Is this the fluffiest version of Casino Night I've ever read? Yep, yep, yep!
One thing made me sigh sadly — Toby's complaint (poor, poor Toby...).
And three things made me grin — Pam's surprise, the whole Bond banter, and “Let’s go home.”
Thank you!

Author's Response:

I'm glad I could fulfill a seeming gap in our fanfiction archive for you.

I'll be honest, I put the Toby part in because some of your previous reviews, so you are partially to blame! 

I'm happy to hear you liked those moments, they were my favourite too, although I guess I may be a little biased ;)

You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words! 

It's interesting seeing the impact of these changes in the timeline - Pam seems to be having something of an easier time at the internship than she did at Pratt, Jim not being thrown so much by the listing of his pranks because he feels like they've had a positive result. And good heavens is it nice to read a stress-free version of Casino Night!

Author's Response:

So a little off topic, but I've always felt that an internship does a much better job at preparing someone for a job then schooling ever will - there's certainly a place for schools for learning fundamentals etc, but you can almost never beat on the job training. That's sort of the feel I was going for here: Pam is still not quite sure graphic design is what she wants to do - she more lands on the art side of the spectrum, but she has a support structure in the form of her coworkers (Ok, not really, they haven't acknowledged she exists yet) and supervisor. I feel like you can get more one on one time in a work environment, so that's why she's not as frustrated at this point. Sure, photoshop isn't her favourite, but if she needs help she can just snag someone from a desk over and get it sorted. That kind of idea, anyhow.

Ok, wow, rant about practical work experience over, on to the rest! 

Jim knew exactly what he was doing with those pranks ;) They were his way of flirting - and in a roundabout way this time it worked!

I'm glad you liked the low-fat version of Casino Night!

Thank you for your kind words! 

Lovely way to combine two episodes. Jim being a little despondent without Pam in the office makes sense. He's without his office buddy and fiancé so yeah it makes sense he'd be a little down.

Nice to see Pam doing well in New York. Also nice to see her wanting to leave quickly to get back to Jim.

The surprise welcome back was all sorts of sweet. Same with their afternoon off at home.

I like the change from sweater to tux this time around. Felt very classy.

Nice to have Casino Night go in a good direction this time too. Nice job as always.

Author's Response:

Yes, Jim is very much missing his best friend/partner in crime/life partner/fiance/... the list goes on! I'm happy to hear you liked this mashup, I felt like I should at least acknowledge Conflict Resolution happened so... there it was!

Pam can only distract herself with New York for so long, understandably. She's having a good time and being challenged, but the person she want's to share with is just over two hours away!

I'm glad you liked that unabashed fluff, I enjoyed writing that. It was fun to play with Ryan a little bit before he became the jerk that he was in later episodes too.

Jim is all about classy, as we may recall from the time he wore a tux in canon. I'm glad that fit for you, I just felt like it was a natural progression. This is Jim and Pam's outing in the middle of wedding planning/saving, so they went a little over the top.

Thank you for your kind words as always! We're almost at the end of this one.