Room 501, Wednesday Afternoon

[raspberryturk]

Packing.

It was much faster a job than one would expect, given how much crap Reno had amassed since coming to Fandom. But he had managed to stuff everything that he had come to the island with into the same duffel he had brought initially, and most of his booze stash even managed to get crammed in there as well. This left a box with a model helicopter to be carried under one arm, and he was good to go.

Turks, after all, knew how to pack light.

Reno, who was thankfully far less blue than he had been last night, looked around room 501, smirking faintly. If there was one thing that could be said for the school office, it was that they worked decently quickly. Even if they couldn't spell to save their lives.

Room 429. A single. Tseng would be sated, anyhow, and it meant that Reno got a room all to himself, which wasn't half bad, either.

[Establishy-ish? I'm leaving for work in half an hour, but it's open if anyone wants to ask Reno what he's up to-- if you're okay with not being pinged back to until later on this evening.]

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[raspberryturk]

"Mmmmhmm." Reno smirked at her for a bit. "I warrant bein' mentioned to the guy friends? I'm flattered, yo." His grin was a smug grin. "You tell me if Turks play well with others, you met half of us already. And I'm never gonna pass up the chance to wash my face in free booze."

[the_merriest]

Rikku stopped facepalming long enough to glare at him. "He asked if I was seeing anybody," she said dryly. "I said no, I wasn't, but our whole ... whatever ... came up. He did the whole, 'I'll talk to him' deal and I tried telling him it wasn't like that, but, you know."

She shrugged, switching topics. "I dunno, you and Rude hung out at the convention and you bugged him a lot, why does that mean you can't have a roommate?"

[raspberryturk]

Reno was going to let the topic switch only because he knew he was right dammit and he'd just let the rest inflate his ego. He totally warranted mention.

"Rude's a Turk, too," he pointed out. "A little different from sharin' a room with Tamaki the Wonder Leech."

[the_merriest]

"Wonder Leech?" Rikku raised an eyebrow. "Is this about your pimp club?"

[raspberryturk]

"No," Reno replied. "But it could be? Tseng just figured that sharin' a room with someone was messing up my-" Reports on everything he learned about Fandom. "-studying."

[the_merriest]

Rikku folded her arms. "Yeeeeeeeeeah. He wants to make sure you don't fail Religion, zoto."

Please. He didn't have to tell her, but let's not insult her intelligence, here.

[raspberryturk]

"Biff paints us all blue again, failin' Religion class is gonna be the least of my worries I'm thinkin', yoto." Handy-dandy topic switch, here to save the day.

[the_merriest]

"I yelled at him after class, I mean, like I don't hate that class already, why can't I just drop it, and --"

She stopped walking abruptly and looked over at him.

"Is this more I-can't-tell-you-so-there crap, or do you just think I'm stupid?"

[raspberryturk]

Okay, no handy-dandy, day-saving topic switch. Reno could live with that, too.

"Don't figure it's somethin' I should be passin' on, yo," he admitted. "It's one part studyin', ten parts paperwork, and has nothin' to do with Tamaki except that I can't do it with people hoverin' over my shoulder. Turk stuff."

[the_merriest]

Rikku nodded, feeling oddly embarrassed. "I just ... you know. I get it. I mean. The Con and all. I do. I know you can't tell me what's going on, the classified bits and pieces, I just ... I dunno."

She started walking again. "Not sure why that bugged me. Don't worry about it."

[raspberryturk]

Reno lingered for a moment, eyebrow raised slightly before he followed along after her.

"I guess I could'a said up front that it was somethin' I couldn't talk about. You know already, so I don't have to make up bullshit excuses about needing more time to study."

[the_merriest]

She waved a hand dismissively, not turning around. "Or don't. Doesn't matter, right? Whatever. It's confidential, blah blah blah. Fine. Where's your new room?"

[raspberryturk]

"Room 429," Reno said warily, keeping about a half-step behind her.

Fantastic.

"Look, Rikku. I'm not gonna apologize for not tellin' you what they got me here doin', yo. I don't have the option. But least I can do is give you a little credit and be up-front about it with you when it's somethin' I can't discuss."

[the_merriest]

Rikku took a deep breath, and then stopped again, letting it out, and looked over her shoulder at him. "Okay, then," she said. "That's ... all I ask. Yeah?"

[raspberryturk]

"Seems fair to me, yo." He shifted the bag over his shoulder and then hiked the toy chopper up a little with his hip. "Nothin' else I gotta work on, is there?"

Didn't hurt to ask.

[the_merriest]

Rikku blinked. "What do you mean?"

[raspberryturk]

He had to grin at that.

"I dunno. Now that we've got honesty covered, I figure we can start working on my manners or habits or somethin' next."

Tamaki would just love that.

[the_merriest]

"Seriously uphill battle on that one," she grinned, blushing faintly. "You ask all your friends that?"

What? He's the one that said he didn't date. She's just establishing terms, here.

[raspberryturk]

"Just the cute ones," he replied before his brain caught up to his mouth.

When his brain did catch up, he didn't think it was a half-bad reply anyhow, dammit.

[the_merriest]

Rikku blushed harder and shoved him, playfully. "Nice."

Fourth floor! And counting doors.

"Seems kinda quiet," she said.

[raspberryturk]

"Obviously, I'm located in the busy end of the most exciting floor in the dorms," Reno mused with a grin. "You wanna hold the chopper for a moment while I dig out my key?"

[the_merriest]

"Hope you can contain your excitement," she laughed, reaching out to scoop it up. "Same model as mine or a different one?"

[raspberryturk]

"Had to get one that looked more like the ShinRa chopper." He dug around in his pocket for the door key. "Probably gonna be the closest I come to flyin' her until I get reassigned."

...

"Unless I harass Rude enough that he pays a visit sometime, yo."

[the_merriest]

"Shame they can't leave you one," she said, frowning as she leaned against the wall. "I mean, that's ... that chopper's amazing, you know?"

[raspberryturk]

"You don't gotta tell me, zoto. I already know. But choppers ain't exactly throw-away resources either, yo. Much as I want one to fly around the island all day, it probably won't be happening any time soon."

And he had located his room key.

"Moment of truth, yo."