Because it's laundry day for everyone!

[thedoegirl]

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!

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[thedoegirl]

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!

"I'm, I'm sorry! I-If this is your basin, I'll move to another one! I can, um, I can get my clothes just as clean in different one!" Emma held up her hands, simultaneously trying to show she was surrendering and also wanted him to remain calm. "J-Just, please, don't mess up my clothes!"

LMFAO OH MY GOD SHE'S SO CUTE AHHHH

[roulettespin]

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 other one." He rolled his eyes, not because he blamed her, but because this situation was suddenly a damn frustrating one. "Just come out from behind that thing. Believe me, if I wanted to hurt you--which I don't--it wouldn't even help you, anyway."

Fearing for your life is NEVER CUTE you meanie :|

[thedoegirl]

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.

Emma hardly heard him as he kept speaking, and her eyes darted around as she looked towards the exit and for some possible weapons. The only idea that was coming to her was to flick some water in his face and make a run for it, but that would probably mean getting clawed in the back. Eurgh, bad idea. Maybe soap in the eyes? Yeah, that was a possibility. At least that burned.

However, before she could even try to make a heroic escape, his last sentence finally caught her attention. She relaxed, if only slightly, but didn't move from her crouching position behind the basin. Hesitantly, she asked, "Are you...are you sure? You're not trying t-to, um, to trick me are you?"

Yeah, right. Like someone trying to kill you would tell you that, she muttered mentally. Shaking her head a little, she then said, "You just, er, only want help?"