(closed) god, it’s been a hell of a week

[scholiast]

who: lucretia + others (hmu if you'd like a starter!)
what: catch all for a couple things + canon update time :)
when: end of aug start of sep
where: here there everywhere
warnings: will be updated if they occur

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[scholiast]

(Lucretia flusters a little.) I know! I know, it, uh, seems like it should be simple but I can't do it.

(Cooking is just not her thing.)

[tutee]

[ Bill smiles. Flustered Lucretia is cute. ]

S'alright. It's like me with singing. Should be simple, but I just can't.

[scholiast]

Exactly. (That shouldn't be cute, and yet it is some how? Lucretia smiles, ducking her head when she does to hide it.)

It's a good thing the auction was for a date and not for a song, then.

[tutee]

Auction? [ Bill looks surprised. ] You were the one who won me at auction?

[ She smiles. ] Guess I'm glad it was you and not some stranger.

[scholiast]

(Lucretia's elbow slips off the table.)

You– you didn't know?

[tutee]

No?

[ But she doesn't look offended or anything. ]

I thought you just... wanted to go on a date.

[scholiast]

(Lucretia blinks, rubbing her elbow. She feels caught in a lie somehow, but Bill is looking at her without a shred of rancour, and slowly but surely she starts to relax again.)

I did. I thought– I dunno, that you would find it strange, knowing I bid on you. (She laughs, glancing down at her hands, embarrassed.) Not uh, not sure why, now that I'm saying it out loud.

[tutee]

[ Bill smiles encouragingly, reaching across the table to touch Lucretia's arm. ]

S'alright. I don't think it's strange. I think it's sweet.

[scholiast]

(She smiles too, encouraged by Bill's fleeting touch.)

Oh, good. I just– when we met, at the festival, I thought that I would really like to get to know you better.

[tutee]

So much so that you spent money on me! [ she jokes. ]

But really. I'm glad you did. But for the record, I would have said yes even if you didn't buy this date.

[scholiast]

It was for a good cause!

(The cause being her going on a date for the first time in thirty-something years. And, like, work fundraising, or whatever.

She grins, hesitantly.)

And don't tell me that after I spent all this money. Is it too late to get a refund d'you think?

[tutee]

Definitely too late.

[ But that's alright, because they're having a wonderful date. ]