Characters: Howl (
strange_wonders), Sophie (
madhattersophie)
Content: There are saboteurs on the loose, and Howl decides the safest place to be is someplace that technically isn't on the ship at all.
Setting: Howl's Room
Time: During the Sabotage Plot on the Amestris
Warnings: Bickering, Sophie with a broom.
Howl had been vaguely amused by the chaos that had erupted on the ship, and the overconfidence the crew seemed to have in their security measures. This amusement had vanished quite quickly when it became apparent that there were actually people on board who were quite interested in destroying the place. Being the slither-outer that he was, Howl quickly decided his room was the safest place on board, given that it wasn't really a part of the ship to begin with.
"You sure know how to pick them."
"Or air travel is inherently dangerous. Did you think of that, my friend?"
"I think you have rotten luck," the fire demon in the hearth retorted, before settling in under some half-burned logs. "I hope you at least invited Sophie in."
"Of course I did. What do you take me for?"
Calcifer seemed uninterested in in answering that question, perhaps suggesting that his silence said it all. For his part, Howl turned back to the spell he was working on as he waited for his student to arrive.