the doctor is IN

[foolmetwice]

Who: Mars and YOU
Where: hotel lobby
When: day 80, morning

[good morning, idols! today Mars has set up a little booth with the following sign hanging out front:]

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Insert question, receive a genuinely helpful response**, free of charge. Win-win-win scenario!!

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[WELL, ANYWAY]

[Mars sits with his feet propped on the booth smoking a cigarette, watching as people pass by. he's dressed like a Taisho today in outfit number 5 with his henshin belt around his waist]

Comments

[foolmetwice]

[he at least THINKS he's safe and that's what matters]

The one closest to the hotel, for sure. Just ride around for a little while and you can't miss it.

[phoni]

Got it~

[ takes out her phone to make note of that in dissonance or s/t. ]

Who made the graffiti?

[foolmetwice]

Fox, from Taisho. I think some of it is by Silk from Bad End, too.

[phoni]

Thank you!

[ adds those names to her notes... and when her phone is back in her pocket, that grin returns in full force.

be afraid, Mars. ]

By the way...

[foolmetwice]

[. . . . . . why does he hear the jaws theme in the background]

What?

[phoni]

You left in an awful hurry this morning~ We didn't even have time to offer you breakfast.

[foolmetwice]

[SWEATS]






I had an important meeting I needed to make.

[no he was embarrassed about being gawked at]

[phoni]

Really? That's too bad, we'll have to have a to-go bag ready next time.

[foolmetwice]

[screams]

Why are you assuming there's going to be a next time?

[phoni]

Because you're welcome to come over, and I think you and Lily like spending time together.

[ the grin softens; she's not (trying to) tease him this time, she's being sincere. ]

[foolmetwice]

[LOOKS AWAY, sucking in a drag of his cigarette]

. . . he's okay.

[just "okay"]

[Mars please]

[phoni]

I'd say he's more than 'okay'.

[ mars, who do u think you're fooling ]

But you're okay yourself, so...

[foolmetwice]

[LET HIM PRETEND]

What-- what does that mean?

[mars you used the word "okay" first]

[phoni]

Shouldn't you know? You're the one who used it first~

[ granted, Gladiolus probably doesn't mean it in the exact same way Mars does. but that's not the point!! ]

[foolmetwice]

How do I know you're using it the same way I was using it?

[COUNTER]

[phoni]

Hmm, I guess you don't. So, I'll spell it out for you!

[ not even giving him a chance to stop her ]

By okay, I mean I think you're a pretty good guy, and I'd like to get to know you better. Does your 'okay' mean something different?

[foolmetwice]

[makes a face at her??? "pretty good guy???"]

It means "okay."

[phoni]

[ he has been okay when she's spoken to him and more importantly Lily likes him, therefore he is "pretty good". ]

If you say so!

[ said in a way that hints at her not buying it. ]

[foolmetwice]

-- anyway, Lily and I were just. . . talking, so.

Don't. Read too much into it.

["talking"]

[phoni]

[ you know, she hadn't thought they got up to anything but that denial makes her think something did happen. ]

I won't, I won't!

[ holds her hands up in mock surrender anyway. that's enough teasing him for now. probably. ]

[foolmetwice]

[they made out. a lot]

Good.

[puffs!1 like a puffer fish]

[phoni]

[ laughs a little. ]

Seriously, though. You don't have to sneak around or anything when you're invited over.

[foolmetwice]

I wasn't. . . trying to sneak around.

[he was just too embarrassed to stick around for long]

[phoni]

You did sneak out.

[foolmetwice]

I was in a hurry.

[what an impression he's making on Lily's cute team]