"I'm friggin' bored," Reno announced, possibly to nobody in particular, possibly to the bowl of beans that he'd picked. "Bored bored bored
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"The radishes got little green leaves happenin', and the beans... I got a bowl of beans," Reno shared, with no small amount of pride. "I'm gonna go outside in a bit and find some hungry kid or somethin' to give 'em to, I think. I don't need 'em. I got ramen."
"Yeah, I heard. Already talked to her about it," Reno replied. Frowning. Deeply. "You know, it's weird, gettin' this call from you, Elena. Usually we're havin' this conversation the other way around."
This was, weirdly, Reno's roundabout way of admitting that he'd fucked up. And that Elena had grown out of it.
Elena had to grin a little at that. "Is this where I lecture you on how a professional, a Turk, would act?" she teased.
"I'm not sure how much damage there is," she admitted. She needed a cigarette, right now. "I played the heavy, if you want the sympathy role. Tried to scare the shit out of her. I didn't want to have to escalate and lose my cover."
Speaking in code. She wasn't playing a cover role. But she'd hate to leave the island over a mysterious death, anyway.
"It's handled," Reno noted. "She ain't to talk about anything after the minute she's livin' in with the kid. Scarin' the shit outta her was good. Got her to come to me an' sort out the rest. She can keep breathin' tomorrow, Elena. Just keep an eye on her, alright? She's part of that kid's support system, too, from the sound of it."
It felt weird, analyzing one of his rookies to another one. Picking her apart as a liability. Trying to figure out what was safe, and what might end the world.
"I miss you, too," Rikku grinned. Trying to hug her phone. "How are you? How's Edge? How are your beans? I got Yunie to send those letters! Lulu helped me clean them up so they sounded all smart and professional and they were kinda mean so I told Yunie that we had to be mean, because otherwise people were gonna suck. And they're sent and I think it's really gonna happen. The conference. In the Calm Lands. Can you believe it!?!?"
"Breathe!" Reno was laughing, yes. Damn, it was good to hear someone who was happy, damn it. "There are gonna be peace talks, then? That's friggin' awesome news!"
He'd talk about the beans in a minute. They were just beans.
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The hard part was, Dinah really wanted to talk to Reno, but also felt like he'd never want to talk to her again. And maybe she deserved it.
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Weren't custom ringtones awesome?
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"Hey, Reno. How're the beans and vegetables and stuff?"
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Because his friends from Fandom loved him. Awww.
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Or something.
Funny how near-complete avoidance of everyone ever let her get around that little talking about things issue.
Ring ring, as you do.
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Once again, Reno loved him some custom ringtones.
He was also hoping and praying that this particular Rookie was calling with better news than the last. A lot.
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"Yo," she said in a drawling imitation of him. "Should I remind you I've got a name, maybe?"
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With Reno, Reno.
"Beano. That's gotta be it. I'll remember your name 'cause you rhyme with my beans."
Could she tell he'd been going absolutely stir-crazy all week?
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But she did the job.
So she answered his "yo" with "Reno. You've sprung a leak."
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This was, weirdly, Reno's roundabout way of admitting that he'd fucked up. And that Elena had grown out of it.
Very, very roundabout.
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"I'm not sure how much damage there is," she admitted. She needed a cigarette, right now. "I played the heavy, if you want the sympathy role. Tried to scare the shit out of her. I didn't want to have to escalate and lose my cover."
Speaking in code. She wasn't playing a cover role. But she'd hate to leave the island over a mysterious death, anyway.
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It felt weird, analyzing one of his rookies to another one. Picking her apart as a liability. Trying to figure out what was safe, and what might end the world.
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(Okay, it was the fact that he'd set her ringtone to Cuban Pete. Details.)
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"Yo! Babe! I miss you!"
It was right up there with Reno's ability to leap completely to the point before the conversation ever started, yes.
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Oh, hey, air would be helpful right now.
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He'd talk about the beans in a minute. They were just beans.
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