milliways_bar | first entrance.

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first entrance.

So, life has finally started to resemble something that might be referred to as 'normal'. At least ... it's something normal-like, according to Miss Jessica Day. Mizz Day. Jess. The Jess-ster.

It can be noted that Jess is pretty much used to things never really going the way they should, or the way she wishes they could in her head.

(Like the whole thing with her ex, Spencer; and her spontaneously moving in with a bunch of guys - who are honestly the best, so really, no regrets there - because she couldn't stand living with a bunch of models anymore.)

But people are often singing out their feelings in these situations in her head. Sometimes, there's even a random dance number. So maybe it's best that they don't really go the way they do in her head.

In any case, she's standing in the doorway with a slightly rumpled, but still brightly coloured solar system diorama in her arms, eying the new locale with a fair amount of confusion, skepticism and disbelief on her face. Her large-framed glasses slide down her nose.

That is when Saturn decides to come loose from its string, the spray-painted orange and brown foam ball bouncing to the ground and rolling off towards a table.

"Oo-kay. I'm pretty sure this ... isn't supposed to be here."

tiny!tag: jess day, danny williams, darius

[ooc: Aaaaand I'm off for the night! But h'omg this was the best. I'll be tagging all slowtimes and such tomorrow!]

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A young man in a white uniform with rather disheveled red hair catches Saturn by its rings before it gets to far.

"I think you've dropped something..."

Phew!

"Thanks," Jess says, approaching the young man with an armful of diorama.

She definitely looks relieved.

"Sorry about that. Who knew Saturn would be the runaway planet?" she jokes, weakly.

Darius eyes the styrofoam ball dubiously. He'd never have guessed Saturn, but then, he didn't pay that much attention in school, so...

"Oh, anyone. Saturn's always been a rogue. You can't trust it as far as...well, as far as you can throw it."

He nods to her diorama. "Need some help with that?

"Actually?" She glances down at the other planets, and the cardboard boxy shape that is a representation of space, and nods. "Yeah. That'd be great."

She laughs a little.

"Oh, that Saturn. I'll have to keep a closer eye on it next time."

He'll just pick up that cardboard boxy shape from her and carry it over to the nearest table.

"Wise move," he says, settling Saturn into the place it looks like it should probably go.

Considering the dangly string and clip not currently holding a Styrofoam ball, this guy definitely got it right.

"I thought so," she says, smiling as she follows him towards that table. "Thanks so much."

He prides himself on his keen observational skills.

"Of course." He grins and offers her his hand once the diorama is safely settled. "I'm Darius, by the way."

They are very impressive.

He's also very cute.

"Darius," she repeats, taking his hand to shake. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Jess.

"And okay, I don't mean to alarm you or anything? But this place?" She lowers her voice conspiratorially. "It kinda looks like a bar."

And, you know, not her apartment.

Or any place she's ever been to in LA.

He keeps grinning, leaning forward equally conspiratorial. "It kind of is."

"I knew I had that right," she says, pressing her lips together.

She shakes her head.

"I guess my next question is ... how did that happen? I'm pretty sure I'm completely sober.

"It's not beer o'clock just yet, you know what I mean?"

There's a laugh.

Not a phrase he's familiar with, but he can guess the meaning well enough.

"Yeah, it's kind of funny that way. Best I can work out is that sometimes you open a door and it leads here instead of...wherever else."

"Just like that?" Jess says, shaking her head once. "That is pretty amazing.

"And I'm guessing you have no idea who Nick, Winston or Schmidt are, do you?"

"Just like that. When I first came here, some cranky kid with horns was trying to give me a really long explanation for it, but mostly that's what it boils down to."

He shakes his head at the names. "Don't ring a bell, though."

Well.

It was worth a shot, even if she kinda knew the answer she was going to get.

"And are you from - wait, a kid with horns? I'm guessing it wasn't a Halloween costume, was it?"

"A what kind of costume?"

He'd thought it might be a Capitol thing, but by the end of the conversation, he was pretty sure the kid wasn't from anywhere like the Capitol.

"Halloween? You know, the holiday where kids dress up as all sorts of things, go from door-to-door and beg for candy?

"It's only the biggest cavity-inducing holiday of the year."

Jess watches him.

"No?"

Nope. Totally blank expression here.

"Well...I don't think it was a costume. Is that sort of thing...not done where you're from?"

Well ... not that that means much, because it's mostly a North American holiday anyway, Jess is still starting to think that this whole place is definitely Elsewhere.

"Wow. Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," she quotes, regardless of whether Darius will understand or not.

(She's betting on the latter.)

"Well, we've definitely got Halloween. But we don't have any actual people with horns. Not that I know of anyway."

Darius laughs softly. "We don't have any actual people with them either, but that doesn't stop some folks."

He shakes his head. "So, um, if nobody's said so, this is Milliways. I guess it's at the end of the universe, and your first drink's free. And the rules are simple. Which is always nice."

"Simple rules? I like simple rules," Jess says, allowing Darius to go forth and explain them if he wants to.

The rest of his explanation ... oh, god. Yeah. Definitely not in Kansas anymore.

In fact, she's probably galaxies away from Kansas right now, if this really is the ... end.

"No fighting, no grudges, no sex," Darius says, counting them off on his fingers.

"In the bar proper," he adds. Because...well, that's important right? The bar doesn't rule out sex altogether, just where people could see it.

Definitely important! Because Jess obviously plans to have sex in this place.

(Honestly, it's hard enough having a date with someone let alone anything more. After Spencer -

Nope.

Not going to think about that. She's been doing so well, too.)

Jess nods.

"Yeah, those are good simple rules. I can definitely follow those."

"I'm not sure what the consequences are for breaking them," Darius adds, somewhat more serious. He's used to pretty strong consequences, himself.

Jess' expression sobers a little, too.

"Well, hopefully they're not too terrible."

Although, being that it's the end of the universe, the possibilities are technically endless. So many different worlds, so many different ways of disciplining people.

"I'm pretty law-abiding anyway."

Darius laughs at that. "Smart, but kinda boring, don't you think?"

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