Vivica waltzed into Nico's bedroom, singing an outlandish sounding song at the top of her lungs.
"Oh sifuni mungu, oh sifuni mungu, oh sifuni mungu, tusi fu mungu, through flowing water, pure and clear, hmhmhm, through fi-"
"Cram it, Viv!" Nico interrupted angrily. "Can you not see that I'm working on something here?" she asked, brandishing a piece of paper cluttered with numbers and symbols in Vivica's face.
"Oh trying to learn alchemy, are we?" asked Vivica, wagging a finger at Nico. "Tsk tsk, wait 'til your mother finds out! It'll be the same as the time you brought home a wand from that trip to Mesiago with your dad. Or the time Kagome came and tore through your room in search of one of those shard things you never quite explained to me," she went on, laughing.
"Aw, shut up, She'll never need to know," Nico said, staking her papers, shoving them in a book, and slamming the book into a drawer rather hastily. She crossed the room in two half-leap, half-long strides. Tossing a bag at Vivica, she grabbed her black jacket and asked quizzically, "Anyone else come with you, or are we meeting them all at the dome?"
Vivica suddenly became very interested in her shoes.
'Oh they are so neat,' she thought as she studied several signatures on her left shoe.
Nico let out a low growl, "Vivica…." She glared at Vivica. "You're not telling me something!" she said, a warning tone creeping into her voice.
"Well see the thing about that is…" Vivica trailed off.
"Tell me!" Nico commanded, eyes flashing. "As you can see, I'm not in the mood for this shit."
Still studying her black converse, Vivica muttered, "PMS…."
"Yeah, that's right!" Nico practically shouted, throwing her hands in the air. "Now tell me what the hell you're going on about!"
Speaking softly and quickly, Vivica said, "That-guy-that-owns-the-dome-said-he-doesn't-want-us-hanging-around-anymore."
Nico sighed and jerked the bag out of Vivica's hand.
"…And his reasoning…?" she asked, annoyance beginning to do a lot more than creep into her voice.
"I think he found out something about what we were doing," Vivica, finally bringing her eyes up to meet Nico's.
Throwing herself across the bed, Nico sighed once again and said, "I guess we're stuck here today." At the same time, she reached up to the shelf above her bed and hit play on her stereo.
Wondering why she was suddenly so afraid to piss Nico off, because she certainly never had been before, Vivica moved toward the door. Putting on a fake cheery face and bright voice, she said, "Well I'll just go tell the others they can come in!"
Nico sat up so suddenly that she banged her head on the low shelf. "Holy fuck, that hurt!" she cussed as her CD skipped.
"Now what did you just say! Something you forgot to mention?"
Vivica sighed, no longer caring if she pissed Nico off because she didn't think Nico could possibly get anymore crabby.
"Rilee, Alphonse, and company are all out there. We thought your place was the biggest, so were more likely to be able to hang out here," she explained.
Grinning broadly, Nico said, "Well why didn't ya just say so? House party!" Her face suddenly becoming serious, "Unless we had some other matter of important business to attend to?" she asked.
Pleased with the sudden change of mood on Nico's part, Vivica said, "Nope, Nothing out of the ordinary"…"Keeping the forces of good and evil balanced," she added jokingly. "So….to the basement?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
"'Course! You go get them. I have to brush my teeth!" Nico said as she bounced off to the bathroom.