shenanigans.

[yellowhasthechest]

[Vacations are awesome, but coming back to bitter cold and no daylight is much less fabulous. That's probably why she's plodding through the snow in the dark, holding her coat closed. ... probably.]

It's too damn cold for this crap.

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[meteorstorm]

[ he's just bundled up and trying to hustle through the snow with his head down ]

[yellowhasthechest]

[That's probably why we're colliding.]

Oi!

[meteorstorm]

[ only stumbling a little and mumbling ]

Sorry.

[yellowhasthechest]

You might try watching where you're going to begin with, kid.

[meteorstorm]

I'll keep that in mind.

[ shivering gdi ]

NOBODY SAW THAT

[yellowhasthechest]

[Noticing, idly.]

What's the matter, never been cold before?

[meteorstorm]

It doesn't get this cold.

[yellowhasthechest]

Earthlings. You're all so fragile.

[Gesturing.] Come on, before you turn into an icicle.

[meteorstorm]

I can get back on my own.

[yellowhasthechest]

I live close to here and I can hear your teeth chattering. Fifteen minutes in some heat won't kill you, even with me.

[meteorstorm]

[ contemplating

self-preservation wins out ]

Fine.

[yellowhasthechest]

[Leading the way.]

Hell, if you relax you might even enjoy yourself.

[meteorstorm]

I'm plenty relaxed.

[ just following ]

[yellowhasthechest]

Now why don't I buy that?

[Once they get to the big house, she lets them in. True to word, it's nice and toasty inside.]

[meteorstorm]

[ at least he can thaw out ]

It doesn't make a difference.

[yellowhasthechest]

If somebody were to ask you, nothing does.

[Heading back into the hallway. You probably ought to follow.]

[meteorstorm]

Whether or not you believe me in this particular case doesn't make any difference.

[ following ]

[yellowhasthechest]

Do you ever loosen up? Geez.

[Letting them into her bedroom and taking off her coat, tossing it on a chair. It's ... actually pretty tastefully decorated. I am a classy pirate.]

[meteorstorm]

I am loosened up.

[ . . . this is probably the first time I've ever been in a lady's room ]

[yellowhasthechest]

I don't think that means what you think it means.

[Consider yourself lucky this one is so nice. It's even mildly color-appropriate, though I don't know if you'd know it. Sitting on the bed to get rid of the damp boots.]

[meteorstorm]

I know exactly what it means.

[ at least I am not dumb enough to not know this is where the red pirate lives

and I'm not fond of him ]

[yellowhasthechest]

[He is several doors down. Tossing them somewhere out of the way so they can dry out.]

Could have fooled me.

[meteorstorm]

Different people have different ways of doing it.

[ that is precisely why I'm wary but at least I can politely take off my shoes ]

[yellowhasthechest]

[Honestly, he's probably in the mess hall. He eats like a bison and our kitchen isn't that big.]

You're all so uptight. I don't know how any of you function at all on this planet.

[Walking around the bed and reaching into the cabinet under the bedside table, rummaging a little.]

[meteorstorm]

[ good because otherwise I would probably be leaving ]

Sometimes we have good reason to be.

[ just leaning against the wall ]