Dancey Dancey Twirly Wheeeeeeee

"It's okay, I'll be there to give them tips on how to reach my skill level," he joked, grinning again.

"Brilliant! Maybe there's hope for the movie after all!" She was in a much better mood than when he first came in

"As long as I'm around, there's always hope!" he replied. Confident in his abilities to make anyone's mood better, he wasn't too surprised to see her significantly happier than she had been when she'd come in, but he was happy about it.

"But what if the world's worst actor is there? Are we doomed then?"

He pretended to be offended and gasped. "Are you doubting my skills?" he asked, eyes wide in mock surprise. "How dare you!"

"Wh-what! Of... of course not" She made sure to sound like she wasn't being completely honest

He narrowed his eyes at her and pretended to study her face, playing up his suspicion. "Liar," he said after a long pause, crossing his arms.

"How dare you suggest I'm lying!" She replied, eyes wide as if in shock "I-I.. would never suggest you can't act"

"You're lying!" he sang. "I am like a human lie detector, so there's no use denying it. You might as well just admit it."

"But if I said I had lied I would be lying! I an't do that!" She shook her head

Mal frowned, already lost. "What?" he asked, scratching his head, then gave up. "You know what you just lied and I know it!"

She laughed when she managed to confuse him, shaking her head "But I didn't"

"But you did!" His voice took on a whiny tone and he pouted, for real this time. He didn't like getting confused but she was doing a pretty great job at making his brain feel all muddled. He couldn't even really remember what they were arguing about anymore. Something about her lying, but that was all he could recall...

(Poor Mal xD

Muse stop being a smartass!)

Noting that the whining was real this, she toned it down a little because she didn't really mind him that much. Even if he was a bit of an accidental creep. "Okay, fine. I might have lied."

That he understood, and he sat up straighter. "See! I knew it! I don't remember what you lied about, but I knew it." His big childish grin crossed his face as he beamed in triumph.

"You forgot what we were talking about?" In all honesty she couldn't say she was all too shocked about this

He shrugged. "Yeah. Something about you lying, but that's all I got." He wasn't too ashamed to admit it, since it happened fairly often anyways.

"It was about movie villains and actors, but it wasn't really all that important"

(Muse still doesn't know his name? Or did he ever say it?)

(FOR GODSAKES *flips table*
why do my characters fail at introducing themselves
god. damn. it)

He sat up straighter as he remembered the conversation. "Oh, right! I remember now! Either way you still lied."

(Worse yet is Muse asked him for his name :p)

"Sometimes lying is good, though" At least it could be in her opinion

(our characters aren't very good with this name thing are they? >.< )

Mal frowned, looking at her with confusion written on his face. As far as he was concerned, lying wasn't a good thing, and it had a habit of ending up with someone getting hurt. "Like when?"

(Obviously they really, really aren't xD)

"I don't know, if a dress makes a girl look fat it's safer to just lie and say it doesn't because if it does she might decide you're just being a douche and hit you?" That sounded like a good time to lie

(At least with Nessa it's intentional
*flails*)

He thought about that for a second. Fortunately, that wasn't a question he'd ever been asked, but after a second he shrugged. "Okay, fair enough."

(Muse does the same usually unless she's in a decent enough mood)

"I'm sure I could think of more occassions when it's acceptable"

(nessa's just secretive and paranoid xD
if she does give someone her name right off the bat, she's got an ulterior motive)

Mal thought about this some more and, deciding that she'd already proved him wrong, shrugged. "Probably, but let's just leave it at that because I don't need to be proved wrong even more."