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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 21:06:10 GMT -5
Xemnas was about to tell Xigbar curtly he could name it himself when he did.
"Fluffy?" he repeated dumbly. "Fluffy? That is neither fluffy nor furry in the slightest. Try a name that fits... Kaxioth, perhaps. Bagha. Vashrel. But Fluffy makes no sense!"
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Post by Teh Xigbar on Aug 11, 2007 21:08:07 GMT -5
"Kaxioth? Bagha? Vashrel? Xemnas. Seriously. I want a name I UNDERSTAND. And one that Axel can't spell out then say 'Got it memorized?'. Fluffy is that name." He nodded, sagely.
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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 21:16:25 GMT -5
Xemnas smirked. "If your understanding is needed, Xigbar, then I wash my hands of it. I refuse to author a popup book entitled 'Xigbar Goes To The Pet Store'. That is, if you still remember how to read..." Apparently the abject refusal of what Xemnas obviously termed fine names annoyed him.
Xaskne watched all of this silently, shuffling after Xemnas as he paced a little ways towards his underling.
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Post by Teh Xigbar on Aug 11, 2007 21:45:45 GMT -5
"Reading ain't my thing. Course I know HOW to read. Duh. But reading's more of... Everyone else's thing. 'Cept Demyx. He probly plays his giant blue thing all day." He shrugged, knowing full well the innuendo of it. He then picked up the cage, and another flower. He held the flower out, only to have the flower out of his hand the next second, and into Fluffy's mouth. "He does like eating flowers. That's a good thing. Very good thing." he nodded.
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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 21:49:11 GMT -5
Xemnas looked thoughtful. "Hm. You ought to see if you can teach him how to breathe fire. He feels as if he has the capacity... and not only would you have helped a new species grow in strength, but you can also pin the blame of your scheme of pestering Number Eleven on Number Eight."
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Post by Teh Xigbar on Aug 11, 2007 21:53:55 GMT -5
"What would I do to Axel? I'd just let him into Flowerboy's garden and let him have a free meal of fried flower. He'd love it. Wouldn't you, Fluffy?" Xigbar then made the motion of making fire, then held a flower above it. Without warning, the flower was burned by fire breath. Fluffy then proceeded to eat it, making a ^_^ face. "This thing gets better and better every second. Wait. You seem too eager to give me ideas. You tryin' to lure me into some kind of trap?" Xigbar's eye narrowed at Xemnas.
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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 22:05:05 GMT -5
"No," Xemnas replied, sounding amused, "but lately Marluxia believes he can rise above his station. As for Number VIII... likewise. I wonder where his true loyalties lie... to the Organization, or to Number XIII? What I was thinking is simple - who else would XI suspect of torching his flower beds?"
It was so easy to use people against one another, for matters of principal or personal revenge.
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Post by Teh Xigbar on Aug 11, 2007 22:18:40 GMT -5
Xigbar shrugged. "Whatever." He did like to prank the lower half. Mainly Larxene, Marluxia, Roxas, and Axel. Demyx wasn't a bad guy, neither was Luxord. Though, from time to time, he used Luxord's cards for shooting practice and making jokes about Demyx's sitar, and Saix? Xigbar doesn't want to have another eyepatch. Nuh-uh. Never. Though, after this, he WAS thinking about getting video games. Something to do when he got bored or pranking people mercilessly. He WOULD ask if Xemnas wanted to come, but he's supar reclusive. Though, his face did show he was about to ask something, but didmissed it.
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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 22:35:07 GMT -5
'Whatever', said the one who was likely to take that into account one day. Xemnas had known Xigbar, and Braig, for a very long time - long enough to see the question half-form itself. "Well?" he demanded, a bit impatiently, lifting his head a little and tilting it to the side. "What is it?"
Xaskne blinked owlishly, glancing back from Xemnas to Xigbar alternately. Whatever opinions the tonberry held, he kept to himself.
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Post by Teh Xigbar on Aug 11, 2007 22:41:14 GMT -5
"I'm gonna go get some video games soon. And everyone knows you need something else to do than just sit around and write your little reports all day. So, want to come?" Xigbar raised an eyebrow. Xemnas? Impatient? Xigbar was getting a bit impatient as well, but that was because he wanted to get video games.
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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 22:44:56 GMT -5
"They are not 'little reports', number Two; they are reports of scientific progress! Every day is... is..." Is what, exactly? A day where they work more towards correcting the mistake they made in the first place? The 'miscalculation', as he and Even called it...
"...what do you mean, 'everyone knows'?" he asked, unwilling to admit that his underling had a point by harping on another point.
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Post by Teh Xigbar on Aug 11, 2007 22:52:48 GMT -5
"Every day is... is... is what Xemnas? And exactly what I said. Everyone knows you need to get a hobby or something. People are starting to think you're a vampire or something, you barely ever come out of your room. And whenever me and Xaldin come in to do a prank or something, you're always sitting there at your desk with the desk lamp on, and no light other than that. And, you hate Italian food!" Xigbar gasped. Mostly a faux gasp, but it was still a gasp. "VAMPIRE!" With that, some people turned their heads, but Xigbar wasn't deliberately trying to do that this time.
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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 23:02:05 GMT -5
Now that deserved the long stare. Xemnas said nothing for a time, just fixing Xigbar with a look between 'ookay', pity, and disbelief. "I hate Italian food when Zexion makes it. I also do not condone wanton waste of energy. But..." he paused, then allowed a slow, evil smile to spread across his face - "...vampires are meant to have accentuated canines. You know first hand this is not the case..."
My, Number Two, you are smelling rather minty fresh today...
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Post by Teh Xigbar on Aug 11, 2007 23:05:42 GMT -5
"...You... Dirty... Son... Of... A..." With that, Xigbar ran into the small bathroom, slamming the door shut. You know what comes next.
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Post by Teh Superior on Aug 11, 2007 23:16:35 GMT -5
He was chased by a very rare, and very frightening sound: Xemnas's laughter. The leader of Organization XIII let himself laugh for a while, before glancing down to a very confused Xaskne and a slightly dazed Fluffy.
"It's a long story. If you hurry, you can hear the sound of Number Two vomiting on command." Pavlovian response, much? To this day, that never got old, though Xemnas knew better than to abuse or overuse the tactic. Too frequently used and it loses its effect... as amusing as it was.
Xigbar had learned a very, very valuable lesson that day.
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