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It is a lovely Saturday morning. Feathered children are watching cartoons; furred adults are eating brunch; scaled teenagers - one scaled teenager in particular, actually - is arguing with the proprietor of a magic shop.
"How did these items get made if there's no way to learn magic? Are the magicians homeschooling their children and not writing any books? How did you learn?"
"Half this stuff is antiques," says the shopkeep. "Look, asking me a dozen times isn't gonna make the answer more to your liking. I don't have Hogwarts in the basement, deal with it."
"But where do you get the stuff that isn't antique - who made the Avalon itself? - isn't anybody panicking about the medallion supply? -"
"Kid, nobody knows how to make medallions."
"But some people apparently know how to make luck charms and protection amulets!"
"I'm not going to give out my suppliers' personal information. I wouldn't do it even if you weren't annoying."
"There have to be books -"
"Does this look like a library to you?"
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maybeso
maybeso
"Fair enough." May shrugs. "If you asked Charlie he'd probably say he was Christian, but he doesn't go to church or do literally anything else about it, so that's fine. And Ren treats religion like a hobby and she's recently gone back to Buddhism after a stint of Baha'i."
asteptotheright
"...The devout agnostic is better at going to church than the theoretical Christian. Maybe I shouldn't find that funny, but I do."
asteptotheright
"I'd say that I'd guess it would be alright if I brought a book, but I think I would be nervous about getting it wet."
maybeso
"Charlie doesn't go out on a boat, he just sits by a river. But it'd be hard to hold your book and a pole."
asteptotheright
"I think I shall refrain from rendering judgement until and unless I try it myself," Kanimir decides.
maybeso
"That was what I said before I wasted an entire day sitting around being a failure as a hunter-gatherer."
maybeso
"As you like."
The waiter brings them the check. As a reflection on the modern era and the state of gender roles, it is between the two diners, not on one side or the other.
The waiter brings them the check. As a reflection on the modern era and the state of gender roles, it is between the two diners, not on one side or the other.
asteptotheright
Kanimir takes the check and adds a more-generous-than-strictly-necessary tip.
maybeso
How gentlemanly.
Out they go to May's van, where she stashes her chair in the back again. There's no ice, but it's been drizzling, and she wobbles when she steps back to close the trunk.
Out they go to May's van, where she stashes her chair in the back again. There's no ice, but it's been drizzling, and she wobbles when she steps back to close the trunk.
asteptotheright
Kanimir tries to maintain a balance between 'not in her personal space' and 'close enough to catch her if she trips.' He notices when she wobbles and takes a step closer.
asteptotheright
"You're welcome." Gosh, she's pretty. And. Proximity. Brain, you are not allowed to malfunction.
maybeso
May makes it to the driver's seat without further mishap and conducts them back to the Avalon where Kanimir's car is stashed. It has stopped raining by the time they get to the warehouse parking lot.
asteptotheright
!
Kiss!
Kanimir starts out fairly tentative--he's never done this before--but is open to encouragement.
Kiss!
Kanimir starts out fairly tentative--he's never done this before--but is open to encouragement.
maybeso
The kiss began fairly agnostic as to whether it was an epilogue to the date or a prelude to further kissing. It leans the second way presently.
asteptotheright
This is a positive development! Kanimir does not have a lot of (read: any) prior experience but he is willing to give it his best shot.
maybeso
Yes, well, May doesn't either, but they are not study buddies for nothing.