{ two. action and dictated }

[nihilo]

[ Alice is sitting on one of the couches at the lobby with one nutcracker on her lap, like a ventriloquist's doll.

She can't quite speak through her stomach or anything, but she does try, moving the puppet's hand to wave at passersby and making voices. ]

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Lothar.

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[nihilo]

He's an old-fashioned one. [ She lowers her voice, as if the puppet may be insulted were it to hear. ] An antique.

[separateways]

An antique I'm sure you can find hundreds of, here.

[nihilo]

[ Alice places a finger over her lips and whispers. ]

You'll hurt his feelings.

[separateways]

That's the last thing I would want to do.

[nihilo]

[ She grins. Yay for playing along. ]

Lothar, meet...?

[separateways]

[She has no idea why she's doing this. Boredom must be winning.]

Ada.

[nihilo]

[ Boredom ftw. Alice moves its arm out for a handshake! ]

[separateways]

[This is where Ada would shake her head and walk away, but all she does is fold her arms. She feels compelled to stay put.

Hm.]

[nihilo]

[ Fine. Alice will meet her halfway, standing up to walk closer. She doesn't need the nutcracker to compel herself to kiss Ada, but the magical tugging is a fascinating sentiment in itself. ]

[separateways]

[Still, Ada stays put. She watches Alice, dropping her arms.]

[nihilo]

[ She bites back a grin, holding the nutcracker to her chest before leaning in to steal a kiss! ]

[separateways]

[Ada likes her personal space, but she's not moving away. In fact, she's leaning right in to meet Alice's lips for this kiss!]

[nihilo]

[ YAY KISSING. Alice is going to abuse her liberties and deepen the kiss. ]

[separateways]

[Enjoy it! Ada's going along with it, and actually trying to dominate this kiss. Aww, yeah.]

[nihilo]

[ Alice would laugh, if she isn't so busy trying to reclaim her dominance. She tries to wind her hand to the back of Ada's neck to take control! ]

[separateways]

[Excuse you, she's the dominant one here! Ada puts her hands firmly on Alice's hips.]

[nihilo]

[ NOPE. Watch Alice grab hold of Ada's shirt so she can push her back toward a nearby couch! ]

[separateways]

[SHE'S NOT GOING WITHOUT A FIGHT. And more kissing.

And trying to turn this around so Alice is being pushed.]

[nihilo]

[ Alice tries to twirl her around again and push her onto the sofa, only because she assumes most women would not have combat training enough to thwart her mission. ]