The Magpie Emporium, Thursday (3/19)

[drumsticksandd20s]

People were still pretty intense about the cat rescue game. This had forced Steph to revise the store code of conduct and post new, larger copies of it around the lounge with the last line, in boldface red ink and in about a 64-point font as opposed to the 38-point font of most of the body, especially prominent:

Look, man, the gamer gremlins don't work for me. Disturb their peace at YOUR OWN RISK.

And now if you needed her for anything, she was likely on her laptop, trying her hardest not to get too involved in an argument about media adaptations and whether there were some things that just didn't need to be adapted, period.

[OOC: My extremely mixed feelings about the LiS show adaptation, let me show you them. Open!]

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[giveittoyoursister]

Vi definitely recognised that expression on Steph's face. "Are people being dumb in your computer again," she asked, offering her one of the vaguely ridiculous coffees she was holding.

[drumsticksandd20s]

"People are dumb on the internet every damn day," Steph grumbled in a tone much closer to Anakin's than she'd have liked. She took the drink from Vi, making a point of brushing her fingertips over her hand, and took a long sip.,"Good thing I have you to rescue me from them."

[giveittoyoursister]

"That's what I'm here for," Vi said, taking a sip of her own drink. "Distracting you from stupid."

[drumsticksandd20s]

"That's why I love you," Steph replied, then raised her drink so she could peer more intently at it. "I already approve of the rainbow sprinkles, obviously, but is this whipped cream green?"

Which did not at all sound like a complaint; she looked kind of delighted, actually.

[giveittoyoursister]

"They said it made them festive," Vi said, very deliberately dragging her finger through the cream on her own drink and licking it off. "Also minty."

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Oh right, St. Patrick's was just a thing," Steph who absolutely knew what day it was said, eyes locked on what Vi was doing with her finger. "I'll have to see if I can still take you out for dinner somewhere so you can try and eat your fill of potatoes and corned beef, my adorable bottomless pit."

She licked a spiral around the whipped cream on her cup and reached over to pat Vi's stomach affectionately.

[giveittoyoursister]

Time was a filthy liar anyway.

Vi's abs tensed and flexed automatically under Steph's hand as she grinned lazily at her. "I don't know, I've got a pretty big appetite."

[drumsticksandd20s]

Time was such an asshole.

"I have noticed," Steph replied, waggling her eyebrows and leaving her hand right where it was. "And I've never managed to completely satisfy it yet."

Not that she was complaining.

[giveittoyoursister]

"But you get points for effort," Vi said, leaning across to steal a kiss.

[drumsticksandd20s]

"I mean, you still seem to be having so much fun trying," Steph replied in an innocent tone. "I couldn't deprive you of that joy. It'd be terrible."

[giveittoyoursister]

"It would," Vi agreed, teasing but earnest. "I'd waste away and die. Tragically."

[drumsticksandd20s]

"And I refuse to let that happen," Steph replied, the same kind of stubborn earnestness in her own voice. "Gotta make sure you're happy and taken care of."

[giveittoyoursister]

"You do a pretty good job of that,” Vi said, moving to rest her free hand on the small of Steph's back. "The best, even."

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph made a soft noise and leaned in against Vi, absently licking whipped cream off the top of her coffee, occasionally singling out the pink sprinkles. "Oh good, my efforts are paying off."

[giveittoyoursister]

"You mean your evil plan to make me completely devoted to you," Vi asked. "Already worked."

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Oh, yeah, you mean being nice to you?" Steph punctuated the question with a noisy slurp of coffee. "The cunning and nefarious plan that I made long before I met you and was just waiting to use?"

[giveittoyoursister]

"That's the one," Vi agreed cheerfully. "Your wickedness knows no bounds."

[drumsticksandd20s]

"It worked better than I ever would have hoped," Steph said with a laugh, turning to lean into Vi more closely. "You know it's mutual, right?"

[giveittoyoursister]

"I know," Vi said, sliding her arm around Steph's waist. "I love you too."

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph slid her own arm around Vi's waist and was perfectly happy to take a few moments to sip her coffee, just enjoying the contact.

"Yeah, I think we're definitely overdue for a nice dinner date, huh?"

It was very, very possible that a large portion of the blame for that was how they kept going places but just kind of... not getting around to getting out of bed.

[giveittoyoursister]

It was hardly their fault if they kept picking places with very interesting beds.

Between sips of coffee, Vi turned her head to kiss Steph's temple. "If my girl wants a nice dinner date that's exactly what she'll get."

[drumsticksandd20s]

Well, obviously when life handed you a really interesting bed you took advantage of it.

"With you? Always." Steph gave Vi's hip a gentle squeeze. "Just in case I had to specify that."

[giveittoyoursister]

Obviously. You didn't look a gift bed in the mouth.

"And here I was about to go find you some rich girl you'd treat you."

[drumsticksandd20s]

You might do other things involving beds and mouths, though.

"Don't want some rich girl." Steph put a little bit of an extra pouty tone in her voice. "Just my girl."

[giveittoyoursister]

It'd be impolite not to.

Vi laughed and kissed again. "Don't think I'd do very well sharing either."