Concordia, Elpis. Outside Springs' Emporium of Stuff [Wednesday]

[boneyard_girl]

Ada'd spent most of the week handwavily camped out here, when she wasn't in class. The woman who ran the place didn't seem to mind, so long as Ada was up to her elbows in spare parts and was willing to listen to stories about the owner's pretty girlfriend. Who, to be fair, was really pretty, and pretty badass to boot

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[rebelseekspizza]

Dante'd been spending a lot of time out on Elpis. There wasn't any shortage of monsters to take down out there; since other distractions weren't always working as well as they used to, he was happy to hurl himself into wholesale violence.

But now he was done for the day. Ready to go back-- to Moxxi's, to use what money he'd picked up fighting to buy a few cocktails. But that took him past Springs', which wouldn't have meant anything, but-- "Hey, I spot a mermaid on the horizon."

[boneyard_girl]

"Nah, you spot a mermaid sitting on her ass. She's nowhere near the horizon," Ada pointed out cheerfully, giving him a little wave. "Unless you been outside without your oxygen, I can't help you if'n you're hallucinatin.'"

[rebelseekspizza]

"Mermaid can't be sitting on her ass," Dante said, turning to walk towards her, instead. He didn't stop until he was more or less looming over her. "'Cause I hear her talking out of it."

[boneyard_girl]

"Rude," Ada said, squinting up at him. Stupid tall looming boys. "'M a professional. 'M far too eloquent to talk outta m' ass."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Yeah, I can tell," Dante said, grinning back down at her. (He was pretty glad to see her; the shittalking was just a way to show it.) "What the hell are you being a professional about?"

[boneyard_girl]

"Professional bullshitter, didn't you know?" she asked, grinning right back. "Though 'm on break right now. Ain't got no crowds to wow."

She patted the stoop next to her. "Sit your pretty ass down. Lookin' up at you is givin' me a crick in m' neck."

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante sighed loudly. "See, that's why I don't believe people when they say eating your vegetables helps you grow," he said, but he sank down to sit next to her on the stoop, stretching his legs out.

[boneyard_girl]

"'M tall," she pointed out, poking him in the leg. "'Specially for a girl. All thanks to vegetables. Think how much more you could loom if'n you ate a properly balanced meal once a day."

[rebelseekspizza]

It wasn't like the people whose care Dante had been in before really cared about a balanced diet.

"I let them put peppers on my pizza," he said. "That's not balanced?"

[boneyard_girl]

The people whose care Dante had been in before needed to be kicked in the head a few times. Not that she was biased or anything.

"It's better," she decided, "--than no vegetables at all. With you I'll take it as a win."

Ada was not above taking victories where she could find them.

[rebelseekspizza]

"See, that's why I like you," Dante said, grinning sideways at her. "You're practical."

He reached out and patted her knee. "So you messing around with the tech stuff in there?"

[boneyard_girl]

"What gave it away?" Ada asked cheekily, reaching up to brush her hair out of her face and leaving a streak of grease on her face, with all the other smudges she'd gained today. Maybe it was the screwdrivers stuck in her ponytail? "They got some neat stuff."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Like what?"

Dante reached out with the sleeve of his coat to wipe away some of the grease. "Wrenchmaid."

[boneyard_girl]

"Engines," she replied promptly, because that was always going to be Ada's first love. "Space-guns, scopes an' ship bits an' gears an' broken Oz kits."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Right, the weird breathing triangles," Dante said, waving at the one sticking out of his pants. "Bet they don't have regular car engines out here, though."

[boneyard_girl]

"Better," she said cheerfully. "Moon buggie engines. I wanna fix one of 'em up an' go for a ride."

It was a terrible idea; therefore it was the BEST idea.

But if he had an Oz kit... "You been exploring outside?"