ShinRa's Finest

"I don't want to be 'that guy' but someone needs to stop heating up fish in the microwave."

"What do you mean there's no bottled water?"

"So, what shall we order out for lunch?"

"This is taking for-ev-er."

"No sleeping during meetings."

"Do we have to have another talk?"

"Why isn't the conference call setting working?"

"The wifi is down! I repeat the wifi is down!"

"I got some vodka in my desk."

"Who took my lunch again?"

"Don't touch my stuff."

"I'm not going on that stupid company retreat."

"What did you do?"

"Nice flowers."

"Did you just sneeze? Get the hell away from me."

"Are you screwing the boss?"

"It's casual friday."

"I'm going to strangle him with his tie."

"I hear you found someone special."

"Where the hell are they?"

"Is this going to last much longer? I gotta get out of here."

"Who's up for tying one on after this?"

"Anymore good news you want to share?"

"Did you bring enough for the whole class?"

"I think we need an office pet."

"Were they wearing those same clothes yesterday?"

"That last client was the worst pain in the ass I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with."

"Have you seen my car keys?"

"Why is there cheese in the toaster?"

"Kill me. Please."

"I was on the phone with tech support for two hours..."

"Ever have those moments when you wanted to kill your boss?"

"It's like wrangling five-year-olds."

fight honorably / fight dirty / prefer close-quarters / prefer range / chat during / go silent /  low pain tolerance / high pain tolerance / attack in bursts / attack steadily / go for the kill / aim to disarm / fight defensively / bait an opponent’s first strike / strike first /  provoked easily / provoke their opponent / tease /  get visibly frustrated  / shout while attacking / use strategy / focus on their battle /  experience conflicting thoughts during battle / rush in recklessly / try to read their opponent before fighting / fight wildly /  fight calmly / fight apathetically / fight with anger / fight with excitement / fight because they have to  /  fight because they want to  / fight without regard to wounds / run away when wounded  / hide wounds / take a blow to protect another /   prefer a blade / prefer a gun  / prefer a bow /  prefer a shield  /  prefer a spear naginata / prefer a personalized weapon  / prefer magic or spells /  prefer brawling  / their greatest weakness is physical /  their greatest weakness is mental / their greatest weakness is emotional / transform for battle  / fight as they appear / rely on strength  / rely on speed / use everything they have / hide their full potential / exhaust quickly / high stamina /  doubt their strength  /  proceed with caution /   behave arrogantly / brag after landing a hit /  belittle their abilities / use psychological tactics / use brute strength /  avoid civilians /  strike down civilians / damage surroundings / avoid damaging surroundings / signature fighting style / making it up as they go /  mastered skillset / learning their skillset / fancy footwork / sloppy footwork /  messy fighter / elegant fighter / accept defeat / refuse defeat / beg for mercy / compliment their opponent / insult their opponent /  use unnecessary movements ( flips, twirls ) / move efficiently / barely move / prefer to dodge / prefer to block /  defend their blindside / has no blindside / use all available advantages /  strictly use one main method  /  play around  /  hold back /  fight ruthlessly  / show mercy /  wait for opponent to be ready / strike when opponent isn’t ready / fear death  /  fear pain / fear killing /  has PTSD / avoid fighting / has lost a fight / has won a fight / has killed / refuses to kill / want to die standing /  would succumb slowly

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“Alright but whatever this is I am not getting caught again.”

Angeal had already lectured him twice this week. If he had to deal with another one then he was certainly going to end up in trouble again. Still he followed the redhead anyway with minimal caution. 

“Tch, never thought I’d hear a SOLDIER afraid of getting in trouble. ‘Specially you.” 

If they’d been in the city, Reno would have pointed them at the Wall Market. They weren’t, so he’d have to settle for the crowd at the cafeteria, which would possibly spare Zack the trouble he was afraid of. Or make it worse. Either way, it’d be fun.

Their timing was good for Reno’s plotting, perhaps not for Zack’s stomach. The place was packed to the walls with hungry employees. He scanned the room quickly, choosing his targets, then flashed the SOLDIER a toothy smirk.

Reno shrugged out of his jacket, and held it loosely, one-handed. “Find me if you can, yo,” he challenged, and tossed it over Zack’s head.

He strode into the crowd, swiping a hat off of one of Heidegger’s minions with a casual “’scuse me, Turk biz,” and crammed his ponytail up underneath it. Slipping between clusters of people, he straightened two inches taller out of his habitual slouch and buttoned his shirt to a pristine finish.

“Isn’t ‘security’ part of Turk work anyway? Along with all that other fun stuff…”

But that’s what Turks got paid to do,  so Zack shrugged it off and playfully nudged his shoulder. 

“I can’t see you being good at a stealth mission though with your bright hair~”

Reno snorted through his nose, and nudged Zack back. Damn, the man’s arm muscles were like rocks. “Half the time I’m the distraction, yo. Thought you’d figured that out already. The other half ...”

“Well I don’t know why you bothered hiding it so much but I told Kunsel.”

Now all of ShinRa would know.

“Six sounds perfect,” she replies with a bright smile. 

Finding themselves with nothing else to do, her hands link together behind her back while she shifts her weight to a side. And for a moment, it looked as though she may have been thinking– her eyes lowering to the ground for a beat before her gaze returned to the man before her with a newfound playful gleam.

“Well…” She begins, making a show of humming in consideration before she went on. “I’ll take your word on those noodles for now… but I’ve got to warn you, I’m not promising that I won’t contest them later!”

It strikes her then– Had she even offered him her name yet? Geez, she really wasn’t on top of her game today.

”–My name is Sheena, by the way and…“ Trailing off, she leans up onto the tips of her toes to get just the right leverage to make up for the height she lacked before she points out a large building just a block or two away. It was a high rising apartment building, from which large glass windows glinted in the light of the day. 

”That’s the complex that I live in, if it isn’t a problem for you then I’ll meet you outside there.”

Oho. Cute and sassy. Reno was doomed to an evening of a lovely young lady right in his sweet spot. This evening would be a fun one and he would enjoy every minute of it.

“If we gotta make sure we try more noodles later just to be on the safe side, I’d be down, yo. Wouldn’t want to be made a liar of by a plate of noodles, I gotta reputation to uphold.”

He looked where she pointed, his lanky frame easily boosting him to the height needed to see her apartment complex. Sector 3 and in a decent part of town, even. Good. Not that Reno wouldn’t bust heads if needed to pick up a date (goodness knows he’d done it before), but one of the perks of the black suit was a healthy respect if not outright caution or fear from most of the average citizens.

“Ah– Sure!” As easily embarrassed as she was, there was no denying the pinkish hue in her cheeks as she nods– a hand flitting up to brush a few stray locks of hair behind her ear out of nervous habit. 

Though this was certainly out of the usual, she couldn’t deny that the prospect of a date was exciting. It wasn’t as though she had other plans, there wasn’t a lot that she had time to indulge in when she wasn’t working herself. 

“Around what time should I be ready then?”

Yup. Definitely cute. Especially with the pretty little blush. Makes the prospect of breaking kneecaps this afternoon better than they had been already.

Well, this was a lot easier than she expected!