All of Kathy's cleaning yesterday had paid off and the warehouse was much more livable today. All the broken furniture had been tossed, though very little had been moved in to replace it, and everything that could be swept, scrubbed, or tidied had been. Kathy had ended up crashing up in the loft in a nest of pillows and blankets that she'd managed to scrounge from various stores around the island and Ikea. The loft itself was more of an open platform jutting out from a wall than a proper room, so Kathy hadn't even tried to make it resemble a bedroom. If anything, it was a colorful blanket fort with two hammocks strung in the corners. It was truly ridiculous, but she loved it. She'd also destroyed the stairs leading up to loft, replacing it with a knotted rope that dangled from the ceiling all the way to the floor. Eventually, she'd add a ladder and some kind of pulley system to help get other people up, but last night she'd slept more soundly than she had since Mexico, up in the air where nothing could get to her.
This morning had involved a run to JGoB's for frosted cranberry scones slathered with creamy honey-butter and now she was wandering the warehouse, debating how much furniture she'd actually need to replace and where it would all go while waiting for Dante to show up with the hair dye.
Not a bad Monday, overall.
[For the guy mentioned but also open!]
This morning had involved a run to JGoB's for frosted cranberry scones slathered with creamy honey-butter and now she was wandering the warehouse, debating how much furniture she'd actually need to replace and where it would all go while waiting for Dante to show up with the hair dye.
Not a bad Monday, overall.
[For the guy mentioned but also open!]
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Date: 2017-08-23 03:38 pm (UTC)And he'd been firm enough in his no that Kathy wasn't going to do more than tease him about it.
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Date: 2017-08-23 03:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-23 04:04 pm (UTC)They'd settled on that being 'potentially amusing, but way more likely to cause unnecessary drama.'
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Date: 2017-08-23 04:21 pm (UTC)Very skeptically.
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Date: 2017-08-23 04:25 pm (UTC)Another beat.
"And we're probably going to pretend to be twins in Baltimore sometime."
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Date: 2017-08-24 04:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-24 04:19 am (UTC)Fuck. If she hadn't made it awkward before, she sure as hell was doing that now.
"It's dumb," she finished lamely. "Just idle chitchat while I short-circuited a hair dyeing inspired panic. Which was also dumb."
She was dumb. Who let her do things? Like talk?!
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Date: 2017-08-24 04:27 am (UTC)Dante shrugged idly. "Hey, whatever you guys are into," he said. "Twins are just overrated."
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Date: 2017-08-24 04:33 am (UTC)"Raven just like showing off what she can do," Kathy said. "Which--fair, her powers are pretty awesome. Can't blame her for that. But it's not going to be, like, a thing now, me walking around with a--a double."
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Date: 2017-08-24 04:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-24 04:52 am (UTC)"Sort of," Kathy said with a smile. "Let me show--err, can I get up and move around? Cause I can explain to you how the food machine thingy works, but it's kinda easier to show you."
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Date: 2017-08-24 04:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-24 05:16 am (UTC)She gestured to a large metal box near the sink, mounted on the wall. "It's a food replicator or something," she explained. "I forgot all the technobabble Barry used to explain it. But you've gotta add matter to the top like this..." she shoved a handful of junk into the top of the machine, then opened a panel on the side and entered in a code. "I...think it should be voice activated now," she said, a little dubious. "Ask it for something. Simpler is better--not saying you can't order a full Thanksgiving dinner, but you'd have to refill it."
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Date: 2017-08-24 05:18 am (UTC)Dubious, yeah.
"A slice of pepperoni pizza?"
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Date: 2017-08-24 05:31 am (UTC)Barry hadn't had these problems, but he was a super-genius. Kathy was going on half-remembered talks and tech she wasn't smart enough to fully understand.
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Date: 2017-08-24 05:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-24 05:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-24 06:03 am (UTC)He held up the slice. ...and approached it with caution.
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Date: 2017-08-24 06:09 am (UTC)At least for her.
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Date: 2017-08-24 06:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-24 06:19 am (UTC)Not that she exactly had a home world to go back to, but details.
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Date: 2017-08-24 06:20 am (UTC)"Good," Dante said. He finally took a bite - the pizza tasted fine. "Ada's leaving soon."
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Date: 2017-08-24 06:27 am (UTC)"Oh, that's right, she's a senior," Kathy said. "Isabella must be, too. I'm sorry."
Kathy was pretty sure Ada had never liked her and had liked her even less when she'd come back, but she knew that Ada and Dante had been close. She laid a brief hand on his shoulder, squeezed, and then let it fall. "Made plans to visit yet?"
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Date: 2017-08-24 06:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
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