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 Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:13 pm
Yesterday had been Riyo's first at Amityville. And today was her first morning waking up...
... On the floor.
"Jack damn those gnomes..." She mumbled as her head rose from the hard wood floor. It was obvious she hadn't slept much. She'd used her suitcase as a pillow, and spent most of the night working on papers to keep her mind occupied. There was no violin, no books, and no mountain of cats to comfort her at night. Just her, Felix, and the papers she'd taken with her on the ride over.
If she didn't like the look of the floor so much, she might've regretted installing it instead of carpet...
Just as the feline was about to stand and try to sort out her frazzled hair, there was a rapping at the door.
Suddenly, her eyes were alight with rage. The loud steps could be heard she marched towards the door and swung it open, staring holes into the munchkin standing before her.
Now THERE was a terrifying sight.
"Uh..." The short boil started, hiding behind his clipboard. "Sorry, we got lost." It was a lie. The simple fact was they'd been in no rush. "But... We brought your stuff..."
Silently, Riyo bent down until she was at height with the pitiful creature, her tail swaying erratically behind her. "If so much as one thing is broken, I swear to Jack you'll have more to worry about than getting lost."
A loud gulping sound was the only answer Riyo needed to know that she'd made her point. "B-bring it in..." He called back to his co-workers adding a "... Carefully." shortly afterwards.
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:54 pm
One of Riyo's 'neighbors' had been awake for a little while, and just so happened to overhear muffled conversation from his dorm. Not being past eavesdropping, the demon had lingered just on the other side of his door with mild interest.
When he suddenly realized who it was he was listening to, however, that interest multiplied tenfold.
As the gnomes worked to bring in her belongings, Deacon casually opened his door across the hall... Straight across the hall. He pretended to have had no idea that he was going to walk out to see anything going on, but the smile he aimed at Riyo probably betrayed his bluff.
"Oh, hey! Looks like we're neighbors..." He stepped into the hall so that he could shut his door behind himself, leaning against it as not to be run into by the miniature movers.
He looked from them, to her, making note of the disheveled look. He smirked, biting the tip of his tongue a moment to keep from chuckling.
"If I'd have known you were all alone over there and sleeping on the floor, I would have offered you my bed."
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:20 pm
At first, Riyo had been oblivious to the door opening just across the hall. Her attention was more on the condition of her things as they came in. All the furniture seemed to be in the same condition she left it in. Beautiful dark wood chairs with red velvet upholstery that complimented the hard-wood floor she'd had installed before her arrival.
Then... She heard that voice.
Her head immediately snapped upward to where it had emanated from... Oh dear sweet Sally, what had she done to deserve this?
The devastation in Riyo's face had been hard to hide, but the ghoul finally swallowed it back down to a more neutral sort of irritation. "Greeaaaat." Was her immediate sarcastic response, though his last statement made her pale a little.
"As if I wanted to get fleas." Was the first thing that popped into Riyo's mind, so she rolled with it. Never mind that the very idea of going into his room made her skin crawl.
"Are you just going to stand out here and heckle me while they move my stuff in or-" The sentence stopped in it's tracks when she noticed a gnome riding on her day bed while the others carried him. Was he sleeping? Angrily, she reached out and grabbed the little creature by his shirt and tossed him on the ground. A rude awakening indeed. "Hey sleeping beauty. How about working for your ******** money?" She hissed as he skittered off to hopefully do his job.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:12 pm
Aww. Look at that. He'd gotten her flustered. He tried to control his amusement, idly watching her belongings being slowly taken in. Gnomes never were dependable, so far as he thought.
To her comment on fleas, he chuckled softly. "Caleb is the only one with fleas in this dorm."
"Kinda planned on it. I've got nothing better to do today..." He paused himself as she threw the napping gnome to the floor. "Ugh... I'd disinfect that mattress, or you might have more to worry about than fleas."
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:52 am
"You let that poor cat suffer through fleas?" Nevermind the fact that she'd have to spray down all her furniture because of gnome germs. Caleb already looked mangy. It tugged at her heartstrings a little, since the hazcat seemed so friendly...
"Well, unlike you, I can stand to be around Caleb." Riyo pointed out. "And he's welcome in my room any time." Maybe then she could give him a flea bath and brush out his fur.
When the gnomes finished bringing in her furniture, boxes started coming in...
... And some of them were open.
Riyo knew for a fact she'd left no box open. Everything had been neatly packed away and wrapped. But now boxes of her office supplies, keepsakes, and... other things... were mixed up and untidily packed.
If the feline had the ability to light things on fire with her intense stare, each of the movers would've spontaneously combusted.
"What. The ********. Is this?" She asked as she yanked one of the open boxes out of their hands and pointed to it.
"I dunno. It's your stuff. You tell me." Was the snide reply of the nasally gnome, who obviously wasn't intimidated by the feline. He'd been on the butt end of a lot of fiasco's like this, and most of the customers just let it go when they saw he wouldn't back down.
"Fine then. I'll tell you what it is. It's one of my boxes left open. Now, why would you be digging through my personal possessions?" Could Riyo's face get any redder than it already was?
"We got lost. Some of us got bored. What can we say?"
The answer was, yes it could. And it looked like the rest of the gnomes were purposefully avoiding the area around their co-worker.
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:32 pm
Deacon blurted a short laugh. "Let him? He was covered in them when I took him in."
The tabby only grinned and shrugged, seemingly not phased by the fact that Riyo would sooner spend time with the Hazcat than he.
However, his own attention soon moved to the movers again as well, his sarcastic smile slowly forming into a scowl. Yeah, Deacon wasn't the best when it came to being appropriate, but at least he had a shred of common sense when it came to the horrible decisions that the gnomes had made in snooping through her things.
Had it not been gnomes, he may very well have called them foolish for not closing the boxes so that she'd have been none the wiser until they were gone... but... Gnomes.
Deacon took the few strides to cross the hall to her door, purposefully stepping in the way of another gnome carrying another box that looked like it'd been sifted through.
"Whoa, whoa." He lifted a clawed foot high enough to hook his toes upon the rim of the box, pressing weight onto it until the gnome dropped it and it was pinned beneath the demon's foot.
"What the ******** is wrong with you? Jack the fact she's paid you to do your job... Which you're barely doing." He shot a glare to the gnome who was acting so casually about the violating actions. "What the ******** right to you have, going through a woman's belongings?"
"Not just that," he added, abandoning the box to turn and stare down at him. "You're jacking with a demon? Really? You and your buddies must have some sort of terrible death wish."
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:29 pm
For once, Riyo seemed very confused by Deacon's actions. Was he...
Was he trying to stick up for her? W-what the ******** was up with that? It was like a cobra defending a mongoose. Something that didn't even happen once in a blue moon. "I can defend... Myself..." Her tone quieted as she decided to just watch them for now instead.
The gnome immediately released the box when Deacon snatched it with his toes, arms crossing over his chest as if unimpressed by the giant feline preaching at him. "Yeah? She's payin' us chump change. Ya get what you pay for, after all." As if that was an excuse not to do his job properly. "I dunno what you see in 'er but that ain't no woman." More like a chestless ghoul to him. "And so what? You demons aren't as great as you try to pretend. Just rich, snotty douchebags."
As their co-worker dug his grave, the other gnomes seemed to work faster at unloading the truck. the faster they got out of this mess, the better, considering they would have one less person in a matter of minutes.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:49 pm
If Deacon had heard her, he didn't show any sign of it.
The fact that he'd actually gotten a retort had his hackles raised. For a brief moment, he stared, clearly in a 'oh no you just didn't' sort of way.
"Who says she wasn't giving you 'chump change' until you proved that you deserved more?" Not that he wouldn't tip a dime to one of their kind regardless, but there was a point to be made here.
Then, there was that word. A muscle in Deacon's face visibly twitched when the tiny man uttered it.
"You have three seconds to rethink that last statement, munchkin."
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:19 pm
Really, Riyo hadn't planned on giving the movers any more than the 'chump change' specified. Cheap labor was cheap labor (though she had quickly learned that cheap didn't always equal best as far as options went). Folding her arms across her chest, Riyo stood in the doorway and watched as the other gnomes sped like crazy to get their job done. That was more like it.
The gnome seemed to take a step back as he saw the twitch, though by no means did he back down. "Awww, what's wrong? Did I hurt the p***y's feelings? Wacha gonna do, tough guy? Run away and lick yourself in a corner?" Maybe he wanted a death wish or something? Or maybe he really just thought that Deacon was a wuss.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:11 pm
At first, it seemed like Deacon was at a loss for words. He hadn't moved, blinked, or even breathed as the insults continued.
Until he reared back and hauled a kick at the gnome's gut that could have made a pro bruteball player do a double take.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:51 pm
Riyo and all the gnome's co-workers watched as the snarky b*****d went flying through the air and down the hall, a 'AAAAH' As he passed, and the inevitable crash a few moments later.
"Uhh..." The leader of the operation said meekly, eyes looking up to Riyo for mercy. "All your stuff is unloaded, ma'am. We just need the-"
"Payment?" Riyo interrupted with narrow eyes, reaching into her pocket for a small, flimsy bag she had separated out prior to their arrival. "Here."
Cautiously, the gnome peeked into the bag, quickly realizing this... wasn't all they had asked for.
He opened his mouth to speak and looked up, but quickly shut it when he saw the rape face look Riyo was giving him. "THANKSMAMHAVEANICEDAY!" He practically screeched and ran out of there, his helpers quickly following suit. On their way out, they grabbed the idiot Deacon had kicked half way to tomorrow and disappeared.
The female feline silently watched them leave, her arms refolding as she turned to look at Deacon. "I can take care of myself, you know."
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:49 pm
Until the telltale crash had rattled through the hall - which, he hoped, hadn't resulted in any real damage to anything other than the gnome - Deacon only stared off in the direction of the flying little man with a scowl on his face.
Afterward, he straightened himself and cast that same look at the other movers as they finished up the shoddy job they had begun. He wasn't surprised to find that none of them seemed quite so willing to make eye contact anymore.
That, and they had all finally decided it best to bite their tongues. Good.
he observed the final exchange between Riyo and the 'boss' gnome, a small smirk forming on his lips when he glimpsed the look she gave him that practically had him tripping over his own feet to get the hell away.
It wasn't until Riyo spoke that he did again, chuckling lightly beforehand. Shockingly, it didn't sound like he was mocking her.
"I know, but those little bastards were getting on my nerves, too."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:09 am
Riyo's eyebrow extended to her hairline when Deacon said something that wasn't filled with perversion or malice. Had the real Deacon just been replaced with some nice guy with the same ugly mug?
Taking a step back towards the inside of her room, Her eyes narrowed, refusing to take them off of the stranger. "Who are you, and what have you done with that jerk?" She asked warily, ready to retreat the second he continued to sputter normal, unoffensive speech.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:20 am
Deacon laughed. Even that seemed sincere, lacking the typical tone of cruel ridicule.
However, especially with him, all good things soon come to an end.
Sliding his hands into his pockets, the bakeneko had casually moved toward Riyo's door as she backed through it. Slowly, he peered past her at one of the nearest open boxes and grinned lewdly.
"Cute cats on your panties, by the way. You want one in them?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:52 am
The sincere laugh sent a chill down the ghoul's spine, her head tilting away slightly as if put off by the action.
That was, until Deacon turned back into his usual self.
At first, Riyo looked confused. Cats on... W-what? Cautiously her crimson glance followed his line of sight, immediately realizing just what box he was looking at. You would assume from previous occurrences that the feline's face would turn a ridiculous shade of red, but this time the color drained completely. He had just implied... HE HAD JUST IMPLIED-
Immediately Riyo took the last step back into her room and slammed the door as fast and as hard as she possibly could, the sound of locks promptly following.
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