05-2-2011 at 4:48 AM

Link removed his hands reluctantly and placed them into his pocket. Pein removed his face from the food and looked at the blond with an eyebrow raised. "When did you get rid of the tray...?"<br /> <br /> Link shrugged and turned to face Ava. He straightened himself so he made sure he looked taller. "And why exactly are we getting lost, may I ask? You know Al can always break the fourth wall and find us, right?"

05-1-2011 at 6:08 AM

Ava gave Pein a sly smile. "You have obviously not spent a lot of time at my condo. The place is a LOT bigger than it looks."<br /> She reached out and smacked Link. "And stop messing with your hair. It's distracting."<br /> Leaning forward, she peered around a corner into darkness and whistled. "I shoulda brought Tseng with me. Or Sebastian, but he might get me killed."

05-1-2011 at 5:54 AM

Pein and Link both nodded and followed Ava.<br /> <br /> Link fixed his hair again, this time removing his hair tie and rebraiding it. "She often talks about Sebastian and how he always keeps the house organized. And how someone named L is always terrorizing your kitchen with Grell whenever she visits. Stuff like that. Things that make our crazy house seem normal."<br /> <br /> Pein nodded and tripped on air, managing to keep a hold on his gelato. "I think you should renovate the way we did, more space means more people!"

05-1-2011 at 5:48 AM

"Who exactly does she talk about and what exactly does she say? Al has been known to get a little delusional at times." Ava started down the hallway, peeking behind doors to see if she could find an interesting way to get totally lost before Al returned. A cursory search yielded a storage closet, a bedroom and-- jackpot. A creepy-looking passageway with minimal lighting. "Hey, I think I'm going to go wander around Al's house and see what kind of trouble I can get into. You guys coming?"

05-1-2011 at 3:08 AM

Link removed the hair off of his shoulder and removed his gloves. "nothing,really. Just began to think about all the times that your friends might visit to come to that shop now. Al always talks about them."<br /> <br /> Al nodded and pushed Pein out of the way. "I need to find Ogichi, I'll be back in a bit! You three play nice!"

05-1-2011 at 2:05 AM

"I'm pretty sure they think of themselves, but I suppose you could blame me," Ava admitted. "And why the h*ll are you smirking at me? It's very disconcerting."

05-1-2011 at 1:30 AM

"Oh, that sounds...ummm...very intriguing. Do you think of them yourself? Wait, that would explain what the name means..."<br /> <br /> Link took a piece of cake off the tray and put it into his mouth. With the last bit, he sucked on his fingers and smirked at Ava.

05-1-2011 at 1:16 AM

"Original Characters. Yes, they're freaking terrifying. Especially Chandra. They take it into their heads to grab me and some of my residents and take off full-tilt into some nightmare-scape with a convoluted plot that usually involves me narrowly avoiding death."

05-1-2011 at 12:36 AM

Link looked at Ava with a curious expression. "OCs? That sounds scary."

05-1-2011 at 12:34 AM

"Repeatedly responding to things I don't say out loud doesn't help me relax, you know," Ava said, but couldn't help but laugh. "And my residents are fine. My OCs are abusing them a bit, but it's nothing they can't handle. Who runs the shop of doom?"

05-1-2011 at 12:17 AM

Link picked up her nervousness and turned his head a bit to the side. "You looked nervous to touch the food, therefore I was thinking that you thought it was poisioned. I guess I assumed correctly due to your nervous reaction now." <br /> <br /> Al laughed and almost choked on the pastry. "Nice going, Link. Oh, and that door leads to the underground sex shop run my one of my other residents, you don't want to meet."<br /> <br /> Pein nodded his head furiously, eyes widened and gelato clenched tightly in hand. Link sighed and turned to face the room behind him.<br /> <br /> "Please stay there, Allen. I'd appreciate if you didn't get lost looking for me." He closed the door, and glanced at Ava.<br /> <br /> "How are the rest of the people in your house?"

04-30-2011 at 11:08 PM

Ava tried to think of a response to that, but found absolutely nothing relevant in her brain.<br /> That happened to her a lot, actually.<br /> "Uh... well, thanks for the non-poisoned food. I'm immune to a lot of poisons due to over-exposure, so it wouldn't have mattered, but I guess it's a manners thing."<br /> Then it dawned on her that the kid had responded verbally to something she definitely hadn't said out loud, and started to get very nervous. Abruptly she turned to a nearby closed door and pointed. "Where does this go?"

04-29-2011 at 1:20 PM

Link bowed down slightly, his hair falling over his should . "I would greatly appreciate if that could could happen, until we are to hire our own maids of course. And no, the food is not poisoned, seeing as Allen is still alive after eating half the tray." A white haired boy poked his head out of the room and smiled.<br /> <br /> "It's true! I think if Link wanted to kill me, he would do something far worse. Possibly crush me in my sleep, or stab me...or-"<br /> <br /> "Would you stop thinking of ways I would kill you! It doesn't make me seem like I'm doing a good job being your bo-, I mean friend."<br /> <br /> Al smiled evily through her full cheeks of pastries. "They're so in love."<br /> <br /> <br /> *Ava, i find that hysterical lol*

04-29-2011 at 9:06 AM

Ava looked at them suspiciously, then took one. 'If it's poisoned, at least I'll go out happy,' she thought.<br /> "So... ah... Link? Not sure I've run across you before. But I'd be happy to send someone over to help with the house. My condo gets pretty crowded, and we could stand to get rid of Sebastian sometimes. B@$tard has a horrible sense of humor."<br /> <br /> NOTE: It does not amuse me that b**tard is replaced with carebear by the censors. That makes no sense-- were carebears not borne by wedded parents?

04-29-2011 at 4:16 AM

Pein looked sadly at Ava, then continued walking away with a meer shrug. Suddenly, a man clad in scarlet attire walked out of a bedroom, holding a tray of pastries in his hand. He had long blond hair in a ponytail reaching down to his mid back. He looked at Ava, then at Al, then at Pein with an observant eye.<br /> <br /> "Welcome back, i was afraid that I was going to leave Allen to do the chores today. You really need to invest in a butler, with her having Grell, i'm sure the house is nice and clean. You know that you can't trust a young kid cleaning the whole house, but seeing as he is the only one who wants to do it, I let him."<br /> <br /> Al smiled and took a pastry off of the tray. "Well Link, at least the house is getting some attention, it seems like all of my residents spend more time with each other then anything else. You know what I mean?"<br /> <br /> Link nodded, and he shook his head as if he was trying to clear his mind of certain thoughts. <br /> <br /> Al looked at Ava and pointed at the cakes. "Want one? He makes the best ever!"<br /> <br />

03-17-2011 at 6:46 AM

"I'm sure you do." Ava tried desperately not to take that statement anywhere dirty, and mostly succeeded. Then she thought of something else and heaved a sigh, following Pein down the hallway. "I've been meaning to ask you about your role in my latest fic, but I keep getting distracted and shearing off into other fandoms. Also, my OCs keep carrying me off into AUs that have no end."

02-22-2011 at 4:03 AM

Al walked over and grabbed Pein and rustled his hair. "Oh, gotcha. I got a lot of the renovations done after a kitchen explosion. I felt like I needed to get a different feel for my home, so I did this. And Pein likes it as well."<br /> <br /> Pein grunted and licked his ice cream. "I don't mind, its spacious and I prefer having a lot of room."

02-22-2011 at 3:53 AM

Ava was busy watching Pein's @$$ as he walked away. "Huh? No, nothing particular I wanted to see. Thinking about household renovations, actually. Like a hot tub in the living room. Figure it couldn't hurt. And maybe a new sundae buffet table in the kitchen. L decimated the last one."

02-22-2011 at 3:40 AM

"Triple locking? I think that I might need to incorporate that in the bathrooms soon. Because unfortunately, I always end up walking on SOMEONE," Al looked suspiciously at Pein.<br /> <br /> "I think that I'm going to watch some television now..." Pein turned around and tried to ignore the death glare at his back.<br /> <br /> Al turned back to Ava. "Anything else you wanna see?"

02-22-2011 at 3:36 AM

"Private bathrooms are a must," Ava murmured. She continued snooping through rooms. "Preferably with large bathtubs and triple-locking doors. Someone's ALWAYS walking in on me in my bath, and it's bloody annoying."