seasiren (seasiren) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-10-18 00:27:00

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Ho boy
Ash had been thinking this over since her talk with Michael. She didn't know what to do really. She knew what her feelings were and knew that now Michael was going to notice exactly how she felt about him.

She was worried it would ruin the friendship she also valued. She had done some digging (being a Princess has it's perks) and discovered a way to try and ease her own state of mind.

Cindy Lord. A friend of Micheal's. She knew this could get messy but decided that she would go with this plan.

And so she sent a message requesting a meeting with Cindy and making sure it was made clear she wished to discuss Michael. She would allow Cindy to set the time and place as Cindy would be doing her a favor.

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littleladylord
2011-10-18 03:00 am UTC (link)

The message came back, offering one of her family's apartments in San Francisco, address enclosed, at 7:30 that evening.

After taking the train down there from Gateway, Cindy whipped up a pretty decent kale salad, if she did say so herself.

Hey, this conversation was about Michael. It should go well, because Cindy was going to look out for her man. No, not in that sense, Ew. Hemph.

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seasiren
2011-10-18 03:05 am UTC (link)

Ash had little idea what one should bring in this sort of situation. She decided to go with an apple pie with caramel drizzled over the top. One shouldn't just show up empty handed and she was trying to make sure this went well.

And if this got tense Ash would have something sweet on hand to help sooth her nerves. And exactly at 7:30 Ash is knocking on the door.

Magic is handy.

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	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:08 am UTC (link)
	Cindy gets the door. "Hi. Ash, right? Come on in!" she says, showing her in, closing the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 03:11 am UTC (link)
	"H-H-hello, it's nice to meet you," Ash greets trying to control her stutter as she steps inside. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:12 am UTC (link)
	"Kitchen's right there on the left. Put the pie on the table. It smells absolutely delicious." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 03:14 am UTC (link)
	"B-baking is something I'm sort of good at," Ash agrees as she moves in the direction indicated. She'll be happy to go set it down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:16 am UTC (link)
	"Do you like lemonade?" Cindy asks as she gets a couple of glasses. The salad bowl, serving utensils, and plates are already on the table. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"Mmm. It-It's not too sweet is it? If... if it is I'll be babbling instead of st-stuttering." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:20 am UTC (link)
	"Mostly tart." Cindy pours the drinks, takes her seat, and, just by instinct, steeples her fingers. "So. Michael." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

seasiren
2011-10-18 03:27 am UTC (link)

Ash takes her seat then tries to decide how to explain herself. So she starts with the beginning and how they met. Poor Michael getting water dumped on him latter because well, his head had been on fire.

Then her deciding she had to make a formal apology. She can't stop that smile that flashes.

Then she flash forwards highlighting the giant crush and Michael just not noticing and that it had been perfectly okay because she thought she might spontaneously combust.

"And then it changed. Morgan le Fey attacked us while we were having lunch in New York. He must have heard me getting v-v-very over protective. I-I.... had a feeling she was going to kill him. I was not going to let that happen. And well er.... he figured it all out. Right then and there."

She'll let Cindy absorb that for a minute.

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	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Cindy listens earnestly, then, "He hasn't told me this, the little jackass." She's grinning, though. "How did he seem to take it? Well done with the Morgan Freaking Le Fey, by the way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

seasiren
2011-10-18 03:37 am UTC (link)

"Better than I expected," Ash admits with a dip of her head. "He said and I quote: God damn it, I'm dense."

There's more Ash is working up to it, she is obviously a shy person. "And he said he owed me a.... night out? I am under the impression he's treating it like I date unless I'm m-m-misinterpreting surfacer cultural nuances. M-My experiences are fairly limited."

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	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:39 am UTC (link)
	"Yes. Yes, he is, but we love him for it, right? Well, to explain the surfacer nuances, in circumstances like this, unless he specifies that he wants a night out that's not a date; it's a date." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 03:43 am UTC (link)
	"I d-d-don't l-like ha-having to ex-explain how weird the surface is to people." She was not about to tell them how wrong the buildings could look and feel at times. They're not as open' as she expects them to be. "I really hope I don't screw this up then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:47 am UTC (link)
	"Hey. You get by up here a thousand times better than most of us would get by down there. So did Michael suggest anything for your night out?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 03:51 am UTC (link)
	"He had me pick." Hey now she's comfortable this is good. "I decided I wanted to see the Guggenheim. It's something I haven't seen before and I haven't really gotten a chance to see a surface museum that wasn't outside of heroics." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:54 am UTC (link)
	"Which Guggenheim?" Perils of globetrotting parents, you forget that anyone working in America always means the one in New York. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 03:56 am UTC (link)
	"There's more than one?" Ash looks surprised. "The one in New York. It's the one I read about. It looks interesting." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"Italy. Spain. Mexico. Abu Dhabi. Oh. Yeah. He's gotta love that one. Weird architecture in that place, and they do a lot of architecture exhibits to boot. Salad turn out okay?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"It reminds me of some of the more fun Atlantean buildings from what I saw on the internet," Ash admits twisting her moth into a little grin. "Oh yes. It's different, I've never had kale before." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 04:14 am UTC (link)
	"It's great stuff. Good source of calcium. I try to eat healthy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"It's.... different." She thinks it's good though. Why have they switched to the virtues of kale? She won't question this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Cindy might be a little all over the place. She just likes to confirm she's provided proper hospitality. "So. Guggenheim. That should go well. Then what?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-10-18 04:28 am UTC (link)
	"I...." Oh look wide-eyed nervous look. "I don't know. I never really did this before. In Atlantis it's Cait who had the noble boys trying to get her attention. I hid and did very..... Mage-like things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2011-10-18 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"Hey. Don't worry. Just as well. Michael's not going to go at this like the typical Atlantean nobleboy anyway. I recommend food for some point in the evening. Even if you aren't that hungry, get a little meal in front of you so you can pick at it during the awkward silences and make them less awkward. Then you can just doggybag it to eat later if it's still there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)