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Toppat Recruits

Basically what happens after the Toppats welcome Henry and Ellie into the Clan after the Toppat Recruit endings.

Not angst, not fluff, I'm not sure what to call it. No triggers, as far as I can tell.

Hope y'all have a wonderful day and/or night, and I'll catch y'all later!

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"Everyone, I'd like to welcome our new members," Reginald Copperbottom said to the Toppats present. Most workers were elsewhere, but a couple that were free had come to see what would happen to the two thieves who'd stolen their ruby.

Safe to say, recruiting them was not what they'd expected.

There was a little bit of mumbling, and Henry noticed one blonde Toppat staring at him with an indecipherable expression.

"They really showed their gusto when it counted," Reginald said with a bored-why-am-I-here-but-I-have-to-be-here tone. 

The Toppats present seemed ticked, for some reason.

"Also, they promised to return the ruby," Reginald added, and all of the annoyed looks vanished. 

Ah, so that's what it was.

Reginald tossed Henry and Ellie their blue and pink top hats, then stepped off the podium. "Well, that's it. You're Toppats now. Have fun. Sven, can you show them around? I have things to do."

"Hmm? Uh... yeah, I guess," The blonde Toppat Reginald was looking at said. He had an accent, but not enough of one for him to be un-understandable. "I had some things to do, but since I'm going that way anyway I wouldn't be wasting any time..."

"Great! Stickmin, Rose, this is Sven. Sven, Stickmin and Rose. You've heard of them already," Reginald said. Lowing his voice but not enough to keep Henry and Ellie from hearing, he added, "Make sure to dispose of the bodies if you end up deciding they're not qualified to be Toppats."

Sven gave a half-salute half-wave. "Like I always do."

Reginald nodded and ruffled the younger Toppat's hair a bit. "Atta boy! Anyway, I've got a meeting to go to, so you know what to do. Tell your brother he can't keep skipping out on meetings, because he needs to participate with his faction. Communications isn't that important, but he is."

"Burt isn't my brother!" Sven protested, adjusting his hat. 

"Alright, if you say so," Reginald laughed. "See you later, son. Wright, we have some more boring paperwork to suffer through."

"Ay, no, that's all yours, Reg!" Right Hand Man called, running after the chief as they left. "I'm not gettin' roped into your work again!"

Ellie and Henry exchanged a glance. The Toppats all seemed close knit and friendly, and Reginald had sounded like he was joking when he said to dispose of the bodies, but Sven definitely hadn't. Was this the type of organization to kill unqualified recruits?

"Okay, you two, I'm on a tight schedule and I really don't have time for this," Sven said, glancing at Henry and Ellie. "So let's just get this over as quickly as possible, ja?"

"Uh... Yeah." Henry said as he and Ellie matched pace with the shorter Toppat.

"Okay, well, let's see, for newcomers we have to get you two living quarters, that area is kind of a mess right now because some of the other elites that were supposed to deal with it haven't yet," Sven said, almost to himself. "We might have to have you temporarily living with someone else, at least until this management disaster gets sorted out, then you can be assigned one like normal. And of course you'll need ID cards and keycards to get literally anywhere, because the doors have scanners, not that it would make much of a difference anyway, because the doors only work half the time."

As if to emphasize his point, Sven kicked the door he'd been trying to open for almost a solid minute. It managed to open, and Sven continued as though he hadn't just kicked a piece of solid metal like it was normal. "Plus, of course, financials is just an entire mess right now, what with the airship crashing and hospital bills and the ruby, etc etc. But we can set you up with a basic wage until we get things sorted out."

"Wage? We get paid?" Ellie asked.

"Well, yeah. It's a complicated system and I pity the person who has to organize it." Sven paused, then glanced at them sardonically. "Oh wait. That's me. Anyway, it's basically just your position times your hours times overtime plus raids minus compensation minus stolen valuables depending on what they are."

"Just that, huh?" Ellie asked. "Sounds easy.

"Yeah, it is. If I had twenty years to spare, I could get at least ten percent of it done," Sven said. "Anyway, what else... you won't get to go on any heists yet, which is an entire problem on its own."

"Wait, why not?" Ellie asked.

"You thought we'd let newcomers start robbing places immediately? We're not some unorganized street gang." Sven waved to a passing Toppat before continuing. "The first couple months or so you guys'll help people like me with paperwork and stuff. It helps you get used to the way the Clan works. We're a lot different than other criminal organizations."

"I can tell," Henry said.

"Yep. You'll get used to it eventually. I didn't have to, but that's just me." Sven stopped and turned around to face them. "Alright, I really have to go now. But if you need anything just ask. I think you'll be entered in the system by tomorrow, and I can come back to show you the ropes. Just, ah, one thing."

Henry tilted his head. "What?"

"If you ever try double crossing the Toppats like you did the government, I will personally make sure to find you." Sven's expression got scarily dark. "You've caused us some serious repercussions, and if you do something like this again it'll be the last thing you ever do."

Henry found that an angry Sven was more terrifying than using a teleporter.

And that was saying a lot.

Sven's face cleared. "Anyway, that's it for now. See you!"

He left, and Ellie glanced at Henry.

"Well, our lives sure'll be interesting from now on," she remarked.