The Time Has Come

[bunny_hero]

WHO: Barnaby, Chloe, and Ciel. [Closed]
LOCATION: White Rose
TIME: At this moment.
WHAT: Barnaby is considering to quit his job. What will that lead to?
RATING: G, possible PG-13 for language?

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[executionerrose]

Chloe didn’t even bother to glance at Ciel, though if he had he might have noticed the imposing irony of two stern faced people sitting in a very similar guarded fashion. No doubt they made an intimidating pair and perhaps that was to a certain degree why Barnaby hesitated to say anything for what felt like the longest time.
When Barnaby finally did speak what he said was jarring. Not that you could tell. Dealing with two Brit’s as he was the immediate reaction was … not to react at all. More silence. They just watched him with out moving or saying a single thing. Letting the phrase ‘quit this job’ settle in

[no_souls_here]

It was obvious that something was on Barnaby's mind but for whatever reason he wasn't immediately sharing it. The lure of the tea prevented the boy from inserting, "If you have something to say then just get to it". Once the cup had been drained he wouldn't be as patient. Thankfully, his urging wasn't needed as the issue was finally revealed. At first, Ciel wasn't sure if Barnaby was serious or not. The idea of leaving a stable job just out of the blue for nothing (as far as he knew) would be idiotic.

He turned the empty tea cup idly with one hand, while he propped his head up on the other looking nothing if not disinterested or even a touch annoyed by what Barnaby had said.

He allowed Chloe to respond first only to find a reason to turn his glower on Chloe instead of Barnaby. "I'm like what to everyone?" He muttered partially under his breath. As Chloe proceeded to tell Barnaby to "ignore him when he gets like that" made the Earl narrow his eye drum the table with his fingernails. This was not going in a pleasant direction

[bunny_hero]

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Barnaby was quite glad that his grandparents took the trouble to migrate to America so he didn't had to deal with these kind of English gentlemen - especially those who took backstabbing as their favourite hobbies. He was here to inform them his intention to quit the job, not to see them glaring at each other and changing the topic into fixing some certain traits of the young aristocratAnd Ciel really had to stop euphemism of all sorts to get the answer he wanted to hear about, because it would take some time for him to elaborating his answer before getting to the Halloween Costume part

[executionerrose]

A little harmless teasing just to get a rise out of Ciel. When he does respond Chloe merely smiles at him, fully aware of how to push Ciel’s buttons by now. Really he liked the kid and would do what was necessary to protect him if a situation where he needed protecting would arise again. Fortunately that hadn’t been necessary for some time

[no_souls_here]

Ciel had grown quite accustomed to Chloe's teasing and even though he was aware that that was all it was he always seemed quite unappreciative. Sure, if he wouldn't react so much the sport wouldn't be as fun but it was a two way street. There were time when he would reciprocate and say something snarky or sarcastic to Chloe as well. Although he didn't want everyone to think trying to purposefully irritate him was okay, he actually appreciated it in Chloe's case not that he would ever openly admit it. The words were harmless, save for the affects they sometimes had on onlookers, and he liked not having to put on airs for his business partner.

Chloe was the one who hired Barnaby in the first place, so he could only assume this "break" Barnaby required from his other job had been discussed prior to seeking employment at the White Rose.

Who has social skills? Barnaby kept slipping in little digs directed to the youthful Earl. This hostility almost forced a smirk to his lips but he refrained lest the tension in the room increased any

[bunny_hero]

“…Oh? I am surprised that you remembered,” Barnaby was quite surprised to see Chloe recalling their previous conversation - which meant the incident had some weight in his heart, and Barnaby was fairly glad to see that.

Without noticing Ciel’s ignorance about his previous career, Barnaby casually explained the meaning of break to Chloe before moving on. “Well, my ex-colleague has been urging me to return to the hero business since… I arrived at this world? But I really needed time to adjust to the lifestyle so I rejected his offer. But now I think it might be a good timing to re-debut.”

What struck him more was the response from Ciel. He sounded like a desperate child who wanted to save his flamboyant employee (and lose some dignity) rather than working in the frontline dealing with ladies. No, by thinking in boarder terms Ciel proved himself a very mature boy in his age - he certainly knew how to run a business, at least, better than Chloe and him.

“…Of course. And here I would like to apologise for the previous incident, if I haven’t

[executionerrose]

[Missing the subject line - Part 1 of 2. ]Re-debut. An interesting choice of words that made Chloe smile a bit. Barnaby made it sound as if being a hero was some kind of glorious profession and from what he had been told of Barnaby’s world maybe that used to be the case but Chloe doubted the same would hold true here. Not that Barnaby’s efforts wouldn’t be appreciated by the people but the fanfare he was used to was bound to be significantly less. Heroes weren’t as highly idolized here and they certainly weren’t idols

[executionerrose]

Barnaby hadn’t expected his decision to quit to be resisted? It was true, it was a bit of a shock to see Ciel… well, for him this was practically begging or at least this was the closest he would ever come to pleading with some one to stay. In the short while Barnaby had been here he had some how managed to endear himself to Ciel and his presence certainly had livened things up a little! Ciel wouldn’t be the only one who would miss him if he did quit. The ladies who so often came to the shoppe to purchase their flowers would also regret not being able to flirt with him if he left