Week 2

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[Other than the reappearance of the Overseer, there's no real change in the routine. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets.

No other floors unlock, but Cece and Kip will still be appearing randomly to chit-chat.

All you know is... something has to change soon.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 1 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[goteachother]

[As soon as she realizes he's there she reaches out to take his hand and pull his arm around her waist. She wants to just curl up with someone she trusts but she doesn't want to go searching anyone out when she knows she's not going to be very good company.]

Ya think so? [And she offers a smile but it's dim compared to her usual exuberance.]

Mmm, plannin out my next sewing project usually helps keep my mind off... [The war, the danger her sister is in every day, how many people are hurting and she can't do a damned thing about it, bills, the horrible things some people have seen, Grindelwald.] ... things.

[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani wraps his arm around her. You might have to smack him off you if he goes any lower, Queenie, but you should be good for now. ]

These're real cute, even a guy like me can tell.

[ He nods. Distractions... yeah, people love those. They're why bars and cabarets exist in the first place. ]

Ya sew yer own dresses back home? That takes some serious skill!

[goteachother]

[As long as he lets her cuddle a bit he can have a few gropes. She is so beyond caring right now.]

I've been making clothes for me and my sister since I started school. We- [She just kinda shrugs dismissively.] didn't have a lot growing up so making things was a lot cheaper.

[buddyoldpal]

[ God bless, you're the best, Queenie. ]

Ah, I know what that's like. Might not look it, but I didn't start with much neither. Only got what I got 'cause I kicked more ass than anyone else.

[ Well, and he got pseudo-adopted by a cop, so that helped a lot. ]

Ya got a real eye for it, though. Betcha the other girls were all jealous of ya both fer lookin' so sharp.

[goteachother]

Mmm, yeah. Tina's worked real hard ta get where she is.

[The compliment does seem to cheer her up, though and she leans into him a little to show her gratitude. It was hard to be upset when she had his arms around her. He was just... really good at making her feel safe.]

I had plenty of girls asking me to make them cute dresses for the weekends. We had uniforms for school, usually, though.

[buddyoldpal]

She your older sister? Or younger?

[ Family... what a weird concept. Nishitani pulls her up close, definitely not keeping those thoughts PG-13 but hey, he hasn't gone for a grope... yet. It's getting harder to resist with her being so nice to him, though. ]

Don't surprise me. Japan's real big on uniforms, too. Nights an' weekends are the only times ya get ta shine.

[goteachother]

Older. By four years but we're real close. Just been the two of us since we were little.

[She doesn't always mean to be but she's good at testing the limits of men's patience.]

Mmm? That why you work nights? [Teasing and maybe a little bit coy. Flirting makes her feel better almost as much as making other people feel better.]

[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani is a weak, weak man, he's bringing his hand up to her back to rub circles there but also because that feels nicer. Don't think he's forgotten that almost-kiss, girlie. ]

Sounds like ya both musta taken care of each other. That's good, havin' somebody there for ya.

[ Even a crazy dude like him has family. ]

Ya might say that, doll. [ He smirks, glancing her up and down. This outfit doesn't leave much to the imagination besides the sweater... ] Makes my job a helluva lot less boring, gettin' ta see people loosen their collars a bit.

[goteachother]

[She hums softly, pleased and comforted by his hand on her back and she ends up just leaning against him more.

A nod, that's exactly what happened with her and Tina and then he's eyeing her and she lifts a brow that says "I know exactly what you're thinking" but she doesn't call him on it, just lets him look.]

Yeah, I bet. 's part of the fun. You work at a club or something? I know in America most of the mobsters run speakeasies and oh gosh are those fun.

[buddyoldpal]

[ His roaming hand will just have to keep circling her back, maybe making it to her shoulder. He. Really. Wants to. But she's vulnerable and upset and that's no fun unless you're both into that... ]

You got it, sweetheart. I own a couple of clubs, hostess bars, mahjong parlors, that kinda thing. It ain't all weapons deals, that shit's not as fun as the other stuff.

[goteachother]

Mah-what now?

[People act like she's talking another language when she's going on about magic but half the stuff all these Japanese guys are talking about makes her so confused.]

And hostess bars? There's something there I'm missing... pretty sure.

[buddyoldpal]

Ya know, mahjong! With the suits and the tiles... 's a game we got from China, guess you yanks don't play it, huh?

[ What a colassal shame, mahjong is way more fun than poker. ]

Yeah, see. Back home, the girls who work the clubs are called hostesses. At a cabaret, they'll sit down and talk to ya and sell ya booze so overpriced it basically covers their whole damn paycheck. So a hostess bar or a cabaret club is basically that, minus the act on stage. Just lonely fuckin' salarymen willin' ta pay top dollar ta chat up a girl before they gotta go home to their wives. 's real lucrative.

[goteachother]

Sorry, honey, I've never heard of that one.

[Maybe they'll get a set and he can teach her.]

So these hostesses get paid for flirting with fellas and bringing 'em drinks? That... sounds like a real nice deal.

[buddyoldpal]

[ He shakes his head. Shame. It's such a shame. But at least hostess clubs translate better. ]

It sure is, darlin'! They get paid real nice, it ain't a bad deal at all. Worst case, ya get sleazy customers, but that shit's what managers and bouncers are for.

[goteachother]

No worse than you'd get actually goin to a bar, and as an employee you've got people to look out for ya.

[Wistful sigh because this sounds like her dream job.]

Gosh, why don't we have em in America?

[buddyoldpal]

That's fer sure.

[ There's a reason he likes her so much... ]

Good question, huh? Dunno.. But you'd make a killin' as a hostess, Queenie-chan!

[goteachother]

Ya think so? [Flatterer! But she is so pleased with that knowledge.]

[buddyoldpal]

I know so, darlin'.

[ He smirks. ]

Any club'd be lucky ta have ya, that's for sure.

[goteachother]

Oh I dunno if I'd be okay workin at just any club.

[Nudge nudge.]

Maybe one of yers though, huh?

[buddyoldpal]

Hah! I'd put ya on the VIP list no problem, babe.

[ He leans up to her, still smirking. ]

Wouldn't hafta work. Ya can come 'round any time, I'd show ya good time.