betterthanaplan | The Cape Rouge, Port of Fandom, Monday afternoon

As tempting as it was to just stay in their little vacation bubble at sea, Duke and Octavia did have things to do back in Fandom now that the school break was over, so the Cape Rouge chugged back into port in the late afternoon to dock at her usual slip.

It was immediately beset by porgs.

"Alright, alright," Duke said, a laugh underlining the exaggerated annoyed tone of his voice. "I know, I know, how dare I exile you from your homes. I'm a cruel, cruel man."

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"A thing of beauty," Duke said, brightening just thinking about it. "It really is too bad it was so wasted on Nathan."

Lucifer may or may not remember that Nathan was the name of Duke's police officer ex.

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Hey now, he wasn't that oblivious!

... okay, he was entirely that oblivious. But not always about people he liked. Definitely not about people he liked who had told him things he had happily projected all over.

"Oh, really?" Lucifer said, smirking. "She neglected to mention that part."

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betterthanaplan

"That she punched a cop?" Or, you know, that she'd punched his ex. "I mean, he did immediately arrest her, so maybe she wasn't too excited about bragging about that part."

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"No, that she'd punched your obnoxious, small-minded ex," Lucifer happily clarified. "Well done, Octavia."

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Duke chuckled. "Like I said, thing of beauty. Too bad he's also the Chief of Police's son." He shook his head. "She tried kicking him in the nuts too, apparently. That part I didn't get to see."

He'd been too busy freaking out at Gloria over Nathan arresting Octavia. Also, cleaning up after the animated action figure attack.

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"Possibly unnecessary," Lucifer said, after a pause. "I'm torn."

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betterthanaplan

"The man literally can't feel anything. It was definitely a wasted effort." Duke sighed. "Still would've been something to see, though."

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"Cathartic for you, I imagine."

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betterthanaplan

"And how," Duke said. "Especially since the only reason she punched him was because he was making his usual ass of himself at me."

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"So she punched him to defend your honor?" Lucifer said. "I love that girl." Beat. "I mean, not the way you do, just as a general thing."

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Duke laughed. "Yeah man, I know." He'd even managed to say the L word out loud after busting her out of jail. Or -- the H word, technically, since it had been in Trig, but still. This was major progress for Duke. "So how was the Philippines? You spend the entire time in bed, or did you at least take some time to look around?"

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"Please, I went out, I met people, I spent time on the beach, got plenty of massages, and even tried the wild water rides," Lucifer said, grinning. "Ended the whole thing on a foursome. I have no complaints."

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betterthanaplan

"Oh man. I haven't had a good foursome in . . . ages." That was one major drawback to monogamy, right there. "You hit up any of the food carts? That part of the world has some of the best street food."

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Lucifer looked squinty. "No," he said. "I went from the beach to the clubs to the fancy restaurants. Maybe next time?"

A beat.

"The foursome was excellent, though. Can't imagine giving that up."

... sure, the fact he had one real friend involved was probably the only thing that had kept it from feeling empty inside, but that was a depressing thought he was not going to waste time on lest it draw him to Coldplay again.

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As a piano player, Lucifer especially had to be careful of such things. There was only so much piano based pop out there, after all!

"Yeah, it's . . . kind of weirdly okay," Duke said. "At least so far. I mean, this is my first real monogamous relationship since, like, high school. My relationship with my wife was pretty much entirely based on orgies." A shrug. "You know, and crime."

Duke and Evi were all class, really.

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"Not a terrible basis for a relationship," Lucifer pointed out. He smirked. "Not that I begrudge you the monogamy, but..."

He had no romantic feelings towards anyone on this island, or really anyone on this planet, beyond a not-to-be-named detective of his acquaintance. And he was still miles from acknowledging that he'd be feeling much worse about these random hookups if he hadn't had a friend by his side while he had them.

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"You're sad a couple hot pieces of ass like me and Tavi have been taken off the menu?" Duke asked with a smirk.

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"I will carry my fond memories of your hot piece of ass into eternity with me," Lucifer promised. "... But it is a shame about miss Octavia."

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betterthanaplan

"That is . . . a hell of a way to live forever," Duke said, grinning. "I'm sure Octavia's managed to leave her own impression on you, though."

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"Now, I never forget a good lay," Lucifer said, ignoring that last part for... reasons. "That would be rude. And disrespectful."

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betterthanaplan

"But I'm guessing there's a lot of competition," Duke said. "So I guess I'm glad to hear I rank."

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"You do have that whole charming 'my hair is down and I'm up for anything' vibe," Lucifer said merrily. "... I can recommend the water slides in Boracay, though. But I hear the bat caves were... well, shit."

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betterthanaplan

"I don't think I've been on a water slide since I was like --" Duke paused, frowning as he thought back. "-- possibly ever." They didn't have a lot of them in Haven, and he hadn't really made them a priority once he got out into the wider world. "But yeah, I've seen plenty of bats. That guano ends up everywhere."

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"And they arrange trips to go wade through the guano, apparently," Lucifer said. "I'm still struggling to grasp why."

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betterthanaplan

"Because tourists are impressed by the stupidest things," Duke said. "Seriously, man, when I was a kid I used to make extra cash by giving tours of the sea caves back home. They're literally just large, smelly holes in rocks, but people went ape over them." He smiled. "Especially when you tell them they were frequented by, like, pirates and bootleggers and shit."

Some of them probably even were. But all Duke knew as a kid was that they were large, smelly holes in rocks.

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