Hey...what happened here?

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Arturia was...well...to put it bluntly, tired. She had been working nonstop these past few weeks quashing little things here and there, supporting the senators on this or that law, or revising certain other things.

It had left its toll on her, and her surroundings too. Her sleeping area was a mess and her office? She shuddered, not even wanting to think about the disaster that it was.

Her newest employee - relatively speaking of course, he had been working for her for some weeks now - was doing splendidly, though she hadn't seen him for the last couple of days.

Hopping from city to city.

Entering her office, she stopped short. Blinking, she turned and left the office, closing the door behind her. Then, she looked at the door. Yes, this was her space, but...swinging the door back open, she stared at it.

"Clean..." she muttered, amazed, surprised, delighted. Stepping in, she took a closer look around.

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~We're hoooo-oooome!~ Erika caroled as she capered through the front door.

"Arturia?" Locke called as he followed his cat and shut the door carefully. "Are you in? I have some deliveries."

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There was a soft clatter of footsteps - in nice boots - as Arturia appeared at the top of the stairs. She looked down at him with wide eyes and soon she was going down the stairs. "Locke! Someone...someone, I don't know who! But someone cleaned my office!"

She gestured up the stairs and in the general direction of the room to which she was referring. "It's...it's amazing!"

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"Oh, that was me," Locke said easily, putting aside his staff and satchel to hang up his mantle. "I returned earlier to drop off letters from out of town, and- well, I'm sorry to say I couldn't find a damn thing."

~So he took off his shirt, put his hair in a kerchief, and got to work,~ Erika added, giving Arturia a picture of what she described. ~There was a lot of dust.~

"There was," her person agreed, "but once that was taken care of, I was able to focus on the paperwork and messages, which were more important."

~He sorted everything out. I even helped: He gave me letters to hold on to in the chair, so he could find them later.~

"I also brought in that chest I had put aside for some of your back files. They're now sorted by month, date, and the person who sent them," the Mind finished. "You should find it much more efficient now."

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She gaped a bit, listening to his reasons and Erika's interjections. It was enough to make her head feel like spinning sometimes. Just sometimes. "Oh....wow, you...you did that for me?" she sat down on the stairs and blinked a few times.

Arturia knew she was a fairly messy person to begin with, but...well, wow. She couldn't be more happy, and it showed on her face. "Thank you very much!"

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"You're welcome," Locke said, smiling kindly, then opened his satchel and dug out some letters. "Here; take these, read them over, then I'll show you how to file them properly. I'll also show you where I put the letters from out of town."

~It's really easy,~ Erika encouraged after a private thought from her person. ~You'll get the hang of it in no time.~

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Taking the letters, Arturia opened them up and read over their contents. More news from the locals and other such things. They were, at this point, a minor interest, but something that did, indeed, need to be kept.

After she read them, and stroked Erika, she folded them back up and stood. "all right, show me how this is done, then."