First EP

[thenewblack]

The door opens and a blonde in an over-sized T-shirt and socks comes through.

She'll just keep to the edges of the... crowd until she can get to the lost and found box and scrounge up an better outfit.

All the other strange will just have to wait until she has shoes and five minutes in the washroom.

Comments

[presspasskey]

"Oh geeze, you too?"

A nineteen-year-old girl with dirty-blonde hair crosses her arms and looks at Artemis critically. "I'm starting to think there's a conspiracy here."

[thenewblack]

"Me two what? Is someone starting a collection of people or something?"

Folks are looking a little unrestrained for that to be the situation, but it's time to stall.

[presspasskey]

Lois snickers slightly. "Not that I know of, though I'm not ruling anything out."

She waves a hand at the t-shirt. "Nah, I just meant that when I got here, didn't even have the sock--I'd just gotten out of the shower, though, and you know what wet socks are like, ugh." With that, she waves Artemis over in her direction, to where she's sitting at a table.

Girls who first enter mostly undressed must unite or something?

[thenewblack]

"Unless you've got some more clothes in your pocket I think I'm going to see if I can find the lost and found box to raid first. Thanks."

[presspasskey]

"Or we could ask for some new ones."

Duh, says her look.

[thenewblack]

"Seriously? They'll bring a change of clothes to your table here?"

That's a heck of a selection if that sort of thing is on the menu.

[presspasskey]

"Apparently. Worked for me last time, anyway. I could only take standing around in Smallville's shirt so long.

Hey," she adds to a passing waitrat. It's the kind of tone that would sound totally rude and dismissive--except she clearly doesn't mean to be, and this is just how she is with everyone. "Think we can scrounge something up in her size?"

[thenewblack]

OK! So that's what Rizzo the Rat looks like when he's a waiter instead of working comedy. Good to know.

The squeak in return is equal parts -what's this 'we' garbage- and -yeah, yeah, I'll get the spares out-.

"Uh huh."

[presspasskey]

Lois rolls her eyes at the tone of the squeak.

"Anyway. Unless you're part of my hallucination--and I'm not sure where the acid would have come from to induce it this time--then we're both in some place called Milliways."

[thenewblack]

"Right. Sure. I know I'm not in Gotham, so where is this shared hallucination then."

[presspasskey]

"Everyone keeps saying 'the end of the universe.' Hell if I know what that means, though."

Beat.

"Wait, Gotham?" Lois' face has brightened noticeably.

[thenewblack]

No one should light up like that talking about Gotham.

"Gotham, Connecticut. Home of the worlds most ominous architecture that comes with indoor plumbing and electric lights."

[presspasskey]

Lois just stares.

"Connecticut? Okay, you had me at the rest of it, but what the hell are you talking about? Gotham's not on the East Coast."

[fireandashesagain]

A brilliantly fire colored bird chirrups a greeting at her as she goes by.

[thenewblack]

"... Hallucinations. Spiffy."

At this rate she's going to end up wearing a tablecloth.

[fireandashesagain]

And that gets a rather rude noise and then she gets a cherry pit flicked at her.

[thenewblack]

"Ow! Violent halllucinations. Last time I eat at home when Dad's been cooking."

[fireandashesagain]

The phoenix sniffs and flutters next to her. He then butts her lightly on the arm. He's not burning hot, just rather warm.

Hallucinate that.

[thenewblack]

That would take a bit more oomph than normally shows up in a drug dose yeah.

"OK! OK! You're a real something. Just let me get some more clothes on before I deal with anything."

[fireandashesagain]

Oh fine. He flutters back to where he was sitting before badgering her.

[thenewblack]

After a pair of shoes and some cut-offs are acquired Artemis finally makes her way back to the...

Let's be honest, it's a bird that's on fire. It's a phoenix.

"Hey."

[fireandashesagain]

Of course it's a phoenix. He burbles a welcome and a hello.

[thenewblack]

"Sorry with the whole hallucination... thing," she says, "I'd just woken up. Makes me cranky."

[fireandashesagain]

Aww.

She's offered a cherry. He's holding it by the stem so no 'birdy germs'.

[thenewblack]

She takes it gingerly.

"Thanks."