Sign Nexus. Sign Area. I Roam Around Around Around

[misslucysleeches]

There's a newcomer to the Nexus today -- a woman in her very early thirties, with bright red hair and a forest-green sweater, sitting on one of the provided couches and looking at travel brochures. She wandered in earlier, and after the obligatory "?!?/can I get back" moment, has decided that she might as well do as the sign asks and ask a question. She spreads out her brochures on a table in front of her and looks up.

"So, random strangers! I'm a wanderer, and I've wandered almost all of the United States. So I think it's time I broke into international travel. Since it's my first time in this regard, I figured I'd at least start out by going to one of the more well-known cities, and see where adventure leads me from there."

She holds up three brochures.

"The question of the day is, then: London, Paris, or Rome?"

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[southboundflame]

"They're all kind of overrated," comes a quiet comment from that GREAT BIG couch over behind Lucy's. "I don't know if I could recommend any of them."

The person is female, with a lighter alto voice. She also sounds very tired.

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy turns around and -- wow. That thing is HUGE! She does, however, manage to pay more attention to the person on the couch than the couch itself. "They might be," she allows. "I just thought looking at the big three was a good starting point. . .so where would you recommend?"

[southboundflame]

The woman on the couch sits up slowly, showing herself to be a sturdy blonde in a battered brown leather jacket.

"Well," she says, pushing her bobbed hair out of her eyes. "If you want to stay on a mainland, and you want a big city, I'd recommend somewhere in India, or China. All kinds of things to see and eat."

risking a short tag!

[misslucysleeches]

"Hmmmm -- sounds interesting," Lucy says, intrigued. "And it would definitely give me more of a story than the typical European trip. I'll have to do some research."

[southboundflame]

The blonde smiles faintly and rubs her eyes, then looks over toward a sound by the sign, exposing the fact that the back of her jaw and her ear on one side are black with bruising.

Satisfied that the sound isn't really interesting, she turns back to the woman on the smaller couch. "Of course my favourite place to explore is Edmonton's River Valley park. It may not be exciting, and the city isn't very big as cities go, but they're beautiful and quiet, and they've got some interesting history."

net's finally back on

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy would look to see what was going on too, if she hadn't seen the bruising. She can't help sucking in a breath through her teeth as she sees it. Ouch.

"Canada, huh?" she nods, leaning on the back of her couch. "I'm up for interesting history. Though I'm always most interested in if there's any theater scene." She grins. "Actress."

w00t

[southboundflame]

"Ahhh." The blonde nods carefully. "Edmonton actually brags about its theater scene. And in the summer they have a Street Performer's Festival. My housepet's nephew works at the Citadel theater downtown."

Then she realizes what she just said and facepalms. "I mean my best friend's nephew." Soft grumbling follows.

two days without ;_;

[misslucysleeches]

"Oooooh," Lucy says, immediately interested. "I've still got some saving to do before I start gallivanting around the world. Maybe I'll head up there and check things out while I work on a plan of action."

She'll be holding back her laughter for your sake, McCrennin. Although it's a bit hard. She nods. "Right."

*sympathy wince*

[southboundflame]

The blonde sighs. "I had some friends at a place where I used to sell my pictures and stories, this couple of guys that were funny and pretty good company. They adopted some dog from the shelter and started constantly trying to convince me that I needed to do the same thing because they said having 'somebody at home' was good for my health. I'm never at the house, and I don't have time for animals." A slight scowl. "And I don't even like dogs, especially not the little things that screech all the time."

She shrugs. "Anyway, they'd started me thinking on the subject of having someone at home, so I put an ad in the paper for a room for a quiet older man." A slight grin. "This retired English butler answered the call, and he's been my best friend ever since." The smile fades back to the scowl.

[random_xtras]

"Paris," says the older guy who's sitting on the hood of a sweet sandy coloured GTO Judge and holding a child who is totally wrapped in a comfy looking patchwork quilt. "And I hope that roomie she was talking about is home, because that girl's got a concussion."

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy blinks -- then it clicks that he's probably answering her question from earlier. "Right," she nods, then grimaces. "Oh yikes -- I saw the bruising, but. . ."

be back tomorrow. *issa pooped*

[random_xtras]

"She's concussed." He nods, frowning. "Though she's probably used to taking care of herself in situations like that."

Then he looks back to Lucy. "Major Sam Walker. Looks like I'm next in line to answer your question, but I can fill you in on the Nexus too, if you want."

He looks about sixty, with an air around him that makes him easy to trust. There's a reason the soldiers and airmen on the base he shares the command of are glad to serve under him.

all righty -- about time for me to hit the sack too

[misslucysleeches]

"Yeah," Lucy says, shooting a worried look to where she'd last seen McCrennin. "Hope she'll be all right. . ."

She gives him a little smile. "Lucy Leech, though you might have already heard that. And some more info about where I've ended up would be really appreciated, thank you. I get the feeling I jumped in the deep end without a proper look."

[random_xtras]

"I don't think I have any of the books on hand, but I can tell you where to get them and answer questions for you." He peeks at the face of the sleeping child, and then wraps them in the blanket again and absently cuddles the small form, his expression easy and content.

[misslucysleeches]

"Just telling me where to find the information would be great," Lucy nods. She looks over at the child, smiling a little. "Yours?"

[random_xtras]

"Well, the best place to pick up the pamphlets and the LOL encyclopedia is at the Black Dog. It's a quicker trip than to the Nexus Library, and you just need to ask a waiter or barkeep for it," says Sam. Then his craggy face softens into a proud grin. "Yup. This is my boy, Isaac. He wore himself out working on a tank today."

[misslucysleeches]

"There's a whole encyclopedia?" Lucy says, eyes widening. "How many of these LOL things have there been? . . .No, wait, don't answer that. Thinking about it, it's probably a stupid question."

She blinks a few times. "A tank?"

[random_xtras]

"Maybe," says a young voice from behind her. "But those three cities are all kind of crowded and stinky and dirty, aren't they?"

Purring is now audible, coming from a slightly different direction from the child's voice. It's accompanied by the contentedly excited beeps of young mallard ducklings.

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy, mid-sip, turns around to see the child behind her. She notes the purring and the -- beeping, but she'll get to that later. Right now she's got something to answer. She swallows and shrugs. "I don't know. I've never been to any of them. But I'm used to that sort of thing -- I lived in New York City for a while." That could be pretty crowded and stinky and dirty too.

[random_xtras]

The little girl looks like she couldn't be more than six, if even that much. Her hair glints soft silver in the light of the sign, and her eyes are blue and hold the same light that Optimus' had, accompanied by a knowledge and scrutiny that most children of her apparent age lack. She's wearing a long, simple, comfortable blue dress that goes to her calves, and cute little boots. Her tiny hand is grasping that of a black-haired young woman in a similar, though longer dress lined with fur.

"The streets aren't so narrow there," she says at last.

[misslucysleeches]

A odd little girl -- but Lucy was just talking to transforming robot humanoids, so she doesn't get the surprise that she might have gotten otherwise. She quirks an eyebrow. "In New York? I guess not. . ." She really doesn't know anything about the streets in the other places she's considering.

[random_xtras]

"I've seen pictures at the library," says the little one seriously. "In some places in Rome, trucks are too wide to go through the streets. The trucks with motors."

Then she tips her head up and scrutinizes Lucy closely, seeming to look inside her. "What's your name? I'm Silver, and this is Love."

Love doesn't seem to be following the conversation, and doesn't show any response to her name being spoken.

[misslucysleeches]

"Really? How weird," Lucy says. "Then again, when you're designing a city before the days of trucks with motors. . ." This is actually a tick for Rome in her head -- she kind of wants to see just how narrow those streets really are now.

The staring makes Lucy a bit uneasy, but she does her best to hide it. "Lucy Leech," she says, tentatively holding out a hand to Silver. She glances at Love, not sure what to say to her -- if anything.

[blindlovegirl]

Love responds before Silver does, setting one warm, slightly calloused hand into Lucy's with the faintly uncertain attitude of one who cannot see. The small, quick movements of her hand in Lucy's may show the red haired girl that Love also cannot hear.

"She says hi," says Silver, smiling. "She says that she likes narrow streets because they're easier to remember."

[misslucysleeches]

Oh -- oh! Lucy doesn't really know any sign language, but she can guess from what's going on that Love is deaf and blind. She bites her lip, feeling just a touch awkward.

She nods gratefully to Silver for the translation. "I see. Hello Love," she says, hoping Silver will translate back. "Sorry, I don't know much sign. . ."