happy birthday magicboss

[ridestherider]

[Whenever you come back to the lab, Natsumi has the place all decorated and nice -- string lights and little paper lanterns, with a few things moved to accommodate an (already set up) table and chairs and everything. She even went to some effort to look nice. Birthdays should be special, after all.]

Comments

[powerisyours]

[ but can you say no to this face? ]

Boo. Denied.

[ridestherider]

I'm pretty good at doing that.

[powerisyours]

--But cake?

[ridestherider]

You already got cake. If you behave you might get some again someday.

[powerisyours]

I definitely can't say no to cake.

[ridestherider]

Then you know how to get it.

[powerisyours]

[ hopeful grin ]

By buttering you up?

[ridestherider]

That certainly helps, yes.

[powerisyours]

I think I can make that happen.

[ridestherider]

You do alright, or you have so far.

[powerisyours]

My secret plan is working.

[ridestherider]

It's not very secretive.

[powerisyours]

--Which plan are you thinking of?

[ridestherider]

The plan to butter me up?

[powerisyours]

But there's also the one to wrap you around my little finger.

[ probability of trolling: high ]

[ridestherider]

That one probably isn't going very well.

[powerisyours]

You might not know it until it's too late.

[ridestherider]

If Cesare can't do it, you can't.

[powerisyours]

I have my ways.

[ridestherider]

Really, now?

[powerisyours]

Oh, I do.

[ridestherider]

And what ways are those?

[powerisyours]

[ holding one finger up to his mouth ]

Secret.

[ridestherider]

I think you're full of it.

[powerisyours]

If I told you, then it wouldn't be a secret, right?