FANPORT OVERFLOW LOG

[maskormods]

WHO: ImPorts!
WHERE: Heropa's Convention Centre.
WHEN: April 14-16, from 9 AM - 12 AM every day.
WHAT: Registration is in motion alongside FanPort, the most popular imPort convention around! Come on in and see imPort-led panels, the artist's alley, cosplayers, and more! If you have any questions, or wish to amend the way we have written up your characters' panels, let us know here! The original log can be found HERE.
WARNINGS: None anticipated; please let us know if this should be changed.

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tucker

[stealwithit]

(( continued from here. ))

[ what would your boyfriend say Tucker oh my god

"Shepard's" stance seems to shrink into itself a little bit, as Kasumi feigns bashfulness at Tucker's offer. She even reaches up, tucks the red hair of her wig behind her ear as she looks away a little. ]

Oh, I don't know about that, Tucker--oh, god, is it okay if I call you by your name?

[worstever]

[Oh, yeah. Wash sees this situation burgeoning practically from across the room. He has a well-developed sixth sense for Tucker doing his, uh, his Tucker thing at a woman.

Wash detaches himself ungracefully from a gaggle of fans hoping for autographs from "Armor Guy". Wash lumbers up (his armor is, for once, not TOO badly out of place amongst all the elaborate costumes, but being side-by-side with Tucker in civvies is doing him no favors) and crosses his arms. He doesn't need a facial expression to be clearly giving Tucker a capital-L Look.

To Kasumi:]

Is my boyfriend bothering you?

[bestsword]

[Even over the crowd, it's hard not to hear the power armor suddenly at his side. He tries to play it cool, casual.] Hey, Wash.

[Oh. Wait. Wash out of nowhere and using 'boyfriend' openly in public............ Shit he fucked up.]

No, she's a fan of my modeling and I was offering some alternatives, Wash.

[He'll buy that right.]

[stealwithit]

[ Being the fake fan that she is, she pretends to look a little intimidated by Wash's armor, even wearing an uneasy little smile, even though the smile is half-explained by Kasumi's utter amusement at the situation. That was really fast, like inhumanly fast, even. Not even Kaidan would be able to make it over as quickly as Wash just did if Shepard was hitting on some (clearly) beautiful woman across the room.

(But that's because Shepard is too awkward for life.) ]

Oh--no, not at all. I was just. Um. We were talking about that imPort calendar from a while ago and--he definitely wasn't flirting with me!

[ The way she acts it out, she sounds like she's been caught red-handed. Sorry, Tucker, she's kinda throwing you under the bus, but-- You know what she knows Tucker hates? Being addressed as a boyfriend in public. So, in a shocked fan voice: ]

--Hang on. Boyfriend? [ G A S P ] You two are dating?!

[worstever]

Er -- yes.

[Fuck. He thought he really nailed that but really Wash just played himself. Nice one.]

You didn't do anything wrong. [A VERBAL DEATH-STARE AT TUCKER.] Just -- try not to spread the whole dating thing around. [Shit, he's so boned. They're in a sardine can of fanatics who would kill to know that hot gossip. Check yourself before you wreck yourself, WASHINGTON.]

[bestsword]

[........ Wait.

Wash may be talking and giving him a death glare through that visor that he can sixth-sense feel after this many years, but Tucker also knows a fake gasp when he hears it. And fake anything from a girl.

This girl is fucking playing him under the bus. What the fuck.]

Yeah, it might cause some problem somewhere down the line. [To Wash:] And for the record, she started talking to me, I was looking at porn. [LOOK. SMUT COMIC IN HIS HANoh shit they're still in front of this smut comic artist's vendor. He spins to lean over the vendor table and get in real close to whisper something to them.]

[stealwithit]

Oh! [ Another fake-ass gasp as she claps her hand over her mouth like she clearly hadn't meant to say the whole "dating" thing so loudly and for everyone within earshot and beyond to hear. ] Sorry. You guys are trying to keep it on the down low? I can do that. You guys' secret's safe with me.

[ A beat, and then just to mess with them further: ] You guys make such a cute couple, though. Oh my gosh.

[worstever]

[Oh, SURE, Tucker was JUST looking at porn -- well, alright, that is the most believable excuse possible with him. A for effort. Wash lets him go do whatever shady deal it is he's cooking up with this filth-comics vendor, but not without vowing to himself to give Tucker an annoying lecture about this later.

Which is good, because he needs all his attention on navigating this real fucking precarious social situation.]

Thank you? [This is a man unused to compliments. He says the words like he's being simultaneously strangled by his greatest enemy.] You know, while you're here, we could always sign something for you. [IS HE TRYING TO BUY HER SILENCE WITH AUTOGRAPHS]

[bestsword]

Don't strain yourself accepting a compliment, man. [Tucker's back from his business transaction thankyouverymuch complete with just a little plastic bag to carry his porn in and a grin on his face. Yeah, that's a deal that's going to pay them back in the long-term.]

Listen you can't see it because he's paranoid, but he's pretty damn cute under that helmet.. Best though is when you can get him mad and his voice starts squeaking. It's great.

[stealwithit]

[ Don't worry--Kasumi knows all about secretly being pretty damn cute under helmets (or in her case, hoods). As for Wash's offer--her face lights up. Probably for the wrong reasons, one of them being the fact that she recognizes he's trying to placate her or buy her silence but nah, that ain't gonna work. At least, not ultimately. She'll keep quiet until it's time to strike. ]

I mean--I don't have to know what you guys look like to know that you're a cute couple! And see, he knows how to push your buttons. [ in more way than one, she's sure. ] That's adorable!

[ A beat, then: ] I would love an autograph, though.

[worstever]

Yes, he does. [Wash's voice is bone fucking dry. She's got his number, alright.] And my voice doesn't squeak! [It did just then, dude.

There are no premonitory chills down Wash's back when she squeals about the autograph, but boy, there should be. He is sealing his own fate, here.]

Do you want the signature anywhere in particular? A... [what does he call the self-bound smut leaflets they're mired in over here] ... book?

[He inclines his helmet toward Tucker in a suspicious way that practically yells DON'T YOU DARE SUGGEST ANYWHERE ON HER BODY.]

[bestsword]

You notice he didn't deny that he's cute as hell.

[FOR SHAME, THINKING TUCKER WOULD SUGGEST SUCH A THING. He can't really tell how stacked she is under the cosplay armor, otherwise he would have totally suggested it.]

These are fan comics, some are called doujin, come on Wash, at least try.

[stealwithit]

[ Unfortunately, actual Shepard's hoodie is a few sizes too big and is does not do her body any justice. But the point of the costume was not to attract too much attention, so it's all fine. ]

--Actually, how about a print? [ and she promptly snags one off the table, shooting the vendor a quick look that says promise I'll pay for it. Will she, won't she? It's a mystery. Either way, it's a print of Armor Guy in armor (whoever that is) except it really looks more like a pinup. ]

[worstever]

Right. Doujin. How could I forget.

[Oh, if only he could forget. Worst of all: the grim fucking hi-res glossy poster he's just had brandished at him by this perky -- what do the kids on Metube call it?

Ah, yes. This perky troll.]

I... [Remember, Wash. Remember how important it is to keep the almost embarrassingly gay reality of his life under wraps in this sardine can full of terrifyingly overinvested fans.] Okay. Fine. I can do that.

Do you want your name on it too? [Wash takes the print almost gingerly, like it's going to bite him or something, brandishing a pen he forgot to give back to some other kid asking for a signature (whoops). His almost absurdly neat Agent Washington goes at the top of the page, as far away from any suggestive body parts as possible. Tucker is going to have some smart remark about all of this, he can feel it in his bones. He's just got to make it through the next five minutes of this awkward hell and find a dark hole to die in and then it'll all be over.]