.09 and you live in a zoo

[touchofrogue]

Who: Rogue + Anyone Else
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes
When: 8/8/16

[Rogue was in the kitchen, thrilled to be well enough to be doing her job, when there was an unexpected sponsor drop. It was little more than a shoe box, and to her shock - and dread - she saw it was addressed to her.

Well, it wasn’t going to just go away on its own, so she opened it up to find a selection of pink, sparkly, tiaras. And a note: We hope these help you celebrate your special day! Put one on and smile for the camera -- PP&Co.

You had to be kidding her. Rogue made a disgusted face and got back to work. She was trying to make a chocolate cake. Once she got the concoction in the oven, however, she took a picture of several of the tiaras and sent out a general text message:]

Free to a good home.

[Later on, she puts on a deceptively simple short dress and heads out to the Iskaulit -- twenty-five. Geeze. That definitely deserved a drink. She never thought she’d live this long.]

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[touchofrogue]

They're all pink.

[She hopes you can appreciate that irony.]

And most of them have sparkles. Why? Interested in expanding your wardrobe?

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[reconstitution]

I sense a new fashion trend hitting the fleet.

It's for Wrath.

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[touchofrogue]

...maybe I should have sent them into the nearest star instead or something. [If she's going to have to still look at them... sigh.] Come on by and take your pick.

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[reconstitution]

I'm sure whatever one you set aside will be fine.

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[touchofrogue]

Which would you rather say: Here, I have a leftover tiara for you, or here, I picked this out for you myself.

...if you're going to say anything, that is, not just leave it in her room or something.

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[reconstitution]

I hadn't decided.

..When are you free?

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[touchofrogue]

I'll be cooking for the next hour or so, you can come by then. Or later on tonight?

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[reconstitution]

I'll come by later. Don't want to interrupt.

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[touchofrogue]

You're not an interruption. Come by any time.

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[reconstitution]

I'll be by shortly.

[ True to his word, Winter shows up about forty minutes later. He finds her in the kitchen. He waits silently for a few moments before tapping on the entrance way with a knuckle. ]

It's been a while.

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[touchofrogue]

[He is always so quiet.

Somebody outta put a bell on him. Rogue jumped a little and turned around.]

I'm just gettin' back up on my feet. I was out of it for... a good long while.

[She doesn't particularly like to think of the time she missed.]

Wasn't really up for travelin'.

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[reconstitution]

[ He's trying not to be that silent asshole, but it's so hard to break the habit. ]

No, I imagine you weren't. You're alright now?

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[touchofrogue]

Muscle atrophy's a bitch. [She pronounced with a decisive snap.] The healin' factor I had only took the edge off, but didn't restore muscle. I'm still buildin' up, but I'm not afraid ta go walkin' down the road on a dark night anymore.

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[reconstitution]

I'm sorry that happened to you.

[ There's not really anything else he can say, is there? 'Sucks to be you, time to muscle up?' Real sympathetic. ]