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Lany, March 22, 2077, 10:19, Arnaud’s, Rue de la Tour, Marseilles
Lany took a breath as she stepped through the portal that would return her to her comrades, bracing herself for the outburst of laughter she was sure to be greeted with.
When Baku sees Lany in that dress, he just lets out a low whistle that gets the attention of the others. Christine covers her mouth as she gasps at how well Pandora looked. Iliena smiles at her and nods in approval. Baku walks to Pandora slowly, extending his hand to her.
Lany accepts Baku’s hand uncertainly, an awkward expression crossing her face. “Long day ahead?” She asks, certain they would be looking at dresses for some time.
“I do not know about that,” he says as he slowly twirls her around. “But we do have a couple of hours while the tailors fit this for you.”
She looks at them surprised, ”So… you like it then?”
“Like isn’t strong enough of a word. I would very much like to spend a full day with you in it.” He smiled at Pandora.
Lany could feel herself blush, but knew she had nowhere to hide. She smiled lightly for a moment before continuing, ”I guess we’ll take it.” A look of shock flashed over her suddenly, as she blurted out, ”Wait, how much does this rig cost?”
Baku chuckled. “It is costing me a week’s worth of dinners with a very fine woman. I think it is a bargain.”
She had almost forgotten about their wager. She was slightly disappointed that she would not see the sight of the young Romanian being tossed around in a moshpit, but accepted the compliment his victory carried just the same. ”Don’t forget, you did say two desserts.” she said with a little smirk.
“For accepting so graciously, I suggest an alteration to our wager. Tonight, Iliena, Christine, and I will take you to dinner. You can pick the place and time. Iliena will do a reading for you. And then, assuming you choose to not go any further, we will go our separate ways for the night. The rest of the week, except Friday, I will take you to dinner, and then you can take me to your clubs. We will make it a full dinner and dancing kind of date. And whenever you want it, I will buy four desserts, if you would like.” He looked to Pandora, hoping he wasn’t overstepping his own boundaries too far.
It didn’t take long for Lany to consider Dominik’s proposal. ”Deal.” She said quickly, throwing her hand out again to shake on it.
Baku took her hand gladly, and resisted the urge to kiss it. “I have one question for you. Do you have any interest in our sales associate? I paid her enough of a bonus, I am sure I could arrange some private time for you two if you do.”
Lany chuckled at Dominik being himself, and decided to have fun with her answer. ”That’s not needed, I think I have more than enough here to hold my interest as it is.” She added a flirtatious look at the end, hoping to continue on her earlier tease
“A very good answer.” His pulse was racing. He could hear his own blood rushing in his ears. “I think this might end up being the best week I have ever had.” He had to resist the temptation to kiss Pandora, not wanting to overplay his momentum. “We still have the matter of a couple of hours to kill. You may want to try on other clothes. I have been told that a woman can never have enough clothing. And if dresses are not of interest to you, they have other clothing here. Like that lingerie section over there.” Even as it left his mouth, Baku knew he most likely slipped up.
Lany shot the young investigator a quick glance, obviously displaying disapproval. “Maybe you don’t know my interests quite as well as you think, Dominik.”
And just that quickly, the moment was lost. Baku felt his heart sink, along with his ego. “I am quite certain I do not. But if you give me the chance, I would very much like to learn.”
Lany paused, doing her best to consider his words, obviously intended to impart his regret for offending her. She shrugged, and replied, ”There’s always dinner, a deal’s a deal.”
“Yes.” His smile didn’t quite carry the same enthusiasm it did just moments ago, but he refused to make the moment more somber than it needed to be. “There is always dinner. I would not dare to suggest to you further how to pass the time. If I can assist in any way, just ask.”
The pretty young sales associate came up to Baku, and pulled him aside to talk to him quietly. He replied just as quietly. After some exchanges, she nods to him and returns to her duties. When he returns to where Lany is standing he has an amused look. “It seems that compared to some, I got off quite easy. Thank you, Miss Pandora.”
Realizing what he must have learned, Lany shot Dominik a playful grin. ”She shouldn’t have slagged my makeup.”
“I can’t imagine what she could consider wrong about your makeup.” His smile was back to being playful again. “Normally, I would try and convince you to have lunch with me… This time, however, there seems to be an associate that needs a little wooing to smooth out ruffled feathers. I do hope you are taking note of what I am doing for you.”
“Dinnae worry yerself, I’m keepin a keen eye on it.”
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Might be a little late, 7:30ish
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I am EST, think Mississippi is the same. I will likely be getting on for serious in a few hours, 6-7pm
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Think you’ll be on a little later today? Probably gonna have a decent chunk of time where I can actually sit down, (thank God…) so maybe we can work on some stuff and keep things moving along.
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Good tips for some little flavor posts, I was indeed sleeping my but off probably 30 minutes after I made that post
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She is at home.
Should be on later, but not gonna be up til 5 tonight, lol
Best to wait tomorrow for Lori Jean to contact her, since she is exhausted.
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I seriously didnt just do that again…. or maybe I didn’t…
Sorry, I’m not actually feeling very well atm… maybe I should get more than 3 hours of sleep tonight.
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Ashley just had emergency surgery inside her doctor office in order to keep her from losing her hearing permanently; the operation was successful and she has further surgery to reconstruct her eardrum/canal on Nov 3. So yay.
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@everyone
I still think the plan works, I was looking forward to getting Lany close to Armand, but I am just as interested in the current plot development.Perhaps Margot still thinks the princess idea would be good to actually get Armand into a session, as he would not pass up the chance to play before royalty.
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Ahhh fuck….
accidentally made an OOC post in the IC. SHAME*ding*… SHAME*ding*… SHAME*ding*…Then twice with this message…..
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Lany, March 22, 2077, 10:18, Arnaud’s, Rue de la Tour, Marseilles
Lany took a moment to look at herself in the mirror one more time. She still wasn’t fully convinced the dress was right for her…”Princess my arse…” She then realized if she didn’t leave soon, she was almost certain the detective would come in looking for her, and departed the dressing room.
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Lany, March 22, 2077, 10:15, Arnaud’s, Rue de la Tour, Marseilles
While Lany was examining the dress to determine just how well it was armored, one of the assistants started unbraiding her hair. As Lany fidgets with that assistant, the other one takes a wet wipe to her face. “My, my, dear. What have you done to ruin your makeup so bad?”
Lany shot the assistant a look that would cause a dragon to shiver, imagining what her makeup would look like after she shattered her nose. “And just what’s botherin ya so much about my makeup?”
The well meaning woman’s eyes grow wide, as she senses the beast being caged in Lany. “It.. It is smudged. All around your eyes.”
Glancing over at her jacket in the corner, Lany was glad that her Predator was safely stowed inside, and out of her reach. “Smudged you say? Is that all?”
“Uh… Yeah. I thought you would want to look your best for your man?” The woman starts edging toward the door out.
“Did you now. Keep givin me yer mind and you won’t be able to look at your jessie. Now away an boil yer heed, ya gaikit hoore!”
The woman looks puzzled. Clearly she didn’t understand all of what was said and is taking an important moment to figure it out when she should be leaving. ”Schnell!” Suddenly, the intent is clear, and she scurries out.
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do I have enough time to walk out in time to hear Margot say that?
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That was alot more fun to write the second time
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Lany, March 22, 2077, 10:05, Arnaud’s, Rue de la Tour, Marseilles
Lany looked at the extravagant dress in doubt. There was no way she could pull of something so garish. The saleswoman began her pitch, giving details on its designer; none of which caught Lany’s attention. As she struggled to put it on, she thought to herself ”It’s so bulky… How the hell am I supposed to run in this?” This wasn’t looking good. The lady continued her pitch, something about fancy fabrics…whatever. Lany began to critique herself in the mirror, it just didn’t seem… her.”The lights look kinda… pretty I guess, but I may as well have a bloody spotlight on me.” It felt loose in certain places so the lady call over her assistants to mend the problem, Lany watched their approach briefly, but quickly assessed they were no threat.
The saleslady continued her overly-exuberant pitch, despite the fact that the little brat was obviously not listening to a word she was saying. Lany was just looking in the mirror in doubt, imagining the laughter she would be receiving when she walked out of the dressing room. “You look like a bleedin fairy in this thang. What the fuck were you thinking Lany? Did you mean to start this job by gettin yourself humiliated?” She really didn’t want to have to punch anyone in the sternum. “What’s takin all day here?” she blurted out.
Apparently knowing some English, the saleslady was stunned at first, then apologized. “I am truly sorry. This dress is reinforced with nanocarbon fibers, and a material called… spidersilk? Anyway, it was designed to offer the wearer protection from whatever naughty boys are peeking through their dressing room windows. Close the blinds, no?” she added with a laugh.
It was the first thing the lady had said that actually caught Lany’s attention.“It’s armoured?”“I love it.”
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The princess could still work, maybe not in seducing Armand, but procuring an actual meeting. Then Baku can work his magic 🙂
As I read the post, I was just thinking, “please don’t let it be a joke…”
Lany’s gonna love this…
Finishing my post, its mostly done, just needs polish.
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Ugh, fell asleep at my computer…ehg… will finish post in morning.. b. bra..BRaiinnnssss
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Not sure what time I will be on tonight, but if we need to continue the scene before I get on, Lany will smile at Margot’s response, feeling a small kinship since they are both really lost in the fashion world, even if Lany is still convinced Margot knows far more about it than her, and is likely being modest. To be honest, Lany felt very under-dressed during their earlier meeting, she was more used to meets like that in far less savory places and thought more about function in what she wore, and she is slightly embarrassed that a college student who has never run the shadows before was better prepared than she was in that regards.
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lol
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I do believe that Baku is downright smitten at this point 😉