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[right][color=gray][sub]LOCATION & TIME : SPORTS CENTER & SMOOTHIE BAR[/sub]
[sub]INTERACTIONS :ARIA - [@KatKook] , MARINALIA - [@PrinceAlexus][/sub]
[sub]MENTIONS : [/sub][/color][/right]
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	Lilith didn't know what to think of this... Marlin chick. After listening to her BBC English accent almost made her seem [i]fake[/i]. Like she was trying too much? Lilith couldn't quite put her finger on it. Everyone in Sol seemed to be pretending. Maybe that is why she had liked Aria so much. Aria had been genuine. She had problems, and a fucked-up life like real people did.  Was it the accent? Lilith tried to imagine Marlin talking without an accent, but even then, it sounded even faker. 


	[color=goldenrod]"Hun, I'm a high-end stripper, not an idiot. I read- I went to college."[/color] Sure, Lilith didn't finish college, but she wasn't going to tell "Ms. I'm The Cutest Because of a Poll" that. How that sentence had really buttered her egg roll in a way, she did not enjoy one bit. [color=goldenrod]"Not everyone has a fancy name like yours, babe. It ain't hard to connect you to your very wealthy family. And I know all about my name- bible shit- storm goddess- blah blah blah."[/color] Lilith seemed nonchalant to be having a conversation with such a wealthy person, or someone with a wealthy family. She was used to it, and it was always fun to tease these kinds of people. 

	[color=goldenrod]"Tell me, Mali- are you always a prude?"[/color] Lilith leaned forward, pressing her chest together with her arms to give Marlin something to look at. [color=goldenrod]"I mean, I don't know you- but I have met people like you. Pretending not to look. You do look. Like everyone does."[/color] She took another drink from her smoothie and licked the straw without breaking eye contact with the woman in front of her. While she wasn't trying to start shit with Marlin the way she just gave off the "I'm too good for you" vibe wasn't sitting right with Lilith. [color=goldenrod]"I've seen you look."[/color] She winked at her before she leaned back on her chair and crossed one leg over the other. 

	She may be a stripper whose main clients were wealthy people, too, but they were there to unwind. Show how fucked up they were. Sometimes those clients would book her for private sessions, but instead of having Lilith on the pole dancing half-naked, she would be sitting with them over a cup of a hot drink talking. At some points, she wondered if she really was a stripper for them or someone they could just dump their problems to. Perhaps that is why she was acting like this towards Marlin. 

	Whatever. 

	[color=goldenrod]"Nothing taken the wrong way, babe."[/color] Lilith gave the blonde a grin as she brushed her hair off her shoulder. [color=goldenrod]"Just know friends are always welcomed in the [i]Pink Kitten[/i]. With girlfriend or not."[/color] She gave her another smile just as her phone ran in her pocket. 

	[color=goldenrod]"Aw, well, would you look at that. So cute."[/color] She smiled down at the photo of Aria but made no effort to show Marlin the absolutely adorable picture. [color=goldenrod]"Don't mind me."[/color] She lowered her phone and looked down at it with a similar pose to Aria's but instead gave the camera a kissy face. 

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To: Ariaaa 💘
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Had to leave early to the Sports Center- can't miss a workout day or my thighs might get [i]too[/i] thicc.
I took your mustard yellow one :b Wanna meet up later? I'll give you back your hoodie!

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	After writing the message and hitting send, she brought back her attention to Marlin. [color=goldenrod]"Anyway, how long have you been with your girlfriend? Man, my last relationship was crazy. The dude was a major asshole and broke my window after I broke up with him. Seriously."[/color] She rolled her eyes as she continued to tell Marlin her story. [color=goldenrod]"Dude went crazy when he found out I was a stripper- like how fragile do you have to be to get mad over that?"[/color] 

	At least now she knew that Aria was okay with it. If Lilith hadn't told her since their first date and she had been cool with it. Lilith wouldn't give up her job just because of a partner. Nah, she had earned so much from that job alone. Hell, some of her clients had offered to be her damn sugar mommies and daddies. Lilith had said no because- well, she didn't really need to. While her start at the club had been shaky, she was one of the top dancers now. She liked her job anyway despite the few bad clients here and there.