Topic: To Cross That Line (Namari x Missylooni)

[MissyLooni]

Imogen closes her eyes as she rests, humming softly,  "it's good to feel content. I feel like a kid again.  A very full kid. "

Nikiri goes to the kitchen and raises an eyebrow when he finds takana,  "hey. Helios wants to see you so he can take some of your DNA. "

Takana looks at nikiri and huffs,  "no thanks. I'm busy today. "

Nikiri rubs his temple in frustration, "that was not a request, it was a demand."

Takana's ears flatten back and his eyes narrow, "I'm in the middle of my job, I have a LOT of cooking to do when I get home, and I'm a smidgen uncomfortable so I'm telling you no. "

"You're uncomfortable from your tail that you won't fix-"

"Not the tail. I have a much different issue right now. "

Nikiri pauses briefly in confusion before shaking his head,  "whatever.  Regardless. Korri wants me to make sure you're okay or it's my head so imma make sure you're okay.  Let's go. "

Takana glares at Nikiri,  "if all he's going to do is take my DNA to analyze then why don't YOU just grab some DNA and take it to him to analyze. If it's that bad you can let me know the results but other than that I don't need to physically be there. "

Nikiri's eyes twitch

[Namari]

Korri chuckles softly, " well we should have some lovely desserts coming soon as well. i can only imagine how good this day has been for your health."

[MissyLooni]

Takana takes the desserts from the freezer and tests their stability before nodding in approval.
He glances at nikiri, "move please. I have to give the girls their desserts."

Nikiri sighs and steps to the side.

Takana grabs the princess cake and the pomegranate gradient mousse cake thing and goes to the girls' table, setting down their desserts, "here we are. We have a princess cake with lemon custard and raspberry jam and a pomegranate mousse."

Imogen quickly sits up when takana come back and her eyes sparkle as she looks at her little dome cake, "oh my! It's so cute!"

[Namari]

Korri blinks and smiles, " oh, these look wonderful. my thanks to you." she looks at him carefully, then looks back towards the kitchen.

The manager heads into the kitchen with the other chef, working on taking over so Takana can leave.

[MissyLooni]

Takana nods, "you're very welcome. Enjoy. " He smiles and heads back to the kitchen,  blinking when he sees the manager,  "oh uh hey boss. What are you doing back here? "

Nikiri waits against the wall,  staying out of the way

[Namari]

She glances at him, " taking over. Korri let me know you needed to leave, something came up. So she made sure i knew i needed to take over for you when Nikiri came to get you. we'll manage for the rest of the day so go take care of what you need to."

[MissyLooni]

Takana huffs, "it's fine. I don't need to go anywhere. Everyone is making a big deal out of nothing and I'd honestly would rather stay and work."

Nikiri looks at the manager, "I warned ya he was being stubborn."

[Namari]

The manager stops what she's doing and looks at Takana long and carefully, " i know you're new to things here, but regardless of how you feel about the situation, Korri is second in command in the district. Her orders carry even more weight than Arakans. Even moreso because it's rare she gives commands, which means she feels this is important. With that in mind i cannot allow you to continue working today, so please don't fight me on this."

[MissyLooni]

Takana hesitantly looks down, his ears drooping, "i..." He sighs and rubs his face before looking at nikiri, "how long is this going to take?"

Nikiri shrugs, "I'm not sure honestly. Probably thirty minutes getting the DNA but I couldn't tell you how long his analysis will take."

Takana huffs, "and you're sure you can't just TAKE some of my DNA and bring it to your friend?"

"My orders weren't to take your DNA, it was to take you to him so even if I could, that wasn't the order given."

Takana's ears twitch and he sighs, "well maybe that's something that could be negotiated."

Nikiri raises an eyebrow, "you... want to negotiate... with korri's order."

Takana nods, "she is an intelligent, understanding person. I don't see why a simple conversation about it is so out of the question."

"There was a conversation. And with that conversation she made a decision. End of conversation. "

[Namari]

The manager looks at Takana with a frown, " orders from the leaders of the district are not something you negotiate with. the sooner you go, the sooner you'll get back. the longer you sit here and argue, the longer i'll be covering for you. Now go before i have to make some decisions i really would rather not have to in order to comply with the orders i was given." she crosses her arms.

[MissyLooni]

Takana groans loudly before holding his arms out,  "FIIIIIINE."

Nikiri rolls his eyes and picks takana up, grunting softly when takana let's himself go limp in the deers arms, "not helping."

Takana huffs, "I wasn't given orders to be helpful. "

"Cheeky brat today. " He carries Takana out the back

[Namari]

The manager shakes her head, " good thing we have very tolerant leaders..."

[MissyLooni]

After about an hour nikiri returns through the back door with a very upset takana.
The demon unceremoniously plops takana on the ground before sighing, "I'll inform korri when my friend gets the results."

Takana huffs, "ain't there some kind of hippa law to keep you from doing that?"

"Human district, sure whatever. Here? No. Especially since I know that if I only told you you wouldn't let anyone know about the results."

Takana grumbles and stands up, rubbing the back of his bandaged neck.

Nikiri gently smacks takana's hand, "none of that now. You were told not to mess with the bandaging."

"But it itches."

"Surprise, wounds do that. Now stop touching it."

[Namari]

Korri had finished dessert and taken Imogen home a bit earlier, and wanted to make sure she didn;t overtax the other woman more than needed. She sits with Imogen and chats softly, keeping the other company as they keep an eye on the youngest kids.

[MissyLooni]

Elyza is playing with some dust bunnies off away from the women but in the same room.

Imogen idly chats with korri. Her conversation is getting softer and shorter as she struggles to stay awake.
She desperately wants to stay awake and talking with her friend but it's pretty easy to tell that exhaustion is setting in.

Summer comes home from her daily duties and peeks in the room, giving a little wave at korri and her ma.
Letting the parents know she was home just so if korri needs to leave Imogen and the younger kids won't be alone.