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[generalflirt]

[Action]

[So Masaomi Kida has a plan today. Namely, he's out to kidnap (for her own good) Katara. There's a few times he could do this. He considers going for her before school... but he's not a morning person and neither is she. After school feels like too little time, so he's opted to pull her aside towards the end of lunch (to hopefully evade Sokka), saying that he has forgotten something (which'll later evolve into "show you something" among other excuses). Well, him and Linda (because he's taken to bringing the pichu along to school, lately) And from there... the adventure begins.

Hours of inane things ensue, not to mention a handful of not-quite arguments about how late it is getting. Feel free to run into them more or less anywhere: item shop, Azzip pizza, various floors of various community buildings,Rec Center, south side of town, north side of town, generally more or less anywhere. Chances are you won't even need to be the first to speak, because you run a good chance of running into them talking! This'll be any time between lunch break at school and oh, early evening

Choose your own adventure location/time wise. This post is obviously joint with replies from Masaomi and markofthebrave]

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[generalflirt]

"Oooo~h I never thought of that. The bill must be enough to make you want to collect some peasants to heat it for you."

And now he leans back the distance he leaned away earlier.

[markofthebrave]

You are both talking in some strange modern language she didn't completely understand. So Katara listened.

[herotypical]

"I suspect the good folks of the rural Scottish highlands aren't interested in being called peasants."

Poor Katara. Buffy tried to wedge the conversation a little wider. "Scotland," she offered, "is where me and mine are currently living. A little far from the home I told you about over coffee."

[generalflirt]

A clarification of their existing friendship. Well, that's one hint. He shrugged dramatically again, and spared a glance over at Linda. 'How could he entirely derail this' consumed his thoughts. Oh Well then-

A smirk came onto his lips as he glanced over at Katara.

"Oooh~ coffee? I could have just asked you for coffee?"

Katara might have missed the reference/meaning. Buffy likely would not.

[markofthebrave]

In response to that, Katara shot Masaomi a wry and skeptical glance. "Not and gotten me to cut school. Or my clinic shift. Or even--" go.

But that's mean, and she won't embarrass him like that. But honestly, what is he even doing?

"--miss studying."

[herotypical]

Oh. Masaomi. That's awful. Her eyes narrowed shrewdly on the boy -- a sign to let him know that she had caught that -- before she addressed Katara: "You and me, Katara, are gonna have a little chat some day soon. About 21st century euphemisms. I'm sure it'll be very enlightening."

[generalflirt]

"Well~ I managed to get you to miss all of those. I must be something special."

And he folded his arms behind his head, smirking half at her but mostly at Buffy. He was preening. Just a little.

[markofthebrave]

Oh, yes, Buffy, please. That would be so helpful. Then saying things like 'I want to do some mad experiments on you.' won't go completely over her head.

Unfortunately, Masaomi managed to distract her from following up on that line of help. There may even be, if you squint, the faintest blush on Katara's cheeks. But that might be the wind.

"You said you needed help!" I just didn't know it was of the mental kind.

[herotypical]

"You're too good for your own...good, Katara." She crossed her arms. All that mercy. Of course, it made her smile. Hadn't her own resolve been worn away in much the same fashion?

"Watch it. Give a guy like this a crumb and he'll soon have you making tacos at every turn."

[generalflirt]

"She wouldn't even eat a burrito."

But Tacos. And making them? That was actually a good idea... He actually looked somewhat thoughtful at that

[markofthebrave]

"It was one of those tiny frozen ones," she turned to explain to Buffy. "And I couldn't tell what was in it!"

And she is done eating unidentifiable food, thank you very much.

[herotypical]

"The frozen ones are only good for if you don't live in a place where home-cooked meals can be had for free." So maybe she and Dawn had lived on Hot Pockets for a while. What of it? "But I bet a fresh burrito would be pretty delicious."

[generalflirt]

So back home he tended to be in the same boat, details. But after a cautionary glance at Buffy, he looked back to Katara.

"Sooo, how about it?"

[markofthebrave]

Blink.

"How about what?"

What just happened here?

[herotypical]

Do allow the Slayer to translate: "He's asking you on a fresh, handmade burrito date. My advice? Say no. He did so sneakily and vaguely in public. In front of a stranger. Well -- stranger to him. All in all? I'd give it a C-minus in terms of wooing.

And believe me, I am -- unfortunately -- now an expert in being clumsily wooed."

[generalflirt]

. . .

He turned, and there entered light glare at Buffy.

"Lady, you're killing me."

[markofthebrave]

Buffy, that was incredibly helpful and can she keep you in her pocket, please.

"Oh," was said in Buffy's direction, with not the slightest hint of a blush or surprise, just the acknowledgment of some clarification. And then she turned to Masaomi with the same neutral expression that... grew a little more deadpan.

"No."

Hmph. Honestly, he should know better than to try that.

[herotypical]

Of course she was killing you, Masaomi. It had taken Jack Sparrow just about a year to get so much as a hug out of the Slayer -- and his more spirited (and less dark) wooing moments were characterized by a similar tricksy behaviour. It might be why she also has a backwards feeling of sympathy for the gallant wannabe-knight.

"You can't trick a girl into a date, bucko. Then it's not really a date at all. More like fraud. Emotional fraud."

[generalflirt]

"If it was fraud then my name's Freud Ponzi." He said this automatically, defensively, and with a sigh.

So what if it was a bit deceptive, Katara would not say yes if he was straightforward and if he just didn't call it a date it might work out?

[markofthebrave]

Still with her arms crossed, Katara looked over to Masaomi curiously. "Your name is who?"

[herotypical]

"Freud Ponzi," she repeated. Wrinkling her nose. Oh. She would have a few cautionary anecdotes to share with the waterbender. Eventually.

[generalflirt]

"What she said." And he threw a thumb in the direction of Buffy.

...Which actually was taken as an ill sign by Linda and she sparked up her cheeks again, all to be ready to deliver a thundershock. Masaomi, wide eyed as soon as he heard the now familiar electrical sparking, went to crouch down and cup his hands on either side of Linda's face.


...To be electrocuted by a not fully charged electric rat. Ouch

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[markofthebrave]

[Facepalm.]

[markofthebrave]

Immediately distracted from the conversation, Katara crouched down beside the pair. "There have to be other ways of getting her to stop."

Seriously, this is so bad for your chi system, you have no idea.

She streams some water out from her waterskin and waits until he's done being electrocuted to place it on his forehead and smooth it out.

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[herotypical]

Oh God I'm gonna be attacked by a sparking rat.