Figaro slipping off of his desk? Makes sense. More or less aligned with his expectations. In order for Figaro to go, he'd have to get off of his fucking desk. Him taking the lunch box? More of the same. The food is evidence enough as is; a lunch box would be impossible to explain. Gepard? With a packed lunch? Absolutely not.
The stupid names for their business meeting? Each one does great damage - each one causes the captain to make a noise, more choked-back and struggling than the last. Tryst especially does damage. Tryst makes him make a noise like he'd been punched in the stomach before he falls silent. Tryst makes Gepard stare at Figaro like he's a vole numbed by a fox's riddle, trying to figure it out, waiting to be eaten. Tryst? Tryst makes him turn a vivid red - he'd already been turning pink, but that's the point in which what little restraint Gepard has gives up.
Tryst stuns him so much the captain doesn't exactly realize where it is that Figaro's headed until he's at the windowsill.]
Wait-
[Then he runs forward, but by the time he gets there? Figaro's gone. And he's left there to deal with the fact that Figaro is making his attempts to turn this into a cool, pragmatic business arrangement very fucking difficult.
But, to business.
He goes to the doctor, as promised, one thing leads to another, and he accidentally ends up on medical leave for a week. Effective immediately. The doctors says he's exhausted. This wasn't what he expected? Originally it was three days. It was going to be three days and he protested, and they upgraded it to a week. He's got a week off. What is he supposed to do with this?
Gepard then makes the stupid fucking decision of seeing his sister, Serval, who promptly loses her shit laughing when she heard about the medical leave thing. Makes it all the worse. He asks her who her bandmate was and after some back and forth she says he was...Ringo? Which isn't Figaro. But Figaro sounds like Ringo, and Figaro's clearly a fake name. (He doesn't tell Serval about Figaro and his business arrangement. He just says it's for work. She reminds him of the medical leave. He asks her to please stop talking about it. She doesn't.)
He stops by the florist and gets a bouquet of flowers. Because...
...he likes flowers. This is perfectly normal. And if he's going to be home for a few days (he'll talk to Lady Bronya in a few days and get this resolved) he might as well have something nice to look at. This is the only reason for the flowers.
And then Gepard heads home, because there's no way any of this will go wrong, and, in fact, Figaro probably forgot about their business dinner.
This has been a fucking struggle of an afternoon.]
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Date: 2024-05-15 03:17 am (UTC)Figaro slipping off of his desk? Makes sense. More or less aligned with his expectations. In order for Figaro to go, he'd have to get off of his fucking desk. Him taking the lunch box? More of the same. The food is evidence enough as is; a lunch box would be impossible to explain. Gepard? With a packed lunch? Absolutely not.
The stupid names for their business meeting? Each one does great damage - each one causes the captain to make a noise, more choked-back and struggling than the last. Tryst especially does damage. Tryst makes him make a noise like he'd been punched in the stomach before he falls silent. Tryst makes Gepard stare at Figaro like he's a vole numbed by a fox's riddle, trying to figure it out, waiting to be eaten. Tryst? Tryst makes him turn a vivid red - he'd already been turning pink, but that's the point in which what little restraint Gepard has gives up.
Tryst stuns him so much the captain doesn't exactly realize where it is that Figaro's headed until he's at the windowsill.]
Wait-
[Then he runs forward, but by the time he gets there? Figaro's gone. And he's left there to deal with the fact that Figaro is making his attempts to turn this into a cool, pragmatic business arrangement very fucking difficult.
But, to business.
He goes to the doctor, as promised, one thing leads to another, and he accidentally ends up on medical leave for a week. Effective immediately. The doctors says he's exhausted. This wasn't what he expected? Originally it was three days. It was going to be three days and he protested, and they upgraded it to a week. He's got a week off. What is he supposed to do with this?
Gepard then makes the stupid fucking decision of seeing his sister, Serval, who promptly loses her shit laughing when she heard about the medical leave thing. Makes it all the worse. He asks her who her bandmate was and after some back and forth she says he was...Ringo? Which isn't Figaro. But Figaro sounds like Ringo, and Figaro's clearly a fake name. (He doesn't tell Serval about Figaro and his business arrangement. He just says it's for work. She reminds him of the medical leave. He asks her to please stop talking about it. She doesn't.)
He stops by the florist and gets a bouquet of flowers. Because...
...he likes flowers. This is perfectly normal. And if he's going to be home for a few days (he'll talk to Lady Bronya in a few days and get this resolved) he might as well have something nice to look at. This is the only reason for the flowers.
And then Gepard heads home, because there's no way any of this will go wrong, and, in fact, Figaro probably forgot about their business dinner.
This has been a fucking struggle of an afternoon.]