Seattle, the invitation for Dinah

[basic_powers]

He is a man of his word, and one more than capable of figuring out how to get people in and out of his world with little issue. That's why he and Dinah emerge from the third stall of the Unisex bathroom of the Seattle Public Library. It's clean, quiet, and most importantly of all, devoid of security cameras.

"Be this portal ever so humble."

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[basic_powers]

"Well not to say 'I told you so'... oh wait, I just did." Beauford chuckles, nodding up to a higher area to sit, out of the dancing zone, as Melita hands him a ziplock baggie of ice for his side.

"Food'll be out in a few, I'll send Jasil up with your order when it's done."

"Thanks Mel."

[raptorcanaria]

Dinah raises her glass in an echo of those thanks and follows Beauford up to the seats. "How is it, by the way?"

[basic_powers]

"Asprin's kicked in, the ice is just to make sure it doesn't make for a nasty bruise later on..." Beauford sighes, taking a long sip from his drink before sitting down, his back to the balcony edge. "He just picked exactly the worst spot to hit."

[raptorcanaria]

"Old wound?"

Dinah's frowning a little bit, because she's used to old wounds playing up, but to incapacitate someone that badly sounds like it hasn't healed right at all.
...not that she has any medical knowledge at all.

[basic_powers]

"...yeah."

With that Beauford rolls up the bottom of his shirt, even in the flickering lights, Dinah can probably see the three big circular scars and the lines connecting between them, one just under the ribcage, the other two further down along his side.

[raptorcanaria]

Her frown deepens. That's definitely no ordinary scarring.

"...Ow."

[basic_powers]

Yeeeeeah no.

"Yeah. You, ah...can kind of see why I didn't make it into the Olympics."

[raptorcanaria]

"Too much of a wimp to get the other two rings?"

What? He said he'd use bad humour as a defense mechanism.

[basic_powers]

for a moment, he just stares not sure what she's talking about before laughing whole and deeply.

"Ah-hahahaaaaa..."

[raptorcanaria]

Dinah grins at him, laughing a little in relief that it wasn't a complete disaster. She grew up surrounded by men who kept gaining scars and covering them over with machismo.

"Better finish that drink. I hear mixing painkillers with alcohol is awesome."

[basic_powers]

"I will, I will." Beauford grins, looking up as a lovely latino comes up to them bearing a tray of food, who is dressed entirely in varying shades of purple in velvet and satin. "Jasil! Dinah, this is the wonderful wonderfully strange peh who has the most awesome pimp mobile in Seattle, possible the US."

[raptorcanaria]

"Hi!" Dinah says brightly. "I hope you remembered to keep a good engine in it."

Talking of engines, she's already refueling hers by taking a piece of tempure right off the plate before it's fully set down.

"Nice to meet you."

[basic_powers]

"And it's a pleasure to meet you honey," Jasil purrs out, laughing lightly as peh sets down the tray full of food. "How do you know our little puppy?"

[raptorcanaria]

"My Mom's friends with his uncle," Dinah answers, as soon as the first bite of tempura is down, and taking the lead from earlier. "I don't know anyone in town so Beauford was lumbered with entertaining me."

[basic_powers]

"Ah, that would be his esteemed Uncle Ray wouldn't it, from New York?"

"Yep, the one and the same." Beauford supplies, rolling with it as easily as anything. "She wanted to visit Seattle."

"Well such a gentleman for a cousin. You know if she's half as much a tinkerer and engine freak as your uncle is, I might let her peek under Lilac's hood."

[raptorcanaria]

"Cars aren't my forte," Dinah admits. "If she were a bike I'd jump at it, but more than two wheels is kind of a turn off."

[basic_powers]

"Ahh...well, we all have our own peculiar loves for rides," Jasil smiles before looking Beauford over again. "Puppy, why are you holding that ice pack there, hrrm?"

"Errr...we ran into some trouble getting here."

"Don't tell this peh you walked all the way here from your apartment. Puppy...it is a dangerous neighborhood you live in."

"Jasil..."

[raptorcanaria]

"We didn't walk," Dinah says helpfully. "We just ran into trouble before we hit the bus stop."

She's pretty calm about it; it wasn't exactly a big deal.

[basic_powers]

"It was a pair of idiots from the MML, Jasil." Beauford sighes, leaning back into what little there is to support him in the chair. "Really, they tried to stage a mugging, and one of them got lucky when he hit me."

"Hrmmf." That is not a believing look from the peh.

"...and on a happier note, tell me there's some of Garrison's jalapeno and cheese cornbread left." Beauford, notably making a u-turn in his facial expression, from embarassed to mildly flirty begging.

Complete with what can only be described as a hungry puppy look.

"....you are a shameless beggar, Puppy." Jasil smiles. "I'll see if there's any left."

[raptorcanaria]

Dinah's eyes roll upwards in anticaptory delight. "Can it be anything compared to this shrimp?" she asks.

[basic_powers]

"Oh yes, Chickadee." What sort of comparison, Jasil isn't saying. "If there's any left, you should pester Puppy into sharing with you."

[raptorcanaria]

Dinah grins. At Jasil then at Beauford.

"Sharing can be arranged."

She's certainly already 'sharing' much of the food he ordered for himself

[basic_powers]

She can ask for her own darn scotch egg next time Jasil comes over, that's HIS deep-fried protein. The rest he is more than happy to split, with the double order of sweet potato fries, yakitori skewers and the cornbread when it arrives with butter melting on top.


"Mhmmmm...care for another round of drinks?"

[raptorcanaria]

"Oh definitely," she says, finishing off the Martini on his prompting.

"This is so great; I haven't been to a place like this since college."

[basic_powers]

"Yeah, I actually like working here, though when I applied I thought I'd have to wear a certain sort of outfit at night." Beauford smiles, picking up their empty glasses. "You want to try a different martini or should I get you another Dirty Strangers Days?"