"Well I'd hate to disappoint my new boss. So what do you say? After work we can grab coffee somewhere, maybe dinner?" Truth be told, this wasn't like me. But being me hadn't done too well for me since I got here to this other Earth so I was willing to try something different.
Steven was surprised as nobody had ever asked him out before. They either were scared of him, weren't interested or Lucifer had made them regret flirting with him. " I mean, it would be my first- I mean, sure, I would love to go out for coffee with you after dinner," he said, clearly flustered.
Gary and Veronica had arrived to their hotel room, Veronica began to unpack her luggage as Gary went to setting up his lap top and connecting it to the wifi "So...is this your first?" she asked "Yeeah, in a way it is. I've never been alone in a hotel room with a pretty goth chick." he said with a grin as he started to check his twitter. Veronica giggled and shook her head "I meant is this your first convention. We came all the way from new york for this." She said "Nah, I'be been to a few. Chicago, New York, Metropolis, Gotham, which I don't recommend. That city is as corrupt and crime ridden as Brazil. But this is my first in L.A." he said, Veronica sat on the bed and bounced on it a bit "Why wait so long to come to L.A?" she asked "Cuz it's the hipster capitol of the world, it's flooded with idealist libertards and left wing nut-bags too busy sniffing their own farts, blind to their own hypocrisy thinking and saying their god's gift to the earth, when in reality they're just as bad as big corporations, religious extremism and Satan combined." he explained "Plus to qualify as a genius here you just need to know any 3 syllable word." he added "Oh, come on L.A. isn't that bad, you'll feel right at home here." Veronica said and got up to stretch. "Name a few things LA has in common with New York and I'll......." Gary said thinking "Get me a Malibu fire department calendar?" she asked with a teasing grin "Sure, and if you can't name any at all, I get a handy." Gary said looking at her with a devilish smirk. Veronica then thought. "Smog, covered skyline, idealistic retards flooding the streets with promises of free speech spaces only to chase you away once you don't agree with them. Mile long traffic jams and racially biased law enforcement." Veronica said with a smile. Gary narrowed his eyes at her "You got lucky." he said and sighed "Fine, I'll drive to malibu tomorrow to get you a callender." he said and laid back on his chair, she went over to him and messed his hair "I'll tell you what. Since you were a good sport and didn't throw a fit after loosing I'll sleep in the bed with you." She said and grabbed a bag of chips out of the minibar, she started to eat and turned on the TV. "Will you wear that sexy night gown you bought last week?" he asked trying his luck "Sure, just don't expect me to let you spoon." she said. Gary sighed, he wanted to spoon "Fair enough." he said and got up to look through his luggage, he pulled out the mask, Veronica looked over "Please tell me you're not gonna put that on." she said with a mouthful of chips "I dunno, I really want to. This city could certainly use it." he said and sat next to her, he stole a chip from her and ate it. "Want me to find a crime?" she asked "Nah, with how my luck goes I'll run into trouble either way." he reminded her "Yeah, tell me about it, you actually won the lottery once, only to have a raccoon steel the ticket." she chuckled remembering. Gary sighed and watched the TV with her "So, what to do......" he said "We're not having sex if that's what you're hinting at." Veronica quickly answered. He sighed annoyed and put the mask in his jacket "I'll be back." he said and walked out of the door slowly "Bring me some vodka, and a magazine, oooh and some nachos, a churo and-oh forget it you can't hear me." she said and sighed at the last part. Gary walked down the hall towards the elevator, he went down to the lobby and left the building, he looked around and began to walk down the street, knowing his luck he would get jumped soon, either by gang members, or a lonely house wife looking to make revenge porn. Either way he would need the mask, he put it in a pocket inside his coat and buttoned it up. He had to be careful with it, last thing he needs is someone grabbing it and doing god knows what with it. Just to save them the trouble he decided to put it on, he went to an alley and jumped inside a dumpster, as he put it on, the dumpster shook and crackled with lightning, he jumped out wearing a red tie, a white shirt, black blazer and black hat "Hello I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it, so you don't have to." he said as the mask with a mile wide grin, he adjusted his glassed and walked out of the alley, some thug came up to him and pushed him against the wall, he held up a knife to him as his girl stood by "Gimme all your money!" he demanded. The mask inhaled "ELEPHANT!" he yelled, the burger king appeared out of nowhere and kicked the thug in the groin hard enough to lift him off the ground, the girl who stood next to him screamed and ran away "Thanks BK." the mask said as he was about to leave but the King offered him a whopper "Not right now." The mask answered but the King insisted "I already ate." The mask replied and tried to move away but the King insisted still "I SAID NO!" the mask slapped it out of his hands. The king then grew furious and began to wrestle him to the ground, the mask then squealed like a little girl "BAD TOUCH!! BAD TOUCH!! STRANGER DANGER!! STRANGER DANGER!!!" he yelled, a police officer looked over from the other side of the street "Freeze!!" he called out as he ran over, the King got up and ran off, the officer chased after him as the Mask got up and dusted himself off "You can't always have it your way." he said and continued his stroll down the sidewalk.
After leaving to make sure the match-making continued between Steven and T-Rae, he took a stroll down the street and sighed when he saw a police officer chase after Burger King. He only knew about one item that could do weird things and he was right about the man being in front of him. " Subtly, thy name is not the Mask," Lucifer said, as he stood next to the man, waiting for a response. He had heard about the Mask, but had not realized he was in LA. Hell, couldn't he have one day without something crazy happening?
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"Your first date? Wow, I'm honored. Lemme guess, never been kissed either? That's so cute." I smirked at him but gave him a wink just the same.
The work day went pretty well, and at the end of it I suggested Cafe Nervosa which was an NBC owned cafe in Studio City and a recreation of the coffee shop in the TV show Frasier. No better place for awkward interactions, right?
" Well- no, I haven't exactly been kissed either. I was never very good at picking up signs that other girls wanted to date me and nobody wants to date a clueless guy."
Steven worked for the rest of the day and nervously nodded as he hoped that he didn't screw this up. What were the right things to do on the first date? Were there any things he should avoid? He hoped that he didn't screw this up though.
" Well- no, I haven't exactly been kissed either. I was never very good at picking up signs that other girls wanted to date me and nobody wants to date a clueless guy."
"I wouldn't say nobody..." I teased as we went back to work.
Later on, we got to Cafe Nervosa. It was a lot more than just a coffee place, with kitschy very Californian dishes like Sushi, and some very Seattle inspired things like Artisanal Chocolates and Garlic Fries, and a Beet and Goat Cheese salad.
I stuck with a Salmon Burger with Garlic Fries, and an Iced Coffee.
["I wouldn't say nobody..." I teased as we went back to work.
" Well, almost nobody then," he said, as she went back to work.
Steven was very nervous at Café Nervosa which was ironic to him since the name almost sounded like café nervous. He bit down on his tongue and wondered what he should order. He hadn't exactly been out to eat in a long time and never at a café.
" So what exactly would you recommend me getting from here?" He asked.
Steven was very nervous at Café Nervosa which was ironic to him since the name almost sounded like café nervous. He bit down on his tongue and wondered what he should order. He hadn't exactly been out to eat in a long time and never at a café.
" So what exactly would you recommend me getting from here?" He asked.
"Depends on what you like to eat? There's a strange drink that is inspired by the show that inspired this cafe. It's a latte with extra whipped cream and bacon crumbles on top. If you want recommendations for food, it all depends if you like seafood or not. If not, then go with the Bacon Cheeseburger."
I respond to him with a shrug. I really hope he wasn't always this indecisive. @LuckycoolHawk9
" Oh, that latte sounds really good. I like bacon crumbs and I am sure that as long as there no seafood- well except shawrma. I really like Shawrma for some reason. I am going to get the Bacon Cheeseburger though, it has stuff I don't get much of since Dax really likes Bacon and is always anything with bacon in it."
He paused, realizing he had never mentioned Dax to her. " Dax is my dog, " he said. He wasn't sure if Dax was a daxamite like him, but he did exhibit some of his powers when he went out.
The mask stopped but didn't turn to look behind him, instead he waved his hand cautiously as he slowly turned his body, he kept looking ahead as he touched the figure all over it's chest and stomach, then face and hair "Daddy?" he asked. He still kept touching "I wanna say Paul..... but you feel like a Bill......" he continued to touch the figure "Jared?" he asked yet kept touching.
"That douche from Bio-dome? What was his name? I know he was part of the Baldwin family of actors... It wasn't Alec.... or Daniel...... it was the one who played barney in viva rock vegas.... and looks like a classic 90's stoner...." he would continue to go on like this forever.
Lucifer didn't mind being touched. Listen, the man had been with most of LA and he had no shame in being touched by strangers. Yeah, most of those people saw him as a casual fling, but he had gotten over it with the help of Chloe who he hadn't seen in a while. He watched him, and wasn't bothered by this in slightest. Now if Maize was here, it might be different for the man though.
" The name you are looking for is Stephen, spelled with a P. Though that is not my name," Lucifer said. He wasn't about to argue with anything the man said. " Also, if you are trying to annoy me or get me to punch you, you are going to have to try harder than what you are doing."
The Mask then turned "Huh, usually, my guts would be spilled all over the sidewalk by now." he said and spun into a small tornado, he stopped behind the man as a green bugs bunny leaning against a wall with his elbow and heel to it "Meh.." he said then munched a carrot "What's up doc?" he asked still munching his comically oversized carrot.
Lucifer looked over at him. " Well, normally, you would have annoyed someone to death by now," he said, yawning as the mask turned into a green Bugs Bunny and he looked unfazed. " Well, bunny, nothing much. It's been pretty boring around here. Of course, you showed up, so now things are mildly more interesting," he said, checking his watch.
The mask spun to change back to his..... normal self which was just him with a green face and a zoot suit "Soo....... what exactly are you looking for? A partner in crime? Someone to annoy? Harassing the ass hats at TMZ? Or are you like all those other upcoming villains looking to smack down a guy with a green face and an attitude straight out of the 90's? Cuz the only reason I put this thing on right now is so some dumb ass doesn't rob me.... then again I am bored, we could always pay Jim Carrey a visit and thank him for making a movie about me, right after we kick is ass for making dumb and dumber 2." he rambled on and circled around him.
"Then again we could hijack a Hollywood tour bus and have those poor souls listen to some hard honesty about how shitty the things they like really are, or we could just go to a local university and throw dog feces on those idiots while they're in their so called safe space." he made air-quotes at the last two words "Or..... we could just harass hipsters because...... fuck em that's why." he continued to ramble on.
"Or we could break into a news room and mess with the anchors, if these aren't good enough for you? You have no sense of humor. Last one on my list is harassing Starbucks employees while looking like an irate squirrel and picking up a calender of the Malibu fire department.... for..... a friend..." he said the last part rather embarrassed and looking around a lot.
Lucifer Morningstar Lucifer looked very unimpressed by the man. " If I needed a partner in crime, I would have called my friend Maize. If I needed someone to annoy, I can do it perfectly fine with Douche Dan. I have no interest in harming you or for that matter, being a villain. I am not sure if you ever heard about the incident here a while back, but I helped Hercules and the like stop that threat. Trust me, I am well known enough here that nobody would dare to rob you with me around. I have a certain effect on the criminals that tells them that they should know better. But then again, who I am would have that effect on anyone stupid enough to try to tangle with me on a daily basis."
" Listen, all of that stuff is rookie and to be quite honest, it is going to get you in trouble with the LAPD on so many levels. I mean, I am fine with bailing you out of jail or mentioning you are my friend, but it might be better to not do anything stupid in the first place. Doing something stupid here would garner a lot of attention to yourself and might attract the owner of said mask to take it back to be entirely honest," he said.
" Also, I do have a sense of humor, I am just unfazed by cartoon antics. Now, if you want to meet someone with no sense of humor, you should check with my brother Amendial," he said, looking over at him and smirking. " Ahh a lady friend of yours probably wants that. Now, that is something I am good at. Personal recommendation though, take off the mask before you go shopping, Gary," he said. Lucifer was not subtle at all that he knew the Mask's real name.
The mask's cartoonish demeanor suddenly disappeared, he looked at him dead serious "You have exactly 5 seconds to tell me who you are and how you know who I am?" he asked and took a few steps back.
Just in case he had to escape he quietly pulled a paint brush out of his back pocket and kept it in his hand as he put his hands behind his back, he began to quietly doodle a black hole.
" Five seconds isn't much time for many things, but it is a darn good thing I am pointing out the obvious. The name is Lucifer Morningstar and if the name doesn't give it away, yes, I am indeed the Devil." He ran a hand through his hair.
" As for knowing your name, Garry, I have a few friends and I am very observant to new people in my city. A new guy in town and the mask shows up the same day, too big of a detail to be coincidental. Also, you didn't deny it."
The mask sighed and cracked his neck "Ok.... so what do you want?" he asked getting to the point. He raised an eyebrow at him waiting for an answer. a crowd of people began to form on the other side of the street, a few people in the crowd took pictures.
