Gnomes

Date/Timing: 20 January 2019
Setting: General staff rec room, The Shed; Vaucluse, NSW, Australia
Note: This ficlet has been made redundant by "Cadeboss".
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Pietr and Tsuki face each other from a pair of comfy-ish chairs in the general staff rec room.
::So it's tall summer and hot and they—Ruby and Mia—they're—:: Tsuki folds up giggling. ::—they're drinking chocolate milk with /hills of whipped cream, trying to make—:: Waggles fingers above zhir upper lip. ::—mustaches—::
Pietr snickers into his elbow.
::—and they're dripping and melting—::
Laughs harder.
::—/everywhere because Irwin had them /convinced it was part of their job!::
Wipes away tears. ::Whyyyy?::
::Because we call them 'garden—'::
::Sorry. 'Garden whats'?::
Tsuki repeats the word.
Smiles sheepishly. ::I don't know that one.:: Offers his mobile.
"Wha? Oh!" Tsuki takes the mobile, taps, passes it back.
- Gnomes -
::Gnomes.::
Pietr grins. ::Garden gnomes.:: Snickers. ::Did they have hats?::
::Well, there was this time—:: Attends something to zhir left.
Glances over.
Juliet!
Pietr waves.
Juliet waves back.
::Who's here?:: Tsuki asks her.
"Marshal Xiong and her people." Sparkles. "Get this: she brought her /daughter, too."
Pietr straightens. ::Baby?::
Tsuki translates.
"[Toddler]," amends Juliet.
Pietr bounces his knees. ::Where?::
"Last I heard, they were in the Marshal's office. What're you—?"
And Pietr's out the door.
Tags: Ficlet, Skeleton Key, Cultural Exchange, Pietr, Pietr's POV, Pietr (ficlet), Pietr's mobile, Tsuki, Tsuki (ficlet), Juliet, Juliet (ficlet), Xiong (mention), Fei Yen (mention), Ruby (mention), Ficlets with images
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