Caritas, Friday, Aug. 26

[living_endless]

Didi noticed the scent of roses that accompanied the island's return to its home dimension as soon as she left her house. (It made for a nice distraction from wondering where exactly Tamsin had gotten off to.) By the time she made it to the bar, there was a black rose tucked behind one of her ears, and a white one poking out of her bag. They didn't come from anywhere in particular: Like so many of the Endless's personal possessions, they simply Were.

She twisted the flowers absently through the day, enjoying their silky petals against her fingers in between the mundane work of running the bar.

The bartender was in, and more than usually sympathetic.

[OOC :Open bar/post. Almost done spamming!]

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[throughaphase]

"We're nowhere weird, finally!" Kitty said happily as she walked into the bar.

[living_endless]

"Which is nice," Didi said easily. "The island is weird enough all on its own."

[throughaphase]

"Exactly. It's original recipe weird, instead of like, sun screaming at us weird," Kitty said, taking a seat. "May we never, ever deal with that again."

[living_endless]

"Suns shouldn't scream," Didi agreed. "That's just common sense. And I'm hoping not to have to be a pony again anytime soon, but that might be too much to ask."

[throughaphase]

"See, I had that before and didn't mind it so much," Kitty said. "I think mainly because it was only a weekend and I got wings out of the deal. Also the streets weren't soap then."

[living_endless]

"... Somehow I missed the streets being soap," Didi said slowly. "Guess I was off-island more than I meant to be."

[throughaphase]

"Were you doing anything fun, at least?" Kitty asked. "...Not that slipping around on soap was a good time or anything."

[living_endless]

"My sister," Didi said, half fond and half exasperated. Del had that effect. "She, um, she gets into ... situations. Nothing too bad, but it's good for her to have people around."

[throughaphase]

"Oh. And I'm guessing getting hangout time is good?" Kitty said. It wasn't like she knew the relationship at all.

[living_endless]

"Pretty much," Didi confirmed. "For me, anyhow. I'm never sure it helps her as much as I want it to."

She pulled out a rag, rubbed at a smudge at the bar. "Do you have any siblings?"

[throughaphase]

"Nope, just me. I have a brother-in-law? Which doesn't really count except that it makes it really easy to rag on Clint." Lovingly, of course.

[living_endless]

"Like how?" Didi asked. "And I say in-laws kind of count."

[throughaphase]

"If he gives us any opening we'll tease him about it for probably a little too long," Kitty said. "Or if he doesn't someone'll mention his arms or something and we'll tease him about that for a while. It's only when I'm around both of them that I do it. I swear I'm normal the rest of the time."

[living_endless]

"See, if I hung out around Clint too much, I'd probably tease him about his arms all the time," Didi said. "Not that they're bad arms. They're just really good</I. arms."

[throughaphase]

"Exactly!" Kitty said, glad she understood. "I think it weirds him out that they come up in conversation so much, but they deserve it."

[living_endless]

"Plus, he works on them, right?" Didi said. "It's not like he just woke up one day with perfect arms. You're acknowledging his work."

[throughaphase]

"He runs the gym and he's an archer. And I'm using that next time this comes up with him, thank you for that," she grinned.

[living_endless]

"Hey, anytime I can help somebody win points in discussions with her husband, it's a good day for me," Didi said. "So you're welcome."