Flea had poked the ribs with the breadstick, getting some sauce on the latter and trying it. He'd been about to turn his attention to the ribs themselves when he hears Jubee's question and looks up. "It's spicy. I like it."

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And Yammark? Still petting Arnold. He doesn't yet seem to have noticed the arrival of the food.

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Gate chuckles at this and reaches for a breadstick. Leaning forward a bit he reaches across the table and uses the breadstick to poke Yammark in a wing a few times. "The food's here." Poke, poke, poke...

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After a few pokes, Yammark blinks and looks up. "Hmm?"

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Arnold's attention span wasn't as great as his friend's, however, and quickly he scuttled over to the plate and see what was good for eatting.

"Manners, Arnold," Jubee admonished slightly, creating her own hologram of a plate of fries and pretending to eat some.

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Yammark blushes when he realizes he hadn't noticed the food. He smiles at Arnold's reaction though. The mouse might have been taken into consideration when he made his food order, as Yammark tries the soup and seems content to let Arnold nibble at any of the salad he wants.

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Arnold sniffs around, then grabs one of the cucumbers and drags it away, settling down to gorge himself eagerly.

Jubee sighed at her pet, then grinned at Gate.

"So, working on anyone new yet?" she asked.

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"Not just yet," Gate replies with a smile.

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Alia stifles a giggle before adding, "I expect he'll start on another one as soon as Flea's sent to work."

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"What about you?" Jubee turned on the femme curiously. "What do you do?"

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"Mostly technical assistance and programming."

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"That sounds cool," she grinned. "What's it like working with Gate? Is he a nerd?"

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Alia blushes and seems to temporarily lose the ability to talk. Looks like that's a no comment!

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Flea chuckles at Alia's reaction.

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Jubee looked confused, then delighted.

"Oh, you like him! TOTALLY AWESOME!!!"

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Gate and Alia both blush and seem to be attempting to turn invisible or melt into their seats. Wolfang politely tries to keep a straight face at this, while Yammark and Scarab stifle snickers - the latter wriggling around in the beanbag chair as he does. Flea just snickers and doesn't even try to hide it.

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"Oh, I mean, I'm sorry, but that's awesome," Jubee gushed, blushing herself slightly. "I'm sorry, I am, I just can't help it.... relationships are so great."

She nudged Gate under the table with her foot. "You should totally ask her out."

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"Aren't we out now?" There's some slight flailing from Gate, who doesn't quite grasp at the moment that Jubee probably means 'out' as in 'alone' and 'without the kids'.

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"I mean on a date, silly. Like... alone? Y'know, so you can talk and just be together?" Jubee said. Then her eyes widened. "I could totally babysit for you."

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"Ah. Well." Lots of fidgeting and blushing from poor Gate. "I suppose something of the sort could be arranged."

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Now the other four get to join in on the flailing, just a bit. Well, except Yammark, who just blushes; and Wolfang who blinks and comments, "We're not babies..."

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