The Park, Friday Afternoon

[magnusrushesin]

Magnus had totally promised Octavia a spar earlier in the month, but things got in the way. Mostly timezones and travel, but not for, like, live shows or anything like that.

So he was making up for it today. Today of all days.

Which was why there was a beefy dude with Starbucks waiting around in the park. He'd made a compromise with a Candlelights sweater over his armor. Sleeves ripped off.

It looked ridiculous.

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[magnusrushesin]

Magnus was totally staring at his arms like he was willing to give it a shot. But then thought about Merle. "If it happens, you need to promise me that you won't let any Dwarves chop them off me. I won't give him the satisfaction."

[okteiviakom]

"Okay."

She didn't think any sudden Dwarf appearances were likely, but she also wasn't a fan of people's arms getting chopped off if they didn't deserve it. So it was an easy promise to make.

"But you still probably shouldn't try it."

[magnusrushesin]

"I'll try not to try." Magnus, no.

[okteiviakom]

Yeeeah.

"What does that mean?"

[magnusrushesin]

"I thought I was doing a double negative." Badly. "I'll try to try?"

[okteiviakom]

Octavia was judging him. Just, maybe not as harshly as she might have in the past.

The frown was less deep. "Just maybe say you won't do it."

[magnusrushesin]

Which was totally, why he grinned and put an arm over her shoulder. "We can spar tomorrow!"

Because that's how he reacted to people prone to elbowing him in the ribs.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia sighed and rolled her eyes and probably hoped those masked or at least distracted from the way she sort of leaned into that.

Shut up.

"So do we just get coffee today?"

[magnusrushesin]

"I think we do. Unless we wanna see who can get the prettiest tree," he suggested.

[okteiviakom]

"Ugh, no," she replied, face scrunching up as she pushed away from him again. "They're all just branches, anyway."

And she'd long since stopped being that girl who ran after pretty things. She bent down, picked up the branch that had been her sword until this afternoon.

"And what if they don't turn back?"

[magnusrushesin]

"...then we go on a quest to punch whoever is responsible." BECAUSE HIS CHANCE LANCE.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia shrugged.

"Sounds like a fair plan."

[magnusrushesin]

"Which could also be fun," he said. "Been a while since the last one."

So maybe it was gonna be his fault for the snow monsters.