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 Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:35 pm
The day after Trisha Elric had been returned to her children, Djibril was, once again, full sized and working her a** off. Deep within the bowels of her office, surrounded by more paper than any sane man would want to ever shake a stick at. Mountains of paper. Valleys of paper.
(Somewhere in this mess, an entire civilization of bugs is beginning to emerge into true sentience and learn the secrets of the universe, but I digress.)
.... and more than 120 envelopes to boot. v.v Currently, she was trying to wrangle several pets into their respective present boxes (complete with food dish, water dish and air-vents) to be given out on Christmas.
It was just her bad luck that today of all days, Edward Elric was apparently deciding to dare the tower again.
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:50 pm
Indeed Edward Elric did dare the tower again, and he marched right up to Dji's office to boot. Knowing that there was likely a mountain of paper work on the other side of the door, the alchemist lifted his automail hand to pound on the door. He then waited, listening for an answer on the other side.
Despite the fact that he might get decapitated or turned into a rutabaga, Edward Elric was simply too stubborn to back down from something he knew he needed to do. As sucky as it might be.
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:55 pm
"Who is... GODDAMNIT YOU FERRET, GET IN THE DAMN BOX!... it?" Djibril er....asked. Rather plaintively while trying to coax a... ferret into a box. The ferret was not cooperating. The ferret was bouncing back and forth like it was on a sugar rush. Dji was not amused. v_______________v
"Come in. Close the door behind you quickly and be careful, the room is full of bouncing ferrets."
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:11 am
Eyes widened slightly at the shouting from the other side of the door. He was about to say his name until he heard the 'come in' and so he just went in. Opening the door and then slipping in quickly, he closed it behind him as soon as he could. The sight of a million papers and a million ferrets catching him a bit off guard. Wtf?
What could he say? Nothing really... this wasn't what he had in mind when he came to speak to this woman, that's for sure. Trying to make his way through the sea of papers, a slightly irritated Edward tried to approach Dji's general location... if he could even find her.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:18 am
Djibril caught sight of Edward, shoved the resisting unhappy ferret into the box with his paraphernalia, SHUT the box so fast it almost whacked the ferret's nose and taped it shut. Then she pushed a few piles of paper out of the way so he could see her in the middle of the room, incidentally burying a few more ferrets in the white papercut-giving piles of doom.
"Ah, Edward. v.v I wasn't expecting you.
AndhereIthoughtI'dneverhavetoseeyouagain.Damn.
What brings you to my... um... >.> lair or whatever?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:36 am
Edward frowned and heaved a sigh, furrowing his brows as he made his way towards Djibril's.. work area.. if it could be called that. "Look... I have some things I need to say, about my mom." His voice was stern and serious and it seemed that he certainly did have a few things to say. Arms folded and he waited to see if Dji would take him seriously and listen to what he had to say. He planned to make this brief, even if they got into another shouting match.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:46 am
.____________. "Things like what?" Djibril asked him mildly, glancing at him and somewhat distractedly as she stuffed another ferret into a box and duct taped it shut.
"Not going to yell at me again, I hope?" she asked, as she narrowed her eyes at an escaping ferret and GRABBED it, looking quite similar to a kitten stalking mice.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:50 am
This whole ferret thing was distracting.. but well... Ed was determined to get this over with. He frowned more at what Dji said, sighing yet again although his severe expression falling a bit, "No..." he admitted. He didn't plan on yelling at her. "Sorry about that" he muttered, stuffing his hands in his pockets. Like anyone else, he hated apologizing, especially with the sort of pride he had.
"I just wanted to say... Thanks." There... he said it. He apologized and he thanked her, and that was a big deal for him. Especially with all the heated words that had been exchanged between them. But... this was the right thing to do. He was pretty sure about that. He expected her to gloat and such, and simply waited for that.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:54 am
"You're welcome." Djibril said, glancing at him again as she stuffed a ferret into yet another box and again duct taped it shut. "And I'm sorry too, that I yelled at you a lot earlier. I was very upset. I shouldn't have brought up topics that upset you."
Another grab at yet another pesky ferret, her tongue sticking out of the corner of her mouth as she stuffed it into a box, muttering "Five down, around ten left to go for the secret santa... Christmas's always so darn hectic around here...."
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:11 am
Blink. That was it? No gloating or I told you so's or anything like that? He was quite frankly.. amazed. "Heh... don't worry about it. If that stuff still bothers me, just goes to show I'm still a kid." Here he was... 18 years old and still as emotional as he was when he was twelve. He'd seen all sorts of things, been through so much... but had he really matured all that much?
He paused... taking a moment to think. "Also... what is it you want? You restored my brother and my mom... you must need or want something. Equivalent exchange right?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:20 am
@_____________@ Djibril gave him a look quite similar to that of a zombie.
" ...what do I want? Food. Sleep. Candy Canes. Potato chips. Cream cheese.
A chance to not have to be the one to stuff these darn ferrets, and the other pets that'll come after them, into boxes. A chance to weasel out of work again, since I'll be up to my neck in medical work in a few days."
She shook herself a bit and rubbed at her (racoon) eyes.
"Other than that, I can't think of anything, really. @_@
Most of what I've got for the next 3 days is hectic work on someone's dress. ...Dresses. Got to help some pregnant females spawn another three babies halfway in another country in the next week. Got to fill in their medical certificates. Got to fill in the cards and give away these pets to 120 people on the twenty fifth. I'm always up to my ears in work and it never stops. I want a break so badly but all the sins are either working with me, or in therapy for.." she reads a report. "Extreme mental trauma caused by porn. Probably some prozac for Wrath too... Wrath never has been able to deal with porn. Poor sod."
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:34 am
A blank stare and a few blinks and then Edward laughed. He had no idea what Prozac was... or anything, but it was still vaguely amusing atleast. "Oh yeah... the 25th.. Christmas. This will be the first Christmas we've had with mom since we were little..." he said softly to himself. Huh. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a small bag of potatoe chips that he snatched from... somewhere. He had to admit, those things were good. He tossed it in Djibril's direction. It wasn't much, but it might hold her over.
"If you do need something... it shouldn't be hard to find me. After all... it was my mess remember?" He needed to do something to make up for what Djibril did... for nothing came free in this world. It wouldn't sit well with him to just accept this 'charity' and not give something in return of equal or greater value.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:39 am
O.o "-TATO CHIPS~!" Djibril pounced the package and tore off the top and began to gnaw at the contents. " 'Enkjoo!" she added, keeping a very GOOD grip on the package of chips... as slowly the ferrets, eyes on the package, began to creep out of their respective hiding places, creeping ever closer, bit by bit.
"I'll ask if I need something. Thanks a lot." she said, relieved, though she kept an eye on the ferrets between statements.
...the ferrets were DEFINITELY eyeing the potato chips.
...you do know this could possibly explain the lack of food in her office. v.v
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:45 am
How often did this woman eat? She acted like she hadn't eaten in days. It was then that Edward noticed the ferrets coming out of hiding and he eyed them, a bit of a devious smirk coming onto his face.
There was a clap of hands and then a thud against the floor as his automail hand made contact with it. Alchemical energy surged through the room and wooden hands suddenly shot out of the floor and snatched each ferret in a tight grip that was within Edward's line of sight. Effectively catching them, seemingly another small favor for Lady Dji. It might save her the trouble of catching each one to stuff in boxes.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:55 am
O.O Djibril gaped for a moment as the hands came out to grab the ferrets, then she grinned and relaxed. At least now the pesky buggers would stop harassing her! Thank GOD.
..oh yeah, and thank Edward Elric too.
"Thanks!" she blurted out. "You saved me a good weeks work of catching ferrets!"
Ah, YES, payback time! Maybe she could even DRESS the ferrets?
...nah, too much work and too little time.
Sighing in relief, she began to eat at a more leisurely pace.
"So, I s'pose I owe you for th' ferret catching? and... Sloth says she's sorry she freaked you out a while back."
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