Rude's Apartment, Edge, Thursday Evening

[raspberryturk]

Rude's couch was lumpy and hard to sleep on.

Rude's couch was lumpy and hard to sleep on, Rude's booze was running low, and the lighting in Rude's living room sucked.

All that, and Reno had more reading material than he could have ever hoped for. And a bean sprout in a plastic cup sitting in some wet paper towel. And a pair of cacti that he hadn't managed to kill yet. And an anxious ferret, attempting to help him either with the booze, or with the reading, whichever Mako happened to be able to reach more easily at the time.

As such things went, after a week and a half back in Edge with no outlet to the real world, it was time for Reno to take a break. He'd written a letter earlier in the week in reply to one that he'd gotten last week Thursday, which was all well and good... but dammit, he needed to hear a voice that didn't belong to a Turk, a member of the WRO, or some random person living on the street corners in Edge.

Spare Gil for the homeless, they'd beg, and he'd toss them a few, just because he had a few to spare. But not without a mumble and a frown.

Yeah. You an' everyone else, yo.

He needed to make some freaking phone calls, or he was going to go out of his mind, damn it.

[NFB for distance, open to anyone who thinks that Reno would have a reason to call them! Or, heck, open to anyone. He's bored, he'll probably just hit buttons until he hears familiar voices, at this point.]

Comments

[the_merriest]

"You still need to send me the WRO's address," Rikku added. "I have money for them, if they want it. I can't imagine them turning it down, but yo never know with people. And ... I think I agree with you. I mean, people are worried that the Materia is doing bad stuff, right? But ... it's not like you're making it. You're finding it, and giving it to people who might be in an emergency. It's a trade-off, yeah?"

[raspberryturk]

"That's right. Whatever they do with it from there ain't my problem. They wanna bury it or somethin', they can go right ahead." It was good logic, anyhow. "I don't think the WRO would turn it down. You should'a heard Reeve's reaction to the call I placed, yo. They need all the dough they can get, zoto."

The money that Sam and Max had embezzled from the American government was going to go to good work, repairing Edge's infrastructure.

American tax dollars at work!

[the_merriest]

"I ... kind of have a lot," Rikku admitted. "I mean, if our gil matches your gil and all. We ... we had that whole, save-the-world fund going? So we could keep upgrading our weapons and all that. Then hey, world's saved, and there's just money. And no one wants it, and it's just sitting there. I was going to make Pops take some of it to rebuild Home, but he's being stubborn." Which was where she'd gotten it from, yes. "But if I got it to them, then ... I mean. A save-the-world fund ought to go to helping people, yeah?"

[raspberryturk]

"That's typically what those are for," Reno agreed, a little more seriously. "You don't gotta, Rikku. I mean, if you did, I'd appreciate it. Edge would appreciate it. But if there is somethin' on Spira that comes up, I'd hate for it to be without, yoto."

[the_merriest]

"I'll keep some of it," Rikku decided. "But we don't need money the way you guys do. The Youth League already rebuilt the Kilika docks. We have what we need, we just ... can't decide how to move forward, and need to get our technology up to speed. Nobody on Spira is starving. We need to rebuild Home, but ... Pops is fighting that anyway. And I could be helping people right now. That's way more important."

[raspberryturk]

"Well, I ain't gonna say no," Reno decided. "I mean, it ain't my place to decide. Not when there are still too damn many people without a roof over their heads and food to eat, yo. You want Reeve's contact info, you got it, babe. I'll text it to you as soon as we're done talkin', okay?"

[the_merriest]

"Sounds awesome," Rikku nodded. "And you should see the Kilika docks. They look amazing. The Youth League just hopped in there and rebuilt like crazy. Which made all the temple people upset, 'cause Yevon never got around to helping anybody, but most of the people of Kilika don't care. Did I mention everyone is being stupid? Because they are and I am so sick of it I could puke."