my_own_advocate | Samsara, Sunday Evening

It wasn't a great idea to keep sticking to old traditions to the letter, Lucifer and Octavia had found last weekend. And so Lucifer had suggested something else for this Sunday night.

Samsara.

It was a place where she felt safe. And it could-- go somewhere else, for a nice change of scenery. "Should we take her to the back of the preserve? Or head further along the coast?" Lucifer asked, as he hopped aboard, basket of food in hand.

[[ for her ]]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only | Expand All

From:

my_own_advocate

"Hardly," Lucifer said. "You deserve the best. But since opulence isn't where you feel comfortable, I take whatever initial plan I have and pare it down until I think it suits you too."

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia snorted, but her smile didn't waver. "Oh, you need to downscale things for me?"

That was not surprising.

From:

my_own_advocate

"It's part of my gift to you," Lucifer said, his mouth curving further. "Making sure our dates aren't just about my vanity."

From:

okteiviakom

"Well, I'm grateful," Octavia said, maybe a touch wryly. Because of this next thing: "Though we really need to get back to what we talked about maybe doing your things sometimes."

From:

my_own_advocate

"Oh, right," Lucifer said, tilting his head. "Sorry, that was about a dozen disasters ago."

From:

okteiviakom

"I know," Octavia said. (Because boy, did she ever.) "But I haven't forgotten."

From:

my_own_advocate

"It would still be nice to have a night on the town or something," Lucifer admitted. He threw her an amused look. "Expose you to opera."

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia's head tilted, just a little. "That's the really loud singing, right?"

From:

my_own_advocate

Lucifer laughed. "Yes," he said. "They're loud, dramatic stories told through song. They also require you to dress up a bit. Having both you and Duke there would certainly be an experience."

From:

okteiviakom

"I'm sure we can make that happen."

Well, she was already on board, and it probably wouldn't take a lot to convince Duke, right?

From:

my_own_advocate

"We could go dress-shopping as a date," Lucifer said, grinning as he perked up. "See if we can find you something formal you actually like."

Was there such a thing as a formal leather dress? Now he wanted to find out.

From:

okteiviakom

You know, if Octavia hadn't already been willing to go all-in on this, the way he'd perked up just now would have forced her hand.

"Might be a challenge," she rasped, "but I'm up for it."

From:

my_own_advocate

"I know, but that part is fun," Lucifer said, grinning. "We'll go to New York, try out all those weird little dress shops tucked away in the corners that have all the interesting pieces. I think you can actually get fine dining as a takeaway option there, too, so we could have dinner in Central Park... hm, do you think you'd enjoy the Museum of Natural History?"

He could suddenly picture it all.

From:

okteiviakom

Oh, he was launching full-tilt into this?

Octavia was going to just do her best to hang on, then. "Probably," she said. "Sounds about my speed."

From:

my_own_advocate

Sorry, Octavia. He'd spent so much time trying to concoct the perfect dates for you and Duke he had entirely forgotten about the vast stretch of possibility that was chasing his own interests.

"Let me just," Lucifer said, reaching into his pocket for his phone. "Better to inform you of what it is," he muttered, searching for the website, and--

"Oh, look at that." He held out the phone for her.

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia wasn't sure what she'd been expecting as she leaned forward a little to peer at his phone. But it wasn't that.

"Oh," she murmured, instantly softer. Maybe with a little bit of longing. "Finrona."

From:

my_own_advocate

"Dresses, good food in a beautiful park, and finrona," Lucifer murmured. "Sound like a good date?"

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia looked up, and was quick to nod.

"Yeah."

From:

my_own_advocate

"Then we'll do that sometime soon," Lucifer said, mouth quirking. "After we talk Duke into attending the opera."

From:

okteiviakom

"Sounds like a plan to me," Octavia said. "Shouldn't be hard."

From:

my_own_advocate

"You never know," Lucifer said. "If we accidentally get him on some kind of crusade. Or worse, he'll insist on going dressed entirely in denim."

From:

okteiviakom

Octavia snorted softly. "Well, I'm gonna have a talk with him if it looks like it's going that way," she promised.

From:

my_own_advocate

Lucifer chuckled, and-- thought for a second about telling her about his talk with Duke.

But no. It wasn't right for the mood. "You are quite convincing when you want to be."