At the agreed-on time, Daisy would hear a knock on her door. Vax leaned against the doorjam, waiting, but he didn't pass up an opportunity to be a shit.
"You good in there, Hazy Days?" he called out. "I can pick the lock if you're still too drunk to get to the door."
"Ha, ha, ha," Daisy quipped on her way to the door, not intentionally dawdling, but not rushing either. She flipped the lock and pulled the door open, mirroring his leaning pose, cup of water balanced in hand, clothed in nothing but a tank top and underwear in basic black. Though her eyes had the cloudy look of someone who was thoroughly tipsy, she wasn't smashed. Wine, in this day and age, wasn't as strong as she would've thought. Or maybe she just wasn't swiping the good stuff.
"I can handle my booze, Hot Topic." She stepped back after a moment, opening the door wider to let him in as she turned and padded back towards the bedroom. "I'd offer you a drink, but that was my last bottle. Unless you want the last smidgen of shitty vodka."
[ Daisy's gift actually comes quite late, while Kira waits to make requests of their patrons. When his wardrobe expands for the new year, he takes the twin of his new jacket and leaves it for her to find, a note tucked inside: ]
All I've ever wanted is to be in a girl gang. There's another gift, but it'll be in the movie theater when our gracious hosts figure out how to set it up. Merry Christmas.
[The week of Christmas, there's a knock at Daisy's door, but no one on the other side: just a small gray gift box with an unusual pair of lock pick earrings inside. They come with a note that simply reads In case you ever get into trouble down in the sex dungeon. Merry Christmas, Allison Argent]
Darling, I've realized I've never sent you that naughty poetry. Sure enough, I've found a book and I think you might like one.
[She clears her throat.]
I give you my sweet white lily My petals a treasure from heaven above Soft and plush like that of velvet My scent so gloriously enticing A divine essence to behold Layer upon sweet layer for you to unfold Lines and dots to be traced like braille For my bud beneath will you then find In it's core, sticky and sweet does it reside For I give you my sweet white lily.
[ Jester definitely hasn't quite gotten the hang of this sexting thing yet. She was supposed to send this to Widowmaker, but somehow, she instead - manages to hit up a complete stranger. Go her. It's definitely, standing by her bathroom mirror. Pastel pink sheets, baby blue and the flimsiest matching set of bra and panties (with little ribbons). The pose is her leaning against the door frame, suggestively. Soft curves accented by her almost devilish grin.
It would be super suggestive. If y'know she wasn't wearing the most ridiculous pair of unicorn slippers.
[It was late but Beau was chilling outside the club waiting for Daisy to close up for the night. Goggles perched upon her head and a pair of fancy boots on, the monk crouched in the shadows by the door with a wine skin slung over her shoulder. Rocking slowly on the balls of her feet, Beau kept reminding herself that she just needed to get this shit over with and fucking apologize.
[ 'Closing up for the night' can be anywhere from three to four in the morning, but eventually Daisy does indeed emerge from midnight, wearing something club appropriate--short, skimpy, and usually glittery--with her heels on top of the cash box she carried. It's pretty dark, so Daisy doesn't notice Beau right away, and when she does she jumps a little and loses one of her shoes. ]
Christ. Wear a bell or something. [ She grumbles and she bends down to pick up her shoe--which prompts the other one to slide off, naturally. She huffs her annoyance as she straightens up and starts off again. ] What? Don't you have your own booze supply to mooch off of now?
[Daisy is going to come home at some point to an unlocked door and an utterly cursed t-shirt on her bed: it's white, and roughly her size, and the front sports an unsettlingly detailed cartoon of a fish, wearing a fisherman's hat and holding a pole? What are the implications of this? The text above and below it says "BIG JOHNSON coming through!" The back advertises a bait and tackle shop and lakefront cafe called Big Johnson's in a place called Crystal River, Florida.]
A ghetto is like, when people say it they usually mean Oh, that's a bad neighborhood, and by 'bad neighborhood' they mean full of minorities and/or poor people. Ghetto married is like, you shack up for a long time, you're not married but you're basically married. Discount married, sorta.
[When Yule rolled around, an irritated pixie delivered a large box to Daisy. Inside she found a bottle of excellent Lionett Vineyards wine, a bundle of anal beads, leather pants and jacket, some lingerie, a legit chainmail bikini, and an envelope containing a coupon and a note.]
[Outside her door, Daisy will find a bottle of whiskey. It's nice, not the most expensive shit in fairyland but pretty good. A tag's been tied to the top, the handwriting on it a little too neat and even to be done by a human hand. Innocently included in the package is a long length of silk rope.]
[Apropos of nothing:] Do you think I could get away with just claiming a mostly-empty floor of the castle and throwing like a big party?
Or potentially a not-empty floor and just...I don't know. I feel like me and Bree's room's not big enough for a real party. But I don't want people to have to walk somewhere.
[On the morning of New Year's Day, a basket containing six fresh sugared raised yeast donuts was delivered to Daisy's door with a tag tied to the basket.]
Max leaves a tin of assorted cookies outside her door. And with it is a card. Inside there's a voucher for a free item from his new cafe when it opens. In Max's handwriting, it also says:
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