clone wars office au except after the war the 501st got stuck in corporate coruscant and work in cubicles all day and grab beers after hours at a dive bar and fives and tup like to shit talk clients in the office kitchen in between sales calls (mostly fives complains and tup nods along pretending to understand. he started a bit before you and doesn’t really understand why cold calling sucks) and you’re the new guest experience coordinator who had no idea that you’d be thrust into this wolves den of super intelligent yet ridiculous men who really have no right to run an organization yet do it so well???
your first friend is dogma in accounting (fives claims he is your first, but really he was just heavily flirting with you) and during lunch hour you and dogma will perch on barstools in the kitchen and talk about current media and books you’ve read while echo sips on tea (always herbal, never black) and sometimes chimes in with a recommendation
ceo rex will pop in, pouring his nth cup of coffee and humming along to whatever you and your coworkers are talking about. he mostly doesn’t talk, only speaking up to make a dad joke or agree with a point (he usually agrees with whatever you say even if you think he’s not really paying attention. this new movie is complete garbage yet you love it? he loves it, too. he’s never even heard of it) he’s listening, though, and will give you gifts based on your conversations (!!!) usually they’re small—your favorite drink or snack from the vending machine. one time he put a monstera cutting on your desk because he overheard you telling hardcase (who likes plants but more so herbs and vegetables) about wanting one. you are floored when kix tells you it is definitely from rex’s own monstera plant. the guy literally overheard you and went home to give you a part of his own plant? a king.
hardcase is so personable that he should be in sales but he’s the most efficient IT person you’ve ever seen. he works magic. no one understands why or how or when he learned how to speak computer. it’s like he thinks in html or something. sometimes he’ll take remote control of your laptop when one of your softwares fucks up and he’ll pull up a sticky note just to write “hi :) hope u r doing well”. fives refuses to believe hardcase should be in sales but tup argues it’s because fives thinks hardcase will beat fives’s annual sales records.
kix in HR? no. he’s in communications. that dude can spin a tale and make anyone feel convinced to work with this organization. copywriting is his forté and he actually is quite a wiz at adobe suite when he needs to be.
jesse is in marketing and has to put up with fives’s weird random ideas for acquisition campaigns yet they have about an 80% success rate? so he lets fives go on his long tangents and jesse will provide insight on print materials and digital collateral whenever needed. in his spare time he’s a graphic designer aka he plays around in adobe illustrator and sometimes makes logos and digital ads as an independent contractor.
vaughn as HR. you don’t interact with him a ton after you finish onboarding but you also try to stay clear of him. but not because he’s rude or unapproachable. whenever you run into him you better pray you finished all of your high priority tasks because you’ll be talking to him for twenty minutes at minimum. he’s so easy to talk to??? it’s unbelievable. you’re just trying to request a personal day and he’s roped you into telling him about your future travel destinations and he’s providing recommendations because he’s been everywhere. help.
hawk is in the executive office as rex’s assistant and he’s the smoothest person you’ve ever met. not even in a flirtatious way, he never has a hair out of place. every pencil is ramrod straight on his desk and he is the epitome of the clean girl minimalist trend. honestly makes sense as an executive assistant. rex can be kind of a mess (when no one is watching) so hawk is there to keep him in order.
tup did a one year masters in business administration before joining the company and he’s treated as the baby when he’s actually the same age as many of his coworkers (he gets adorably mad when anyone calls him “baby”. anyone = fives + hardcase + sometimes jesse) your department and his partner a lot on projects having to do with bettering the client experience, and he likes to sit in on your brainstorm sessions with fives. he’s still learning but he appreciates your patience and willingness to teach him about how to please guests. (he still asks why your title is “guest experience coordinator” and not “client experience coordinator” and doesn’t understand how “guest” is more openminded than “client”. maybe one day he will.) if everyone in the office agrees with it, he’ll bring in his dog. don’t worry, he’s roommates with mixer and redeye who usually work from home and are independent contractors in IT development and finance, respectively. they take care of tup’s dog when he’s at the office all day.
