Lloyd Asplund (
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rakuen2011-02-11 09:49 pm
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Entry tags:
THIS CAN'T POSSIBLY GO WRONG
Characters: The unfortunate denizens of Black 2-B
Format: Action
This log is: Closed-ish?
Location: Black Dorm, 2-B
Summary: Xingke and Lloyd become the bestest of friends.
Warnings: horribleness.
[This room had been uncluttered and pristine on the first day. The following day saw some a few odd objects showing up around a certain Earl's part of the dorm. They had been small enough to go unnoticed then, but now, by the third day? There has been some... uh, the best way to put it is 'workshop sprawl'.
It looks like Lloyd has gotten a hold of some actual tools.
Objects pilfered from the science classrooms have been broken down for parts, light switches with all of their wiring pulled out with them... The toaster from the kitchenette down on the dorm's first floor is being disassembled by the culprit right this moment. The list could go on. And instead of leaving all these pieces somewhere less likely to get in the way? They've been set out in rows on the beds of the dorm room. Hey, he couldn't put them on the floor!]
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... more of the latter than the former, it seems.]
What are you doing?
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It just makes him an easy target.]
Disassembling a toaster.
[Thanks, Captain Obvious. He's already got it open and he's taking it apart, just like he has with all the other items scattered across the dorm room.]
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Why?
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[In stark contrast, Lloyd's reply is jovial, as if he didn't even notice the curtness of Xingke's response. Ah yes, the mechanical parts scattered all over the Chinese man's bed. There are many.]
Raw material, of course! Not the best quality, I'm afraid, but I can make do.
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I request that you keep things confined to your area. [Another brisk reply, this time out of both irritation at Lloyd's lack of manners and his apparently obliviousness to common courtesy.]
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[There's the sound of a toaster spring going off and a surprised squawk from the Earl. He had to lean back fast to keep it from hitting him, because it hadn't exactly been attached properly to the toaster anymore...
It goes up into the air and clatters to the room's floor.]
Whoops.
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Your personal space is restricted to the area around your bed, Asplund.
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...yet.]
But that isn't enough space at all. [Lloyd peers back over his shoulder at Xingke.] Asplund? Who's that? [Someone should write his name on his hand for him or something; that question is going to get old fast.]
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[At Lloyd's inquiry, Xingke blinks. Had he gotten the name wrong? He was certain he had not forgotten the name of the scientist, especially since he had been in attendance for Tianzi's arranged marriage ceremony. Regardless, Xingke is merely going to start reaching for the electronics to relocate them elsewhere.]
That is your name, is it not? And perhaps you should consider moving your workspace to a lab.
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[A lab. Yeah, he really could use one of those.]
I've been looking for a suitable space for that.
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madscientist.Stopping behind the Britannian, Xingke offer him the screw with an outstretched hand and kept his face carefully blank.]
I suggest then that, until you find what you're looking for, you respect the living quarters of other people.
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Then kept on working while he chatted.]
I don't see what the problem is. Aren't you used to everything being crowded?
[You know, what with you being Chinese, Xingke. There isn't a lick of malice in those words; just good cheer and a smile. Always. Meanwhile, somewhere across the campus, someone probably feels like they need to be apologizing for something...]
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Next time, I will not be so polite. [And then he sets to cleaning up his bed.]
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Hm? [He peers back over at Xingke again.] Problem?
[Vague awareness that he has angered someone, goooo! What is it this time?]