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 Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:07 am
Mecca had been out all morning doing whatever it was he did when he disappeared for long lengths of time. Covet had been left alone in the shop and after cleaning up after eating her breakfast, she had decided to explore the trinkets and other various objects of questionable nature that he displayed on the various shelves. But the more she explored the more she realized how, for such a meticulous shu, he didn't seem very interested in keeping things clean or organized. So with that thought in mind, she returned to the kitchen to fill up a large basin with water and ended up spending the entire morning scrubbing the shop from ceiling to floorboard.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:16 am
Mecca swept into the alley in a rather determined manner. He had been given a stone statue, one from a far off land that may just prove extreremly interesting. He could not wait to get back to the confines of the shop and start reading up on it.
Opening the doorway he blinked a frown crossing his face. Everything was clean, neat even. On the floor Covet was scrubbing the flagstones of the shop. Watching her behind for a few moments he allowed an irritated smirk to cross his face and stalked in to stand infront of her.
"And what exactly do you think you are doing?" He asked folding his arms and flicking the brush out of her hands with his foot.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:26 am
Covet blinked when the brush skittered out of her hands and across the floor. She had been concentrating on a song that had been nagging at her and hadn't heard Mecca's return. Sitting back on her heels, she brushed a stray lock of hair out of her eyes and looked up at him.
"I thought it would be quite obvious," she smirked, reaching out for the scrub brush and returning to her previous position.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:31 am
"Did I ask you to clean?" He said trying to control his anger as he watched her continue. It was things like this that annoyed him about people. Little disruptions to his daily routine and his life.
"I happen to like things the way they were. Did that not cross your mind?" He asked shrugging off his coat and slinging it onto the chair.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:37 am
With her face pointed towards the ground, Covet mocked his words silently to herself as she finished up.
"You don't exactly ask me to do anything," she smirked, pushing herself up to her feet. Bending down, she picked up the basin full of dirty water and arched a brow. "And you're honestly going to tell me you liked this place the way it was? This has to be the eleventh bucket of water I've had to use to get this place clean. The dust had to be at least three inches thick in some places. I mean honestly... have some pride in your place of business," she said, tossing the brush into the bucket and walking past him towards the kitchen.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:48 am
Mecca glared at her and followed her into the equally as shiney kitchen.
"What's that supposed to mean? You want me to ask you to do things? You can't go about your own business without touching my things?" Rolling his eyes he looked around the place. It did look nice but nice was not him.
"Pride equals respectability, the people who frequent my business are not respectable. Respectability makes them nervous. It's all about atmosphere."
giving an annoyed sigh he went to pour himself a glass of water and stormed back out to the shop.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:00 am
Covet emptied the soiled water down the drain of the kitchen sink as she listened to him and rolled her eyes. Starting to scrub the bucket clean, she paused and turned to watch him storm out. Turning off the water, she dried her hands and follwed after him.
"You mean to tell me you actually liked it the way it was? You couldn't find anything it was all so jumbled and caked in with dust," she said, crossing her arms and leaning on the doorframe. "You should be thanking me. It's not like cleaning and organizing is my favorite thing to do, especially with the amount I had to do," she said a bit huffily.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:07 am
Mecca had left the room for a good reason. He was not known for being able to keep his temper and he could feel it ebbing away from him with every word that left his mouth.
"I knew where everything was." He said through gritted teeth. Taking the stone figure from his pocket and placing it on the workbench he sat on the stool and began to look at it. "Now I'm not going to be able to find a damn thing."
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:14 am
"Just ask me what it is you're looking for, and if you ask particularly nice I might even show you where everything is," she smirked, watching him closely. "It's really not that hard to figure out though," she finished with a small shrug.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:23 am
"I don't want to ask you where things are!" He shouted, finally snapping and slamming the statue down. "This is my shop, my home and I like things the way they are."
Standing he looked around the room and back to Covet.
"I'd garuntee you didn't even stop to think that some of these things might be dangerous? That moving them might be a risk?" He flexed his wings and started to pull some of the things she had moved off the shelves and placing them on the worktop.
"I didn't want to impose any rules." he growled flopping back down in the seat and starting to study things for any changes.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:31 am
Okay, so she hadn't thought that moving things could be dangerous.
"I only moved some of the items and all your books are still in the same places. I was only trying to help," she said, flipping her hair over her shoulder and turning back into the kitchen to finish what she had started.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:41 am
Muttering to himself he pulled out a couple of books and started to leaf through them. Looking for possible locations and uses. He suspected it was merely of worship value but you never could tell.
"Covet." He sighed giving up. He didn't want to get too territorial. He had offered this to be her home too. "Come here." He called, hoping she would hear him.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:53 am
She had long finished washing out the basin and had simply been staring down at it blankly. She really had been trying to help. Matador had always liked it when she did things like this. She knew it was his place, but it wasn't like she had anywhere else to go. Matty hadn't come for her, so obviously he didn't need or want her anymore and she didn't know of any places where her friends lived other than Enoch and that would just be too painful. When she heard her name, her ear twitched back and she sighed. She knew he wasn't calling her in for an apology so he was probably just wanting to point out more stupid things she did. Slowly, she turned and walked back into the main shop.
"Yes Mecca?" she asked softly.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:58 am
Mecca looked up at her and beckoned her closer.
"How about this?" He began looking back down at the figure then up to her. "This is your home too now, so the back room and upstairs you may do what you like, but the shop you leave. Does that sound fair?"
He asked studying her.
He may have a short temper but he did not want to make her feel unwelcome.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:11 am
Covet walked across the room to stand before him. As he spoke she glanced around then returned her bright green eyes to his.
"Yeah. That sounds fair," she said with a small smile. Slowly, cautiously, she moved to sit on the arm of his chair and she peered down at the figure. "That looks familiar, but I'm not sure why," she said, slipping her fingers into his hair to twist it around them.
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