Matters of Business [active]

[moonlitnaught]

Character(s): Saïx and Demyx
Content: A long overdue conversation
Setting: ???
Time: Afternoon

Overall, the Organization had less of a presence in the castle than Saïx would like. But that was no reason that they couldn't continue as they would have had they had more presence. Unfortunately they couldn't do that without proper activity from all of their members. It was for that reason that he'd come to speak with Demyx. He'd noticed the particular lack of... activity from the Ninth, not that it was ever hard, and as long as he had control of the castle he meant to at least keep Demyx somewhat on task.

Regardless of difficult it happened to be.

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[ninthmelody]

Demyx had been doing... almost nothing. Which was awesome. He'd done that one experiment thing, though! Turned in a report in everything! So he'd kind of been hoping that would keep off the radar for a while...

...Buuuut apparently not.

Demyx had been playing his sitar in a place where he'd hoped no one would come bother him, but X-face had a way of finding people who didn't want to found. Usually him. So when unlucky number 7 rolled in, Demyx... well, ok, he didn't notice, but when he did he made a pretty undignified squeak that turned into an awkward laugh. "Uh... hi, sir. What's up?"

[moonlitnaught]

True, he had turned in a report, if that rather slap-dash attempt could even be properly called a report. But if anything, it had only drawn Saïx's attention to Demyx. While he knew better to expect much from Demyx by way of reports that hardly meant he was going to cut him any slack. Not even his undignified squeak was going to make much of a difference.

"Do you honestly need me to tell you that?" Saïx answered, letting his eyes flicker briefly to Demyx's sitar. True, even he would admit that while some amount of relaxation was permissible, there was a difference between that and what Demyx was currently doing. There was little room in the Organization for slackers, and Demyx was lucky that Saïx had left him to his own devices for as long as he had.

[ninthmelody]

"Uh..." Demyx glanced to his sitar with what most people would call a pout before it vanished, de-summoned to wherever all their things went. Probably nothing. Or darkness, he seemed to hear that word a lot. "I guess not." He didn't want to hear it, really, but in this case not hearing it wasn't going to get him out of it. He was was actually going to have to get some work done.

[moonlitnaught]

"Then there was no reason to ask. You've wasted enough time already." True, Demyx had put the sitar away but that was only part of the problem. There were still tasks that needed to be doing, and for all that Saïx still had his doubts about asking Demyx to take charge of anything particularly scientific origin, that wasn't all that needed to be done. There were any of a number of things and really, it wasn't like missions were anything new.

"If you have time to spare on questions, you have time to work."

[ninthmelody]

"Uh... yea." Demyx visibly deflated at the mention of the word 'work,' but as usual he wasn't 'feeling' brave enough to object. So he just sort of sat there. Why? Because he sure wasn't about to ask what work needed to be done, since he didn't know, but he was probably gonna have to find out eventually if he wanted Saix off his case.

[moonlitnaught]

He was going to need to find out. Fortunately enough for him, Saïx was perfectly willing to explain the situation, now that Demyx was willing to listen. At least that much was something that he could be reliably counted on to do. Even if it was simply out of an interest in not managing to anger people.

"We need to know more about the people of the city. Consider it a sort of reconnaissance, if you must. I know you can least manage that much."

[ninthmelody]

"Oh, uh. Ok. Yea. I can... do that." And yea, he could. It was work, and he didn't want to, but he could. At least it wasn't a fighting monsters mission. Or collecting important things. Or that one Axel had suggested in actually trying to track down Marluxia. Yikes.

[moonlitnaught]

As much as he rather preferred to not admit it, there were people better suited to fighting missions. Not many, given the current set of active members, but there were people better suited to that sort of thing all the same. As for Marluxia... that was personal, by this point and so there was little enough need to ask anyone else to take the task on.

"I would hope so."

[ninthmelody]

Demyx sat, awkwardly, for a moment, sort of hoping that Saix would just frown at him disapprovingly and then leave, but when that didn't happen the blonde shifted and moved to stand. "So, um. I guess I'll go do that, then." Please leave.

[moonlitnaught]

There was another moment of silence from Saïx, as he watched Demyx rise to his feet. It might not have been much, but it was at least a step in the right direction. Anything more would have to wait for the moment, for all that Saïx was certainly hoping Demyx would get to it in a timely manner.

"Don't let me delay you."

[ninthmelody]

"Right. Um... bye." Demyx quickly made his way out, letting out his held breath as he exited. Ok, awesome, he was away from Saix now. Now... he had to work. Shoot. With a sigh, he trudged out, trying to figure out how to do this with the least amount of work.

[moonlitnaught]

Saïx waited for a moment after Demyx had left, watching in silence. He couldn't guarantee that the work would be of any real quality even now, but it was better than waiting for Demyx to do something of his own free will.

Once Saïx was certain that Demyx wouldn't be returned, he turned and left as well. There was no sense remaining, when he still had other matters to tend to.