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[tis_allgood]

Who| Cuthbert and Nepeta
What| Gossiping with the new troll
Where| The Roof
When| Not long before the lockdown, just after this
Warnings| None!

Bert heads up to the roof as soon as he ends his conversation with Nepeta. It's one of his favorite spots, and currently it's fairly quiet. He is ticked so far with the newest troll to show up in the Capitol, she's cute and fun and has a strange sense of humor. He is a little anxious about her showing up though, maybe he came on too strong?

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[whoseesbynight]

"Maybe it's a little of both," she answers with a smile. She doesn't really feel much like sharing the details, but experience is something she can definitely admit to, both in her own case and in the fact that not a lot of her friends actually managed steady matespritships before they entered the Medium.

"I don't think so, no."

She'll still have some things to get used to, but that isn't really quite the same as actually having questions and she can deal with not having all the answers right away.

[tis_allgood]

"Those puns are harder than you make them seem. I'm in paw of how easily you make them."

He's lost the train of thought, so obviously now is the time to make jokes. At least it seems like Nepeta is amenable to puns, she might be okay with jokes as well.

"If you ever change your mind, I will be on the third floor. I'm not a man of this place, but I can fake it, if you'll let me."

[whoseesbynight]

Puns are preferred, for rather obvious reasons, but Nepeta doesn't mind jokes too much. Not all of them might translate terribly well, but that's something that can be dealt with when it comes up.

"They take a pawful lot of purractice. Besides, not efurrybody can be supurr good at them."

Besides, she had something of an advantage in that she'd spent a lot of time around a cat, prior to the time they'd spent in SGrub. Or at least, she would like to think she had an advantage. Whether or not she actually did was another question entirely, and not one she was much inclined to think about.

[tis_allgood]

"Mayhap I should just admit defeat now and save myself the embarrassment. You have me thoroughly licked and we've only just begun."

He smiles at the implications, even if (for once) he doesn't mean it that way.

"Would you like to go out into the city? Not now, I know you're just getting your bearings, but soon. In a few days?"

[whoseesbynight]

"I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to admit defeat," Nepeta answers, with a smile to mean that she doesn't mean any ill by the comment. She isn't about to stop, of course, but that doesn't mean that she's going to hold Cuthbert to the same standards of punnage that she keeps up on a regular basis.

She doesn't really seem to note the implications that have caught his amusement either, be it for better or for worse.

"And I'd like that, if you're offuring."

[tis_allgood]

He really should be able to keep up, but it's not the sort of puns he's used to, so he will need more practice if he wants to compete.

But he brightens up at her acceptance of his offer, and he smiles broadly at her.

"I am indeed offering, it would be my pleasure to escort such a lovely young troll through the city."

And then in a move he really hopes isn't too bold he takes her hand and kisses it.

[whoseesbynight]

If he wants to practice with an actual opponent, she's quite willing to help with that. And if not, that's just fine too. She might be used to puns, but it's alright if he doesn't. Not even all of her acquaintances did.

Honestly, she's the only troll she knows of in the Capitol who does pun on a regular basis, but that only makes her more unique in the long run.

"Then I'd be glad to join you."

[tis_allgood]

He lets go of her hand before that gets awkward and leans back, grinning.

"Then we have a date."

And he hopes she will take that with more meaning than just that they've made future plans together.

[whoseesbynight]

"We do," Nepeta answers with a nod, and if she's managed to miss the other meaning in it (which is honestly unlikely), she says nothing of it. For now, she is quite content to have planned something; anything else can come up later, or so she supposes.

we can leave things here

[tis_allgood]

He's very excited about the whole thing. After that he's content to watch the city though and be quiet.