seattle; wednesday ft

[necroslacker]

The music room is often where Sam found himself these days. Between Council meetings, Council business and dealing with the weirdness of his estate, the music room was the place he felt most comfortable, most relaxed

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[whenshewasnice]

Envy had no idea about any orders, and probably wouldn't have cared about them anyway.

Ring, ring.

[necroslacker]

Sam glanced down at the phone, saw Natalie's name and clicked it on.

"Hello?" he said, leaning back against his chair.

[whenshewasnice]

"Hey." Always a good start. "How's things?"

[necroslacker]

"Things are all right," Sam told her, stroking a finger under Taco's neck. "How are you?"

[whenshewasnice]

"Fine," she said. She was spending lunch time in her apartment, for once. Sitting in her kitchen. "We made a big announcement the other day, and I'm monitoring the press coverage and public discussion."

[necroslacker]

"...okay," Sam said, tilting his head. "What kind of announcement?"

[whenshewasnice]

"The Free People of Earth," Envy replied. Those were the kinds of words that could've gone with a grand, even pompous tone. But this was her, so it was largely neutral instead. "An attempt at uniting the world."

[necroslacker]

"Fancy," Sam said neutrally. He knew so little about what she was doing so her words weren't doing much for him. "Sounds like a big undertaking."

[whenshewasnice]

"Also I changed my name."

She'd probably meant to work that in in a smoother way than that. But, she'd never gotten quite back to reacting to him the same way as to any other person, and there was just something about his reaction that, well.

That came out.

"It's Envy, now."

[necroslacker]

"Envy?" he repeated, sounding surprised now. "Like the emotion?"

Before she could answer, he asked, "Why?"

[whenshewasnice]

"Because it's my initials, shortened."

N.V.

That was part of it.

[necroslacker]

"It is," he agreed, nodding. "You need a shortened name for what you're doing?"

[whenshewasnice]

"I wanted one, I don't need to need one," she told him, deliberately mild.

[necroslacker]

"It's very...business like," he said, rubbing his chin. "I liked Natalie, too."

[whenshewasnice]

She wasn't sure how to feel about him saying that.

So.

"Well, that one's not in use anymore."

[necroslacker]

"Not at all?" he asked, just to make sure. He was a novice when it came to name changes, okay? This one, he didn't really know what to think of it.