67 - [video]

[blackshadow]

[ There's a small list of agreements written neatly and legibly:

Neither Tyr nor Rita will take their bets seriously. Both parties reserve the right to be sore los call off the bet at any time.

Rita will only feed Tyr meat when he is a dog any carnivorous animal.

Tyr will not steal Rita's underwear while cursed. He will replace any that he takes!!

Rita will bathe at least three times a week.

Tyr will make sweets at least three times a week.

Rita will

And the pencil is just laying there when Tyr finally talks: ]

--Forget it! We'll never get this sent off at this rate.

[Rita's voice grumbles in response as she slams a hand against the page.]

Of course we won't if you keep making up dumb stuff like this--you're just scared you'll lose another bet, aren't you?!

[And now she jostles the device, which she had turned on.]

I bet everyone else in the City agrees with me!

[ And that just makes Tyr's face go red as he shoots back: ]

And making candy isn't pointless?! Go ahead and ask if you're actually that sure--And make a bet out of it!

Sh-shut up! --Fine, just get ready to lose!

[Well, City, what do you think? >:|b]

Comments

[mortemscintilla]

...I'm beginning to wonder if she ever is.

[blackshadow]

She is. I'll invite you over when she's in a good mood sometime and you can see.

[mortemscintilla]

I'll bring sweets. The better to buffer sudden mood-changes with.

[ ;; ]

[blackshadow]

If you don't think of it like that, she'd probably lighten up just if you brought her something like that anyway. Stop being so worried.

[mortemscintilla]

I'll try.

But her yelling puts me in a worrying frame of mind.

[blackshadow]

You really need to get better control of yourself...

[ And learn to dodge. ]

[mortemscintilla]

Or maybe just communicate like a mime when I see her.

[ So much dodging. ]

[blackshadow]

That's probably annoy her, honestly...

[mortemscintilla]

It would.

[ orz why is this so hard? ]

[blackshadow]

Just relax and try to avoid awkward questions. You'll be fine.

[mortemscintilla]

I'll try my best.

[ Except Li and Awkward are inseparable. ]

[blackshadow]

Good. You two need to be on better terms before the weddings anyway, so we should start now.

[mortemscintilla]

I agree.

No one wants a future double-date to end in yelling and things getting thrown.

[blackshadow]

Or worse... Maybe she'll warm up to you at that restaurant of yours.

[mortemscintilla]

It's a cafe.

But maybe. She did seem to like desserts and some of the lattes.

[ Resolves to gorge Rita on sweet-stuffs forever. ]

[blackshadow]

She really as a sweet tooth... Just be nice to her like that and you'll be better off.

[ It's like a dating sim: Give them enough of what they like and the heart-level goes up! Right? ]

[mortemscintilla]

I'll be sure to bring her a big dessert-tray at the wedding.

[ He functions in terms of dating-sim-logic anyway. Smiles+Food+Tokens+Politeness = <3 ]

What about you, Tyr? What would you like? Or should it be a surprise?

[blackshadow]

[ Promises of food are making Tyr now like him at least. ]

I'm not that picky. I'll leave it to you to surprise me.

...Now what about you and Korra? [ Since this is turning into wedding gift time... ]

[mortemscintilla]

All right.

[ He pretends to mull it over. Dimly, he knows it's a curse. Best to keep things simple. ]

There's no need to go into too much trouble. Some type of Water Tribe Food would be good enough, really.

[blackshadow]

[ He can stay engaged if he wants to... ]

I'll try to remember one and make it for you guys then. What else do you like, though?

[mortemscintilla]

[ Tyr can. Li has no reason to. He doesn't need a cover of normalcy that badly. ]

Something for Naga might be nice. A chewtoy, maybe. [ pauuuse. ] That's ...Korra's polar-bear-dog, by the way. But like I said. Nothing extravagant. Just having you and Rita over at the wedding is enough.

[blackshadow]

[ It's not that normal anyway... ]

Is Korra friends with Rita? [ Because he doesn't know. ] I should be able to get a dog toy, though... It shouldn't be that expensive anyway.

[mortemscintilla]

[ Nothing in the City is. ]

I ... I'm not sure. [ Neither does he. They both have explosive tempers, though. ] Thanks. I'm sure Naga would like it. [ Whatever stops Naga from chewing on Li instead... ]

[blackshadow]

[ Very true. ]

Are you close with her? [ The doggy... ]

[mortemscintilla]

Who? Naga?

[ er well um ]

She tried to eat me when I first met her.