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[dodgyallround]

[OOC: So... please pretend this showed up just after leaving Shashta and a little before the current plot weirdness?][Private//Text

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[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

...

[Looooong pause.]

Xigbar. What a pleasant surprise.

[His tone is edged with suspicion and, weirdly, he doesn't sound like it's a very pleasant surprise at all.]

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

I'll bet.

[Of course, Xigbar sounds amused.]

Been keeping busy?

[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

You could say that.

...

Tell me, why are you here?

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

Official business, you know the deal.

You almost sound worried. Haven't been up to something when the eyes have been off you, I hope.

[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

Ah. I wasn't informed that you would be joining me here.

[He's bitter about that. He would have rather liked a heads up.]

Worried? Forgive me, but it almost sounds as though you suspect me of being up to no good.

[There's a slight smirk in his voice. As far as he knows, he's never done anything to arouse suspicion.]

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

What, you find me that offensive you wanted warning? Or did you want more time to hide something?

[Soft laugh that is not helping matters]

You know me, Marly, I'm just a suspicious kinda dude. There's not a one of us that isn't.

[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

[He composes himself, ignoring his first comment.]

True -- then you'll let my suspicion of your unannounced visit slide. What have you signed on as?

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

Tsk, tsk. Getting suspicious about little old me? What are you afraid of?

I'm a gunner. Obvious choice, I'm surprised you didn't guess.

[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

A gunner? I hope you're as competent at manning a cannon as you are with your own guns.

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

Don't you go worrying your pretty little head about that. I'm just fine with a cannon.

What did you end up doing?

[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

I'm a Quartermaster, as I was on the 4423. Obvious choice.

[Smirk]

Don't tell me that the Superior didn't trust you with such information before dispatching you here.

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

More like he didn't think your whereabouts were worth showing off to everyone else. You're not that important, daisy.

Nor is your job title on here, really. We both know where the ranks fall where it matters, right?

[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

Outside of Kropmork, our ranks within the Organization are irrelevant.

[He's glaring at his Difference Engine right about now.]

And refrain from calling me 'Daisy'.

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

Really now? You know I can just imagine the Superior's face if you said that to him. I can also imagine what he'd say.

[Oh boy is that a dangerous tone in his voice]

You might wanna keep that attitude to yourself, daisy, if you really wanna look like you're being a good boy.

[Filtered to Xigbar // Voice ]

[phytotoxin]

Blathering on about rank like this, you sound like somebody else we know.

You might want to keep in mind that his delusions concerning numbers being of any consequence are false as well.

[Filtered to Marluxia // Voice ]

[dodgyallround]

[Laughter]

Don't forget who you're talking to, or that you don't know why I'm here.