Aug 09 20:28:30 <Knave>	Emmett ummed and ahhed by the door, fidgeting. He had dressed up, which is to say that his suit was relatively clean and well-pressed. He had debated over the idea of goggles, and ultimately had chosen to wear a relatively unobtrusive pair, pushed up onto his forehead. His hair, which he had brushed in vein, was not tied back as it often was. Finally, he decided to knock on the door of Elspeth's room.
Aug 09 20:38:21 <SavanahHolland>	Elspeth had been planning on going to the kitty cafe herself, seeing how often she went there.. not even counting the work hours she puts in.. she just liked it in general, plus the tea was actually well made. Wearing a dark gray dress with imprints of floral white, long sleeves, just below her elbow tied with silk black ribbons, only to show more of the grey and white pattern before ending in a flared up textured black cuff, the insides filled with frilly white lace. A small black silk purse, a small black vest to her chest, all moving up to a dramatic looking white lace collar. Black stockings alongside black high tops, hair up in two rather messy buns to well- complete the gothic lolita look. She wobbles slowly to the door, opening it as a bright green eye pokes out, the black eye makeup rather intense.
Aug 09 20:46:14 <Knave>	Emmett's own ruffled, fancy ass takes a half step back and his brown eyes widen slightly at the sight of Elspeth so made up so unexpectedly. "E-Elspeth." He stammers, automatically fiddling with his goggles with one hand, bowing slightly, "You look... You are beautiful. As ever." He attempts a smile, then says, "I was- I had hoped, perhaps, you might like to see me. But, if you had other plans, I will see myself off." He akes another step back, his mouth an uncertain line.
Aug 09 20:49:27 <SavanahHolland>	This was the usual Elspeth, Emmett didn't know it that well of course, since she only recently had been getting back into dolling herself up every single day. A slight pink hitting her pale white cheeks as she giggles, shaking her head, some blonde curls bouncing with her movement. "Dohn't vorry, I vas planning ohn spending mhy evening aht the cafe, buht iht vould be boring compared toh time vith you~" she teases.
Aug 09 20:55:53 <Knave>	The hint of sallow colour rises to Emmett's cheeks again, and he looks down bashfully, "You are too kind to me, as usual." One hand fingers the lapel of his jacket, a bold dark red affair with shoulders cut too broad, perhaps in the hope he would grow into it. "You are sure my company would be no imposition? I merely... wished to see you."
Aug 09 20:58:56 <SavanahHolland>	She closes the door behind her after reaching to switch off the light, taking his hand in hers and leaning up on her tippy toes to plant a small kiss on his cheek, being mindful on the lipstick of course so none stays on his cheek. "Cohme vith me?" she requests of him, she loved his company as much as he seemed to love hers.. and extra protection is always nice.
Aug 09 21:03:24 <Knave>	"Certainly." He says, evidently as relieved as he is nervous. With surprising confidence, he moves his arm such that it links in with hers as they begin to walk, "It feels very long indeed since I have spent time with you, mein Fraulein."
Aug 09 21:07:10 <SavanahHolland>	"Has iht?" she hums, then nodding to her own question.. it had been awhile unfortunatly.. Leaning closer to him, she was still a tad wobbly on her hightops, so the small amount of support from him seemed to do wonders. "I meht a much.. smaller version of you." she says with a soft laugh.
Aug 09 21:12:30 <Knave>	He makes a light moaning noise in acknowledgement, nodding with his mouth open in a tiny frown. "Yes..." He puts his free hand in his pocket, "I encountered your counterpart from the same parallel universe. She was not quite so pleasant as you." He smiles gently, as small and unsettling as ever.
Aug 10 00:37:40 <SavanahHolland>	Elspeth only seems to giggle "Suprising, I fouhnd yourh much smaller counterpart rather charming and sveet."
Aug 10 00:38:52 <Knave>	"Yes..." He says airily, then makes a slight tetch noise. In his even tone, there's a hint of some irritation, "She seemed rather enamoured with him as well."
Aug 10 00:41:49 <SavanahHolland>	She tsks "I ahm certainly noht enamoured, vith youh ja, noht him." she says, straightening her back quite a bit more.
Aug 10 00:46:12 <Knave>	"With me?" He says, not as surprised as he might have been a week ago if someone were to speak of him in such terms. "I will not disguise, it..." He sniffs and draws himself up proudly too, "Delights me, somewhat, to hear you say that." Now, the two of them walking upright together in their mismatched finery, might be mistaken for a couple of courting nobles. Or a couple of nerds going to a renn faire.
Aug 10 00:50:15 <SavanahHolland>	A couple of nerds might fit more in this situation, the fact that they were heading to the kitty cafe seemed to tie it all together rather nicely. She softly smiles, his reaction oddly cute and almost truely endearing.. "I ahm glad youh ahre happy abouht it, I vas vorried."
Aug 10 00:54:04 <Knave>	He draws himself into her slightly, but stiffly, the overall effect a uniquely Emmett-like display of affection, especially when his face betrays so little emotion he looks as if he might be contemplating equations as walking with a girl. "I assure you, you have no cause for worry in me."
Aug 10 00:57:40 <SavanahHolland>	She closes her eyes for a brief moment.. of course not too long, she still didn't have walking down perfectly and she was also in high tops.. but they made her legs look //amazing// so it was a fair trade really. "I knowh, buht youh ahre hard to read.."
Aug 10 01:06:26 <Knave>	Emmett's gaze flicks erratically between the path in front of them and Elspeth at his side. "I apologize." He clears his throat awkwardly, "I was a solitary child, increasingly so. I never developed what might be termed the habit of expression." He frowns slightly and briefly, then repeats, "Apologies."
Aug 10 01:07:59 <SavanahHolland>	"Dohn't apologize, iht is youh, and I enjoy youh, so I enjoy zaht as vell, ja?" she says with a nod, closing her eyes and moving both her hands to link behind her back, arm still linked with his as they start to head into town.. the fact that she hadn't yet tripped in her shoes is mysterious as it is amazing.
Aug 10 01:12:39 <Knave>	He makes a little noise of acknowledgement, sharp but gentle. Certainly not a grunt - for all of Emmett's negative qualities, one at least couldn't imagine he'd do anything as boorish and uncivilized as grunting. "If you say so." He says after a while, then smiles to her, just as brief and small as the frown had been.
Aug 10 01:15:39 <SavanahHolland>	They finally seem to arrive, Elspeth staring at his tiny smile a bit longer than she intended, leaning in to give him a peck on the corner of his lips before going inside, Emmett in tow.. the cafe is littered with cat decor.. and the waitresses and waitors.. how skimpy..
Aug 10 01:17:40 <Knave>	Emmett's disinterested face pinches somewhat, his lips pursing. "What... what manner of cafe is this?" He asks carefully, following Elspeth closely as he looks around in polite confusion.
Aug 10 01:21:44 <SavanahHolland>	She snickers, dragging him to a cute pink table next to a window, despite the customers this place seems to attract, it's rather clean and smells nice, kinda like gingersnaps. "Cahss ruhns iht." she says, as if that explains everything.
Aug 10 01:23:01 <Knave>	"Cass?" He says, sitting down across from her, "Cass Walker-Handal?" He raises an eyebrow, "I have yet to have the pleasure in person."
Aug 10 01:27:06 <SavanahHolland>	Elspeth nods, ordering them both some tea, she knew tea better than anyone, he'd take what she ordered and he'd like it. "Ja, ve're friends, I like to believe soh anyvays." she says with a soft chuckle "She ihs also mhy boss."
Aug 10 01:28:11 <Knave>	Emmett furrows his ginger brows at her, then looks around the cafe, then back to her. "You work here?" He says, with a mote of surprise.
Aug 10 01:31:02 <SavanahHolland>	"Ja, I believe I mentioned iht toh youh a few times.. Cass lihkes toh sahy I'm the main character." she says with a mixture of embarrassment and pride. "Since I usually cahn't valk mhy entire shift Gungnir has toh carry mhe, buht it adds toh the show iht seems.."
Aug 10 01:33:38 <Knave>	Emmett continues looking around the cafe. "I see." He says distractedly, "I should very much like to meet Cass. Of course, their family is very impressive, and I have heard that they live up to them." He fiddles with his goggles slightly.
Aug 10 01:35:45 <SavanahHolland>	"Certainly.. though Cass ihsn't.. mahybe refined as youh or I.. she's very vulgar- iht's great." she giggles, tea being brought as Elspeth adds some honey and milk to hers.
Aug 10 01:37:44 <Knave>	Emmett pulls his cup of tea towards him, not adding anything to it. "Great minds have their peculiarities." He says idly, then tilts his head as he continues, "I am not ignorant of the fact that I am somewhat unusual, as a product of my dedication to knowledge."
Aug 10 01:42:19 <SavanahHolland>	Elspeth nods blankly, taking a sip of her tea and quickly regretting it, sticking her tongue out rather briefly and letting out a cold sigh. Burnt tongue.. wonderful.
Aug 10 01:44:36 <Knave>	Emmett's gloved hand reaches across the table and cups over hers as he tilts his head and asks, concerned, "Are you okay?" Another moment so ordinary that it didn't seem possible that it happened between Elspeth and Emmett
Aug 10 01:46:52 <SavanahHolland>	Her cheeks redden a bit as she bites the urge to move her hand away.. relaxing as she steams a tad with her rose cheeks. "I- I ahm fine.." she says, a tad embarrassed.
Aug 10 01:51:28 <Knave>	He smiles his peculiarly reserved, inhuman smile again, and gives her a little nod. His eye moves to his hand on hers, and it fidgets for a moment before he decides to leave it in place, his fingers gripping gently around hers. "Do you enjoy your work here?" He asks, eyes returning to her face.
Aug 10 01:53:33 <SavanahHolland>	"Quite." she says, finally getting her mind of the slightly pained tongue.. "I geht paid quite a biht in tips, ahnd anyone vho vanted toh harrass goht to deal vith Gungnir."
Aug 10 02:03:13 <Knave>	Emmett nods, "Gungnir..." He turns the word over, eyes idly searching, "Norse. Mythical weapon. Spear of Odin?" He nods to himself, "Yes." Then he directs his attention back to her, "I presume this Gungnir is named for the Gungnir of myth?"
Aug 10 02:04:52 <SavanahHolland>	"I believe he //ihs// the Gungnir of the myth.." she says idly, blowing on her tea to cool it down. "He speaks ohf it like zat anyvays, I trust hihm." plus all the stuff she has outright seen.. like the runes and Gungnir literally turning into a spear.
Aug 10 02:06:43 <Knave>	"Fascinating." He blows over the surface of his tea, to cool it, looking oddly refined as he picks up the cup, "I think sometimes that the universe conspires to fill our school with oddities and singularities only to fascinate and grasp the imagination. I may never tire of learning of our fellow students."
Aug 10 02:09:52 <SavanahHolland>	"Perhaps, mind youh I believe zat is the staff doing zat, filling the school vith oddities and sigularities I meahn, rather than the universe." she snickers.
Aug 10 02:12:44 <Knave>	"They collect them and gather them, yes." He concedes, smiling almost naturally, and definitely good-naturedly, "But that they exist in the first place, to be gathered. A wondrous thing, do you not agree?"
Aug 10 02:16:25 <SavanahHolland>	"I doh agree vith zat much." she says with a nod, giving his hand still on top of hers a ginger squeeze before looking as if she just thought of something she had forgotten.. "May I be soh bold toh ask.. vhat exactly ahre yourh.. abilities? Zat make youh eligible toh be in zis school?"
Aug 10 02:22:01 <Knave>	He sets his teacup down without drinking and clears his throat gently into his now-free hand. He looks at the items on the table between them, exhaling, then, "The nature of genius has never been understood. Perhaps what we call genius is defined by its oddity, its singularity. If it could be explained, related, comprehended, it would not be genius. I," He lifts his chin up to look Elspeth in the face, and says with all earnestness, "Am a genius."
Aug 10 02:27:59 <SavanahHolland>	She just kinda.. stares at him, tilting her head like a confused bird would. If Elspeth wasn't Elspeth, this would get grating rather quickly. "How odd.." she mumbles under her breath.. thinking to herself briefly "A genius vith supernal aid..?"
Aug 10 02:30:23 <Knave>	"My works are simply not understood." He says, slightly defensive, "If that means I am allowed the chance to study among creatures of legend and unique beings, I can abide it."
Aug 10 02:31:45 <SavanahHolland>	"Doh noht be defensive- I believe I understand vhat youh mean toh express." she says with a nod, it being rare- for her to understand him.
Aug 10 02:35:57 <Knave>	"Good." He nods slightly, picking his tea back up, "I am glad you understand me." He takes a brief sip, seems to be satisfied with it, "The tea is good."
Aug 10 02:37:06 <SavanahHolland>	"I prefer iht zat vay." she says as she takes a sip of her own.. not saying if she means the tea, or her understanding what he means..
Aug 10 02:39:47 <Knave>	He smiles, rat-like and small, but it seems to be a permanent fixture now. He takes another sip, smiles at her, squeezes her hand, "I believe we are good at understanding one another."