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[wouldnotkindly]

Uh, so... I get that there's a curse going on today, but. Uh.

[Jack is way too flustered over this.]

If anybody feels like kissing me — uh, especially while I'm at the bar... Could you maybe, uh. Warn me first? Please?

( ooc: Jack is tending bar today, so open action at the Blue Light, or out on the streets if that's your fancy! give him all the victory smooches. )

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[rudeandginger]

No where particular. I might stop in for a drink today.

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[wouldnotkindly]

OH. OK

[Part of him feels like he should be at least a little apprehensive about that. But, perhaps against his better judgment, he finds himself looking forward to it nevertheless.]

[rudeandginger]

[Turlough comes in, not in his usual school uniform today, but a plain button down and trousers, and hops onto a barstool.]

[wouldnotkindly]

[By the time he shows up, Jack looks nearly relieved to see him.]

There you are.

[rudeandginger]

I wasn't aware my presence was required so urgently.

[wouldnotkindly]

No, uh, not really... [He's starting to blush, damnit.] Just seems like every other person who walks in here ends up cursed into kissing me.

[And that's not a thought he particularly wants to dwell on at the moment, so:] Can I get you anything?

[rudeandginger]

And you're complaining about that?

[wouldnotkindly]

Well, er... [Yes.] It's just been...surprising, I guess.

[rudeandginger]

And I thought you were starting to loosen up at last.

[wouldnotkindly]

[He's definitely blushing now.] Almost all of them have been complete strangers.

[rudeandginger]

And this makes a difference to you?

[wouldnotkindly]

Well... [He shifts his weight from one foot to the other, suddenly feeling very awkward over this and not entirely sure why.] Yeah.

I mean, the only person I've ever kissed without being cursed into it or something...well, it's you.

[rudeandginger]

Honestly? If I were you I'd be more than ready to take advantage of this one, then.

[wouldnotkindly]

[He's not sure how he feels about that.]

It's not like this is the first time there's been a curse like this... And it probably won't be the last time, either.

[rudeandginger]

The loosen up, honestly. It's not hurting anyone. Don't you like kissing?

[wouldnotkindly]

Of course I do.

[That comes out a bit more defensively than he intended. He looks around, then lowers his voice and leans in a bit before speaking again.]

I just... I like kissing you better than any of them.

[rudeandginger]

[His face falls, the tiniest fraction.]

You're not obliged to think that. There are plenty of people better than me in this place.

[wouldnotkindly]

[The longer this conversation goes on, the more he feels like he'd rather not be having it in public. But still...]

I'm not obliged to think anything. I said that because I really meant it.

[rudeandginger]

[He scowls at that, but it's pretty much his default expression anyway. Give him a minute.]

[wouldnotkindly]

[Which is why Jack isn't particularly fazed by it. He turns his attention instead to mixing him a Manhattan — in lieu of repeating his question, which he has a feeling will just go ignored again — and slides it across the bar, as if in a peace offering.]

[rudeandginger]

[He takes the drink, and finishes off about half of it before he speaks again.]

I haven't kissed anyone else today. Except The Doctor.

[wouldnotkindly]

Really?

[He's not sure why, but he can't quite help but smile at that.]

Which one?

[rudeandginger]

Bowtie.

[wouldnotkindly]

He came back? [No, Jack hasn't been paying much attention at all to the network lately.]

[rudeandginger]

Yes. A few days ago, actually.