{Proposal: Apply at Daybreak Academy} [open]

[ninehilist]

Who: Nines, anyone who runs into him
What: So thanks mostly to Lia, Nines is now working at the Academy! His luggage is 80% computers by volume and he is a tiny shrimp.
Where: Lumiere Dorms mostly
When: Early August
Warnings: None planned, but 9S does have his own warnings that can come up!

[He still can't really believed he agreed to this, but, well. Lia made several good points and if some of his trackers were right, it's possible YoRHa had managed to track him down so....honestly going to Europe? Not the worst idea he's ever had.

That would belong to "refusing to call ahead and arrange for help getting his luggage up to his assigned dorm because his luggage is mostly computers and he doesn't trust people to carry them". Despite being 5'2". In his boots. And having the physical strength of a particularly weak child. His rideshare at least got them out of the car, but now he's standing in the middle of the academy grounds, staring at the map of the academy on his phone and wondering how the hells he's going to get 100+ pounds of computer up to the fourth floor.]

Comments

[ninehilist]

The boxes with an X on them are the most fragile, so don't put those on the bottom.

[And he's a scrawny boy, so he'll point out the boxes that can go on the bottom and...probably let Lia do this because Lia is a magical girl with super strength who can lift the big boxes onto the cart.]

Thank God for elevators...

[buddinghopes]

[Yup, lifting the big boxes onto the cart!]

No kidding. Could you imagine if we had to get these up the stairs?

[lifeforced]

That'd be a disaster waiting to happen.

[With her having a level of strength that matches her appearance perfectly, Becky isn't able to lift any of the heavier things. So, initially, it's mostly Lia, but once they get to the less-heavy things, Becky starts picking up stuff as Nines points out what should go next and then handing it up to Lia to find a spot to put it, sparing her the effort of continuing to turn back and forth.]

[ninehilist]

[As they pile things on, Nines pulls out a few straps from his backpack to secure some of the more precarious stacks. In the end, it's just the box with his keyboards and a monitor that they can't Tetris onto Rebecca's cart.]

There!

[buddinghopes]

[Lia takes a step back, looking satisfied.]

Alright, now to get this taken inside.

[lifeforced]

[They're going to get this all done in one trip, thank god; it means she only has to tolerate the elevator twice.

It takes a little bit for Becky to get the cart moving—it's pretty heavy now with everything loaded onto it—and she's not going to object if Lia snatches the handle away from her somewhere along the way, but now they're moving toward the dorms.]

[ninehilist]

[Honestly if Lia wants to be the big strong magical girl, Nines will let her.]

So you're Becky?

[buddinghopes]

Here, I've got this...

[Murmured as she takes the handle for the cart. Might as well.]

[lifeforced]

[Lia is met with no resistance here, because of course not.]

Yeah. And you're Nines, right? [Already knowing her name isn't a surprise; she assumes that Lia had previously mentioned her to him, much like how Lia had mentioned him to her.]

[ninehilist]

Yeah. [A beat, and it seems like Nines just isn't very chatty but after a moment he adds, to Lia:] Wait, you told her about me getting stabbed?!

[buddinghopes]

Yeah. I figured the stab wound was pretty important to the story given the circumstances of how I found you to begin with...

[And she's so nonchalant about it, too.]

[lifeforced]

Wait, shit, you're right, that's a thing that happened! [It had somehow slipped her mind for the moment, possibly due to focusing on the task of helping to get all of this stuff inside.]

But yeah, she usually doesn't not tell me stuff. [They've known each other for years, but also, Becky's a frequent (too frequent) volunteer at the academy's infirmary, so mentioning that kind of thing to her is generally a given as it's something that she might need to be aware of somewhere down the line.]

[ninehilist]

Doesn't that break some sort of confidentiality law?

[Says the guy casually scanning Lia's phone.]

[buddinghopes]

Do I look like a doctor to you? Besides, Becky helps out in the infirmary, of course I'm gonna let her know that sort of thing.

[...]

Also? That's real rich coming from you, Mr. Reads Texts That Aren't His.

[Just saying.]

[lifeforced]

Yeah, I'm in there pretty much every other da— [...]

What.

[ninehilist]

Like twice, once to make sure you weren't going to kill me and just now to figure out what you told her!

[Sorry, Becky.]

It's just a thing I can do. I don't do it often.

[buddinghopes]

[Lia just sticks her tongue out because she is the epitome of maturity.]

Point is, I wasn't gonna keep something like that from someone it was potentially relevant to.

[lifeforced]

[Becky makes a mental note to maybe text less and call more, at least when it comes to any conversations she initiates herself when she and Lia aren't in the same room.

And at this point, they're reaching the building. The girl goes on ahead to make sure that the door stays open for the others to get through with that cart, and soon enough it'll be time to take the elevator. Again.

She debates telling them that she'll take the stairs and meet them up there, and she decides against it, sticking by them once they're inside instead of heading off in her own direction.]

[ninehilist]

I'm not going near any infirmary, so it wasn't relevant.

[Nines is just arguing to argue at this point, really, and he does remember to maybe be polite and thank Becky when she gets the door for them. It's just a muttered "thanks" but hey.]

What room are you two in, anyway?

[buddinghopes]

[The first part is met with a Look from Lia, though her attention's diverted soon enough, both by thanking Becky for getting the door and by the question.]

We're right next door to you in 403!

[lifeforced]

[Becky gets the aversion, if that's what it is, so you know what? She's not gonna comment on the infirmary remark.

Instead, she follows up Lia's answer to point something else out:]

There's only a couple other people on our floor right now, so we've pretty much taken over the floor's kitchen area. [Because cooking club things, plus anything they decide to do on the side.] If you see anything in the fridge that doesn't have a label on it saying who or what it's for, it's probably fair game. Ask if you're not sure.

[ninehilist]

D'you guys at least label what's in the thing?

[Someone has a weird food allergy, okay.]

[buddinghopes]

Yeah, you never know who's allergic to what. Better safe than sorry.

[lifeforced]

There's no way we're not doing that. Think I'd wanna go and give myself more work? [Or worse: have Ekkehardt or Rex deal with her making a stupid mistake?]

[ninehilist]

Sounds like you guys forgot to label something once.