Twenty-Seventh Down [Audio//English]

[conquistasal]

[Even though he's only addressing Mikaela, Sal doesn't lock the post. Partially because he's lazy and... well, partially because he likes people to know when he's asking a girl out. He honestly won't mind anyone asking him what he's doing; he likes to brag.]

Mikaela. If y'ain't too busy, would y'mind meetin' me on Deck 20? I sorta got a surprise

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[chopshopgoddess]

[A surprise? Mikaela likes surprises.]

Sure, Sal. Right now?

[conquistasal]

Yup. If y'can.

[He is alllll set up.]

[chopshopgoddess]

Course I can. I'll be right there.

[Like, stat. She loves that deck.

She'll appear a few minutes later.]

[conquistasal]

[The deck probably looks a lot different than what Mikaela's used to. Instead of a racetrack, she'll walk onto a ranch at the base of a mountain in the early autumn. The weather's nice and there's even a light breeze. It's definitely not too hot and not nearly cold at all.

Sal is standing with two horses, petting one on the nose as he feeds it a carrot. Sure, it's all been generated by a computer somehow, but it feels awful real.]

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[havea_heart]

[He waits until after Mikaela's gone and responded to do the same.]

Go--g-go gittem, tiger.

[Implied thumbs-up.]

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[conquistasal]

Thanks, buddy. M'takin' 'er for a horseback ride... sound like a good "win 'er back" date?

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[havea_heart]

Yeah, I--I-I'd--I'd think so.

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[conquistasal]

I hope so... "Jus' friends" jus' ain't workin' out fer me, y'know?