A Meeting of the 12th HSFDF [RP with queen_of_castle and ace_loves_money
Aila: *is sitting in the bakery with a cup of warm tea and a slice of lemon cake, wondering where everyone else is and hoping that girly!Geddoe shows up*
Ace: *looks around the bakery owlishly, having never met anyone in anywhere but the bar before*
Aila: *waves* Ace! Over here!
Queen: *runs in, breathing heavily, and goes straight to the counter and orders a dozen doughnuts*
Ace: *took only a few steps towards Aila before he spins around to watch Queen order the doughnuts* ... Are those all for you, Queen? >_>
Aila: *watches Queen for a moment and puts her head in her hand* I hope she chews them this time...
Queen: Of course they're for me. I'm hungry, damn it.
Ace: ... Uh huh. *isn't very familiar with pregnant women, so gives Aila a look* Just don't eat the kid and me. Someone has to be around to laugh at the boss afterwards.
Queen: *brings the doughnuts over to Aila's table and sits* I'm not a cannibal. And Geddoe's scaring me like nothing else.
Aila: *snerks at Ace's comment* Here, Queen. I have your tea here for you. Ace, when you go to order your tea, ask for the Island Iced Tea. *looks up at the mention of the Captain* Have you seen him yet?
Ace: *nods and goes to order some tea and cake for the wait*
Queen: *accepts the tea* Thanks, Aila. *shudders* I saw him briefly earlier.
Aila: Did he at least look like himself?
Ace: *moves over to the table and joins the two, still eyeing the tea Aila had suggested he try* Don't tell me he's put feathers in his hair.
Aila: *visibly cringes*
Queen: *sweatdrops* Yes but he sure didn't sound like himself, what with giggling *shudder* calling me Sweetie and Girlfriend, saying I'm engaged to Yuber of all people ...
Queen: Shut-up Ace. I like my feathers in my hair.
Ace: *coughs as he eyes Queen's feathers* Hey, whatever floats your boat, Queen. But I don't suggest the look for the boss, you know? *sips his tea hesitantly*
Aila: Just for the record, at this point there's a [lot] of looks I'm not suggesting for the Captain. *shudder*
Queen: I didn't say he needs feathers in his hair. And I hope to the gods above that he does not attempt to change his appearance. I will kill myself if he shows up in a dress.
Aila: Urk...! *the cake catches in her throat and she hastily drinks some tea to keep from choking on it*
Ace: I don't think we have to worry about that. He thinks he's "Lilly," right? Lilly doesn't wear dresses on a daily basis... *pauses deliberately, brow twitching* Right?
Queen: ... No, but she wears purple and that big ugly hat with the large feather sticking out of it ...
Aila: *more to herself* I'm not picturing this, I'm not picturing this...
Ace: ....... I'm trying not to imagine the boss wearing a big hat like that. *eats some of his cake*
Queen: ... *puts up a giant mental image block* Do you know what he told me?!?
Aila: What'd he tell you?
Ace: ... That he thought you were prime example of male pregnancy being possible?
Queen: *kicks Ace hard in the shins* NO! Shut-up already! He told me that I was engaged to Yuber Pendragon - heir to the throne of Harmonia. But Yuber was cheating on me with Salome and I was cheating on him with Luc!
Aila: *an audible *thud* is heard, causing the teacups on the table to tinkle and the ice in Ace's tea to shift almost uncomfortably*
Ace: Ow! *grumbles and rubs his aching shin, shooting Queen a look* ... Hmph. I don't know what's weirder. The idea of you being engaged to royalty or you being cheated on by Yuber with Salome.
Queen: Everything he said was disturbing! *shudders* Did he say anything like that to you two?
Ace: ........ *coughs and busily drinks his tea*
Aila: He said something about a scandal with Yuber and you being in love with a blacksmith. *blinks*
Aila: Oh. And a secret affair with Luc. *ick!*
Ace: *blank look* ... A blacksmith?
Aila: *shrugs* That's what he said...
Queen: Apparently, Luc's the blacksmith. But what I meant was did he make up any bizarre stories about you two?
Ace: Oh, nothing too weird. *has the grace to look disgruntled* He just said that I had some "problem" and that I was with "Franz Blight."
Queen: *snickers* And how's your boyfriend doing?
Aila: *tries not to snerk and fails*
Ace: Haha. *shakes his fork at Queen* I still think you got the short end of the stick.
Queen: Yeah whatever. It's far too absurd a story to be believed anyhow.
Ace: ... So, Aila, do you think he's actually going to show?
Aila: I was hoping so, but he wanted me to go shopping with him. If he doesn't show up here, he's prolly out right now buying clothes with Sharon.
Queen: ... O_o I thought there was nothing to worry about him and dresses?
Aila: He might not go the 'dress' route. Maybe get himself a few nice shirts and a few nice pairs of pants, you know, like Augustine used to.
Aila: You have to admit - his regular clothes -he wears that so much it could stand up by itself!
Ace: *glances at Aila* You don't mess with a look that works.
Queen: I much prefer his regular outfit to anything Augustine would wear!
Aila: All I'm saying is that he might have gone shopping for [that] instead of dresses.
Queen: Augustine's clothes are just as bad as dresses. Once again, there's that big hat problem ...
Ace: Maybe we should've sent out a notice to all the stores not to sell anything to Geddoe when he's like this. *grimaces*
Queen: Aila and I can work on that. We still have plenty of fliers, right?
Aila: *nodsnods*
Aila: I'll get on that right away.
Ace: Good, good. If you need any potch for supplies, just tell me. We'll call this a 12th emergency.
Queen: *nods in all seriousness* ... It sure is. When whatever crack Geddoe's on wears off ... do you think ... he'll remember everything he has said and done?
Aila: He'd probably be mortified if he [did] remember.
Queen: *nods again* If that were me, I'd die of embarrassment or go into isolation ...
Ace: So, if he DOES remember, we'll hit him over the head until he forgets. *nods*
Aila: He'd probably hit himself over the head.
Queen: *sighs* I'm just glad the 14th is not here to see this. We'd never hear the end of it ...
Ace: I'd have to kill Duke. ... Not that that wouldn't be a loss, you know. *snorts*
Aila: I don't even want to know what...holy cow. What if one of them SEES HIM??!?
Queen: Of course it wouldn't. Things would actually improve around Caleria without him. *to Aila* Calm down. None of them are here.
Ace: And the HQ has nooooo reason to hear about this in a report.
Queen: Oh, absolutely not. His reputation is ours as well.
Ace: *has finished his tea and is working on his cake* So does this conclude our meeting?
Queen: Was this a meeting? I thought we were just getting together over tea? Or as Kidd put it, having a tea party.
Aila: I was hoping the Captain would show up - he sounded rather excited about us having tea together....
Ace: *shrugs* ... Since when did we do tea parties? Did we transform along with the Captain?
Queen: Hell no, of course not. I was kidding.
Aila: You got your own 'special' tea so quit whining!
Queen: *stands up* Well, I'm going to go. I need to rest some. And hopefully my brain shall rejuvenate afterhaving been broken so often.
Queen: I'll see you two around and hopefully whatver Geddoe's on will wear off soon.
Ace: *waves to Queen* Be sure to throw your doughnut trash away. *snickers*
Aila: Allright. I'll see you later!
Queen: *throws the leftover doughnuts at Ace and walks away* Bye.
Aila: *snickers*
Ace: I hope the baby has Cray's temper!! *mutters and starts cleaning himself up*