So I decided to carry on. Yay! XD
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Perry smiled at Aussie. "Well, first things first, we need to make sure that Major Monogram is okay with this."
Aussie frowned. "Major Monogram?"
"The leader of the agency," explained Perry.
"Wait…does he have a moustache and a monobrow?" Aussie asked. "And grey hair?"
Perry nodded. "You probably saw him when you came in here last time. He gives out everyone's missions. Was he on that screen?" He pointed up at the screen on the wall.
Aussie nodded. "Yeah he was."
"That's him."
"He seemed scary."
"Heh, I suppose he is a little," chuckled Perry. "But don't worry, he's only scary to newbies. Once you spend more time under his leadership, he won't seem so bad."
"If you say so." Aussie hesitated. "Is O.W.C.A. a big organisation?"
Perry shrugged. "Not really, but there are different divisions within the organisation. This is Major Monogram's division, which has about thirty agents or so. Admiral Acronym's division is a little smaller. Those are the only two divisions I know about."
Aussie was trying to wrap his head around the information. "Okay…"
Perry grinned. "But you don't need to know everything at the moment. All you need to know is that Major Monogram is in charge, Carl is the person to go to if you need absolutely anything, Apollo is the best doctor you will ever find on the planet, and I am O.W.C.A.'s top agent."
Aussie blinked. "You are?"
"Yep." Perry grinned. "I don't normally bring it up, but I just want you to know, since you're new here."
"Okay…" Aussie nodded, frowning. "I think I got it."
"Then let's take you to meet Major Monogram."
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"Wait…" Major Monogram's eyes were nearly three times their normal size, as his stare flickered from Perry to a nervous Aussie, who was standing in the corner. "Your hundredth battle with Doofenshmirtz… That…WASN'T you?!"
Perry groaned and pinched the bridge of his beak. "That's what I've been telling you for the last six weeks, sir. I was at a pet wash with Candace Flynn."
"So…" Major Monogram hesitated, his gaze flickering to Aussie, who flinched. "It was THIS platypus?"
"Yes, sir."
"This zoo platypus."
"Yes, sir."
"Who defeated Doofenshmirtz."
"Yes, sir."
"During supposedly your hundredth battle."
"Yes, sir."
"With the sandwiches and the brick wall and the-."
"-and the "Singapore Crab" move, yes, sir!" Perry snapped, getting more than a little irritated now. "The point is that Aussie here defeated Doof without any prior training at all."
Major Monogram hummed in thought. "I know Carl and I aren't the most observant people in the world, but we really thought it was you, Agent P."
"Believe me, I know," groaned Perry. "But anyway, I want permission to train Aussie to be an O.W.C.A. agent." As Major Monogram opened his mouth to say something, Perry hurriedly added, "Sir, I think we can use him. Like I said, he defeated Doof with absolutely no preparation or training at all. With work, I really think he can be an agent O.W.C.A. can be proud of."
Aussie bit the inside of his beak, half of him touched as such praise, but mostly, he was scared of letting Perry down.
Major Monogram nodded. "I agree, Agent P. I give you permission to train him. When you feel he's ready, come to me, and Carl and I will carry out an assessment of his skills. If we think he's good enough, we'll make him an agent." Major Monogram turned to Aussie. "Did you hear that?"
Aussie jumped. "Y-Yes, sir!"
"Is that fair?"
"Yes, sir!"
"You don't need to say—or yell—that every time you speak to me."
"Okay…" Aussie hung his head.
Major Monogram hummed in thought. "You have a long way to go, but I can see you'll make a fine agent. Both of you are dismissed."
Perry took Aussie's wrist and pulled him out of the office. As soon as the door closed behind them, Aussie let out an elongated breath and collapsed against the wall. "That man…is terrifying."
Perry burst out laughing. "Don't worry, he gets better."
"Excuse me," came a voice.
Perry and Aussie both turned to see a female porcupine standing there, holding a clipboard with several sheets of paper attached to it. She was wearing a light yellow blazer with three pockets on the outside and two on the inside.
Aussie thought she was beautiful; he couldn't stop staring at her. She shot the two of them a small smile. "I need to go in there."
With a start Aussie realised he was blocking the door. But instead of moving, as he should have done, he instead blurted out, "I'm Aussie."
The porcupine grinned. "You do sound like you're from Australia."
"N-No, my NAME is Aussie." Aussie inwardly groaned at the lousy first impression he was making. "But I AM from Australia: a zoo in Canberra."
"Oh." The porcupine giggled. "I'm Nyx. It means night."
"H-Hi, Nyx."
Perry grinned. "We didn't mean to get in your way, Nyx. Please don't slam that clipboard into my face."
Nyx gave Perry a scathing look. "Shut up."
"What…?" Aussie blinked.
"Can I tell him the story of the Annoying Armadillo?"
Nyx glared at him and lifted her clipboard menacingly. "Do that, and this clipboard will allow you to discover many uncomfortable and painful places you never knew you had. Got it?"
Perry smirked and saluted her. "Got it, Miss Peaceful Porcupine."
"Stop using alliteration."
"No."
Nyx grabbed a thumbtack from her blazer pocket and threatened Perry with it. "Shut up. Right now."
Perry pretended to zip his beak shut.
"Good decision." She put the thumbtack away and smiled at Aussie, who was absolutely terrified. "Nice to meet you, Aussie. See you later."
She gently moved Aussie out of the way of the door and went into the office.
As soon as the door closed, Aussie dived under one of the chairs outside the office. Perry looked down at him in amusement. "Just because you've got a crush on her, doesn't mean you need to hide from it."
"I don't want to crush her!" Aussie looked shocked.
Perry snorted. "I mean you like her. You want her to be your girlfriend."
"Oh. Is that what having a "crush" means?"
Perry nodded. "So you're not denying it?"
Aussie shook his head. "Why would I deny it? It's true. I do like Nyx. She's beautiful."
"She's a new agent, I think," Perry said. "Only finished her training a couple of months ago."
Aussie sighed wistfully. "Do you think she'd be willing to train me?"
Perry laughed. "Thanks a lot."
"I mean as well as you."
Perry shrugged. "Why don't you ask her? It could be a date."
"Date?" Aussie frowned.
Perry sighed. "So not only do I have to train you, I have to teach you about the world?"
Aussie just blinked.
"Well, then…" Perry grinned. "I had better get started."
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If anyone's having trouble picturing Nyx, imagine her looking like Ash from the animated movie Sing. If you don't know what Ash looks like, look up "Sing Ash" on google images, and it'll come up.
