003 ~*~ A call to... arms?

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Phone, calls to: Holland, Shiki Tohno, and Taiwan ]
Hi! I hope I'm not catching you at a bad time, but I'm wondering if you wanted to come up this Saturday to help with the gardening? I think one final push, and we'll all be done!

I'll be preparing a big dinner as thanks for coming out, so any time you can spare would be great~


[ Action : 340 Brady Lane ]
[ Speaking of dinner, Meiling knocked on the other bedroom door, calling in for its occupant. ] Miss Patchouli, dinner is ready!

((ooc: No open portion this time around, but please use this as a chance to call or show up randomly at the house if needed!))

Comments

[not_so_great_wall]

--you mean it? That would be awesome!

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean it. I wouldn't have said it if I didn't.

[not_so_great_wall]

You don't have to put in all that work when this is supposed to be for you, though.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

I already said I don't care though.

[not_so_great_wall]

It's the principle of the thing! Sakuya always said: "you're a servant, too, so do things yourself once in a while!"

[ An awkward chuckle. ] She was usually very strict with me.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Maybe but...isn't it just better to do what you want to do?

[not_so_great_wall]

That usually gets me yelled at.

[ A pause. ] D-don't get me wrong. Mistress Remilia was very kind to me, and I was -- am-- was very honored and happy to work there! I'm just not used to having this much freedom and so many people around.

--relatively.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

It's just words. So what if you get yelled at as long as you're having fun.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Deflated. ] Mm, words can hurt too, though.

--but anyhow! [ Bouncing back. ] I won't worry about it. I'll let you make the noodles, and I'll prep everything else!

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

How many should I be making this for?

[not_so_great_wall]

Um...

At least 8 people! [ Hey, this is hard work. They'll need the energy! ]

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

That's fine. Who else is going to be there?

[not_so_great_wall]

Besides us? Holland and Taiwan. Maybe Reaver -- but he doesn't really like manual labor, so he might just be there for the food.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Can't say I've met any of them.

[not_so_great_wall]

Taiwan won Prom Queen just the other day! [ So surely you've at least heard of her. Also, that is totally a relevant accomplishment to mention in this context. ]

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Hm? I wasn't paying attention to that because it was pretty stupid.

[not_so_great_wall]

Mm. [ Quietly. ] I think that whole night was kind of a bad idea. Not for everyone else, but--

...I think she's mad at me. [ No, she hasn't asked why she had been sulking, but with the timing, what else could it be? ]

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

What happened?

[not_so_great_wall]

She won't eat. She hasn't come out of her room. It's like... everything I touch is just not good enough.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Just drag her out?

[not_so_great_wall]

That doesn't always work! Last time we dragged her anywhere, this happened.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

I'll talk to her then.

[not_so_great_wall]

No, don't!

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Why not?

[not_so_great_wall]

You can't--

[ She pauses, shuffling as she looks around. Then she puts her hand over the receiver and whispers. ] I don't want her to know I'm talking to anyone about this. I don't know how she'll react.