BAUplan - office handicaps

current chapter word count: 8699 (up from 8099 last week; with 900 new words - because a couple author notes were to die)
scenes currently written: arrival at the office (done), work awaits (done), communication shenanigans (mostly done)
scenes written next: inspecting the luggage, finding the tachibana (almost done)
character who may replace some employees soon: Seishiro
character who has yet to learn he has to replace some employees ASAP: Subaru
research of the day: government department signs in Kasumigaseki, disconnected phone messages, conjoined paper cranes
author realization: this part is way too much fun to write, I have to pay attention not to overdo / overextend it.

quote of the day:
He had ordered the place watched 24/7. A team ought to have been on location!

excerpt of the day:
When he'd inquired about the fax machine, he'd been informed that correctly encrypted emails were a lot more reliable. To which he had to tell her that his people in Kyoto wouldn't be able to receive them and that his case files had to be faxed.
Apparently, there was a fax machine under the reception desk – for contacts with some of the government departments and old-fashioned companies – which could be used until the computer system in Kyoto was operational.
Subaru expected that to be around the year 3k.
[...]
"There's a defect with my phone," Subaru told her. "I cannot reach the representative of my clan at the OMR."
"I will send a somebody downstairs to inform him of your wish to speak with him," she replied in a studiously neutral voice. "He refuses to use the phone system on principle and insists on keeping it disconnected while he is inhouse."
Subaru groaned inwardly. "Thank you, Namane-san, but please don't bother. I will contact them tomorrow." He hung up. Year 3k might be optimistic.