More than just a job

[shonenjump]

MORE THAN JUST A JOB It's only business, nothing personal...at least, that's how it started. You were pegged as the right one for a job that involves this person; your task could be positive, such as protecting them with their consent or without it, guiding them from point a to point b, and the like - or, as seedier transactions tend to go, it could be negative. You have to take them back to a place they really don't want to return to, you have to be a jailor, or you even have to be their assassin. At the very least, helping or hurting, you'll be compensated generously (by money or, you know, by not being killed off). And that was all that mattered. Until they mattered. They could have shown you something you never knew existed in the world or in yourself. They could have done any number of things, yet they've won you and your feelings over. Your priorities just may shift because of this, but will their view of you do the same as soon as they learn why you were around them in the first place? For your own gain? Will they be able to forgive you? Even if they can, will they be able to see you the way you see them? Comment with your character, preferences, role (the one with the job or the one who is the job), etc. Reply to others. Thread.

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[exchangestudent]

[ Penny regards her carefully -- thanks to her friendship with Ruby, she's begun to learn a little more about body language. She hypothesizes -- but isn't sure -- that Ciel is not actually all right. ]

May I sit with you? { Gesturing to her old bed, the bottom bunk. ]

[scheduley]

[Ciel nods.]

I'd like that a lot, actually. It's been an... interesting hour or two. [For once, she's not quite sure.]

[exchangestudent]

Interesting? [ Penny walks over and sits down. ] Have you learned things? I love learning things.

[scheduley]

You... could say that.

[She sighs, looking pointedly at the ceiling.]

I learned that when I'm angry enough I do things like challenge General Ironwood to a duel.

[exchangestudent]

You did?!

[ Her eyes go wide and she covers her mouth in shock. ] General Ironwood? Ciel, why would you do something like that?

[scheduley]

Thankfully he did not take me up on the challenge, but...

[She sighs.]

He tried to give me new orders.

[exchangestudent]

But... that would mean...

[ She blinks twice, processing this. She knows exactly what this would mean. Ciel was asked to leave her. ]

The mission is what's important, Ciel... [ But she says it uncertainly. Truth be told, if a robot can have desires, Penny wouldn't have wanted Ciel to go. ]

[scheduley]

[There's a long moment of pause, then Ciel shakes her head.]

I also learned that... you're what's important to me, Penny. Even more than the mission, even more than... anything.