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It wasn't quite summer yet in New York, but it was close enough. The weather had been clear and hot, but thankfully hadn't quite reached the point where it was oppressive. That said, a change for the cooler wasn't unwelcome, and when the front door opened to reveal the t-shirt-clad form of April O'Neil, the wry quirk to her lips suggested she was pleased enough to step over the threshold into the familiar confines of Milliways Bar.

She'd been around, but rarely for more than a few minutes together, generally simply checking in or using the bar as a way station between her New York and late-1800s London. Today, though, April thought she'd linger awhile, if only to take note of the growing sea of unfamiliar faces, and perhaps see a few familiar ones, as well.

Seating herself at the bar, she ordered coffee -- Large, with lots of sugar and cream, and Bar still knew just how to make it -- and opened the copy of the New York Times that had been tucked under her arm.

[OOC: It's been awhile; please feel free to interrupt her!]

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"There is life outside research?"

His voice is tinged with humor as his eyes sparkle, just a bit.

"Truly, not a lot. Meeting a few people, having a few of the usual adventures back in my world(this piece of the sentence brings a slightly more sober look), and mostly trying to keep my head down."

'And perhaps critically wounding an immortal'... that part he doesnt add.

All in all, it might have been best that he left that last part out, as April was given to worry.

"Met anyone interesting?" she asked, although it seemed like an absolutely ridiculous question, considering where they were sitting.

He shrugs a little.

"The usual grouping of superheroes, personifications, and regular people, with a few shaepeshifters thrown in for emphasis...and you?"

"More of the same," April laughed, because the truth was that all of those things seemed unremarkable to her at that point, in or out of the bar. "But I do feel totally out of the loop around here. Any crazy stuff gone down recently?" The boys never told her these things, probably because they were so often involved.

"Ah, a few invasions, curses, and possessing spirits, plus an evil witch who was defeated once and who is back again and twice as nasty... if you meet Blodwen Rowlands, dont listen, dont talk, leave and get away."

He speaks seriously, looking at her.

"She is dangerous. Very dangerous."

April's eyebrows arched, but she nodded in confirmation. Once, she would have scoffed at the idea of not being protected from anything thrown at her, but Milliways had given her a bit of a wake up call in that respect.

"Blodwen Rowlands. Got it. What's she look like?"

"She is a witch,m and so may be able to change her appearance, but she wears sometimes white, sometimes green and appears usually as a middle aged woman, on the youngish side, well proportioned, brunette, with sharp eyes that can turn kind or as pale as winter."

He shivers. Bruce doesnt like magic at all.

Well, that was certainly a poetic description. Judging by his shiver, April determined that yes, she most certainly would be avoiding this person.

"Thanks for the warning, Bruce. I'll try to watch out for her." She'd also try to wrangle Raph and see what he had to say on the subject.

He nods.

Then he smiles a bit.

"This place is truly amazing some days. It is... a haven. And I am glad it is here... I dont think I have ever felt as at homas I do here."

It was difficult to not smile at that sentiment, and April nodded, her eyes warm. "Yeah, I can understand that." Didn't feel quite the same, because New York would always be home to her, but she appreciated the idea nonetheless. "This place has given me a lot to be thankful for." Even if it had taken her a long time to realize it.

He smiles at her.

"Anything important happen? My life has been mostly dull, as dull as it can get here..."

"In this place? Yeah, you could say that." April laughed, because that was perhaps the understatement of the year.

He grins and eyes her.

"Well....?"

There was so much, really, beginning with when Raph first left them, taking a piece of her along with. "Well, two of my boys got turned human, here," she pointed out, but neglected to say that as a result she'd kissed one of them. April wasn't even certain if Bruce knew about her family. "And I met my boyfriend, here. Couldn't have done that any other way."

"Sounds like definite good things..."

He smiles.

"You definitely deserve good things."

He nods.

"You are a good person."

April had to dip her head a bit, a slight flush warming her cheeks. "Thank you, Bruce," she replied, quite touched by the depth of the sentiment. "I think you're a good person, too."

"You are welcome. And thanks."

He smiles.

She was the first person to truly know him here nd accept him as he was, without qualms. That means a lot. Always will.

"Will... will you come around more now?"

"I might, yeah," April replied, teasing him just a bit. "That is, I'd like to, I think. I miss the place a lot. Miss the people." She gave the bar a pat for emphasis.

He chuckles.

"Well. I am sure I am not rhe only one who has missed you."

He grins.

"HOw long has it been for you?"

"Eh, there might be one or two others around here who'll be glad to see me." April quirked a wry smile. "I guess it's been a couple of months, maybe a little longer."

"I think it has been the same here."

He nods, grinning foolishly. he was very glad to see her.

"Had a few adventures along the way, and actualy spent a year out of the bar too, but I have been back for quite some time."

"Oh, well, time for me in New York is the same as it is, here." Hers was probably the only world that was predictably that way. "Long story that I can't really get into, but yeah. My time is bar time." She smiled.

He nods.

"That is good. Then we can poke you if you are gone too long..."

His grin is almost teasing.

"Hey, if you can get Raph to come home to poke me-" God, that sounded bad, didn't it? "I'll come by everyday as reward." April gave him a quick wink, because there was no way that was happening.

He laughs.

"I will work on it."

He grins.

"Now if I can only figure out which one is Raph..."