The Park, Friday Morning

[living_endless]

It was a glorious fall day, so Didi walked into town to get a latte at the Perk then took it and a few stale croissants cadged out of the girl behind the counter to the park.

She took a seat on one of the benches by the pond and started tossing out crumbs by the scant palmful, trying to stretch the time she could spend doing this. The ducks squabbled over the crumbs, but they were ducks. Squabbling was part of their job.

[OOC: Open park post, of course!]

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[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley wandered over and watched Didi with a little smile on her face.

"Awful nice of you to do that," she said.

[living_endless]

"Someone has to contribute to the island's population of fat ducks, right?" Didi said with a slight smile. "How are you?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm just great," Hayley said. "Lucky for these ducks there's not really any hunters around, right?"

[living_endless]

"Mmmm. Lucky," Didi agreed. "Maybe the island likes ducks."

She offered a third of a croissant to Hayley. "Want to help?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I'd love to," Hayley said, taking the croissant third. Her happy expression didn't even flicker as she slightly changed topic of conversation.

"Thanks, by the way. For what you said this weekend."

[living_endless]

"It was nothing," Didi said, turning to see Hayley better. "So you talked to him?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"...yeah," Hayley said. "It went better than I thought."

[living_endless]

"So you're okay with who he's living with now?" Didi asked, interested. "Or just not a total disaster?"

[scruffnfeathers]

And then Castiel was there, standing a little ways behind the bench. He frowned.

"I was unaware the ducks required feeding."

[living_endless]

"Hey Castiel," Didi said, glancing up. "They don't, really. Bugs and stuff are enough. It's mostly a way to pass the time."

[scruffnfeathers]

"A non-obligatory kindness, then." Castiel nodded. "Hello, Didi."

[living_endless]

"Non-obligatory," Didi agreed. "You don't wanna come out too often, unless you want the ducks to get attached."

[scruffnfeathers]

And that was the second time this week that someone had talked about "getting attached" to someone.

"I assume you mean that metaphorically."

[living_endless]

Didi looked startled for a minute. "Of course. I don't have a duck glued to my hair under my hat."

[scruffnfeathers]

"I imagine one wouldn't like to be under a hat, no." He tilted his head. "So you have had ducks . . . become attached to you, before?"

[living_endless]

"Not ducks," Didi said. "I usually have to work, really. Boring but true."

She tossed a few more crumbs. "It's nice to have the time to risk it."

[future_sandworm]

Having taken a long morning walk - which he didn't necessarily need, as yesterday had involved adventuring in the preserve with Alice - Leto passed through the park. He had made it at habit to occasionally check on the flamingos, but noticing Didi, he smiled at her.

"Good morning," he said.

[living_endless]

"Morning," Didi said, scattering another handful of crumbs. "How's it going today?"

[future_sandworm]

"Well enough," he said, his gaze on the ducks diving at the crumbs. "So far. It is still early. And you?" He turned his head to look at Didi.

[living_endless]

"Well enough," Didi agreed, turning to look at him. "That's realistic. You sound like you think it might go downhill at any moment."

[future_sandworm]

"It wasn't my intention to sound pessimistic," he replied. "More a reflection on how I don't know what will happen today." He smiled to himself. "Why do you assume that refraining from making any judgement on this day means I anticipate something bad to happen rather than something good?"

[living_endless]

"... good point," Didi aid. "Maybe that's the pessimist in me, talking. You're right -- today could be the most amazing day ever, for either of us."

[future_sandworm]

"Do you consider yourself a pessimist?" he asked lightly. "And I will be content with just a good day. Most of my days here are."

[living_endless]

Didi shook her head. "An optimistic realist, if anything. I know nothing is forever, so I figure we should try to enjoy ourselves while we have ... whatever we have."

[OOC: And I flee home and to the land of epic SP!]

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

As Tim walked by, his mind a million miles away, he didn't at first notice the young woman who did not really resemble the Death he had met in college.

He also didn't at first notice the ducks, until an angry quacking brought him back to the present.

"Woah! Sorry." He jumped back, into a pile of duck droppings.