Room 504, Thursday Evening

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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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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!"

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

"Zaaack!"

He started it, so.

"Hi! Come in!"

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"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!"

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"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?"

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"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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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?"

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After (stupid, stupid, stupid) modeling class, Triela wasn't really prepared to spend the evening cooped up in her room. So she'd gone seeking someone to distract her.

Fortunately there was music coming from Ino's room, and her door was open. Which meant she wanted visitors.

Obviously.

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"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!"

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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!

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"I know you're there," she carolled without looking up.

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"Good," Triela snorted. "You haven't grown completely oblivious since the last time we talked."

Like that would happen.

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Yeah, that was getting raised eyebrows of the 'yeah, whatever' variety.

Ino blinked over her magazine (Rope specially treated to be resistant to fire jutsu! On sale now!) and eyed her. "Bad day?"

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Triela's expression went from teasing to displeased. "Stupid class," she muttered loudly enough to hear.

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"Oh?" Ino asked, tilting her head at her bed. "Come on in, sit down."

Give her the gossip!

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Triela let her weight drop onto the bed with a long, theatrical sigh. "Someone thought it would be a good idea to sign me up for modeling," she explained.

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Don't laugh, Ino. Don't laugh.

"Erm. For training?"

As her eyes danced with suppressed laughter.

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Those eyes drew Triela's glare. "Go ahead and let it out," she snapped.

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"No," Ino said, as innocent as anything. "I'm good. Come on, don't be grumpy."

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"How can you say that?" Triela continued scowling. "It's awful."

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"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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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!

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"Training can be awful," she agreed, nodding. And would titter later, but. "But don't you think that means you're learning stuff?"

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"I'm not sure I'm learning anything worth knowing." She growled. "I know I'm supposed to be learning how to wear different sorts of clothes and fit into different places, but... how is this supposed to teach me that?"

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"Because aggravation means you'll learn quicker to get it over with?"

Well. Ino tried.

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"Except that I have to attend the entire class whether or not I've already learned the subject." That made things worse, too.