Groovy Tunes; Tuesday [09/08].

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Tisarwat had a lot on her mind that week, so she was mostly organizing a shipment of CDs that came in, which was good, mindless work while she considered the book that Lucille had loaned her that she'd actually read twice by now, just to sort out her thoughts and quite a few speculations. She was eager to see what she might suggest next, and also eager to find out exactly where the discussion on that one might lead.

It was almost enough to distract Tisarwat enough to not think about the fact that she spent a lot of her work here organizing a bunch of CDs that no one really ever bought.

Almost.

Seriously, where did they all come from, and how was there always room for more? And why were they always in need of organization? She couldn't allow herself to think about it too much, though, it just generally made her head hurt when she did.

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[crimson_sister]

Lucill had no plans to purchase anything today. This was just a visit to a friend while she was working.

"Good afternoon. I hope I'm not interrupting you."

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"You're definitely not interrupting anything important," Tisarwat assured Lucille with a smile, and maybe a small roll of her eyes, more than happy to abandon CDs for the prospect of better company. "And I could use a break. Would you like some tea, Lucille?"

[crimson_sister]

"Some tea would be lovely."

Since they were anyway appropriate for a walk outside, Lucille was wearing her black lace gloves, and she kept them on so as to not make Tisarwat uncomfortable.

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Oh, those gloves! Tisarwat was fairly certain that Lucille owned many more, much more appropriate paired, but, at this point, she couldn't really say anything without embarrassing her friend. They were fine enough during private visits, but out in public?

Perhaps she should find an appropriate pair to gift to Lucille with a gentle hint...

And save the lace for poetry and literature.

"You haven't already played through all the new music you picked up last time, have you?" she asked, smiling as she poured a cup for Lucille and moved to hand it over to her. "We haven't gotten in anything new since then, unfortunately."

[crimson_sister]

"Oh, I just walked past and thought I should stop and say hello."

Not at all because she was curious what Tisarwat thought about the book, or because she had actually planned to walk this way to have an excuse to talk to her.

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"Then that's very fortunate for me," Tisarwat said with a smile, as she tended to pouring herself some tea now, so that she could he herself a sip of it to follow up her next statement.

"I was actually thinking about you..."

And, since Radchaai didn't believe in coincidences, obviously it was fate.

[crimson_sister]

"Oh?" Lucille said, smiling.

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"Well, I've finished the book," Tisarwat explained. "Twice, actually, so we're a little overdue for discussing it, unless I managed to squeeze in a third reading, and I've been thinking we should have a piano lesson soon, before I give into the temptation of the ones we have here and start on my own."

Which she technically already had, but that was beside the point.

[crimson_sister]

"What did you think of it?" Lucille asked, trying not to sound too eager. "And we should. When would it suit you?"

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"Perhaps later this week?" Tisarwat suggested. "I might have thought tomorrow, but I'm thinking of stopping by Amaya's entertainment class at the community center. I don't suppose you'd be interested in joining me for that?

"And the book," she enthused, once that invitation was out of the way, "was spectacular. I think I may have enjoyed it much more than the first one, although I found the themes in Frankenstein more intellectually captivating. But I found I could connect to the characters and their story much more, and not just because the pronouns were more familiar and relatable. The ending, though, didn't really suit me; I'd have liked to have seen it play out much differently than that."

[crimson_sister]

"Later this week works well," Lucille replied. "I work on Saturday, but that is all. Entertainment class?"

She smiled, trying to hide her excitement. "So would I. Why does a vampire always have to die?"

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"I can come by on Friday, maybe?" Tisarwat suggested. "And, tomorrow, there's a class about modern Earth entertainments going on at the community center. Amaya runs it; I think there used to be a class like it before, but the person running it left, so she's started it back up again, and I think it might be interesting to check it out. Would you like to come with me?

"And as far as the vampires go," she added, "I'm afraid you're better suited to answer that than I am. We don't really have beings like that where I'm from..."

[crimson_sister]

"I would," Lucille said, "And Friday will be fine. As for vampires... Some people just like hunting monsters, don't they?"

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"Or simply find catharsis," Tisarwar ventured, musing on that for a moment, "in making monsters out of the unknown and uncertain."

[crimson_sister]

"Yes," Lucille replied. "Like Doctor Frankenstein's poor creature. I can't help thinking that they objected to Bertha finding a friend."

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina had seen that Astrid was working but, like, she'd rather deal with The Best Christmas Gift Ever after Prompto actually left.

And since she was trying to not look like she was stalking him (she was totally stalking him), Nina took a detour to go visit a friend.

"Tiiiiiiiiiiisaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarwaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Guess who?

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"Nina?" It was hard not to laugh at that undeniable siren's call. "What an unexpected surprise! I heard you were back."

It was impossible not to hear her...

"How have you been? Should I get you some tea?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"I'd love tea," she enthused, beaming and cheerfully ignoring the other question. "I'm sorry I was gone for so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"Why would that be anything to be sorry about?" Tisarwat asked, with an amused sort of confusion, as she moved over to where her flask was to pour the relatively fresh tea within for her.

"Where were you, anyway?" she then asked, handing the cup over to Nina. "Somewhere exciting, I hope?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"Thank you!!!!!!!!!" she said, taking the cup with gloved hands. Sadly, her pink frilly ones were up at the dorms.

"I was back in my world," Nina added. "It was honestly more exciting than I wanted it to be????????"

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

The pink frilly ones were terribly missed, but Tisarwat had no doubt they'd make some appearances eventually.

"That sort of exciting, huh?" she asked, with a speculative, questioning lift of her eyebrows, as if to discern from Nina's own reaction exactly what she herself meant by that. "Well, it's probably good to be back, then. How long was it? Most of the summer, right?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"Three months," she said, a bit glumly. "Portalocity, like, locked me out?????????? I couldn't even get a text through.........."

And she'd tried so hard!

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"The consistency in the portal system here is downright insulting," said Tisarwat, with a bit of a grunt and a shake of her head, as she went to pour herself a cup now. "But at least you were able to get back. Some people have been locked out of using portals for years, and there barely seems any consistency with any of it..."