Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:50 pmSometime later in the day, a key turned in the lock of Nailah's apartment and the door opened.
A delicious smell wafted over from that direction.
A delicious smell wafted over from that direction.
Issue 1 Downtime
Thursday, October 2nd - Wednesday, October 8th
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Olive Branch
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:50 pmRe: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:52 pm"Sam?" she asks from the living room where she's going through lesson plans, leaning back in her chair to try and look into the hallway.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:55 pm"Aye," she said with a smile as she brought the bag full of styrofoam containers in and closed the door behind.
"Thought you might like dinner in."
"Thought you might like dinner in."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:01 pm"That sounds great right about now." she smiles. "Let me grab some plates."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:02 pm"Figured the Greek place was a safe bet, aye?"
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:19 pm"Hard to go wrong with some δoλμαδικαμια."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:33 pm"Bit of a show-off in you," she smirked as she set the bag down and started taking the cartons out.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:48 pm"If you've got it, flaunt it." she smirks, heading to the kitchen and coming back with plates and silverware.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:50 pm"I'm not complaining," she chuckled.
"I trust a bottle of wine wouldn't go amiss?" She pulled one out of the bag.
"I trust a bottle of wine wouldn't go amiss?" She pulled one out of the bag.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:56 pm"That'd be a first." she grins.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:15 pm"Good, good," she smiled.
"Just wanted to make sure you knew, no matter what my duties, you know who I come home to."
"Just wanted to make sure you knew, no matter what my duties, you know who I come home to."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:27 pm"I never questioned that. I hope you know that."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:31 pm"Aye, but it never hurts to get a few brownie points after we argue," she chuckled.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:36 pm"It wasn't even that bad. Not that I'm going to complain about Greek food and wine." she smiles.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:43 pm"Well then, if I've nothing to dig myself out of, we can just have a lovely evening."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:48 pm"I was pissed, but... Well I shouldn't have been."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:54 pm"Don't have to apologize for your feelings, love."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:58 pm"No, but it's not healthy and I'm not proud of it."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:07 pm"That's fair. Just be aware that I like you a little unreasonable sometimes," she smirks.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:11 pm"There's a time and a place." she smirks.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:19 pm"Of course, your secret's safe with me," she laughed as she opened the cartons.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:30 pm"My otherwise entirely untarnished reputation is safe." she chuckles weakly and opens up the wine.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:31 pm"So aside from the obvious, are your students taking to the subjects well?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:41 pm"Well enough. The small classes help a lot, though there's only so much you can do to enthuse high-schoolers for literature."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:52 pm"I'm sure the bar's a little lower than for the university students."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:02 pm"Of course, just takes some adjusting. And not everyone's as interested because it's mandatory." she chuckles.
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:06 pm"I'm sure some of them that are new in their mutations appreciate that you're there, though."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:14 pm"I may not have the most approachable reputation..."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:15 pm"I don't think these latest know, aye?"
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:21 pm"Maybe not. But it is good to show them that even the more extreme physical mutations aren't the end of the world."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:33 pm"And more than a few can turn out to be quite fitting."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:41 pm"I try not to be too forward with just how fitting in my case."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:50 pm"Worried about what they'd think?"
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:53 pm"More that they wouldn't understand or believe."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:05 pm"And truth told, it's maybe a complication they don't need just yet."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:07 pm"Oh certainly not, no. It's nothing they have to worry about."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:13 pm"Don't think there is a way to prepare you for that."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:19 pm"No, there really isn't. Especially since it's next to impossible to truly grasp it all."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:29 pm"No early warning, just an awful lot of hindsight."
Re: Olive Branch
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:33 pm"And half of it feels unexplainable and, well, arcane."