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[whatpaperwork]

So I went shoe shopping yesterday - a new job requires new job shoes, right? Also the floor in the break room is that soft corkboard stuff and my heels were leaving little indents everywhere. The new ones I got are higher but narrower so I figure they'll do less damage

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[littleicedragon]

. . . black is always a good color for a tuxedo, Rangiku. I'm going to end up looking like a ring-bearer anyway, and you know it.

(There's nothing wrong with my books. You don't have to "make sure they're appropriate" for me. I'm seventeen--I can police my own reading.

And that's the Donner Party, Rangiku. It's a good example on why you need to plan ahead.)

You're not going to skip work tomorrow. You're going to go, and then you won't get fired and you'll see that what Byakuya and Iruka and everyone else who knows math said is right.

[whatpaperwork]

Everyone's going to be wearing black, Toushirou. You mean like a hobbit? Is it fancy dress?

(I am your guardian, I like, have a responsibility to guard. Remember how I covered your eyes when we watched Final Destination 2? That was guarding, and it's the same with books.)

But I'm really sick! Listen and you'll hear me coughing all the way from the next room. I think maybe I have bird flu.

[littleicedragon]

Right. I don't need to stick out. No. Like the kid who carries the wedding rings for the bride and groom at a wedding.

(. . . you choose the oddest things to guard against. > < )

Rangiku. The bird flu isn't anywhere near us.

[whatpaperwork]

It's not sticking out, it's being distinctive. Trust me, I know all about sticking out. Okay good because if you were going as a hobbit then you'd have to be the blonde one, not Elijah Wood, and I wasn't sure what we'd use as padding.

(I'd guard you against anything, you should know that.)

Birds fly Toushirou. Think about it.

[littleicedragon]

I'm not going to reply to that. It's prom, not Halloween

(I do. I appreciate your intentions.)

They do. > < Listen, don't use "I have the bird flu" as an excuse to get out of work. The last thing you want to do is start a pandemic scare, all right?

[whatpaperwork]

So how about navy? Hey it could have been themed!

All right, all right.

...Ebola?

[littleicedragon]

I'm not going to get you to drop it, am I? Navy's a possibility. It's bad enough that you blackmailed me into going.

NO. No Ebola. Just stick with the flu. Or mild food poisoning, or something that's not going to send people into a panic, all right?

[whatpaperwork]

I'll show you the Navy one with the burgundy accents. I think we have a winner!

...so what you're basically saying is that I can call in sick.

[littleicedragon]

I'm not saying yes to anything until I see it.

. . .

All I'm saying is that I can't stop you from calling in sick even though I want to and that if you do call in sick, you can't claim to have the bird flu or ebola or anything like that.