A Day Off

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    Laughter escaped the young man as she visibly had difficulty picking which one she liked the best. From the sounds of it, Louise preferred Spring. She just didn't know that. Ty finished off another strip of the bread and hummed, looking back out the window. The yearning look in Louise's eyes couldn't be hidden even if the girl tried. Which she never did. Ever. She might hate it, but the girl was an open book at times, and Tyler could tell she wished she could be out there having a snowball fight like the kids.

    "You know..." He mused, snacking on the next bit of bread. "You could probably hash an idea out with Luke, figure out how to make a waterproof covering for your mechanical bits so you can go out and play in the snow. Heck, maybe even be able to get out in the rain again. The guy made a remote controlled submarine with functioning torpedo tubes, making your limbs waterproof would be a walk in the park for him."

    Two genius techies working together on a project? To Tyler, it sounded like a no brainer. Even if Luke was territorial about his shop, if "Louise" (Ty) paid him enough money to retrofit some rubber on Louise's limbs, then Luke would have to let Louise work with him. Because there was no way in hell Louise was just going to hand over her arms and legs to some guy she didn't know well. Ty knew Luke was a good guy deep down. Louise didn't. 

    "You both have a lot of experience, but remember when you first met? He filled in a lot of blind spots for you. I tuned out like... most of it. But I know he helped you with making the power on your limbs last longer and all that shit. Plus the payment thing that's working out better for you. Bet you anything that when you go over it with someone else, you two could manage to pick up on things you missed by yourself." 

    The boy shrugged. Maybe Louise was the territorial type, too, and she wouldn't want to take part in it even if she was involved. Which would be funny because that really would mean that most, if not all techies, were painfully alike. But there also was a good chance that she would totally, one-hundred-percent be down for a collaborative effort. Ty didn't know which one he wanted to bet on.

    Louise could be hard to track at times.

    Finishing up his bread, the boy used his coffee as a bit of a pallet cleanser, getting his tongue more used to sweeter flavors. It let him enjoy the tarts he ordered without having the remnants of the savory bread lingering. "Hm!" The punk perked up as he bit into the tart, chewing thoughtfully. Better than I expected. It was pleasant. Just the perfect amount of sweetness, and the filling was definitely made fresh. Maybe I should swing by her more often?

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Louise perked up at the idea of collaborating with Luke. The only issue would be...ya know working on her limbs. The legs would be the easiest to readjust and get new updates. She could live without legs for a day or two. Her arms on the other hand is where the trouble starts. It was hard enough to reconstruct the second arm when she only had one to use. She's sure Luke would do a good job she just- really likes being able to do things at full capacity and missing one of her arms severely inhibits that.

Plus this tech was still super new and sensitive. She would have to give her most recent blueprint designs to Luke and she's not sure what he would do with them. Sure it would be nice to have another techie making prosthetics and all that, but she doesn't want him taking all the fucking credit!!! Not that he would...maybe? Luke doesn't seem like the type of person but honestly, you never know. It's a cutthroat world out there.

"That sounds like a good idea. It would be time-consuming though and I wouldn't want to take away from his work and stuff. And like- I dunno I feel really uncomfy if I don't have my arms or legs for too long. It just-" brings back a whole slew of bad memories. "Reminds me of...before the tech and after the loss of..." she chews her lower lip stopping herself from going any further. Days of sitting in the hospital bed feeling like death would have been a far better fate than the one she found herself with. At least she recovered and made something of herself. But that was only due to begrudging generosity. She seriously could have been left limbless and frankly better off dead.

She finishes up her chocolate cupcake before moving onto her fruit tart. She would much rather change the subject now. The accident is something she would like to very much leave buried in the past. "I'll think about it though..." But she is likely never ever going to talk to Luke about it because asking for literally anything or for help is painfully hard for Louise. Not because she's prideful and doesn't want it but because she feels guilty for 'bothering' someone.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    A snowball smacked dead on into the bakery window. Three children were chasing one another around, trying to get one, a young snow elf. Before they could, another group swooped in and hit all three. What a brutal and unforgiving war. These maniacs were laughing the whole time as their brothers and sisters fell around them. Such horror. Such tragedy. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten. 

    Ty perked up when Louise started talking again, and it was clear that the boy was listening to her words very closely. A hum escaped his mouth, which was, coincidentally, also full of pastry. He swallowed and took a sip of his coffee, mulling over what she said. The first part was easy. Second, little more difficult. Ty genuinely wanted to help Louise, though. And no doubt, when Luke heard about this, the guy would want to as well. Luke was good like that. Even if he didn't trust Louise, Luke trusted Ty and that should be enough. 

    "Luke is only as busy as he makes himself. The guy works hard, sure, he's a multi-tasking workaholic when he's on the clock, and still works on projects when off. But, the thing is, he decides what he's going to work on and when. If something strikes his fancy, he sets other shit aside and works on that thing. Or at least works on it while working on the other stuff.  It's how he's always been, and I doubt that stubborn shithead changed while I was away." Another sip of the coffee. The caffeine was helping get the boy's mind working. "You tell him he get's a chance to dig into tech like that, you'll get him until the project is done." 

    When Luke came by, it had been obvious that the punk-techie was enraptured by the shit that went into Louise's limbs. While Ty didn't understand the complex intricacies of "why," the punk figured that bare minimum it was cool enough to grab the dark-haired meme machine for as long as Louise needed him. Which brought up the second part of Louise's worries. 

    "Something you can do is make temporary limbs? Something flexible enough to still give you the range of movement you need, but cheap enough that you can scrap it afterwards? That way, especially when you're working on the arms, you guys can still work together." A small shrug broke the flow. Gave Tyler a few more moments of consideration. It was obvious he was just riffing, trying to act like he knew what he was talking about. "If it gets to the point where you're like 'No, no absolutely fucking not,' you can just ask him to make coverings for you? Fills the same purpose without you having to worry about shit like that?" 

    Idle tapping filled the air as the young man rapped his fingers against the table. None of the ideas were bad, per-se. The young punk had spent enough time with Luke to at least glean a little bit off of the guy. Something popped to mind, and the boy dug into his pocket, presenting a clean, smooth slate of crystal that fit in the palm of his hand. Tapping the bottom caused it to glow, and magically showcase a homescreen of sorts. "Luke's whole set up is like. Unprofessionally professional. Here." Ty scrolled to his texts and brought up a picture Luke had sent. He shrugged when he showed it to Louise. 

    It was a fairly spacious room. At least. It used to be. Now, though? Anything electronic or mechanical part that couldn't be fit into drawers or on shelves found their place on different work tables. In the back were multiple 3d printers. Expensive ones, top of the line. Borderline industrial. Gotta spend money to make money. Further in one of the corners was an equally high end laser cutter sat beside a lathe. The walls and ceiling were padded with sound proofing, the only break in the foam coming from an AC. The floor, too, had some padding, of course, but it was reasonable about it. Luke's grinning expression flipped off the camera. 

    "It's gonna be a bitch and a half to move all of that out if he ever decides to move out of his apartment to an actual house, but you get the idea. He's got a massive set up with a shit load of stuff you can make use of. Even if you don't want him to help then, you know, I can get him to let you use his shit. Trust me, he'd love to bounce ideas off of a fellow techie." Probably. Luke didn't get many tech-heads to talk to.

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Louise despite herself jumped at the unexpected thud of a snowball hitting the window. Sudden noises never seem to fail to make her flinch. Especially explosions. Luckily it was only just a snowball exploding in the cold war occurring outside. She let out a small giggle seeing the kids running around enjoying themselves.

She sits quietly while Ty talks, clearly enraptured by the topic of the conversation. Thank goodness it's about tech cause halfway through he definitely would have lost Louise at some point. A look of doubt crosses her features when Ty says Luke would work on this stuff until it was done. She didn't think that would be the case. What if he already had something far more interesting? Or maybe he could care less about the limbs now that he saw it and how much it still needed improving.

She takes another bite of her tart while she thinks about it. Her nose scrunches as Ty suggests making back up limbs. AS if the thought hadn't already crossed her mind when she was working on previous upgrades. "I mean...even the earliest model I had for these guys was still really fucking expensive to make. It's not cheap making a prosthetic limb that can still somewhat respond to nerves from the brain AND be able to have the mobility of a normal hand," she said squeezing her hands for emphasis. "It would also be a while to make backups. Honestly, it would be cheaper to create the limbs from scra- THAT'S IT!" She yells out. It was just easier to make a whole new fucking model with waterproofing. Cheaper too since she actually knew what she was doing AND she could add more upgrades AND Luke would probably give her some neat ideas that she couldn't even fathom.

"Maybe...if Luke is up for it, we could construct new limbs from scratch and do whatever we want from there. I'm gonna need to grab all my old blueprints though so he has an idea of how it all works and what could be tweaked." She takes out her notepad and quickly scribbles it down.

Louise leaned in close when Ty brought out the crystal to display what looked like Luke's workshop. She let out a low whistle and her eyes sparkled upon seeing all the fancy equipment inside. Way nicer than what she had at her workshop- not that she is complaining a lot of her stuff is still pretty fuckin neat! If a little outdated.

"Man that looks so fucking cool! I mean- I'd totally like to work with Luke on a project and if you're sure he's down for it I don't see the harm in trying right?
I'm always excited for an upgrade!" Seriously it could be any sort of tech upgrade for any tool she had and she would 100% take that opportunity... If the upgrade was good enough. Which knowing Luke and his work probably was. You don't get to be one of the best techies for no fuckin reason after all.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    Children squealed in delight outside as the battle broke down into pure, childhood chaos. Some of them who were magically inclined fired off snowballs like machineguns, while the stronger ones hefted bigger lumps of snow. Snow was flying left and right, up and down. Barriers that had been constructed as cover fell apart as kids basically threw themselves through them laughing up a storm.

     War was hell.

    The coffee was almost gone now, as Ty listened to Louise breakdown why certain ideas would or wouldn't work. It made sense. The guy didn't have as intimate knowledge as Louise did. Luke didn't normally care much about the costs of things, given he had a pretty cushy reputation that made back like... all his money on projects. But he made things to last, and if the punk tech-head was going to spend days, weeks, or months on something... Ty had a feeling that he wasn't going to be too happy if they were only used once and then junked. 

    Outside the children's fortifications had fallen into massive piles of snow, which they cheerfully climbed upon like a game of king of the hill with extra snow carnage. One of them jumped off the top and into a smaller pile of snow just as Tyler finished his coffee. A puff of snow flew into the air around them. Ah, to be a youthful gremlin again. Ty missed those days. Dropkicking other kids into snow piles. Punking Luke with a snowball to the face. Getting bodied into a pile of snow. Ty may not like winter all that much, but it had its moments. 

    Louise had finally cycled through her own thoughts, and the young man knew that he'd hooked the girl's interest. Techies were so easy. Show them fancy gear and machinery, and you get their mind flying a million miles a minute. Ty pulled his res-link back and tapped back to the texts themselves. "Here, I can ask Luke right now, see if he'd be game." 

    Tapping away at the screen, Ty shot Luke a message, starting simply with Hey would you like to work on Louise's robo-limbs with her? Before the boy even had a chance to explain, Luke's reply came in all caps. YES!?!? Tyler couldn't help but laugh to the point of snorting. "He's in, I just need to actually explain what you need help with." With a shake of his head, the boy continued to explain to his friend what was going on. The need for water proofing. How they both settled on making entirely new limbs to work as an upgrade. The moment Tyler mentioned Louise was going to bring her blueprint, the other young man sent a picture of himself blurred forwards and very obviously screaming out of excitement. 

    Tyler dropped the res-link from laughing so hard. 

    Unable to speak from laughing so hard, the boy instead just slid the device over to Louise. She could see for herself as Luke, sent in all caps; LETS FUCKING GOOOOO!!!!!!!! A few tears even managed to slip out from under the shadows. "He's such a fucking dumbass." He wheezed. 
    
    It took a moment for Ty to collect himself after that. Luke was still blowing up his res-link with excited messages. Full walls of text of ideas, potential upgrades, bouncing between asking for a planned time to start working, excitement over digging into the blueprints and picking them apart to improve Louise's limbs even further, excitement over seeing how cybernetic limbs actually worked. All with a healthy dose of memes and excited reaction images mixed in. The res-link continued to buzz on the table before them as the boy wiped away the hidden tears. 

    "Fuuuck, alright, well, it looks like he's onboard. You just gotta pick the date and time. Snrk. Fuckin' idiot. I can picture him in his room right now, squealing over this like a kid in a candy shop." As though to emphasize that point, the few selfies that Luke sent were heavily blurred, obviously taken while the guy was in motion. Ty laughed and shook his head. "He's so dumb."

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

She had to admit she never saw a snowball fight as intense as this one. No doubt the few magic users amongst them made it way more of a brutal fight. Not like Louise can judge them because if she had some snow magic she would be doing the same exact shit. She continued to watch in fascination while chowing down on the last bit of her fruit tart. Aw no it's all gone. She takes a sip of her sweet floral tea before moving on to one of her cookies.

How much do you want to bet that after eating all those sweets she's still hungry? Look these limbs take up a lot of energy ok? Not even just in like- the literal electrical sense.

Louise waited with anticipation while Ty texted Luke the plan. Would he say n- oh... Guess he wouldn't say no. Man anticipating rejection is more exhausting than actually going through it. Especially if there is no rejection involved at all and that paranoia was basically for nothing. Fantastic. Glad to know Luke agreed even though it sounded like he didn't really know what he was agreeing to.

She raised a curious and eager brow as he began to chuckle at the antics on the other line. Man Louise wished she could see what was making him laugh. What could Luke be doing? She leaned closer when Ty presented the text and image and she burst out into giggles.

"Glad to know he's enthusiastically on board!" She would have kind of felt upset if he was going to begrudgingly work on her limbs. These were like- her pride and joy...and also necessary for her to function.

Oh, wait shit she has to pick a day and time huh? Well, she can't do any of the days she's working with Ty for obvious reasons. But her schedule has always been pretty flexible. She's on the tail end of most of her commissions and projects. Her brows furrow as she tries to think what would be the best time here. "Uh...I mean- I guess any days and time I'm not working with you works for me??? I'm not like suuuper busy and my limbs kinda take priority over everything else I'm working on for like- obvious reasons."

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    While Louise was still finishing up the last of her cookies, Ty had long since devoured his tarts. Part of him considered grabbing some of the bread he'd ordered to take home with him. Decisions decisions. In the end, he decided that he could just grab some again another time, and kept a mental note of what his friend ordered. Would be nice to surprise the techie one of these days when they were hanging out or when she was on her lunch break. 

    Schedule set, Ty shot off a confirmation text, which in turn received a picture of a cartoon thumbs-up. Even with the soft glow of the screen, nothing cut through the shadows that hid the young man's face. Shadow magic could be a bitch sometimes. "Alright, Luke's down to do it whenever you're available." The boy stated, breaking through the moments of silence. Outside, the snowball fighting had calmed down a bit, as the kids found new games to play. Sledding, snow fortresses, snow sculptures, and so on. A few of the older kids even used their magic to set up a patch of ice, both for kids who wanted to skate, and for the sledders and snowboarders to pick up speed before their makeshift snow ramp. 

    Tyler pulled out a pen and tore a page out of a pocket-notebook. The hand that held the pen twirled it through the fingers, spinning it around the knuckles. Either a brief bit of flair or an idle habit. Whatever the case, the young man clicked it a few times and scribbled down a few lines of information. Luke's address, his res-link number, home phone number, email, and the date's and times the other techie set his availability. Most, if not all, blocked out entire days, while the weekends seemed to cut off closer towards dinner time. A grin played at Ty's features as the capped-crusader tapped those times with the end of his pen. 

    "That's 'Luna-Time'." Even if they both tried to play it off like they were just friends, there were subtle things that revealed the truth. Luke, for instance, blocked out the weekends to spend more time with Luna. Ty doubted the faunus didn't enjoy that. "Don't mention that I said that, by the by. If Luke doesn't kill you, then he'll hunt me down and kill me instead and I like having you around. I also like living, too." 

    Or Luna would do the job for him. 

    Remembering the last time they met up elicited a shudder out of the boy. If Luna came to punish Ty, then there was no way his neck wasn't going to wind up in multiple pieces. He liked having his neck intact, thank you very much. 

    "Luke gave the go-ahead to give you this info, and said to shoot him a message whenever you decided to swing by. He also wanted me to let you know that if he doesn't respond, he's probably arms deep in something and that he'd leave the door unlocked for you, so just come in whenever you get there. Oh, and boots off at the door." Ty slipped the note over towards Louise and continued. "He's usually pretty absent minded when it comes to texts, so if he doesn't reply it probably just means he forgot. I mention that because I think I've gotten a good enough read on you to guess that you mind get stuck in your own head if you don't hear anything back from him. I told him to try his best to not leave you on read, but he's an idiot so..." 

    Ty shrugged. "Don't really take it personally. He's thick headed, stubborn, and very much stuck in his own world at times. He's a good guy though, and the fact that he's not trying to tear your head off means he likes you more than most new people he meets." 

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

She had to admit eating the last of her cookies was both satisfying and fucking tragic. She was full, no doubt about it- but she still wanted more. It's fine though she can always swing by again to get herself a sweet treat. That or she could try baking on her own again and hope she doesn't set anything on fire this time. She forgot to set the timer ok?

Her brows furrowed as the bright light from the res-link wasn't able to push back the shadows under the cap. You would think with normal light that would be the case- but Ty's not really normal. Even if he tries to be lowkey. Guess the mystery remains a mystery. Damn you shadow magic and your bullshittery. "I'll be sure to text him my schedule so like- we know the best times to meet up." Because if she doesn't it will be an infinite cycle of 'idk what works for u?' and she's not willing to go through that loop right now.

She leaned close to get a better look at the schedule. Huh, that's like some weirdly specific times on the weekends. She was gonna ask before Ty fucking info dumped on her. She let out a small giggle when he referenced Luna time. You bet your ass she is going to bring it up consequences be damned. Also likely by the time she and Luke have a conversation veering on that topic she will have definitely forgotten Ty's warning.

"Listen- If I can survive an explosion I can survive someone trying to snap my neck because they just don't wanna admit they have a crush~" she lets out another few giggles. Besides threatening to kill her doesn't feel like much of a threat. Literally, anyone can do that at any given time it does not make you scary or special.

Besides, maybe she could give Luke girl advice who knows. Actually, she's the least qualified person to give any sort of relationship advice. Maybe she won't bring it up. Louise is sure she will have forgotten about it by the time they start working on her limbs anyways.

"Oh ok! I mean it's totally fine if he doesn't respond like- right away. I'm definitely suuuuper guilty of forgetting to respond to texts. Or thinking I responded to them only to find out hours later I did not hit send. Which then gets really awkward cause it's like- the conversation has been dead for hours so maybe sending it isn't even worth it anymore and what was worded looks awkward anyways so you just let the conversation die and-" she's getting off topic. "Glad to know he likes me enough to not want me dead though!"

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    Tyler laughed, but didn't say anything. There was heavy doubt that Luke would actually hurt Louise. Luke was dumb, and liked to fight, but the guy wouldn't hurt friends (or friends-of-friends) without a really, really good reason. Teasing him about having a thing for Luna was not a good reason. Most the guy would do was probably just give an angry glare. If it was Ty, then the techie would definitely punch him in the arm. Louise having metal arms meant that punching was not an option. 

    Well unless the dumbass wanted to break a finger or something. 

    Besides, if Luke hurt Louise, Tyler would take a bat to his kneecaps. Simple. 

    Making friend was a fucking difficult endeavor, so being able to finally jive with a new person was a gods damned blessing. The young punk would sooner eat his own foot than let some dumbass, gear-head bitch ruin the first new friendship he'd formed in years. Ty twirled the pen in his fingers a few more times, pocketing it with a small sight. "Gods I really don't want to go back out into the snow..." He muttered. 

    "Anyways, let me know if Luke gives you any trouble. I'll sick Luna on him and have her set him straight." A pause lingered as the young man searched his mind for something else to say. They had already had a fairly full day. Gone to multiple different shops, met his brother, had lunch. The young man could feel his social battery ticking towards empty, and he was internally debating on whether or not they should follow the plan and hit up a movie. Right now it was a fifty-fifty split, and Ty could tell that if they did go to the theatres, he was coming out borderline braindead. On one hand, crippling mental exhaustion wasn't always fun. On the other, mark of a great day and was a sign that you were ending on a high note

    Ty stretched out and let out a soft grunt, deciding to leave it up to Louise. "You wanna still hit up that movie or should we call it a day here? It might be a bit of a pain having to bring in all the stuff we've bought. Although I equally doubt they'd really care all that much." If you showed the guy a movie theatre employee that actually gave a fuck about people bringing shit in, he'd show you his face. The young punk could only offer a slight shrug of his shoulders.

    Now, leaving the decision to someone like Louise, who's brain had the attention span of a goldfish on crack, was probably not the best call. Good thing Ty really didn't give a fuck, and hey, Louise got some agency out of it. Which is always a positive. There really wasn't a bad choice in this matter either. Or, well, that was what Ty thought. What went on in Louise's head, meanwhile, was a complete and total mystery. 

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Louise let out a little chuckle at Ty's complaint about the snow. Hmm... maybe she could try and create a mobile heating device. Or something to be able to slip into a jacket, gloves, or boots. There is probably something like it but clearly, Ty doesn't own it. She figures that will be a side project she's gonna work on later. She brings out her notebook again and quickly scribbles it down.

She shoves the note back into her pocket before paying attention once more. "If he gives me trouble I can handle myself!" She said defensively. Though she knows that if anyone yells at her it takes her a good 10 seconds before she's a bawling mess. Which gives her just enough time to get up and LEAVE. She really doesn't need anyone seeing her sob like a child because someone yells at her one time. She can't help it though! That's how she always reacts. It's really hard to control that need to burst into tears. She'll just have to mentally be prepared to get yelled at- it seems like the worst Luke would do to her. For now.

Louise has to pause and hum in thought at his question. A movie seems fun- but the tickets are pricy and so is the fucking food and they just ate. Actually, that might have been a smart move. Hm. She doesn't even know what movies are playing though. They could go out and see but then it would feel pointless to decide not to since they were already there. Besides Ty was looking a bit tired.

She could continue on all day every day with someone else's company- but she knows not everyone can do that. "I mean- if you're tired we can just go see a movie another day. I dunno what's even playing and it would really suck if we had to sit there through a shitty movie. You can't even talk in movie theaters!!! How else am I supposed to keep myself interested in the film? I can't just sit there and WATCH IT" But that is what one typically does in movies. Louise on the other hand likes to interrupt with her own commentary- especially if she finds the film distasteful. "Plus we have all this stuff from shopping we gotta drag back home anyways so... We can just do it another time."

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    With a nod, Tyler considered what Louise said. The girl's scattered brain shot out good points. It was hard to remember, sometimes, that people like her and Luke were way smarter than he was. Although, intelligence probably didn't play that big of a role in this decision. She had an especially good point about the bad movie thing. Sure, they could make fun of it, but it'd have to be once they got out. Unless they wanted to get yelled at or kicked out. 

    "Hm, we could do a hang out and just watch a movie that we know is good. Cal can whip up a bunch of snacks and we can shoot the shit as much as we want." Some older faunus had come out to yell at the playing kids now. Though his words couldn't be heard, he definitely seemed way too angry. Ty wasn't the only one to think that, it seemed, as one of the teens pelted the man with a snowball. The pause was palpable as the fuse was lit. A hail of snowballs from all angles battered the angry gentleman, who barely had a chance to continue shouting at the children before being forced to retreat, tail tucked between his legs. 

    The army of children cheered for their victory. A proud grin played at Tyler's lips as he watched them get fired up. Ty and Louise's day may be coming to an end, but theirs was still just getting started. 

    "But, yeah, we do have a bunch of bags we gotta carry back." He continued, turning back to Louise as though he didn't just get distracted by a snow revolution. The smile didn't leave though, only widening a bit. "This was fun though. I appreciate you comin' to hang out with me. This day could have definitely ended up a lot more boring if you hadn't swung by." 

    Tyler paused and thought for a moment. That was pretty much it for the day, wasn't it? He didn't really know how to properly end it off, so with a sigh and a grunt, he rose up to his feet and stretched once more. His spine popped a bit as he twisted around a few times. Crunchy. "Alright, well I'll see you later, ye? Hit me up whenever your brain tells you to remember to do so, ok? Otherwise uuuuh... see you at work? Or whenever we hang out next time?" He shrugged. Time was an illusion. 

    As he passed by her, the young man stopped to gently bump his fist against her shoulder. "Take care of yourself, dumbass." And for a faint moment as he left, one could swear there was a faint glimmer of green visible under those shadows. Or was it blue...? 

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Oftentimes even she forgot she was smart. She was certainly skilled in her chosen interests, but she still felt like an amateur most days. She'll probably never consider herself a master of her craft if she's being honest. Despite the fact she is wearing what is a great feat in technomancy. Selective focusing my friends.

She grins and nods at the suggestion. "Awesome! I'll be sure to bring sweets!" She won't try baking then just to spare Ty from what would likely be a fucking disaster. Plus she also wants pastries for snacks so of course, she's going to indulge herself in the movie. She's gonna look forward to that, whenever it happens. Actually knowing her she is going to forget this was an offer by tomorrow.

"Thanks for inviting me Ty. I really enjoyed just hanging out with you and stuff. We could do this more often. Make chores less fucking boring!" She might actually get chores done in a reasonable manner and time. It's so hard to motivate her to do this sort of stuff normally. Well- she can't really motivate herself. Having someone else there made it easier and more fun to actually do.

Louise let out a laugh in delight seeing that grump old man get pelted with snowballs. Victory to the youth. They seemed fun but she would rather not walk between the warzone right now. She does not want to become a civilian casualty.

"Oh! By the way-" she goes and takes off Ty's hoodie to hand it back to him before he can leave. She's so fucking glad she remembered that shit. "I'll see you later. Don't freeze your butt off in the snow!" She said and sticks her tongue out in response. She blinks in surprise upon seeing his eyes, questioning if she saw it at all. Wait- Cal's eyes were green right??? Or was it blue? Fuck. She'll figure it out next time. She clicks her heels and is quick to make her way home in the exposed snow.