damned_institute | Nightshift 33: F21-30 Hallway

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The intercom startled Falis when it went off and thankfully, she'd set the newly crafted spear down or she might have jabbed a splinter into her palm. As it was, she was stading over her bed looking at all her weapons laid out upon it. One sharp spear, still stained with Eve's blood, one fresh spear, and a stake. Maybe she needed another stake. Nah... Namine should remember hers; Namine didn't forget things. This was why Falis liked the girl so much.

Her eyes moved to look at the intercom as the announcement continued, nodding as it pretty much conformed the whole ancient technology thing she'd been pretty certain of in teh first place. And since it seemed like it was on the fritz, whatever it did, that maybe the princess wasn't going to have to use her super-secret sealing Forland blood anytime soon. Maybe there was another princess around with special blood doing it for them.

What was her name? Jill? Jane? Whatever.

Now, if the people that were supposed to be showing up showed up soon. Bounty hunters had to be patient, but that didn't mean they liked waiting.

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Falis was giving the door a sly grin of triumph as she closed it behind Captain Guy and his friend. That was just too perfect and a whole lot of fun. She liked knowing she still had her touch. She was going to enjoy flirting with the man and seeing how much he could take before making a move on her. This was very similar to picking a fight - the art is in making the other person through the first punch.

The princess turned when Namine stuttered a little and then raised an eyebrow at the girl's question, a small smile of amusement on her face. "I guess so," she replied with a shrug. "He brought the apples, is fun to tease and he seems to find me interesting. It's a beneficial situation, you know?"

She tilted her head a little. "Kinda an odd question to ask."

Oh, so they did... Well, Naminé guessed that as long as Alita was happy, she really shouldn't be too worried. Maybe things just didn't work out between them - sometimes things just didn't work out. That's what Naminé tried to tell herself.

But that expression of love... it seemed so true!

"I guess you and Hokuto fell out of love?" She asked, with just a hint of sadness. Alita didn't look too upset, so perhaps it really wasn't that much of a big deal.

An expression of pure shock slapped itself forcefully onto Falis' face. She stood there staring at Namine, eyes wide, as she opened her mouth then closed it. She blinked her eyes and stared some more. It wasn't that she thought she was in love with Hokuto or anything but she was her girlfriend (despite the fact that they've never actually really stated it to each other - it was understood) and...

"Wh-- what the...?" The look of shock slowly mixed with confusion and disbelief. "Where did you get that idea? I was only flirting with Captain Guy. You know... harmless stuff for fun."

The princess plopped herself down on the floor before Namine and looked up at the younger blonde. She just didn't get where the girl was coming from. Didn't she know what flirting was and... well, Falis had made a big deal of claiming Hokuto with Willow and all...

"Huh?!"

Oh, was that what it was called? It made a little more sense now, but whatever Alita was doing with Zelnick, it wasn't anything serious. Or it didn't sound like it. What a relief!

"Oh, I'm sorry! I... I don't know much about that sort of stuff," Naminé shook her head, looking quite embarrassed. OK, she knew a little bit, but hopefully the kind of "flirting" that Alita did wasn't the same as the kind that Larxene did.

It was a good thing that Naminé defined "flirting" as "women who act seductively to get what they want from men", because she might have had another problem altogether with Alita flirting when she was technically already taken. Instead, she moved on to more important issues.

"Oh, I also wanted to ask... what's this 'moonshine' that you and captain Zelnick were talking about?"

"...it's okay," Falis replied slowly. "It's... fun. You should try it sometime." Namine was a little young to really give flirting a try, but maybe she'd be good at it - like with that Sora kid. Okay, probably not, but it would be amusing to watch.

Thankfully, Namine moved off of the subject of her flirting and onto the most important thing about this particular night - the beginnings of moonshine.

"Aa. Moonshine is a homemade drink using sugar, water and time. The sugar, usually found in either fruit," she said holding the half-eaten apple up, "or in corn is mashed up, put in a container with water and then stored in a dark warm place for a while so the sugar ferments and it mixes all together." She grinned. "We need to get the stuff for a still tonight."

Ah, so that's what it was. The way Alita described it (especially with the sugar), it sounded like it was a very sweet drink. If only she knew just how off the mark she was, but in the meantime, it sounded like something worth making. Again, if only Naminé knew just what she was getting into.

"Ah, so that's why we're going to the kitchen." She assumed that they needed the water and the things to prepare the moonshine from, and then they just... had to wait.

"It sounds like a really good drink. Would it be OK if I tried some when it's done?"

Falis flashed Namine an excited grin. "You bet your ass you're going to try some," she replied, somehow managing not to look sinister in any way. it had to have been a miracle. "Though the first batch isn't going to be anywhere as good as the second one. The first is just a quick and dirty version s we can have some, but the other will be aged properly and much, much better."

The princess bounced up to her feet and took another bite of the apple. She gathered up her weaponry and then offered Namine the partially eaten apple if she wanted some, forgetting her princess manners. it was a perfectly good apple and it's not like she and Namine were strangers; she did almost kill the girl.

"I'm tired of waiting for my damn potential client," she said, her mouth full. "Fuck 'em. Let's go." This just meant she was going to raise her price.

It was a good thing that Alita was happy to share with Naminé, though she couldn't help but be a little wary based on how excited Alita seemed to be. Er, not that Alita was not to be trusted (on the contrary, Naminé supposed she could trust Alita with her life now that the princess had spared hers at least once), but... whenever Alita was excited about something, it tended to conflict with what Naminé thought was "safe".

"Ah... thank you," She blinked, taking the apple. Well, she didn't want to refuse Alita's good gesture, and then Alita decided it was best just to continue on ahead. With foul language, but...

She guessed it was the client's fault for waiting so late, and to tell the truth, Naminé didn't want to see if the possibility Alita raised earlier would come true or not so she nodded and gathered her things, a little awkwardly since she had to cradle the apple in her elbow (her hand was still in those splints, after all) as she grabbed the bag with her other hand.

"I'm ready!"

Falis grinned at Namine and patted her on the shoulder. "We need a couple containers we can seal, a bowl and some water," she told the girl. Hoisting her spear up to rest as usual on her shoulder, Falis lead Namine out of the room.

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