milliways_bar | Out on the Town, or Out on the Out Back, Anyway

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Current Location: At the Bar

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Out on the Town, or Out on the Out Back, Anyway

[OOC: Millitimed to yesterday afternoon, when YT got out of the cells.]

She's did the crime, she's done her time, and she's also taken a shower and changed. YT comes back down from her room to the bar, dressed in jeans, sneakers, a t-shirt with the blue-and-orange RadiKS logo, and a brown leather fleece-lined pilot's jacket. Anyone who looks closely will see that it has a 61st Air Base group patch on one shoulder (the 61st is based in L.A.) and a RadiKS logo patch on the other.

Having just gotten her freedom back and with a date to look forward to, YT's picked up her good mood from where she left off on it the previous morning (which is to say, about a minute before she socked Adam Kaufman and got popped by security). She's going to go looking for Merlin in a minute, but she's got one more thing to do first.

YT goes up to the Bar and taps its surface, the way she usually does. "Hey, Bar. Sorry for the ruckus the other day," she says. "I'll try to take it outside next time. Speaking of that, I'm going on a walk with...someone." This last is said with a smile, in a whisper. "How 'bout a picnic basket for a romantic dinner? I need to think about exactly what'll be..."

A picnic basket, one with a long strap to make it easy to carry, materializes on the bartop. YT quirks an eyebrow at the Bar, then opens the basket and looks through its contents. There's a blanket, one bottle of wine and one of lemonade, two glasses, plates and cutlery, fruit, bread, cheese, a small rotisserie chicken, and some other stuff. Maybe Bar's gotten this kind of request before. "Thanks," YT says, closing the basket. Now it's time to find Merlin. Maybe find Hiro first, to let him know she's out of the cells and where she's going to be.

Of course, she might run into someone else first, especially if they're curious as to why she has a picnic basket.

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Speak of the... half-demon, and he shall appear!

Merlin wanders in from outside, and grins when he sees her, eyes alight.

"Good afternoon, milady, and well met."

He calls it to her as he makes his way to her.

YT grins when she sees Merlin. She makes her way over to him - not running, because with the picnic basket and the crowd that'd be an invitation for disaster - and, when she reaches him, stands on her toes to give him a kiss. "Hey there," she says, "I thought since we're gonna be out on a field trip, I should get a picnic dinner." YT hefts the basket, which has an attached strap she's slung over her shoulder. "Bar picked out the stuff to put in it, so I don't know all of what's in there. But I know Bar's got a knack for this kind of thing."

Her kiss is met, and returned, with interest. Then he nods.

"That sounds like an excellent idea."

He smiles to her, touching her hair gently, looking at her.

"How are you feeling?"

He offers her his arm, to walk with her.

YT threads her free arm through Merlin's as they head toward the back door. "Lots better, now that I'm out of the cell. And with you," she adds warmly.

Outside it's a slightly chilly spring afternoon. The blue sky is scattered with slow-moving fluffy clouds, one of which is currently passing under the sun. A few crocuses are coming up here and there. Right now, most of the trees are still bare, except for the evergreens, but soon they'll be sprouting buds and leaves. Maybe it's YT's imagination, because of the mood she's in, but she thinks she can sense rising energy in the surrounding landscape, a potential that's on the brink of critical mass, when it will explode into new life.

"So where're we headed?" she asks enthusiastically. "I've mostly stayed in the hills close to the Bar. I can't be outdoorsy on my own." YT chuckles.

He grins at her and walks with her, enjoying the warmth both of her and her regard.

He smiles at her question.

"That way, my lady."

He gestures away from the forest, and at a diagonal, not quite toward the lake, but sort of in it's direction. Clouds scurry in the sky, but some sunlight seems to linger in that path and his eyes show amusement as he leads her that way.

"It is good to see you free again."

His free hand comes to rest on her arm, where it is threaded through his and give a slight squeeze.

"Heh. Yeah, feels like it's been forever, doesn't it? Remind me that next time I want to fight with someone, I should take it outside first." She takes a deep lungful of fresh spring air. In L.A., the air is never this clean. "Then again, if we get out here and the weather's nice, we might forget to fight altogether. Not that it'd be a big loss."

"I will do my best."

He smiles, watching her.

"Sometimes, one cannot avoid a fight, but... I hope you will be able to."

He walks with her, leading her through some hilly areas. They are all beautiful, but the best is reserved for when they top a rise and look down into a secluded cove. the sun lights across the lake water and the entire cove is warm and quiet.

"Welcome to a quiet little place I ran across accidentally."

"Awesome," YT says. And really, it is. With the way the hills are laid out, you couldn't see this place unless you were right in it, or on top of the rise anyway. And you can't see the bar or the stables from here either. It gives the illusion of being totally out in the wilderness, which is not something that YT's ever experienced before - the appearance or the real thing.

It's also a good place to partake of the stuff YT's carrying in her basket, assuming they can find a flat spot to set up in. She smiles at Merlin. "Any good places here to spread a picnic blanket?"

He ponders this as they walk lower into the cove, enjoying her presence and the warmth, looking about, then he nods, and points.

"I think... there? That area looks nice and flat, and the ground and grass here are gentle enough that we should be comfortable." Whatever activities are done against it.

He glances at her for her opinion.

YT nods and starts making her way towards the indicated spot - carefully, because most of the ground is uneven and she's got the basket. She reaches the place without any major trouble, puts the basket down and opens it. In about three minutes, she and Merlin have the blanket spread on the ground, with the various contents of the picnic basket arrayed on it.

After they both sit down, YT tries to get the cork out of the wine with a bottle opener that came in the basket. But she's not very good at it, since she doesn't usually drink wine. A few futile attempts make her feel ridiculous. "I think the bottle and I aren't getting along," she tells Merlin as she holds it out to him. "Maybe you'll have better luck?"

He grins and places a hand on the bottle, then kisses her, and the cork pops out. He winks at her as he settles next to her more comfortably and pulls out the glasses to hold out for her to fill.

"Sometimes, the inanimate needs a little push."

He winks at her, and peers at what is there, nodding at the small treats and the makings of a meal.

"It looks like Bar took good care of us, with meats, and cheeses, and noodles even."

Since YT has not read a lot of fantasy stories, and has seen very little magic since she got to Milliways, she doesn't know that experienced mages often use their powers for casual, everyday purposes as well as for Matters of Great Import. So she had not expected him to solve the cork problem that way. "I didn't know you could use magic for little stuff like that. I was kind of thinking you'd use the bottle opener," she says. "But I like your way better."

Though she's not so good at getting a wine bottle open, she can pour the stuff okay. She hands Merlin a glass and takes one for herself. "I feel like we should toast to something, but I can't think of what to say," she admits with a chuckle.

He blushes slightly.

"I enjoy using magic. It is like... a sixth sensation. Something that is pleasant to do. And, well, I am not likely to come across great works that often here."

Or, at least, he has not yet.

"And thus, as I enjoy using it and it harms none, I see no reason not to use it this way. I honestly did not think to use the opener."

Then he nods to her and raises a glass.

After a moment's thought he speaks.

"To possibilities, and friendships, and taking our time figuring out what comes next."

"Yep, that sounds about right," YT agrees. They clink glasses and each take a drink of wine. They've each got worlds and futures waiting on the other side of the Front Door that will separate them: YT knew that from the start. But she's going to enjoy what she's got, while she's got it.

"It is gonna take some figuring out, but I think we're on the right track so far."

He smiles.

"I think so too. My life, if that door ever opens, is going to be long and rather complicated. And I dont know how often I will be able to come back. "

He sips his wine and nods.

"For now... I would enjoy just being with you, and seeing what happens. My world is a darker one than this, and being with you here, this is a joy to me."

He leaned over to press a kiss against lips.

YT just concentrates on enjoying the kiss, while it lasts (fortunately, for a while). After they've both been forced to come up for air, she says, "I wouldn't use the same words for it, if I could even find them, but...same here," she says, smiling. "It was more than worth getting Bound, to be able to find you. I'd been missing home and now I don't want to leave."

He smiles at her, raising one hand to brush gently across her hair.

"We are from worlds apart, my dear. You may find when you go home, that Love, true and deep, is just around the corner. Or you may not. Whatever happens, this moment, this choice, is ours."

He shakes his head.

"And there I go, making things profound. It isn't. I just... like you, my dear YT."

He smiles again at her and sips the wine.

"It's nice, for once, to hear a guy come out and say that to me," YT says, smiling behind her wineglass. "You wouldn't believe it, but most of them back where I come from can't seem to do that. Or maybe it's just most of the ones I know." She laughs. "I like you too. A lot. As you've probably found out by now."

He smiles at that.

"I have had relationships, but none that were more than just moments, or friends. It is nice to find... something that feels different."

He kisses her again, because, well, he rather likes that part. Then he grins, picks up a carrot, and gently taps her nose with it.

"You are a rather pretty young lady."

YT chuckles, glad they're not being serious anymore. She can only take so much of that at a time. "And you're cute," she says, in a sultry tone that makes the word 'cute' sound a lot less clean and innocent than it normally does. And, to top it off, she takes the tip of the carrot in her teeth and growls playfully.

He grins at her and widens his eyes and hen leans forward and kisses, then nibbles, her neck in a very suggestive manner, following it off by whispering in her ears.

"Mmm, feeling fierce today, oh beautiful warrior?"

And one of his hands, moving under cover of the movement and the kissing, steals to her and gentlt strokes along her back.

"Mmm...yes," is YT's whispered response - not to the question, though.

After that, they're too busy to say much of anything for a while.

FTB

[OOC: Lovely thread, as always. ;)]

((ooc: Yay! And the same to you!))

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