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[onlyfive]

Lucy McClane has found herself with her own questions, and for once is going to voice them instead of trolling other people. She's sprawled out in a chair in what can arguably be called 'pajamas' and she has a pair of ridiculous furry bunny ears in her hand, twirling them lazily. Are those rhinestones? Maybe"I have two today, since one of them is a

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[campjesus]

"I like the Bad News sandwich. Start with some good news, mention the bad news, end with something they really want to hear. Or, get them drunk."

... Brody always has the best advice. He's chilling on a stool, wearing black jeans and a hoodie that are both way too big on him, and reflective sunglasses, even though it's not that bright in here. He scratches his head. "I dunno, I don't get a lot of presents."

[onlyfive]

"Oh, that's a good idea. The sandwich, not the drunk part, uhhhh."

BRODY. >E "Sugarbutt, what do you like because I'm going to get you approximately twenty-seven presents immediately."

[campjesus]

"Oh, well, I mean, not drunk drunk, just, like, a little buzzed, have a couple beers or something." ... he frysquints at her behind the sunglasses. He's not entirely sure if she's 21 or not.

He flails a little! "I don't need anything! Oh, um... my ex gave me, like, this really horribly tacky necklace. Shaped like a butterfly. Wasn't even real silver."

[onlyfive]

She is actually like twenty-seven, GO FIGURE. "Buzzed might work if I kind of just slip the news in... I have to tell them separately anyway, so awesome."

"... That is kind of tacky." :( "No, I'm going to give you ponies." Oh my god Lucy, no.

[one_drafted_man]

Lucy may not be able to see the raised eyebrow, as Grif takes in just how she's currently dressed, but it's there. Oh, yes, it's there, mildly puzzled yet wryly amused.

"Well, from what little I remember of them, my parents weren't necessarily the best models for guessing any one else's behavior, but generally speaking, if I thought they wouldn't take it well, I'd go about telling them... after I've already got the job. Then it's too late, unless they want to ruin their child's career before it's even begun, insert hand on forehead and fake swooning here."

Grif is apparently unaware of how his style of excessive melodrama is likely to go over in the McClane/Gennaro household(s).

"As for presents, uh, I'm not sure I've ever gotten any that'd qualify as embarrassing, but only really 'cause getting them isn't exactly a common occurrence for me. I mean, Church used to give all of us in the Gulch smoal for Christmas, but cheap synthetic coal isn't so much embarrassing as it is annoying."

[onlyfive]

She is a bunny, Grif. :( A CUTE ONE. ... Anyway.

"That would work really well except for the fact that my ... dad works in the exact same area in the exact same job I want so I would be busted so hard." Her face is very elaborately sad, for the record. "Also my dad would explode, I don't know. It might get messy." EXPLODING THINGS.

"... Man, coal for Christmas is kind of a dick move."

[one_drafted_man]

Well, yes, but dressed as a bunny, in the middle of the Nexus? Grif sees that as just asking for trouble. ...Okay, it is maybe kind of a little bit adorable.

"Oh, they'd tell him that his kid was looking for a job? What's he do?" He pauses for a moment. "Does he actually have a tower? I ask 'cause I know a guy who does, so you never know. Anyway, if you can't be sneaky, then deploy the booze. Next morning, the memory of what you told him will be dwarfed by the hangover."

He nods. "Yeah, well, Church was a pretty dickish kind of guy. I mean, like I said, it wasn't even actual coal. Coal costs maybe a couple bucks per ton, and that was way more than he was going to spend, so instead we got a knockoff that didn't even burn properly."

[onlyfive]

THEY ARE NORMAL PAJAMAS. D: Also if anyone tries to touch her either the AVF will stop them or she will break their fingers if it fails. Lucy is a pleasant girl!

"He would be there! He's a cop so uh, word travels fast between everyone, most of them have known me since I was tiny. Booze might be good, I think I'll try it." Giving John booze MAY NOT BE THE BEST IDEA, LUCY. "I don't think he has an actual tower? But he could probably lock me in his apartment or something."

"That sucks so hard, I would have punched him." What. Also, Lucy may be contemplating giving you a top hat that fits atop your helmet Grif, have fun with that.

[weapon_of_lies]

It's not the best plan to slip into the Nexus only minutes before you're supposed to be at work, so clearly Norman Asamar must do it, because he is dumb like that. Dressed in classy work attire; i.e. a collared polo shirt and some dorky slacks, he admires his reflection on the glass pane to a vending machine not far from Miss Lucy

[onlyfive]

GASP, it looks like it might be. Her smile's relaxed for once and she looks... impressed?

"I actually do have some pros and cons written out, but I hadn't thought of telling them to my parents. It's something I've wanted to do for a really long time, so it's... It means a lot to get his approval on this. So I think I'm just more nervous than I really should be." She shrugs.

[weapon_of_lies]

For that reason, he is confused. He didn't piss someone off, and this is somehow a bad sign.

"A lot of the time, people stand around, waiting for something to happen, like that's all they need to go forward and do it. In reality, all they need to do is... do it. That list, though. That's a good thing to have, too, physically. It might show to him that you'd put more than a moment's thought into it." He pauses, blinking. "Might take him a day or two to understand that, but it's not like you're going to go off and do this as fast as you can, right?"

[pocket_pirate]

"From a distance, after it's too late to change, or... with an immediate escape plan on the back-burner. Maybe all three depending on how resourceful your parents are." Alex shrugs, popping a handful of candied pecans. "What's the job?"

He eyes the bunny ears suspiciously. "... And my embarrassing gift stories are reserved for at least the second date."

[onlyfive]

"I think I might need all three of those, knowing my dad." She smiles, crooked, before continuing. "New York City cop. Dad's been one since before I was born."

Her bunny ears are beautiful. "Fair enough! That embarrassing?"

[pocket_pirate]

"Ahh." He nods, stalling half a moment while he flips his act from being himself to being a harmless law-abiding citizen. Thankfully it's more of an internal change than a visible one. "That's a dangerous job." Real concern right here, honest. "What's the appeal for you?"

Those bunny ears are a travesty. :( "I have creatively embarrassing parents, what can I say."

[onlyfive]

Well it's the Nexus, so she doesn't actually care about things that go on here. Um, don't ask her about how many intergalactic laws she's broken, please. "My dad's kind of, um, infamous in his work, so it's actually dangerous not being a cop too," kidnappings kind of suck, fyi. "To begin with I just hero worshiped my dad, but now I really do want to help people." She's a little passionate about it, but not creepily so, thankfully.

They are. :( They're kind of flopping over too, but she doesn't care. She gestures to them before she answers. "Mine can get pretty creative too, though my mom is a little more practical with hers."

[i_am_carl]

"I don't get presents."

[onlyfive]

"Honey, that's just awful." :(

[i_am_carl]

"Why?" He's genuinely puzzled by her reaction. "Am I suspposed to?"