(1410)Examined Words (Factotum Exam Part 1)

[Pepper]

Pepper blinked in concern at Ermon's words. "You still seems nervous... She did say you would move on to the practicals, right?"

[Aurora]

Faye emerges from the room, and her eyes see her fellow Ladders. How was she going to tell them?

A nervous smile is offered to Pepper and Ermon, "How'd you guys do?"

[Ermon]

Ermon nods and smiles at Pepper. It's a bit unsure but still sincere:

"Yep, she did. I may have bit more than I could chew with trying to learn all that stuff this fast", - he scratches the back of his head, - "Still, I'm glad. Even if I don't make Factotum I can at least understand the mess that this Consillium is Lex-wise. There is really room for Ladder here, right?"

The smile gets a bit wider:

"You worked with the Lex before coming here, right? I started when I decided to join but I admit that this stuff is fascinating. Never thought the idea of magical law, general principles and precedent would actually be fun to work through".

When Fate asks her question, the sour expression returns to his face:

"Well, I can't help feeling that I screwed up. Got almost everything right, except I forgot to devote enough time to studying politics, balance of power an all that... Still, Telos didn't fail me on the spot, so there must still be a chance".

[Pepper]

OOC

Casitive I know I got the Narcissism Derrangemtn only a few days ago, and I passed the Oral Exam before that, but should I still take the roll?

"Room Desperately needing to be filled." Pepper replied with a grimace to Ermon. Then she blinked at his next question

"Hmm? Yeah, I was a Ladder in Boston, and most of my education was done by Lictor Eadaoin. But i've never done any official work myself before Sacramento. But hey, when the Hierarch asks you to collect precedent, you collect it. Even when the other Ladder aren't being that helpful." Was that a dig? Didn't Matter, Faye had come out again.

"You know how I told Aquinas that his wishing me luck would only affect the punctuation of me acing it? I was so right. Oral exam: Aced. I'll be taking the Practical some time later this week, and after lunch we're going to talk about my work on the Lex."

[Pepper]

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Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-11-14 15:11:47		Pepper rolls 5 to Res+Comp to resist Narcissism (10 Again)		3, 2, 10, 9, 3, 6		2 successes

[Ermon]

Ermon relaxes a bit more and chuckles softly:

"Well, you certainly don't suffer from a lack of confidence. And it's good: I'll do my best to do my part too. I guess I will see you two around".

Still shaking his head, Ermon leaves to drown his failure in pastry. Or maybe celebrate that he wasn't told to bugger off on the spot.

Ermon leaves the scene

[Pepper]

Pepper waved a fair-well to Ermon, and turned to Faye. "Um, I'm not actually sure - did you take the exams or come for support? I think you said in the last meeting that you doubted you'd be ready by now, sooo." Pepper shrugged, still smiling.