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TNDG Day 9: Second Date
[Lotus is hanging outside the prop room. Not far from that door, there's a second, unfamiliar opening in the wall. Those golden high-heels are sitting in the genkan, though maybe it's hasty to use that description when the rest of the room that is currently blocked off with drills running. Lotus is already wearing sleek navy blue roller skates with teal wheels, matching the navy blue sweatpants and teal-printed white T-shirt that she had already been wearing. There are black skates with purple wheels in her hands. Her body thrums with a nervous energy that may be more than the vacillations of her roller blades on the ground; Kyrie may be sufficiently familiar with the signs to deduce that Lotus has consumed a serious quantity of caffeine that just now really started to kick in.
She locks eyes with Kyrie and chipperly greets her with a cliche:]
It's okay, I just got here myself~
She locks eyes with Kyrie and chipperly greets her with a cliche:]
It's okay, I just got here myself~
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[Must be all that caffeine. Did she chug a whole whack of coffee during her first date?]
I have to warn you, I've never tried roller skating before. But I'm not terrible on the ice.
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[She proffers the skates.]
Would you feel deprived of the chance to act gentlemanly if I put these on you?
oh how did I miss this notif
[But she's also brought a bouquet of flowers in blues and whites, which she offers up. That's gentlemanly anyway!]
IT'S OKAY I JUST GOT HERE MYSELF
[For the time being Lotus kneels and gets to equipping Kyrie with those skates!!!]
I mean, you already support me a lot in other ways. I really appreciate your big picture mentality. In that spirit I thought choosing a certain someone else, over you, wouldn't make you mad. I had no idea it would be that guy Simon instead though... he lay it on so thick!
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[She laughs, holding out her feet one at a time for the skates.]
I wonder if any of Simon's were really honest or if he's just that good at playing the game.
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[The skates go on smoothly! Lotus stands up and takes the flowers, looking down into them.]
I hoped it was Rosa. I should have known better, once I asked more questions and got pretty daring answers.
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It did seem like Rosa was really thinking about romance in her answers... [Glancing.] Are there any eligible bachelors here at all, though? I mean... Rhys, I guess?
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[Lotus must be really unimpressed about Dennis. She started making this cranky face as soon as Kyrie said the word men.]
Anyway, the plan is to roller blade around the prop room making snide commentary until the food is ready in there. [A jerk of her head indicates that room past the genkan where Lotus has placed Kyrie's shoes.] Also, I figure there will be plenty of American things and I can tell you whether I prefer them or not like you were wondering.
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That sounds great - especially the snide commentary part, but I'm interested to hear your thoughts on Japanese vs Western styles too.
[Doing the gentlemanly thing, she offers her arm for Lotus to take.]
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I think the biggest thing that the Americans got right is the name thing. [Lotus has used honorifics extremely sparingly, one of the few examples being these almost sardonic references to Naoi-kun and Kishibe-kun and Nijimura-kun.] I hope I've never offended "Kyrie" that way. It just makes everything really clear and direct.
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And I definitely don't mind being just "Kyrie" to you.
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[Her smile falters.]
God, you know, that's the real reason there's not going to be "more" on these dates. Anyone begging "Lotus" in the throes of passion would be awkward.
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Or you could just take it as a bit of role-playing. Spicing things up.
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[She's inhaling sharply, wondering if she tipped her hand, decides it sounds innocuous and tries to play it off by rolling further forward.]
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[She laughs, but don't think she doesn't notice and wonder.]
What number would I even be?
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[She claps her hands, excited.]
That movie had never even come out back then, right? Oh, now I'm excited, you don't know the twists!
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[She laughs, giving Lotus's arm a little squeeze.]
That sounds great, another one of your hobbies shared then.
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[She briefly puts her own hand over Kyrie's hand on her arm.]
Your turn. Tell me some American thing you like or dislike.
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[Especially being her shape and having to pad out all her curves to make it lay flat.]
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[She shakes her head, hair swishing, it sends her an inch or two back.]
Sorry, I shouldn't push you about it if you don't want to hear it, I just--you really managed to make up for lost time, you know?
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Well I had homeschooling! And I went to university!
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Oh, that makes up for it. You saw a man in a tailored suit up close for the first time, and you were like, wow~
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Exactly! I thought "I want to be that guy"~
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What about you, have you always been a big city, technology loving girl? You've heard my embarrassing, ignorant past, you've got to have something too right?
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[But the bras, oh, man.]
When I was going off to Tokyo, an uncle was the one who brought me western clothes to take, only bras didn't occur to him. I spent the first week of university full nipple.
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GASP!!!
In that moment she is sympathetic to Kyrie like a sister... okay it's now been more than one second. All emotions, like mono no aware, are temporary. So it is not getting played up anymore.]
A whole week, that must have been so stressful. So did you call your family and that was the soonest they could bring it, or was the weekend the first chance you got to go shopping by yourself? You must appreciate it more than I can, [the city girl taking it for granted, you know] walking into a store and picking up ready-made clothes off the rack.
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[The sour note there is pretty subtle but it raises a question. If she went to college in Tokyo, and she got married around that time, and as an Edokko her family also lives in Tokyo, why wasn't a bustling family there. WELL WHATEVER IT IS IN THE PAST EVERYTHING'S FINE!!!]
It should go without saying that you'd be invited, Kyrie.
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[Between her family being estranged and Rudolf's being small, it was probably mostly employees...]
What was the date, I'll come crash it with Rosa.
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After all the time I've spent here running around inviting people places, I can understand wanting to keep it cozy.
[She flushes at the mention of - the name of a whole entire second person who is also making this kind friendly gesture, which she did not immediately expect.]
It was... January 18th, 2006.