Backwater Nexus. Mall. Let's Rock and Ride!

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy approaches the mall with just a little trepidation, smoothing out her dress (bright green with yellow flowers on the skirt -- and it's just over knee length, so a certain little pitcher needn't worry if she's around tonight) and making sure her hair is pulled back neatly in its ponytail. Silver's mention of the Rock N Ride nights at the mall stuck with her even after her return to her own world. So, after a rather annoying day trying to make sure her passport was up-to-date, she's decided it's time to seek out some fun and see what else this Nexus has to offer. "Just hope they accept regular old American dollars," she mumbles, patting her purse by her side as she reaches the front entrance. (Nothing in her vast array of literature suggested they wouldn't, but discretion, valor, etc.)

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[misslucysleeches]

"I'm sure you are," Lucy says with another giggle. "Aw, really? Surely you would have been snapped up by a nice mech by now," she jokes.

There seems to be a lot of butt-kicking going on tonight. Lucy shakes her head -- maybe it's a young guy thing. At any rate, she gives Power Joe a grin. "Well, shall we see just how good you are at the salsa?"

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Power Joe's face falls into an O of dismay even as he moves to start dancing. "No. I don't want a mech. I want a pretty girl like my brothers have."

Young enough to take things literally, and to not realize that to some folk all bots are mech(a). But he's got surprisingly good moves for all that.

[misslucysleeches]

Whoops. Darn it, something like this is just why she said mech in the first place. "Oh -- I meant that -- I thought saying girl would sound too, ah, human -- not that I --"

You know what, she's just going to shut up now and dance, because she can't see herself getting out of this hole with that shovel anytime soon.

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He studies her thoughtfully as they dance through the rest of that number, and then, as the music goes to another salsa beat, it's like a light has come on behind his guileless green eyes.

"Ohhhhhhh. You meant like 'mecha'." He gives a rollicking laugh. "And I'm a person too! I'm a boy. With a cute butt to shake!"

And he does so and is rewarded by a few catcalls and whistles.

[misslucysleeches]

"Right!" Lucy says, glad he gets what she meant by now. "I'm sorry, I thought 'mech' was all-inclusive. I didn't realize it specifically meant 'male-identifying.'" She needs to brush up on her terminology, it appears.

She snickers at the butt-shaking. "Yeah, I know you're a person -- with a cute butt," she adds with a wink. "I was just trying not to offend by using the wrong words." Which worked out great, didn't it? she adds to herself. (She'd say that out loud, but she's not entirely sure now he'd pick up on the sarcasm.)