Beatrice Dayspring (charmedlife) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-11-29 14:58:00

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Fava beans, and a nice Chianti.

Bea had definitely not prepared any liver, though. Just rice and cheese and potatoes. Finally, it was all ready, and she poured the wine, plated the food, and got on the communication system. "Manny, could you meet me in the dining room, please?"

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	soft_inside 2012-11-29 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	And Manny just looked confused as heck for a moment. "What language was that?" He takes a sip and lights up. "Grape juice! Are serious!?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	Another sheepish smile. "Actually, that's the traditional native language of the Dayspring family. We don't use it as much anymore. And yep. Tuscan grape juice. It'd be genuine Chianti if someone just let it rot a bit, but you're not as into that, so I made sure I got some that wasn't." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	"It sounded pretty cool." Manny gets shy. "I..gee..you're really spoiling me, Bea. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, glad to know that's working, at least. And thanks. It's a pretty useful language for succinct-focus situations." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Manny blushed, rubbing the back of his neck again. "So..what's it called?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Askani. Technically also part of my dad's ridiculously long full name." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	"A lot of Spanish-speaking cultures have pretty long names too, though I admit I can't say if they're longer or shorter than your dad's." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	"I know a little about that. Enough to know anyone who refers to Juan Pujol Garcia as 'Mr. Garcia' needs to be slapped, at least. But yeah, Dad is Nathan Christopher Charles Summers Dayspring Askani'son. Maybe not the biggest mouthful, but definitely a mouthful. It's why so many people used his nom d'affairs no matter how silly it was." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Manny chuckles at that. "Very true." He then whistles at Cable's name. "Dang, that is long." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	A slight chuckle. "Yeah." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	"So Bea..I'm not complaining..but what brought this on?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, you took me out last time. This time's my turn." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Well," more blushing. "Gracias." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	"So..." a long pause. "As second dates go..." she trails off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	Second date? He fights the urge to gulp. "It's nice..." It was just a fried-date..or was it? No way..she could do so much better than him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Good. We're on the same page about that part, at least." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	"At least?" Manny asked, curious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, we agree that this is nice. There's a lot of other things we should probably get clear on. I'll admit, I don't actually have to ask this part because I cheat: you're interested in women." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	Good thing he hadn't actually picked his cup for another drink or he probably would have dropped it. "Um, si..yes I do." Yes, even more blushing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	"And, while my known obsession with Illya Kuryakin probably makes this unnecessary, I'm interested in men. Intelligent, professional, reliable adult males." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	"..makes sense," Manny conceded. He felt butterflies fluttering in his stomach. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Next point of information: your opinion on the ethics of dating a coworker. Nothing in the charter rules, for the record." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	"As long as it doesn't hinder their jobs..I see nothing wrong with it." His feet were moving up and down increasingly faster under the table. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charmedlife 2012-11-29 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	"I agree." Pause. "Am I intimidating you, Manny?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soft_inside 2012-11-29 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Que? No.." This was Bea, lying wasn't going to cut it. "maybe a little. I'm not sure where this is going." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)