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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 10:33:41 GMT -8
"Hm...yeah...just nice to have a good friend for a change..." She smirked a little and flashed a smile across. "I may be just a taaaad to into the idea though. Like, being too eager in a relationship, but we're still just friends if that makes sense?" Probably not, so she'd make sure to explain all the same. "Like I visited her when she was in hospital and somehow slipped in the idea of finding an apartment together...kinda came up naturally since I was looking for a place closer to work but looking back...I'd probably cringe if I didn't have a glass in me already."
She'd let out a harmless chuckle before shifting focus back to Kai himself. The fact they weren't babies in his eyes, par batman, which was fair. She'd always been a tad pissy he got in so young, especially with how reckless her could be...ugh. Don't get pissy. You're drinking to have fun and Kai's not all that bad a drinking buddy. Shut your complain hole for an hour.
""I mean..." She shrugged a little, not sure if Kai meant he came off as a dad to them, or FOR them, but either way- "You did come to a halloween party dressed in a combination of your kids outfits...you also always have that leather jacket thing which, I mean, we can both probably admit leather jackets are just perfection." She pinched her fingers together for silly emphasis. "But I guess it can come off a bit as 'look at me, I'm cool' to the wrong eye.~"
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Now I'm wearin' a smile that I don't believe in. Inside I feel like screamin'. |
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 11:01:38 GMT -8
Kai bristled a bit at that probably-tease. "Ah." He hadn't meant to finish his second drink after that but here he was looking at the empty glass so okay. "Maybe I should assign you all some extra work to combat that, eh?" For the most part, that was a joke. Some very small bitter undertone was probably saying would you prefer that?? though.
He didn't really wanna talk about that, though, and moved the conversation back to her. "So if I understand this right, you're friends talking about becoming roommates, but you've got a crush on her? ...Or.. dating but trying to take things slow and focus on the friendship first, but you're having a hard time with that? Eugh, sorry I guess I didn't follow as well as I hoped after all."
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"Josh what is with you and your dang speeches?" |
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 11:06:48 GMT -8
The tease about extra work had her wanting to make a quip about him doing more than the old commander again, but she managed to resist as the conversation shifted back to her. The two options she was provided brought a light chuckle...did she have a crush though? Maybe a little but...
"Nah just...look I might have a crush on her. MIGHT. Big emphasis there." She paused as if to make that clear, going to take a sip from her drink to realize it was empty too and ordering up a third round for them each, she wasn't even swaying or anything yet but she was easily getting more loose lipped. "What I was trying to say is, I'm really into the idea of being friends with her, like, too into it. She's really cool and I wanna hang out with her and support her and just generally...be with that cool person, in a friend way, I just felt I was a bit too gung ho about it and suggested being roomates despite only knowing eachother a short while...clearer?"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 11:19:18 GMT -8
"Ahhh. Yeah it is." And, he supposed... heh, the way she described some of that made it really relatable, huh? "You're lucky to have someone like her." He really... hoped he could smooth things over with her more when she got back from her vacation, because she really did seem like such a cool person to be around...
"..Word of advice if you don't mind me butting in, though. If you're still thinking on that roommate idea, make sure you have your feelings in order first." What personal projecting? He had no idea what his author was talking about. "Trying to live with someone when one person wants more than the other can be... stressful, at best." .. Siiiip....
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"Josh what is with you and your dang speeches?" |
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 11:23:54 GMT -8
"Yeah I am...she's really cool...heh." She chuckled a little as she rested over her drink, recalling what she used to think of Dasha around the office. "Ya know I always thought from how she held herself she was a bit stuck up before I got to know her? Like...one of those who'd look down their nose at you? Kinda hard to keep that image when you see them play the 'OMG you are like, sooooo handsome' girl for a disguuse!~" She was snickering by the end of that, recalling how Dasha got as into her little role on that job as she herself did. "Hehhehehe! Assuming no one catches onto her we should put her undercover more often!~"
At the bit of advise she'd down a good portion of her drink, not to make any point, she was just thirsty for some more booze, though the advise did strike a chord and leave her with a slow nod. "Yeah...yeah I'll do that." She gave a soft smile, before it soon turned into a sly smirk and she quietly returned. "Soooo...how long did you and your ex live together again?~"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 11:44:43 GMT -8
... Dasha??? did that??? His first impression of her had fortunately seen a crack in her usual demeanor right away, else he could imagine he might have thought the same as Sam, but imagining such a sharp departure still??? He.. vaguely wanted to go on an undercover mission with her now... ha... ha.
That thought was interrupted by Sam's question, and inside a high pressure vault blew a seal. "Fifteen years," he answered promptly. "Fif. teen. years of telling her I just wanted to be friends. Fifteen years of--" his voice went higher to mock-- "Takekiiiiii, pay attention to meeeee~!" He looked briefly pained, then took another drink to calm down. "Fifteen years of feeling suffocated half the time and not knowing when she'd be home or who she was with the other half. ... I'm exaggerating a little but not by much." He did usually have an idea of where she was and that was well within their terms and all but it just.... ugh.
"I don't mean to speak ill of her either; she's a good mom. Never went out like that unless I had the kids or anything." Or bribed the kids well to keep quiet if she ever did, ha... "Just.. wasn't the best arrangement."
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"Josh what is with you and your dang speeches?" |
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 11:52:06 GMT -8
Fifteen years of that confusing nightmare did seem like a mess but...for starters. "Wait...so which one of you had feelings for the other?" Maybe it was just the drinks getting to her a bit but she could not follow that at all, leaning her cheek a little sloppily on her palm to the point it looked like she could easily slip and knock her head on the table. "Cause like...you make it sound like she's the one who wants you first with the pay attention mimicry. Spot on job there by the way." Another finger pinch like before for emphasis. "But then...she's the one going out and sleeping around? Like, dude, you make my Dasha thing sound complicated, then you bring me this?~"
She snickered with a light shake of her head, easing off her hand to take a sip. "I mean, hey, I'm not one to judge, I don't know what you guys classify yourselves as but I don't have kids, and my longest relationship was 2 months, so I'm not exactly gonna have any experience here but..." Ugh, she couldn't even think of an end to that sentence. "Look all I'm trying to say is, I'm definitely interested, but you make it sound very complicated between here wanting you but she's also the one sleeping around..."
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 12:10:03 GMT -8
"I know," he answered before she even finished. "I know," he answered again when she was done. "I. K n o w," he added a few moments later just for emphasis.
"That is. Exactly why I said make sure you know what you want. One or the other I could've dealt with, but??" He flung up a hand as if to indicate 'this', or rather 'that'. "Wasn't like she was cheating on me, considering we weren't dating. We both saw other people sometimes, considering. we weren't dating. And sure, maybe I was kind of offput by how many on her end but. Whatever. As long as it didn't affect the kids, it wasn't my business."
He took a drink, then set it down perhaps a bit harder than he meant to. "Just?? Leave me alone?" His pasted smile was clearly uncomfortable. "I never understood what was so hard about that. Don't demand my constant attention if you aren't willing to give me yours." ...Ah, that might have come out a bit different than intended.
His lip twisted a bit, and his tone shifted to something more tired than venting. "Maybe if she could've shown me she was serious, that..." Ugh. "I don't know if I would've been more okay or not." Considering she never did. "But maybe? Even just... toning it down to a rare fling instead of.. that. I don't think it would've changed how I felt about her, but... I could think of a worse fate than marrying your best friend? I just... couldn't deal with..."
He huffed. "I need some semblance of stability and she... I don't know. I'm rambling, sorry."
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"Josh what is with you and your dang speeches?" |
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 12:24:42 GMT -8
Sam honestly would have stopped at the first "I know" but for ease sake lets say she's just drunk enough to have continued anyway, chuckling at the second repitition for emphasis. She didn't mean to harp on but it was such a confusing situation for her to grasp and yeah, it seemed the Chief knew that well enough.
"That...definitely sounds like a mess...is it rude to ask how old she is cause like, 15 years she acted like that? Sounds like the behaviour of a fifteen year old or something. I mean hey its her life but did she not like...grasp the huge fact she might have been dragging you along a bit?" She wanted to say 'leading on' but somehow that didn't seem quite right to her given the circumstances.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 12:37:03 GMT -8
"Arceus I hope that's not 15-yr-old behavior given Nalani'll be 15 soon." Which was, you know, why they'd been together 15 years if that wasn't clear enough. But yeah... "But Ev's two years older than me, so you can't really blame it on that." Conveniently not giving his own age may or may not have been intentional, not that it was a well-guarded secret so much as he just still felt weird saying he wasn't in his thirties anymore out loud.
"And she really should have gotten it after the 87th time I begged her to stop dragging me along but..." He sighed slowly. "I guess it's as much my own fault for giving in." She just... had too many ways of getting in his head and his bed but... ugh.
"It's... nice to have room to breathe... but it's also... weird going home to a quiet house now..." He wondered not for the first time if a smaller place would help at all, but.. heh.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 12:44:56 GMT -8
So she was older? Huh...honestly depending how young they were when they started dating, given Sam didn't actually know his own age, that could have explained a mild chunk of it. Of course she still should have grown out of it but it could be pretty easy to manipulate someone even if they're just 2 years younger...
She didn't really have all that much to say though, no real advice and...a pat on the back felt just sheerly patronizing. She managed to snicker a little at the comment about her daughter earlier but other than that it was just a somber issue...no real fix. Best she managed to spurt out was "Well...least some distance might help you both get out of old habits...not that i think you're to blame for any of that just...yeah." She vaguely swilled her drink with a random gesture as if it somehow made her point clearer.
At the empty house comment though, she was a little quick to offer advice. "How big's your place?" Sam had some experience there. When the money started rolling in from cat, she never had anywhere bigger than an apartment but- "I used to have a pretty sizeable place myself but...I dunno. I turned into a crazy cat lady pretty fast. Thought they'd help keep me company but even then just..." She added another shrug and took a sip. "I dunno, seeing all that empty space not getting used didn't help me much. Luckily I had my interpol newbie work to keep me busy but moving to a smaller place definitely helped...then again suppose you need to make sure your place is big for the kids eh? They'll be here soon...just gotta worry about what happens when they leave again."
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 12:59:31 GMT -8
"Mmm.." He felt like saying 'thanks' at the... almost-reassurance? But it just... didn't come out, really.
Despite his strained mood, 'crazy cat lady' hit a spark in his mind. He didn't outwardly react, at least not right away, but mentally he added it to a tally board.
As she went on, he would have pointed out the issue with the suggestion, but she came to it herself. "Yeah. Exactly that, heh." Was he close to finishing this third drink already? Definitely time to start slowing down. "I send most of my paycheck to help with them. I can't afford two places or to move back and forth between visits. So I need a place big enough to accommodate them the months they're here. It's just.. eugh." He shrugged almost lazily.
"Pokemon do help, but conversation. ..I guess Ted's actually helped a little more, too, but he's pretty quiet most of the time." The little Beheeyem had been making himself pretty known around the office since Kai got him, but even there he was more of a smile and wave sort than a chatterbox, telepathy or no.
"...How many cats do you have, by the way? I'm more of a dog person myself."
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"Josh what is with you and your dang speeches?" |
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 13:05:48 GMT -8
"Heh, yeah kinda rough to have a bad situation you're stuck in like that...ever considered a roomate at your age?~" She couldn't help but smirk, somehow finding the idea of 30-40 year old guys being roomates super funny and not entirely sure why. Just sounded like a thing for younger people in her head. She was getting close to the end of her third too and she still had her initial shot on top of that...if it weren't for the somber topics she easily would have been asking if there WAS a karaoke machine by now.
The question was easy enough to answer though. "Eeeeeelleven. I got a Meow-Persian. Got a Persian." Right Skips had evolved, somehow that kept slipping her mind. "Liepard, Purrloin, Alolan meowth. Hey, Alola, he's from your place!~" She giggled a little too much before continuing. "Glameow, skitty, two espurrs, Litleo, Litten, Shinx aaaand.." She needed a second to count off the last few in her head to make sure. "Eeeyup. That's all of 'em...how many dogs for you?"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 14:25:10 GMT -8
"Kanto's my place," he promptly told her. He'd let her finish her list first, but only barely. "Dad's from Alola, and I've got a lot of family and fond memories there. But I'm a Kanto boy for life." It... occurred to him that he didn't know if he'd ever move back after taking this job, but that thought was immediately discarded. Or maybe more 'hurled into the sun' but yeah.
"Least a dozen dogs, though. Depending how you count 'em. Got an Eevee I plan to evolve into Glaceon and then in the market for a Leafeon to get that full set. Don't tell me only some really count, they're all good dogs to me." There was some hint of humor to that claim, but he was also very serious. Especially given his Espeon, generally seen as the most catty of the set, was built more like a Houndoom than a Glameow. Other Espeon could be cats, but Chance was a pupper.
He was curious about something now, though. He spun slowly in his chair, looking around at the bar patrons, and back a bit more toward Sam than he'd been originally. In doing so, he hoped it would be less obvious that he was turning so she couldn't see his phone screen as he picked it back up to type in a query. "Though 'my' Furfrou is actually Evelyn's dog. Not looking forward to her seeing the shape Sable's in when she brings the kids." Better Sable than Dasha though, he supposed; the prior would heal faster and more thoroughly, probably. "And then Keone sort of adopted my old Lycanroc. Or maybe Lo'Gosh adopted him, heh." ... He felt like Sam probably wouldn't catch the reference in that name but his eyes briefly moved up to her to check just in case.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 14:48:48 GMT -8
Sam...could have argued the Eevee lines were more fox and feline than dog but Kai didn't seem like he wanted a debate about that, Sam just let out a light chuckle and shook her head, teasing a potential discussion instead. "Ya know i bet some nerd out there is debating the classification of pokemon, between actual dogs, and 'doggos', like how Buizel is certainly not a dog, but perhaps a Doggo." She chuckled a little at the thought of such classifications, but managed to shake it off quick enough.
"But, hey, so long as you love 'em who cares what they are eh?" She gave a light shrug and sipped at her drink again, glancing to Kai at his odd shifting, but assumed he was just getting more comfortable, though the odd name did catch her off guard as she narrowed her eyes. "...Lo'Gosh? That your kids friend or something?"
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