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[nita_callahan]

[OOM: Outside.]

The Nita coming through the front door looks subtly more relaxed than she has for a long time.

Well. Until she sees the notice over the bar.

"Crap."

But a look at her name on the board reveals -- that can't be right, can it? -- a zero.

Well.

But Kit and Dairine's tabs are both up there in red, still. Frowning, Nita sits down at the bar, does not order tea, and thinks.

[OOC: Not here long at all, but slowtime tags are welcomed.]

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[nita_callahan]

"Not much, really. Just -- spending some time to myself."

She tilts her head. "And how've you been? Out and about?"

[inquisitivehero]

He nods, then half turns away.

"Things have been bad on my Earth. A series of incidents has occurred... it's gone pretty sour. To quote someone from a recent conversation, it has gone to Hell in a handbasket half the size it's supposed to be..."

he smiles halfway at her.

"I have been spending most of my time there as a result."

[nita_callahan]

"Geez, I'm sorry."

Her own world going to Hell in a handbasket wasn't that long ago, even with the time Bound here.

[inquisitivehero]

He nods to her.

"Thanks... I know you have dealt with a lot yourself. My world is at that point now, a turning point, a bad one, and things are very bad and getting worse. There are always chances to make things right, but... I honestly dont know how any one will make this right..."

He shakes his head.

"I hope your world has been good of late?"

[nita_callahan]

"I wish I could help."

Wry -- "Last time I was home, we were just getting over our own 'Hell in a handbasket' situation."

[inquisitivehero]

He nods.

"Ouch... Sorry to hear that...I hope you get home soon, and that it is better."

he smiles a small bit.

"Thanks. I honestly dont know what anyone can do right now, but thanks. It is appreciated."

[nita_callahan]

"Do you mind if I ask what the situation is?"

[inquisitivehero]

"Not at all. A mutant with the power to manipulate reality altered time and space so that 99.9 % of all mutants are suddenly humans, without any mutant gene at all. In an instsnt, my race has come near to extinction, wirth ;less than 200 of us left. There has been rioting, and violence and general confusion. Meanwhile, thengovernment, ij their oh so infinite wisdom, has turned the school I work at into what is for all intents and purposes an internment camp, putting all mutants in one place, not letting people leave, and requiring registration. Needless to say, this is not going well."

[nita_callahan]

She blinks.

". . . What year are you from, again?"

[inquisitivehero]

He blinks back at her.

"2006. And a lot of people alwayus say, 'It cant happen here', and 'it can't happen now'. Which is usually when it starts happening. People, most of them, anyway, fear what is different, and what they fear, they often try to destroy."

He sighs.

"We live for a dream. Peaceful coexistance of Humans and Mutants... we had come a long way. Now, in and insatnt, almost all the ground we ever had is lost..."

[nita_callahan]

"So it is happening everywhere . . ." she murmurs. "Geez. I'm so sorry, Hank."

[inquisitivehero]

He smiles a bit with a sigh.

"Thanks, Nita. Most days things are so incredibly busy I dont get back here except for evenings, and sometimes I wonder about those. But Catherine and Lindsey and this place are my sanity now."