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Dite's Decadent Delights, Tuesday Afternoon

Raven didn't suspect there would be any sort of produce-based danger awaiting at work today, but all the same, she carefully checked the back room for any wayward vegetables. Finding nothing amiss, she settled in behind the counter to do some reading.

OK, and to stare at one of the newest items [NSFW!] in the shop and wonder what it was supposed to be. Or do.

Someone was far, far too sheltered.

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Dinah was stopping by for another nightgown-- just, maybe, for the fun of it. And okay, she was out of reading material. She smiled as she walked in, saying, "Hey, Raven," then stopped to stare at the new thing. And turn bright red.

Someone's not as innocent as she used to be.

Raven normally might have tossed the thing over her shoulder and tried to pretend like it didn't exist, but because Dinah was a girl and a friend, she held it up, puzzled. "Do you know what this is for?"

Dinah squinched her eyes shut and winced, making a small strangled noise, then pried one eye open and managed, "Yes?" Which didn't exactly answer the question. "Um, it's... a variation on the other stuff." Truthful, if not entirely so.

"It spins," Raven said helpfully, flipping the switch that made it do so. "I and wondering if it is some sort of grooming device for Hercules." The kitten in question was curled on the far end of the counter; he opened one eye and yawned.

Dinah blinked, tilted her head, looked over at Hercules, then got it. And turned even more red, then started giggling. "Um, noooooo.... Uh, it's. Um. Maybe I should find you a book..." Chapter 13 of That Book would explain it! Really!

"...it is not a cat toy?" Raven said. And dropped it like it was hot.

Dinah was giving tiny but emphatic shakes of her head, then nodded when Raven dropped it. "It's a toy but not for cats and yeah to to be played with at least I don't need one well how about them Yankees?" All in one breath. And never mind that the World Series was weeks ago.

Raven turned red. "I should have realized that," she murmured. "I...have never seen anything like that before, not even in the store."

Dinah was tempted to peer over the counter at that thing again, because now that it was out of sight and not... flapping, she was wondering what the little panels were made of, and how would you--? "Okay! And, no. I mean. People have a lot of imagination, you know? People with a lot more experience than us." She was still pretty pink, and she cleared her throat. Then she had to ask, "How did you end up working here, anyway?"

"Lady Aphrodite called me and told me I was to work for her," Raven said. "I thought I had been assigned a job here, but others have told me that is not usually the case for students."

Poor Raven still didn't know about Katchoo submitting an application for her.

"Hunh. That's weird. She's teased me about working here, once or twice, but she already knew me by then." Dinah shook her head, looking around the shop, then admitted, "I wanted a new nightgown." She cleared her throat. "And maybe a book or two. Not... I don't need any of the other stuff."

She had a boyfriend and a mini-butterfly. She was set, pretty much.

"What kind of book?" Raven asked. "Fiction or...instructional?" Not that either option wasn't going to make her blush like mad.

Dinah cleared her throat, and tried to lean as nonchalantly as Jak on the counter. "Oh, fiction. I, um... already have a couple of the others." She was not looking at the condom display. Not. At. All.

Raven reached for a pile of books ~~conveniently~~ conveniently behind the counter. "We have these," she said helpfully, showing Dinah the copies of Bound By Honor: An Erotic Novel of Maid Marian, Master: An Erotic Novel of the Count of Monte Cristo, and Unmasqued: An Erotic Novel of The Phantom of The Opera.

"Oooooooo," Dinah oohed, and leaned forward to read the blurbs on the back. "Have you read any of them? Are they any good?" She picked up Unmasqued first, looking intrigued.

"I...have flipped through them," Raven confessed. "Out of curiosity. They are very...interesting."

Dinah gave Raven a skeptical look, and picked up Maid Marion. "Soooo, are they boring? Or just really really improbable?" She grinned. "Which one is your favorite?"

"I do not have much experience to draw upon to know if they are boring or improbable," Raven said truthfully. Said experience was limited to Chuck and scenes from Rumor Gal.

"It's not like I have a lot either," Dinah said, whatever her hopes for future developments. "Okay, then, Unmasqued, and Bound By Honor." She grinned, feeling silly but accomplished. "You can borrow the fairy tales one I have, if you want." She put those two down on the counter, and then turned to look speculatively at the nightgowns. And the really frilly over the top outfits. (http://www.fredericks.com/sexy_costumes/cs1,default,sc.html)

Which... she didn't have the nerve for. Yet. So she went back to browsing the nightgowns.

"Fairy tale ones?" Raven repeated.

She eyed the same outfits Dinah was browsing. "I do not think that one is very practical for a fire fighter," she said.

"Or the nurse one. You would so catch cold, how sexy is that?" Dinah said, then paused. "Which, I know that's not what they're for, but c'mon. Some subtlety, that's allowed, right?" She picked out a gown (http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/onlineProductDisplay.vs?namespace=productDisplay&origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&event=display&prnbr=EF-246314) from one rack, and bit her lip. "Do you think this is too sheer?"

It was the wrong color (meaning not black) and too low cut for Raven, but.... "I think that would look very nice on you," she said. She gave Dinah a curious look. "Do you intend to wear it for someone?"

There was no blushing to compare to this blushing. "Yes?" Dinah took a breath, and gulped. "Yes. I mean. Sometime. We're not-- not yet, anyway. But. It's headed that way." She ran a tentative finger along one of the straps. "And he thinks I'm pretty already, but this, well...."

Actually, hot had been the word, but sometimes Dinah wondered if that was a fluke. There was no way he'd think otherwise if she was wearing that, though.

Raven smiled. "I think he would think you look beautiful in that," she said.

Dinah grinned at her, still blushing, and said, "Well. I can at least try it on, and if it doesn't fit, then it's not meant to be, right?" She took a breath, and lifted it off the rack. "I'm just gonna try it on," she said aloud. "One sec."

She headed for the changing rooms, and after a few minutes, stared at herself in the mirror, biting her lip. "Raven? Second opinon?" she called, twisting her fingers together.

Raven walked around Dinah. "Do you know how to sew?" she asked. "Or know someone who does? I think the straps should be adjusted a little bit, and then it will look perfect."

"I don't sew," Dinah said, a little downcast, then blinked. "But I do know a couple people who do," she realized, cheering up. "Harper, at the least."

Wait.

"Although I'd have to ask her not to attach any extras on it, like rhinestones or bugle beads or fruit." She took another look in the mirror, and bit her lip, then nodded. "But. Yeah. I'm going to get it." She smiled at Raven in the mirror, looking hopeful. "Let's hope Jak likes it as well."

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"Jack?" Raven said, spelling it wrong in her head. "Which one?"

"Jak No-Last-Name, from Sandover. Tall blond guy? Blue eyes, long ears?" Dinah grinned a little goofily, rocking on her heels, which looked a little odd in the swishy peach nightgown. "We go running together. And he got me an entire case of Beaver Buzz energy drink last week!" Don't ask her for romantic platitudes. But on the compatibility scale, they were scoring in the high digits.

Raven couldn't help but enjoy the feelings she was sensing from Dinah. "I do not think we have met," she said. "But it is clear he makes you happy."

"Very happy," Dinah said a little more quietly, and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, smiling. "Okay. Taking this, and the books, and... Um." At the last second, she knew she was going to chicken out, and just depend on Francine for other supplies. "That should do it?"

Raven blushed (again), and glanced toward the condoms. "Do you need...?"

Way brighter than the nightgown there, yup. "If you wouldn't mind?"

Oh, Tony would be so proud. Really.

Raven grabbed a plain brown bag and quickly put the books and condoms (the first box she grabbed was extra-large and ribbed for her pleasure) in it, but took her time folding the nightgown because that wasn't as blush-making. "Your total is handwavey," she said.

"Thanks, Raven." Dinah handed over the *handwavey* amount, and grinned. "I appreciate the help. And remember to come by for the fairy tales if you run out of reading material."

"You are welcome," Raven said, pushing the back across the counter to Dinah. "And...perhaps I will."

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