A/N: ... Seriously. Cannot apologize enough. I feel like I should be doing Hail Marys for that last one, and I'm not even Catholic.
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Uno's assistant trudged in, looking exhausted, and flopped down in a chair across from his desk. She was still in her Miss Independence Day outfit, minus the hat and boots. "We're cancelled now, right?"
"No such luck. Ratings actually went up."
"How is that possible?"
"Your guess is as good as mine. You'll be glad to hear, however--" he paused here, and she cracked one of her eyes open to look at him-- "that you've been discharged from Baroque Works. They want to take the show in another different direction."
"But if the ratings went up--"
"Yeah, I really don't understand it either, but let's not question it, hm?"
"Good plan. Oh thank god."
"Right. So you're officially my assistant again." He slid a familiar-looking envelope across the table at her. "Get that to the writers!"
She'd never been so happy to follow one of his commands.