call me out v. 12.0

[misheard]

Call out one of the characters from my muselist with a starter, a prompt, a general 'hey can we do something with these characters' comment, a smoke signal, etc., and I'll get back to you with some kind of RP thread!

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[littlewomen]

Um... th-thank you, but I really can't...

[why does John think too highly of her]

[vitis]

Really? Might not have been chattin' long, but I do like talkin' with you?

[ hee. take that, alcott. ]

[littlewomen]

[Well now she's anxious and bright red, instead of just being anxious.]

I - um - me too?

[vitis]

Hey, thanks.

[ probably, anyway. he might be putting it on just a a bit here, but he doesn't see the harm in it. and while he knows he does have to get back to his paperwork soon, "i was speaking with the strategist" feels like a very valid excuse right now. ]

I don't see you hangin' out with any of the others too often, though. [ that's probably been established. ] You got stuff you like to do?

[littlewomen]

Not really... I don't have a lot of free time now.

[Strategist is a full-time job, and when she's not writing huge plans or researching every aspect of the enemy's forces so she can write her huge plans, she's catching up on sleep.]

...Well, I used to press flowers, sometimes.

[vitis]

... Of all the former hobbies, you could definitely do worse.

[ john doesn't know what he expected, especially since somehow, that's just... very easy to imagine alcott taking the time to do. well, what little time she had. ]

You used to have a garden, then, or was it like just findin' some wayward, pretty flower outside that you just had to keep?

[littlewomen]

[John knows Alcott better than she realized.]

Just flowers from the park or the roadside. I think my collection of them is still at home.

[vitis]

[ he leans back in his chair at that, lacing his fingers behind his head. then he tips his chin upward, throwing a contemplative glance at the ceiling.

tone joking (but he's only sort of--), ]

Soo.. What're the chances of you convincin' Fitzgerald to give us more paid time off?

[littlewomen]

I'm very sorry.

[that's probably a no.]

[vitis]

[ okay, leans forward again. ]

Awww, you sure? You tried before?

[littlewomen]

Well, no, but...

[You are asking a lot of her, to ask a lot of Fitzgerald.]

[vitis]

You reckon I'd have better luck?

[ the default answer here should be "no." chances are, he's already tried. ]

[littlewomen]

...Maybe?

[in the sense that he can actually ask.]

[vitis]

Nope. He'd turned me down so fast it'd make your head spin.

[ he leans back again, resting an arm over the back of his chair. or so he guesses at anything fitzgerald. ]

[littlewomen]

[She has a resistance to Fitzgerald-induced headspinning now.]

But at least you were brave enough to ask...

[vitis]

[ "desperate," not brave, steinbeck thinks. he'll keep that one to himself. ]

Gettin' turned down ain't hard. [ a shrug. ] Anyway- Haven't kept you too long, did I?

[ maybe he has, but he at least hope he's gotten alcott's mind off missing home. ]

[littlewomen]

No, not at all. [One benefit of Little Women is that she can make time if she really, really needs to.] Thank you for talking to me at all.

[She feels better now. Maybe John does too, a little? That'd be nice.]

[vitis]

[ it was a solid distraction. ]

Nooo prob. [ friendly WINK ] Feel free to visit anytime, 'kay?

[littlewomen]

I-I'll remember!

[will she actually visit again before everything happens so much, probably not.]