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Day 114 | Morning | Open

[Gracie appears on the screen with a smile. She gives the usual lead reports and average temperature. She'd debated for a long time on whether she ought to address the incident with the coffee, but had decided against it, mostly because she remembers very clearly the things she'd done while drugged up. ]

Don't forget to check out the scale model exhibition tonight in Meeting Room C on the 22nd floor. Enjoy your new PDCs and I've got the pleasure of announcing the first ever Charity Ball. I don't have many details, but it's being organized by the museum. As soon as I know more, you'll more. In any case, it's something good to think about.

Don't forget to check out Lydia Martin's new store, Alpha, for a growing line of personal care products.

Gracie out and I hope to see you all in person.

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Charity Ball? What are they raising credits for, do you know that at least?

[ Because Derek probably won't be caught dead there, but if he thinks it's a good enough cause, maybe he'll set aside some credits to donate. It's not like he has the clearance to spend them on anything he actually wants to, anyway. ]

I do actually. I've just been sent a few more details. The art museum is raising credits to rebuild the bot processing factory. Tickets are going to be 1000cr.

Let us know if they'll take donations? I have pretty much no interest in going to a ball, but I'd donate something to that cause.

I'll definitely ask on your behalf and let you know. Not much of a ball sort of person?

Appreciate it, thanks. Not much of a people sort of person would be probably more accurate.

You're far too young to be a grumpy old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn.

Not too young to not like crowds of people, though.

[ Which would maybe imply that he's not a grumpy old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn type. ...but he's totally that guy. ]

Okay then. At least you're generous. It's a good quality.

One can only buy so much soap and shitty, flat soda before they'd rather spend their credits on other things, but sure, I'll take it. I'll keep an eye on this thing, then.

Fair enough. What's your name again? And if we've met and I forgot, forgive me. I'm off coffee for a little while. I'm Gracie.

We haven't, so it's fine.

[ Or maybe they have and Derek just wasn't paying attention. That's entirely possible, too. ]

I'm Derek. Nice to meet you, Gracie. Thanks for the heads up.

No problem! Have a good day.

It's actually called True Alpha, but thanks for the shout out, sweetie. :)

Charity Ball, huh? Is that what it sounds like? Please tell me it is what it sounds like.

I'm so sorry. I'm off coffee for now and it's not doing good things for my brain.

It's looking like it's exactly what it sounds like. They're even going to let us wear different clothes. Old Reckoning clothes. I'm honestly not sure what that is, but I'm excited anyway.

Oh, no worries, hon. Why are you off coffee?! Who are you and what did you do to my friend?

As long as it isn't uglier than these stupid jumpsuits, I'm so in.

Since you don't drink the RED coffee, you probably weren't hit. They drugged it a couple of days ago. It sort of took away inhibitions from what I can tell?

I ended up making out with this guy and I like him. I mean...I did even before. He's funny and sweet and cute, but I'm not sure how I feel about kissing him when I was drugged up, you know?

Amen to that.

( Wow, way to hit a little too close to home with that, Gracie. At least you liked him... )

Oh...wow, well... I mean, okay, this could end up being okay if you actually liked him already, though, right? It's a shitty way to have to start things off, agreed, but it could be worse...

( He could be a forty year old dead man projecting his teenage self and mind controlling her, for example... )

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[ If she'd known, she would have avoided telling Lydia. ]

Maybe? On the okay front. I guess we'll see? Oh, it definitely could've been worse.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. ♥

Thanks, Friend. I'll let you know if there's any development.

Hey, anytime. Please do!

What charity?

[ Because for some reason charity and this place just don't go hand in hand in Alcide's brain. Let's just call it a short circuit when he tries to put the two together. ]

They're raising money to rebuild the bot processing facility.

Ah. Okay but don't the Computer already have all the money to do that? Who's gonna rebuild it?

Well, no because it takes extra labor that isn't normally used. It's not every day something gets destroyed here, you know? We don't have much new construction so I'm assuming they're going to have to move people from other areas to get that done or pay overtime or something.

Huh. Maybe I could sign up for that. It's kind of what I do back home. [ He isn't at all interested in the charity ball. He's interested in the grunt work of construction. ] You know who I should talk to about that? [ Please don't say the computer. ]

Yeah? I bet they'd appreciate someone with some experience. [ She should correct him for saying 'home', but she moves onto his question. ] Probably Friend Computer. [Sorry Alcide]

Ahhhh yeah, I'll pass. [ No way is he talking to not!friend computer. ] Anyway, thanks for the info.

Hey.

[ So, this is a little awkward... ]

[ This is a little awkward. She's glad to 'see' him though. ]

Hey. Hi...I--how are you?

I'm okay. You know. Same shit, different day, right?

[ So, so awkward... ]

So...like...are we cool or...? I mean...you know?

Always something different in this place. I've heard there's a thing with the PDCs. Be careful.

[ Right. It would be nice to wave a magic wand and get rid of the awkward. ]

Oh. Yeah. We're...we are totally cool. I think we are anyway?

[ Now she's worried they aren't. ]

I mean, I know we haven't talked since... but it's not like we did anything awful, right? I kissed you. You kissed me. It might've happened anyway without all the coffee. I think...

[ She buries her face in her hands, hair falling down around her face. ]

We're okay.

[ It's muffled though. ]

Yeah, I heard that, too. You be careful, too. I don't want to have to go back to that hospital any time soon and if you're PDC blows up then I'm gonna have to, so...

[ Well, at least they're both being awkward and he's not the only one. Small consolation. ]

Would it have?

[ If he looks relieved and maybe a little hopeful, that's because he is, on both accounts. ]

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Awww. At least I know I'd get a visitor.

[ Definitely a consolation. She presses her lips together at his question, holding her breath a second. ]

I would eventually have gotten up the nerve. Unless...you started acting more 'get away' and less flirty.

[ Is that the answer he was hoping for. She looks a little worried and anxious waiting for him to respond. ]

Of course you would.

[ That...makes him feel exponentially less awful about the way things went down last time they saw each other. It shows on his expression. ]

I would have to have completely lost touch with reality to act more 'get away,' Gracie.

[ That's a good expression on him. She smiles at him. ]

Well now that's out of the way...We're okay.

[ Okay, awesome, this is good news. This is really good news! ]

Sweet, I'm glad. I'm not gonna lie, I was a little worried you were going to be kinda mad at me. I'm really glad we're cool, Gracie, because I'd be super bummed if you and I couldn't ever hang out anymore, you know? You're awesome.

[ Yeah, she's feeling a lot better about this whole thing now that they've talked a little. ]

Mad? No. I mean we were both coffeed up. [ Her voice drops a little and she leans into the screen like she's sharing a secret. She's also bright red, so that should be a warning to Cisco ] You kiss too good to be mad at you.

[ She pulls back a little. ] Hanging out again. We should do that sometime.

[ In spite of himself, Cisco barks a laugh and his eyebrows lift with amused surprise. ]

Oh yeah? Well, that makes two of us, then.

[ He smirks a little and winks at her. Okay, good, this is going well. This is going a lot better than he worried it might, which is why it took him half the day to get the balls to actually message her even though he totally saw the original broadcast when it first hit the PDC. ]

[ That's a good response and with it comes a sense of relief. She's really glad she said that now. She almost hadn't. The wink makes her smile so broadly her cheeks hurt. ]

I'm glad you contacted me. [ She winks at him in return. ] Don't be a stranger Cisco Ramon.

[ Then teasingly ]

Gracie out.

[ Yes, she's going to hang up on him so that she can go squeal at decibels usually only heard by dolphins and dogs. She's also going to dance around the room and sing-song 'he likes me, he likes me, he likes me'. No one needs to see that but there's a possibility that in her haste, she didn't hang the PDC up correctly so.... ]

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