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[Brian Kinney]

Brian sat in his office thinking of a decent ad campaign for this prick's company. The guy hated gay men and women and anyone different sexually in general. He was trying to think of the perfect way to sell as much of the breeder's disgusting alcohol as possible and yet let him have his ass handed to him.

He tapped his pen on a his notepad idly and ran his fingers through his hair subconcsiously.

[colin]

Colin knocked on Mr. Kinney's door briefly and then entered, a file in his hand.

"Am I interruping?" he asked, noticing that Brian didn't seem to be doing anything - and when it seemed that way, he usually was doing something. He was tricky that way.

Colin had only had this job for a week, but he liked it much better than a lot of other jobs he'd had since he graduated from college. Here, at least there was the potential for him to use some of the things he learned at school in his job. Of course, he wasn't there yet... but perhaps soon.

[Brian Kinney]

Brian slowly looked up from his notepad at the new guy who had come into his office. He raised one eyebrow carelessly at him.

"Why no, not at all," he said in a voice that at once suggested sarcasm and at the same time. . .possible sincerity.

[colin]

Colin raised an eyebrow at the ambiguous answer, and decided to proceed on.

"Well, um, Tina, the Junior Copywriter, asked me to run these last-minute ideas that she and Brad came up with by you, before their meeting with the client," he said, walking toward the desk and setting the file down in front of Brian. Taking a quick glance at his watch, he continued on. "Which is in about twenty minutes, I think. They couldn't really spare the time to come over, as they're still trying to set up over there, so..." he shrugged, his expression saying everything.

Colin was mostly a go-for here, and ever since Brian had been gracious enough to let Brad and Tina run a campaign for a small-time customer, he'd been doing nothing but work for the two of them. Actually, most of the real work he'd been doing was mediation between them. They both had good ideas, and they were both very aware of that fact - thus making them stubborn. It was lucky that Colin had dealt with this particular situation a lot at his past job.

Maybe he should have been a marriage counselor. Probably a lot of money in that.

Colin let out a little sigh.

[Brian Kinney]

"Well isn't that just sweet of Tina and Brad?" Brian asked with a sardonic grin.

Brian sighed exasperatedly and looked at the papers in front of him. He shifted his gaze to a chair near Colin.

"Take a seat," he said.

He flipped to the second page. The add he saw before him was for . . .toilet paper. . . .Classy. the ad they had worked out for it wasn't half bad. . .although it was very much like every other toilet paper ad out there right now. Claiming in a clever and catchy way that there's was the softest and most durable there was. They had opted to put a down pillow in the picture with a puppy laying on top of it besides the rolls of paper. ((Can you tell I don't do this for a living?)) He shook his head slightly and skimmed through the last pages.

"Well it's not the way I'd have done it," he said carelessly. "But it's not too terrible. Just tell them they made a typo on the second page: Angel Soft is spelled with a g not a j. . .that might be important."

[colin]

((come on, I said they had good ideas. hmmm...))

Colin took a seat as Brian had suggested, not making himself terribly comfortable. B and T (as he had taken to calling them in his head) needed the news right away.

"Well it's not the way I'd have done it, but it's not too terrible. Just tell them they made a typo on the second page: Angel Soft is spelled with a g not a j. . .that might be important."

Colin started to laugh at this, and then stopped himself, straightening up. "Um, actually, that was the campaign that another ad agency proposed to that company, it's just there for comparison. Brad and Tina's work is after the divider in the middle," he informed Brian. B and T had actually come up with a pretty good campaign, centered around a parent and child who had switched bodies and were arguing about Halloween costume issues. "That's my fault, I put the other campaign in. I thought being able to see the difference might be helpful." He looked down at the floor a little, unsure of his decision.

[Brian Kinney]

"Um, actually, that was the campaign that another ad agency proposed to that company, it's just there for comparison. Brad and Tina's work is after the divider in the middle," he informed Brian

Brian flipped past the divider, raising an eyebrow as he did so. How had he missed that?

"Of course it is," he commented carelessly, never losing his cool demeanor.

"That's my fault, I put the other campaign in. I thought being able to see the difference might be helpful."

"Enlightening," Brian muttered detachedly.

He read over it carefully, much more satisfied with this ad. This one lacked spelling errors and made up for what the previous lacked in creativity.

"Not bad," Brian said finally. "They managed to come up with something pretty decent. Tell them I gave it my approval."

He reached out to hand over the papers to Colin.

"Anything else I should know about?"