Library, Sunday

[gavegoodface]

Face was, wonder of wonders, awake, bright-eyed and bushy tailed, behind the desk.

Mostly because he'd gotten up early to listen to the radio in case anything interesting had happened during that three minute date business last night. What could he say, he liked gossip, especially when it didn't involve him.

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Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"They do enough ridiculousness," Cassandra muttered, coming back out of the stacks.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"They're not that bad, well maybe Leroy is."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"Which one is he?" Cassandra asked. She slapped the book down on the counter.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"The one who keeps making terrible life choices," Face replied. "How does a squirrel even get credit?"

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"How do squirrels know how to write?" Cassandra said mildly. "It is magic, no doubt. Ridiculous magic."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Face shrugged and asked "More or less ridiculous than the food rains?"

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"Certainly more intrusive," Cassandra pointed out.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"At least they're not hiding in the bushes with holorecorders." Because that had been a thing that'd happened.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Cassandra frowned at him. "What are you talking about?"

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"It's one of the favoured newsgathering methods of sludge reporters. The squirrels are bastions of journalistic integrity by comparison."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"So you are used to this?" Cassandra said, frowning. "I am... sorry. That must be vexing."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Face shrugged again. "It only happened a handful of times." A couple of creepy times. "I was too young to be doing any of the things that really make the sludges' headlines."

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"There appears to be little respect for any privacy outside of Thedas," Cassandra muttered. "And I thought the Orlesians were terrible."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"Well, what can you expect from people with hats like that?"

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"Ugh," Cassandra said.

She felt that summed everything up.

"Let us talk about something less annoying," she said. "Have you been reading anything of interest?"

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

What else could you say about Orlesian hats?

"I read the school calendar and there's a dance next Friday."

Smooth, Face.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Cassandra blinked. "There is?"

She had completely forgotten this was a thing.

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

To be fair, Face had been reading the calendar because he was trying to remember what Valentine's Day actually was. "It's for that holiday they have here, the romantic one?"

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"I... vaguely remember something of the kind last year," Cassandra said, and Maker, why was she suddenly blushing?

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"Yeah, there was," Face said. "Though I went on my own last year." Which given how he'd made out with Mara there was for the best, really.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

"So did I, I believe," Cassandra said. Wait... was he hinting at something? "Ah. I'm sure."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

Yes, yes he was hinting at something. "I don't suppose you'd care to go together this time around?"

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

One would have thought she would have assumed that he'd ask, and yet it still came as a surprise.

"Yes!" she exclaimed.

Beat.

"... Pretend that came out at a dignified volume."

Re: Talk to Face

[gavegoodface]

"Of course," Face said, then grinned, like a sap. "It'll be fun. Romantic."

Yeah, he didn't know Isabela was doing the decorating.

Re: Talk to Face

[seeks_truth]

Cassandra beamed back.

Shy at first, then full blast.