Cathrin nods. "Of course."
Right now there's nothing more she wants to ask, at least not while it's still the official meeting. She glances over to Ms. Rousseau for a short moment and then turns her attention back to the woman who is leading the meeting.

Rei maintains her laissez-faire demeanor.

The meeting goes on for about an hour.  There are other topics discusses (an update on some marketing research on one drug in France for instance), but that is all that falls into your area.  Immediately after the meeting ends, you welcomed by a handful of people and end up with at least five business cards.

[OOT]
Pausing here any character interaction.

[IC]
The remainder of the day is paperwork for HR, a short technology overview of do/don't security, a quick show-n-tell on the coffee machine, and time in your office to get things setup.  There is a company mug with pens, pencils, stylist and a welcome card on your desk when you get back to your office.  There is a virtual meeting tomorrow morning with the team.

After the meeting, Rei packs her pad, pen, and iPad into her designer bag of the moment. She then approaches Cathrin, "Bonjour, Ms. Helmholtz. I will be hearing all of your work for us when I do my personal reviews. From what I have heard of your works, I expect good things."

While Cathrin had only the pad with her notes to take with her, she wasn't in a hurry to leave, letting others file out of the room before her.
Noting Ms. Rousseau walking towards her Cathrin turns to her with a smile. "Glad to meet you, Ms. Rousseau. And thank you. I'll do my best."

For a moment it seems as if Cathrin is about to add something, but then just keeps quiet.

Rei then says, "I will be taking lunch at noon. Please join me."
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A bit surprised at the invitation Cathrin nods with a smile. "Gladly."



OOC:
Though it is a bit early for lunch now, unless the meeting lasted longer than an hour.

[OOC: Either the meeting was 1 hour which was repeated, or it was 2 hours.]

[OOC: I thought it was repeated, but I can be mistaken.]

[OOC: So it is 10 or 11 AM after the meeting? I need to know whether to amend my above invite for lunch for an hour to two later.]

[OOC]
Meeting ran like clockwork.  Right about an hour....

[OOC: I have edited the lunch invite above.]

OOC: Cathrins answer stays the same. The only difference is that she has the time to get settled in a bit before Lunch.

Rei arranges for a car to take herself, Hiromi, and Cathrin to lunch. As it is Monday, Mariposa is out, so Rei decides on Chicago Lunchbox.

Cathrin is at the meeting point in time - a bit early to be precise. If she's nervous, she manages not to show.
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As Rei never told Cathrin where to be, she locates her and asks, "Ready for lunch?"

As they walk down to the garage, they meet with Rei's younger sister Hiromi. Rei introduces her, "Hiromi, this is Cathrin Helmholtz, our new Musical Director."

To Cathrin she says, "This is my sister Hiromi. She's a student at Northwestern and my personal assistant."

Once at the garage, a sedan is ready with the driver. Hiromi sits up front with the driver while Rei takes the passenger side rear seat.

[IC]
Cathrin looks up from her notepad, smiles and stands up. "Sure." She puts the notepad into a drawer of her desk and is ready to go.

Upon meeting Hiromi Cathrin nods in greeting with a smile. She waits until Rei has introduced her and says:"Nice to meet you."

There's obviously the drivers side rear seat left for her, so Cathrin takes that place.


[OOC]
Sorry, made an assumption there

[OOC: That was the only seat left. It allows Hiromi to talk to Cathrin over her shoulder as you're sitting next to Rei.
I'll let our GM have a chance to add anything Hiromi wants to the conversation.]

[OOC] The assumption was about a meeting point earlier. Seat is fine.

Hiromi nods, smiles and offers her hand.  "The new music director.  Good.  We've been talking about that for a while.  I'm glad it all finally came together.  Your accent...not from Chicago I guess?"

Cathrin takes the offered hand for a handshake. She chuckles. "Glad to be here. And you're right about the accent, that's certainly not from here. I'm from Germany."

Rei says to the driver, "Chicago Lunchbox, Simon."

Rei then asks Cathrin, "How are you settling in here in Chicago?"

"Quite good", she answers. "It's vastly different, but interesting."

Rei nods, "Yes. The culture shock of America is something."

"I suppose it's similar when moving from France to America?" Cathrin says with a slight smile.
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