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Because it's laundry day for everyone!

Jun 16, 2010 06:17

Characters: Emma Pillsbury and you! And you! You, too.
Setting/Location: Laundry room
Date & Time: Day 4, late morning
Warnings: None so far, unless someone decides to walk in naked
Summary: Emma is going to get a basin all to herself, dammit!

( Underneeeath your clothes, there's an endless storyyy~ )

conrad achenleck, nero, sora, xion, *day 04, emma pillsbury, #style: prose

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roulettespin June 16 2010, 17:16:46 UTC

Laundry room. Man, Nero was spending an awful lot of time in there these days. And for what reason? It wasn't even like he was doing his own laundry. No way in hell. He had a plan and his plan was pretty solid, especially for someone who was too busy with all the cooler stuff in life to do his own laundry. (Especially when Kyrie wasn't around to give him a look, a look like she knew he was skipping out on something he was supposed to help with, and she wasn't angry, just disappointed. That was the worst.)

No, Nero was hanging around the laundry room for about the same reason he'd been hanging around the kitchen, only this time he wasn't waiting for them to leave food over--he was waiting for them to toss a load in and start washing. And then, he'd just saunter by, and say something like how he only had this jacket and didn't want to waste the space in the basins, so could he just toss this one jacket in with the rest of their stuff? It was getting kinda dirty and he didn't think it was badass to smellIt wasn't like he could do it ( ... )

thedoegirl June 16 2010, 20:12:47 UTC

Things had almost worked out. She was just starting to get a little excited at the prospect of actually being alone to do such rewarding work, and there was a growing smile on her face the longer she thought about it. This wasn't going to be hard at all! Even if she was starting to sweat and her hair was starting to get a bit poofy, she just knew she was going to do what she needed to ( ... )

roulettespin June 16 2010, 20:27:33 UTC

The last person Nero'd talked to who had a stutter like that had tried to kill him. Tried to kill Kyrie, too, which was a whole lot worse in his book. But he wasn't prejudiced--the two weren't exactly alike, or anything alike, for that matter. There was something jumpy about this woman that made her look like a scared little girl; Nero almost felt bad for a second, not even knowing why. It was a free world, right? Free caravan, too. He could go anywhere he wanted, especially in the common areas.

nero shook it off, full-bodied, physical and mental at the same time, shrugging his shoulders as he stepped into the room.

"Looks like you're doing some laundry," he said, nodding at the clothes in the sink. Well, not a sink, but close enough to. Sure wasn't a convenient system, now was it? And where were they supposed to hang the clothes out to dry--tied to the giant's ass or something? "There room in there for something else? Just one thing... Wouldn't wanna use up a whole sink-thing for just one jacket."

thedoegirl June 16 2010, 21:20:11 UTC

And so a challenger had appeared.

Her eyes widening slightly, Emma clutched the edges of the basin behind her, holding on to the thing like it held the answer to life. But then she realized she'd already broken one of Lightning's rules--no hesitation! Biting her lip, she forced herself to let go and tried to stand up a little straighter. That was how you made yourself dominant, right?

"I, I am," she agreed, nodding. "I mean, laundry rooms are for, you know, laundry, a-and I have laundry, so...yeah. Um." She nodded once more for good measure. "That's what I'm doing. I think my tub's a little too full to fit something else, so maybe you should, um. You should try another one."

For what probably seemed like no reason to to Nero, Emma burst into a smile. That was great! That was nice and assertive without being too mean (she thought so, at least). And she said maybe only once. Even if that hair of his was really distracting her, and her basin wasn't that full, she'd stood up for her right to her own washing space ( ... )

roulettespin June 16 2010, 21:29:28 UTC

Well, Nero knew he was intimidating, but isn't this taking it a little too far? It was probably the arm, wasn't it?

It was always the arm.

He shifted so that it was angled behind him, even though it was probably already too late. She'd seen it, she was freaked, and that's why she was acting the way she was. Man, if the jig was already up, then what was the point? It'd be better if he just explained it, and let her come to her own conclusions. Her own conclusions that--he could only hope--involved helping him with washing this damn jacket. A couple of burn marks here and there, some leftover problems from when he got scrambled eggs all over it... Anything could happen. Never a dull moment.

"Yeah, about that..." Man, there was really no easy way to get into this, was there? "It's kinda complicated. But I'm thinking that if I tried to do it on my own..."

He pulled his hand out from behind his back--blue and red and definitely not like the other one, jacket sleeve rolled up to the scaly blue elbow. He flexed it, real slow; those ( ... )

thedoegirl June 16 2010, 21:53:40 UTC

Suddenly, Emma's smile dropped to the floor. In her haste to make sure she held power over her basin, she hadn't even noticed his arm. From what glances she'd gotten of it, she'd thought it was some fancy jacket design or some crazy tattoo. But then she saw the claws--those very, very real and scary-looking claws--and any plans to protect her clothes pretty much oozed out of her brain. It was time to protect herself.

Abandoning any sort of politeness, Emma quickly shifted to put the basin between them, and kind of half crouched behind it. Oh God, he was going to kill her because she wouldn't share her basin with him! Or maybe she'd taken his favorite one? Oh God, that was probably it. This was a bad idea--she knew it was a bad idea! She should've just come late at night and jammed the door shut like she was going to do in the first place. She never wanted to try being assertive again. Not if it was going to kill her ( ... )

LMFAO OH MY GOD SHE'S SO CUTE AHHHH roulettespin June 16 2010, 23:25:12 UTC

It was the kind of reaction that happened these days. And sure, Nero got the reasons behind it. He'd probably have shot first and asked questions later if he ran into himself and saw that arm. The first thing he'd think was demon; and before he even thought, he'd be opening fire, because demons didn't ask questions and neither should he. He might even be right--he couldn't explain what the hell that arm was, or some of the stuff that'd happened because of it. But it still sucked to have people--innocent people, not demons--take one look at him and cower in fear.

He wasn't going to hurt her. He didn't mean anything by it. It was a totally innocent topic. Why did things always have to be so damn complicated?

"Look-- you don't have to do that." He took a step backward, holding up his hand. Nothing in his pockets, no tricks up his sleeve. See? "I'm not even armed--and I don't mean that as a pun. I was just asking about doing the laundry 'cause I can't do it, like I said. Not with one hand. You can see for yourself what's up with the ( ... )

Fearing for your life is NEVER CUTE you meanie :| thedoegirl June 16 2010, 23:59:07 UTC

As soon as he moved, even if it was to step backward, she ducked behind the basin even more. Her already large eyes were looking positively huge as she stared at him over the rim, wondering if he was going to slash at her or something. Maybe she didn't have to be back there, but it sure felt safer than having herself exposed to death in arm form ( ... )

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