The Deck - Sunday afternoon

[heromaniac]

Momoko was determined to make up for all the hours she had spent indoors watching that AWESOME new sentai series, and the radio this morning had left her with no illusions that this was 'one of those weekends', which promised much entertainment. So she set up the sun umbrella to keep any rain off of her, and was sitting on the deck with a ton of snacks (and even some she was willing to share), a camera with a fresh memory card, a spare memory card, and a folder full of legal citations and arguments she'd pulled from the web.

Look, she was still worried about that judge getting away with stuff, okay? Maybe it wouldn't all be usable, but it was at least some ideas, right? She was trying to be a responsible legal... person. Sure she didn't have to be at work until Monday, but Justice didn't take days off!

...

Okay, so she also had a bag full of used manga beside her, too.

So when there wasn't someone visiting or being crazy within zoom range, Momoko was alternating between legal papers and a volume of Wan Pīsu... and hoping the pirates in this series got more interesting. And cute. Bleah.


(Open deck is open!)

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[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime smirked. Then he raised his hand dramatically to his forehead. "Oh, pretty young lady! I seem to have amnesia! I don't know who I am!"

[heromaniac]

"Eh?!" Momoko clapped her cheeks dramatically. "Why that's terrible! How could this have happened? Were you in a horrible accident and only just now released from some foreign uncaring hospital because you were totally healthy and in really awesome physical condition except for your lack of any memories from before you awoke in that cold and empty room?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"I'm pretty sure it was something like that, yeah."

Don't laugh, don't laugh, don't laugh.

[heromaniac]

"YOU POOR THING!" Yes, she said it in all caps. "You must be so sad! Totally lost on the inside! I mean, you don't even know that you have an totally horrible allergy to marshmallows!"

See how she did that, there? Momoko reached for the bag.

[weldedtomyspine]

"I do?" Jaime's eyes flared wide and he threw the bag in a 'panic'.

In the opposite direction from Momoko.

[heromaniac]

"EH? Ah! Jaime!" She leaned forward, falling over him and stretching for the bag.

[weldedtomyspine]

"A Jaime?" Jaime spun around. "Where!?"

Then. "Jaimes are bad, right?"

[heromaniac]

A good number of the marshmallows spilled out of the bag and Momoko pouted hard at the loss of sugary goodness. Despite having a whole bag of snacks on the other side of her, yes. "Very bad. Jaimes are very bad."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Should we run away, then?" And leave all the snacks behind?

[heromaniac]

No abandoning innocents!

"Nah. I can totally take him," she pushed herself back to sitting in her own chair. "Besides, he owes me now."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh? What did this Jaime guy do?"

[heromaniac]

"LOTS of things! But more importantly he doesn't share any of his sweets. Totally evil."

[weldedtomyspine]

"He sounds like a true villain," Jaime agreed. "How can I assist you in your fight against evil?"

[heromaniac]

"It's totally a grudge match," she laughed, enjoying their game. "You totally don't want to be involved, if you can help it."

[weldedtomyspine]

"But I have a feeling that I can't leave a beautiful damsel without offering my assistance!"

[heromaniac]

"Aww! Beautiful?" She sighed. "I wish my boyfriend was half as sweet as you. He never calls me that."

[weldedtomyspine]

"You mean you're already seeing someone?" Jaime looked stricken. "Just my luck."

[heromaniac]

"I am!" She made her eyes big and bright. "He's totally smart and handsome and funny and caring and he likes a lot of the same things I do!"

"And he used to cook and bake me things, but he hasn't lately, though." She exaggerated a pout. "Do you think that's a sign of anything?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"It's clearly a sign that you should break up with him and go out with me: a poor, but sweet, amnesiac."

[heromaniac]

"You totally make a good point." Momoko pinched her lip and nodded. "And I could teach you to eat sandwich cookies the proper way!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"What are sandwich cookies?" Jaime asked, somehow managing to keep a straight face.

[heromaniac]

Momoko raised an eyebrow at that, totally suspecting Jaime was up to something, but she passed him an Oreo anyway.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime eyed it suspiciously. "What do you do with them?" he asked dubiously.

[heromaniac]

And now he was being totally ridiculous and Momoko laughed. "You eat them! Only there's totally a special way you have to do it; watch!"

She twisted the cookie, opening it to show him the two halves. "See so far?"

[weldedtomyspine]

With a slow, careful nod Jaime imitated her, twisting the cookie open. "Okaaaaay."