Bookman's First Communion with the Dead [tag to Maria, OPEN]

[roaringhistory]

There were actually quite a few common rooms in the Order's Headquarters, but only one with a piano. Lavi knew this because Allen played piano, and when he played, it was always in this room.

Or was it in a different room? Some other familiar place... A very familiar place. Lavi remembered it vividly. That other building felt real. It was hard to

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The common room has a balcony now. Because I say so.

[i_like_balls]

"INCOMING!" came the dire warning a split second before someone vaulted himself off the balcony from the story above and tumbled into the piano room through the thankfully open balcony doors. (Daisya had certainly looked before he jumped, but that said nothing about whether or not he'd been able to tell if the doors were open with those dratted curtains in the way. As it was, he had no idea and decided to err on the side of adventure.)

"Aw, man, I knew I was gonna be late. Stupid freaking Kanda and his whiny ass," Daisya grumbled in good spirits as he picked himself up off the floor and went about dusting himself off, though it was mostly out of habit more than actual need. Much like General Theodore, Daisya was in a constant state of slightly-filthy and moderate disarray. "But! Nice to see you again, Bookman Junior! You're looking... tall!" Daisya observed before his gaze lighted on their pianist. Not for the first time in his life, Daisya lamented that he held no lasting interest in women. All the same he smiled. "And you must be Miss Rainier! Please tell me you've been hiding under a rock the last, say, eleven years or I might have to check myself into the infirmary to have my vision checked, because I don't know how I managed to miss the sight of you."

[onelastsolo]

"Oh, I've been on a few missions here and there, but I've been around... Daisya, was it?" There was a brief prickle from the same lingering sense of not-quite-rightness that had been niggling at Maria all morning, but it quickly subsided again. She must've just... gotten up on the wrong side of her bed this morning, or... something. There wasn't anything the matter here. There couldn't be.

Right?

"Charmed though, really," she murmured, ruby lips curling as she inclined her head toward the hooded Exorcist. The guy seemed to have an awful lot of energy.

"But this is a pretty crazy concidence, don't you boys think? Running into two Exorcists I've never met on the same day."

She was just picking out the last notes of the song, hands still moving practically on their own, as she turned a playful gaze back to Lavi again.

"And thanks, hon. I am a professional, y'know." She gave him a small teasing smirk. If it seemed like she was flirting with the pair of them, well, that would be because she was. There weren't many boys in the world who didn't call for a little flirting with.

[roaringhistory]

Lavi chuckled at the flamboyant entrance. That was just like Daisya, wasn't it? At least, he thought it was? ...Anyway.

"Professional, eh?" He grinned at Maria, eyebrow raised at the innuendo. All that an exorcist, too? How had he not met this woman before? "I believe it," he intoned, straightening. "So, you done? Playing, I mean. 'Cause I don't really want to be around when whoever's chasing Dai comes to get him." Lavi shot a sideways grin at Daisya, silently asking for the inevitable wild explanation.

[i_like_balls]

"Hey, hey~" Daisya pouted, crossing his arms firmly over his chest. "For once I'm not running from someone, I'll have you know! And if I was, chances are it'd either be Kanda, or Kanda, or Kanda, or maybe one of 'em science lab boys. Master used to chase me, but he keeps getting older and my legs keep getting longer, so~" He paused a moment, quirking his lips to one side as he looked down at himself and his rather diminutive stature.

"Well. Longer than they were when I was eight," he defended with a rather dejected sigh. "Lucky I don't gotta worry about falling for a girl taller than me, huh?"