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"Because I know you far too well?" he answered without missing a beat, unable to hold back a laugh. After all, he himself was tempted to ask -- it wouldn't stop him from working on someone's car, granted, but it might help the cause if he knew that he was fixing up an old Chevelle or a Bel Air or something with a little more style to it than the average, run of the mill car. "That's a good point, though, they could give it away to someone else. Father's Day is around the corner, I had thought about how good of a present it would be for someone looking to gift their dad with something that would come in handy."

"No offense, but isn't fixing cars like, a Dad Thing?" Chess realized how that sounded given their reality, so she followed up with, "Okay, yes, I know I'm literally a different type of human than a dad and whoever wins doesn't need to have work done on their car, but, I guess the main Dad Thing of it is wanting to work on their own car?" She hadn't even thought of the fact that it was Father's Day soon. "My dad's more of the gadget type."

Darcy had just finished her performance and the adrenaline had hit her, for the first time in a year she actually had enjoyed dancing and it felt good getting her mojo back. As she looked at the girl who she saw with a bouquet of flowers, she smiled, "Wow, they are beautiful, you didn't need to give me any flowers just the support means a lot but thank you. Did you enjoy the performance?" She smiled, knowing peoples thoughts worried her but hoped she had done them proud.

"I know I don't need to, but, it's tradition, right? And I want to, which is more important that tradition." She smiled brightly. "Duh, obviously, gorg as always, no notes." Chess paused for a moment. "Unless you wanted notes? Not that I have any actually so, forget that offer. Anyway! Do you have to run off or can you hang for a bit?"

"You're very welcome." JJ offered the other a genuine smile, placing the cash on the table. "Oh, no!" He shook his head, laughing loudly. "No, I don't... God, I don't even want to win. Josh is my friend from high school, and Nathan's my neighbour. If I really wanted a discount at Takato's, I would just ask them for one. I don't need to bribe my way into winning a gift certificate on a raffle," he explained, shrugging. "I'm only entering the draw because I want to give back to the cause, and the refreshments are just my way of saying 'thank you' for working so hard to bring the Benefactor down. I tend to show my appreciation with food and drinks. If you don't believe me, just ask Josh."

"Okay, I believe you," Chess replied convincingly, "for now," thinking the last part to herself. He was definitely doing a lot of explaining that she didn't think was super necessary. "In that case," she held out an open palm for JJ's money with a raffle ticket in her other hand. Once the exchange was made, Chess grabbed one of their gift bags. "And I have something else for you too. No drinks in it though."

WHO: josh & @chessxwilde

Chess comically opened her mouth in the 'how dare you' kind of way. "Josh, when did I ever do anything to make you think I'd want to cheat at something?" She would be adamant until the end of forever that she won that game of Shogi against Takato fair and square. "But no, never. I'm ready to get my hands into a little bit of everything. Besides, just because someone wins, doesn't mean they're going to use it on themself."

Taryn was in the middle of pouring more fruity drinks into lidded cups for potential customers when she saw Chess come up to the tent. Smiling, she greeted the woman before pausing her movements at her words. It had been quite some time since someone said those words to her and took an interest in her well being so it caught her a bit off guard.

"Oh, I didn't realize you were expecting me," Chess said genuinely. "Okay," she clapped her hands together, "we have a couple of options here. I can stay here and-" Chess thought for a moment, "my food handling license might be expired so I might just be a body at this table, but that's option one. Second, I can be your gofer which, boring for you but helps you get what you want and third," she paused dramatically, "because you told me something you need is break, I'll go find someone else to help at the table and we can go on a little walk together."

STATUS: CLOSED (@chessxwilde)

"Oh!" Chess' eyes widened in surprise at the offering. "Thanks so much!" she replied genuinely as she took the tray of drinks and put it where the rest of the crew could take one. As she turned back to JJ, she raised a brow at the bill, "that wasn't a bribe, was it?" she asked non-accusatory, referencing the refreshments, "because that's not how this works."

family member: what are you doing with your life?