Edge, Tuesday Afternoon

[raspberryturk]

"Back to work, back to work."

Work for Reno, it should be noted, mostly consisted of him putting his feet on his desk and pretending to be busy. There were reports to be filed. He didn't wanna. That required effort.

Taking jobs that involved him chasing down monsters or beating terrorists to a messy pulp or, dare he say it, the jobs that required making hits? That wasn't work. That was play.

Reno? Reno was working. So hard at work. Staring at paper. Paperwork would be less boring if maybe it came in crossword format. Or word search. Or if it was written out in code that replaced each letter of the alphabet with a different picture of a naked chick. If it did that, maybe it wouldn't be so much work!

Yes, he was totally spending his time hard at work trying to will the phone to ring with his brain. Ugh, work.

[For phonecalls, of course. Reno is, as usual, boooored.]

Comments

[raspberryturk]

It was tooootally because it was shorter than Rookie was. Yes.

Lady Ghanima's good 4 that kinda thing. if its got 2 b dun, then have her there, yo

Yes, Reno totally typed his 'yo's.

nuthn srs tho ok? until u kno if the minor stuff'll heal fine 1st.

[intraspective]

Ino made a face at the screen.

not stupid, reno. start with the baby stuff & adjust 'cordingly sis dont know yet if she wanna do the chemical bit. think she should.

She had opinions on that, yeah.

sis think drugs worse'n blades. sis slow sometimes. all weapons do damage & drugs heal too & put her to sleep if goes berserk. is possibility. need to know. important, yes?

[raspberryturk]

So long as u got some-1 like Lady Ghani watchin mite as well do wat u can, yah. better with suprvisin than on the field or somethn.

Reno sighed. Daaamn, he wished he could be there for that.

A beat.

Any idea when u were gonna do that?

[intraspective]

not goin' play the pain tolerance game on sis without miss atreides, promise. both for sis sake and mine. don't wanna get killed if sis' powers freak out. i'm tough but flingin' me around like a toy ain't good for me either.

And Ino was light-weight. She'd go flying if that happened.

thinkin' preserve. want clinic but don't want other nurses in danger or equipment get broken. sis goes crazy when adrenaline goes uuup and anger-pain-fear will be cocktail for it. being careful in planning.

[raspberryturk]

Reno was having one of those 'ideas' that he had every now and again. Someone, please alert the authorities.

think u can put off till homecomng?

[intraspective]

dunno.

At least she was honest.

sis eager for it. sis stupid bout it. want it done fast fast fast. can talk to her but worry if say no then sis find someone else for doing it.

And someone else wasn't acceptable in Ino's opinion.

why? you want to help?

[raspberryturk]

ill be comin to fandom 4 homecomin yah. figure u can use all th help u can get, rite? but if shes gonna be an idiot an put herself an the island in danger then make sure you got some kinda backup, k?

He worried about his rookies, damn it. His wee little blond rookies.

[intraspective]

i'll talk to her. see what sis says. wouldn't mind backup from you. and miss atreides will be there or i'll tattle and sis won't get anyone to do it at all.

It was totally tattling, if it came down to that.

if miss atreides can't help, i've backup plan but you wouldnt like it.

Because attempting to take over the mind of Jen gone big and green and crazy was a brilliant backup plan, really.

[raspberryturk]

If Ino knew for a fact that Reno wouldn't like it, then he had a good enough idea what it would have to come down to.

He sighed and typed another message in return.

whatev u have 2 do, jus be careful, k? i worry

Yes, he was a big redheaded mushball.

[intraspective]

Awwwwwww.

Ino was totally saving that text forever and ever.

i will keep you updated, promise. ask first if sis wanna wait till you here, if not i'll tell you when we to start and tell you when its over, right 'way.

It was pretty much what she'd told her dad too. That sort of amused Ino.

don't know how far it'll go. sis might pull out when it starts. not so easy to have someone you trust and have them cut you for experimentation. can do it, know it, but don't know if sis can.

[raspberryturk]

if she aint seen battle or watev, then it might b hard 4 her, yah. jus keep her calm however u can. deep breaths n stuff. u stay calm, might b easier 4 her 2?

Reno was trying to think of how he'd kept his rookies in the Turks from freaking out on the field, now.

make sure she knos that u'll stop whenev she says 2. that'll help keep her calm, i think.

[intraspective]

maybe meditation. it could help, right?

Ino was totally going to take a moment to scribble that down in her notebook, yes.

will definitely stop if she says to; sis not enemy. wouldn't go so far on my people.

[raspberryturk]

meditation cant hurt. lady ghani nos more bout that, 2. she could mb talk ur sis thru it while u work on not doin anything 2 srs?

Reno sucked at meditation, but that didn't mean he was going to rule it out as a means of keeping a large berserker from killing his rookies.

[intraspective]

sounds good to me. cant do all myself, even if want to. :/

She wrinkled her nose at that.

what up with you? been boring here. had b-day and stuff but still boring. was a boy on my b-day. UNFAIR.

Boring wasn't the right word but Ino's conflicted opinion on the whole double party thing was... well, her business.

[raspberryturk]

i woulda killed 2 b a chick on my bday. hottest lesbain evr. never gonna change my mind on that yo.

Reno was nothing if not humble!

visited rikku last week, now im hard at work doin paperwork. u no how i luv paperwork.

[intraspective]

paperwork looooves you, bffs and all that!

She hummed at that.

i am girliest boy ever. might as well leave me female. whats paperwork on? monster killing?

[raspberryturk]

yah, monster killing. booooooooring monsters, 2. like, cleared sector 6 of stray hell house, took out calm fang in wastes. boooooooring 1-hits bah.

Reno led such an interesting life. You could tell how he appreciated it, really.

[intraspective]

you fought a hell house without me?!?!

Yeah, Ino was going to sulk at that.

coolest monster ever. MONSTER HOUSE. RAR.

Ino was easily amused sometimes, yes.

[raspberryturk]

had 2! they were gettin close 2 edge an eatin ppl again!

Those monster houses were real bastards!

anyhow, took like 1 hit. easy shit yo, hard 2 think I evr had trouble with em. easy 2 find. visit again i can let u play with 1, k?

[intraspective]

YAY! i'll definitely come visit. how're plants doing? got a present-thing for you that maybe could help. just been slow and haven't sent it yet.

[raspberryturk]

plants r doin' fine. nayborhood kids get fresh food every day now. hopin that stuff will keep thru the winter. was gonna set up greenhouse on the roof but worried about weather. been different since midgar gone, u kno?

Having the beginnings of a sky seemed to make all of the difference in the world.

[intraspective]

empty houses you could set up as one? would be more complicated but once set if you weren't seen it could maybe work? would order-guys help with that?

She had suggestions, but nothing more than that, really.

[raspberryturk]

empty houses hard 2 find in edge. would hav 2 look in midgar, mostly ruins there, no power 4 heating. maybe i look into renting another apartment or somethin if i can find 1.

oh, flowers growin good in my apartment. got a radish 2 grow in wastes by flowers, too. flowers planted other places in wastes not doin so good tho. kinda wilted, will water more 2 c what happens

That didn't entirely surprise him. Either he'd managed to kill the plant in the transplant, or else there was none of that Lifestream-tainted dead-Zack voodoo floating around the dirt, keeping them alive.

[intraspective]

poor flowers! good to hear bout the radish though. maybe plant more 'round the edges and see if they can survive?

She blew her hair out of her eyes and thought about that.

maybe add soil sent to you to wilting flower? maybe that will help?

[raspberryturk]

u mean see if earth dirt helps wastes dirt any? worth a try yo.

... After all, Reno had enough soil to keep him knee-deep in the stuff for the next few years. A bit spread out in the wastes couldn't hurt anything, right?

[I so, so need to crash out now. SP is shiny yay?]