So you're in charge around here, is that fair to say?

[thetitania]

WHO: Absolutely, I'm the boss. (Zekk Peckhum omnomflowers, Erza Scarlet thetitania and YOU! [Open!])
LOCATION: Okay, so take us through a day in the life of the boss. (All over the castle.)
WEEK: 64, sometime during the stuck together thing.
TIME: 1400 HOURS, on the dot. Or, the afternoon.
WHAT: Well the first thing I do is...
RATING: PG

Comments

sorry for the wait bbehcakes, I'll try to be faster 8|b also tiny timejump here

[thetitania]

Erza nodded, and then sighed, faintly. "It...takes a while to get used to, I'm afraid." She shrugged, crossed her arms for a moment. "I'm well enough. My schedule is always rather busy, but I enjoy it that way." She never really knew what to do, to be honest, when she didn't have anything to preoccupy her.

It was well-enough that Zekk planned on leaving the intimidation and terrorizing to Erza, who had been doing such to various individuals since she was first made a Prefect, and...even before. Suffice to say, she was an expert at terrifying people, although sometimes it was not her intent.

She looked surprised at the compliment, and then sheepish, but she did finally, smile a bit. "Thank you. I try my best to keep things in order." She coughed awkwardly, squared her shoulders. "Alright then, let's go." And with that said, Erza set off on her usual, purposeful pace.

The earlier parts of patrolling went, for the most part, without upset. A tiny first-year scampered out of the way as Erza walked past, nearly knocking into a group of girls in his rush to get away, a group of delinquent fifth years that Erza had once had issues with paled as soon as they saw her, stammering out their "hellos" and "good afternoons." It was not long though, before Erza sighted the first offense of the afternoon. Class had already begun for most people, but she stopped at one of the girls' bathrooms, and leaned in near the door to listen.

"Hm."

8|b don't even worry about it! we gots the school stuffs going on 8|b

[omnomflowers]

If Zekk had realized that he would be spending his day as a "Day in the life of...", there might have been a tiny moment of indecision on his part. Maybe choosing to fly with Jaina now instead of later. Although, watching Erza and the way she simply had to look at another student and instantly their knees would begin shaking (and yes, he observed this phenomenon first hand), he realized that this would have been a bad decision on his part.

Still, as it was, the day was going along smoothly, and part of him was extremely grateful to just be out and doing something.

Zekk blinked as Erza stopped with her ear to a bathroom door. He glanced around them, noticing the empty halls. Right. Classes. His head tilted. "What?" Ah, sometimes there was a need to answer nature's calling, even when classes were in session.

Again, he recognized how bad of a decision this would have been to bring it up to her.

sob ;;

[thetitania]

Erza's eyes darkened, and she answered Zekk's question very quietly, keeping her ear to the door. "This bathroom is the usual place where those skipping classes congregate. I've caught a couple already, but they received minimal punishment. However, with this being a second offense..."

And without another word, Erza slipped inside of the bathroom, so quietly that the hinges to the door didn't even creak when she entered. There was a moment of silence, of utter and complete silence, the sort of ominous silence right before a storm breaks, before a bomb falls.

And then came the shrieking, and the sounds of a phenomenal struggle. At last, it too quieted, and Erza emerged from the bathrooms, with two terrified girls held by their collars. They looked frazzled, and were as white as sheets.

Erza, in contrast, still looked entirely composed, without a hair out of place. "As you two are aware, with this being your second offense, you are hereby assigned detention for the next two Saturdays in a row. With me."

One of the girls whimpered.

"In addition," Erza continued, without missing a beat, "Your skirts are precisely...ah, two and a half inches above regulation." There was a murmured spell, a flick of her wand, and both of the skirts changed to the proper length. "Remember this in the future. If you miss either detention, there will be..." Her eyes narrowed.

"Grievous repercussions. You are dismissed."

The two girls scampered off, and Erza sighed, shook her head, and turned to Zekk. "That was annoying. We're going to the kitchens now; I'd like cake." And without another word, she turned on her heel and began to walk. "Come along."

;~~~;

[omnomflowers]

They skipped classes... By hiding out in the bathroom? Zekk tilted his head slightly, watching Erza in silence, mulling that thought over and over in his mind. That sounded pretty boring, but he waited as she slid into the bathroom without a sound. A smile twitched at his lips. Yeah, it was probably a good thing that Erza was a Jedi, because she would be a formidable opponent.

He straightened up, waiting for the inevitable, the smile falling off his face quickly before the Head Girl came back out of the bathroom after the scuffle he heard with in, eyes widening slightly as he shuffled. Well, this was awkward.

"Ah..." He watched the girls run off, brows furrowed slightly. He could feel the terror rolling off of them, and he could only begin to imagine exactly what had gone on inside of that bathroom.

"Cake?" Zekk moved automatically, falling back into step with her without falter. This had been an interesting day so far... "What kind of cake?"

/rises from the dead

[thetitania]

Erza's pace was brisk and efficient, and she was a bit surprised that Zekk kept up with her so easily. It was good, though. Too many people complained to her that she moved too fast, or that she shouldn't drag them around everywhere, or that she should slow down...it was nice, the comfortable silence.

"Strawberry cake," she replied, glancing over to him. "Unless you'd prefer another sort. That's the kind I always get, however. That, or cheesecake." Her expression softened at the thought. To anyone else, it would look as if she was talking about a lost lover, or something similar. Erza, however, took her cake very seriously. It wasn't long before they made it to the kitchens, and the moogles all greeted her in unison.

"Hello, Miss Erza!" Curiously enough, the moogles (unlike most other people) didn't seem to be utterly terrified of her.

:O /worships

[omnomflowers]

Being able to keep up with her could have been attributed to his longer stride due to his long legs. He was more used to needing to take smaller steps so that Jaina could keep up, and Zekk kind of enjoyed that he didn't need to do that with Erza.

"Strawberry cake sounds fine," he said. Growing up, he'd never really gotten the opportunity for a lot of sweets and never grew a taste for them. One cake was as good as another, though he felt it best to not say that to Erza, catching the expression on her face. Definitely not a good idea.

"They must really like you." Zekk looked around at the tiny moogles before smiling at his friend.

c:

[thetitania]

There was a flicker of a smile from Erza as the moogles clustered around, and after she'd given her request for cake, she glanced over to Zekk.

"I suppose." She returned her attention to the moogles clamoring around the kitchen. "It's because I respect them." She scoffed. "Some people here treat them dismissively, or worse." She paused, and sighed. Her voice was soft. "I don't think it's good to treat anything as a servant, but they seem happy enough."

She looked lost in thought for a while after that. "Even so, it makes me...uncomfortable. So I try to be kind."

cx

[omnomflowers]

Zekk thought that over as Erza spoke, his gaze flickering from the red head to the moogles as they moved around. He could understand how she felt. For a long time, Wookiees had been treated the same way, taken from their homes and forced into slavery for their strength.

"It's not right for anyone to treat another like that..." He paused, coughing gently. "They do a service for us that they don't need to. They deserve our respect."

He rubbed his neck a bit, feeling slightly awkward--not that it was a new feeling for him, in any case. "You could... do little things for them. As a sort of payment, if it makes you that uncomfortable."

sob

[thetitania]

Erza glanced down. Granted, the castle was a far better alternative than the Tower, and even most Pureblood households that kept moogles, but it still bothered her.

"You're right," she said to Zekk, and nodded, as if to confirm this. "I've tried to pay in money, but they don't seem to take to that well." She hummed under her breath, tapped a finger to her chin. "I could try Kupo nuts...do you think that would be suitable? It seems so small." What she really wanted was to give them proper payment -- after all, they were providing a service. "There had been a club for this sort of thing, when Brighton was still here."

<3 do nae cryyy

[omnomflowers]

"They like Kupo nuts, don't they?" Zekk honestly didn't know much about moogles, but he remembered someone saying something about that before. "I think, if you want to repay them, that the Kupo nuts would work." He paused before shrugging. "If they don't like it, you're in the same spot. Might just mean they don't want any kind of payments... You shouldn't feel bad if the moogles don't want it, Erza."