Thread: Blue Eyes White Lover (Fox)

Kaiba's attention was firmly placed on Ryou as he stumbled over his name. It was spouted nearly as awkwardly as any other greeting he'd attempted in getting his attention. What managed to surprise him was the fact that he actually didn't find it as bothersome as the others. It wasn't an effect he intended, but he decided not to search for a.complaint in it for the moment. They were running out of time as it was. And stopping to contemplate his name on the frail looking mouse's lips would only waste more. Despite the mental decree he found himself entirely contradicting the needed change in phase. The instances he tended to hear his own name were when Mokuba was around and in formal greeting of all of it. When coupled with as often as he said it himself it might not be all that few and far between. But that wasn't necissarily the same. And with Mokuba tending to his own interests more often than not lately 'Mr. Kaiba' was virtually all he heard anymore. Azure eyes hit the door to his office shortly so he didn't recognise the fact that Ryou had made a similar move. Although he didn't know if he could place what might be on his own face at the moment. It was a little surreal. The entirely new awkwardness of the situation had him slapping down a comeback that was closer to his normal attitude than whatever else he was exuding at the moment. Right. I'll get right to work memorizing it. He was perfectly delighted to notice that the chuckle that came with the comment should make it hard to decifer the level of sarcasm in it. And he'd wasted more than enough time dealing with the awkward feeling so he was ready to move things along. Lifting his left hand he pressed the button engrained in his cuff link and spoke in to it. All right Richards. Hurry and bring them in. I dont have all day for this. No sooner had he smoothly barked the order the door to his office opened. In filed five people who looked every bit as worried as the white haired man had felt on his own invite up to the office. Of course, they were familiar. Four men and one woman from the larger group of the development team for Ryou's game came to a halt practically the moment they'd all fit themselves through the door. Oh. Ryou-- April's recognition of him hadn't been meant as an outburst and it showed by the quick catch and silent shushing of herself in the form of pressing her lips together tightly. Although her eyes did land on the coffee cup on the table and shift back up between the albino male and his towering counterpart who's features contrasted Ryou's in a way that was almost captivating when set beside each other. The others tensed too, though none were aware that a game was already afoot even before Seto initially addressed them. He had no problem making it clear however. Instead of a greeting he dove straight in. Oh good. Looks like we already have our first volunteer. Without delving in further just yet the same hand he'd drawn to his face to speak to the security guard who'd gathered them all up lifted and held itself palm up in expectation. Richards... The man stepped forward through the small crowd of them quickly and offered what he was seeking. Kaiba then took a moment to lie their badges out across the desk in front of him. After looking over them for a moment an memorizing the names of his game pieces he picked April's back up from the lot of them and kept it on hand as sharp eyes closed and he paused to contemplate the next move... Or at least paused long enough to seem like he was. He, in fact, was several steps ahead. What he was actually doing was waiting waiting to see if Ryou had been paying enough attention this morning to take on his role or not. His new assistant was just as clueless as the rest of them as to what was going on. And he had quite recently ordered that he ask questions when that was the case. Of course, if he didn't the CEO had another route to take. But as before, curiosity fueled his actions.