rakuen | [Closed Log: Round 3, Monday]

Characters: Santana Lopez and Flynn Scifo
Format: actiontags
This log is: closed
Location: Conquest Prefects' HQ
Summary: Flynn makes prefect on his second day due to Yuri's party leader complex. Confusion reigns supreme.
Warnings: Santana.

[ so it had been a reasonably uneventful first day, no classes to teach or anything, right up until the moment that he'd gotten back from meeting Madoka and Santana had cornered him in the common room. 'Get your things, no-vowels, and report to headquarters. Don't even think of being late' had been her only explanation before she'd stalked off, and he had done as she said with a slight air of resignation. A career of choosing his battles carefully wasn't about to wear off now, after all.

'Headquarters' turns out to be a surprisingly picturesque single-story building off to the side of campus, amongst the gardens. He stops outside the porch, takes a deep breath, and goes to knock on the door. It's been ten minutes since she ordered him here. ]

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[Santana opens the door immediately with an annoyed look on her face. Flynn is probably going to start thinking that that's her default expression, and he wouldn't be far from the truth. She turns away from him and starts walking inside, expecting him to follow]

Took you long enough. I said to get here quickly. [she glances over her shoulder to make sure he did follow] Don't you know it's rude to keep a lady waiting. [as they walk deeper into HQ she stops and turns to him] Do you even know why you're here?

Edited 2012-02-09 17:31 (UTC)

My apologies. [ Nothing new there in an authority figure. There's a difference between evil and unpleasant, and Santana seems to be entirely the latter. He does follow, at a polite distance, which means that when she stops suddenly she isn't too close. ]

No, I can't say I do.

Well somehow, within a day of being here, you qualified to become a prefect. Don't even ask me how you did it, I suspect some kind of foul play but I don't have any evidence to have your status revoked. So this is your new dorm and you have access to all of the amenities.

But I have one question for you, are you even able to be an asshole and punish the other students?

Prefect? But-- [ foul play? He doesn't recall any--...

Yuri Lowell what have you done. He wonders, suddenly, if that terrible pain-infliction ability is something he can do, now. He hopes not. ]

I will not punish anyone undeserving of it.

What? You think I go around punishing people for kicks? [Yes.] If someone breaks a rule you need to step in.

[ Yes.

Anyway, since Flynn is probably one of the few to have read the manual cover to cover on his first day, he answers promptly, but with heavily suppressed discomfort. ]

Understood.

[she's actually surprised by that answer]

Wait. What? Really?

[ Lawful Good, ma'am, reporting for duty. Anyway, stepping in isn't the same as penalising them, so. If he gets there first, he can avoid punishments that don't fit the crime, as it were. ]

I might not personally agree with some of the rules, but that doesn't change that they must have been put in place for a reason.

Oh my god, someone with half a brain. I guess your vowel-hating parents actually taught you something.

[ he wonders, as he grits his teeth, whether she's actively trying to antagonise him or if this is just how she acts with everyone. ]

If I may ask, are there other prefects I should introduce myself to?

[You're pretty par for the course, no need to feel special]

For Conquest it's just us, but there's Nanami and Lelouch in Fortitude. Unfortunately people are reaching Prefect status quickly so we may end up filling up faster than expected. But seriously, I'm not going to share my room with anyone.

[ that's actually good news, it means he has few rungs to climb to help people. Better just her than, say, the entire military hierarchy of an empire.

He assumed as much dw. Anyway. ]

... You've been doing everything yourself until now?

Pretty much, I mean, Day is here too but she's the Headmistress and has other things to do.

[ he hasn't been giving her enough credit, then. ]

I see. Then I shall do my best to alleviate that burden.

Well aren't you quite the knight, I'm not some damsel you can just sweep off her feet. I still outrank you.

For the time being, you're essentially my commanding officer. Isn't it natural for you to delegate duties to your subordinates?

[oh she liked that]

Yes, yes I am your commanding officer, which means you have to do what I tell you. Hell, I could make you call me ma'am if I wanted.

If you wanted. [ the way he repeats it, he might as well have just said 'it would be a bad idea to force this'. ]

Well lucky for you I think ma'am makes me sound like I have a stick up my ass, I'm not that stuck up.

Just a warning to ya, you're probably not going to like being a prefect. I like it, but I'm a natural bitch, this is my perfect role, and I get that you're all military following orders and stuff but this is different.

[ what a relief. :| ]

Believe me, I'm used to it.

You have no idea what you're in for kid, no idea.

[ his brow creases, but the expected retort never comes. He'd rather not tell her about the horrors the nobles of Zaphias got away with with the blessings of the Imperial high command. ]

As much as that first part is true, I'm not a child.

Oh yeah? How old are you anyway?

Twenty-one. [ and if the powers-that-be had waited just a month or so more, he'd be older still. ]

[and then she proceeds to laugh in his face]

You've got to be kidding me. You look twelve.

[who cares if that's true of not]

[ he might even have been offended by that, if it wasn't the same thing he'd heard either whispered behind his back or said to his face by half the world. And now he's in a school uniform. ]

So young? I didn't realise it was that bad.

[Yeah, the school uniform doesn't really help your case]

You hardly look like a man, how would any one trust you to protect them? People will hardly respect you as a prefect if you look so much like a baby.

I'm sorry to hear that, but respect and trust can both be earned.

Well good luck with that, you've got a long way to go before you get either from me.

[Closed Log: Round 3, Monday]

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