drabble for mierin_lanfear -- courier duty

[incandescens]

Title: courier duty
Requester: mierin_lanfear
Series: Bleach + GetBackers
Requested Topic: Preferably with 12th Division involvement and Akabane goodness.
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/622248.html

"Excuse me," the man in black said, raising his hat politely. "Kurotsuchi Nemu?"

"You are correct," Nemu said. "Can I help you?"

"Akabane Kuroudo, at your service. I believe this is yours." The man indicated the flask of green slime tucked under his arm.

"Ah. That would be my father."

"Yes, I believe the name was the same. He hired me to ship himself to you."

The slime bubbled gloomily.

"Oh," Nemu said.

"After a thoroughly enjoyable little discussion."

"Oh."

"And now, if you'll excuse me . . ." He tipped his hat again. "I have to see a man about a Hougyoukou."

Comments

[bladderwrack.livejournal.com]

Heeee, cool.

[incandescens]

Glad you like it!

[archangelbeth]

**SQUEE**

...Get Back the Hougyoukou? Or just... acquire and deliver somewhere?

[incandescens]

I'm not sure, but I suspect Urahara hired him . . .

[archangelbeth]

He would, the ...what's the male equivalent of "minx"?

[incandescens]

I don't think adjectives-for-males have quite the quality of cuteness that tends to be associated with "minx". Trickster? Joker?

No, wait. What was that line from Sandman? (googles) It's from the episode where Shakespeare's company are performing Midsummer Night's Dream in front of an audience of genuine fairies.

"I am that merry wanderer of the night," declares the actor playing Puck.

"I am that giggling dangerous totally bloody psychotic menace to life-and-limb, more like it," mutters one of the fairies in the audience.

[archangelbeth]

*cackle* Well, true, that...

Doesn't quite flow so trippingly from the tongue as a one-word description.

Perhaps "troublemaker" would suffice?

[incandescens]

"Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'."
-- Rincewind discussing Twoflower (Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic)

[mierin-lanfear.livejournal.com]

Complete win! XD And which man: Aizen or Urahara?

[incandescens]

Thank you very much!

Interesting question. Very interesting question. ;)

[mierin-lanfear.livejournal.com]

Then again, Dr. Jackal doesn't give a whit who, as long as he's entertained. :D Thanks again!

[incandescens]

I think he'd certainly be entertained. Thanks!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*falls over giggling*

I love that he bubbles gloomily.

This works so well!!! I love that last line, too. Nothing so lost as that...

[incandescens]

Excellent. Thanks!