[center][h1]Barney Armstrong
Castle Saint-Germain[/h1][/center]

Barney blinked. That certainly wasn't the answer he expected, and it certainly wasn't the one he [i]needed[/i]. This asshole had just tried to [i]delegate[/i]! The fires of bureaucracy danced a jig in Barney's gut, did the tango up and along his chest, and performed a spirited rendition of a grand mal seizure in his arms. Barney Armstrong lunged forward and hoisted Kouichi up off his feet and stared him dead in the eye.

"Are you trying to be funny, you little shit? I've got no time for shitty little-- [b]Yay rah, Justice![/b] Shitty little tricks like-- like what you're doing!" Barney's voice cracked. "You think you can get one over on me, by trying to, like... fall asleep or something?! You've got another thing coming! I'll fuck you up, man!"

Barney pulled back to punch Kouichi in the face, his eyes wild with anger. Then, he realized something. The look on Barney's face quickly grew softer, and he loosened his grip. Barney grinned sheepishly, and politely dropped Kouichi.

"You know what?" Barney said. "You said something about how the maids 'communication devices', and that got me thinking, right? [i]My[/i] buddies have communication devices! You're a genius!"

Having somehow completely forgotten about his previous outburst, Barney snatched a small headset from a nearby table and slipped it over his ear.
"Hey, where did you guys go? The rumpus room? He's got a [i]rumpus room[/i]?! Fuck you, I'm there!"

Barney looked to Kouichi, and gave him a commanding stare. "C'mon, you're gonna help me find this guy's rumpus room. You owe it to me after that stunt you pulled back there."

Fully expecting Kouichi to follow him, Barney hurried out of the room and into the many sprawling hallways of the castle. He didn't know where he was going or what the rumpus room [i]looked like[/i], but he did know that he would get there eventually. With that certainty behind him, Barney was happy.

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