accidental voice post :: eat THIS, not THAT.

[turn_a_blindeye]

[The sounds of paper being carefully, methodically ripped from a book one page at a time, as if trying to preserve it. Shiori "grrrr"s slightly in the background, gnawing on something.]

Hey, don't eat that chapter.

Here.

Eat that one. I die in that one.


[[...what happened to the hiatus I was supposed to be on? D=]]

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[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Maybe we just have to loosen him up.

Or show him what he'll lose out on if he doesn't?

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[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

If you're planning on giving him some of your books to help him see what he might be missing out on, you'll need to be very, very certain they don't fall into little hands. There are... I'm not sure. But I think there are four of them running around now. I believe we shipped Fletcher back to his brother now that they remember each other.

Or are you talking about something else?

[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Something else entirely.

As funny as that first idea might be, I'd kind of like to keep your daughter and my books separated indefinitely.

That and I hear Roy likes flames. ...My books don't.

My idea was more along the lines of...well, Roy's always had Riza's attention and loyalty, without question, right?

[Private//Unhackable]

[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

Me too.

Very good point. I don't like flames either.

Yes. You're suggesting... jealousy? Find a way to make him wonder and want?

[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Nor do I, really.


Pretty much, yeah. It works in the books I read, after all. Besides...I get the feeling the Colonel is the kind of man who hasn't had, or at least hasn't noticed, any worthy competition before. If it's too easy for him, maybe he doesn't see how much happier he could be outside of his comfort zone?

[Private//Unhackable]

[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

So we need to give him good competition that he believes, but someone who isn't actually going to try to win over the Lieutenant.

[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Right. Wherein lies the trouble. We can't exactly go about setting up just anyone with the Lieutenant: she's a very attractive woman in her own right and might actually find herself with another suitor on her hands, and she's also a very particular woman. It's not like we can expect, say, Kevin to look like a viable choice for her interest.

...This place has such limited resources for our needs sometimes. [He sighs]

[Private//Unhackable]

[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

And she might shoot someone if they get too annoying. Though she didn't shoot Sirius! That was a good sign! I wonder... what about Jiraiya? If he writes it, he has to know how it works!

[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah... She can be a little testy sometimes.

Sirius is definitely off limits; trust me. As for Jiraiya, uh...sure, I guess. Does she go for older, perverted men? I suppose he could tone it back, though, for a good cause.

[Private//Unhackable]

[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

She's even yelled at me before!

Of course, he's too young. Unless you've got other reasons for that. I don't know what she goes for; Miss Hawkeye has never had an active dating life. I've studied up on it.

[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

My my. She does have a temper, then.

Oh, no other reasons, just that I think I prefer him with Tenten.
Have you now. Does Gracia know? [He chuckles a little. Clearly he's kidding.] Maybe we just have to ask her what she likes? Other than dogs and fire alchemists, of course.

[Private//Unhackable]

[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

And I was even just exchanging code phrases with Roy while we waited for the line to be secure!

Oh really? Well now.

Of course she does! I've investigated all of my co-workers at Central. Maybe we will. I'm betting guns are her thing too, but most that have them here aren't dating material for either gender.

[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. Talking about Elysia, maybe?

...They're sweet together. Or have the potential to be.

Ah, yeah. [Cruel, Maes. Funny, very very funny, but cruel. <3] Well...I don't know anything about guns. They don't have them in the ninja world. Tenten might be able to talk weapons with her, though, and get her to girl-talk about what she likes in men, maybe...but Tenten's in no condition for social calls at the moment.

Mmm. Come to think of it, does Riza have any girl friends we could consult?

[Private//Unhackable]

[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

In a way! Talking about Gracia when she was pregnant with Elysia!

They're both very energetic and earnest! How is she doing?

[He knew there was corruption in the military, he had to do some searching?] Let's use that if she's willing, when Tenten's back on her feet?

There's... Cassidy, maybe. But the young woman strikes me as someone who would take too much work to get to help us. A little on the naive side. Maybe Gracia!

[Private//Unhackable]

[turn-a-blindeye.livejournal.com]

I see. [He thinks its cute.]

Tenten's doing...as well as can be expected, I guess. I think she's still mostly out of it, and not too pleased with herself, but...she's alive.

Sure.

Gracia's conveniently in the same house, too, so she wouldn't have to invent an excuse to talk. She'd be comfortable working as one of your intelligence officers, hm?

[Private//Unhackable]

[brig-gen-maes.livejournal.com]

She was even hotter than normal when she was pregnant, Kakashi. [Irony of ironies, this is the scene Maes will be finding later, hee.]

Good. None of them died. I wonder why that is. He's a good enough shot to have killed them like he did during his last shooting spree.

Exactly! I think she knows I'd never put her in harm's way. This is different from an investigation.