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[stealwithit]

[ Gargantuan. ]

Oh, yeah. Just love 'em.

And what can I say? I'm pretty open-minded.

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[ Teasingly, ] And here I just thought you had a thing for safety equipment.

[stealwithit]

I mean, that too. Sign me up for neon vests and hard hats.

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[ He laughs, then fans himself with his hand. ]

Just think. Elbow pads and shin guards.

[stealwithit]

[ She bites down on her lower lip, and sure, it might be a coquettish little thing, but it conveniently doubles as a way for her to keep herself from just cracking up, because what even is this conversation. She clutches at her chest with her free hand for added effect. ]

Mmm. And safety masks.

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[ Well, good thing Peter lets himself break and laughs again. ]

Learning new things about you everyday, Goto. I'm guessin' for your birthday, all you want is a box full of body armor, right?

[stealwithit]

[ She'll follow suit, chuckling and shaking her head. ]

I would also accept you in body armor, but a box full of it works too.

[ Chew on that for a second, Peter, because in a moment both of their communicators will be going off with emergency notifications. If they deign to check, they would be reading a general call for imPorts to help with a... blob attack... in downtown Nonah.

Kasumi shoots him a look as their devices go off, as though to ask, should we take that? ]

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[ He glances at the comm and-- uh.

... Blobs. Okay.

He thinks he saw a movie like that with Steve McQueen in it.

As he's pocketing the device, he catches Kasumi's look, offering a shrug. After a second of consideration, he pulls out his wallet and leaves cash and a tip on the counter for the drinks. ]

What do you think -- diverting a disaster in the making a good follow-up to drinks?

[stealwithit]

[ thankfully she's down to the last few sips of her drink, anyway.

Blobs are new, but at least they aren't zombies or people going insane or zombies, so she smirks at Peter's suggestion. ]

Most people do dinner and dancing on dates. Apparently we do drinks and diverting disasters.

[ weird. That actually sounds better to her right about now. ]

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We can save the dancing for another time.

[ He stands, offering her a hand down. ]

Shall we?

[stealwithit]

[ when he offers his hand, and she looks at it and then back up at him, eventually taking it after a moment's consideration as she slips out of her chair. ]

Careful, Quill. I might just hold you to that.

[ she may or may not be forgetting to let go of his hand. conveniently. oddly enough, she remembers that he'd taken her hand in his last time they were at a swear-in together; that, and she's sure a gesture like this means nothing to someone like him. ]

Let's go.

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[ Neither does he let go as he's leading them out of the bar and down the street. ]

Did the transmission say where they were concentrated?

[stealwithit]

[ With her free hand, she checks the message on her communicator. ]

Downtown Nonah's got the worst of it, looks like--also, apparently they eat through anything organic. This should be fun.

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[ He wrinkles his nose at that. Definitely. like the movie, then. ]

After we're done with this? I'm gonna track down a copy of The Blob and you and me are gonna watch it and reminisce about tonight.

[stealwithit]

[ she looks a little incredulous at the title. ]

That sounds like a ridiculous title for anything, but then again, there's a whole franchise of action movies starring a big, stupid jellyfish where I'm from, so...

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... [ It's Peter's turn to look incredulous. ]

Really? Is it, like, swimmin' around for an hour and a half?

[stealwithit]

Well, no. It's not in the water. It just looks like a jellyfish, but it stand up on its... tentacles.

And does crazy action stunts with its tentacles.

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[ He bites back the urge to say, "I think I saw a porn like that, once."

Instead, he just. Continues to give Kasumi a weird look. ]

... Man. And I thought my life was weird. You have jellyfish Rambo'ing it up.

[stealwithit]

Oh, come on, Quill. We're both from space. Things are bound to get weird.

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I guess, but I dunno, man. Jellyfish as an action star? That's weird.

[stealwithit]

Sounds ridiculous, right? But people are eating those movies up, which is even stranger than the fact that they even exist.

[nostalgiabomb]

We totally need to watch that together, if you can track down a copy. Could probably go for something ridiculous, after whatever it is we're about to deal with in this blob situation.

[stealwithit]

Sure. I'll poke around and see what I can find.

By the way, how are we getting there? [ she jerks her head back in the direction they're waking away from. ] Porter's that way, isn't it?

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[ He gives her a quick smirk, ducks down a bit to whisper conspiratorially. ]

Keep a secret, Goto?

[stealwithit]

[ She smirks. ]

Please. Remember who you're talking to.