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[administration]

fine.
then for my own reference, it's a date.

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[gayopolis]

for your own reference?

also, you don't have to dress up or anything.

[gayopolis]

unless you don't actually own anything casual? is that also a vampire thing - suits and starched collars 24/7?

[administration]

this seems to fit the criteria of a date, so i'm classifying it as one.
for conceptual and organizational purposes.
need to know.

[ please don't make him explain his methods for getting a handle on how dates work. ]

in my experience, vampires just like to put years of wealth to good use.
i can dress down.

[ somewhat. ]

[gayopolis]

conceptual and organizational purposes. right.

out of curiosity - have you ever been on a date before?

[ because it's starting to sound like a no... ]

for the record, you can wear whatever you want.

[administration]

i wouldn't expect you to understand. [ hopefully gentle condescension translates. ]

yes.

[ he's been on one, officially, and maybe three, unofficially. and there might have been a few get-togethers in his youth that might have counted as dates. not that justin needs to know any of that. ]

i will.
i guess you can do the same.

[gayopolis]

you could try me. i might surprise you.

i was planning on it.

[ it's not as if justin has a closet full of dress shirts and business suits, so it's either he dresses down or he doesn't dress at all, and s-morgue-asbord probably has some kind of dress code, so. ]

[administration]

maybe next time. [ let him be private and uncertain about this one, justin. ]

what's casual for you?

[ s-morgue-asbord better have a dress code, or else raphael is going to lose interest fast. ]

[gayopolis]

jeans and a t-shirt?

[ but then he considers how raphael dresses, so: ]

jeans and a collared shirt?

[administration]

[ a valiant effort, justin. ]

i don't own jeans.

[gayopolis]

how do you not own a single pair of jeans?

[administration]

because i don't want or need them.

[gayopolis]

okay, but have you ever worn them? please tell me you've at least worn them before.

[administration]

yes, i've worn them.
in the 50s.

[gayopolis]

in the 50s.
were you a greaser? tight jeans, cuffed at the ankles, hair slicked back?

[administration]

that was the style at the time, yes.

[ which is not quite a yes or a no. ]

[gayopolis]

if only i'd been born thirty years sooner.

[administration]

[ well. ]

oh, you would've loved the cold war.

[gayopolis]

with you in those jeans? couldn't have been that cold.

[ because he's guessing those jeans were pretty hot.

...yes, he's aware that it's not called the cold war because it was actually cold. just let him flirt, okay. ]

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[administration]

justin.

[administration]

[ just so he's sure... ]

cold means stalemated. both sides unable to take further action or move forward.
an example: this conversation.

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[gayopolis]

raphael.

[gayopolis]

it was a joke.

i forgot you don't like those.

[administration]

i don't like bad jokes.

[gayopolis]

you can't tell me you didn't smile at 'a pain in the knee'. come on.