[CLOSED] tell me what can i say ( what can i say, what can i say )

[larue]

WHO: Hikaru Shinta, Joshua LaRue + Rhiannon Board of Directors and Senior Partners
WHAT: Hello, Again.
WHERE: The Rhiannon Towers - Tokyo, Japan
WHEN: 2 January 2066
SAFE FOR WORK? Yup!
OTHER NOTES: ALL THE AWKWARD.



[ The Universe is mocking him.

That is Joshua LaRue's precise thought as he hurries past the reception area of the Rhiannon Towers in Tokyo to head straight for the elevator that will take him up to where the Board of Directors and Rhiannon's Senior Partners are meeting for the Annual post-New Year's meeting.

Everything had been planned down on his end right down to the tiniest detail: he'd touched down in Narita early the evening before, checked into his hotel ( because, no, not staying at Seigi where Hikaru might be ) and made damn sure to deal with the jetlag he was feeling and forcibly worked to align his body clock to the change in timezone.

This morning, he'd gotten up at the crack of daw, had breakfast up in his room, gone through all the necessary documents he had to review for the meeting, checked his own presentation and got ready to leave with more than enough time to spare.

Everything was perfect: he should have arrived at the Towers an hour early, which would let him get a feel of things and have time to figure out how to adjust accordingly to Hikaru's presence.

And then a freak road accident backed up traffic for about an hour and a half.

Now he's late, flustered, a little stressed and stopping only for a minute outside the boardroom to straighten his tie and run a hand through his hair before he quietly turns that knob to step in—

—right as Hikaru's up front and talking.

Someone shoot him now.

( Your evoker is in the shape of a handgun, Joshua. )

LEO. SHUT. UP.

( I was just being helpful. )

He would really like to do this day over. Please? ]

Sorry.

[ He'll just... quietly wander to the nearest empty chair. Carry on. ]

Comments

[icarusalsoflew]

[And as this one, like everyone else in the room, is noticing you come in, as his eyes catch sight of your form and cling for dear life for a bit too long, Hikaru Shinta suddenly wants to kill Jessiah Vice for deflecting earlier.

"Is Josh going to be around?"

"Eh. Probably? Can't say for sure, the guy's pretty busy."

Yes, Mr. Vice. You are going to die. Slowly. And painfully.

...After Hikaru's done feeling like shit, perhaps, because right now he's completely lost his train of thought and he has an entire crowded waiting on him. At least most of them have no idea what's going on, and those that do are pretending not to notice that anything is amiss.]

It's okay. [Right. Looking away from you now, and back to what he was doing even if a lot of it has suddenly stopped making sense.] Anyway, as I was saying...

[It takes him a few seconds too long to really recover and get back to his presentation. So much for starting the new year right.

By Elaine, it's suffocating in here. And to think that he had felt cold just a few minutes previous.]