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[gunslingerqueen]

Wanna continue a TFLN thread? Wanna text or call Nariko, or just play in general?

Here's the place to do it!

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[gunslingerqueen]

no no i’m still confused on what you’re even worried about them doing??

also. excuse me.




pick an entree

[Why do you hate flavor, Gladion. Maybe this explains meeting in the Denny’s.]

[hairrowing]

just being annoying


uh
chicken?

[gunslingerqueen]

all men i'm not dating are annoying that is a given which means i'm used to dealing with them

chicken! i can work with chicken, thank you!

[Please hold while shopping completes~]

[hairrowing]

they'll be annoying in different ways than that, i'm guessing.

okay...good luck

[gunslingerqueen]

it'll be fiiiiiiine

:3

[Some not particularly unreasonable amount of time later she arrives at ... This shady ass town!]

one of these days we are going to talk about the people you hang out with

[hairrowing]

[he believes her.........kind of]

only out of necessity. did they bother you?

[gunslingerqueen]

i just feel like i need to know the necessity so that i can solve it bc what in the world. also i'm lost please come get me ):

idk some guy asked me about pokemon and kept following me so i punched him

[hairrowing]

alright i'll be there in a minute

good. he sounds like he deserves to be punched.

[gunslingerqueen]

hurryhurry i can't waaaaiiittt!

oh and he absolutely did but i was a little worried it might be someone you cared about

[In the meantime, Nariko waits with surprising patience! She's donning her usual expensive as hell outfit, scrolling on her phone with one hand, the other held onto a personal grocery cart stuffed to the limit.]

[hairrowing]

[he sees her before she sees him, attention intent on her phone, and some Team Skull goons skulking around until they see him. after that, they scatter. but he does answer first:]

i don't care about anyone here

[and then, aloud:]

You've been busy.

[gunslingerqueen]

that’s not true you care about me!!!

[A surprise for later, maybe. The present is made for her big, excited grin.]

I’m always busy!

[A small pose goes here, one arm sweeping dramatically to show off her groceries as if they were priceless artifacts.]

Show me the kitchen before everything spoils!

[hairrowing]

[he will not see it until she cannot see his face when he does spot it

he'll lift his hand in a wave before he joins her side]

Don't think it'll spoil in this rain, but alright. C'mon.

[the surrounding Goons get a glare as he leads her along]

[gunslingerqueen]

It's the principle of the matter!

[Really, she's just in a hurry, sparkling with even more anticipation than usual, which might be a personal accomplishment.

That glare doesn't go unnoticed and to think she'd help herself is foolish:]

Oh~! Are you being all protective?!

[hairrowing]

[hopefully her hurrying distracts her from how run down this place looks-- graffiti everywhere, trash scattered-- if he can't have the glare being overlooked, let him have something

a huff]

I know you can handle yourself.

[gunslingerqueen]

[if he ends up kidnapped after she finds a proper apartment it definitely won't have anything to do with what she absolutely doesn't notice!]

Yep. Now, the real question is can you handle the amazing meal I'm about to make!

[hairrowing]

[if he just lets her and doesn't say much it has nothing to do with what she won't notice!]

Of course. Probably.

[gunslingerqueen]

Probably!

[For the record it is extremely difficult to not notice anything here and they can't arrive at the kitchen soon enough.]

Sooo are we never going to talk about the potato salad thing? Because you rocked my world with that.

[He's had other foods! She's been with him while he's eaten other things!]

[hairrowing]

Rocked-- why? It's good.

[a little defensive and is noticibly leading her into one of the back rooms, the kitchen, as fast as he can-- a little faster than at first, trying to out-glare the new crowd]

[gunslingerqueen]

How do potatoes and leaves go together ...?

[Consider, if you will, that Nariko Lunae doesn't actually know what potato salad is.

Also wow there are a lot of people here, but he gets the-glares-are-ignored privileges for a while longer, especially as they make it to the kitchen. Time to unpack!!]

[hairrowing]

It-- it isn't-- there are no leaves. It's potatoes, and hard boiled eggs...mayo..that kinda stuff.

[does she not know what potato salad is??]

[gunslingerqueen]

[ She stops, holding a whole dethawed chicken in both hands. Then: ]

I might need you to make some potato salad.

[She absolutely doesn’t know what it is.]

For research purposes!

[hairrowing]

Do you guys call it something different..? Like, egg salad or something...?

[he doesn't mind making it, just kind of looks thoughtful standing there watching her]

[gunslingerqueen]

[Look, she was going to fuck up at one point or another but, over potato salad???]

It’s more like … We don’t have that where I’m from?

[They don’t have chickens either but she’s perfectly comfortable dumping it in a pan and moving to wash her hands.]

[hairrowing]

[same but shhhhh

a grunt]

Guess that makes sense.

[gunslingerqueen]

[...]

Hey, Gladion.

[Better to know or be pleasantly ignorant?]

You know I'm not from around here, right?