Day 40: Sun Room [Fourth Shift]

[clockmongler]

Well, that was... special. No wonder he was losing respect for this place--the fearful Martin Landel was coming undone, most probably with boredom. So scary. Even Nursey seemed a little exasperated, though that most likely had more to do with X's constant insistence to stay in the Sun Room rather than go inside the Greenhouse

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[thatdamnedninja]

"Ugh," Yuffie mumbled. Okay, so, face-planting into the bulletin board had not been on her list of Things To Do. Her little stunt had been more than worth it, and she'd do it all over again in a heart-beat… but she really could've done without the sedatives. Really.

Peeling herself away from the board, she shook her head. Pressed the heels of her palm into her eyes and scrubbed lethargically, then shook her head again. The sedatives sure were making it hard to feel properly victorious, but even that didn't quite keep the lazy, smug smile off of her face. For better or for worse, she'd gotten some recognition - as much as she could've hoped for. As cool as it would've been, she hadn't really expected to single-handedly spark a revolution right then and there. That hadn't been the point, anyway. She'd had a bit of fun. She'd done what she damn well wanted for once, instead of dancing along to the Institute's tune. By the time things had been drawing to a close, she'd been a little preoccupied… but before that, she hadn't missed some of

[thatdamnedninja]

Man, if only she could've seen the expression on his face when they'd conversed over the bulletin. Then, he'd really been reacting. Not that he wasn't reacting now; he was. No matter how he tried to hide it, there was no escaping from the keen eyes of the Great Ninja Yuffie! She made a point to pick up on these things, though admittedly it was a little harder to concentrate.

Yuffie giggled -- wait, ugh, giggled? Shaking her head, she tried again; this time, it came out as her usual snicker; devious and decidedly 'say whatever you want, I know I'm onto you'. She couldn't help herself. She wanted to see how far she could push him, whether or not he'd snap back like an elastic band, or break, or just try to ignore it. It wasn't like she was out to make a good impression, anyway; she knew that she was good enough that if he changed his mind about working with her, he'd be shooting himself in the foot. "You top, right?"

[thatdamnedninja]

"Pffffhahahaha!"

Yuffie's snickers turned into a full-blown laughing fit. She doubled over, arms around her middle, and just laughed. His -- his face! Bright red! Horrified! That shriek -- so girly, high-pitched, oh gawd, that'd been too perfect. And then he had the bright idea to try a command like that? If anything, Yuffie laughed harder for a moment, before she finally manage to both regain control and save herself from an untimely tumble off the couch.

"O-Okay, I get it," breathless, she straightened out a little, swiping a hand over her eyes. The urge to laugh still hadn't abated. Yuffie cleared her throat, grinning at her latest victim. "You guys aren't a couple. Nonexclusive, then; you're open. No strings attached. Friends with benefits." She'd have continued, but the dizziness from the last laughing fit was still making the world go whirly and her cheeks kind of stung from the broadness of her grin.

[thatdamnedninja]

Hypothesis proven! Lelouch Lamperouge was just as much fun to tease off the board as he was on the board. It was good to know. No matter what kind of professional front he put up, he was just as susceptible as anybody else. It wasn't as though she really cared if he and Suzie were in a relationship; just like she didn't really care about Yukari and Kaito's budding 'romance'; she just thought it was hilarious, and they made it way too easy for her. Kind of like Cid and Barret -- except that was just kind of wrong.

Trying her very best not to pull a face, Yuffie uncurled and melted back into the couch. She felt more awake now, that was for sure, but the spinny feeling really wasn't comfortable. Better to take it easy for a few minutes. Anyway… Lulu wasn't shrieking anymore and the frown he was wearing wasn't nearly as fun as the expression of absolute horror he'd worn earlier, so she figured that it was about time to back off. For now. "You guys the only two from your world?" She asked. "That Japan country, or whatever

[thatdamnedninja]

So it wasn't just that he was from a different world, but a different time and-or dimension, too? Wow. That was almost as screwed up as Cloud. "Why'd they change the name?" She asked, curious. Even after the Shinra bastards had won the war, they hadn't really imposed any radical political reforms; they'd just been content to crush the whole country underfoot and leave its name and pride smashed in the dirt.

And then they'd paid for it.

There was still a lingering sense of vicious satisfaction at Shinra's messy end. At how she'd gotten the ball rolling for her country again. At how finally, at long last, Wutai was on the rise once again; they'd be on level with the rest of the world, and this time, they'd have the right kind of peace. She'd finally have a country that she could really, truly be proud of

[thatdamnedninja]

Okay, yeah. That had been kind of obvious, but it'd also been the answer that she'd expected to get. "That sounds familiar," Yuffie said, a little more quietly than she'd intended. With a little effort, she corrected that, but as the words went on, the venom crept in -- just a little. Just a tad. "Wutai, they -- we -- got defeated. 'Cept they didn't even have to take our name; thanks to my-- well, we just rolled over and played dead, and they walked all over us