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[fistsofchange]

This is Bai Lin! I can't answer the phone right now but I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

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[sleight_of_fate]

Hey, Lin. This is Rhys, hopefully you remember me?

Anyway, I just wanted to know how you were doing, if you were surviving this heat, and if you maybe wanted to do something sometime soon? We can hang out someplace with ice cream and air conditioning. I promise not a roof. I mean, unless you want to hang out on a roof, we can do that but I figured you might like, you know, something else.

Let me know. =)

[fistsofchange]

Hello Ryhs!

The heat has been absolutely miserable but I'm doing my best to keep it together! I actually just recently had ice cream for the first time just the other day and wow it's really something else.

Going out for ice cream instead of alcohol sounds like a fun idea that will probably not leave us feeling QUITE so miserable and hopefully won't end up with waking up on a rooftop again heehee

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[indignitas]

Hi Lin. I wanted to apologize to you for giving you a hard time the other night. Unfortunately, I was an ass in my twenties and was of a mind to make certain everyone knew it. 😔

I like to think I grew out of it but Malachite thought we could all use a reminder, I suppose.

[fistsofchange]

Is THAT what was going on? I thought you just had a very surly son!

Well no harm done except to that one guy I had to beat up a little bit (he’s okay right?) and if you want a rematch some time just let me know! 🏎

[sleight_of_fate]

Agreed, there's much better places to wake up than rooftops. Not that the view isn't nice, but...gritty. And full of sunburn.

You only just had ice cream for the first time? Wow. I guess you know what you've been missing out on now. =) I will never say no to ice cream, or slushies. Especially in this weather. And there's so many flavors that you won't run out of things to try anytime soon.

We could probably find a nice air-conditioned movie theater, too, if that appeals to you. Lots of options.

[fistsofchange]

And it's HELL on your back. I think my neck is stil la little sore.

I had vanilla with chocolate chips. It was delicious but I kind of got a headache. Apparently you can't eat it too fast or that happens

Anyway ice cream and a movie could be fun- [Apparently she didn't know what ice cream was but did know what movies are.] -but I was hoping for something a bit more private if you take my meaning

[sleight_of_fate]

Oh really. That can be arranged, too...

Tell you what. There's a lot of really nice little hotels along the water, maybe we could check into one of those, bring a bunch of really good take-out, and relax there, watch whatever movies we can get on TV and see where it goes from there?

[fistsofchange]

I think the proper order of things is

1 watch a movie
2 get ice cream
3 visit a hotel
4 see what happens

[Her memories of that first trip to Marilla were still spotty, but Lin had a vague recollection of him promising her a good time.]

[indignitas]

That's *very* generous of you, thank you. We'll certainly have a rematch soon.

Honestly, I'm not sure if he's all right? I didn't know some of those people. I just sort of acquired them picking fights around town?

[ Embarrassing. He really was a problem in his 20s. He had one of the larger street gangs in Tokyo... There's just something about him that people follow. ]

[fistsofchange]

I like to think of myself as someone who doesn't carry grudges. It sounds like you KNOW you used to be an asshole and you're trying to be Less That, so you're fine in my book

Anyway I didn't hit him THAT hard. If I'd wanted to take him out, he would be taken out

[sleight_of_fate]

Okay, I can work with that. =D We can watch something ridiculous, feed ourselves, and then see where it goes.

[Rhys's memories are equally hazy, but he likes Lin and it does sound completely like him to promise a good time. He's easy company, and not shy in the least.]

I'll meet you at the shuttle, then, and we can figure out what kind of movie we want to see?

Continue in here? Start a log?

[fistsofchange]

The other movie I saw had something to do about the undead. Zombies or something. So like

something other than that

If it's going to get smutty, might want to keep it here?

[sleight_of_fate]

No zombie movies, no problem. We can find something lighter with some action, maybe, Let you try a few different genres and see what you like.

I'm still learning what movies here are like, so it'll be an adventure for both of us.

Sure

[fistsofchange]

Meet you at the theater at 6?

Re: Sure

[sleight_of_fate]

Perfect. I'll be there- see you then. =)

[And exactly as promised, Rhys will be at the theater at 6, dressed in a loose pair of comfortable linen pants and baggy shirt. It's a compromise between comfort and modesty and it seems to work well for him. He smiles when he sees her, stepping away from the wall to greet her properly.]

Hey. Good to see you.

[fistsofchange]

[Lin got turned around on her way there, and showed up a few minutes late. She had on a deep red, backless sundress. It was modest enough as long as she didn't bend over too far.]

Rhys! Sorry I'm late.

[She threw her arms around Rhys' shoulders in a quick hug.]

I got a little turned around is all. Did you pick out a movie?

[sleight_of_fate]

[Rhys has been waiting a little bit, but not enough to worry him and he's happy when he finally spots her. He returns the hug, quick and light but sincere.]

No problem, I haven't been here long. You look great.

[There's a lot to be said for simple and comfortable, and she seems genuinely happy to see him...that counts for a lot, even if he can only see it and not sense it.

Which is interesting, and a little refreshing. The calm quiet is something he doesn't encounter often and he appreciates it. Being tuned into everyone's emotions all the time can be so draining.]

There's a couple of options, I figured having a choice was good. There's one about a normal guy who becomes an action hero, that looks pretty good...chases and fights and all that fun stuff...and then one about a woman who makes friends with a dragon. A real dragon, I mean, not a Gembonded.

[It's funny how some things are the same, even in a whole other world. Love of explosions, and love of all things mythical.]

[fistsofchange]

I DO like dragons. Let's see that one.

[Lin had known a few dragons, actually. Or at least, humans with the reincarnated souls of dragons. Enormously powerful people. Two of them had been bastards but the third had been her best friend.]

[sleight_of_fate]

That sounds like a lot of fun to me, too. Dragons are extinct where I'm from, but the idea has always fascinated me. The little bits of lore and imagination around the whole thing.

[Granted there are Gembonded that turn into dragons here, but it's not quite the same.]

Popcorn and drinks, too?

[He gives her a hopeful smile because at the very least, he's going to get a box of candy. It's the movies, it demands it.]

[fistsofchange]

Sure.

[On top of all the OTHER nice things happening to her tonight, she was also going to find out what popcorn was!

Lin glanced at other people entering the movie theater to see how other couples were acting. Thus informed, she wrapped her arm around Rhys' and leaned her head on his shoulder, just a little bit.]

Shall we?

[sleight_of_fate]

We shall.

[He smiles as he takes her arm, completely content with the little bit of extra contact as they make their way into the theater. It feels nice and he has a feeling it's going to be a good evening.

Popcorn and drinks for sure, and maybe a box of candy to split because Rhys likes to be thorough. He's not always the best gentleman but he certainly tries.

So he orders for them, with a glance toward Lin to make sure it's agreeable to her. Juggling the tray means letting go of her arm, which he regrets, but they have the whole evening.]

Figure if we're going to do this, may as well make it the whole experience, right?

[fistsofchange]

[Lin has little experience with movies, and the last one she was at didn't have much in the way of snacks. So when Rhys offered to handle the snack portion of the movie going experience, Lin nodded and stood aside while he made some very important decisions about whether to get regular M&Ms or Peanut M&Ms.

You should always go for the peanut ones.]

That's the whole point. Trying new things.

[sleight_of_fate]

You'll have to tell me more about your world, sometime soon. It sounds like it's pretty different from here.

[Of course the peanut ones!]

My world is different, too, but some of the things are the same. At least, close enough that I can figure a lot of things out from past experience. It makes things easier that way, but there's still enough new to keep me on my toes.

Like, the fact that there's so much magic here, and that everyone knows about it. That's sort of crazy, to me.

[Popcorn, soda, and M&Ms. Perfect.]

[fistsofchange]

You could say that...

[It's MUCH worse than here. But she doesn't say that. She's getting tired of people's horrified reaction to the truth of where she came from.]

There's more magic here than where I came from too, though. I'll be honest it makes me pretty nervous a lot of the time. Magic seems to mainly cause trouble, back home.

It seems to be different in other places, though, so I'm trying to keep an open mind.

[indignitas]

I was a bit.... ah. Adrift for a while. I lost several close family members all at once when I was 19. Decided to take it out on everyone else. Eventually grew up? I did take my sweet time first though. 5 years in jail and then some.

He's probably all right then. I didn't hear about any wrecks that night either.

[ Which is good considering the drunk driving that was going on at the time. ]