♞ IX. voice & action.

[holyknights]

I have books I need to get rid of— [...well. That's not right. He corrects himself.] —return. There's too many for me to carry, so I'll need help.

[Elliot, that's not a request, it's a demand. But this is Elliot Nightray—he does not and will never care. Housemates can find Elliot sorting through the books in his servant's room, trying to pile as many into a box as he can. This is going to take a while.

Others can find him hauling this stupid box of books to the library. It's especially cold today, but once again, Elliot does not care. He is getting rid of these books one way or another, dammit. It's only a small start, but he is tired of waiting.]

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[sundead]

No problem.

[....at least he knows where your house is. He'll show up relatively soon. The grey skies of winter are so helpful...]

[holyknights]

[Elliot's been taking some of the books from his servant's room and piling them in the living room. Even though he's going back and forth between the rooms, he'll definitely hear it when Ayumu shows up and knocks on the door.

When Elliot answers, the piles of books all around the living room are probably visible.]

Thanks for coming.

[sundead]

So what happened, you decide to clear out your library?

[Ayumu's not a huge reader, so he has no problem with this idea.]

[holyknights]

I'm cleaning up after my stupid servant.

[He steps away, allowing an opportunity for Ayumu to come in.]

[sundead]

This is all Leo's?

[wow. He likes to read.

Stepping into the middle of this mess now, though.]

[holyknights]

Yeah. I told him to get rid of them, but he never did.

[One of the most irritating things about his servant was that he never knew how to listen.]

[sundead]

Has he read all of them already?

[holyknights]

I don't know. Probably. [He doesn't quite remember the last time he went to the library to return anything... Not that it mattered.] Every time he returned books, he just brought back more.

[sundead]

Huh. Looks like he must've forgot to return some. [since that is way too many for just the last trip.]

[holyknights]

I don't know how the hell he ever remembered.

[Seriously, how can anyone keep track of so many books? HE didn't think he had a system.]

[sundead]

So I guess we're carrying these to the library?

[holyknights]

Yeah. I guess they didn't shift back by themselves... [Probably because people were still living here. Or maybe they tried to and there were just too darn many?] I have some boxes we can use.

[sundead]

Shift back? Library books do that?

[guess who's a little out of the loop....]

[holyknights]

Apparently not.

[He thought they would have, but they didn't. That's why he's doing this a whole week later! He goes to pick up one of the boxes that had been set aside so they can start piling books in there.]

[sundead]

[He goes to start doing the same, scanning some of the titles as he picks them up. What is with this collection?]

[holyknights]

[It's quite a varied collection, too. While there's quite a few fictional books lying around, there's also a good bunch of nonfiction books in there as well. Personally, Elliot didn't care for those too much himself. Then again, he also didn't read books at the rate that his servant did.]

Every time I told him to clean this up, he said he didn't need to. "It was comfortable." Tch.

[sundead]

Why's he letting you do it now?

[holyknights]

He's not. He's not here.

[sundead]

[...Ayumu blinks.]

What happened?

[holyknights]

He was sent home.

[He answers simply. He doesn't really seem too bothered by it. If anything, he seems annoyed.]

[sundead]

[Sent home. That explains a lot. And Ayumu isn't sure how to feel about it - it's not like Leo was his friend, really, more like a guy he'd known and hung around a few times. And then Elliot doesn't even sound concerned about it.]

...Oh.

[he settles for the answer of least resistance.]

[holyknights]

Now I'm stuck cleaning up his mess.

[That may not be the part that annoys him most, but... it annoys him quite a bit!]

[sundead]

Well... [.....what does he say to a rich guy who just lost his servant] At least you have some help?

[holyknights]

He wouldn't have done it even if he was here. [So it didn't really matter whether Leo was here or not. At least, not as far as these books go. ...but that almost makes it sound like he's ungrateful for the help he is receiving, and that's not true at all, so Elliot mumbles some awkward gratitude.] ...but thanks. For your help.

[sundead]

[...what is taking compliments from other dudes] No problem.