Room 324, Saturday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

Since getting back from her impromptu trip to New York, Kate had mostly been keeping to herself. It had been kind of a heavy trip in parts, and it didn't help that that damn edginess was still going on. So she'd just spent time by herself as much as possible.

It hadn't all been wasted time, though. She'd finally started thinking about contacting her new email list today, which meant that she'd spent the last half an hour or so taking pictures of herself in full Princess Valhalla getup, before flopping down into the chair by her desk and picking the cutest photo to accompany her announcement that the princess would be available for webcam chatting in the near future.

Right now, she'd just gotten the email sent out, and was still in her costume. She'd change out of it into something a little more sensible in a moment, but right now looking at cute things online was almost holding her attention, so she was doing that.

And maybe she just felt like looking like someone else for a moment longer.

[ooc: Half open door, completely open post. I could not skip on her wearing the costume this week.]

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[therewaslife]

"What's an email list?" Bod asked, taking a seat lightly on the edge of her bed, bag on his lap. "I should clarify, I know what email is so I can assume but I wasn't sure what it was used for."

[vanillajello]

"Basically just sending the same email to a bunch of people at the same time," Kate shrugged. "Useful for keeping fans informed of what's going on. News and stuff. Like, bands tend to use them a lot."

[therewaslife]

"And you can use one because you're famous?" Bod asked, smiling at that. "And people might want your autograph?"

[vanillajello]

"I don't think they want my autograph," she said, but smiled anyway. "But, they might wanna know what's up in fantasyland, so... Email list."

[therewaslife]

"It sounds logical," Bod agreed, nodding. "I've some donuts from town, if you're hungry. I woke up far too early so I've been out walking and running and eating."

[vanillajello]

"Hopefully not all at the same time," Kate teased, getting up so she could wander over to the bed, only it looked far more precise than wandering since she was wearing her insane boots. She sat down next to him. "I had chocolate earlier, but donuts sound good."

[therewaslife]

"I am never going to know how you manage not to fall down in those boots," he said, eyes wide for said boots and for the fact that she'd come closer to him again and every part of him was aware of it.

He swallowed and offered her the bag. "There's several in there. I bought a lot because the clerk seemed a little frazzled."

[vanillajello]

"That sounds like a weird reason to buy a lot but okay," Kate said, amused, as she reached into the bag for a donut. "It's a weird week so it's acceptable."

She'd gotten a little mesmerized by the way the ridiculous plastic breastplate pushed her breasts up for the first five minutes after putting it on, for one thing. It was that kind of a week.

[therewaslife]

"I felt bad and was trying to make her day a little better," Bod replied, shrugging. "I couldn't do much else but maybe making a good sale would be helpful."

[vanillajello]

Kate snickered. "Well, if she's suffering from the same as everyone else on this island --" And off it. "-- you would've had to do a lot more than buy a lot of stuff from her."

[therewaslife]

"I think that would have been a bad idea," he said, plucking a donut out for himself before setting the bag aside. "For us both."

[vanillajello]

"Mmhmm, can't say I disagree," Kate said, picking at her donut, wryly amused. "Nothing like fucking someone to make them feel better to ruin a relationship."

[therewaslife]

"Yes, well." He blushed a touch and looked down at his lap. "It wouldn't be worth it, nice as the clerk was. I don't want to ruin anything."

[vanillajello]

"Me neither," she said. "It made visiting Hannibal in New York pretty weird, too."

[therewaslife]

"It made it hard to be around him?" Bod guessed, glancing over at her. "You and he are friends so I'm sure that made for some possibly awkward situations."

He was curious about those possibly awkward situations but he also trusted her so he didn't specifically ask.

[vanillajello]

"Well, we were pretty good at avoiding them," Kate said, shrugging a shoulder, pursing her lips thoughtfully.

"But, y'know, it was weird 'cause we're pretty close? Like, we usually hug a lot, and we used to walk hand in hand and stuff, so... It was just weird that we couldn't really do much of that."

[therewaslife]

"Hopefully this...whatever this is ends so you both can do that again," Bod said sincerely, looking over at her. "I've probably lost weight because I've been so active in an attempt to curb the edginess I've been feeling."

[vanillajello]

"I think I may have gained some," Kate snorted. "BI've had a lot of candy. Though I've been down at Fast Eddie's too, so it probably evens itself out."

[therewaslife]

"I doubt you've gained anything," he said and leaned over to kiss her cheek. "You're still your beautiful tiny self in surreal boots and a fake wig."

[vanillajello]

"I probably wouldn't have fit into these shorts if I had gotten fatter," she admitted with a laugh. "They're very unforgiving."

[therewaslife]

"I don't know if I've ever looked that closely at them," he admitted, glancing down at them now. "Are they comfortable?"

[Must go run an errand brb!]

[vanillajello]

"Surprisingly," she replied, glancing down at them herself. So tiny and shiny and metallic and red. "They're kinda the perfect fit for me, actually, which is good 'cause they don't stretch too much."

[I WILL MISS YOU WHILE YOU'RE GONE. Or something.]

[therewaslife]

"They're very...red." And other things but he was trying to ignore those things because, well, he didn't know. "Can I touch them?"

It wasn't even honesty day but he'd been weirdly curious about how they felt since he'd first seen them.

[I AM BACK! REJOICE!]

[vanillajello]

Kate looked surprised but amused. "Sure," she said, snickering as she moved her wig a little more out of the way. That fake hair just got everywhere. "Of course."

[WHOO! \o/]

[therewaslife]

"Thank you," Bod said, touching his fingers tentatively to the material of her shorts and then flattening his palm against them, looking both intent and fascinated with the process.