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 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:31 pm
Demeter had struggled, at first, to try to catch Lanting at the same time as she went out—even borrowing another Knight to send him a letter on adorable Hello Kitty stationary (thank you, Kaifeng, you're the best!) She got a letter back not too long after that, and they finally got to a point they could meet up. And she was so excited. After all, they'd totally slain a youma together, and she thought he was really cool. And cute. And like he totally needed some kind of older sister around, because he gave off really big "little brother" energy. She hadn't understood that kind of impulse that a bunch of other people had until she met Lanting. "Hiiii, I brought cupcakes! The kind you're allowed to eat," she said as she approached him, waving excitedly and giggling at her little joke. "They're not lizard weapons this time. Promise!"
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:45 pm
It was sort of a relief, to run into Demeter again. Lanting was pretty sure he was going to be sort of nervous every time he met someone a second time, now, after Dunnottar's sudden abandonment--but Demeter was glad to see him and she'd brought cupcakes. How was he supposed to continue feeling lonely and miserable after that?
So as soon as he saw her, he perked up visibly, and greeted her with a smile.
"And I am very excited to have some," he said, cheerily. But then,w ho wouldn't be excited about cupcakes? "Hopefully there won't be any nasty lizards at all. It'd be nice to have a quiet night patrolling with a friend."
If...they counted as friends...was he moving too quickly, deciding that? Lanting had no idea. Oh well, it was already out of his mouth.
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:40 pm
She beamed at him, nodded enthusiastically, and removed the tray of cupcakes from her subspace. "Okay, so, I know spring really just started, so like, the time for strawberries isn't for a while yet, and I should totally still be on things like cherries, because strawberries are a summer fruit? Except, like, I dunno, I just decided I didn't care, and more people like strawberries than cherries, and I figured you'd enjoy chocolate cupcakes with strawberry frosting? Made with real strawberries! I try to use as much real stuff as I can, haha, anyway, um, I'm gonna shut up now, and here!" She picked a cupcake off the tray and held it out for him, blushing a bit. "I hope you like it. And, um, yeah. Patrolling with a friend is a way better way to spend the night than alone. Or with a jerk! Jerks are definitely worse than alone. Oh no. I'm for real shushing up now. Sorry."
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:02 pm
Oh, she was so sweet, and so enthusiastic, and--Lanting couldn't help but feel relaxed around her. Demeter was so nice that it was easy for him to feel like this might be a real friendship.
Not that he'd had one of those in a long, long time, so maybe he didn't know what it looked like, but if it came with cupcakes? Lanting could figure it out.
"Chocolate with fresh strawberry frosting sounds amazing," he said, and he reached out to take one, carefully unwrapping it and taking a bite. He couldn't contain his little noise of delight, and he immediately went in for another, and once he finished that he paused. "Yep, amazing is right, these are so good. Baking is witchcraft as far as I'm concerned, I am totally helpless in the kitchen."
Well, only mostly helpless. He could make instant noodles!! That usually went okay!! But that was nothing compared to cupcakes from scratch. And also....was probably not good for him, all things considered.
Oh well.
"Ugh, I'd hate spending a whole night out with some jerk," he agreed. "Anyway, you're fine, you don't need to shush, the point is to meet up and talk and stuff, right?"
Not that he was unfamiliar with the feeling of wanting to Just Stop Talking, but that didn't mean he wanted to encourage it in someone else.
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:46 pm
Demeter placed the tray on the picnic table before Lanting took his second one, so she wasn't standing there awkwardly while he ate the first one. She also took a seat at the bench and smiled at him again, finding it pretty much impossible to stop—he was just so precious! And liked her baking! Like, she knew she was good at it, or else she'd not raise so much money for charities every time she did a bake sale for them, but still—it warmed her heart every time someone new liked what she did. "Hehe, yeah, you're right! Which is why I want to hear your voice too, silly, not just my own. So~ what do you think of all this magic stuff so far? I can practically smell the 'I'm new at this' on you, hehe. And you're doing great! You took down that youma so easily once I brought your attention to it! You're good at this already—I had to get lessons in self-defense and stuff because I—oh, oop, there I go again, I asked you a question and then started rambling, sorry!"
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:03 pm
Lanting also took a seat at the picnic table, gleefully munching his way through his cupcake. He didn't want to take too many, that'd be rude, but he was definitely enjoying what he'd grabbed.
"I am super new," he acknowledged, "and it has been really, really weird. I went ot my Wonder for the first time and got stuck up there because I guess something screwed with the whole Code? That we Knights get our power from? So that's not normal at all, and I had to go resonate with my Code piece, and..."
And he'd gotten abandoned by the first person he'd thought might be a friend in all this, but it seemed like a bad idea to bring that up.
"Anyway, it's been really wild. What about you? How long have you been doing this for?"[
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:08 pm
Demeter frowned a little at the information—getting stuck? That sounded awful. But she stretched out her back with a little groan and sigh before answering Lanting's question. "Year, year and a half? Something like that! It's mostly been fun? Other than the time I almost died—be careful with those people from the actual Negaverse. The Dark Mirror folk can be kinda chill most of the time, but the Negaverse..." She shuddered. "Anyway... I got a cute girlfriend and cool healing powers, and a whole planet to restore, so I think it's going pretty good!"
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:11 pm
Lanting shivered a little. "I haven't really run into anybody like that," he admitted, "but I promise I'll be careful if I do." He was a cute Page in cute flats with a little wand, there wasn't much he could do against someone who wanted to do actual harm. But he could do his best, at least.
"All of that sounds really, really awesome," he said, and he finished off his cupcake, tucking the trash into his subspace to get cleaned out if they walked by a trash can.
"So, hey, walk and talk? I want to hear all about the girlfriend and the magic and the planet."
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:14 pm
She put the tray of cupcakes back in her own subspace, almost immediately answering his questions at length, excited to talk to someone new.
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