In Which the Overlord is Flat On His Face

[badassfreakingoverlord]

It's going to be one of those days.

In the hallway directly outside the mess hall lay a book. The bright red body and overall size clearly pointed to it being the Overlord, for those familiar with him, but his back cover was the one facing upwards. No sign of any minion around. None of the cursing, struggling, and flopping one would expect from Zetta in such an undignified posture.

Just a tome, lying flat on the ground, as if a crew member had simply discarded it thoughtlessly.

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[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"That's dumb, but then, you did say you were both male, so I guess that goes hand in hand," she said, shaking her head. "Seriously, if he's a friend of Lash, who you obviously sort of care about, it might be in your best interest to treat him a little better."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Why?" Zetta said, the subtle advice Kaya was giving him flying directly over his level 2000 head.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Because he's Lash's friend. Because whether she shows it or not, it means a lot to her that someone from her army, let alone her commanding officer, is here. He obviously means a lot to her since they both left Black Hole together, so she respects him. More importantly, because it'll be better for you all if you got along. At least try."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Why would it be better?"

Zetta honestly didn't understand. Lash wouldn't mind if Hawke and he hated each other! She'd probably just laugh! She was much too sensible a girl to think they would make her choose one or the other or something, right?

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Gosh, he was dense. It was actually wearing her out, trying to make him understand what most people would have pieced together right now. Overlord he might be, but severely lacking in brains in other ways too.

"Because you're a good friend of Lash's and so is Hawke. So wouldn't it make more sense to try and understand Hawke instead of just not liking him for bad reasoning?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Kaya understood the Overlord perfectly in that respect. Everything she was thinking was pretty much dead on.

"...Why? I mean, like I said, Lash is more likely to get a kick out of us not liking each other than be upset..."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Are you really that sure? Let's double check first. Guys, demons or not, have this tendency to see only what they want to. So let's think about it. Do you openly insult Hawke, or talk bad about him, and lash just laugh and is cool with it? Or do you just THINK Lash is going to be doing that? It might be just a dumb human thing to you, but when we see someone who means something in our world arrive on the ship, it matters. Its not really likely we'll laugh and make jokes abut how dumb they are if we've been the only one here."

For Kaya, she still had people from her world, but it didn't make things any easier.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Zetta, believe it or not, actually took the time to think about this. Clearly it was one of those crazy human things that made no sense, but... well, Lash WAS a human girl. Even if not like most normal humans.

"So you're saying Lash would pretend it was okay, but be bothered by it on the inside? That doesn't sound like Lash. She's pretty up-front about her thoughts." Except for all the buried and secret ones.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure she's up front about a lot of things," Kaya said, "she's like that. But you should also stop to think about the fact that she and Hawke served in the same unit. So when you say bad stuff about him, it might actually bug her a little bit. Dies she actually laugh when you make fun of him?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Uh, it was a complicated situation at the time," Zetta said. Which was understating matters seriously, really.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I'm not hearing a yes," Kaya said. "What I am hearing is that you assume she'll be ok with you making fun of Hawke, even though you don't really have a good reason to do it. Come on Overlord: think about it. He's the only person she knows from her world, and you keep actin out on him. Why?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"He interrupted our fun! That's good enough for me, damn it!" Zetta snapped.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Well how did he do it? Did he just come and say 'stop having fun?' or did he just arrive looking for someone he knew from his world? You really are underestimating how important it is to find someone you know , to make you deal with losing your world."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Actually it was Pram's fault!" That was half-dodging the question, but still. "She deliberately got him to interrupt, for her own sadistic amusement!"