And On Your Left You'll See a Tourist Mingle

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Tourists and visitors
Broadcast: nah
Action: The Tourist!
When: April!!!

[ what do you mean the month is half over? this is a mingle people! ]

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[winn]

[ his eloquence astounds you, he knows. he astounds himself, sometimes. but just like with kitty - it's a relief to hear kara laugh. ]

I appreciate the sentiment - but let's not put that into practice.

[ even if things take a turn for the worse between them, even if she ends up breaking his heart...kitty's lost enough in her life, making her lose kara is unnecessarily cruel. kara's friendship is, after all, the best thing that could happen to a person. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Deal.

[ she's proud of Winn. he's had to deal with a lot lately, and it's not like he deals with space in his daily life under normal circumstances. she just sits there for a moment, looking at him and radiating pride and friendship ]

[winn]

[ he's not really sure what to do under that look - it warms his heart, and lifts his spirits, and makes him feel oddly uncomfortable all at once. ]

-- are these protein cubes sticking in teeth now?

[ because that's just not fair. not that, he thinks that there actually is anything in his teeth, he hasn't exactly had much of an appetite today.

finally noticing her mask, he reaches for it. ]

That what you're wearing?

[takingkarabusiness]

No. No, sorry.

[ realizing that she's probably at the very least mixing signals. it takes her a second to realize what he's asking about but she recovers ]

It's what I was thinking about wearing, but I don't know. It's probably horrible?

[winn]

No, [ he turns it over in his hands. he wouldn't call it horrible - that's harsh (and rude), but he still gives it a critical look. ]

But it's pretty close. It needs Winnifying. [ because that's a term now. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

We are not calling it that.

[winn]

Oh yeah, watchu got?

[takingkarabusiness]

Not Winnifying.

I don't know.... Winnprovement?

[winn]

...I dig it.

[ it's her turn to get a pride-filled smile. he runs a finger around the edges of the mask, assessing the work that needs doing. ]

I can probably get this done in an hour.

[takingkarabusiness]

Winn, you've already done so much. You can just tell me how to make it better, and I can do it?

[ she doesn't want to burden him more ]

[winn]

I want to.

[ it's the best way he knows to show her his gratitude, his appreciation. ]

Or - we could do it together? [ it feels like they haven't had a lot of proper friend time lately. he treasures every second he has with kitty, and he's glad to have been able to spend his days working on something that's of use to her and kara - but he misses hanging out with his best friend. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Let's do it together.

[winn]

Right, Ok, I have -- everything we'll need back at your office. Why don't you go ahead I'll just -- wash my face and join you.

[takingkarabusiness]

Yeah, man, your eyeliner's everywhere.

[ a joke, obviously ]

I'll be over there.

[winn]

[ she jokes, but back home he has a makeup set for cosplay purposes. it wouldn't have smeared bad. it's the good stuff. he -- does not need to say that. ]

I'll be right over. [ he pats her shoulder ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she'll be hanging out on the couch when he comes in ]

[winn]

[ he comes in a few minutes later, with a cheerful smile and no hint of the near-meltdown he just suffered, rubbing his hands together. ]

Alright! Let's get down to business, to defeat the sequins -

[ getting glue and a brush. he's just. going to do his best to ignore how unmanly that was. be a bro, kara, don't bring it up. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

You are such a nerd.

[winn]

[ dramatically holding his hand up before his face ]

I feed on the mockery, it only makes me stronger.

[ hoping onto the couch next to her with a smile ]

Let's mask you up!