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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[random_xtras]

"She's a kitty." Silver sticks out her chin. "And Mistral's a Black Mage. He likes pets. Though I don't think I'm a pet anymore."

[misslucysleeches]

"She's rather more than just a kitty," Lucy says, nodding at the tentacles. "And I see. . .yeah, I'm pretty sure you're a -- um -- adoptee?" Actually, Lucy isn't sure at all. It seems to be a minefield of awkwardness.

[random_xtras]

"She's a good kitty," says Silver with finality, but then looks thoughtful. "I don't know. Mistral found me and kept me, but now all the Waltzes try to take care of me too, like they do Love."

[misslucysleeches]

"I would hope so." You want any kitty who looks like that to be a good kitty.

"Well, that's nice," Lucy says with a smile. "Yeah, I guess you'd be an adoptee of some sort. A sort of -- inadvertent daughter to them?"

[random_xtras]

Silver just shrugs, being pretty well unfamiliar with all the usual family terms. "Love doesn't know either."

Then she perks and laughs as she sees Kitty put a gentle big paw on one of the ducklings who are busy fussing over her chest fur and try to return the grooming favour. The little duck is totally unabashed by the treatment that soon has her fluff sticking up in odd directions all over her body.

[misslucysleeches]

"Well, it sounds like you two are well-loved, and that's the important thing," Lucy says.

She blinks at the scene. "What the --" Excuse her, she's not quite familiar with displacer beasts. When it comes to roleplaying games, her limited experience is with looking up things like GURPs and World of Darkness.

[random_xtras]

"Uh huh," says Silver, still smiling at the pets interacting. But she answers Lucy's question. "The ducks are her minions. They make her fur nice. So she loves them."

[misslucysleeches]

"Minions -- actually, that's pretty appropriate, even for regular cats," Lucy admits, unable to help a little smirk. "But -- um -- okay, is the cat in a different place than where I see it?"

Sorry for the delay. Life booted me in the head.

[random_xtras]

Silver looks up at Lucy with surprise, then squints at the displacer beast and her fuzzy minions. "Uh huh. She's with the ducks."

It's okay!

[misslucysleeches]

"Okay, that explains that at least," Lucy says. "I'm seeing her about -- there." She points.

:D

[random_xtras]

Silver nods. "I forgot she can do that. I guess everybody at home looks for the ducks."

Then she looks up again. "Do you want to come to the Black Dog?"

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy would really like to know how you can forget something can do that, but -- well, not her world. And if everyone in Silver's group really does look for the ducks, perhaps it's a bit more understandable.

She thinks about it for a moment, then shakes her head. "I gotta save some stuff for future trips," she says with a smile. Holding up her collection of literature, she adds, "And I've got a lot of stuff to read at the moment."

[random_xtras]

"Okay," says Silver, patting Love's hand. "But when you come again, wear clothes like you are now, okay? Some people wear all kinds of weird things when they come the next time, and there's a cover your junk rule at the Black Dog."

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy has to hold in a laugh. "Don't worry -- I don't usually go out in public with my 'junk' exposed," she assures the girl, giggling. "It might depend a little on the weather back at home, but rest assured I'll be appropriate."

[random_xtras]

"Good." Silver gives her a little grin, but then perks as one last something comes to her mind. "You like parties and music? Do you like amusement park rides?"

[misslucysleeches]

"I'm in strong favor of all three," Lucy says with a grin back. "Why, something else I should be aware of around here?"

[random_xtras]

The little girl points her free hand in the direction that Optimus said that the mall might be found in. "The Nexus Mall has Rock 'n Ride nights. If you give them five dollars you can ride rides and dance all night." She scowls slightly. "I don't like it. The girls like wearing cheeky skirts, and their butts are just as tall as my face."

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy looks over in the direction Silver's pointing. "Interesting." Another thing to check out once she's all caught up on her pamphlet reading. She can't help a little chuckle. "Yeaah, not exactly the best view, is it?" Don't worry, Silver, she always makes sure her butt is covered.

[random_xtras]

"Cellulite is scary up close, and I always wonder if they ate beans." Silver pulls a face.

[misslucysleeches]

"Eugh," Lucy says, pulling one right along with her. "Yeah, that's not something you want right up the nostrils. And I agree, cellulite is scary." She shakes her head. "But, some people just want to show off. . ."

[random_xtras]

"I think that's silly," says Silver frankly. Then she turns her head and gives a look of surprise to a girl going past in a black tank and short black tutu as she realizes that the girl's black knee high lace up boots have no heels and have toes designed to look like cloven hooves.

Love perks at what Silver just told her, then frowns and lifts one foot, which is clothed in what looks like a glove made of buckskin, and rubs it.

"Yeah," says Silver, still watching. "How can you do anything walking around on your toes like that?"

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy shrugs. She can be one for wild clothes herself sometimes, but generally she tries to cover all her naughty bits. And keep her feet well-supported -- she looks similarly surprised when she follows Silver's gaze. "Ditto," she says, grimacing. "That looks -- painful. How does she even keep her balance?" Love's shoes may look a bit odd too (glove made of buckskin?), but at least they don't seem to bend her feet in odd ways.

[random_xtras]

Silver gives a little flail, but then pauses and looks at Love's foot before looking back up at Lucy. "We better go."

[misslucysleeches]

Lucy shrugs, then looks at Love's foot as well. Footache? She can relate. "Yeah, you've said," she nods. "Well, have a safe trip. Hopefully I'll see you around again."

[random_xtras]

Silver gives Lucy a bright and lively grin as Love lifts a hand in a shy wave. "Yup. If my Boss wants us to meet we will. But it won't be in this nexus. It's peeling away." She looks around. "But don't worry, your books will still be good."

Then she's turning to lead her dark-haired friend away toward a path between Brownstones.