May 14 21:30:37 <LipstickThespian>	Sleeves rolled up, hair in a high ponytail, and partially covered in flour.  Yuki was in the middle of making scones in the communal kitchen. After all, she didn't have one of the suites everyone else was boasting. So this had to do for her.  A shopping trip earlier in the day, and now she was content to sit in the kitchen mixing the batter while humming softly to herself.  All in all, it was a relaxing winter weekend activity.
May 14 21:33:47 <Knave>	Austin slides into the kitchen. The way he does it, balancing on one foot with his arms windmilling softly like he's practising the move, seems to indicate he wasn't expecting anyone in there, and when he catches sight of Yuki the other foot slams into the ground to awkwardly arrest his movement. He raises a hand and smiles goofily at Yuki's back, "Hey there."
May 14 21:37:56 <LipstickThespian>	The silent slider, Austin Silver.  Yuki looked back when she heard his voice and a smile came across her face when she saw it was directed at her.  Yep, that's just enough of a mark of flour on her cheek to be remarkable.  "Austin-chan," she says in her bright voice as she sets the bowl and whisk down to turn her attention to him. "Hey!"  Even with the apron on, there's something different about the girl.  Maybe it's her smile being brighter than the last few weeks, or maybe it's the way her chest seems bigger. Or maybe the way her hips seem wider.  Odd stuff./
May 14 21:39:50 <Knave>	His eyes widen briefly, then there's the look of slight perplexity that indicates he's not sure what surprised him. "Hey Yuki. Almost didn't recognize you from behind there." He taps his lip with a finger as he leans on a counter, "Is there...." He waves a hand in front of him vaguely in Yuki's direction, "I feel like there's something different. Did you cut your hair?"
May 14 21:42:59 <LipstickThespian>	"Really?" Yuki seems a bit put off by that, after all it's not like she always wears her school uniform.  Sure, today she decided on a simple shirt, shorts, and tights combo for an inside day and her hair was up.  She looks herself up and down and reaches a hand up to touch her ponytail, "no silly. It's just put up while I'm baking." Wait, is that a ring on her finger? Osnap.
May 14 21:44:54 <Knave>	Austin's glance lights on the ring for a second, but it doesn't occur it might be special right away. Instead, he seems continuously nagged by the difference he can't put his finger on. He cocks his head to one side, "You definitely look different." He circles his splayed fingers over his own face, "New make-up look?"
May 14 21:46:52 <LipstickThespian>	Yuki shook her head, she never really wore makeup. Her face just sort of always ended up looking that way, soft skin and nice eye contours.  Well, the contours were her doing for her but she never had to apply them more than once to get them right.  "No, I don't know what is different.  Are you sure I look different?"  She crosses her arms under her chest, accenting it.  Yep, that was at least a cup size bigger.
May 14 21:48:35 <Knave>	Austin's eyes search over Yuki's frame, and he seems to slowly realize that they keep coming back to her chest. They hover there for a few seconds before his attention snaps up to Yuki's face, his cheeks turning red and his hand tugging at his collar. "Yeah. No. It's probably nothing. Ignore me."
May 14 21:58:26 <LipstickThespian>	Yuki had of course, noticed Austin staring at her chest.  Anime logic dictated that she would notice this and her own cheeks would turn red and a look of indignation would come on her face. "Why were you staring at my chest, Austin-chan?"
May 14 22:00:12 <Knave>	Austin opens his mouth with the consideration of denying it, then shuts his mouth and thinks for a second. Moments later, he looks Yuki in the eye and deadpans, "By my estimation, your breasts have gotten bigger since the last time we spoke."
May 14 22:02:16 <LipstickThespian>	With that, Yuki looked down at this.  Of course she had noticed this fact, even stared in the mirror and wonder about her luck at growing a size in that department. Even going so far as to do investigation into this sudden development and maturity.  "S-so!" She says as she looks up at him and moves her arms up to cover her (now c, possibly d cup) chest.  "It's not a bad thing, right?"
May 14 22:03:48 <Knave>	He shakes his head, and has not glanced down from her face once since he realized he was staring. "Nope. It is not a bad thing. You know, uh, assuming you like, you have enough bras, and stuff. For breasts. Of that size." He looks around the kitchen casually "So do you think a steak knife or a bread knife for cutting off my own tongue?"
May 14 22:10:41 <LipstickThespian>	There was some relief in knowing it wasn't a bad thing.  Then he was digging the whole deeper and Yuki found her embarassment growing.  Bra talk wasn't exactly something you needed to have in the kitchen with former love interests.  "My bras are perfectly fine for my breasts!" She says defensively, "and no. You can't cut off your tongue because I don't want to clean up after that."
May 14 22:14:04 <Knave>	"Spoilsport." He brushes off a part of the counter with his hand and hops up to perch on it, "So what's cookin, goo-" His voice rises a pitch while he realizes Yuki probably doesn't need to hear him compliment her appearance, "-oood buddy of mine?"
May 14 22:18:49 <LipstickThespian>	Yuki turns back to her scone making, which she is more than taking her time with to make them just so.  Something had inspired her to do just that, this morning.  Glancing over at his rise in pitch she giggles, just gently enough. "I'm making scones for later.  What about you? Have you been cooking?"
May 14 22:21:15 <Knave>	He thinks for a second, then shakes his head, "Not in the past fifteen years, no." He smirks, "I was just thinking about maybe getting a sandwich. Maybe not. I hadn't really decided." He shrugs.
May 14 22:23:16 <LipstickThespian>	"I can make you one, Austin-chan." Yuki says as she sets the bowl she's mixing down and drops the spatula in it.  "So you don't have to go out into the cold to get to the cafeteria."
May 14 22:24:41 <Knave>	He waves his hand, "It's fine. I can do it. You don't have to make me anything." He smiles a little awkwardly, running a hand from the front of his hair to the back. Boy, it is getting shaggy.
May 14 22:26:06 <LipstickThespian>	"What if I want to?" Yuki says as she heads over to the fridge that some very nice students manage to keep stocked pretty regularly.  "What if I'm going to do it whether you like it or not?" This is followed by a laugh and then her switching the subject too, "your hair looks different."
May 14 22:28:47 <Knave>	"It, uh," He grasps a lock and pulls it down in front of his eyes, "It grew." He deadpans, thought train entirely derailed.
May 14 22:33:36 <LipstickThespian>	"It grew?" Yuki says as she starts to take things out. "Hair grows?" She smiles as she considers this revelation.
May 14 22:36:44 <Knave>	Austin looks at Yuki, then looks down into his own lap, then at Yuki, "I can't tell if you're being serious. And I said you didn't have to make me a sandwich."
May 14 22:41:01 <LipstickThespian>	"I said I was going to," Yuki is pretty much already in the throws of it, after all.  "Is it not normal for your hair to grow?"  Of course Yuki didn't consider the fact that she hadn't gotten a hair cut in months and her hair still looked the same.
May 14 22:44:17 <Knave>	Austin chuckles once, "What's normal here, really?" He shrugs a little, "I should get it cut, but you know, we just got off lockdown, which was super inconvenient for the article I was gonna write."
May 14 22:47:37 <LipstickThespian>	"That's true, normal doesn't really apply here." Yuki says as she starts to make said sandwich.  "Oh ya! I heard you also got on the school paper staff." She seems excited to bring it up, like she hasn't even thought about it.
May 14 22:50:57 <Knave>	"Huh," He tugs at the collar of jacket, faux-self-importantly, "I /applied/ for an editor position. Then they get all..." He motions with both hands, "Whatever about my first story."
May 14 22:54:35 <LipstickThespian>	"I applied for an editor position too!" Yuki says with a bright smile, "they said I would be reviewed after a month for the position."  She tilted her head, "I liked your story. It was very well written." Content non-withstanding.
May 15 22:15:18 <Knave>	Austin runs a hand through his hair with a cocky smile, "Thanks. I figured I'd show them what I've got, y'know?"
May 15 22:16:55 <LipstickThespian>	"What is it you've got, exactly?" Yuki says with a tilt of her head and a hum.
May 15 22:20:06 <Knave>	"Natural talent. Charisma." He slips slightly into what he probably imagines is a noir-sounding accent, "A drive to bring the students of this school the gods' honest truth, which they've so long been denied?" He holds his fist in front of him a pose that suggests conviction and integrity - or, at least, having heard of those things.
May 15 22:22:01 <LipstickThespian>	Yuki stops what she's doing to listen to the dramatic interpretation of writing for a school newspaper.  "Is charisma what you call it when you do silly things like that?" She says with a half laugh as she goes back to wrapping up sandwich production.
May 15 22:23:17 <Knave>	He smiles with snakeish satisfaction, resting his hands on the counter-top, "It got your attention, didn't it?"
May 15 22:24:56 <LipstickThespian>	"Well that isn't an acomplishment, you always have my attention Austin-chan."  Then there's a sandwich set in front of him, cut into fourths like some artisan plating or something. "There you go."
May 15 22:25:52 <Knave>	"Thank you." He says automatically before picking up a quarter and nibbling, "Well, if I always have your attention, that's charisma, right? How many people can say they have your attention at all times?"
May 15 22:27:08 <LipstickThespian>	Hey, someone might have learned how to cook. Or at least, hasn't managed to ruin a simple sandwich. "Mmm, maybe it's just me. Do you hold a lot of people's attention? I think that's more charisma than getting my attention. I mean, unless you call charisma putting on a skirt for me."
May 15 22:29:34 <Knave>	"I get plenty of attention, all right?" He takes a large bite and chews slowly, then says, "Anyway, I would get just as much attention as you by wearing a skirt."
May 15 22:55:57 <LipstickThespian>	"I don't get any attention when I wear a skirt, because I'm not nearly as cute as you are in them." Yuki says with a small laugh as she goes back to scone making.
May 15 22:57:47 <Knave>	"Well, thanks, I'm sure." Austin says with a small smile before yummying down on another quarter-sandwich with impressive aplomb. "This is good." He says through a half-full mouth.
May 15 22:59:31 <LipstickThespian>	Well, he did say he was hungry. Or maybe he's complimenting her cooking! Or maybe he's just Austin, who knows.  "Thanks," she says with a smile. "So uhm, how is Tara-chan?"
May 15 23:00:29 <Knave>	"She's good." He smiles warmly, his eyes roving around the room a little nervously for fear of tripping on a mine, "She's been pretty quiet since we got to Sanctum, but she's like that. It's cute."
May 15 23:05:15 <LipstickThespian>	"Well, it's in her nature isn't it?" Yuki says with a tilt of her head and a thought, "maybe you should find her some nuts to put in her mouth?"
May 15 23:07:22 <Knave>	Austin chokes slightly on his sandwich, then beats his chest to help it go down. Probably. I don't know if people do that but I've seen it in cartoons. "You did that on purpose." He says accusingly, "Nobody words things like that."
May 15 23:08:58 <LipstickThespian>	Yuki looks concerned at the sudden choking, like she might have to call for help.  "What do you mean?" There's a small smirk there, for sure.
May 15 23:10:29 <Knave>	"'Nuts for her to eat' is all you had to say. You were reaching for an innuendo." He points at his chest with his thumb, "And I should know. I am the king of reaching for innuendos."
May 15 23:12:46 <LipstickThespian>	"I wasn't reaching! I think I made it really good.  I've been inspired by your charisma you know." Yuki seems fake-defensive, judging by the smile.
May 15 23:15:03 <Knave>	"Well, I'm definitely inspiring..." He runs a hand over his hair like a preening cat, then returns a professional smirk to Yuki, "But the problem's in your phrasing. Nobody talks about putting things in mouths unless they mean a sex thing, but obviously saying 'eat' wouldn't work." He picks up another sandwich quarter and points at her with it for emphasis, "Keep it simple. If you'd gone with just 'Get some nuts
May 15 23:15:03 <Knave>	for her', it would have been a lot more subtle."
May 15 23:16:32 <LipstickThespian>	Austin was, as ever, full of himself.  "Sorry, I really would have phrased it better if I knew that.  Perhaps if I had said it in Japanese it would have been really funny." Yuki says with a nod as she goes to bake the scones, "I should get you to tutor me on innuendo.  If I'm going to be provocative, I'll need help."
May 15 23:19:25 <Knave>	"I'm definitely the man for that job." He nods slowly, biting off a chunk of sandwich, "Who are you intending on provocating?"
May 15 23:20:50 <LipstickThespian>	"Everyone," Yuki says with a laugh. "I think I want to be more like Akemi-chan, and embrace flirting for fun."
May 15 23:24:50 <Knave>	"Huh." He chews thoughtfully, "Well, I don't know all that much about flirting, but if you need innuendo teaching, I can give it you."
May 15 23:27:17 <LipstickThespian>	"That would be really nice! I'd love to spend time with you!"  That's the sound of it flying over Yuki's head.
May 15 23:28:23 <Knave>	"As always, I am happy to serve." He dips his head and puts out his arm in a seated bow.
May 15 23:30:04 <LipstickThespian>	"Would you like to do something with me while this bakes?" Yuki asks as she dusts flour off herself.
May 15 23:31:51 <Knave>	"Sure." He finishes the sandwich, licks his fingers, and hops off the counter, leaning his butt on it, "Did you have something in mind?"
May 15 23:39:21 <LipstickThespian>	"We could go spend time in my room, it's been a while." Yuki takes her apron off and sets it aside.
May 15 23:40:27 <Knave>	Austin thinks about this for a second. People might talk. Then again, he /did/ like people talking about him. "Sure, sounds like a plan."
May 15 23:41:16 <LipstickThespian>	"Okay." Yuki says with a nod as she heads for the stairs. "You're going to wear a skirt if you're going in my room you know."
May 15 23:42:40 <Knave>	"Are you sure that's a good idea?" He grins, but there's a hint of warning in that, before, "Last time I wore a skirt, you couldn't keep your hands off me."
May 15 23:45:53 <LipstickThespian>	"Well," Yuki gives it some thought and then shrugs her shoulders. "Whatever happens, happens.  Right?"
May 15 23:47:01 <Knave>	Austin furrows his brows, as serious as he usually gets, "No. I have a girlfriend. Absotively, posalutely no kissing happens between me and anyone but her." His tone is serious, but not harsh.
May 15 23:49:14 <LipstickThespian>	"I have a fiance. So duh," Yuki leaves it simply as that and heads for her room. After all, it's much more clear cut for her now.
May 15 23:50:44 <Knave>	Austin narrows his eyes at the back of Yuki's head and resists the urge to point out she wasn't so solid on that point back at Sunnybrook. He follows her anyway, "Glad that's clear."
May 15 23:54:54 <LipstickThespian>	"You're not going to make any jokes about this, huh?" Yuki looks back at him as she walks down the dorm hallway.  Like she's surprised he won't crack jokes about his chastity.
May 15 23:55:42 <Knave>	"Sorry. It's kind of important to me." He says, almost pouting, bashful. He scratches at his hair, looking downwards.
May 15 23:57:50 <LipstickThespian>	"I know," Yuki says as she gets to her door and unlocks it. "I think I figured out, that something like that is important to me too."
May 15 23:58:59 <Knave>	"Yeah?" Austin prompts, lifting his head, curious and glad to have the subject changed away from him for once.
May 16 00:02:48 <LipstickThespian>	Yuki walked into her room with a laugh, "I had something funny happen to me. Like a bad episode of an ecchi show.  It put things in perspective."
May 16 00:04:32 <Knave>	"Always good to get some perspective," Says Austin, the king of ignoring perspective, as he walks into the room behind her, looking around with a soft smile.
May 16 00:05:30 <LipstickThespian>	It was the same room at Sunnybrook, plain and slightly girly with not much to it besides her small touches.  "So instead of chasing people, I'm just going to be glad that I have a fiance waiting for me."
May 16 00:06:30 <Knave>	"We should all be so lucky." He turns to her with a warm smile, "I'm glad you're happier with it now."
May 16 00:07:45 <LipstickThespian>	"I am," Yuki says as she sits down on her bed and smiles. "Now, ready for your skirt, Ashleigh-chan?"
May 16 00:08:50 <Knave>	Austin throws up his hands with a small smile, "Make me fabulous, Yuki."
May 16 00:13:09 <LipstickThespian>	-Scene Fabulous-