o6. → voice ; text

[ladyofluminosity]

[Filtered from a certain blond explorer]

I need some ideas on where to take someone that's unique and interesting around the city. The person is a bit difficult to impress, so it should be something different, maybe something you wouldn't think of right away. Something Old is already on my list, but he's probably already been there so I don't know. Most of the places I go are kind of boring. I know there are some old bookstores tucked away around here, and I've considered those too, but those aren't really impressive either. I'm trying to go for something... different.

Any ideas would be great, I need them quick. I may have gotten in a little over my head here. Oh, and places to eat, I kind of still owe him lunch too, I guess.


[Private to Brooke; text to phone]

Sorry to text you out of the blue, but I think I might need some advice on something.


[Private to Ez; text to phone]

[Well, she was going to call him originally, but she just kind of sat there like an idiot looking at her phone. So, instead of making a total fool of herself, have a text. A very well thought-out text, that took her a long time to construct.]

What are you doing Saturday?

[A very long time.]

Comments

[indy_wannabe]

Oh, yeah we had those. Aced 'em, pretty easy stuff. How'd yours go?

[ladyofluminosity]

[Phew. Okay. She didn't say something completely stupid.]

I think I did all right. I'm always a little nervous until our grades come back.

[Not that she ever gets anything other than As.]

So...

[And that was the bus in the distance. Oh thank goodness.]

So that would be us.

[indy_wannabe]

Awesome! I'm starting to get a bit hungry.

[ladyofluminosity]

It shouldn't take too long to get to the cafe. We'll have to take a trolley after that, though. That's free, at least.

[Hopping on, she sits, then it hits her. Close proximity. She's also not sure what to talk about. That's okay, she'll have a few seconds to think of something and try not to sound like a complete idiot like she did earlier. No sweat. This was easy.

She's being awful quiet for it being so easy, though.]

[indy_wannabe]

Trolly's fine I use it all the time.

[ladyofluminosity]

[Shoot. Well, she should have figured that he would have taken a trip down to the historic district at least once, but all the time? She could feel her well-thought out plans unraveling.]

Oh, is that right..?

[indy_wannabe]

Yeah it's a good way to get around.

...are you sure you're OK?

[ladyofluminosity]

[This was bad. This was really bad. She had a whole day planned and he already went through that song and dance on a regular basis. What else could she do? She should have looked into more of the things in the historic district. Shops, restaurants, anything. What was she going to do now?]

[indy_wannabe]

[Oookay. Ez is going to gently steer Luci into a nearby alleyway away from prying eyes]

Luci? What's going on?

[ladyofluminosity]

[She would at least make attempts at small talk on the bus, but those seemed to fall flat too. Her mind was obviously somewhere else. So when he steered her in a different direction, she seemed a bit confused.]

Huh?

[indy_wannabe]

Luci? Earth to Luci, come in. What's going on? You're not here today.

[ladyofluminosity]

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

[And now she was apologizing. This was going great. What's the harm in telling him, Brooke? THIS. RIGHT HERE.]

I'll be fine, don't worry.

[If she could get her act together, that is.]

[indy_wannabe]

Are you sure? You've been off all day. You got something on your mind you need to talk about?

[ladyofluminosity]

[Yes. Maybe. Probably.]

Don't worry about it. You said you were hungry, right?

[Or not.]

[indy_wannabe]

Well yeah a bit, but you're way more important than that. If something's wrong best get it out in the open now so it doesn't get in the way of our afternoon!

[ladyofluminosity]

[Why would you say something like that. WHY WOULD YOU. Deep breath. No, she was reading into this. But if she didn't say anything, she would be a ball of nerves for the whole day. And at worse... well, the day would probably be over, and she would have a hard time even talking to him for a while after this. But he already figured something was up. She winced a little inwardly.]

Actually--

[indy_wannabe]

[Just gonna smile and let her talk]

[ladyofluminosity]

[And words stuck in throat. Wonderful. Amazing. Also the vague feeling that she was going to be sick right then and there was an interesting change.]

Actually... ...Yes, there is something on my mind. ...But I don't really know how to talk about it--I mean, what I mean is...

[This sounded so painful, but they were stuck.]

[indy_wannabe]

It's OK! You can tell me anything you want!

[Still trying to smile encouragingly]

[ladyofluminosity]

[Best way to free something is by force. Do or die. This was going to be terrible.]

I think I like you.

[Abrupt. Terrible. To the point. Okay, she could crawl under a rock now. She'll even find one herself.]

1/5 I think

[indy_wannabe]

2/5

[indy_wannabe]

3/5

[indy_wannabe]

4/5

[indy_wannabe]

DONE

[indy_wannabe]

R... really!? Like... like like? Really!?

[he sounds... unduly excited?]