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Post by Teja on Jul 21, 2019 19:17:31 GMT -5
"And your first impulse was damage control?"
She tried to keep it out of her voice, but secretly she was delighted.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 21, 2019 19:24:57 GMT -5
"Somebody's got to do it, haven't they?"
He pulled out her chair.
"Somebody's got to save the world."
Adrian Veidt, who was halfway to sitting himself, froze in place, staring at Ashton. Ashton took a moment to notice and gave him an awkward little wave before turning back to Teja.
"Or at least the city."
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Post by Teja on Jul 21, 2019 19:37:51 GMT -5
"The city is a microcosm of the world, isn't it?"
She couldn't help smiling at him. In fact, she really didn't seem to be able to stop.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 21, 2019 19:43:04 GMT -5
"Or at least the gateway to it," he said, reaching for her hand.
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Post by Teja on Jul 21, 2019 20:41:50 GMT -5
That was an enigmatic statement. It might have sounded suspicious, if he had not insisted for several minutes on how alarmed he was by the state of the world, and how much he wanted to fix things. Nonetheless...
But when his fingers touched hers she flushed so furiously that it knocked every other thought from her head. She pulled her hand away to push her glasses back up her nose, almost unconsciously.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 23, 2019 3:12:31 GMT -5
“...do you want to go for- for a walk or something-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 23, 2019 3:14:06 GMT -5
"Don't you have a speech coming up?" Veidt cut in from across the table.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 23, 2019 3:15:49 GMT -5
Ashton gave him a fairly desperate look.
"After the speech, I suppose, but-"
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Post by Teja on Jul 24, 2019 17:48:06 GMT -5
Teja looked hopelessly at Megan - Megan, with whom he'd danced first, there was a friend code for these things-
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Post by Megan on Jul 25, 2019 15:18:58 GMT -5
Megan's brows furrowed in confusion. She tilted her head, looking between Teja and Ashton, and Ashton himself seemed to be trying to process what was going on between them. When he realized it, his eyes widened and briefly went blank, followed by a rather self-congratulatory little shard of a smile.
Megan looked back at Veidt, but he wasn't looking at here- he was watching Ashton, with his good hand rubbing up against his chin. When she looked at Teja again, she spread her hands and nodded.
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Post by Teja on Jul 25, 2019 15:23:30 GMT -5
Reassured, Teja smiled at Lukas.
"Depends on how your speech goes," she said.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 25, 2019 16:14:47 GMT -5
"Oh, that's a heavy expectation-"
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Post by Teja on Jul 25, 2019 16:26:12 GMT -5
"I don't think it is," she said, making cordial but chilly eye contact with Veidt for a moment. "If you want to save the world you should expect people to have high expectations."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Nov 4, 2019 13:12:40 GMT -5
Veidt smiled tightly.
"Indeed."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 4, 2019 13:15:27 GMT -5
Ashton's smile grew anxious as he looked between them.
"Well," he said. "That's why I'm starting with the city-"
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