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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 12, 2018 18:14:47 GMT -8
Dasha smirked a little too much as Sam spoke. The thought of finding something for Sam, though, had her eyes flashing around the area. Alright, what was there. She would find it. “You are on~” was all she’d say before wandering over to a different area and starting to sift though the numerous merchandise. Something for Sam. Something that resonated with Sam. It was then that her eye caught it— and then a second right next to it. Pulling the packaged items off the rack, she held them out and spoke quickly. “What do you think, Starry?” The baby liked it as always, though, and Dasha smirked a bit. GOOD.
Heather, meanwhile, was rather quickly trying to pick up and reorganize the things she had knocked over and miiight have used her illusions to hide the things on the floor from others in the mean time. Yes yes, nothing to see here folks just a Pikachu totally hopping to and fro. Totally not a Zoroark that was too big for her britches.
She turned and hid what she had found in her hand pressed against Starry as Sam came back so fast. As the item was presented to her, however, her eyes grew. A hard knot formed in her throat, and her lips twitched a little uncertainly. Plenty of people associated her with ice. She was northern Eran, the Ice Pokemon trainer, a cold-blooded person, or an ice queen but… A flower, especially something of elegant beauty wasn’t something she always associated with herself. Swallowing that thought, Dasha took it smiling softly now. “It’s beautiful…” It was. Gold also had a way of looking good in her hair, so it was only a matter of how she wanted to organize it, really.
A small, goofy smile curled on her lips as she shifted and swapped Sam’s item with it. “Well~ I don’t think I could outdo such stunning beauty found by such a keen eye but—“ she held the hair clip forward. “I know you have a fondness for cats~”
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Apr 12, 2018 18:42:31 GMT -8
"...H-hey you okay there Dash?" She may not have been watery eyed quite yet but Sam had learned to read some subtler facial cues from...well, both her lines of work helped her with this in one way or another, and right now she could see that brief quiver in Val's lip as she handed the Barrette across, just making sure she was okay and giving her a light squeeze on the shoulder. "Just...thought it suited ya. Your hair tends to be really nice and elegant whenever I've seen you do it up, so a little elegant flower sitting in the middle of it seemed pretty fitting."
Offering a faintly weak but still reasuring smile, she rested her hands in her pockets till her own 'gift' was handed across, giggling a little at it. By now with Dasha any slip up fears had long gone, she knew Dasha knew she liked cats rather than thinking 'oh shit does she know' on instinct like she might do with other interpol officers. "Aw that's really cute. I could actually work that into something..." It was a bit big, but with her hair the way it tended to flair out, she had an idea of how to incorporate it pretty clevery. She brought it up and pinned it into her hair so the hollow center caught one of her tufts of hair, making the cat shape still show while a red streak of her hair cut through it naturally. "Pretty sweet, if I do say so myself.~"
Flicking her eyes to a mirror in the store to see how it looked, running her fingers through her hair, Sam almost didn't hear as a girl walked by, a little younger than the both of them, with a tone that...was so hard to tell if it was mocking or genuine at her age. "Awww. You two look like a cute couple.~" She then revealed she worked here as she lowered her arms to sow a nametag. "Can I help you two find anything?~"
Sam...just looked to Dasha, swallowing back her immense nerves as they spiked in an instant. "Er...I-I dunno? I think we're good Dash..." She said...notably forgetting to correct the couple comment in her stunned state.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 12, 2018 18:56:38 GMT -8
The shoulder squeeze had Dasha smiling a bit more. Blue eyes flickered form the barrette to the baby in her arm and back again. Yeah, she liked that simple meaning… quite a bit. Her attention would flicker to Sam thereafter, watching her light up and clip the hair pin in. “Awe.” It really was cute, and she might have shifted to push down some of her hair on the side of her face and slip in her own gift. Oh yes, this was so cute. Looking in the mirror, she couldn’t help but smile all the more—
And then that voice reverberated in her ears and had her looking back to see the girl. Wait- what—… Dasha’s lips parted to say something and then sealed again. We’re friends. Her brain wanted to insist this loudly, to huff at such assumptions, and to shoo away the girl after. But perhaps it was her relaxed mood or perhaps even deeper it was the fun she’d been having with Sam that just… Just sort of… This is what couples do. Oh… Yeah. She guessed that was probably a thing huh….
Ah. But— “Uhm…. No I think we’re fine…” she answered about as distantly as Sam did before shaking her head. “And we’re—“ The woman had nodded and already started to walk back up the way before Dasha got a word in edge wise. Instead, she sort of stood there half a step forward before slowly taking half a step back. Blue eyes finally flickered back to Sam and just kinda stopped. Lips pursed and relaxed again. “Well… she’s certainly making assumptions…” she finally muttered.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Apr 12, 2018 19:02:26 GMT -8
Chewing the inside of her lip a litttle when Dasha made it clear she was going to correct the girl, even as she walked away, Sam let out a faintly nervous chuckle of her own. It wasn't an unfair assumption so she couldn't get made...and she was still just a little too stunned for that to be the case either. "Heh...yeah...bit rude of her huh?" She smirked just a little, trying to make light of the situation to some extent, rolling back one of her shoulders given how tense she was sudeenly feeling...geeze did that really set her off so bad? She was pretty sure she put all that bullshit behind her after talking to Kai.
"Sorry I er...got a bit stunned by it." She answered simply..she had a myriad of reasons WHY she was stunned, but even giving some of the subtler ones felt like they'd just make things more awkward unless Dasha prompted her anyway. "...That barette really does suit you."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 12, 2018 19:14:45 GMT -8
Dasha chewed he inside of her mouth. A weird, conflicted feeling was rising and falling in her, and she didn’t exactly know what to do about it. At least Sam seemed …. normal? Kinda. The apology had Dasha nodding a little. “Yeah me too,” she mumbled back shrugging her shoulders briefly. It really shouldn’t have been that surprising, she guessed, but maybe she just hadn’t been mis-represented for a while and just…ugh yeah.
But maybe it was something else that was now tying up her stomach, and maybe she was more aware of it than she wanted to be.
Smiling a little as Sam spoke, Dasha glanced back in the mirror. “You picked out a really cute one… I always have an ice aesthetic but… it’s really nice…” The baby in her arm cooed softly in agreement. Even as she stared in the mirror, though, Dasha could see Sam’s reflection. There was something about her expression and just….
Dasha looked back again. “You weren’t having like… stress flashbacks or anything… were you?” She had been through war but had reasonably come to believe even one on one relationships could be just complex and stressful. If Sam had had anything like that with an old girlfriend or something that would… also make sense….
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Apr 12, 2018 19:52:37 GMT -8
Sam rubbed her arm a little nervously, working the last of the brief stress out of her system, a slow breath flowing out of her nose as she glanced along to where the employee had gone off to, wondering if she was trained to give heart attacks and kinda watching a little more than she should as she neared an old lady with her grandaughter. Luckily Dasha managed to snap her out of it, unluckily, she asked what she did...she wouldn't really count it as a flashback but it was certainly filled with stress whatever it was...all the same she felt she should explain at least a little.
"Well I er..." She let out a soft chuckle and her nerves eased a tonne as she figured out a gentle answer, it was partly the truth and not quite everything at the same time. "Well...suffice to say I think anyone'd be pretty lucky to have you as a partner Dash, so...heh. Yeah. She just caught me off guard and I thought about it a few seconds longer than I should have..."
Smirking a little at herself now, she stepped over and gave Dasha just a light nudge against her side. "It's...nothin' though okay?" She didn't wanna get too deep into the past she had dealing with her feelings for Dash if she could easily help it, given how good they were doing as friends. "I know your deal, so you don't have to worry about me suddenly going all gaga over you." Yeah, I did that months ago and got it outta my system... "You wanna keep looking for more knick knacks?"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 17, 2018 19:16:01 GMT -8
Dasha’s lips parted, but no words immediately came out. Sam was… Sam was considering— But. No she’d just said she’d just thought about it was all— but… A weird, sickly sinking feeling dropped into her blood, and her stomach responded with a barrel roll. She… kind of realized she needed to say something here. ‘Oh, well we’re friends right?’ or maybe even ‘I mean we’re close but—’. But perhaps the kicker was this strange uncertain feeling that …. That… NO. She was ace and… Sam wasn’t and….they were friends and…
The nudge pushed Dasha from her thoughts. It’s nothing though, ok. Oh… The words thereafter slowly eased her nerves again. Dasha drew in a slow breath before relaxing again. Right. Alright. Yeah. A small nod was given followed by a smile. “Let’s see what we can find~” She perked up again some, her eyes flashing around once more. “Oh actually~ Maybe some nail polish,” she gestured over to the small emporium of them all lined up. “I think those off to the side might be the heat sensitive ones.” They had been in parlors for quite a while, but only recently had she seen them in actual stores.
Walking over to some of the blues and purples, she fished up a lavender and turned it around in her hand. “Maybe something like this fading into a dark blue…” Her gaze flickered to her own hand where a clear coat was all that colored them right then and there.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Apr 18, 2018 0:50:34 GMT -8
Sam was...weirdly pained by how quickly Dasha seemed to move past the topic. Sure she didn't wanna ruin the day and she hadn't tried to make too big a deal of it but...ugh. No this was just...not worth thinking about. It wasn't even how fast she moved on but just how cheerful she got again too, like the whole moment had just been forgotten...ah well. She was smiling and by now Sam was glad she could see that in Dasha to begin with, so no harm no foul in the end.
As they moved onto the nail polish Sam wasn't too sure how much she could offer here. Cat was always the one who enjoyed makeup and stuff the most, and even she just used general nail polish to make her 'claws' stand out a little. Sam meanwhile...she'd use some nail colors during a brief phase before she hit the police academy in her teen years, heck it was where she got all her leather and 'tough girl' fashion habits from still, she just never kept that specific habit. As Dasha looked about, Sam carefully, without tugging too hard if Dasha wanted to keep her, took Starry from her arms so Dasha could look around a little more freely, smirking a little at her choice.
"Ya know I was just thinking those colors'd suit you best. I'd say normal days, purple and dark blue, but if you ever dress up fancy, a bit more of a light blue really feels like it'd suit you." She carefully shifted Starry (assuming she'd managed to take her) and picked up a gentle, light blue shade, smirking at Dasha and lightly hip bumping her. "Maybe if we ever went out dancing, this, a matching lipstick, cute little outfit.~ You'd look great!~"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 18, 2018 7:08:02 GMT -8
Dasha shifted a little as Sam moved, letting her hold Starry for now. She made the immediate mistake of looking at Sam with a baby, however, and found her features warming and draining all at once. Blue eyes shifted to the nail polish, and Dasha’s features cooled again.
The transfer of the baby, meanwhile, had Heather shifting a bit closer to and leaning against Sam some. While she could keep her illusions at a distance as was already seen, she was ready to feign that she couldn’t if asked why she was leaning up against Sam. She just…really liked this human, though, really.
Dasha’s gaze flickered from one color set to the next with some intensity. The mention of color had her eyes shifting to the light blue in Sam’s hand and holding there for a moment. “Maybe with a couple of white patterns in it too…” she started to say only for the bump to have her immediately smiling. Stepping sideways and bumping Sam back, she flicked through her holowatch pretty fast. “There’s actually a cute outfit I’ve had for a while that juuust might bring all this together too.” Flipping to the picture minus the gloves and with long black leggings instead of boots, Dasha smiled a little. “I bought it when I first arrived but never had a chance to wear it out…” Glancing back at Sam, she smiled a bit more. “Going dancing would be nice chance to though.”
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Apr 18, 2018 7:16:20 GMT -8
"Hm? What's that Starry?" Sam smirked a little the moment she saw the outfit, but quickly lifted the small pokemon in her arms up to her ear, pretending to listen whether Starry realized and played along or not, nodding either at random Cosmog cries, or confused silence. "Yes yes...yes I do think your moma is secretly fishing for Auntie Sam to ask her out dancing sometimes. Mhm. Nooo. She isn't being subtle about it at alllll is she? That's a queen for you, always gotta be blunt about what she wants.~"
Snickering as her little act wrapped up, she covered her lips and shook her head, placing the bottle she was holding back as she idly stroked Heather beside her once she registered the weight leaning into her. "Seriously though, you need an excuse to go out, you know I'm always there for ya.~ Would be nice to see what sorta dancing habits Era left you with.~"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 18, 2018 7:44:13 GMT -8
The baby’s eyes grew large for a moment on being spoken to, but as she started to grasp what Sam was doing, she started ‘whispering’ to her in turn. Small, high pitched tones escaped from her. She was totally saying something that Sam could understand!
Dasha, meanwhile, found a hand raising to cover that smile pulling at the corners of her face. Dancing really… really would be nice. She hadn’t done anything of the sort in years, and just… Have to be blunt about what she wants… That too. That…. too. The hand slowly dropped from her face, and her features slowly eased again. “We had all sorts of formal dances, but there were some that…” She shrugged a little. They had looked like fun but were almost a little too sensual for anything she felt comfortable with, heh. “I would like to go sometime though…” She smirked a little. It would be a nice change of pace.
Clasping the purple and dark blue nail polish as well as picking out a white one that would be good for designs, Dasha slowly glanced sideway at Starry again. Wrapped in pink illusion, she didn’t have all the beautiful core colors and sky features, but she was still very cute~ Her eyes then shifted to Sam’s hand, however. “And you should let me do up your nails~” Dasha grinned a bit.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Apr 18, 2018 7:50:18 GMT -8
Seeing Dasha reminisce, Sam eased up a little herself, giving Starry a light squeeze in her arms as a thanks for playing along, snickering at the final comment about doing up her nails and rolling her eyes, though it did bring an idea to mind as she hummed softly with an almost cheeky tone to it.
"Tell you what, you get to do my nails, if, IF, you let me pay for us both to get our hair done the night we go out. If I'm gonna go out with such royalty, I want her to be looking her best.~" She smirked playfully and bowed her head, careful not to shift Starry herself too much. "Afterall, people should be jealous that I have earned the pleasure of befriending such a fine example of nobility should they not?~"
Giggling as she lifted her head, she shook off the playful facade for a bit and beamed brightly though. "Seriously, we'll make a night of it. Get a nice little beauty treatment, pick out some nice outfits, help eachother with out makeup, have a good night all round. Heck we can even invite Alex if they're up to it. Sound good?"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 18, 2018 8:25:29 GMT -8
A subtle warmth came to Dasha’s features before a small chuckle resounded from her. “I suppose that would be acceptable,” she spoke slowly dragging out her tone before stopping abruptly to bring a finger up to her quirked lips again. “Your hospitality and kindness will not be forgotten~” She flashed another grin before giving a small bow of her own this time.
She perked a little more after that giving a quick nod. “That would be great~” She wasn’t entirely sure Alex would go for all of it, but hey why not ask? And… hopefully Alex would even come to like it too.
From the corner of her eye, Dasha caught sight of that same clerk watching them again, and immediately Dasha’s gaze flickered forward again. “How about we head to the next store?” she grinned a bit. Starry chirped once in response. Heather tilted her head but wouldn’t really say much in response.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Apr 18, 2018 8:33:48 GMT -8
Glad to hear Dasha was on board with the whole day, she giggled a little at her wording, nodding along and picking out a nice shade of red and black for her own nails, resting them in her hands even as she held Starry, quietly unaware of where Dasha's eyes had briefly glanced and that the clerk may have been part of her reason for them moving on. "Heh, yeah, don't forget the barrette in your hair, gotta pay for that before we go.~" Easing a hand back to ease out the cat clip in her own hair, she nodded towards the checkout counter and made sure the two of them were settled up on their items.
"How aboooout...we go pick out some outfits next? I know you said you had that dress, but it'd be nice to have some options for when we go out dancing don't ya think? Something new and fresh? I mean, no offense intended, but I bet you havn't had many excuses to dust off that other one huh?"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Apr 18, 2018 14:38:05 GMT -8
Oh- oh right. A hand reached up and pulled the barrette free again. Dasha smiled at it briefly before looking up again. It was really pretty, wasn’t it? It would look great with almost anything but especially with the right outfit. The next suggestion followed by the backed up words and quick clarification had Dasha smirking a bit softly. “It sounds perfect,” she answered setting her items on the counter for the clerk to swipe and bag into a cute little lavender bag. Fishing out and swiping her credit card, Dasha took the bag and stepped out of the way. “Maybe go dancing two nights and change outfits between.” She could even probably wear these cute heels that she totally hadn’t forgotten that she was wearing ehehehe.
Starry, meanwhile, squeaked and cooed watching as things were put away. So many interesting things and they were taking some of them! Amazing! Heather let out a Pikachu-esque hum and hopped forward and to the side, leaning against Dasha as she waited for Sam to pay. Once that was done, she’d be headed out the door and into the rest of the mall again. People were starting to cycle through, and the volume outside was steadily growing. Dasha bit the inside of her mouth but put it out of mind for—
“STOP! THIEF!” A woman’s voice rung out, and Dasha immediately tensed. A man was forcing his way through the crowd with a purse in one arm. A small ‘tch’ sound escaped from Dasha as her gaze flashed towards Sam’s.
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