Ain't gonna stop for nobody, no one.

[cierva]

Apache was nettled.

Yylfordt, in Apache's opinion, was being a monumental jackass. Granted, she accepted that she probably shouldn't have needled him about his loss to Kadaj while he was still being a pissy little bitch about it, but he acted as though being beaten by him was something to be ashamed of, which apparently it wasn't, so she wasn't the only one who thought he shouldn't have come off worse. Yylfordt thought it himself.

Yylfordt was just petty. When things didn't go his way he took it out on other people and, to make things worse, he took them out on them in Al Bhed, which was just rude when half the room didn't speak it and less than that spoke it as fluently as he did. He just pissed her off when he acted like a baby.

She liked Tayuya's idea of getting out of the palace. It was a good idea. She hadn't gotten out since the Midgar mission. The rest of them had, but they'd elected to leave her behind, as usual, probably at Yylfordt's behest, she thought, so she was due a break. She needed a break. If Tayuya managed to convince Nel, or even Halibel, that a girl-only trip out was worth it, she'd be happy. She needed to be away from the palace's sausagefest for at least a night or she was at risk of getting testosterone poisoning.

As such, she stomped away from the Sunhouse and to the kitchen, with Tayuya. When they got there she was relieved to see that it was entirely free of the usual suspects who haunted it. Nnoitra was nowhere to be seen, Szayel was gone for once, luckily for him, and neither Even nor Luppi were around either. Apache threw herself into a chair with a scowl on her face.

If Nel said no, she was going to murder that blonde-haired Granz bastard in his sleep.

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[declaregamuza]

Nel glanced up at the approaching temper, and saw Tayuya and Apache stomp into her kitchen. Nel had endured a long day of doing the same housewifey crap she always tended to do in the Palace, partly because there was little else to do and partly because most of the Palace's occupants were men and men just didn't seem to see mess the same way she did.

From the look on Apache and Tayuya's faces, someone in possession of a penis had upset them, badly. Further examination showed Apache seemed to be the more injured party, which meant the offender was more likely the second of the two possibilities.

She had been about to make herself a cup of tea, but this might be a situation that called for a bottle of wine. She also had a box of chocolates tucked away somewhere the boys would never look. When Nel wanted to hide things in the kitchen, she hid it with the cleaning supplies. The boys would probably wash dishes, eventually, but if one of them ever broke out the mop without being asked, Nel might faint.

"Go on," she said, "what's Yylfordt done now?"

[cierva]

"Been a prick, as usual," Apache snarled, looking both furious and sullen at the same time.

She was clearly deeply unhappy with what had happened. Yylfordt managed to piss her off fairly regularly, but he wasn't usually this bad. She didn't realise that his ego was that delicate and flimsy that one offhanded comment could make him erupt into such epic bitchiness.

"He got his ass kicked by Kadaj," she said, folding her arms. "He's being a moody fuckwit about it. Seems to think that it's okay for him to sit there in a strop because he thinks Kadaj is embarrassing to get beat by, but if anyone else says that an Espada should have beaten him, he loses his shit about it."

She glared at a spot on the table, mismatched eyes narrowed and angry.

"Then," she said, forcefully, "he suggests I fight Kadaj, because that's how logic fucking works on his planet. This is after calling me a bitch in Al Bhed," she added. "Obviously."

[soundfivebitch]

"It's his time of the fucking month," Tayuya spat.

She wasn't the offended party, but Yylfordt had been generally offensive, and Tayuya felt like showing some solidarity with Apache. It helped that it was easy to be angry with Yylfordt. He tended to be a racist prick, and he used Al Bhed to hide how much of a twat he was being, which meant he knew he was being a twat.

"Seriously Nel, he's a pissy bitch."

[declaregamuza]

Nel nodded, as if she'd only had her suspicions confirmed. That definitely sounded like Yylfordt. Part of her wondered if and when he'd ever get around to asking Apache out; he was too quick to deny wanting to for Nel to believe him. The other part of her wondered if Apache would castrate him before he ever did, and thus render the proposition moot. There was no point dating someone who couldn't do after date things.

"He's sensitive," Nel said. "Male egos are very, very delicate." She said this like someone who knew it all too well gently explaining something to someone new to the information. "They bruise easily."

[cierva]

"Men have other things that are sensitive and easy to bruise," Apache said, scowling some more.

She was in a bad mood and she was unlikely to stop being in a bad mood until Yylfordt was grovelling. Or worse.

"I swear," she said, the anger in her voice rising, "if he ever speaks Al Bhed around me again I'm going to make sure I knee them."

[declaregamuza]

"Oh dear," Nel said, to herself. Clearly it was bad if that was how angry Apache was feeling.

Nel was used to Yylfordt. When they'd first met, he'd been tripped over his tongue around her, despite his self proclaimed preference for Al Bhed girls. She was used to him being a bit of a prick. Usually, she could snap him out of it with a look, but that kind of thing took time and practice.

She retrieved the chocolates from their hiding place and put them on the table, within easy reach of Apache. "I think this calls for more than tea," she said, amiably.

[soundfivebitch]

Tayuya nodded, folding her arms to look at Nel. "I think it calls for a girl's night," she said. "Somewhere away from here."

If they stayed, and drank alcohol, there was an increasingly large chance Yylfordt might not survive the night. Tayuya would be happy to hold him down while Apache pummeled.

"Apache agrees with me," she added, helpfully. She knew how to ask for what she wanted.

[cierva]

"I do," Apache said, agreeing again.

She probably wouldn't actually murder Yylfordt, but only because he wasn't so stupid that he would not get his mask out and protect himself with his hierro before she managed it.

"Think the boss would let us if you asked?" She cocked her head to one side, looking slightly hopeful.

She never got to get out of the palace, not unless it was Official Arrancar Business. It would be nice to just leave, even for a night, do to something fun.

Or someone fun, she wouldn't rule that out, either.

[declaregamuza]

Nel paused, and screwed her face up, making a hesitant noise.

Would Aizen let them out for a night on the tiles? Except that wasn't really the question, the question was whether Aizen, given his Arrancar's history of finding trouble every time they step outside of the Palace, allow Apache in a bad mood outside of the Palace in search of alcohol, with Tayuya in tow?

She hissed through her teeth. "I can ask," she said, finally, "but he might take some persuading."

Lots of persuading, if Aizen had recent exploits in mind. Though she could point out that Apache had yet to be embroiled in Grimmjow and company's outside world spats, and was more likely to cause trouble if confined to the Palace for the night than if she was allowed out. Under Nel's supervision, of course.

"I might ask Halibel if she'll come, first," she murmured. Then at least she could tell Aizen that Apache and Tayuya would have two sensible high ranked Espada babysitting them.

[soundfivebitch]

"Well," Tayuya said, very reasonably, "if he says no, then we'll have to hit the booze here, and I'm not sure he wants us drunk and angry in the same building as Yylfordt."

Something was liable to happen, and it wouldn't be the same as if Apache got drunk and was simply in Yylfordt's presence. That might have a happier outcome, although Apache would probably be mortified the next day because Yylfordt wouldn't have had to crawl to her.

As it was, he'd be lucky to keep his dick overnight.

[cierva]

"Sure," Apache said, nodding. "And Tayuya's right. If I get drunk here, he will not survive the night."

She folded her arms and put her head on them, scowling. Well, he might survive the night, he thought, but his dick might not, especially if he spoke Al Bhed at all.

"Halibel hasn't been out for ages, has she?" Apache asked, looking up. "Might be a good thing for her to get out, too."

[declaregamuza]

Nel murmured, thoughtfully, smirking at Apache. "I might try and downplay the bit where you're itching for a fight," she told her.

She was right, though. Halibel hadn't been out since Midgar, and although Halibel was the sort that would never let on if she was bored, or feeling caged, she might appreciate a night out to let her hair down. It wasn't as if there were many options to pique her interests in the Palace, anyway, so getting out for some eye candy would do her some good. You couldn't live in work mode all the time.

She opened the box of chocolates and picked one out at random; she wasn't too fussy about what she got. "I'll go and see if Halibel would even want to come," a phrase which meant 'convince Halibel to come whether she'd want to or not', "then I'll speak Aizen. No promises, though," she warned, before popping the chocolate into her mouth and flashing a brief smile at the other two before she turned to leave.

[soundfivebitch]

Tayuya watched Nel go before she moved forward and picked up the lid to the box of chocolates, examining the contents to find one that wasn't gross.

She picked out a strawberry cream and put it in her mouth before she looked at Apache. "I don't care if she has to suck Aizen's dick to convince him," she said, around a mouthful of chocolate and strawberry flavouring, "so long as he says yes."

[cierva]

"If it'd get me out of this fucking palace," Apache said, picking one of the few wrapped chocolates in the box and unwrapping the foil from around it, "I'd suck Aizen's dick."

She hoped that Halibel said yes, and that Nel managed to convince him all the same, dick sucking or no. Getting out, even for one night, would be a vastly better use of her time than slowly murdering the Espada she was supposed to answer to.

[soundfivebitch]

Tayuya looked thoroughly disgusted, pulling a face and giving Apache a horrified look. "Augh," she exclaimed, "that's Aizen." Who was attractive if you went for the speccy old nerd type, but you also needed to have a penchant for sociopathic murdering bastards while you were at it. Midgar was at his behest, she knew that much, and he'd made the Arrancar in a set of procedures even more dangerous than the ones that had created the Sound Five, which put Aizen somewhere between Orochimaru and Sin on the uncaring destructive forces scale.

"I'm eating," she complained, and then picked out a different chocolate to follow the one in her mouth.