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Who: Niles, and Sonia
When: Early November
Where: The forests of Blanc.
What: Niles and Sonia on the hunt for a carbuncle's gem, nothing can go wrong here. Bets will be taken on how long before Niles makes pointed references to carbuncle's "crown jewels".
Rating: Rated N for Niles.

[Niles was used to odd jobs. He'd always been part Leo's retainer, and part odd-job man back home, so a gathering mission didn't seem to be too far out of his comfort zone. Working with someone else on the job, however, was new, and if he were to be entirely frank he wasn't sure he had a lot of faith in someone he'd never worked with before. He had no idea if Sonia had any experience with tracking, or with handling herself in a fight, if the Carbuncle gets defensive.

He lets out a heavier-that-necessary sigh, twirling a spare arrow idly between his fingers.]

So.

[It wasn't like they could just expect a Carbuncle to wander out and offer up its gem for them to take whenever they felt like. According to the information they'd been given, genuine laughter was the key to summoning one.]

Which one of us is supposed to be breaking into mirthful laughter first? I can tickle you, if it'll help.

[Looks like it's you, Sonia.]

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Oh, you don't need to give me the pep talk about protecting royalty, or the good and bad of being a prominent figure in a country. I'm a royal retainer, being aware of those kinds of plots is half my job.

[He does know what he's doing, Sonia.]

Reassuring. But remember when I told you I'm not ticklish...?

[There is a Fatal Flaw in your logic, Sonia.]

I do not have that kind of protection. [ Her eyes flicker to the floor briefly before she gives him a tiny smile. ] Whoever you take care of must be very lucky.

[ Sadly, she's just got to be ice cold sometimes okok ]

That is a slight problem, yes. It would appear that is an avenue we may not venture down. Did you have other ideas in mind? Are you certain laughter is the only thing that may call it?

Milord would probably beg to differ. My goal is to turn his hair as white as my own, in as short a time as possible, you see. [SUCH SCANDAL.]

Laughter is the easiest way to summon it. Unless you have experience tracking small creatures, in which case we could do this the harder way.

[There's a brief pause. But Niles has no filter, so it doesn't take long for him to go ahead and say what he was going to say anyway.]

Or if you have a microphone and canned laughter track under that skirt of yours.

I can see why. [ She says it softly though, as though she's seeing through something as well. He wouldn't be a royal retainer if he didn't care at all, after all. ]

Though while I have experience in looking after hamsters, that is not the same situation... no.

[ She gives him a confused look at the suggestion though, looking down and ??? ] I do not believe that would stay in place.

You take your fun where you can find it. [His just happens to come in the form of antagonising almost everyone he meets. Fun times.]

... Be a little creative. If the hamster were to run off, how would you coax it to return to you?

[He sounds more serious now. Half of getting a job done is working with what you have, and using some ideas that think outside of the box.]

And this is what you would call fun? [ How strange... at least she seems more surprised than insulted. ]

I would offer food or attention. However... the hamsters I am used to are rather well trained. [ She looks a bit unsure now. ]

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baby don't hurt me....

no more

immediately hurts you

wow?!

wow indeed

HUFFS