Dinner With Nerds

by **Gemma Sloan** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:21 pm

After e-mailing Trev that she was ready to have dinner, Gemma was waiting in the cafeteria with his book under one of her arms. She hadn't gone through the line yet, waiting instead for him to show up.

by **Trev Anderson** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:24 pm

Trev showed up right on time, a big smile on his face as he saw her.

"Hi Gemma!"

by **Gemma Sloan** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:43 pm

"Hi, Trev," Gemma said. "Here's your book back," she offered the book to him.

by **Trev Anderson** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:02 pm

"Thanks," he smiled, tucking it under his arm and grabbing a tray, offering it to Gemma.

"How have you been?"

by **Gemma Sloan** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:22 pm

"Been good. Adjusting to a different schedule," she said, accepting the tray. "You?"

by **Trev Anderson** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:33 pm

"Trying to get back into the groove of classes. I did very little productive over the summer, so keeping a schedule is kind of challenging," he chuckled.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:41 pm

"Summers are for non-productive things," Gemma said. "That's why they were invented."

by **Trev Anderson** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:54 pm

"A girl after my own heart," he grinned. "Did you have a chance to look at the book? Are you ready to run away screaming?"

by **Gemma Sloan** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:34 am

"I did and no. I like the Sorcerer."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:22 am

"Weaving magic because of the draconic blood flowing in your veins? Seems only appropriate," he smiled.

Maybe I should reconsider the dragon villain...

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:26 am

"That is sort of what appealed to me," Gemma agreed as she loaded down her tray. "And I liked that there are good dragons and bad dragons. It was nice to see some even-ness there for a change."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:33 am

Okay...maybe not. Glad she picked up on that

"Yeah definitely. D&D's not the kind of game you want to think especially hard about the morality of things in game, otherwise it gets hard to kill the evil rampaging orc horde when you realize they have kids and families too," he chuckled. "I try to keep things somewhat light at the table though, and more often than not you're plundering an ancient tomb and fighting mindless undead or evil priests or hungry beasts anyway. Mostly, I just try to keep people at the table happy, so if there's something you want to see more or less of we can totally do it."

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:37 am

"I don't really want to rock the boat too much," Gemma said quietly. "I'm just happy to get involved in something."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:57 am

"Not rocking the boat at all," he reassured her, finishing up loading his tray.

"Did any of the races look more interesting to you than another? Dragonborn aren't especially common in the part of the world where the game is now, but we can totally make something work."

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:00 pm

"Dwarf or human," she said. "I realize dwarf isn't optimal, but there's something that appeals to me."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:22 pm

"Optimal schmoptimal. I hate power-gaming. Play what's fun and flavorful to you," he smiled.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:25 pm

"Dwarf Sorcerer, or Sorceress as it were, then," she said, pulling out a couple of folded sets of papers and passing him one as they sat down. The sheet was a filled out character sheet.

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:55 pm

Trev smiled as he looked over the sheet. "Gemma, you've got this filled out better and more accurately than some of the people currently playing in my group and you've had this book for less than a week."

He set the sheet down gingerly on the table to avoid putting it in anything messy, pulled out his phone and took a few pictures of the sheet before folding it back up and passing it to Gemma.

"This looks awesome, and I like some of the little details you added. We can totally work something out to get you into the game. The characters are sort of sell-swords in a huge capital city of a continent-spanning empire, but as of yet they've barely left the city walls."

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:57 pm

"That sounds good. Just let me know the when and where and I'll be there." She smiled at him and something ignited deep in her eyes.

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:29 pm

Trev stared deep into her eyes like a moth drawn to the flame, a stupid open-mouthed grin on his face.

"My god you have gorgeous eyes..." he said vacantly.

Trev wasn't good at subtlety.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:47 pm

"Oh, I do, do I?" The voice was somehow different. More... self-assured?

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:27 pm

"Yes..." He said trailing off, still lost in her eyes.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:28 pm

"Then we should have a talk, you and I," she said, moving around the table to sit next to him.

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:54 pm

"I...we should?" he asked his attention finally pulled from her eyes. He smiled nervously.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:03 pm

"Yes, we should. You're cute and sweet and I would hate for something to happen to you. But if you hurt her, something just might happen to you. Am I clear?" She smiled at him and her canines were perhaps a bit more fang-like than they would normally be.

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:33 pm

Trev's eyes widened a bit, not unlike a wounded antelope staring at a lion about to devour it.

"I...no! I I wouldn't do anything like that."

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:35 pm

"Good to know. Have a nice dinner." Gemma's hand flew to her mouth, "Oh god, I'm so sorry."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:42 pm

Trev's eyes were still just as wide as they had been when the other half was talking. "Uh...I...hi..."

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:45 pm

"I... um..." She was looking everywhere but Trev. "I should have warned you."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:56 pm

"So...you've really, really got two halves huh?" he said finally looking like he was breathing.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:57 pm

She nodded, "I didn't know she'd snag control of me like that. Usually she only does that when I'm shifted."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:01 pm

"You...your eyes looked...they had a bit of a spark in them. And you had...just a different way of speaking."

Trev sighed relieved. "It's fine. I'm...kinda used to it. My best friend is a shifter. But her...other side doesn't really talk."

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:05 pm

"She's... a bitch. But she likes to think she looks after me. And she does, but she had no business threatening you." The last statement was almost as much to herself as it was to Trev.

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:09 pm

"So...are you like...aware of what she says and just sort of..watching?"

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:11 pm

"Yeah. And she's aware of what I say. Really, we're the same person, at least that's what the doctors say. We... I... just think in two different ways."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:17 pm

"I can tell," he smiled nervously. "So...I...uh...I'm cute?"

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:20 pm

Gemma's face blushed to match her hair, "Yeah... It's something we agree on."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:22 pm

Trev grinned bashfully "well so are you. Especially when you blush like that."

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:23 pm

Gemma reddened a little more. "Dinner... yeah... food... good."

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:40 pm

Trev grinned, looking at their forgotten food. "Yeah the food is pretty good here."

He reached across the table and slid her tray to her new seat next to him, and then took a bite of his own dinner.

"Thanks for coming to dinner with me."

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