#13 | Esdham Times

[shinrasfinest]

Who: Sephiroth, OPEN; particularly military-comrades  
Where: Shuttle to/from and at the Republic of Esdham
When: Throughout November, (6th - 10th, 13th - 17th)
Summary: Between the duties he really should get back to in Esdham and those responsibilities he has back in Aqures Ixen, it does seem that the majority of this month will be spent trying to balance everything; it's a good job that military personnel can travel outside of Shoopuf but at the same time it wouldn't do to scramble a shuttle in every five minutes. I might add an additional prompt later, post-Expedition. Prompts in sub-comments for ease of posting. 
Warnings: N/A (Lets go in with none, see if I need to update later)

1) Esdham Shuttle
2) Military Headquarters / Training
3) Otherwise On duty - General OPEN Mingle
      (i)Around the City
      (ii)On Patrol toward the Oasis (aka quiet Heran Frontier)

Comments

[damn_juicebox]

[Both privates have seized hold of each other's collar, totally in the other's face and refusing to back down. When Sephiroth emerges, both break their angry glares to view the source of the interruption. The other private speaks first.]

'Her damn bird attacked me!'

You went into her pen without permission and plucked her feather!

[And they're back to thrusting their faces together, gritting their teeth in anger.]

[shinrasfinest]

[One eyebrow raises, and the other follows as Rukia sharply answers, followed by both dropping into a frown as they just get right back into each others faces. Inside, he's rolling eyes but he's much too professional to let that show outwardly.

Children.

Sephiroth takes step forwards, invading all personal space and firmly pushes each of their shoulders away from each other so that he's essentially making a space for himself between them.]

Back off, both of you.

[Then he assesses the chocobo, who is neatly still within her small holding pen and looking about as interested in their squabbling as Sephiroth himself is. After a moment he turns his attention to Rukia, holding a hand out with a finger pointed up, in the direction of the other private to make sure he holds his tongue.]

Do you have clearance to bring your bird to the military compound?

[A stupid question really...but he's going somewhere with this...]

[damn_juicebox]

Clearance?

[This is the first time she's heard that she would even need clearance. There are chocobo knights, so she assumed that it was fairly common to bring one's mount of war.]

There were no objections to her boarding. I was not aware that we needed official paperwork to bring our mounts.

[shinrasfinest]

[He knows that Esdham doesn't have much in the way of stables to keep said chocobo, which is why he's surprised to see one on board the airship even if they do have two or three pens in which they might be kept for deploying chocobo knights out in the field of battle.

Thing is though, they didn't really do much good against the mechanical war machines the Herans were the masters of.]

I would presume you did have the clearance else, you're right, she wouldn't have been allowed to board.

[He'll drop it there though, since he doesn't know the facts. Something he'll now have to look into once they are all signed back on duty; his first job before he's even returned to work...great...]

And you- [6' 3" of tall silver haired man step turns some towards the other private that had been the apparent cause of the argument, Sephiroth even narrows his eyes as he looks over the smaller man.]

-you should know better. Chocobo can be rather skittish aboard an airship and she's not yours so what are you even doing up here, hm?

[damn_juicebox]

[The man's jaw tightens. Rukia folds her arms, glaring questioningly from behind Sephiroth's elbow. She asked the exact same question and he just shot it back in her face. He doesn't seem quite so inclined to do this with a superior officer, but it's not easy to force back his pride for the sake of rank.]

...My apologies, General. It won't happen again.

[He's angry, and only barely contains it, but he's also not doing anything to put himself in deeper hot water.]

[shinrasfinest]

[This private doesn't even know of Sephiroth's particular rank yet, either. Still, correcting the man would only diffuse some of the authority Sephiroth has managed to exert over the situation. Let the man figure it out for himself, later.]

I strongly suggest that you get back down below and demonstrate some better self-restraint for the remainder of the flight. Lest I feel inclined to report this incident to your SO once we arrive.

[He's got a strong hunch that Rukia is most likely peering around him even if he wishes she wouldn't but there isn't anything to be done about that either. Sephiroth keeps his gaze on the troublesome private until he's slipped well out of sight.]

[damn_juicebox]

[OOC: Whoops, that's my bad, I thought he was a general and not a major.]

[The man's jaw tightens further, and he gives a curt nod before being dismissed. And Rukia HAD to peek past him; she's short and he's tall, and that hair is hard to see past.]

[She waits until the private is gone as well before she relaxes slightly.]

My apologies for the trouble, sir. You have my thanks just the same.

[Yuki is fussing anxiously at her plumage, angry at having her perfect display disrupted by someone who wanted a good luck token. She 'kwehs' petulantly.]

[shinrasfinest]

[ooc: No worries at all, it wasn't a complete bad!]

[Rukia relaxes and Sephiroth finally turns almost as if he felt her do so. Looking more in-depth over her this time, she'd assisted him with the ghostbusting well enough and she wasn't someone he disliked by principal it's just...well a small voice in the back of his mind tells him that she's not completely innocent either.

At least she apologized; having to deal with bickering within the ranks is just tiresome and in his experience just doesn't achieve very much.]

No trouble. [Though he doesn't sound like it-]

[He looks back past Rukia to Yuki and can't help but to lighten his expression a little. Chocobo can be rather fascinating; all sorts of personalities just like every other sentient race.]

Lets try to make the rest of the flight as uneventful as possible, hm?

[damn_juicebox]

Agreed.

[Even so, she's not entirely convinced that the matter is settled. She doesn't know the private, and doesn't trust him. Nor does she expect Sephiroth to always be on hand to step in if trouble erupts. So she bows at the waist, then moves to the pen and sits down next to the door. She folds her arms and bows her head. No one is going to mess with her bird for the rest of this journey, she'll make absolutely certain of that.]