Charlie just watched him with a warm smile. The type of warm smile that seemed to note he understood exactly what David was going through. He gave a nod of his head at the pleasant reply he received and just shook his head. “No, you’ve gone a good distance though. And, co-worker. I believe it is a bit too far to venture that Able would think of himself as my friend due to our rather formal work relationship. Mainly my ability to reprimand him for not listening explicitly to my orders-“<br/><br/><br/>“Bite me, Charlie,” he shade glowered from his position.<br/><br/><br/>“and it causes a bit too much tension for any informal boundaries to be broken. It’s for the best, really, we have so much work to do here that I fear any sort of personal relationships might cut into our time. Work time, I mean.” He let this sink in for a moment before he continued onto the next bit of business. “As for the dampening spell, it is best for everyone here. Even for your protection. Now, for the beverage,” he looked to Ken and gave a nod of his head. Without hesitation, the tall man instantly turned and was gone from the room.  That taken care of, he attended David once again.<br/><br/><br/>“Now, onto business, young David. As you might have been informed, Team XIV is currently experiencing a series of assignments that might benefit from the expertise of one such as you. It has been a rather long and surprising outbreaks of a few different groups that we are interested in. Namely, we have a situation where the expertise of a witch might be helpful and welcome. In exchange for you time, you will be compensated appropriately and, in addition, any information gathered here would be at your disposal. Mostly, information regarding the movement of vampires in and out of the country and any our sources pick up off the streets. Something I thought might be directly helpful due to your, well, turbulent history.”<br/><br/><br/>He paused yet again, but continued instantly once the information could be processed. “Finally, you might have noticed from your run-ins with Able, we have a surprisingly well funded and diverse arsenal of tools at our disposal. These are weapons a witch might not ever come across twice in a given lifetime, and it could be well worth your interest to try out a few assignments for that reason alone. For example, we recently acquired a rather interesting grimore that dates back to the early sixteen hundreds. Very interesting and personally crafted spells. You could consider this a sign on bonus, should you chose to take up this offer.”<br/><br/><br/>Able shifted his shoulders against the wall, arms crossed as he just watched David’s reaction, trying to figure out what the male would do. His gaze raised from him to the woman, and she seemed to just be smirking at him with a rather ‘ I told you so and you deserve it’ little look; apparently Able had rubbed just about everyone the wrong way. He just gave a soft huff and looked back to David again.<br/><br/>“However, I want to make it clear that you are not being forced into anything. I will explain the breadth of our operations to you if you should accept. In addition, I hope to tailor your assignments to your ability and to helping you achieve any personal goals you might have. This team has a way of setting up a surprisingly robust bonus program.”<br/><br/><br/>The blond chuckled. “Two weeks ago I got my hundredth kill, and do you know what I got for it? A three hundred year old artifact that you can place above your front door and, should anyone with a rather dark intent come in, it turns them into pink mist.” She seemed pleased with this. “We tried it out last week on one of our assignments. Works like a charm,” she cooed.<br/><br/>Charlie gave a soft chuckle. "Well, Sara's example is a little more violent than normal but it was something I thought she'd be interested in. Ken, on the other hand, received a pleasant little stone that hums a surprisingly pleasant tune when you place it in water under a full moon.  So, as you can see, there is a surprisingly great spectrum that we can offer, and requests are also allowed. Isn't that correct, Able?"<br/><br/>He gave a nod stiff nod of his head.<br/><br/>"But, enough with my rambling," Charlie smiled, "what questions do you have for us?"