Empire Records; Wednesday [ 12/06 ]

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Well, it was a good thing the windows were fixed up before the snow. Still a lot of work to do around the store,b ut that certainly didn't stop Chad from taking the time every once in a while just sit and drift off for a bit. He had a lot to drift off about.

He left the bot at home. He hadn't wound it since yesterday, either.

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi flounces in.

"Hi Chad!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad lifted a hand in greeting. "Hey, Pippi. What's up?"

He asked just because he wanted to hear the answer.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Those CD's were great! Is there any more?"

Okay, possibly "complete collection" didn't quite trip any switches in the Pippi brain.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Awww, she didn't say it. Oh well.

"Um, I think you got most of it, Pippi," he told her, a bit sadly.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi's mun apologizes for not picking up ont the reference.

"Oh? Well, I guess it was quite a lot." She mused.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad's mun forgives.

Chad nodded. "There's still a lot of other good bands from that period that are just as awesome," he told her, renewing the hope. Hopefully. "Might have some that weren't damaged by the trolls...."

He was constructing a list in his head, oh yes, of all the great bands of the golden age of modern rock'n'roll to share with Pippi. It would be his glorious crusade.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oh dear." Pippi looked around to assess the damage.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad scratched his head a little. "Most of its all cleaned up not, but you shoulda seen the place when I came in on Monday...."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I can imagine..." Pippi nodded.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad tilted his head, feeling a twinge of worry with all this talk of what had all been broken over the weekend. "You didn't take any damage, did ya?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Scratches mostly..." Pippi said. "One of them tried to eat me."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Eat you?" There was a second of surprise...followed by a second of pushing a dirty thought far, far out of his mind. Good thing that bot wasn't still around.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Not dirty! ...Mostly

"I guess he was hungry..." She said scratching absently at her arm.

[nadiathesaint]

Something vaguely resembling a walking coat, scarf, and hat headed into Empire in the evening, trailed by a little bot playing something slavic sounding.

Nadia exclaimed Chad's name cheerfully, but it was rather muffled by the layers of winter gear.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"No!" As soon as Chad saw that bot, he was tempted to throw something at it. The fact that his voice was quite booming with emphasis and he waved his arms a bit in expression should show how serious he was. "None of those" his finger accusingly pointed it out, "in the store!"

It didn't matter that it wasn't his bot and therefor wasn't tuned into his mood. His own bot had traumatized him enough to forget that fact.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia's bot echoed her confusion and ran to hide behind her ankle.

Nadia reached up one mittened hand to push her hat back and stare at Chad, rather shocked.

"Um, sorry? But it's really cold out and I don't want it to freeze. . . ."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Nadia? That you?" Chad leaned forward a bit to get a better look at the revealed face. He grunted as he settled back, satisfied with the identification. "Guess if it's your bot, it's okay."

He wouldn't put it against his vindictive little mood bot to get someone to wind it and transport it here to torment him more.

[nadiathesaint]

"Muzak's mine, don't worry."

Muzak peeked out from behind her ankle as she pulled her hat off and opened her coat, revealing the edge of the brace on her shoulder.

"Did you have problems with yours?"

Okay, so she was a bit side tracked, but she liked the little bots, and didn't like seeing people upset by them.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Considering Chad was a man who's saving grace was that he kept his feelings and emotions carefully guarded and under wraps, yeah, that was one way to put it.

"Yeah," he grunted, not doing so well on the carefully guarded thing as the grunt was quite noticably annoyed. "A bit."

[nadiathesaint]

"Hey, at least you weren't singing anything. That happened a little while after I got here. Ended up singing to Walter that I had a crush on him, which was really awkward since he had a boyfriend at the time. But, hey, now Walter and I are together, so it wasn't all bad."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Huh." Chad grunted a little thoughtfully. True, the bot singing it was better than him singing it, but if things were going to run somewhat parallel, then, by Nadia's experience, the bot's musical revealtions would have him and Ted....

Chad shook his head. Not cool, man. He just broke up with his boyfriend, and haven't you played sexual preditor to nervous blonde guys enough?

[nadiathesaint]

"But, anyway," Nadia shrugged one shoulder. "That's not what I came here for. I'm here to pass on a message. Of great importance."

The bot? Back to playing the Pink Panther.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad arched an eyebrow at the bot, but was quite intrigued by Nadia's tone. Then again, it would have to have been of great importance if the snow had gotten as bad as her clothing was suggesting.

"Oh?"

[nadiathesaint]

More that Nadia? Was a big ass wimp when it came to cold and snow.

Get one icicle through the shoulder when attacked by snow monsters, and you're scarred for life. Who knew?

"You have to go talk to Jude after work."

She was grinning. The bot's tune picked up its pace.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

If it weren't for the grin on Nadia's face and the music coming from the bot, Chad's response would have been really worried.

Okay, he was still a little worried. 'Have to talk' was never good. And Chad recognized that Nadia was slightly evil and could be plotting something just as evil as she could sometimes be.

"Well, y'know, I don't get out til after midnight..."