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The Beach, Friday Morning

Kate would have to go to work soon, for her second day of harassing people over the phone about their debts. (Or, in most cases, harassing other people over the phone so they'd harass the person with the debt for her, but anyway.) The first day had been fine enough. At least she'd be getting paid. At least there'd be some non-Fandomness to her life.

But last night's dreams had left her in a pretty melancholy mood. Talking to Elphaba about Liir some days ago had made her miss him a bit, and apparently when that was coupled with Hannibal leaving and knowing Mitchell was stuck elsewhere, her brain had just decided it was time to mope about people who had left.

And there were a few. Liir, Hannibal, Joan, even Jack...

And of course Leto. And it was for the desert prince that Kate was on the beach right now. It was completely backwards, and she knew that, but the beach always reminded her of him. They didn't have a desert on the island, so something he didn't particularly like would have to do instead of something he really did.

It wasn't a rare thing that she missed Leto, no. She missed him every single time things were hard. Every time she had to explain her feelings or overcome some boundary of her own making. She generally didn't have to do that with him. And she felt almost guilty about missing him and how easy things had been with them, when she had Bod who didn't seem to want anything but good things for her, but she couldn't help it. It was just hitting her kind of hard right now.

Stupid dreams.

So, here she was, in her sensible but cute work outfit, just... standing on the beach, looking out towards the ocean. It was that kind of a day.

[ooc: Open place in town is indeed open. ~~I'm about to head into town for about an hour to sign up for some classes (noooo classes ugh), but I'll be around most of the day afterwards!~~ All signed up, and around.]

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Bod had been on his way to the graveyard but hadn't been in a rush to get there. That explained the walks down unfamiliar streets, the stop in the park and now the stroll down the beach.

Coming upon Kate was a benefit even if she looked pensive. Still, he smiled when he saw her and wandered over, hands in his pockets and shoes kicking up sand.

"You look almost hypnotized," he said quietly, trying not to startle her.

Kate wasn't startled, not much anyway. She'd been aware enough of her surroundings even though most of her focus had been going inward and into the past.

"Mm, that happens," she said mildy, before glancing at him and giving him a little smile. "Hi."

"It does," he said, stopping a few feet short of her and turning to watch the ocean himself. He even closed his eyes just to hear it, let the breeze blow through his hair. "Hullo. You're here early. I thought you'd sleep in."

"Can't," she replied, a grin creeping onto her face as she watched the water. Moping was swiftly forgotten, at least for the moment. "Have to go to work."

Well, that had him opening his eyes again and glancing over at her. "Work? You've a job now?"

He'd missed that new tidbit of information.

Well, Kate moved fast, sometimes. And got too excited to remember to fill people in on what was happening with her.

Better late than never, right?

"Uh huh, I had the interview on Wednesday," she told him, grin widening a bit as she actually turned towards him. "Yesterday was my first day."

"Congratulations," he said, sincerely even if he was quiet. The beach always seemed to be bring out that quiet. He smiled though. "What exactly will you be doing?"

"Debt collecting," she replied, a little more mildly again. It wasn't exactly glamorous, even if she did think she'd totally rock it.

And no, she wasn't going to tell him what job she'd thought she was interviewing for.

"It's mostly just calling people and trying to get them to pay off their debt," she continued, then perked up a little again. "But whenever I get someone to pay up, I get five per cent commission."

And that meant money, which was awesome.

"Debt collecting," he said, nodding at the explanation. He'd heard of it but never had any experience with it one way or another. "You are very persuasive so I'm sure you could convince people to pay what they owe."

And his lack of experience with debt collecting was obvious right there.

"How has it been thus far?"

"Well, not awesome," she admitted with a little pout. "Haven't gotten to yes yet."

But she was determined to get to ring that little bell, so she wasn't feeling all that discouraged. She'd only been there for a day.

"You're new. Give it time," Bod told her, smiling gently. "Everyone takes time to adjust and settle in. Once you're adjusted, you'll do fine. I'm positive of that."

"I know," Kate said, smiling a little and reaching her free hand towards him. The other one held a smart little briefcase. "I'm persuasive by nature."

"You are," Bod agreed, taking the offered hand and lacing his fingers with hers. "You'll have something to keep you busy now. That's an added benefit, yes?"

"I guess it is." It totally was. She gave his hand a squeeze. "But I'm most concerned about the money."

"Is there something you've your eye on?" Bod asked curiously. "Or is it just the safety of having your own money?"

"I just like having money," Kate said with a chuckle. "I don't have anything specific in mind, no. Just money I can do random shopping with."

"And that's one of the reasons I don't really need a job because I don't shop nearly as much as you do," Bod said, snickering. "What I have is fine with me, I suppose. You've enough clothes to make up for me, I'm sure."

"Mm, and I still need more of them," she smirked. "I don't have too many work-appropriate outfits, I'll be repeating myself within two weeks."

"...I repeat myself that often," he said, scratching his head with his free hand. "Does that mean I'm not fashionable?"

"Yeah, but you don't have to be," she replied, amused. "You have other things going for you."

"I have -- I do?" Bod asked, still not really certain what that meant. "What other things?"

"Well, you're charming," Kate said, swinging their hands a bit, "and adorable, just to mention a couple of things."

She may have been a little biased.

"But I lack any sort of fashion sense," he added, smiling though. He thought he did all right even if what he wore was rather basic. Even someone was backwards and eccentric as he was could match slacks and t-shirts.

"You don't lack a fashion sense," she pointed out, shaking her head. "It's just really, like, basic. I think you're just used to dressing for not being noticed."

"Yes," he confirmed with a nod. "This is actually...a lot more complex than what I used to wear. I've actually progressed in terms of clothing."

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