[It simply had hurt too much to visit for a long time after Foggy died and Karen moved out of state. Like something was missing even when the place was packed and crowded. Now that Josie's is the homebase of the army he's building, Matt has been slowly getting reacclimated to the location and people he has genuinely missed. Josie's is one of the few places that feels like a part of home to him.
He thanks the waitress when their food and drinks arrive. He's opted for an Italian parm sub.]
So, do you have a place like this by your university that you visit a lot?
[They’ve never really talked about his friends, but she can tell there was a reason he didn’t come here beyond Daredevil.]
There is a cocktail bar near my apartment that I go to more than by school. Too close to campus and you run into students and I really don’t want to be drinking with them.
Yeah, that makes sense. It was always awkward and a little cringy when running into a professor near the campus. You expect them to stay in their ivory towers, not having a pint.
You'll have to share this cocktail bar with me sometime. Bonus points if there's a piano there that can be played.
I've never lived anywhere else but the Kitchen and around it. I think if my accent isn't strong, it's just because I hear accents so well that my own got muted or... combined with a lot of others.
It’s probably you just adopting a bit of everyone in the city. It’s New York, but not screaming it, you know? Mine is some strange combination of sounding English most of the time but some words get a little Greek.
I guess I never noticed really how I sound. At least, not many people talk about it. I can fake other people's accents pretty easily though, so yeah, picking up on them easily is my best guess for why my own accent isn't that strong. Who knows, maybe yours will turn New York eventually.
I'm not sure that we have a say in how our voices sound, most accents just fade or get muddled over time the longer someone is away from a certain place. Though, that's just for humans. Maybe muses can choose to sound however they want.
It is easier to sound harder when out on the streets. Not as much room to be soft, though I think compassion can always have a place.
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Date: 2025-05-17 03:33 pm (UTC)[Stella orders a fruity rum punch and a burger to go with it.]
We will need to try dancing then, see how it feels.
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Date: 2025-05-18 12:17 pm (UTC)You know, my law office is just down the street. I used to come here all the time with my former partner.
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Date: 2025-05-18 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-18 04:27 pm (UTC)[which is always nice to see, here is a guy that is genuinely liked by those around him]
Which I understand as I also like you.
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Date: 2025-05-18 04:35 pm (UTC)[It simply had hurt too much to visit for a long time after Foggy died and Karen moved out of state. Like something was missing even when the place was packed and crowded. Now that Josie's is the homebase of the army he's building, Matt has been slowly getting reacclimated to the location and people he has genuinely missed. Josie's is one of the few places that feels like a part of home to him.
He thanks the waitress when their food and drinks arrive. He's opted for an Italian parm sub.]
So, do you have a place like this by your university that you visit a lot?
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Date: 2025-05-18 04:44 pm (UTC)There is a cocktail bar near my apartment that I go to more than by school. Too close to campus and you run into students and I really don’t want to be drinking with them.
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Date: 2025-05-18 04:54 pm (UTC)You'll have to share this cocktail bar with me sometime. Bonus points if there's a piano there that can be played.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:01 pm (UTC)They have a baby grand, and the owner likes me, so you could probably get a go at it.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:13 pm (UTC)Sounds like a plan, then. Hopefully I won't be too rusty.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:30 pm (UTC)[She is trying her best to make him laugh; she absolutely melts when he smiles]
We seem to be lining up quite a few plans for people who just met.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-18 06:08 pm (UTC)[she laughs and rests a hand on his forearm.]
A google search would have been easier.
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Date: 2025-05-18 06:42 pm (UTC)[He gives her hand a squeeze as it rests on his arm.]
You want to try a bite of mine?
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Date: 2025-05-18 07:03 pm (UTC)[she wants to know how he pictures her, what he finds attractive]
Sure, you want a few of my fries?
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Date: 2025-05-18 07:19 pm (UTC)Sure. I do love a good fry.
[He cuts off part of his sub and moves his plate towards her so that she can take it onto hers, and put some fries on his.]
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Date: 2025-05-18 07:23 pm (UTC)[She takes the offered exchange of food]
It was your smile that immediately made me think you’re handsome.
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Date: 2025-05-18 07:50 pm (UTC)[He took a bite of the fries, smiling as she shares in return what she found attractive about him.]
Yeah? Good to know. I figured it wasn't gonna be the Hell's Kitchen accent.
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Date: 2025-05-18 07:53 pm (UTC)[which he has probably noticed about her]
Your accent isn’t terribly strong.
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Date: 2025-05-18 09:49 pm (UTC)I've never lived anywhere else but the Kitchen and around it. I think if my accent isn't strong, it's just because I hear accents so well that my own got muted or... combined with a lot of others.
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Date: 2025-05-18 09:58 pm (UTC)It’s probably you just adopting a bit of everyone in the city. It’s New York, but not screaming it, you know? Mine is some strange combination of sounding English most of the time but some words get a little Greek.
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Date: 2025-05-24 10:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-24 12:02 pm (UTC)Your voice was rougher when we met, but I think you lost your ‘other’ voice fairly quickly.
[she figures it was as his trust in her grew.]
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Date: 2025-05-24 02:22 pm (UTC)It is easier to sound harder when out on the streets. Not as much room to be soft, though I think compassion can always have a place.
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Date: 2025-05-24 02:35 pm (UTC)[she has finished most of her food as they’ve talked]
And this version, a little combination of the rough and the soft? You can be both.
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