Lost: one pony

That cat was defiantly not getting his special dinner treat tonight!

Emma was currently bent on all fours looking under her filing cupboard looking for a lost figurine that usually sat on her desk. The white and purple unicorn toy was missing. And the number one culprit was a certain white fluffy cat that was also missing.

"Wheatley come out..." She called making kissing noises as she hunted the cat's hiding spot's. No luck so far and her paper work was piling up on the desk from the hour and a half she had abandoned the position looking for the rouge cat.

Unknowing to her the cat had fled from the office down into the halls and towards the food court. Why stick there where his trained human ignored him while she read and scribbled on white paper. So...he stole her weird horse shaped toy and ran away with it. When she put down the paper she had been reading the shout that had echoed the floor had frightened him. Maybe he had gone to far so he decided to head to his second favourite room in hopes someone might spare him.

OOC: Sorry for the delay, I have no actual excuse. Well, actually I do have a few excuses, but none of them are good enough.

"Ugh, I hate this place," someone said with a gentle and yet serious tone while at the same time a man appeared right at the entrance into the main HQ of the Amestris Military, the base in Central. Those words and this man, did the y have a connection? It was odd how he appeared just as someone said those words and it was indeed not a coincidence. This man was actually the one who spoke those words as he was on his way to the place which bored him and made him want to cut himself just so that he could satisfy his lust for blood. But, he never did that, since he always ended up falling asleep on his own desk, surrounded by papers. This male was most certainly not a type of person who enjoyed working with papers and typing up reports, he was a man of action, someone who was meant to be used as a tool to win wars and battles, such pesky jobs were not something that he was meant to do. Yet, even he a member of the security division was supposed to file a report every time he did something so that his higher ups would know what happened. It was annoying how this country was lead by politicians who did nothing, yet demanded everything. Cromwell was unhappy with this, he wanted to fight wars and engage people in a battle between life and death, yet he was stuck with petty missions to stop bar fights and stray military dogs who thought that they could abuse this peace-loving country. It was boring to him and he wanted more from this job than he was getting at this moment. Then again, that was not the reason why he came to this wretched place in the first place, his thoughts just wandered off as he was entering the Central HQ, somewhat a habit which would reappear whenever he would come here.

The real reason for the arrival of Cromwell were his motives for putting a couple of drunk soldiers and a first lieutenant in a hospital after they said something that they should not have said. Yet, even though he placed a couple of people into the hospital, by force of course, he was still unharmed so the people who held positions higher than his found this odd. Well, seems they never encountered drunk soldiers who wanted to pick up a fight, dealing with such people was hardly a problem for a sober Cromwell, who was quite aware of what he was doing. Indeed, he knew that something was going to happen to him, a punishment of some sorts and yet he still made those men bleed as if someone took a rock and hit them with it. But, oh well, it was their fault and yet he had to pay for it, not really the first time that he did something like this and his higher ups were aware that it was just because he was missing some action in the battlefields. Yet, to keep things formal he still had to come here and file a report so that they could give him some sort of a formal punishment such as going to those men and apologizing or paying for their treatments in the hospital, nothing serious since he did not kill any of them. So, yes, the reason why this man was at this place, at this time, it was just coincidence. Just like it was coincidence that he messed up the plans of a certain kitten who thought that he could do a prank on its masters account. Yet, that poor kitten had to stumble upon this man at a bad timing, he wasn't actually in a forgiving mood so the poor thing was in for a lot of trouble. Luckily for the cat, the male had his share of punching things so he was not going to hurt it.

Just as the woman was looking for the cat, calling out its name and all, a voice could be heard coming from directly behind her, saying: "Knock-knock." If she dared to look behind she would see a blond haired man in a dark uniform with her pet being held by him and her favorite toy as well. With his right hand the male grabbed the cat by its back, something what mother cats did to their kittens when they carried them, for a grown cat this was not something that would make them happy. Not to mention, Cromwell wasn't actually a gentle man, his hands were used for boxing and pulling the trigger of his rifle, handling cats was not something that he was used to doing. Anyways, he wouldn't actually wait for the female to say anything before he entered, he would just enter. Indeed, in just a couple of seconds Cromwell would walk in, place the toy on the table and hand the cat into the arms of its master. It wasn't because he was a type of person who lacked manners, he just did not like holding that cat. Of course, with this the explanation came as well: "I found him trying to sneak into the kitchen just as I was passing by, I actually appeared right in front of him so he couldn't get any further." Of course, he did forget to mention stomping the cat as it tried to escape, thinking how she did not have to know about that, Of course, he cleaned the cat and made sure that there were no sings of him doing that to the poor kitty. Of course, he didn't rally harm the thing, other than the fact that its pride was hurt.

She sat up and looked up to see Cromwell stood there holding her beloved cat who had a look of absolute sorrow on his features. Having be caught he knew he was in for a night without his beloved luxury topping on his dinner. But her eyes caught on the man stood holding him. She had heard many things about Cromwell most in which she hoped was office rumours trying to trick her.

"I found him trying to sneak into the kitchen just as I was passing by, I actually appeared right in front of him so he couldn't get any further."

She slowly stood brushing the dust from her short skirt and held out her arms gently taking the cat from him. Soothing a hand through the snowy fur she gently removed the toy from the cat's jaws inspecting for damage before smiling. "Ah Thank you second lieutenant Lusso." The cat mewed and snuggled closer. "I'm sorry for any trouble he may of caused."

OOC: Sorry, again. x.x Got lots of replying so gonna keep my posts shorter.

Just by looking at the female and observing her body language with his keen eyes the young soldier was capable of concluding that there was something on her mind. He could not tell what was no matter how hard he tried, despite the fact that he was aware of it surfacing the moment when he walked into the office a few moments ago. Due to that the fact twas that whatever that caught the attention of this young lady in front of him was something about him. Of course, the look on her face changed when she noticed her cat in perfect condition. Cromwell did not know that this cat belonged to this young female so on his way here he was forced to ask other people if they knew who's cat was it. Luckily for him and the cats owner, a lot of people knew who the cat was and to who it belonged. Although, more people recognized the toy which the fluffy creature carried in its mouth since well, it was not something that you would forget seeing, especially if you see it in the office of someone who was working for the military. So, yes indeed, finding the rightful owner of the toy and the cat was quite a easy task. Anyways, the blond haired male did not actually plan on staying here while the female gave him her thanks, but he had done it anyways since he was not looking forwards to that meeting that he had and staying here as long as he could was better than going there. The look on his face was calm and relaxed, no matter how murderous he would usually get, today he looked like a regular individual with no cares on his mind. Well, seems that even those who were like him had their good days, not everyone liked tasting blood every single day, even murderers and psychos needed their days off.

After the female had spoken and thanked him for what he had did, Cromwell smiled back at her, forming what it seemed to be a honest smile. One information about those who devoted their lives to killing was needed to know, their great acting skills which they would use to trick their victims and everyone else into thinking that they are normal human beings. It was a trait which all of them had and used on a daily basis, except when it came to people who interested them or the people who they trusted. This young woman was not someone who he would want to kill, but it seemed as if she did not know who he really was, so he decided not to give her a hint about it since he wished that only a few knew about his bad side. "You are welcome Lieutenant Emma. Oh and please call me by my name, there is no need for formalities at times like this. Your pet did not cause any troubles for me, but I fear that he does not like me tho. That hurts me somewhat since I do not know why is that." Of course he was lying, he could not just tell her that he stepped on her pet and carried it like it was a kitten, which really annoyed it. The poor animal was completely terrified of this man and what he could do to him if he ever caught him, the arms of his master were a really save place and the cat was not planning on leaving it for as long as this man was nearby. It was most certain that it was not going to escape anytime soon. Getting caught by this blond haired male was something that could get him killed next time if he decided to run off with one of the things which were dear to his owner. This young girl looked like a rather nice person and the blond haired male did not like the cat since he was abusing her trust and that was not nice.

She smiled and scratched the cat's ear. "Ah he's no trouble he's trying to stop me from being driven insane in the amount of paperwork I'm being buried in." She kissed it's head and gave Lusso an odd look. She felt unsettled and she couldn't help but feel on edge.

The cat mewled and nuzzled against his owner's shoulder in a comforting gester. Just as more paperwork strolled in. With a sigh Emma placed the cat down on it's bed. Turning to Lusso she gace a soft smile. "Sorry second lieutenant Lusso but as much as I would love to sit and chat there to much work to get ignored." Sure half of it was not her own but the excess of Spade's and Tataki's.

Sitting at her desk the pen started spiralling over the paper as signatures and points where made. Sighing sadly she buried herself into the work load.

OOC: Another rushed one.

While he was standing there the blond haired male noticed the uneasiness felt by the girl in front of him and it seemed as if he was the cause of it. As she was talking he saw the odd way she looked at him and it did not seem like the type of look which people would usual give someone who just found their lost pet, it seemed as if she heard some things about him and that made her have some second thoughts about the man in front of her. This was not something that most would actually notice right away, but when it came to something like body language, Lusso was a expert, he could easily read all of her signals and deduct what she was feeling towards him and at the moment it seemed as if it was better for him to leave before he reveals his true self to this female. Indeed, eventually things would resurface and so he had to leave urgently, it was better if she did not see for herself the true face of second lieutenant Lusso, who was not as nice as he first seemed to be. At this moment it was better for him to leave her and let her thinking wetter what she heard was true or not, rather than revealing the actual truth and scaring her while at the same time making her realize that there is a chance that something happened to her pet.

Anyways, luckily for Lusso, second lieutenant Emma was a rather busy person and she had a lot of paperwork to do so she was the one who actually gave him a reason to leave by telling him that she was busy and that she had to get back to work. With that, he did not even have to make up a excuse to leave, he was just free to leave using the reasons given to him by her. Judging by her rather soft, yet honest smile, it seemed as if she was on a edge and that she did not want to say something that would hurt him. "Oh, I apologize, it is my fault for taking you away from your work. Not to mention, I should be going as well, certain people want to see me and I have a report to file." Even though he did not have to make a new excuse to leave, Lusso felt uneasy for making her feel uneasy so he actually made a excuse. However, that wasn't actually an excuse, it was the truth, he actually had to go and file that report about the bar fighting in which he was engaged with a couple of locals, all of which ended in a hospital after making this blond haired male a tad agitated. Lusso was lucky this time that he had an actual excuse this time, he hated lying and he rarely did lie, only on some occasions he lied to hide some things that were not quite so important.

Well, with that, he was gone, leaving the office of the young second lieutenant Emma so that he could attend his rather important meeting. As he exited her office, he gently closed the door, hopefully a closed door would make other people realize that she was busy and they would leave her to work in peace. After that Lusso would meet with the people who wanted to see his report, leaving the HQ afterwards with a new assignment to take a package to Briggs. It was a rather boring new assignment but he had no choice, it was a punishment for his recent actions. And so he was gone.

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