Disclaimer: Suikoden II or anything dealing with Suikoden is not mine. Never will be, never was. ^_^. I hate writing these.
Shu decides to give the help around the castle a day off. He figures the fearless leaders of the State can handle one day doing the chores themselves, after all…there's only a few chores to do and there are so many of them…right? Well…I'm sure this is a mistake Shu will NEVER make again, with the support of the staff running the State castle.
I've decided to try normal writing…no more "SCRIPT" style…here goes nothing. I usually just do script to organize my dialogue. Anyway, have fun ^_^.
It was a normal day at the State Headquarters…at least they thought it was going to be a normal day. Our hero woke up to a rather empty castle. He took a quick stroll around the headquarters noticing that every single maid, gardener, waitress, and sweepers were GONE!!! Gone, what happened? He began to think of what could've possibly happen. He thought of the idea of someone kidnapping them all, but then again, who would want to kidnap all the hired help of the State headquarters? Surely that would be a waste of their time. He decided to play it cool and ask one of the soldiers.
"So, I see all the hired help is missing? Have any idea of where they went?" he asked.
"Well sir, you see…" the soldier started, "Lord Shu gave them all the day off. He said that we were over working them."
"He…WHAT?!" he said surprised.
"He said that he figured all the leaders could do something for one day, considering that all you do all day is sit around and…oops…nevermind that. He figured that he could split the chores for one day, he said that it was only for one day and…" the soldier blabbed on.
"Hold that thought soldier." He said. He ran up the stairs all the way to the Great Hall and burst through the door. He looked around at the people inside. He could've sworn he saw Shu smiling snugly and all the rest of them had their jaws open, hitting the floor. As soon as he burst in, they regained their composure and stood up to attention.
"Good morning milord," Shu said.
"Shu…what the heck are you thinking?!" he asked.
"What milord? I think they deserved a day off," Shu said.
"I do too…but ALL of them? Have you even noticed that NONE of us have done HOUSEWORK except some of the ladies?" he asked in alarm.
"Well that's no surprise considering you men sit around all day and…oops…nevermind. I let that one slip…" Shu said.
"You talked with the soldier down at the barracks, didn't you?" the hero asked.
"Yeah…er…why?"
"Nevermind, dumb questions, dumb answers. Anyway, I notice that Viktor is missing…please don't tell me YOU already assigned him to washing dishes." The hero said exasperated.
"Er…yes…is that a bad thing?" Shu asked. The hero slapped his forehead.
"Didn't anyone even TRY to warn him?"
"No…we weren't here when he made the first assignment. We were woken up by the crashing dishes and hollering of Hai-Yo.
"Oh…I see. I suppose I didn't tell you all that Viktor doesn't do to well with dishes, or any housework for that matter," our fearless hero said.
"I'm sure we would have figured that one out already..." Flik said sarcastically.
"Why, thank you Flik. You've volunteered to take his place," Shu said.
"I…WHAT?" he asked.
"Report to Hai-Yo immediately. You will take Viktor's place and send him back up here…NOW!" Shu roared. Flik high-tailed out of the room. Shu turned his attention back to us.
"Well everyone, there's a matter of a few more things…laundry, sweeping, cleaning the floors, serving tables in the restaurant and the bar…and cooking…" Shu said. There was a long pause. "Oh no wait, not cooking, Hai-Yo strictly said not to let ANYONE in his kitchen unless they were qualified." Shu mumbled.
"Good job Hai-Yo…make us not cook. I'd probably poison the clientele anyway," Miklotov said.
"Yeah," Camus agreed. Shu looked at them.
"Ah, Lords Miklotov and Camus. Thank you for volunteering. Since you seem so fond of food, why don't you serve the tables at the restaurant? I'm sure your club of lady fans would die if they saw you there…" Shu said with an evil twinkle in his eye. Miklotov and Camus gasped.
"No…you wouldn't…" Miklotov said.
"You wouldn't do that to…us…" Camus stuttered.
"Would you care to place a bet? Go NOW!!! Go! Go! Before I place you as hired help for a week!" Shu said irritated. Miklotov and Camus dashed out the door.
"Well…so, I suppose we have laundry, sweeping, floors and serving in the bar to take care of?" Hero asked. Shu turned to look at your young leader.
"Yes milord," he replied. He figured it'd do him best not to get spicy with the leader of the State.
"Well, since there's not that much left, I suppose I'll dictate. I'll throw all you girls in the laundry department," I said.
"Hey…isn't that a little harsh?" Eillie asked.
"It DOES beat doing it alone," Rina replied.
"But does that mean all we're good for is LAUNDRY?" Ayda asked exasperated.
"Lighten up everyone, I do it all the time. Freed runs through so much laundry in a week, I'm always washing. It won't take long to do it together," Yoshino said. The other girls finally agreed.
"But wait, I'm taking Kasumi and Anita to the bar to serve the drinks there. There's no WAY I'm having one of you guys serve there. The orders will be drunk before you reach the table." Hero said.
"Hey…that's false accusation," Tai-Ho complained.
"I don't take chances," Hero replied.
"Well then, Tai-Ho, Yam-Koo, Amada, Bolgan…you'll be wiping up some of the floors around the castle grounds. It doesn't need to be a thorough job. Just a quick wipe to get the dust and spills off the floors." Our young leader said.
"Yes sir…by the way, do you have something against seamen? We all seem to live from the sea in our little "group"," Amada said.
"Well…if you REALLY want to know…it's the way I think…in groups. Go, before I tell you to sweep inside too." He said. They dashed out the door.
"Kinnison, Shu, Klaus, Apple and Shu…you'll be sweeping the pathways lightly around the castle with me. I'll be helping. It's just a quick job to get dust and leaves off the pathways," the hero said. He looked at them. "Shall we get to it? Then we can have lots of free time," he said.
"Yes, let's go," Klaus said. He walked out. We followed. "Why did he put all of us together? Doesn't he know that this grouping is the recipe for disaster," Klaus sighed. We all went to work with our chores.