Raise a glass and toast the Flame

[floreatnoctem]

Who: Chidori and OPEN
Where: Floor 15
When: Throughout the week
What: It's getting colder- Chidori figures that everyone can use a bit of help keeping warm.
Warnings: None as of yet, subject to change if anything comes up.



[The offer she'd made was more to give her something to do other than think about the cold than any real show of good will. Granted, it was that, in her own way- after all, it would do her no good if people were too sick to fight. While she wasn't sure it would be called for, it was Jason's month to be in charge of the tower. She was already anticipating the worst, no matter how quiet things had been for the first week or so of his turn. She'd be stupid to let her guard down so quickly, or so easily. Still, she wasn't sure anyone would see her announcement- or if anyone would even bother to look at such a brief post- but better to try than not at all. In the meantime, she had Strega's measurements more or less memorized, she could get started on them first.

So moving to find some fabric, she decided to start on a coat for Ken before anything else, trying hard to keep her hands from shaking and grateful, somewhat, for the fact that Medea's fire affinity was seeing fit to keep her warmer than she should be. Hopefully, the cold wouldn't affect her sewing too badly.]

Comments

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko noticed the cloak and nodded.]

Ah, alright then. I wasn't sure if you had a cloak or not. If you're shivering, why don't you put it on? I'm sure you'll feel warmer..

[Tohko then sneezed over her shoulder, but didn't stop working.]

[floreatnoctem]

It gets in the way.

[That much should have been obvious- after all, she could hardly move freely with a heavy cloak draped over her shoulders and arms. She couldn't much say she appreciated being talked to like she was a child though- or worse, an idiot.]

Besides, I'm not that cold.

[Not just yet, at least.]

[tohko_amano]

[Sadly, that wasn't how Tohko was trying to sound, and nor did she realize that that's how she might have sounded either.]

Ah, alright then. However, if you do need help with something in the future, let me know, alright? I'm a simple book girl..but I may be able to help.

[And she keeps on sowing.]

[floreatnoctem]

If I needed help, I'd be asking for it, not offering it.

[Actually to be fair, if she needed help, she probably wouldn't be asking for it anyway.]

But I'll keep it in mind.

[Said oh-so-sarcastically.]

[tohko_amano]

Well, sometimes people are a bit too stubborn to ask for help. It's good to know that you would ask for help.

[Tohko catches the sarcasm and sighs.]

You had better, alright?

[floreatnoctem]

I like to think some people know their limitations better than others.

[A shrug.]

I doubt there's anything I need to do that a 'simple book girl' could do better. Or at all.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko huffed when she heard that.]

There are plenty of things I can help you with, and there are a few things I am better at doing. After all, there's no way your love or knowledge of books surpasses mine, and I doubt you've solved a murder-mystery using nothing but your wits, love of books, and luck.

[floreatnoctem]

I don't care about books, and I don't solve mysteries. [A slight roll of her eyes.] But I fail to see what that has to do with my ability to sew.

[tohko_amano]

Eh?! Why not? Books are wonderful!

[Tohko then sighed and scratched her head.]

Admittedly, it doesn't have anything to do with your ability to sow. However, you do know I was offering you my help in anything, not just your sowing.

[floreatnoctem]

They're alright. I'm simply not as devoted to them as some.

[A raised eyebrow.]

The implication was there.

[tohko_amano]

I see..

[Tohko nodded.]

Alright then. So you did understand that. So don't hesitate to ask if you need any help.

[floreatnoctem]

I won't be needing it.

[tohko_amano]

Why not?!

[floreatnoctem]

[Flatly-]

You're condescending and irritating in equal amounts. I don't feel like dealing with either.

[tohko_amano]

What?! Look, if I sounded like I was being condescending, I apologize. I didn't mean to sound like that. However, I don't see how I'm irritating!

[floreatnoctem]

You're still talking.

[tohko_amano]

..I'm being irritating by just talking to you?

[floreatnoctem]

By not knowing when to stop, yes.

[tohko_amano]

I know when to stop talking in a conversation. It's usually when neither person has anything else they can say to the other with words. However, since there's still some stuff I can say to you using words, I'm still talking to you.

[floreatnoctem]

[There's a moment where Chidori's eye almost twitches. Almost.

Instead, there's a rattle of chain and the slight whoosh of displaced air as one of her axes skims past the other girl's face and into the wall beside her shoulder.]

Then say it to yourself. I'm not interested in hearing it.

Is this alright?

[tohko_amano]

[While the fact that this girl was willing to bring out an axe and threaten to harm Tohko did spook her, she was just more..angry than scared. What was up with the Administrators bringing snooty people into the tower? The cloak was pretty much finished, so Tohko got up, holding the cloak in both of her hands and trying to fight the urge to slap the girl as hard as she could.]

You are such a cold-hearted, snooty girl! Even Daisy was a nicer person than you, and that's saying something! You can threaten people with violence all you want, but you're not going to make many friends if you act like this!

[Tohko huffed before walking out of the room.]

[floreatnoctem]

Please. I'm not obligated to be nice, just as you're apparently not obligated to shut up. [A shrug.] But don't confuse yourself- simply because I won't humor you doesn't mean I'm anything like that. You're just annoying.

[And as the other girl walked out, Chidori lit a light Agi spell on her heels to help her expedite her exit.

Good riddance, honestly.]