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Left in to Dry

There were several issues that arose when having a large group of people assembled together in any type of communal dwelling. One of which was food but with Jerry that problem was taken care of, even with Allen's voracious appetite. The man never seemed to grow weary of cooking and so even with all of the people, and one parasite type Exorcist that could out eat all of the others combined they were still good in that department.

Another issue was laundry and that was the one that Chief Komui was currently attempting to deal with. He was, quite tearfully, using the remains of one of his Komurins in order to make an industrial size machine that they could use to dry freshly washed clothes. He was hoping that he would be able to come up with a complimenting machine that would wash them but for the moment the dryer was the easier of the two tasks. The machine, housed in what had once been the chest compartment of his beloved robot, was huge and it was positioned in the middle of the science division.

"Chief are you sure this is a good idea?" Section Leader Reever questioned as he looked over at his teary eyed superior, slightly concerned about this if he were being honest.

"I won't let my precious Komurin die in vain…his death must mean something," Komui said, actually getting choked up as he said this and he was visibly fighting back tears as he continued to tinker with the robot turned dryer.

Unfortunately Komui, and the rest of the Science Division along with him, were distracted when they heard the tell-tale screaming of a certain redhead that was apparently antagonizing a certain samurai again. That noise caused them to all rush out in an effort to save Lavi from his own inability to not cause trouble, leaving the newest invention unattended. The door of the contraption had been left open and who should happen upon the Science Division than the one man that everyone loved to hate, Malcolm C. Leverrier.

Leverrier was carrying papers in his hand and was on a mission to talk to Komui so he was beyond annoyed to find that the man wasn't even there. "Komui?" he barked out in an irritated tone, his gaze shifting around as he looked for the Division Chief. Going over to the new contraption he stuck his head inside, noticing the tools that had been left there when Komui made his hasty exit. That served to pique the man's curiosity and he actually wandered inside the thing, not even thinking for a moment that this could be a bad idea.

A decision that will hence forth be known as mistake number one.

The members of the Science Division were thankfully not needed in order to prevent murder so after making sure that Lavi had managed to escape they all made their way back so that they could resume the never ending stream of work that they had.

At least that was the plan until Komui called for their attention.

"Can I have your attention?" the chief called out once they were back in the room. "It's not time to try out my newest invention, the KomurinDryer2000!" And as he said that he brandished a plug with a flourish, plugging it in and watching as the door of the dryer closed.

Unbeknownst to him sealing Leverrier inside.

Leverrier whirled around as he noticed that it was getting darker in the enclosed space that he had been surveying, the man hurrying over to the door. Before he could make it however there was a noise and it started to spin, the man's body causing a thumping noise as it was bounced around inside the huge machine.

"What's that noise Chief?" Reever asked as they heard the strange noise. 'Is it supposed to sound like that?"

"I don't know," Komui said, the man messing around with the controls and increasing the speed as well as the heat. When that served to increase the noise as well Komui decided that it was probably a good idea to abort this test and see what was going on. Hitting the off button the man then opened the door, his gaze shifting inside as the door opened and once the smoke had cleared he and the rest of the science division were in for quite a shock.

There lay the charred and broken remains of Malcolm C. Leverrier.

"How did that even happen?" Komui asked as he surveyed the corpse.

"No idea Chief," Reever said as he walked over to stand beside Komui. "But at least now you can say that Komurin didn't die in vain."

A/N: I needed something to toy around with that would be stress free and fun so after re-reading the first version of this I decided to revisit the idea. Because apparently my sadistic muses are dominant more often than not. If anyone has any suggestions for ways you'd like to see him bite it feel free to share them with me XD