deercountry | One Night in Prufrock (Closed)

Who: Vira-Lorr & Minako Aino
What: Birthday Date
When: 10/22, sometime after Minako celebrates her birthday with her friends
Where: Sapphora

Content Warnings: None, though might update if anything comes up later.

Vira had heard about this place when she'd been in Gate last month for the exhibition matches. The idea of a relaxed nightclub for just the ladies to take a load off after they had been on a hunt or the midst of training seemed kind of heavenly. Admittedly, she wasn't really fighting as much these days, but since when had that ever been a reason for her not to enjoy herself and indulge. So she'd made reservations for a private booth in the club's second floor for today, since the canals... were just not fit for a proper date, not yet anyway. the reservation had been late enough that she'd been sure that the girls would be done with their birthday fun by the time she and Minako were to meet, just perfect whether or not she joined them for that celebration.

She sent Minako the time for them to get together and waited at the nearest of the lamp locations. She waited in a black and red number she had found that she liked a lot along with black satin gloves, and when she saw Minako, smiled and waved her over. "I've only been here once, to have a look around, but I think you'll like it here." Which was a surprising thing to say in Prufrock, but there you went.

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Vira-Lorr stepped back as it was Minako's shot, shaking her head. "Oh I just set you up there didn't I?" she said, looking back at her and shrugging. It was all in good fun either way. "Oh you're definitely good at helping others along with the holiday. As long as we save a bit for each other, I'm all in favor of making it as special an occasion as we can. I wonder what Doorway thinks of that one." It was her month after all.

"You did, but it wasn't intentional that I can at least state." It was all in good fun and this wasn't a competition. At least this time anyway. She went to make her shot for the most part leaning over the table and gently hitting it in.

Another one down and now the next shot was a fifty-fifty percent chance of working if done right.

"I don't know, I guess when the time comes we will find out." she answer as she made her next shot. Nearly but no dice.

She waited for the ball to come to rest. This time, her shot was definitely too shallow. It bounced back and all the way to the far wall, almost like it was just going back and forth. A sigh and she grinned. "I've never been quite good at these angles," she admitted with a chuckle.

(OOC: And her player totally forgot how many either sank but it's all for fun, more of a setting piece after all.)

"I keep saying I know her, but I'm not sure. If she's who I suspect? We might never know her opinions. Such a tight lipped woman. I met a Pthumerian in a set of boats once, wedged into the side of the mountain. Sitting there, trapped. Waiting for someone..." A shake of her head and she sighed. "All of the deer with her were so sad. I never quite understood that one, though she was helpful in a way."

"You are though good at other angles." She didn't know if the other understood what she could mean by that. But to Minako it was perhaps a bit of a tease in her own way.

Watching the shot Minako was going to perhaps spend her time figuring out her next shot all the while being able to hear what the other was saying.

"I guess there will just be one of the mysteries. But that does sound awfully sad."

She caught that reference and wiggled her hip for just a minute, glancing back with the most impish look at Minako. "Mmm, I wonder which angles are your favorites," she cooed, teasing right back this time.

As she waited for Minako to take her shot, she sighed, half closing her eyes. "It was. The deer, we learned later, were probably sleepers like us. Lonely and with only each other. Too much forgotten. She herself, though, just seemed stonily resigned. Almost a little amused to have someone to talk to at all."

"Well that would be something you'll have to find out" Minako was quick to reply as she had soon made her shot before moving away from the table. It didn't go in, but looking at what was left and she knew it wasn't going to be much longer.

""So...the deer were once like us. That really is sad."

"Sadly. That was Ramona's doing. In her desperation to survive, she trapped Cynthia. the deer were those who stayed too long and lost themselves without joining the wastes," Vira-Lorr said, shaking her head. She took a moment to line this shot up. The topic always settled badly with her. Any time she mentioned Ramona, it set her teeth on edge, but it was an old itch hard not to scratch.

"I think they're better off here, though." A sigh, and her eyes closed for a minute, clearing her mind before she tilted her head back and winked at Minako. "I'm going to really enjoy finding out which angles you like, I think." There, that shot sank in. Her next didn't, but she was getting close. Just one more apiece now and the eight ball.

(OOC: I so lost track, putting it down to one apiece makes sense to me.)

That really was a sad thing to hear. She never would have guessed that in a million years. But she soon nodded slightly. What she said was probably true. They were better off here.

But soon the mood got a little lighter and Minako was quick to give a small chuckle "You might get lucky to find out." With the teasing aside Minako wasn't sure she could get her last ball in with the next shot, but the other might. But she was at least going to try and take the shot, it bounced off the side and hit her ball, but didn't sink it.

But she was glad that it didn't make it obvious about whether it was possible to sink the ball or not.

"Oh don't you dare threaten me with a good time," she said, hopping over to line up her shot. She might have been just a teensy bit eager. Her body leaned over and she wiggled a little, winking at Minako playfully before she allowed the darker topic to fade into memory. They were here for fun. They could save the world later. The shot landed the last of hers, leaving only Minako's and the 8 ball.

"One last rule. I have to be careful. If I sink my white ball now, I lose." Which was probably a good thing to mention since her shot almost, just barely avoided it off of the middle shot, but they were almost there.

"I thought if you sunk it at any point you lose. I remember that being mentioned at least." Honestly she didn't want the other to lose that way, just wouldn't seem at all fair.

But she was happy as she watched just to see what was going to happen next. AFter all they just had the last ball left.

"You know, let's play that way. Gives us that much more incentive not to accidentally sink it, doesn't it?" she said, grinning either way. It was still so very close, and she leaned over the table, lining up the shot. One crack, and the 8 ball went in. She grinned triumphantly, right in time for the cue ball to come whipping back, and sinking down the other hole.

"gah... Hah. I think you win this game," she said, sighing and smiling over at her. "But still, the point's to have fun, mmm? Anything you're hoping for as a prize?"

Minako paused for a moment. She had started to clap when the 8 ball went in but when the white one then went into another hole she had no clue what exactly that meant.

"But the eight ball went in first right? Wouldn't that mean the game was over before the white ball went in?"

"Well my turn doesn't end until the cue ball stops, but if you'd like to call it a draw, I can definitely take that," she said, winking over at her and shrugging. She didn't mind either way, as long as they had fun.

One Night in Prufrock (Closed)

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