Grinning widely, Rikki gave him a little shrug. "Sure, whatever that means!" she chirped, having zero frame of reference for what he was talking about, but enthusiastic about it because he seemed to be. The idea was to make a fun trip out of crossing things off and if she ever managed to get this glass figurine thing off the ground, she could easily finance something like that. If her best friend in this place wanted to finish his bucket list during his extra life in the instance that he didn't get to stay here forever, Rikki was going to damn well do everything in her power to help him get there. To her, Ben's bucket list was an actual, honest to God To-Do list and she wouldn't be happy until he'd crossed everything off it. She also hadn't seen it, so for all she knew, there were going to be things on there that he might never be able to cross off for one reason or another, but that didn't occur to her whenever she idly thought about his list and how to help him conquer it, just in case.
The just in case thought floated through her mind and faded her smile a little, but his follow up had her laughing again anyway. "Oh, okay, perfect. Now all I need is a ridiculous costume, yeah?" she joked.
At his bark of a laugh, Rikki's expression went a little sour. She wasn't upset with him but she also didn't love that she deserved that laugh. She'd thought she was being so clever, but alas.
Steam rose off her tail as Ben crouched beside her and she went on with her process while giving him her otherwise undivided attention. "That's not actually what I would've done," she confessed. "I just didn't want to hurt you. What I would've done if some asshole had grabbed me by the throat is heat up his bodily fluids until he was too feverish and disoriented to keep holding on. Then I'd've kicked him in the balls," she explained dryly, giving a little facial shrug as her legs came back into place and she got back to her feet. Clearing her throat, she nodded. "But...right. No powers. Okay, try it again," she prompted.
Once he'd repeated the movement, Rikki responded in a way that could only be considered weak and laughable. She'd never been attacked before the mermaid powers. She first tried to pull away, but the reality was that if someone had her by the throat, they wouldn't be gentle like Ben was being. So, she changed tack and tried to knee him, only he had put too much space in between them.
Rikki deflated. "I suppose I get choked," she pouted.
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The just in case thought floated through her mind and faded her smile a little, but his follow up had her laughing again anyway. "Oh, okay, perfect. Now all I need is a ridiculous costume, yeah?" she joked.
At his bark of a laugh, Rikki's expression went a little sour. She wasn't upset with him but she also didn't love that she deserved that laugh. She'd thought she was being so clever, but alas.
Steam rose off her tail as Ben crouched beside her and she went on with her process while giving him her otherwise undivided attention. "That's not actually what I would've done," she confessed. "I just didn't want to hurt you. What I would've done if some asshole had grabbed me by the throat is heat up his bodily fluids until he was too feverish and disoriented to keep holding on. Then I'd've kicked him in the balls," she explained dryly, giving a little facial shrug as her legs came back into place and she got back to her feet. Clearing her throat, she nodded. "But...right. No powers. Okay, try it again," she prompted.
Once he'd repeated the movement, Rikki responded in a way that could only be considered weak and laughable. She'd never been attacked before the mermaid powers. She first tried to pull away, but the reality was that if someone had her by the throat, they wouldn't be gentle like Ben was being. So, she changed tack and tried to knee him, only he had put too much space in between them.
Rikki deflated. "I suppose I get choked," she pouted.