[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

[lethechained]

No, of course not. She's much too kind for that.

[Here, have a little laugh.]

Not that I don't think she could, if she really tried.

[cyan_maid]

Well anybody could if they really tried, or had something to try for. People can be pretty surprising that way!

[lethechained]

That's true. A lot of the time people have more strength than they believe they do. ... Or anyone else believes, for that matter.

[cyan_maid]

Mmm! So people in general can be extremely surprising.

[lethechained]

They can be, yes. Even if you know them very, very well.

[She knows that one firsthand.]

[cyan_maid]

I hope my friends can surprise me like that someday. It'll be interesting for sure.

[lethechained]

They probably could...! Hopefully in a good way. Maybe they will; this place itself is full of surprises, after all.

[cyan_maid]

So I've been learning!

[She takes a sip of her drink. Oh wow, it really HAS cooled down considerably; her eyebrows go up in surprise.] Mm! Mm-hm. Lots of surprises.

[lethechained]

You'll probably learn it even better, over time. It's hard to miss.

[It's still chocolate, though, which is enough for Naminé.] Those aren't always good ones, though. But I think it's worth it.

[cyan_maid]

I'll keep my fingers crossed. Even the most observant of folks can miss things right in front of their noses - which is also something I've learned. [She chuckles sheepishly.]

[lethechained]

[She offers a sympathetic smile.] That's true. [She pauses only the time required for her to take a sip of her hot chocolate.] Personal experience? [And she probably wouldn't ask if not for the sheepishness.]

[cyan_maid]

[She shrugs...also kind of sheepish.]

A bit, yes.

[lethechained]

Would you like to talk about it?

[It's said very clearly like what it is; an offer, not a demand.]

[cyan_maid]

Maybe some other time. But thank you.

[It's an offer gently declined. She's not quite ready to properly confront all of that.]

[lethechained]

Of course. [Her nod is immediate, just as gentle.]

I'll be happy to listen if ever that time comes. For now, I hope it wasn't too hard on you.

[cyan_maid]

[Shrugs.] It was...what it was. You know? Something like that.

[lethechained]

[A little nod.] I understand. Well-- with any luck maybe that won't happen again any time soon.

[cyan_maid]

Maybe.

[Another shrug.]

[lethechained]

Only time'll tell, I suppose. But-- I guess things like that can help us learn, too. [Er, wait-- too close to talking about it.]

[cyan_maid]

Right.

[How many times have they teetered into messy territory now? Jane's lost count.]

[lethechained]

[Waaaay too many. Which is why she'll just go for the safest topic she can think of.]

So what's your favorite kind of dessert?

[Does hot chocolate count as a dessert?]

[cyan_maid]

[Safest? More like best topic ever.]

I'm quite partial to cake! What about you?

[lethechained]

Cake is good. For a long time I never really got to try any desserts at all, so I guess you could say I'm a bit of a novice, really. It'd be hard to say.

[Give her a second to sip at her chocolate contemplatively.]

I guess I've always had a soft spot for hot chocolate, because it was one of the first sweet things I ever got to have here. Does that count?

[cyan_maid]

I suppose it could, if you make it very nicely.

Are you really a dessert novice? Hmmmmm...we might need to change that.

[lethechained]

Mm. Before coming to Asgard, the sweetest thing I'd ever really had was fruit. I liked it a lot, but... it wasn't exactly cake.

[...! Smilingly,] Have I gotten myself in trouble?