Lucifer's Mansion, Sunday Night

[my_own_advocate]

There were plans to open the club - finally - and plans to go to Austria for a few days to see an opera - exciting - and Octavia had been doing better recently, so... Lucifer was in a good mood, actually, when Sunday came around.

So yes, the candles were out again tonight. And a rather imposing spread of seafood, picked up from the mainland. With mango rice, of course.

It was Octavia. Couldn't do without the mango rice.

"How do you feel about the snapper?"

[[ for her ]]

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[okteiviakom]

"Like it's a fish?"

She thought she was funny. That was clearly one of the downsides of her return to a better mood.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer sighed. "As a meal."

[okteiviakom]

"It's nice," Octavia relented. A great food critic, she was not. "I like it."

[my_own_advocate]

"Thank you," Lucifer sighed. He reached for his wine. "So I spoke to Duke and we've settled on some, ah, opera plans."

[okteiviakom]

Octavia's eyebrows went up just a little. "You have?" she asked. "I almost thought you'd forgotten about that."

[my_own_advocate]

"I mentioned it to Duke, and he immediately got very excited at the thought of going to this theater and opera festival that's about to start in Austria," Lucifer said, with a slight shrug.

[okteiviakom]

He wasn't much of a shrugger, so that kind of drew Octavia's attention. But she didn't say so.

"Well, sounds like he really wants to go."

[my_own_advocate]

"It's got a very large stage built into the nearby lake," Lucifer said. "I think it's the 'ridiculous large thing in water' that drew him."

[okteiviakom]

Octavia couldn't help her snort.

"Yeah, that figures."

[my_own_advocate]

"So," Lucifer said, mouth curving, "How would you feel about me buying you that fancy opera dress we were talking about? The one you'd never get for yourself."

He'd have suggested the butterfly dress, but. Well.

[okteiviakom]

"Kind of seems like a requirement for going to the opera, to me," Octavia replied lightly.

Also it would make him happy, which seemed like reason enough to do it. (At least when she was feeling this comfortable with the idea.)

[my_own_advocate]

"I'll make sure it's modest, of course," Lucifer said, holding up a hand. "And relatively easy to move in."

[okteiviakom]

"Uh huh," Octavia said, mostly amused because these things needed to be specified. "Good."

[my_own_advocate]

"But it'd be nice," Lucifer finished. Lamely.

[okteiviakom]

"I thought I was already saying yes," Octavia told him with a crooked smile. "But in case that wasn't clear: yes, that would be nice, and I trust you."

[my_own_advocate]

"Of course," Lucifer said. He cleared his throat. "I do have an impeccable sense of style."

[okteiviakom]

"I've heard you make that claim once or twice before," Octavia teased. "So far, it seems to hold true."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer smiled, and took a bite of his fish. "Well, that's settled, then," he said. "Think I should let Duke dress himself?"

[okteiviakom]

It was Octavia's turn to hold up a hand.

"I'm gonna stay out of that," she rasped. "You know I like everything he chooses to wear." Just like she knew he didn't always agree.

[my_own_advocate]

"Fair enough," said Lucifer, who certainly had doubts. "I should... not speak to him about it, anyway. You know how his pride gets."

[okteiviakom]

"Does that not automatically mean you're going to let him dress himself?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Well, yes, that would be the option I'm now considering," Lucifer sighed.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia leaned back in her chair a little. Eyed him with a wry look.

"Will you be able to not needle him about whatever he ends up choosing if you don't like it?"

[my_own_advocate]

"... I make no promises," Lucifer said, reaching for his glass.

[okteiviakom]

"That's what I thought," Octavia replied, not unkindly.