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exsiliumlogs2013-04-10 08:01 pm
reconnaissance) wrote in exsiliumlogs2013-04-10 08:01 pm
(closed) the force is great
Date & Time: 10th April
Location: Casa de Batrek, NORAH cafe
Characters: Ellie and Steph Browncontrolledvariable (with guest appearance by Snow Villiers stonewall)
Summary: WAFFFLLLEEESSS
Warnings: Just... Ellie...
( It's been busy, camping, training, invasions and everything. She almost forgot, really, about the whole cafe and waffles thing. At least that meant she couldn't accidentally let slip about the waffles, either.
Now, though, she was in a good mood, and sometimes you just gotta grab that and run with it; carpe diem and that, right? Although she was pretty sure that didn't usually get applied to having waffles for the first time, but screw bloody convention, eh?
So, she all but bounces through the door to Steph's apartment. )
Steph? Hey, come on, we're going out.
Location: Casa de Batrek, NORAH cafe
Characters: Ellie and Steph Brown
controlledvariable (with guest appearance by Snow Villiers stonewall)Summary: WAFFFLLLEEESSS
Warnings: Just... Ellie...
( It's been busy, camping, training, invasions and everything. She almost forgot, really, about the whole cafe and waffles thing. At least that meant she couldn't accidentally let slip about the waffles, either.
Now, though, she was in a good mood, and sometimes you just gotta grab that and run with it; carpe diem and that, right? Although she was pretty sure that didn't usually get applied to having waffles for the first time, but screw bloody convention, eh?
So, she all but bounces through the door to Steph's apartment. )
Steph? Hey, come on, we're going out.
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No, magic happening, huh? [And she might just be making a kissy face, giving a suggestive little shimmy. Because she's a dork.
She can sense the awkwardness, and is going to defuse it with a combination of gentle teasing, and making herself look like an idiot.]
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( As remembers her mum saying that when she and Corrie were being terrible, making faces at each other; she also remembers smartly informing her mother that the wind changes direction all the time and her face hadn't gotten stuck yet, and her mother sighing the sigh of the long suffering.
Speaking of long suffering: )
Why do I even like you?
( But, to clarify, ) Cedric's a good mate. I wasn't after any magic happening.
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Over her shoulder:] Because I make a great cup of coffee.
[It's clearly the only reason Ellie keeps her around, as she comes back to Ellie, there's an eyebrow waggle]
Was he after any?
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No.
( Although, her tone does brighten, something of a smile making its way back to the corners of her mouth. )
Actually, I think I scared him with stories about the bike sheds at school and school play rehearsals.
( A bit as if she was saying ah, the good old days. ) Ready?
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[Because she knows exactly what Ellie is talking about, having been a teenager at high school, once.
And to answer the question, she heads to the door, holding it open and gesturing with a flourish for Ellie to exit first.]
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I'll meet you at the bike shed, sweetheart.
( Just before she waltzes out the door. She'd started to relax a bit on taking the AK everywhere, before the (false, she knows it was false) invasion, but now the habit is back. Just in case, it couldn't hurt, so she's slinging it back over her shoulder as casually as if it were just a messenger bag. )
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At least we wouldn't have to worry about who's bringing the condoms.
[Locking the door behind her, she tilts her head at Ellie in a silent would you care to lead the way? since Steph isn't sure where they're going.]
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But she's immature; she laughs. )
Our lives would be so simple. And if everyone already thinks we're dating, we wouldn't even need to be discrete.
( Of course, she doesn't think they actually do, because Steph was just being melodramatic. Lead the way she does, hopping down a few steps at a time because lifts are for losers also for situations where you know without the shadow of a doubt that you won't get trapped in there. )
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[So dry.
Nevermind that she'd actually been a little bit hurt, in those brief moments where she thought something might've happened between Ellie and Cedric without Ellie telling her about it.
That's not anything important, she's just being weird.]
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( Not that she has ever really-- been concerned about her appearance. Only sometimes, rare occasions. There were more important things. And it definitely wasn't something she'd ever thought about lately, not something that ever made her feel a bit restless. She's flippant and lighthearted, and starts walking down the stairs backwards - no hand on the railing - as she talks to Steph. )
And I drool on your pillow.
( Feelings are not complicated here at all )
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[Just tossing that out there as well, as she keeps an eye on Ellie as they walk. It's not that she thinks she'll fall but-- she kind of thinks she might fall.]
The drool is a valid point, I'll give you that.
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For a few moments, she lapses into silence, just turning things over in her mind, the imaginary situation where she and Steph are going out or sleeping together or whatever this bizarre thing that she's composed in her mind is, really, twisting to walk the right way for a few more steps before they reach the ground floor.
It's an excuse for a moment of silence as she pushes the door open, her holding it for Steph, this time.
She's not too sure why she feels so odd, uncomfortable, but it reminds her a fraction of how she felt when they were camping, even without that thick film of awkward that accompanied it, just that physical feeling that seemed just beyond reach.
Wake up, Linton. ) Oh, look. Another beautiful day of pissing down rain. ( It's to her credit how genuinely enthusiastic she manages to be, even as she flashes a cheeky grin at Steph. )
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You know, they always joke about it constantly raining in England, but I never thought they actually meant it.
[Nevermind that this rain is the result of a nuclear winter. Once they're outside, Steph reaches out for Ellie's hand, entwining their fingers. In case that might ease some of the awkwardness in the silence.]
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( Not even dryly said, quite serious as Steph catches her hand, letting her grin give her away. She gives her hand a reassuring squeeze, gently tugging her along towards the NORAH cafe - Steph might recognise the way as Ellie ambles along. She'd rather smooth any awkward away, rather than brooding on it because this is meant to be fun, a good day. All kinds of sentimental crap. )
At least it's not as bad as home. When the rain hit there, the temperature could plummet. Pretty ordinary when you're sleeping outside.
( Not bitter, not even... brooding or serious, just wrinkling her nose and laughing about it. It feels good, to be able to talk about Hell without becoming all locked up. )
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[Beryl would probably be ashamed of her right now, but Steph's just having a bit of fun, running with Ellie's joke instead of letting that awkwardness build up.]
I thought it was always hot in Australia. [Continuining with the 'Steph is ignorant about non-US places' joke, since it's usually a favourite of Ellie's.]
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( Gold star, Steph, for getting a laugh out of her. ) We're the land of extremes. Droughts, floods, wet season, dry season. I mean, it's never like Alaska or Siberia, but it can get pretty cold when you're used to it being baking hot. You could get a bit of frost in the morning, sometimes. Not a lot, it'd all be gone by 8am, usually, but still. A tiny, tiny bit.
( Behold the extremes. )
I reckon cold for us would be pretty weak compared to some people around here. ( And she isn't being grumpy or defensive about it, either. ) Some places you can go skiing, too.
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[In case Ellie might've thought Steph made a habit of wearing food.
It's nice, hearing Ellie talk about Australia without the context of the war, just the - little things. But she does huff a laugh.]
It snows in Gotham, sometimes, we get about half a meter or so. [Look at her, automatically converting for Ellie.] But yeah, even that's not cold compared to some places. I don't think frost in the morning really counts.
[Gently teasing, as she nudges Ellie's shoulder with her own.]
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( With a gentle counter-shoulder bump, for good measure. ) I bet you could make the jam and cream work, though, if you tried.
( Ellie please try thinking before you speak. For someone who over-thinks, sometimes, she really doesn't process how things are going to sound, very much. It's just the internal stuff that goes into overdrive.
And, yeah, she's actually just imagining Steph with a fuzzy hat and scarf and little mits, and it's a bizarrely cute image. Making little snow-bats, or something. She's grinning a bit at the thought, but doesn't explain it, just enjoys it. )
We're tropical, if we got half a meter of snow I reckon we'd have a few thins to worry about. ( Whoops, sudden turn, pulling Steph along. )
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[Ellie is welcome for that mental image of Steph with whipped cream on her.
The turn almost surprises her, but she adjusts pretty quickly, catching herself before she does anything embarrassing like fall over.]
The sheep might like it, they could blend into the landscape.
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( Wow, Stephanie, wow. She just said that, didn't she? And that sure is a mental image. It's a good thing she totally isn't turning a bit red.
This is a lie.)Suddenly I'm really sad all the sex I've ever had was during the war. Whipped cream doesn't sound bad.
( Ellie Linton can run with this and not be flustered! Yes! She can make this conversational!)
Actually, that's not such a good thing if they get sick or separated from the rest. It's better if we can find 'em quick.
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It can be fun. A little sticky if you get carried away, but that could be said for any sex.
[She's incorrigible, and enjoying the reaction she got out of Ellie.
Though she does have to roll her eyes, still looking amused.]
I was joking, El. I know it's kinda bad for sheep in winter.
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( She cannot. She simply cannot. The hand that isn't holding Steph's just presses into Ellie's forehead. )
I was so cut that I didn't have any girls to discuss this stuff with, and now I realise how lucky I was.
( Because she is stuck with this jerk. God. She's complaining through a smile, though, even as she nudges Steph to indicate they're almost there - the NORAH cafe, where she's dragged her before for milkshakes, though via a totally different route. It was meant to be a surprise, after all. )
You never know. ( Maybe she just takes farming a bit too seriously. She misses it. )
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What, you don't wanna talk to me about sex? But I'm a fountain of knowledge and wisdom.
[No that's... pretty much the opposite of true.
Ellie gets a raised eyebrow once their destination comes into view, because why would they need to go a different way just to get to a cafe they've been too before.]
What I do know is that you're acting a bit suspicious.
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( Terribleness, actually. And total crap, that was another thing. Everything bad in the world, that was what Steph was a fountain of. She was responsible for those shitty garden tools that broke in half the first time you used them.
And because, o wise one, she had to maintain the surprise. )
Me? ( So hurt! ) I try to do something nice and you say it's suspicious.
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[She's just going to toss some options out there, even if she can all but read Ellie's thoughts on this particular topic. She probably shouldn't enjoy the teasing so much, but oh well.]
It is suspicious. [Shooting her such a suspicious look to match] Why are you doing nice things?
[She doesn't remember doing anything that deserved a nice thing.]
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