Los Angeles, Tuesday

[my_own_advocate]

It was a nice, bright morning in Los Angeles, just a few days before Lucifer's self-imposed ultimatum about leaving ended. He remained on a quest to apologize for his therapist-inflicted overthinking and subsequent attempts to break up with Duke and Octavia, and so, today...

...Today it was time to spoil Octavia with a visit to the Aquarium of the Pacific.

He hummed brightly to himself as he paid for their tickets, then slid past the nice cashier and into the aquarium properly.

[[ for two, and some ocd. everything taken and adapted from Lucifer episode 5x14, 'Nothing Lasts Forever'. ]]

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Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"I'm just saying," Lucifer said, "I'm universally touchable."

He leaned back over to eye the sharks.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

The sharks continued doing their thing.

And so did Octavia. Occasionally murmuring in soft, affectionate Trig.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

After a minute or three, Lucifer found himself poking the water again, just to see if any of the creatures would react.

It did seem like he wasn't going to get Octavia back any time soon, after all.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

He'd known that was a risk when he'd brought her here.

It took another long moment before Octavia looked over again. It was another short glance, though, but still. "I hope they're happy here."

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"Well, they get free meals twice a day and nothing's hunting them," Lucifer said. "Could be worse, right?"

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

"Well sure," Octavia replied, watching a shark glide underneath her hand. "It's better than just surviving, I guess."

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"But you have doubts?" Lucifer prompted.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

Octavia shrugged as she turned her gaze on the pool again. "This isn't where they belong."

She'd been caged too many times in her life not to get there concerns every once in a while, about zoos and aquariums.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"Suppose we could try to go swimming with sharks next time," Lucifer mused. They must do tours like that, right?

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

Not quite the point, Lucifer.

But, still... "That's a thing?"

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

Look, she knew how his brain worked.

"I believe so," Lucifer said, already pulling out his phone. After a minute, he held it out for her.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

Octavia took his phone, and pored over the page.

"And you don't even have to have diving experience," she murmured. And then frowned. "Wait, this is in San Diego?"

The fact that they hadn't both known and gone during the trip to San Diego they'd already taken was now offensive in restrospect.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"Yes," Lucifer said, tilting his head. "... I should have thought to look into that earlier."

It was possible he remembered this was a possibility because he'd seen a billboard at one point or another.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

Octavia handed him his phone back.

"Maybe we'll have to make up for that."

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"We still have a few days to kill," Lucifer said brightly. "Why not make San Diego part of it?"

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

Octavia's expression brightened some. "I could do that."

It was getting out of Los Angeles, even if not as far away as she might've liked.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"Then I'll see what I can arrange later this week," Lucifer said, and leaned in to press a kiss to her cheek.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

"Mochof," Octavia hummed, letting him.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

"Shall we move on to the bigger ones?"

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

Octavia cast one last glance at the little sharks, gave one of them one last little touch before drawing her hand from the water.

"Sure."

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer made a grandiose gesture towards the aquarium building up ahead. "Lead on, miss Shark."

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

Octavia snorted. Then, purely on a whim, caught his hand in hers.

Then led on, pulling him along.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer chuckled softly, and let her pull him with her into the building. It was pleasantly cool inside, and the large glass windows that met them on their way in showed a glimpse of the ocean life beyond.

Once they rounded the corner, of course, they'd find themselves face to face with the tell-tale tape of a crime scene.

But that was still several steps away.

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[okteiviakom]

And those several steps were made a little longer by Octavia's curiosity about the windows.

But eventually they did round that corner, and, well.

"... This can't be good."

Re: Aquarium of the Pacific, Morning

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer frowned. "Right, that's-- miss Lopez?" he said, squinting. He looked at Octavia. "Mind if I go on ahead, ensure you don't walk into some kind of slaughter?"

Because he was absolutely going to go see the sharks with Octavia if he could at all make it happen.