Cotton Candy Creeper Moves In

[scienceshow]

Who: Szayel and everyone
Where: Patchwork Laboratory
When: August 6th
Style: Starting prose, but I'll match you.
Warnings: Szayel's a jerk... but that's about it right now.
Status: WIDE OPEN

Szayel had been rather absent from the center of attention that he always enjoyed, though it was out of necessity, of course. It hadn't taken long for him to find acceptable residence in the city -- the laboratory he now claimed as home was perfect for his perfection, of course. He could even deal with the outward "patchwork" image of the exterior; but the interior? That looked like it had been decorated by his boar of a brother, it was that disgusting.

Which was why, if an individual happened to pass by the Patchwork Laboratory, they would be able to see Szayel huffing and puffing, trying to push in an ornate dresser through the door. Unfortunately, it was just ever so slightly too big for the door way, and both the frame and the dresser were creaking in protest from the abuse. Szayel's feet kept slipping on the pavement in his effort, damn near coming close to falling over more than once. He was swearing up a storm before long, looking like he was going to smash the damn dresser after a few minutes of this.

Clearly, he needs to be bothered. Enjoy.

Comments

[behind_my_smile]

"I'd offer to help you but I don't know what I could do to make the dresser unstubborn. Maybe you should redo your measurements and find another way." Fai clearly didn't see, or at least he didn't seem to care that he was being glared at.

[scienceshow]

This person clearly wanted to die. It was obvious, and Szayel would have been happy to oblige if he didn't have so much weight on his back.

"Unless you have more useless suggestions, perhaps you should find someone else to be irritating to," he snapped.

[behind_my_smile]

"Ah but see, there isn't anyone else around to be irritating to! If there was someone else around, you would have had the option of having help putting that inside." Fai clearly could have left the man alone but once he starts..he has a hard time just dropping things and moving on. Besides..he would help the man if he asked for it.

"You clearly aren't going to get anywhere by continuing to push like that. You'll only get it stuck, or get yourself hurt. So wouldn't it be better to start over?"

[scienceshow]

"I am not going to get hurt," Szayel bit out tersely, before pulling the dresser back out, resting it easily on the ground, before stretching his back out.

[behind_my_smile]

"You never know~ That's a pretty heavy looking dresser." Fai watches as he places the piece of furniture down. "What are you going to do with it now that you know it doesn't fit?"

[scienceshow]

Yeah, Fai; try moving that yourself before you insinuate Szayel could hurt himself with it again. The thing weighs a ton, and a normal human probably would be just barely able to budge it. Still, Szayel pauses at the question, a hand on the dresser as he looks around, pondering how else to approach this.

"I intend to keep it, of course; it's merely a matter of discovering what needs to be broken down in order to fit it."

[behind_my_smile]

The vampire has pretty good strength despite the lithe body, but he's too lazy to even attempt to lift that alone.

"Is there a bigger doorway, or a service entrance or something? Maybe there is a back way into the building with a bigger door."

[scienceshow]

"If only it were that simple," Szayel replied dryly. "The controls are fairly rusted, and I don't believe the locals have as good of a grasp of technology as they should, given our surroundings."

[behind_my_smile]

"I see. It's a nice dresser. I'd hate to see you have to tear it apart just to get it inside."

Fai looked around, trying to see if there was another way.

"Maybe we should just try and make the doorway bigger somehow."

[scienceshow]

Szayel had the most disbelieving look ever on his face.

"And how do you propose to do that?" he asked, before pausing, glancing at the doorway. Sure, he could take the door off; that might give him a little more maneuverability, if nothing else.

[behind_my_smile]

Fai walked up and studied the door frame. "If you remove the door that gets you about an inch and a half..if you remove the trim around the actual frame..probably another two. I'm not very knowledgeable on construction but certainly if we take it down..someone would know how to put it back up."