betterthanaplan: (shiny hair and concern)
Duke Crocker ([personal profile] betterthanaplan) wrote2019-12-01 01:37 pm

The Cape Rouge, Port of Fandom, Sunday evening

The joys of sailing in from 2008, Duke was not dealing with a giant winter storm as he made his way down the coast from Maine. The weather had in fact been perfectly fine until he crossed into Fandom waters and the first of the white flakes hit the boat. He'd had some warning about this, sort of, thanks to Octavia's voicemail, but it still took him a couple minutes to work out that it really was powdered sugar falling from the sky instead of snow.

He managed to get his boat docked without getting too much of a contact sugar high, and paused on the deck for a few moments to just watch it drift in the glow of his string lights. It didn't sparkle quite the same way a good snowfall would, but it was pretty enough in its own way, and with the hood of his slicker pulled to protect his hair, he could let himself relax for a minute and just enjoy it.

A porg landed on the deck, liberally dusted and practically buzzing like a hummingbird as it rolled around in a small sugar drift. He was going to be cleaning up tiny sugar porg prints for days. Duke watched it for a moment, then turned his face back up towards the sky, tasting sugar on his lips.

"Home sweet Fandom."

This couldn't possibly be good for the fish.

[can be open, sure!]
okteiviakom: ([neu] yeah that'll suck)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-04 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was already holding it by the time you needed distracting," Octavia retorted, as she took a seat. "But you're too tall for headbutting, anyway."
okteiviakom: ([neu] no srsly queen)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-04 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't tell me what to do," Octavia replied without missing a beat. While picking up her sandwich because being contrary came naturally to her.

And also, she was hungry. With how rotten she'd felt for half the day, eating had kind of not been as much of a thing as it would have been on a regular day.
okteiviakom: ([neu] I am always right)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-04 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Warning?"

That came out only a little bit sandwich-y. Her table manners still weren't the best, though.

"What, eat it before the porgs do?"
okteiviakom: ([pos] yeah as if)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-04 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, if I lose my food to a porg, I deserve the defeat."

Which, yes, meant he deserved his too. And she didn't even know it had been his fault!
okteiviakom: ([pos] dumb boys)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-04 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia snorted, a smirk tugging at her lips. Or possibly a smile. Who could tell, really?

"Not only do I think that, you just told me so."
okteiviakom: ([pos] tease)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-05 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
"But they're not."

Okay, definitely a smirk, now.
okteiviakom: ([neu] no srsly queen)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-05 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Octavia's head tilted a little as she considered that.

"... Luck?" she offered, slowly.
okteiviakom: ([neu] postapocalyptic supermodel)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-05 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Octavia shrugged. "I don't know enough about porgs or boats to say anything to that," she decided. "But, look: no one eating my sandwich but me."

She was actually halfway through with it already.

"And it's a good one."
okteiviakom: ([pos] oof)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-05 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think one of them is licking my leg right now."

There were four sugar-dusted legs under the table, what was a porg supposed to do?

"Not sure that's evidence in your favor."
Edited 2019-12-05 12:08 (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([pos] gentle ribbing)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-05 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia snorted, looking amused.

"True. And that's a first."
okteiviakom: ([pos] downwardly amused maybe)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-05 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia wasn't even remotely the blushing type, but she ducked her head with a tiny smirk all the same.

"That's... not a first, really," she replied. "But it's been a while."
okteiviakom: ([pos] yeah as if)

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2019-12-05 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe even Shunsui has to leave something for other people," Octavia replied, glancing up without lifting her chin. "Besides, he's..." She trailed off for a second, thinking about how to put it. "He doesn't go for my legs, he tells me I'm lovely."

His was an all-encompassing sort of flirting.

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