Give Grey a piece of your mind

You strain your lackluster muscles as hard as you can, but the ropes stay firmly in place. You can barely waggle your forearms around. You can’t do your job like this at all! You’ll have to find Grey and complain about this!

You march in a huff to the other side of the mansion, where you find Grey standing in the hall. And sheeeeeee’s also got her arms tied to her sides… She wears a look of deep concentration on her face, so you stay silent and observe. But it gives way to an emotion just barely identifiable as disappointment when a metallic *clink* fills the hall, followed by two broken halves of a nail file hitting the floor behind her.

She sighs. “That was my last one…” It’s only then that she notices your presence. “Ah, Emilia. How may I be of assistance?”

“How about telling me what’s going on with these dang ropes!? I need the use of my arms, you know! What’s with Surge’s dumb mansion tying me up when I’m just trying to clean it!?”

“You may relax Emilia. I assure you that you are not the first girl I’ve seen in that uniform. And may I add-”

You interject, “I’m not talking about covering up! I need my arms for cleaning!”

Intimidation Check: Failed!

“Utter nonsense,” Grey replies dismissively. “I can assure you from personal experience that the duties of a maid can be carried out in your current state. It may require some creativity, but I have faith in you. You seem like a smart girl.”

Well… she’s right! Y-You are a smart girl! She’s probably the first person to ever say so! Finally, somebody appreciates your brilliance.

“W-Well, if that’s how things are, then I’ll just have to live up to your expectations.” You turn on your heels and scurry to your cart, the thought never crossing your mind that, even if you CAN work like this, it doesn’t mean you SHOULD.

You finish depositing the trash from the first room you cleaned, though with extensive use of your legs and feet to move the bags around. After securing the bag to your cart, you move on to the next room, pushing the cart along with your torso.