Meeting and Reading (Ariane)

[Ariane Ivers]

While Anne finished off her sandwich, she listened to Marina agree to the plans.  She hadn't made so many future plans with someone on ages, and despite the chaos that was going on around them Anne couldn't be more excited.  Finally nodding, she smiled.  "Sounds good!  I'm sure whatever you make will be fine. I'm not much of a picky eater at all either, if that helps things."  

At the idea of a good, real burger Anne got a wistful look in her eyes.  "Man, that would be great.  I can't even remember the last time I had a real burger.  If we hadn't already eaten, I'd almost vote to go find it now and get something to eat," she laughed, "Although I'm pretty sure most restaurants aren't pet friendly.  I'm pretty sure I couldn't pass them off as service animals either."  The mentioned pets had gotten bored of snuggling, and were playing together again in the grass around the bench.  Thankfully they had their harnesses and leashes, but even without them they were well behaved enough by this point they wouldn't go entirely too far without coming right back.

It was almost a bit of a relief to hear she wasn't alone in that, but she instantly felt bad thinking like that too.  Bonding over loneliness was a pretty sad thing to bond over, after all.  Even still she smiled and nodded, "I can empathize with that.  I think the problem is I keep my nose stuck in too many books or games to even notice if the real thing bit me.  But you're right, I'm sure the right one's out there.  We just gotta pay attention."  Not only that, but actually start socializing with people more often.  One couldn't just sit around waiting for something to magically happen, but at least Anne was starting to be active.  That was a start, wasn't it?

[Marina Mikami]

"I'll keep that in mind," Marina told Anne when she mentioned she wasn't a picky eater. That was good to know. She hadn't cooked for anyone but herself in ages. It sounded like it would be fun to actually be able to do that. She'd have to start thinking of what to make. It was kind of exciting. She hadn't really interacted with someone like this in a long time. It was nice to be doing so now.

She couldn't help but take note of the look Anne gave when Marina mentioned cheeseburgers. She couldn't help but giggle a bit. It looked like she wasn't alone in wishing for a good cheeseburger. "Agreed. I'm having a hard time not thinking about it now," she told her with a laugh. She took another bite out of her sandwich as Anne mentioned that the restaurant was probably not pet friendly. Marina nodded in agreement. That was most likely the case. Speaking of pets, it appeared the two ferrets were playing around with each other again. She couldn't get over how adorable they looked.

Marian turned back towards Anne. She returned the smile as Anne explained how her problem was that she was too busy to notice when the real thing happened. "Da, I think that might be my problem too," she said, nodding in agreement. She then laughed. "And maybe unrealistic expectations." That and she probably needed to venture out of her dorm more often, besides during the Dark Hour. "Whatever the case is, its just a matter of the right encounter at the right time, right?"

[Ariane Ivers]

For a brief moment she looked contemplative before amending her statement, "I am, however, allergic to pineapple if that makes any sort of a difference.  Thankfully it's an easily avoided food choice.  I'm glad I wasn't allergic to, say, peanuts."  It wasn't something that had to come up in conversation often so she usually forgot, but since they were talking about choosing food eventually it certainly seemed important to note.

Smiling crookedly, she nodded at the cheesy turn of topic.  "I agree.  In the worse case scenario, if it turns out he doesn't cook them over at his place maybe one of us should make the attempt to make our own when we visit one another.  Even if it's not restaurant quality, you can't beat a good 'murican burger,"  At the end she stuck her tongue out slightly, laughing immediately afterwords.  It had been a good long while since Anne had the chance to just be purely silly, and she was embracing it.

When the other woman agreed with her plight, Anne sighed.  "Most definitely.  It's certainly a problem we both have to work on, huh?"  When Rini mentioned having to have the right encounter at the right time, Anne nodded enthusiastically.  "I agree,"  she lifted her water bottle in a mock toast, "Here's to us hoping we're not both too oblivious to notice if it indeed happens at least, eh?"

[Marina Mikami]

Marina made a face at the mention of pineapple. Apparently Anne was allergic to them. "Don't worry, I'm not a fan of pineapples," she reassured. Something about the way they felt in her mouth always bothered her. She couldn't even think of anything she could make that would even have pineapples in them. She nodded in agreement to being thankful to not be allergic to something more common. "I don't have any food allergies, I am however allergic to penicillin. Its weird to be allergic to a certain type of medicine," she told her.

Marina nodded enthusiastically in agreement. Indeed, if Riki did not make cheeseburgers it would be easier to make them themselves. "That sounds like a great idea," she told her with a smile. She was really craving one now after talking about it so much. She stuck her tongue out back at Anne, giggling afterwords. It felt nice to let loose and be silly with someone around the same age. It had felt like awhile since that was the case.

Marina gave her another smile and then giggled at her little toast. "Agreed," she told her with a laugh. "Though that would mean getting out of my dorm for more than just classes and fighting," she teased, poking some fun at her own introverted nature.

[Ariane Ivers]

When Rini made a face and commented that she didn't like pineapple anyway, Anne laughed.  "Well then, I guess that just means we're all set for dinner!  Who's going to be up first to cook?"  On the same topic of allergies, her companion went on to explain that she had her own.  She didn't think it was all that odd, at all; from what little she knew it was a pretty common thing, too.  "My mom was allergic to that, too.  I don't think it's weird at all!  And hey, I'm allergic to Pseudodefrer--Pseud.." She scrunched her nose, huffing in annoyance at herself, "Pseudoephedrine.  I don't know why I still have a hard time pronouncing that.  Thank the gods we're speaking in English, I'm one hundred percent positive I don't know the Japanese word for that.  Even if I did I'm sure I'd botch that too.  Yea, though─I think medicine allergies are more common than you would think!"  

Grinning widely, Anne nodded.  "It's decided, burgers it is.  I'll have to start hunting for some good recipes, then!  If we're going to do it we gotta do it right, after all."  She absently started to contemplate what would be the best idea for types of burgers to look up.  Garlic based?  Of course cheese was a must, at least in Annes case.  She wondered idly if Rini liked cheese too, and promptly decided it was a silly question.  Of course she did.  Everyone loved cheese.  

Blinking out of her cheese filled thoughts, Anne laughed in return.  "Yea, I feel your pain.  Even before all of this went down I hardly left the loft for anything other than work, and the monster business has just made it worse.  We'll have to both push each other to get out more, how does that sound?"