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 Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:26 pm
Just a normal cafeteria...in a not-so-normal headquarters.
You can eat by yourself, with others, chat, and lounge, although, I don't know who would want to lounge in a cafeteria...
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:43 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:11 pm
Rude's mouth almost dropped. First Reno murders coffee. Mirage, too? This...
Coffee...
...Abomination...
Rude shook his head, sighing as he himself made...the 'perfect' coffee. And he let Reno do whatever he wanted with his, which was this:
Loaded with sugar. And some cream, of course, but mostly...sugar...
Christ.
Reno smirked at his coffee before sitting down at a table. He waved a hand to Mirage, trying to get her to follow him. Rude was the last to sit.
"Today might be a pretty damn good day," Reno said, sipping his coffee. "I mean, we might hear some pretty bad news, but... I can deal."
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:19 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:38 pm
"Yeah..." Reno continued sipping his coffee, and a sigh came to his lips.
"But you know, I'm...bored," he said, eyes glancing to Mirage and Rude.
"There isn't action every day, you know," Rude replied, lifting his cup.
[xD Omg, I can't think of anything else to say.]
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:42 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:50 pm
"Oh, hell no!" Reno said, a grimace striking his face. "That man'll ruin my whole day!" Reno stood up, put his hands on his hips, and gave the smuggest look he could possible manage.
"Well, uh, let's see. You let the spy get away, never captured the mole, lost valuable information, and you couldn't even come up to my office to report! Who cares if you can't walk, get a god damn wheel chair!" he acted, his voice attempting to immitate that of Rufus.
"He'd rip my head off and chop it into little pieces," Reno moaned, sitting back down at the table. "I mean, there is obviously something bad happening, right? So he's probably pissed enough as it is. Don't let me forget, we lost that information, so even more crap is on our shoulders... I'd rather stay with you guys." He began to laugh as he drank his coffee, but managed not to spill any. "Didn't mean to get you so upset, though, you guys aren't boring, I just... Well, I don't really know WHAT I was thinking," he said, smirking as he finished his cup.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:58 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:14 pm
((Okay. I'm here to try to relearn Rude, so p'ease have patience if Reno was doing a supercallifragilistic job, and... I'm all... blah. x_X I'll get back up to speed! ^_^ ... I hope... v_v))
If there was one ability Rude had mastered throughout his years as a Turk, it was the ability to stay calm in any situation. Even the advent of his head being ripped off and chopped into little pieces. So, as Mirage and Reno moaned about what Rufus no doubt had in store for their sorry hides, the bald Turk was content to sip his cup of coffee with a blissful expression and a mellow spirit.
"You know he won't rip off your head, Reno," Rude noted, his voice displaying only the softest hint of mirth. "Then you wouldn't be any fun to torture..."
Besides, certainly Rufus wouldn't risk their lives by putting them back on the field so soon. They'd all been torn up pretty badly, and though ShinRa had the best healing materia and mako could offer... there was only so much they could do, until the human body had to take matters into its own hands.
Sitting in the cafeteria all day...
Rude let his eyes fall shut, envisioning a day of perfect peace and tranquility.
...
And then he remembered who his partner was.
With a slight, introspective smile, Rude reflected that Reno was more than worth the ruckus he could cause. Bloody and bruised, but alive nonetheless... and that was all that mattered.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:22 pm
"Well, of course we didn't LET anyone...do anything...but, that's probably what he'd say, yo!" he said, sticking his elbows up on the table. He put his chin on his hands and closed his eyes, sighing once more.
"...Torture, huh?" he groaned. "Well, at least he isn't trying to rule with fear anymore..." he said, scratching his cheek. "He's gotten a lot more linient(sp?), to say the least..." But there he was going again. What way was he trying to turn? Going for his boss or against? It didn't matter, he would always be for his boss, even if there were times he'd rather kick the man in the face than do what he was told. But that wasn't becaues he disliked the orders, it was that he just didn't want to do it.
Things really could be worse, though. As was always the case. He was glad to have Rude as a partner, of course, and was glad, still, to have a new friend, or, no, have new family.
[x_x I might have to go soon. But whenever I go, I'll be back within an hour or so, 'kay?]
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:33 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:51 pm
Rude took note of Mirage's grimaced, an elegant eyebrow lifting in a moment's curiousity. It seemed as though his attempt at humor had struck a nerve.
...
There was a reason why he preferred silence over Reno's chattery good spirits. Rude took a moment to weigh the appropriate facial expression, and then settled for another long sip of coffee.
Warm liquid flowed from the cup, warmth seeping into his entire being. Smirking inwardly, he noted that if ShinRa's medical department could only perfect some form of intravenous coffee, Rude wouldn't have had to spend any time in the hospital bed at all. Compared to Mirage's look of canine boredom, Rude was the picture of a happy feline.
Well... sort of. If he started purring, Reno might demand bedrest, or the like. And while Rude would appreciate a vacation, being held captive in his bedroom was not an appealing way to spend it. Still, Rude propped his elbows on the table, staring down into the half-empty coffee cup and half-smiling.
"I want..." He began, almost startled that his thoughts had become vocal. "A vaction. And better coffee. ShinRa's coffee tastes like-"
Rude hesitated, grasping to find the exact words to fit ShinRa's adaptation of his beloeved beverage. "Well, what you would expect."
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:02 pm
Reno sighed. "You're rather unhappy today," he said, smirking. And then his attention was turned to Rude, who actually confessed something he wanted.
He quirked a brow, and then another smirk came to his face.
"I want a glass of rum every night. And a well deserved and needed vacation. And...better coffee sounds nice, too...but I don't think it's needed since every brand I have is all the same when I do THIS s**t to it," he said, gazing down at his empty cup. There was still sugar at the bottom of the cup, a little, but enough to know he not only butchered his coffee, that it would probably taste like s**t to any normal person.
Still, Reno was becoming a lot more 'alive' than he had been all morning. Although spirits were lingering between high and low, he was feeling better every minute. Even if it seemed Mirage had changed completely over one night. But maybe it was just because they had met on rather...hard circumstanses. And Reno didn't really know what Mirage was like when she got back in her shell.
Maybe she was just having a bad day.
Either way...
Reno quirked a brow, once again, in Rude's direction. He seemed rather happy, and his usual stoic face had gone amiss. It must be the coffee. That had to be it. But Reno, on the other hand, although disliking alcohol in the early morning, was really wishing he had some at the moment. But he could handle it... They'd just go out for their drink later, as promised. Unless, of course, their drink would have to be put off because of Sacho...
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:03 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:11 pm
Rude sent a look over the rim of his coffee cup, attempting to send a telepathic "?" to Reno. The Mirage of this morning was quite different from the one last night, and the change left Rude perplexed, to say the least.
Rather than questioning her, Rude stood from the table and walked over to her. Downing the last of his lukewarm coffee, he tossed the cup neatly into the garbage bin.
Turning to await Reno's approach, Rude adjusted his sunglasses, and adapted his normal stoic pose. Despite the aching pain that echoed from still-healing wounds, it felt good to be back on his feet.
If only Mirage seemed to feel the same...
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