ARADIA: knock knock! ARADIA: helloooooo? :) JADE: (oh geez) JADE: coming!! i [drop whatever im doing], shoot out of my chair, and bee-line to greet my visitor. wouldnt want to leave anyone waiting! i open the apartment door, and JADE: aradia? :O ARADIA: perhaps! ARADIA: would i happen to be speaking to one miss jade harley? the troll standing in my entrance towers over me! ive seen loads of adult trolls before, but... geez! her garbs, a casual black-red striped sweater and a long grey skirt to match, dont strike me as familiar - but her huge crimson eyes and cheek-to-cheek grin give her away: this is, without a doubt, the one ive invited over for dinner! oh heck, uhh, staring is the thing youre not supposed to do huh JADE: of course!!! JADE: gosh JADE: sorry hehe, come in! ARADIA: why, so kindly invited... ARADIA: how could i decline? :) she gently pulls the door shut as she enters, looking around the room... awestruck apparently?? shes totally silent, just taking in the ruckus of bookshelves, paper stacks, desks covered in wires and gizmos and countless half-complete projects, blankets half off my mattress in the corner, empty flowerpots and vines hanging from the ceiling..... JADE: umm my place isnt usually this much of a sight, hehe JADE: i try to keep it tider but gosh i have just had nooo time to keep up with that lately :D ARADIA: oh that is absolutely understandable! but if im hoooonest she faces me, grinning again for a pause... and then just spreads her arms super wide, doing a spin and gesturing all around her! ARADIA: i must say ARADIA: it looks super comfortable! :D ARADIA: its well lived in right? you have clearly made good use out of the space! ARADIA: how could i complain about it being a mess if its a mess that works? :) JADE: ohh hehe yeah thats fair!! JADE: nobody else thinks of it like that buuut JADE: id probably do well to just embrace the philosophy instead of panicking over getting everything where its supposed to be whenever someones over ARADIA: when where its SUPPOSED to be really just means its out of place from where its useful, right? :D JADE: yeah exactly!! JADE: that said... i grab my, uh... briefcase stuffed with scraps of unbound journaly notes?? i havent touched these in months! and set them to the side, so theyre leaning against the side of the faux-leather couch they occupied a moment ago. JADE: a LITTLE bit of upkeep is still appropriate lol JADE: here, settle yourself in! :) ARADIA: why thank you, im happy to! aradia doesnt have her godtier wings out, but the hop she does over the side of the furnitures arm is just a little too floaty to be totally unaided; she settles cross-legged in the corner. JADE: ill go grab some kind of refreshment!! JADE: uhh JADE: do you drink coffee :P ARADIA: ive never had it! ive always been more of the tea sort JADE: okay honestly same??? like dont get me wrong i continue talking while searching for my box of teabags in the floor cupboards. geez, where is it?? JADE: coffee is fine JADE: but like have you seen dave and karkat lately? ARADIA: nope! youre the first stop of my visit! :) JADE: oh wow, id best not disappoint then :D JADE: (gosh darn teabags oh my godddd) JADE: well look i dont mean to badmouth them buuuuuut in the sake of full disclosure JADE: ive been left standing at their door TWICE because they both have their hands fully occupied with TWO gosh darn coffee mugs!!! ARADIA: hehe JADE: like what do you even need two mugs for???? i love them but theres no denying it JADE: they are the weeeeirdest (: JADE: ... JADE: jeeg troll louise, were ARE they omg ARADIA: oh!!! ARADIA: oh gosh, how could i have possibly forgotten... i pull my head out of the cupbard to see whats up, buuuut bonk the back of it in the process. id describe it as a real oof JADE: oof ARADIA: oh oof are you ok? JADE: yeah :P ARADIA: right then she pulls two somethings out of her skirt pocket- wait skirts can have pockets??? god i need to step up my wardrobe game!! ARADIA: behold! JADE: ............................... JADE: tea bags? ARADIA: indeed :) JADE: and you had them alllll along? ARADIA: yup! :) her smile is dead persistent! JADE: geez ok then!! why didnt you mention them? :P ARADIA: ohhh you know she shrugs ARADIA: i meant to, but ARADIA: i guess i just lost track of... JADE: ...... ARADIA: ................ JADE: ...................... ARADIA: .......................... JADE: oh come on :B ARADIA: .....the time :D JADE: ehhh i snatch the teabags shes dangling - orange pekoe and earl gray - roll my eyes, and make for the counter JADE: thats fair :P ARADIA: oh im glad you agree instinctively, one of my ears twists to tune in on her ARADIA: its hard to help it, with such a lovely hostess doing her best to keep up with her guests requests all on her own! :) JADE: ha i drop the bags into mugs of tap water i poured earlier and make a show of opening the microwave and placing them inside with nothing but my space powers JADE: youll find im quite capable as far as that goes! :D ARADIA: evidently :)