intraspective | Room 504, Thursday Evening

Ino had whined at her dad until he'd sent her weapons catalogues, and getting a lengthy lecture on how she wasn't to take up anything that would have her neglect her other studies (ha, as if) and was sprawled out in her favourite jammies flipping idly through the magazines and pausing on a page that detailed some of the types of unbreakable wires they had.

Interesting, she admitted, making a note to go back and maybe get some more wire later, but really, she needed a weapon that was better for close range.

Humming idly along to Ikimono-gakari, she flipped the next page, and kicked her feet idly. It was totally a nice relaxing way to spend an evening. Dorky music and weapons—how better?

[Ooopen door and post, yes.]

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puppy_fair

Zack did not have jammies!

What he did have, however, was almost better, and had him bouncing toward the door to Ino's room, humming what was more or less a victory theme, yes.

"Iiiino!"

From:

intraspective

She looked up from her magazine--deep thinking, that--and grinned at him.

"Zaaack!"

He started it, so.

"Hi! Come in!"

From:

puppy_fair

"Don't mind if I do!"

See Zack! See Zack enter! Enter, Zack, enter! And all the while, he was rummaging through his pocket! For his phone! Hooray, phone!

"Guess what I got today!"

From:

intraspective

"What is it?" she asked immediately even though he'd told her to guess as she sat up and leaned over (as if that'd help her get a better look, sigh). "Is it exciting? Dangerous? New?"

A beat.

"All of the above?"

From:

puppy_fair

"Kind of," Zack laughed, opening his phone and poking through his missions list. "It's progress."

It was a well-known fact that progress was a truly awesome thing, yes.

"Listen to this!" He cleared his throat. "'Monsters are teeming in the outskirts of Midgar. Experts on the study of planet life say the monsters pose a potential threat to ShinRa.'" He paused for a moment, mouthing the words again to make certain that he wasn't about to mispronounce anything terribly.

A rocket scientist, Zack was not.

"'We are unsure of the validity of these claims, but an investigation is in order.'" And then he was grinning and bouncing some more.

Yes.

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intraspective

Ino blinked at him.

Then bounced off her bed and over to him to peer at his phone just to see it for herself.

"Mission!" she chirped the obvious. "Can I go? Or are you just telling me?"

In which case, she would sulk. And go toss Thunder at a stump for awhile.

"That don't sound like nothing top secret and stuff?"

From:

puppy_fair

"Totally nothing top secret! It means that ShinRa just had to find out about the monsters in Midgar to decide to do something about them!"

Which meant that the jerky guy that they'd run into in Sector Eight was Wrong, So There, and now when they went monster hunting, they'd be getting paid for it!

"Of course you can come!"

From:

intraspective

Technically, they got paid for killing the monsters anyway. Paid in loot.

"Ooooh," she said, beaming up at him. "Did I tell you that you're awesome today? 'Cause you totally are!"

Bounce! Bounce over to the bed to sprawl out with glee and hug a pillow. "Mission! Monsters!"

Hanging out with Zack!

Edited Date: 2010-01-22 02:04 am (UTC)

From:

puppy_fair

"Monster mission!"

Hanging out with Ino!

There was just as much bouncing from the more Zacky side of the room, yes! Less hugging things, though. Alas.

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intraspective

She grinned at him, wriggling her fingers for him to come over and sit down or something.

So she could hug him. Shut up.

"Best sort of mission?" she laughed. "And for Gil. Gil is nice."

Gil meant she could buy shiny things!

From:

puppy_fair

Zack was never going to turn down such an invitation! Such was the way of things! He ambled on over, plopping himself down on the edge of her bed and grinning.

"Gil is nice! And the great things about missions like this? Are that they're not going to really get snatched out from under my nose or anything! I mean, doing them is optional, more or less. If I don't do it, someone else will. But most members of SOLDIER are more interested in cleaning up the remnants of the Wutai War, and stuff like that. That's where all the prestige is."

But prestige wasn't nearly as much fun as killing monsters with cute girls. Zack won by default!

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intraspective

And Ino was just going to wriggle over and attempt to snake her arms around him in a hug. Huuug. Best Zack ever!

"You don't care 'bout prestige?" Ino asked, resting her head against him and totally mussing up her hair but oh well. "Is there a lot to be done with the war still?"

From:

puppy_fair

"Oh, I'm not too worried about prestige," Zack decided. Which was... kind of almost the truth, if you squinted. "The war is pretty much over. My raid on Tamblin saw to that. But there are still troops that have refused to fall back when their leader told them to. They don't want to roll over and give up all that easily."

That was understandable, Zack supposed. Even if it did complicate ShinRa's occupation of Wutai.

... Which he was currently not thinking about, because Ino was hugging him. Which meant that it was mandatory for him to kind of twist around so that he could half-hug her back!

There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms.

Room 504, Thursday Evening

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