AUgust24 16 Hobby Drama (Mara, Nara)
a/n: The Mediators are there to serve and protect. (Connected to Day 15, but it's neither required nor recommended reading.)
The Lara twins were toasting the weekend with their best gossip and brotherly teasing. "How the mighty have fallen," said Lara Mara. "One day you're the hero of NLA, saving us all from the scourge of drug cartels. The next day you're breaking up bar fights."
"It wasn't even that," sighed Nara. "Not a soldier to be seen for miles. Just two civilians with a private grudge. I didn't have a thing to worry about until skell parts went flying."
"Now that sounds more interesting," cooed Mara. "I like a man who can toss around large metal bodies. Gives yours truly some hope. Tell me more."
Nara laughed. "The parts were plastic and 3 cm at the most."
"Just like last week's blind date," Mara said.
When the two brothers were done howling, Nara continued. "It didn't end up as an official complaint. Neither party managed to land a blow on the other, and they cooled down fast once I arrived."
"What started it?"
"A nothing burger. Person A sold Person B some kind of kit to build a tiny plastic toy skell. Person B said that parts were missing or miscast or something and refused to pay. There were personal insults, followed by threats and then shoves. I arrived as they were about to square up and sent them to their rooms without their dinners."
Lara Mara hummed thoughtfully. "You watch yourself. Those hobby dramas can get nasty. Someone's going to be found dead in the park, impaled with a replica Six Stars Glaive II, meticulously carved out of balsa wood."
a/n: I'm going short for a few day to rest.
Next up: Flower shop. Awwww.