Dite's Decadent Delights, Thursday

[icecoldfrost]

Emma actually rather liked the way Sparkle had dressed the cock last week, so she went to work straightening all the garments and giving the rooster a bit of a polish so he'd shine in a fetching manner. You had to show off the lingerie to proper effect, after all.

Which meant it was time to redo the window displays, because a cock that magnificent needed a proper backdrop. Dite's Decadent Delights was open, and ready to serve you.

[OOC: OCD-freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!]

Comments

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

Astrid bounded up to Emma, beaming excitedly.

"Hi!" she said, and then -- she froze in place, because wow, she was pretty starstruck. This was Emma Frost. That was her favorite character.

Well, tied with Ben and Buffy and Eric and... okay, she had a lot of favorites.

[icecoldfrost]

Oh, look, it was like a tiny little bunny that just realized it had hopped up to a wolf.

"Yeeees?" Emma asked, drawing it out and raising an eyebrow. "Did you need help with something, darling?"

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

Astrid went weak in the knees. With a great deal of effort, she managed a high-pitched, "CanIhaveyourautograph?"

In a flash, she whipped a silver Sharpie out of her pocket and held it out to Emma, along with a bright pink Moleskine notebook.

[icecoldfrost]

"I've been asked for many favors, but this one is a first," Emma replied dryly, with a hint of a smirk as she took the sharpie and notebook. "Anything in particular, darling?"

Look, Emma ended up in the society papers enough at home that she just figured this was some flatscan small-town girl who had big dreams and read the arts & culture section of the NYT a lot. An autograph wasn't too weird a request.

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

"Surprise me!" Astrid said, nearly bubbling over with enthusiasm. "My name's Astrid. You're my favorite character on F.H. And you're so pretty."

[icecoldfrost]

"...favorite character?" Emma asked carefully, flipping to an empty page and uncapping the sharpie. She wasn't commenting on the 'pretty,' because she was well-aware she was gorgeous. "...thank you? What, ah, other characters do you like?"

Meanwhile, she was scrawling Be astonishing, darling. ~ Emma Grace Frost in her best handwriting, with an added P.S. Astrid, this is my first autograph ever, so you get bragging rights at the bottom of the page, along with the date. Because Emma could totally place nice with the strange, possibly insane, tourist.

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

"You know, on the show! Fandom High!" Duh, Emma. "I'm really into Eric, because of his cheekbones, ohmygosh, and also Buffy because her hair and on top of that she kicks ass too, and oh yeah, Ben, because who doesn't ship Bender - oh, sorry, do you know what shipping is?" Oh, good, she was pausing for breath. "But you're my favorite. You're totally a Strong Female Character." You could practically hear the capital letters.

[icecoldfrost]

"Eric does have fabulous cheekbones," Emma agreed neutrally, passing back the book and the sharpie. "Shipping...no, can't say I'm familiar with the term."

Oh, Emma, honey, no.

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

"It's when people want some number characters to hook up," Astrid explained patiently. "Like, there's Emma/Sam shippers and Emma/Kaidan shippers and I think even an Emma/Warren shipper or two."

[icecoldfrost]

Ow, Astrid, that was Emma's brain getting sprained at the very idea.

"Uh, which Sam?" she managed, without rubbing at her eyes despite the fact she was feeling a headache coming on. "Specialist-Sam or Floppy-Hair-Boy-Sam?"

Warren??? Goodness, no. He'd faint.

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

"The girl one!" Astrid beamed like she was delighted to be of help. "Everyone ships other-Sam with Dean, duh."

[icecoldfrost]

"Isn't Dean his brother?" And Emma thought her family had Issues. "Well, I suppose that must mean that there's an infinite number of, ah, shippers, then. The island isn't that big, but there's always new students."

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, the fandom's pretty ginormous," Astrid agreed. "Obviously a lot of them are just Fake Fans, though. They don't really know your backstory like, you know, Kara and I do."

[icecoldfrost]

"Know my 'back-story?'" Emma asked sweetly, letting her power uncoil, waiting, in case she needed to do some 'editing' of said story. "Like what?"

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you know," Astrid said, waving a hand. "Growing up rich, getting disowned, living on the streets for a bit. It's not hard to read a Wiki summary once a while."

[icecoldfrost]

"Uh-huh," Emma replied absently, reaching out to peek in the girl's brain.

...she really did think this was a television show, didn't she?

"Well, ah, just remember not to mention it around anyone who wouldn't already know?" she suggested, rooting around in Astrid's head for a decent excuse. "After all, OOC-gained knowledge can always adversely affect IC interaction, and we wouldn't want that."

Emma wasn't even sure if that translated into English.

[theslashfairy.livejournal.com]

"...Wait, who do you mean?" Astrid said, squinting. "Don't all the actors know? Or, ooh, are some of them kept in the dark to preserve their surprise reactions when they find out?"

[icecoldfrost]

"Well, you want the reaction to be as open and honest as possible, right?" Emma asked. "So, not everyone knows everything about me, to keep it realistic. Like how I don't know everything about Kaidan, so that my reactions to him will be authentic."

She deserved a fucking drink for this, because Emma was pulling things out of her fucking hot ass.