Hell yeah! Any particular bars around here you like? Got to admit, that's not a social scene Hermann and I do much hanging out in, so I don't have a preference on them yet.
[exasperated] Look, there's already a perfectly serviceable term for "friend date." It's called "not a date." Why are we even discussing this?
[It's because you won't let it go, Qubit. That is literally the only reason. Okay, okay, venue.]
All right. There's actually - there's a little craft brewery a few miles west of here. Good beer, locally sourced food, not a lot of gawkers. [At imPorts, he means. It's a common problem when you eat out in a Porter city.]
Cool. Sounds like a good place, then. I'll meet you there in ...an hour? In ten minutes? What're we shooting for and are you picking me up with a portal or am I taxiing over?
[And because QB can't drop it, so neither can Newt...]
Not-A-Date is not a title for something. This is a friend date, different from a Hermann Date, which is actually a romantic date. Okay? QB, your straightness is not in jeopardy, if that's what you're concerned about. 'It's complicated' doesn't mean I'm not taken. I'm not going to do anything weird...er...than my usual weirdness.
[ITP: Qubit gets hung up on semantics again, digs own grave :'D One of these days he will remember how Newt can out-nitpick just about anybody, but it is not this day.]
That - what?? That's not at all what I - why would -
[No, shut up, anything you say is just going to dig you deeper. He sighs, squeezing his eyes shut and pressing on them.]
Just - forget I said anything. About that. Uh... God. What time is it? Want to shoot for 6-ish? I'll text you the address.
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And what's wrong with calling it a friend-date?
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[It's because you won't let it go, Qubit. That is literally the only reason. Okay, okay, venue.]
All right. There's actually - there's a little craft brewery a few miles west of here. Good beer, locally sourced food, not a lot of gawkers. [At imPorts, he means. It's a common problem when you eat out in a Porter city.]
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[And because QB can't drop it, so neither can Newt...]
Not-A-Date is not a title for something. This is a friend date, different from a Hermann Date, which is actually a romantic date. Okay? QB, your straightness is not in jeopardy, if that's what you're concerned about. 'It's complicated' doesn't mean I'm not taken. I'm not going to do anything weird...er...than my usual weirdness.
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That - what?? That's not at all what I - why would -
[No, shut up, anything you say is just going to dig you deeper. He sighs, squeezing his eyes shut and pressing on them.]
Just - forget I said anything. About that. Uh... God. What time is it? Want to shoot for 6-ish? I'll text you the address.
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It's a date~! I'll see you at 6!
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Oh, right, he does it to get exactly this reaction. Good job, Newt, played me like a goddamn fiddle.]See you then.