Finally, a Conclusion! [CLOSED]

[lustrolupo]

Characters: Yuri Lowell, Erza Scarlet, Griffith Reif
Content: Yuri and Erza go to (FINALLY) meet with Reif and deliver Falls' message.
Time: A few days after the cave-ins
Setting: Some bunker/house in Tulgim
Warnings: None.

Comments

[armorgal]

"Always," Erza replied. This Reif fellow was looking more and more like a crackpot, but they were still contracted to do a job, and she intended to do it.

Her appearance was slightly haggard; her part in the rescue efforts had exhausted her significantly. She was doing her best not to let it show, however, and was standing up as straight as possible in defiance of her exhausted body's tendency to slump.

[tidesnpc]

Reif was waiting inside, looking... slightly worse for wear. His head was bandaged, he was visibly bruised in a few places, and he had a cane propped up against the boxes he was sitting on. Nevertheless, he looked somewhat impressive when he stood up; he had the scruffy, rugged look one would expect of someone like him.

"Well, Princess, spit it out," he said, looking directly at Yuri. "I don't have all day to figure out what Falls wants."

[lustrolupo]

Yuri's upper lip raised in a half-snarl - he hated it when people pulled that shit - but he managed to restrain himself from throwing a few well-aimed punches at Reif. That could wait 'till they'd finished the job.

A job which, Yuri thought, irritation returning full-force, Reif had in no way made easier for them to complete. Crazy old coot.

"He wants your help," he said without preface. Any introductions he could have tried likely wouldn't have helped anyone's mood, and Yuri was in enough of a foul mood to figure that letting Reif get away with being an asshole would be better than provoking them both further.

[armorgal]

Erza, on the other hand, felt no need to be so tactful.

"Excuse me," she said, butting into the conversation, "but your tone is not acceptable for professional business dealings. Kindly address the Captain with the respect that he deserves."

[tidesnpc]

"Oh, forgive me," said Reif in a manner that suggested he wasn't sorry at all. "I can barely see straight from the pain, so it's only natural that I'd get you two confused."

He sat back down and sighed. "I have my own issues to deal with before I go helping Falls. Do you have any idea what Wyatts's going to do to me and the rest of the union if he pinpoints my location?"