though my circumstances have shifted a bit. Essentially, I will be doing my old work, only with children. It was needed, so I took it, I suppose.

So, how many of you are pregnant here, now? What felonies have you all been charged with? Does Monsieur Pontmercy's romantic life still take precedence over other issues?

Yes, it comes to this, and yes, I will admit to it now that an entire crowd of you schoolboys have discovered the truth. Your lone pet laborer and I HAVE been working together since the day after your American Feast holiday. We work at Santa's Village at [Insert Name] Mall. He is my elf and I am, in fact, Santa Claus. Ordinarily, I roam the mall chasing down shoplifters and giving directions to the washrooms from a Segway Scooter because I was told I am too old to apply for Police work in this day and age.

I have, in fact, photographic proof of such:

[Insert Image of Les Amis posing with Santa Javert and Feuilly The Elf. Let it be noted that Enjolras and Combeferre have vacant expressions and are barely there, Courfeyrac appears to be trying way too hard to look happy and cheerful, whilst perched on Javert's knee, and Javert is scowling while Feuilly is flipping off the camera. ]

This is a legitimate duty imposed upon me by mall management, and I would appreciate if all discoveries and discussion of discoveries of this fact were limited to this posting.

My thanks.

A query.

Should one wish to maintain the profession they maintained in the old lifetime, what is to be done about obtaining it, particularly those which require a good deal of training. How might I, for instance, come to serve the side of law and order again?

Who is Madame Pontmercy and why did I need to be informed of her pregnancy?
This makes the network count how many now? God knows I will not be invited to the christenings, so one must keep track SOMEHOW.

WHAT?