Hiiro's Logs
Input 10: Co-relation
Oct 2, AC 201
When Duo came in to work today I couldn't help but notice his, uh… Anger? He didn't have to come in as early as I did today, our schedules are malleable as our contracts indicate that we need to be able to work when the jobs need supervision, and not restricted to the typical 9-5 workday.
I'd left the door open to help circulate air from outside. Duo pretty clearly stomped in and slammed the door. He looked as though he was daring me to question him, but frankly I know better than to question one who holds Death's hand. He was still standing there at the door when the phone rang. He picked it up in a flourish, just to slam it down again. Then disconnected the line.
He was mumbling to himself about 'obsessive crybaby', 'sonnofabitch' and such distasteful retorts.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that his alleged boyfriend slipped and Duo broke it off with him rather heatedly. I may not be one who partakes in sexual relationships, but I do watch people and the interactions do interest me. I read a lot. I want to be able to feel these things; I just can't seem to stir them in myself. Duo's presence has woken me to quite a bit more than I've really felt before, but I still lack in this otherwise essential human capability.
Somewhere between his careful breathing and about five cups of coffee he managed to put his walls back in place and acted fine the rest of the day.
A master actor at his finest.
Oct 29, AC 201
Duo and several of the other workers decided to form a self-help group to quit smoking today. While this is a good call on all their parts, when I learned the reasoning behind it I nearly smacked the man.
We have a new employee starting. She's not from our department, but she will be passing through each morning to get coffee and take the elevator up to the Overseer Committee. Apparently she can't stand cigarettes and is 'smoking hot'. I rightly rolled my eyes to this.
Duo started laughing with marked hysteria. This made me rather uncomfortable as we were in the hall. I tried slinking away, but he threw an arm over my shoulder and teased how there was no way I 'adopted' that behavior from any but him. I hate to admit it, but he's probably right. I tried to shrug him off, people were looking, but he held me a second more before scratching the bridge of his nose the way he seems to do when he's not sure how to ask something. I believe he must have broken his nose at some point during the war, because this behavior only started up near the end of it.
I didn't run, okay. But I couldn't stand the onlookers. He apologized light-heartedly later. I made sure to glare at him.
Oct 31, AC 201
Halloween? Apparently it's an American holiday. Originated in Ireland and was brought over with the settlers of the First American Colonies and worked it's way out around the Western World.
Duo came in with props. Said the office was too boring and there was a holiday celebrating the dead that we all were ignoring. He put up small decorations of bats, cats and even a Death. There was candy too. I'm not sure how candy had anything to do with the dead, but it did, somehow.
He made a point of trying to explain the cultural significance of something called Candy Corn to me. I don't quite grasp it. He then made me try it. Candy in a corn-like shape. I don't eat much candy, but this stuff was still rather odd. He explained how kids in some countries and colonies go around in costume and get candy from strangers. I made a comment about the safety of this and he just rolled his eyes theatrically and said it'd been done for centuries, my little discomfort was not likely to stop it.
I made a comment that he seemed to think rather fondly of the holiday. He just shrugged. I would have asked him if it was something he'd done in his youth if Tomas hadn't walked up to us and asked Duo why he hadn't thought to do this last year. He admitted that he had, but at that time was afraid of getting fired.
Sally came down a while and admitted that she liked the simple touch. It's hard to organize such things with such a high-profile occupation, but it was just enough to keep everyone working and happy. She told us that if we wanted to do this each year, she would have no problems, so long as it stayed small.
I think the room at large inwardly rejoiced and I found some amusement in this. It's always interesting to see the simple things that can make people happy.
Duo, mostly.
Paz Note:
WAH HAHAHA. Almost at the end of another year!
I love it. I don't know if it's coming across, but I'm trying to SLOWLY make Hii-chan open up. It's a slow process after all. He's writing a bit more frequently, and on average his posts are getting longer. My goal is, by the time he catches up to Duo, to have them be the same one-entry/input a day schedule. AAAh I can't wait till they catch up! Hahaah