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Tweak says, "OMG. CAPTAIN TRIPPS."

Coop (existing) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-10-25 23:12:00

Who: Lisa and Roger
What: pseudo NOT date
When: tonight!
Where: Lisa's flat to start, then wherever Roger takes her
Rated: TBD

Lisa heard a knock. It seemed entirely too soon for Roger to be there. She had hardly finished her make-up! She wasn't even wearing shoes! Cussing quietly to herself, and angry at Marcus for choosing tonight to go out with his friends, she hurried. "Coming," she called, trying not to make him wait too long at the door.

She slipped on a pair of modest heels to match her dress and fastened her earrings as she walked towards the door. Composing herself, she shook her hair and exhaled. Then, she opened the door.

The first thing she noticed was that Roger looked nice. "Hi," she said after a few seconds of staring.

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existing
2009-10-27 03:55 am UTC (link)

"Sushi sounds good," she said, taking a peek at the menu he was holding. Marcus made her taste all the different kinds at one point and she'd actually found it to be quite delicious. "I'm a red meat kind of girl but I don't think it will be quite as easy to dance with that in our stomachs." Lisa wasn't even sure if Roger was intending on dancing, but she was. Why else would anyone go see a band in a club?

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	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"Well that's decided." Roger put the menu down and shouted at the black square plate in front of him. "I'll have the sushi and a light beer!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Lisa nearly jumped out of her skin when Roger shouted at his plate. She'd forgotten all about magic restaurants that required no server. She was so used to Marcus waiting on her and and foot that she was knocked off guard. "Sushi and a light beer," she repeated, not at all self conscious that she was copying him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 04:03 am UTC (link)
	The meals magically appeared on the plate. It was perfect timing too. The lights on the stage dimmed and someone walked out to the mic. "I think you all know who you're here to see," he said with a lopsided grin. All of the girls down front screamed and Roger had to cringe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 04:05 am UTC (link)
	Lisa laughed when she saw Roger cringe out of the corner of his eye. She nudged him slightly with his arm and gave him a cheeky grin before turning her attention back to the stage. She was excited. Maybe not as excited as those girls in front row, but still pretty excited. It wasn't every day you saw Donaghan Tremlett play in a club. At least, not for Lisa. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

learnedinthelaw
2009-10-27 04:09 am UTC (link)

Roger picked up the chopsticks that had appeared on his plate and grabbed a piece of sushi roll. He dipped it in soy sauce and popped it into his mouth, watching the stage as Donaghan Tremlett, still donning dreadlocks after all of these years, walked on stage with a guitar.

"He taught Kevin Entwhistle how to play," Roger delivered this piece of trivia when he'd swallowed his first bite.

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	existing 2009-10-27 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"I didn't know that! I only knew Kevin was on tour with them when he was with the Sisters." She popped a piece of maguro in her mouth. It was delicious. Fresh. You could always tell which sushi was fresh by it's taste. Her face lit up. "This is really good sushi!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Roger smiled. "Cliff has good taste." Cliff was the owner. "In food at least, maybe not women." As Roger remembered, most of Cliff's legal problems came from dating with proper crazy-bitchdar. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 04:21 am UTC (link)
	"Cliff is your mate you were talking about earlier? The one who got you in?" She assumed he might have been the chef. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"Yup," Roger said between bites. "I represented him in one of my first cases before the Wizengamot. Cat custody battle with his ex." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"Cat custody? Sounds riveting," she laughed, pausing to take a sip of her beer. "Did you win?" What a stupid question. Of course he won. Lisa imagined Roger never losing. He was just so charming and suave, he could probably make anyone believe him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

learnedinthelaw
2009-10-27 04:29 am UTC (link)

"Yeah. Ex was a madwoman. She snapped in court and started screaming and they decided in favour of him. Of course, that was nothing compared to when she tracked down who was going to be representing him the week before and showed up at my flat in a corset and garters. Brighton was two at the time and I had to slam the door on her face so he wouldn't see her." Crazy-bitch-dar. Every guy needed it.

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existing
2009-10-27 04:32 am UTC (link)

Lisa looked sort of horrified at his story. A woman showed up at his house? Poor Roger! She ate another piece of sushi and contemplated what Roger's life might have been like before she babysat for him. Lonely, probably. And apparently full of crazy women.

"I like this song," she said after a moment. Donaghan was in the middle of an acoustic ballad. It made it much easier to talk over.

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	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 04:43 am UTC (link)
	Roger nodded. "It's very pretty." Roger ate quietly, listening to the lyrics. Some of the crowd was swaying with lit wands in the air. Roger just listened and absorbed it all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Lisa took another sip of her beer, glancing at Roger in the process. He looked like he was having a good time. She sure was. The food was great, music was great, atmosphere was excellent. It couldn't get better. She put the bottle back on the table and ate a piece of ginger. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 12:51 am UTC (link)
	"I can't eat ginger," Roger said. "Tastes like soap." And his mother had once washed his mouth out like soap, so he'd never forget that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"I don't mind it," she said, conversationally as she ate her last piece of tuna sushi. It certainly had a strong taste, but she didn't think it tasted like soap. Everyone was different, though, she supposed. "I can't eat wasabi. Too strong for me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 01:54 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I think it's too strong for most people. I think people just eat it to say that they have. To impress people. Men, mostly. We do that kind of thing." He finished off his beer. His plate, sensing he was done, cleaned itself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 02:17 am UTC (link)
	She smiled at him and finished off her own beer. "We don't have to impress people," she said, putting the empty bottle on the table. It disappeared with everything else. "We just have to look good and people are impressed." She meant women, obviously. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, well, we blokes feel we have to do more. Of course, what most of us don't understand is that crushing beer cans on our foreheads and stomaching lumps of wasabi doesn't impress most birds." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 02:31 am UTC (link)
	"Ah. But it does amuse us. What else would we laugh at during our girl nights out?" She smiled and nudged him playfully. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"How about how badly I'm about to dance?" Roger nodded towards the floor. "Come on. It's a decent song." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Lisa nodded enthusiastically. "We'll definitely talk about your lack of dancing skills. No doubt." She laughed because it was easier than having to cover up the excitement she was reeling with as she realized she was about to dance with Roger. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 02:54 am UTC (link)
	Roger took her hand as he guided her to the dance floor. They were losing their table, but that was alright. The floor was incredibly crowded. Roger stood close to Lisa to dance. He wasn't terrible... he just had a lot of cheesy moves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 03:04 am UTC (link)
	It was a lot warmer on the dance floor, probably caused by the people standing on all sides of her. Lisa focused only on Roger and occasionally Donaghan as she danced. Her movement wasn't skillful but it was typical of anyone her age. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)