Fandom Post Office, June 25 (Tuesday)

[filleauloup]

It was probably a terrible idea to bring a kitten to work with her, but at least Éponine had decided to let her stay in the post office while she was out on her route. ("Your legs are so short, you'll get tired dreadfully quickly trying to keep up with me," she'd said while arranging a corner with food and water and a little nest of blankets.) That was something, at least.

Her time actually spent in the post office looked less like working and more like sitting cross-legged in the middle of the floor, playing with Alouette.

She'd argue that she was valiantly trying to protect all the paper objects in the room from a curious kitten's sharp claws and teeth. Technically, she wasn't even lying about that.

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Re: Talk to Éponine [6/25]

[filleauloup]

Éponine got up to wander over toward the counter, and surreptitiously nudged the box of tissues into view.

"Would that be such a bad thing?" she asked slyly. "It might make things interesting -- but then, fancy the fur flying every which way if they fought! Then you would only sneeze more, and that wouldn't be terribly pleasant."

She turned abruptly, fiddling with a stack of postcards.

"You needn't stay, you know, if she makes you sneeze so much."

Re: Talk to Éponine [6/25]

[playsforkepesh]

Oh, thank goodness. Sam shot Éponine a look of extreme gratitude as she hurried over to gather some tissues. Because yes.

"I suppose it would be interesting to watch," Sam granted. "Maybe from a safe distance. With those goggles with a nose covering on."

Juuuust to be safe.

"And are you sure?" she asked. "Because I really don't mi--"

Okay, and that was another sneeze. Kind of a big one.

"All right, I should really be going," Sam decided, slightly muffled around the cluster of tissues she was holding to her face. Which were actually doubly helpful now: they were also concealing how much she was blushing. "Um. Sorry!"

Re: Talk to Éponine [6/25]

[filleauloup]

"My company's hardly worth the risk of you sneezing until your head falls off," Éponine said in a reasonable tone, still fussing over the postcards on the counter. "You'd be no use to your customers or your Alliance then, would you? I'll likely leave her at home after this, anyhow, since she does keep getting into the post bins and God knows I have enough mail come back undelivered and full of tooth marks as it is, and besides, I had no idea she'd be a nuisance to you, and it isn't as if I thought you would stop by in the first place."

And there she was, babbling again, like she was trying to get one last rush of conversation in for good measure.

Re: Talk to Éponine [6/25]

[playsforkepesh]

"That's probably for the best," Sam granted, though she did follow it up with, "Though she'd hardly be a deterrent to keep me from coming by again if you did decide to bring her, so don't leave her at home on my behalf. I'd just take my allergy pills beforehand."

Because Sam did enjoy Éponine's company, so there.

"Anyway, I'll just-- stop by another time, then. Er. Sorry again for the-- ah, this."

She gestured lamely to herself. That should sum up all the awkwardness.

Re: Talk to Éponine [6/25]

[filleauloup]

It was the apparent indication of a repeat visit that had Éponine turning around now, and staring at Sam as if she'd lost her mind. Looking surprised, and not in a bad way, but suspecting madness anyhow.

Really, she was going to have to start accepting the possibility of actually having friends sometime.

"It was nice of you to come by and say hello," she answered, a faint smile twitching at the corners of her mouth, "and I am glad you didn't really run off for good. Now go on, as it won't do for you to have a nose so stuffed up you can't breathe at all."