The Systems Challenge

Elmo couldn't help but yawn. They had a light meal after Jonas finished with his story, though there seemed that some still had questions about some of the stories. Elmo wasn't sure why they didn't ask them while they were eating and waited until they were getting ready to discuss what everyone's next move would be as well as to head out, but some were getting those questions and clarifications out of the way now.

"Why did you watch those two?" Elin asked Kim in a huff, looking a little jealous. "Couldn't you have closed the door or something? I mean, you probably could have heard them through the door anyway."

"Come on," Kim complained. "My story was dull otherwise. I had to add them doing that."

Elin looked at Kim suspiciously. "What do you mean 'add them doing that?'"

"Simple, my Gem. They were looking for some set of old dishes or something I didn't care about and had to wait for them to leave before I could continue on with my job," Kim explained. "I was getting bored of my own story, so I thought I'd spice it up a little."

Elin glowered at Kim. "If you were getting bored, then just jump to the end. Don't just make up some weird girls doing... that."

Elmo couldn't help but chuckle to himself at Elin's fumbling with what words to use.

"You know, you might be jealous," Kim remarked in a teasing tone.

"What?!" Elin cried in outrage, but the confused look on her face, mixed in with the outrage made it more comical than anything else. "How can you say I'm jealous?"

Kim gave Elin a small peck on her lips before replying, "You don't know what 'jealous' is, do you?"

"I- I sure do!" Elin protested, but wouldn't say anything else.