Jul 06 00:04:53 <Antichthon>	Cass-Austin <Yo, John Henry, I need to talk with you.>
Jul 06 00:06:27 <Knave>	After a good few seconds, <Cass? You remember me for the dancing and not the being an Ace Reporter?> <Can't say I blame you tbh>
Jul 06 00:07:17 <Antichthon>	<No, I remember you for being an awesome trap.>
Jul 06 00:07:24 <Antichthon>	<Don't ask how I know, it's fucking me.>
Jul 06 00:07:48 <Antichthon>	<Anyway, you're going to be a trap at the KCCC.>
Jul 06 00:08:45 <Knave>	<The what on the who now?>
Jul 06 00:11:26 <Antichthon>	<You're going to dress up as a super-eager catgirl and work at my totally-not-brothel.>
Jul 06 00:12:13 <Knave>	<About that>
Jul 06 00:12:28 <Knave>	<Look could we talk in person? It's faster for me that way.>
Jul 06 00:14:06 <Antichthon>	<Well yeah, but I was hoping to get over the whole You Denying Me phase while I didn't have to look at your obnoxious mug.>
Jul 06 00:14:25 <Antichthon>	<Provided you've already come to terms with your fate in this matter, sure, let's meet in person.>
Jul 06 00:15:25 <Knave>	<Great.>
Jul 06 00:15:39 <Knave>	<So should I come to your room or meet you in the gazebo or what>
Jul 06 00:20:28 <Antichthon>	<Gazebo. I could use a bit of a shock to the system.> And Indeed Cass would be there in his chair, winter gear'd up and wrapped in blankets. Apparently he wasn't //that// keen on a shock to his system. It was rather adorable, though. He drummed his gloved fingers on his armrest, whistling a happy tune.
Jul 06 00:22:01 <Knave>	Austin walks up, arms thrust into hoodie pockets, hunched over. Notably, he trudges to the gazebo without panache or flair, and gives Cass just a nod of greeting. "Hey."
Jul 06 00:27:00 <Antichthon>	Cass returned the nod. "I thought your texts seemed way too dull. No painfully lame quips or anything. Didn't seem like you. Now I see you're dooooown." Cass gave a theatric frown. "Anyway, you going to be my bulgepanties or not?"
Jul 06 00:28:21 <Knave>	"Well, if you found out about me wearing skirts, I'm sure you know who put me in them." He leans against the gazebo wall, one foot up against a wooden post, "You know Yuki at all?"
Jul 06 00:29:02 <Antichthon>	Cass stared in blank silence for a moment before saying, "We've met."
Jul 06 00:34:04 <Knave>	"Well, long story sh-" He cuts himself off, shaking his head, "You know what? No promises. Long story." He takes in a lungful of the cold air, "Back before I was officially with Tara the adorable squirrel girl, I was kind of dating her and Yuki because they both said they didn't want to be tied down just yet, and while I was hanging out with Yuki she talked me into dressing up as a girl and letting her call me a girl's name, /shut up/-" He puts up a finger before Cass can interject, drawing breath, "Then I kind of broke Yuki's heart a little bit by /telling/ her about Tara then she had me meet her in the gym at midnight and she was dressed up all pretty with a wand and she wanted to fight me but she didn't want to beat me up? And anyway she told me to pick Tara and I was like 'are you sure?' and she was like 'yeah' so I did. Then I thought we could still be friends and I could still crossdress because you know what I look good as a girl and I'm not ashamed to say that, but then she drugged me and tied me up and threatened me with a boxcutter and basically the upshot of this is," He breathes in heavily again, then lets out, "Yuki is dangerously in love with my girly alter-ego."
Jul 06 00:42:40 <Antichthon>	Cass opened his mouth. Closed it when Austin pre-snapped ot him. Austin apparently knew him rather well. Cass waited when he was done to make sure he was, y'know, actually //done//, before speaking. "Cool story, bro."
Jul 06 00:45:33 <Knave>	"Is that it?" Austin spreads his arms, "I thought you were like, smart or whatever, what am I supposed to do, here? She's delusional." He tucks one hand under the opposite arm, and the free hand goes to his forehead, "It's not like I can turn her over to the school. Hell knows how they'd deal with it."
Jul 06 00:52:38 <Antichthon>	"This isn't the first time I've had to deal with the fact Yuki is fucking nuts, it's lost its novelty. I know, I know, hard to believe anyone could tire of her zany spunky psychoses, right?" Cass gave a stupid sarcastic grin, which quickly faded. "I can deal with Yuki, but you'll owe me a favor. A favor, say, like taking the job I'm offering you. You get what you want //and// you get a paying job. Amazing deal, right?"
Jul 06 00:54:27 <Knave>	"Okay..." Austin says shakily, wondering why the word 'Faustian' was suddenly at the front of his mind, "But what do you mean you'll deal with her?"
Jul 06 00:59:54 <Antichthon>	"I'll talk with her," Cass said, with a cool that might make one wonder how much of this he already knew before Austin told him. "We're like this." He crossed his fingers. "...and sometimes we're like this." He crossed his fingers the other way, and grinned. "The point being, I can get her to listen to me. If all goes well you'll probably still have to put with her at the KCCC, but better than having to put up with her in private, right? At least she won't be able to stab you to death with a boxcutter without someone noticing."
Jul 06 01:02:44 <Knave>	Austin folds his arms and eyeballs Cass for a few seconds, "Just try not to break her heart, okay? She's not a bad person, she's just..." He starts grinning, then breaks into a chuckle, "She's just so nutty that I ought to hook up a three-way with her and my girlfriend." He sighs and his smile drops, "Ohhh, I'm a terrible friend."
Jul 06 01:07:26 <Antichthon>	Cass actually looked sympathetic. "She's not a bad person, you're right. And believe me, it's in my best interest to stay friends with her. I've been meaning to speak with her, anyway. We have a few bridges to rebuild." He smirked at Austin's "joke." "Nah, you're just like me, you make terrible jokes when you're scared as shit." Cass chuckled. "Asking Yuki to be in a three-way. who would be crazy enough to do such a thing."
Jul 06 01:09:18 <Knave>	He shrugs, "I'm not gonna say I didn't consider it, back when I was the hypotenuse in a love triangle." He looks off, "Damn, I don't even know what love shape I'm in now. I think I'm two different sides, too." He returns his attention to Cass, "Okay, so I'm on the hook for this catgirl thing. What does it entail?"
Jul 06 01:16:48 <Antichthon>	Cass propped up his head with his hand, giving Austin an amused look. "Oh, are you sure you want to know? Wouldn't you rather continue ruminating on love geometry?"
Jul 06 01:20:17 <Knave>	"Ha ha." Austin says, slipping into one of the seats lining the gazebo, "I can't help it if I have the spirit of a philosopher." He makes a face briefly, "Also Love Geometry would be an awesome name for a band." He laces his hands behind his head and leans back, "Come on, don't leave me in fear. I really want to know the specifics of you putting me in a skirt and cat ears."
Jul 06 01:31:38 <Antichthon>	Cass rolled his eyes, but he was grinning. "Here, put these on." His chair handed a pair of AR glasses to Austin. "I've already designed your outfit, this will let you see it."
Jul 06 01:32:37 <Knave>	"Someone has too much free time." Says Austin, King of Skipping Class and having Too Much Free Time, as he takes the glasses and slips them on.
Jul 06 01:38:13 <Antichthon>	And Austin was indeed in a skirt, part of a bright and bubbly outfit. The skirt was short, the shortest of them all, actually. He was wearing tights underneath, and his crotch was dominated by a //gigantic// bulge. "I'll be sure to make your fake junk seem as real as possible. I'll expect you to be bright, cheery, giggly and skip just about everywhere you go. That'll let everyone get a glimpse of your massive package."
Jul 06 01:44:45 <Knave>	Austin eyes the design, then sets his eyes on Cass, brows low and mouth set up to one side. "You're an odd duck, Cass." He says after a while, "But yeah, obviously I can rock this look." He flicks his shaggy hair with a cocky grin, "But just so we're clear, this doesn't involve anyone actually touching my package. Or me handling anyone's else's package. Basically I'm not looking to be a delivery-boy of any kind, here."
Jul 06 01:47:38 <Antichthon>	"Bah, don't worry, my totally-not-brothel is totally not a brothel." Cassgrin. "Now, as for fur color, I'm thinking...brown? Yeah, I think you'll look good with a nice brown."
Jul 06 01:48:26 <Antichthon>	"You can come up with your own character backstory, but in your case your name is already set as Ashleigh."
Jul 06 01:52:06 <Knave>	"Oh good." Austin groans, "Because I've been having so much fun with that name." He shuffles his shoulders, wrapping his arms around himself in the bitter air, "So do you think a wig in the same brown as the ears, because I like me as a redhead, personally. But it's your call."
Jul 06 02:00:15 <Antichthon>	Cass tapped his chin. "We'll see. It'll depend on what deal I can make with Yuki. She might demand you be her Ashleigh-chan. I'm going to try to get her to cooperate on the platform that it's the only way she'll ever get to see you dressed up as a girl again."
Jul 06 02:02:34 <Knave>	"Yep. This sounds, just... super healthy, for everyone concerned." Austin says, nodding as he gets up, offering the glasses back to Cass, "Any idea what I should do if I see her before you get to her?"
Jul 06 02:08:15 <Antichthon>	"Stick with a friend," Cass said, taking back the glasses. "At least you'll die together."
Jul 06 02:09:47 <Knave>	"You're hilarious, you know." He deadpans, thrusting his hands back into his pockets, "You ever think about doing stand-up-" His eyes widen, and a hand emerges, palm out, "I did- I mean- I didn't think. Sorry. That wasn't meant to be a crack about-"
Jul 06 02:12:38 <Antichthon>	"I'm the hilariousest." Cass' grin didnt start to fade until Austin went out of his way to make a non-issue an issue. "...Okay, yeah, shut up."
Jul 06 02:14:12 <Knave>	"Yeah." He agrees, wincing as he returns his hand to his pocket, "Guess I'll... go. Forever. Or until you put me in a skirt. Either sounds about right."
Jul 06 02:18:48 <Antichthon>	"I expected you to make us go through some tiring song and dance about giving you fake junk," Cass said. "So, yeah, despite the fact you're an annoying PC twat, this meeting evens out to being a rather pleasant surprise." Cass directed his chair out of the gazebo and into the snow. "Later, Cockcat."
Jul 06 02:21:11 <Knave>	Austin leans over the gazebo fence, watching after Cass, "Of all my- Hey, political-" He visibly vibrates as a tries to pick a track to deliver a comeback down, then grunts in annoyance, "Bye! And thanks, I guess, for the help!"
Jul 06 02:22:23 <Antichthon>	"Get wittier," Cass called back. "I miss the old Austin."
Jul 06 02:22:49 <Knave>	-Scene burned-