For Reeve

[emovampboy]

When it came to use of his phone, Vincent was very much like Cloud. He left it on, received messages and listened to or read them, but quite rarely responded. The few times he did respond tended to be if he deemed an actual answer to be required, or when from time to time Marlene got hold of Cloud or Tifa's phone and contacted him. Since it was so rare for her to do so, he always took it as a good thing to answer.

Which meant he had answered when she called him a few days after a message from Tifa asking him to come to a party for the girl, which he had ignored; his first mistake. Once answered, the girl had spent several minutes speaking to him, until suddenly springing the question of if he were coming to her party and making it quite impossible for him to really say no without seeming like a total heel, and so he agreed to go; his second mistake. And then he had made his third mistake - actually going.

At first, it really wouldn't have seemed to have been a bad idea. He knew everyone who was invited, how they acted around one another, and that Tifa would keep the whole group from going completely crazy over the course of the night, but he had not expected having to assist in breaking up one of Cloud and Barrett's squabbles when the woman had to leave for a short time to fetch something, and honestly he was glad that Reeve was invited and could help diffuse the situation with; especially when Yuffie and a very unhelpful Cid decided it would be a great idea to bet on who would win if they actually took to fistacuffs over whatever stupid thing it was this time which set them off.

All of this had left him rather done with company, and as soon as Tifa was back to be the adult in the situation, he'd snuck outside for some relative peace and quiet.

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[plate_builder]

"Thank you," Reeve smiled, and yes, he breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm so used to people prying. It's nice to be trusted once in a while. Which, yes, I understand how silly that is to say when there have been attempts on my life. But the people who help me there are connected to the one who set me up with my security, albeit distantly, so I'll be fine."

Why yes, that was an implication he was working with Turks. Of course the implication was former ones, not ones that still held the title.

[emovampboy]

Vincent had experience not asking questions, but he also knew Reeve hadn't survived the company - and come out human - at a top position without some sensibilities. Though only some, as he was sure Reeve was a bit over his head, and was very glad he had assistance.

Thankfully, he hasn't fully put together anything about the Turks, though he wouldn't be bothered with Reeve using them. Now if he knew about the Rufus link...

"Just let me know if things change."

[plate_builder]

"I will," Reeve agreed. "But my offer to you still stands. If you're willing to go into Midgar, there would be something I could benefit from there. And without the WRO claiming you as an employee. Just something that concerns me about the work Hojo was doing."

[emovampboy]

Hojo? Definitely not the person who Vincent wants to ever see again, but it does make him look at Reeve in a more serious fashion. "What concern?"

[plate_builder]

"I try and monitor the reactors, to make sure the levels of mako in the air aren't too high. But the thing that confuses me is that while most of the reactor areas have dropped off. Not around the canon where Hojo was working."

And few could safely approach.

Do I have to go dig out Dirge again...?

[emovampboy]

"So you suspect it is still in use?" It doesn't really need to be asked, it's fairly obvious, but it leaves it open for Reeve to go into any details he might have or suspect.

Nah. Gonna handwave canon events like DC or AC.

[plate_builder]

"I don't know. I just need readings from closer, someone to check it out. And I don't know that I can reach out to Cloud given his intense mako allergy," Reeve shrugged. He would live with sending a Cait but they couldn't get places as well.

Thank goodness... I just remember Tsviets and terrible speeches xD

[emovampboy]

"Tifa would be livid." It's Vincent's agreement to the idea of Cloud. "Aside from the energy not draining, has anything been said or seen? Even rumors."

Re: Thank goodness... I just remember Tsviets and terrible speeches xD

[plate_builder]

"Exactly," Reeve agreed, so it wasn't a choice. "I'm considering trying to get a Cait there, but all the way up to the plate isn't as much of a thing. But I can't get people close enough to see things, or have rumors. It's maddening."

[emovampboy]

"And nothing is circulating in the civilian rumor mill?" Even if Reeve can't get people in close, there's almost always an underground network of rumors flowing from people who were there, those who got to close, etc. If they weren't working, then Reeve would have a legitimate problem.

[plate_builder]

"Nothing," Reeve confirmed. Which meant that he was a bit more worried than normal. Of course most people didn't get that close to the former Shinra building, which could explain the lack of them.

[emovampboy]

Someone would always get too close, or have met someone who had. It was the unwritten rule of the universe. And there was the fact that someone might have even saw something, heard something, during the evacuation. That no stories were being told...

"I'll take a look around sometime... after I do some of my own investigation."

[plate_builder]

"Thank you," Reeve said, and truly there was relief there. "If you could even just get a Cait until up onto the plate for me, I can send it in."

[emovampboy]

"I can do it." Vincent assures. "But give me some time."

[plate_builder]

"Thank you," Reeve said, and then he's getting silent because the food has arrived. And there he is, beaming and joyful. It smelled so good. And look, his coffee too.

[emovampboy]

Vincent glances at the food, nodding just a little. "It looks good."

[plate_builder]

"Thank you," Reeve said to the server and waited before they walked off to turn his attention to the meal.

"Okay, so here we have our rice. You start with a layer of that. Then you serve the curries on top of it, separate of course. The bread here I've gotten is naan. It's cooked by slapping the dough onto the inside edge of an inverted clay pot. It's wonderful. You can dip it into the sauces or use it to clean the plate. And this small tray over here are things to add spice if it's not hot enough."

[emovampboy]

Vincent looks vaguely amused, since he is well enough aware of what the food they are eating is, and how most of it works. He doesn't say anything about that fact though, instead noting, "You have learned quite a lot about the food here, haven't you?"

[plate_builder]

Well, Vincent wasn't as familiar with the things on the menu, so Reeve had assumed. And now he looked like an adorable fool.

"I have," Reeve agreed with a smile. "It's a favorite of mine. I may eat here often."

Come on, he already said he was allowing himself a private table here.

Fft... I forgot I acted like vkmcemt didn't know the food... whoops!

[emovampboy]

"And you've done research into the preparation too. For fun?" Vincent gets a spoonful as he speaks, going to eat it as he waits for Reeve's reply.

It's okay. Reeve gets to think he's teaching Vincent something and that's sweet.

[plate_builder]

"Well, uh..." Reeve looks flustered by that fact. But he nodded. Yes he had. Wondered if he could make naan in fact. Unfortunately he wasn't that great of a cook and didn't have space to take up tandoori cooking. "I ask the servers questions about how things are made."

[emovampboy]

Vincent smirks a bit behind his collar, somehow not surprised. "You have always been this way, I must assume?"

[plate_builder]

"I have," Reeve admitted.

With a smile he looked at the food before them and started to serve himself.

"My mother. She cooked a lot. She would tell me so many things, but I never really got good at cooking. So instead I would sit there and she'd explain everything while she cooked and I'd just watch.

[emovampboy]

"Ah... did you want to cook? Or want to now?" Having tried a bit of the food, he also adds. "It's very good food here."

[plate_builder]

"I did. But I burned everything. And then I didn't have time. I still don't. Time or space," Reeve shrugged as he finished filling his plate. "This makes me think of her, in a way. Though mom did more like meatloaf and pot roast and all of that."