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[wisecracked]

WHO: Kenzi and Gil
WHERE: Some really nice steakhouse
WHEN: 4/14; 7PM
WARNINGS: Language
SUMMARY: It's a date!
FORMAT: Quick to start, whatever after that.

[As promised Kenzi arrives at the restaurant a little before seven (like five before); which is a feat given how often she's usually late. Since it would be out of place at this restaurant she hasn't gone all out on the dress up and hasn't overdone it with some stylish hairdo, just simple large loose curls. Simple yet stylish.

After coming through the door she quickly locates Gil and makes an attempt to sneak up on him. Although if he had any sense he would have been keeping his eyes on the door.]

How long have you been here?

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[invoking]

[ The stalking comes back to his mind, but he doesn't say anything.

And anyway -- his attention is diverted when he sees her spitting out food into a napkin. He grimaces in disgust. ]

Are you okay--?! [ Why did she spit out food?! Oh god, that couple is still watching. ]

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[The couple that won't stop watching the two of them soon finds their drinks exploding on their table. Kenzi does her best to act like she didn't do it, but Gil would know better when his hand starts to sting.]

Yeah, I just don't think I like calamari. [She sets her napkin aside and decides that shrimp is a safe route, she likes shrimp.]

[invoking]

[ There's definitely a scream or two and the rushed footsteps of a couple of servers on their way to see what just happened.

Gil's hand jerks unpleasantly under the table and his head whips in the direction of the explosion. Nobody seems to have noticed his reaction, all focused on the couple's table and the glass and liquid all over the table and a bit on the missus.

Gil's eyes widen and he leans in, hissing: ] Did you just--?!

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[Kenzi feigns surprise at the chaos but quickly turns back to her appetizers. In response to Gil's question she grins over at him and shrugs.]

Do you like shrimp?

[invoking]

[ He grips his hand underneath the table and his gaze hardens. ]

Kenzi! That wasn't funny! You could have hurt someone! [ And he hasn't even asked why she did it yet, almost afraid to know. The couple get taken away from the table, the woman going straight for the ladies' room and her husband shrugging, not sure what just happened. One waiter apologize over and over while the other starts to wipe up the table, careful to mind the glass. ] What was that for?

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I made sure the glass would fly too far. [She scowls across the table at him, keeping her voice low, before snagging up another shrimp.]

They wouldn't stop staring, they needed a distraction.

[After a moment she sighs, shoulders sagging a bit.] I'm sorry, I'm ruining everything.

[invoking]

That doesn't mean you should have done that. You scared that woman. [ He frowns, looking past Kenzi to see if the woman's returned yet. They're probably going to leave now...

He sighs, noting the fall of her shoulders. He doesn't want to upset her, but he isn't here to tolerate ridiculous antics either. ] Just... don't do that again.

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[Wouldn't, brain stop failing.

She sighs, frowning as she picks at severed fin from one of the shrimp she's eaten.]

Fine.

[She grabs up her glass of wine and drains down a good portion of it. At least if she's drunk her powers won't work as they should. She continues to stare at her glass, rather than look over at Gil. She's making this date horrible and it's probably best to just get it over with as soon as they can now.]

You wanna order yet?

[invoking]

[ He hopes her boss will pay for any damages done tonight... but he would prefer nothing of the sort happen.

He finally cracks open the menu to look at the list as the server makes her round again. ]

... I'll have the veal chop. With the grilled broccoli, thanks. [ And he hands back the menu to the woman. ]

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[Kenzi glances over her menu one more time before handing it over.] Parmesan encrusted pork loin and loaded mashed potatoes, for me.

[Once the woman's gone she decides to try the mushrooms. Luckily they're much better than the calamari.]

[invoking]

[ This got awkward and fast. He looks at everything but Kenzi, though he's not paying much attention to the details of the building, the uniforms of the waiters, or anything. He's just trying to distract himself. ]

Uh...

[wisecracked]

[This was what Kenzi was trying to avoid, but go figure she'd manage to make it happen. She was beginning to wonder why she ever bothered with this date. She could have just not told Gil about the offer and told Xanatos that Gil wasn't up for it. But no...she wanted to try and give Gil a nice evening. Maybe a chance to relax.

But she's screwed that up.

She downs some more wine before going back to the shrimp. She doesn't even look at him as she addresses him.]

Hmm?

[invoking]

[ He's trying to keep an eye on how much wine she's drinking tonight, since she's his responsibility now.

He clears his throat. ]

Are you alright...?

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[She hasn't quite finished the glass yet, but it's close. For now she leaves it as is, doesn't bother to refill, and turns to drinking her water for now.]

Yeah, fine.

1/2

[invoking]

[ Something is definitely wrong. Was he too harsh? ]

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[ Even if what she did was wrong, he doesn't want to upset her... ]

What is it?

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[She turns her water glass around a few times before finally looking over at Gil.]

I just wanted tonight to be good and I've already ruined it.

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What? [ Gil's floored by that response in particular, because he doesn't consider this night ruined at all -- merely off to an awkward start. ] You didn't ruin anything.

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[Kenzi remains silent for a few moments, simply blinking at him as if what he said didn't quite sink in.] Really? [She perks up a bit.]

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Yes, really. [ He shakes his head. ] You aren't going to do that again, are you?

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I won't do it again. I don't want tonight to be terrible.

[invoking]

We still haven't had our dinner yet. It should be ready in a bit. [ He forces a bit of a smile. ]

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[She nods before taking a drink of water.] Yeah.

So you never answered my question about liking shrimp or not.

[invoking]

Oh -- [ He looks at the table automatically and shrugs lightly. ] It's alright. I don't really... eat at places like this often. And shrimp can be expensive...

[wisecracked]

[She pushes the dish toward him.] Go ahead, I'm not gonna eat them all.