[OPEN LOG]

[nukeoleptic]

Who: Jade + literally anyone
What: Jade bribing people into her restaurant with free things.
When: Day 355.
Where: The Highwind, in Heimdall's district.
Rating: PG-13 for language at most!

EDITED TO ADD: Also, totally feel free to threadjack and use this as a mingle log IF YOU WOULD LIKE ♥

[ It had worked once before, back in the heat of late summer in Asgard, so Jade was trying it again. She had dragged the sign out to the front of the store, right in the middle of the sidewalk, and written in huge letters:

free hot chocolate! :D
just come inside ♥

The temperature hadn't broken the sixty degree mark today - it was getting chilly fast. Both Orihime and Annabeth were gone, and the store was oddly quiet. Jade will be found keeping herself busy throughout the day with odd little chores when it's completely empty of customers - sweeping, dusting, and occasionally dozing in a booth near the door when the boredom becomes too much to bear. ]

Comments

[iin2ufferable]

Not really.

[ But he takes another step inside and lets the door swing shut behind him. And then stands there awkwardly. ]

[nukeoleptic]

[ Jade pauses, then, before rolling her eyes and retrieving a cup of the hot chocolate. She rounds the counter, before placing it on one of the empty tables near the wall, and then proceeds to turn on her heel and march back to the front of the store. ]

There! You can take it. I promise I won't even try to talk to you or anything.

I CAME PREPARED WITH AN ICON FOR THIS

[iin2ufferable]

[ He looks at it, then looks back at her and shrugs. ]

Okay.

[ And promptly sinks into a chair, just to pick up the cup and sniff at it warily. ]

[nukeoleptic]

[ Jade has to physically bite the inside of her lip to keep from talking again. Instead, she just keeps herself busy, sort of lining up a half-dozen of the desserts she'd had Ryan make the day before, very obviously Not Paying Sollux Any Attention. ]

[iin2ufferable]

[ But look how cute he's being Jade, he burnt his tongue and now he's stuck it out and is eyeing that cup as though it's betrayed him. ]

[nukeoleptic]

[ And she taps her fingers against a plate of some sort of berry cobbler, puffing her cheeks out before she finally gives in - ]

You should blow on it first.

[iin2ufferable]

[ Scowl. ]

Now you say that. I think you were trying to sabotage me.

[nukeoleptic]

I was not! I had literally just promised you I wouldn't talk to you!

[ Huuurg. ]

Do you want some whipped cream?

[iin2ufferable]

Only after you made it hot enough to scald my tongue off. Thanks.

[ If it's any consolation, his tone isn't that angry, he's just getting on her case for the sake of it. ]

Why would I want that?

[nukeoleptic]

Because it makes it taste better.

[ She snorts softly, unable to keep from laughing quietly at that. ]

But you do get that hot chocolate implied hot, right?

[iin2ufferable]

Yeah. Hot chcocolate. Not sear the first layer of skin from every surface in my mouth chocolate.

[ He'll keep going, seriously. ]

...okay, do it.

[nukeoleptic]

[ Hee that tone is familiar, and she bites back a remark about it as she approaches, topping his mug of hot chocolate with a heaping layer of whipped cream. ]

That's been chilled. Taste it, maybe it'll help your mouth feel better.

[iin2ufferable]

[ He sniffs it, then licks it, then stares at it kind of dubiously. ]

What's it made out of?

[nukeoleptic]

[ She opens her mouth, pauses, shuts her mouth, then looks at the can in her hand, spinning it around to try to find the contents. ]

-- no idea.

[iin2ufferable]

So how do you know you didn't just poison me?

[ He's still trying to drink it though. ]

[nukeoleptic]

[ She fixes him with a flat look, before opening her mouth and spraying some of the whipped cream directly into her own mouth. ]

Soooo poisonous. I'm dying right here.

[iin2ufferable]

You do look a little bit dead. I wasn't going to say anything. That would be rude.

[nukeoleptic]

[ Jade stares at him impassively for a moment, before spraying some whipped cream on her fingers and flicking it at him. ]

[iin2ufferable]

Shit!

[ He swats at it but vastly misjudges the swing-- or rather, instinctively tries to ward it off with abilities that he doesn't actually have any more, so it lands squarely on his face. ]

Are you trying to kill me faster?

[nukeoleptic]

[ Pffthahahaah she just backs up to give him a little room, before bursting into quiet laughter and just going to replace the can of whipped cream behind teh counter. ]

[iin2ufferable]

[ He makes a few erratic gestures as if to mimic death throes, then slumps in his chair. ]

You killed me, this is the worst customer service ever.

[nukeoleptic]

Booo hoooo. You stay dead for like an hour in Asgard, you will just have to deal with it!

[ But she's beaming to herself as she collects a slice of pie from a dish on the counter, moving back to Sollux's table and thumping it across from him as she slides into a seat in the chair across the table from his. ]

I have some cards. D'you wanna play a game?

[iin2ufferable]

[ He sits up again and eyes the pie just like the hot chocolate, but doesn't say anything. ]

I'm supposed to be dead, how am I going to play a game? Are there any games a dead person can even play? If you want me to do some ghosty future reading shit, it's not happening.

[nukeoleptic]

Nah, that's all bullshit, anyway. Cards are just cards!

[ Pointedly, she pushes the plate about a half-inch closer to him, before returning to the cards. ]

And I dunno. I've died a million times but I still know how to play crazy eights.

[iin2ufferable]

[ What, is she trying to fatten him up? He's not outright rejecting it though. That's a pretty good sign that he'll get to it at some point; it's not even person, he is just not a big eater. ]

Crazy what?