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thesupersmeller) wrote2012-05-30 06:57 pm
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OOM: Surprise Blind Date with Nancy
After his heart to heart with Demeter, as they were always heart to heart with her, and all the confusion he's felt between his body, mind, and most of all his heart, Gus is more at ease than before but without any answers. He's already told The Devil once and for all it's off, he doesn't want to be that guy that keeps an open option - especially not an open option that could destroy him... and maybe still would. He's not that guy at all. Instead, he's been going through the motions; closing the case and helping get everything ready for the impending party.
The day after Juliet's birthday party, he gets a text message from Shawn telling him to be at Milliways as soon as possible at a bench by the lake. Later, it would occur to him that Shawn was clearly up to something - but as he walks a slow circle around the bench in the pink silk shirt and black slacks he'd worn to work for the day and waits for his friend to show it's more annoying than anything.
The day after Juliet's birthday party, he gets a text message from Shawn telling him to be at Milliways as soon as possible at a bench by the lake. Later, it would occur to him that Shawn was clearly up to something - but as he walks a slow circle around the bench in the pink silk shirt and black slacks he'd worn to work for the day and waits for his friend to show it's more annoying than anything.
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"I mean, not that it's a really big deal, I'm, uh... I'm thirty-five."
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Taking another sip of his wine, he asks softly; "And you're doing it all on your own out there?"
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"That's good," he nods slowly, sipping his wine. "Wow, I just... wow. And are things looking like the war will end soon?"
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"Hard to say", she says with a slight shrug. "They've been saying it'll end any day now for... four years."
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"Ouch," he's not about to compare it to the history he knows - who knows how different her Earth is from his, anyway.
"So, I guess you don't really get a chance to get out much? Millways must be a really nice way to forget about all the bad stuff."
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Gus shrugs and offers a slight smile; "Or, you know, find new things."
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"You're telling me! Would you believe I've made friends with two goddesses, and a guy that reads minds?" He almost mentions The Devil, but there's no sense in admitting association with her at this point.
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"A doctor from... around your time, thinking about it, the tribal king I mentioned, and there was a girl who glowed like a rainbow but I haven't seen her in a long time."
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"Oh! Last time I tended bar, I met a computer program. Pure data in physical form."
He finishes the last of his wine and picks up the bottle, pouring another shallow glass before offering to top off hers with a silent nod of the bottle.
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"Computers... the things like typewriters with screens? I've seen them here, not used one. And yeah, she was all rainbow light and she could fly and blast things with it."
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"Yeah, that exactly." He nods, and then asks; "Have you eaten yet? I'm pretty hungry and if you don't want to eat here, I wouldn't mind maybe going back to my place."
It takes a second before he realizes just how he sounds, but he adds hurriedly; "I mean my world, not... you know my place necessarily, but Santa Barbra. Where I'm from. I live there."
Smooth.
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"I haven't eaten, and I'd love to see your world." With a glance down at her dress, "If this would fit in there?"
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"Oh, please. I'm from California - you'd fit right in with the cute bohemian looking girls that all want to look like you do but instead just look like they rolled out of a thrift store."
After a moment of of consideration, he says; "I know a really nice outdoor place by the beach, I bet you'd love it."
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"Sure, sounds good to me. I, uh... I guess I'm good to go when you are."
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"I'm ready now, then."
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But, Nancy seems to know what she's doing. As he leads her to the door, he says; "It was close to dusk when I left, so it should be cooling off nicely and we'll be close to the Ocean."
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"Welcome to the Psych office," he says with a casual wave of his hands. He's actually pretty proud of it, being that it's the base for the business he and Shawn have been running for almost six years now.
"This is where Shawn & I do our paperwork and hang out when we're not doing other things."
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"Nice office. I like the personal touches, it's your own company?"
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"Yeah, well - me and Shawn. We've been in business together about six years now. I know it doesn't really look like private detective agency, but I assure you we are all professional." Well, he is... Shawn uses cats as witnesses and hero worships and art thief.
"You can check it out if you like," he offers, going over to his desk to subtly flip over an issue of Maxim. "I don't really know what's interesting to you."
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