From our window we could see

[velveteened]

Date & Time: June 24, 8 pm
Location: Unit 403
Characters: Kate Kane, Gilbert Nightray, and Oz Vessalius
Summary: Gilbert offers to make Kate dinner. Oz wants to meet his mysterious lady friend.
Warnings: SHENANIGANS

( he'd been curious.

gil had been acting really strangely, oddly surprised at oz coming to the apartment at this time. oz had only wanted to ask about something trivial and not so important it needed to really be dealt with now; but the fact that gilbert had asked just that -

if it really can't wait, if oz can't make do for a bit, he can't go anywhere right now but later...!

- had made oz decide to change his plans.

so gilbert is now off to search nearby shops and stalls for a local specialty, because rhubarb berries are totally real and being sold nearby but if he doesn't hurry he'll miss out for the whole rest of the summer!!!! - and oz waits to investigate just what it is gil had been expecting. )

Comments

and he looks so good in his uniform >':

[retraced]

[He still feels bad going on and on about Oz when he's not even here.]

Really? Your hair is a more unique color.

[What is hair dye.]

[gevurah]

[ Success. She wants to know more about that kid and if Gil knows anything about Jack.

She lets out an amused snort. ]

It's true there aren't many redheads, but compared to what I've seen here it's nothing.

[retraced]

I think it suits you.

[He finishes serving her and moves to his own seat to finally prepare his own meal.]

[gevurah]

[ Kate pauses, caught a bit off guard by the compliment. ]

Thanks.

And thanks for the meal.

[retraced]

N-no - you don't have to thank me. I offered it.

[Awkwardly stares down at plate.]

Is it any good...?

[gevurah]

[ She takes a spoonful, blows on it a couple of times to cool it before she swallows. For a couple of seconds she savors the taste and then looks back at Gil, nodding. ]

Pretty good, Gil.

[retraced]

[His ears turn red, and it's pretty obvious he's trying to keep from smiling in relief. 'Pretty good' is definitely preferable to 'who would eat this crap'.]

I'm glad...

[gevurah]

You buy all the ingredients in the market? [ She needs to find a cookbook in the library. As long as she's here and food sources are limited, she needs to learn to cook other meals. ]

[retraced]

Yeah. But it took a while to find produce that was fresh enough to be acceptable.

[#gilbert's impossibly high produce standards]

[gevurah]

It's going to be tricky until we either win this war or somehow fix the land and water through time travel.

[retraced]

[He frowns.]

Do you really trust them to fix it?

[gevurah]

[ As she dips her spoon she frowns herself, mulling over the idea. ]

By the way I see it, the Initiative is the lesser of two evils.

[retraced]

[Briefly he thinks of Pandora, but he dismisses the idea as quickly as it arrives. Vincent's words still echo in his head, but he still hasn't had time to properly ponder it at all.]

That's true. I haven't been here long...but I wonder if they really have a plan at all. That weapon they gave me doesn't even do anything.

[gevurah]

Their organization is all over the place. It seems like they were thrust into a war they weren't equipped at all for. [ Building armies doesn't happen overnight, no matter how many people they nab from countless universes. ] What's your weapon?

[retraced]

[He blinks, hesitates, but then reaches under his shirt and pulls out the chain that holds his Pandora emblem and blood-seal mirror. It hangs down between his fingers.]

They modified this, but I'm not sure how.

[Truth be told, he was a little too stressed to pay super close attention, but he still can't get it to do anything.]

[gevurah]

[ She peers at it closely, though she's never seen anything like it. ]

A necklace?

[retraced]

They said something about using it for protection.

[He lets go of the chain, letting it rest back against his chest.]

Maybe they did something wrong. Or I'm doing something wrong. But I still have my gun, even though bullets are a bit difficult to find, so it's not a big deal.

[gevurah]

These sentient weapons are tricky; a lot of people are still struggling to find out what theirs is capable of, judging from the network alone. [ Which is not helpful when they're shipped out to defend a world from being blown to high hell. ]

[retraced]

[Well, at least he's not alone. Still, he doesn't like the idea that he's one of the ones failing at something that others are succeeding in. He'll just have to work harder, in that case.]

Have you figured yours out?

[gevurah]

[ She breaks another bit off her slice of bread. ]

I've got it under control.

[ Not... entirely true, but it's better than when she started off. ]

Is it just you and Oz from your world?

[retraced]

[His shoulders slump just the slightest bit, but if she doesn't want to talk about it any further, then he'll definitely drop it.]

No, there's a few others. There used to be more, but they've gone home recently.

[gevurah]

[ She would much rather keep pulling information out of him.

Who is that blond guy? ]

Even though home is where they belong I'm still sorry to hear.

[retraced]

...Oz's younger sister was one of them.

[He'd taken it hard, but it had been for the best.]

He misses her, but she wasn't suited for fighting. It's better that it turned out this way.

[gevurah]

[ Her expression falters for a split-second before it reverts back to sympathy.

Sisters. Her heartstrings had been tugged just then. ]

Understandable. Kids shouldn't be pulled into this.

[retraced]

M-mmh.

[Right. Kids. She's supposed to be younger, and he'll forever refer to her that way even though she'd grown taller and older in his absence. But Kate won't know the difference either way, and explaining a lapse in time might make sense in a place like this where the past can be altered, but...

No. It's not polite dinner conversation.

Discussing war and angst isn't either, but.]

Are you the only one from your world?