#fenixtj

Shuri blinks at the new Nocker

"Yeah? You use my nine ring framaztat t' make that happen?"

"Of course, a 8 ring framstat would botch the job. " Unspoken 'duh'

"An' I sure you bringin' back th' one I jus' done find out you 'borrowed'?"

"Well, the message didn't Furking SAY anything about that" Franzen grouses "Sides, I said ALMOST done. I'll let you know"

"Uh huh. So...that one of these 'new rules' I been hearin' 'bout? Jus' walk right in an' take offa somebody bench witout they know?" Eye narrowed.

"Its noted on the Co Op Website!"

Website?

"An' when that happen, 'xactly?"

"Last month, we had a meeting, you weren't furking up to it." He says with a shrug "don't look at me, Bianchi called it, that sidhe wanna be bossy britch bitch"

"Sit." She indicates another work chair (but not half as nice as the perfectly-squeaky chair). "Hey, you know my baby-daddy Necropsis, right?"

"SIT? " Franzen snorts "This maybe your workshop but I don't work for..." Then Nec puts a hand on his shoulder

He glaces over at Nec, then sits, realizing the Pooka does not have a 'funny haha' rep

"Yeah, met him. " A mutter from the nocker

And yes, he has taken a seat

A wide-hand shrug. "It was a fuckin' invitation. A'ight, now...you tell me 'bout this meetin'. What else you all done decide while I off makin' perfect happen?"

"Well, I'm for cutting the fat from the Co Op most of hte pishers can't hold with we nockers. " he explains"but Bianchi wants to sub contrac and expand.... just one thing we disagreee on. And then thee's the weapons deals"

"The...what?"

"Well, it's beeen MONTHS, since you asked us to tone down the weapons deal for the troll lady. Bianchi says you said it was only for a short time and decidded the timee was up"

"Did. She." A measured tone, underscored by the gritting of teeth.

"Well, I thought it was the wrong focus, but it HAS been awhile..." he says

"Yeah...it has...so how come Bianchi ain' come t' me? Incidentally...I ain' never get no notice of no meetin' las' month."

She frowns. "Greasemonkey oughta be back wit' her by now...."

Symond comes in "She says not today"

A sharp look to Nec, then she looks back to Symond. "Greasemonkey, you get any message for me to go to some Cooperative meetin' las' month?"

She takes a deep breath, "I did, you tole me you'd look at the note later. I guess you never did?"

A blink, and her face falls. "I...guess not." Then a grumble. "Still, ain' the same as...ain' like I outright say 'no.'..."

Symond mutter mumbles

and looks angrily at Franzen

At the mutter...."What?"

" tried to tell them to call it off, they didn't furking listen, EITHER of them" She says glaring at Franzen again

"What, the whole thing should grind to a halt?" Franzen says

"You tellin' me things was that fucked up that they was gonna 'grind to a halt' in a goddam month?"

Franzen says "Well..maybe not furking LITERALLY"

"Then you coulda furkin' waited, LITERALLY!"

"And leave that bitch unopposed? "

Tweak opens her mouth, then shuts it. "A'ight, I see yer point. Look...I be back, an' my head be screwed on straight again. But I ain' gonna put up wit' this shit. You two done me dirty, an' bad."

"We took charge when no one was furking in charge. What, did you think you were president for life? We're nockers, not a banana republic"

"I think...that I was th' one appointed t' start th' damn thing, an' if you wanna talk a banana republic, you shits just tried t'pull off a coup. Now...you think we be needin' some kinda changin' of th' fuckin' guard, come at me, but do it to my fuckin' FACE, not all sneaky like you...like you tryna climb some kinda ladder."

Franzen winces, then says "Fine. Then consider this notice. You want to take it all back under you? You're gonna have to work for it."

"What, you th' one in charge now? I believe it when you get Bianchi's skinny little ass in here. Then maybe you be able t'tell me what t' do." A pause. Bianchi, what kinda title she got?"

"She's alling herself High Crafter Coordinator."

That from Symond, who snorts at it

Eyes wide. "An' jus' who gave her that title? I been askin' what th' nobles call her, if they call her anythin'."

"The nobles aren't talking to us direct much' Franzen says "they want their stuff and don't care what's going in the Co Op, though..well, the Countess might care but she's been busy"

"Who say she been busy?"

"Some of the pishers, gossips' all they're good for" Franzen snorts' That's why we need to stream line the co-op get rid of the underdesirables"

"The...wait, WHAT? Undesirables? Who th' fuck...that line come from Bianchi?"

"No, me! I told you, we neeed to streamline" Franzen starts to explain culling the boggans from the co op

"Yo, I find 'em as annoyin' as the next person, but you got any evidence they slowin' shit down? Or this be 'cuz you jus' don' like 'em?"