So, dragging the reluctant incubus all the way to the town was harder than I was expecting, even with a super-strong lizard man helping out. Mostly because Gray's resolve wavered with a bit of bribery ("Hey, Gray! I'll let you get another cat, so why don't we just go back?"). I managed to convince him to stay on my side though, using my feminine charm and a lot of shouting.
Mostly the shouting. I don't really have feminine charm.
I had never been so buggering happy to see a bunch of buildings I wasn't allowed to go into and a few that I'd never been in before in my life, so sick of fighting with Nightmare that I though I might need to go the doctor. Hehe, see what I did there? Did you see it? I'm so clever.
"Finalyyyyyyyyyyy." I made sure to emphasize the ending of my word for dramatic effect. "Look Nightmare, we're at the doctor's office! Now you can get your shots!" Just to bug him.
"No, Gray I don't want to! Do you have any respect for me at all? Why won't either of you listen to me? Don't ignore me!" He was starting to get obnoxious, so I stomped on his foot. "Oww, Toki!"
"Well! If you weren't so annoying all the time maybe I wouldn't have to hurt you."
He crossed his arms and I swear he was actually starting to tear up a little bit. It was the funniest thing ever. We walked in, the faceless receptionist immediately looking up at us. "Oh, Mister Ringmarc! We haven't seen you in a while, how has he been feeling?"
Gray sighed, obviously embarrassed by his master. "He refuses to take his medicine. I've been mixing it in with his food (Nightmare's face here was perfect) but I'm not sure he's getting enough."
"You've been doing WHAT to my food? I thought it tasted worse than usual!"
"Fortunately Miss Toki has kindly assisted me in escorting him here," Gray finished, much to my amusement. My actions were described with the adverb kindly. Isn't that laughable?
"Bugger yeah, I did. I just want to see him get his shots."
The receptionist nodded, looking a bit disturbed by my enthusiasm. "Alright then. The doctor will be right with you." She proceeded to provide Gray with information greatly outweighed by my not caring and we carried on to an examination room. I sat in front of the door to keep Nightmare from leaving while he had his conniption.
Of course, Mister Ringmarc had to help too. Because having a petite little Toki in front of something isn't really all that meaningful. (Wait, did I just say I wasn't very meaningful? What the bugger? I blame you guys, I really do. This is all your fault. Way to freaking go.)
When, "Please, Gray! I'll do my work, I promise! I won't even try and take a break all the time!" didn't work, Waruiyume-san decided to take a different approach. "I'm your boss, you know! So you have to listen to me!"
"Sir, as your loyal servant it is my job to sacrifice myself for your health and well-being, no matter what the consequences may be. If you wish to fire me for this, that's your decision to make."
So cool and dedicated. I wish Blood was more like that. That reminds me of a conversation I had like that with him once:
"Hey Blood, can I have twenty bucks?"
"What do you need now, Miss Toki?"
"Some… uh, stuff." He raised his eyebrow. "Candy."
"That much candy?"
The Hatter seemed relatively alarmed at that. I don't blame him. "…Yeah. 'Cuz it'll last me a long time?"
"Absolutely not. Perhaps if you took care of your duties as a guard you would have more money."
"BUT BLOOD I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR WORKING I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU. I mean, I love you Blood and you should totally give me ten bucks at least just to prove that you love me too."
"…Not happening."
"…Five?"
"I'll tell you what, if you can go a day without injuring someone, breaking something, getting in the way, stealing my hat, or doing anything else you always get in trouble for, perhaps I will think about giving you money for candy."
"But Bloooooddddddd, as my loyal boyfriend it is your job to sacrifice yourself for my health and well-being, no matter WHAT the consequences may be! If I wish to buy candy, that's your problem to deal with!"
Note: That ISN'T how relationships should work. Well, I think that'd be a pretty good deal… But yeah, I don't think most relationships with Jupitarian/Mexicano/Wonderlandian mob bosses really 'work'. Maybe Mexican ones. I don't know, I've never dated a Mexican mob boss before.
That awesome anecdote brings me to my next point—you should always sleep with a dehumidifier in your room.
All that random crap aside, Nightmare couldn't argue with Gray's logic using mere words. So, he started whining incoherently until finally the faceless doctor (who looked vaguely familiar… I wonder if he was the guy who Elliot called in. Maybe his cousin or next-door neighbor) entered the room with us. Gray pulled me out of his way and I sat in an actual chair, tempted to start sniffing the medical equipment.
"Master Nightmare, can we trust you to behave yourself?" Mommy asked, staring expectantly at the widdle baby as he pouted.
"No."
"Very well then, we won't even get you a souvenir while we wait." I began laughing, following Gray closely out the door so we could close it quickly.
"How do you put up with him?" I asked once we were out of the building and I was sure Nightmare couldn't go prying around in my mind.
"I suppose it's because I respect him so much. He was truly amazing when I first met him, and he still has his moments."
"You're funny, Gray. So, what're we gonna do whilst we wait?"
"Would you like to walk around town for a bit? Or we could get something to eat?"
Ooh, bonding time with my lizard buddy. Yay!
/AN/ Well, I wanted to write something to make up for the craptastic chapter I threw up last time, so I tried to make this longer than usual. Toki had more inner monologue than she has lately, so hopefully you all enjoy that :3 This one was fun to write, though a bit redundant. Fortunately I do have a decent idea of where this is going from here. A bit of a heads-up, it does involve the Amusement Park, so if you're a fan of them then I'm finally going to be hitting up that area of Wonderland.
*Waruiyume means "bad" (warui) "dream" (yume) in Japanese. They're pretty common words in anime songs (xD) so Toki's likely to know them.
