[Sometime during AU week]

[the_ex_in_xp]

[meanwhile at the dorms, a half-pirate and some girl who managed a +3 lockpicking skill in her bag of tricks are trying to break in to "their" room]

This lock is way more sophisticated than the others. You'd think they were worried about unsavory people trying to break in...

Comments

[the_ex_in_xp]

C'mon, just admit you don't want to move because you're enjoying the rabbits. Saying you can't throw a pillow at me because I'm in the way is an excuse not to face me head on.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[the nice thing about being situated in front of the bed is that it means that while you're talking she can quietly dislodge and find the edge of the blanket and toss it at you just as you're done talking :)]

[the_ex_in_xp]

[letting it hit because, really, it's more embarrassing to acknowledge that happened than not]

...seriously?

[the_ex_in_excessive]

See? I've still got moves.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[rolling her eyes exaggeratedly, but chucks the pillow on her lap at you]

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[hastily ducking!]

Admittedly you probably have more shots at it than I do, though...

[the_ex_in_xp]

I'm better at improvising things to throw.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

That's what I get for focusing my pirate-related specialties on areas other than bar-room brawling.

[the_ex_in_xp]

And carnival games.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

I can win carnival games, Ramona. "Squirt other people with water, win a prize" isn't a real carnival game.

[the_ex_in_xp]

Says you. I've got the word from some very respectable carnies that it's totally real.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Really. Name names.

[the_ex_in_xp]

Lefty, Pastuzo, Archibald the Sword Swallower, and Bill.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Nice try. I know for a fact that Pastuzo would never say that.

[the_ex_in_xp]

You said names, not a notarized statement. But what makes you so sure?

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Because I'm assuming you're joking around and if you didn't then I kinda just stumbled into a corner.

[the_ex_in_xp]

[laughs]

Little bit of both? Those are all carnie names, but the only one I ever talked to was Bill. He taught me the trick about aiming above the target in the water pistol games.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Really? When was that?

[the_ex_in_xp]

Like, sophomore year of high school? I was at the peak of my "running away would solve all my problems" deal, so a traveling carnival was the closest thing to getting a chance to make it come true.

[chuckles] I had really questionable taste even back then.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

[politely holding her tongue on the running away stuff :I]

Did you learn any cool tricks?

[the_ex_in_xp]

Mostly how to pick marks and be a shill. But I'm assuming you don't mean that...

[rubs the back of her neck in contemplation] I learned the broad tosser, all of the dart tricks, and I can usually knock down those milk cans unless they nailed it to the booth. Then it's a matter of knowing where to throw the ball to knock the booth down.

[the_ex_in_excessive]

Dare I ask what the "broad tosser" is?

[the_ex_in_xp]

It's not something where I throw actual people, in case you're worried.

You know what three card monte is?

[the_ex_in_excessive]

The "find the lady" one, right?

[the_ex_in_xp]

Yeah. That's a broad tosser. They don't play it anymore, but it's got all the best tricks in one.