Text Cut: Aron
Rubbing the bridge of his nose some more, Aron was beginning to wish that drool collecting was still a thing. At least that wasn't something that put his department at an immediate disadvantage. This lab incident was going to make Derek lose focus since he would not be able to use his lab and would have to use the one on Level 2 if anything arose. Fantastic.
"Good. Jade, Cora, and Ashley will assist Derek in the lab. I expect a list on my desk by Friday of what was salvageable along with an assessment of the damages. Angela and Natasha," he said as he turned to his two liaisons. "I need one of you to go down to the Speciality Area and meet with the Department Head there about getting some maintenance and repair people up here. Try to schedule that for sometime next week."
Oh good, there was Alani with his coffee. Good personal assistant.
Accepting it with a temporary look of relief, he took a deep sip from his mug and then turned his attention back to everyone in the room. This certainly was not how he wanted to start out his time as Department Head, frustrated, flustered, and mildly furious. But no matter.
"Now that that is out of the way..." he said, slightly grumbling under his breath. "We have some new faces here to the department, including my own." But he had already covered that so he was not going to repeat his brief introduction. "Before we get down to more official business, I would like everyone to introduce themselves. Just a brief introduction will do. Your name, your position within the department, and anything else you feel vital that your coworkers know."
Meanwhile he would take these few minutes it too drink his coffee and calm down.
Jade frowned as she watched Aron talk. He looked so stressed out. She felt so sorry for him but she definitely thought that he handled himself well considering that it was one of his first days as the head and the whole explosion thing.
She nodded in acknowledgment when he mentioned her name.
Later when the introductions started, she glanced with a nod and a smile at Bradley, whom she vaguely knew but never really met as well as Howard, a new employee. She sure hoped that he would lighten up a little-- they weren't going to bite!
When no one else stepped up and introduced themselves, Jade did:
"Hey everyone. I'm Jade Gemstone, a Reminisciator. I'm originally from South Africa but I've been living in Britain for the last six years, working here in the Accidents and Catastrophes department."