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[grace-mckee.livejournal.com]

Two twelve-year old girls, one blonde, one brunette, in Catholic school uniforms, have just come into the bar.

The blonde is pretty clearly dragging the brunette into the center of the room.

"This is just cool."

"I really don't think we're supposed to be here."

"It's in the middle of the school. Of course we're allowed to be here."

"It's a bar."

"Don't be such a worrywart. We're just looking around. What could happen?"

"My mom will kill me if she finds out I've been in a bar."

"So we won't tell her."

"She's Jewish. She'll know."

Anyone want to explain to these two where they are?


[OOC: Two new pups, two muns. You'll get them both]

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[obligatoryass]

"She'll know what?" Logan says. "Because you know, last I heard, even Jews aren't psychic. Or is that not true where you come from?"

Logan might look a little weird to them, with his baggy jeans and hoodie over a muscle tee. But then, they look a little weird to him, too. They're so very...short, to start with.

[grace-mckee.livejournal.com]

"That we're in a bar. But I told Hannah she's just being a worrywart."

He does look a little weird. But that's all right. The whole place looks a little weird.

The blonde holds out her hand. "I'm Grace McKee, and this is my best friend, Hannah Rayburn."

Hannah is . . . reserving judgment for the moment.

[obligatoryass]

"I'm Logan Echolls," he says, taking the hand gingerly. She's a middle schooler, he guesses. And he's not sure that they don't bite. "This is a Bar. The best bar ever, actually, and you can get here from lots of places, not just school. But I liked it best when it got me out of class."

[hannah-rayburn.livejournal.com]

They probably won't bite. And they're three or four years too young for Logan to hit on.

Hannah looks at him warily, hands tucked behind her back.

"Umm. Hi," she says cautiously.

The looks she shoots at Grace clearly says, Can we get out of here now? Please, please, pretty please?

[obligatoryass]

Yeah, and in their typical 1960-whatever clothes, they don't look anything like the 12-year-olds he's used to.

"Hi. Ever even been to a bar before?"

[grace-mckee.livejournal.com]

"Her family doesn't drink," says Grace, pointedly ignoring any Looks being shot to her by her best friend. "Except Maneschevitz at Passover. And my family doesn't go to bars. Tattie, that's my mother, has a bar in the house."

[obligatoryass]

"Wow," Logan says. "She sounds like my mother. Her name was Lynn. She was a movie star, before she jumped off a bridge. Which, you know, means technically, she's still a movie star."

Logan has clearly regressed back to being 12, too. Unfortunately, it's not as big a jump as one might hope.

[hannah-rayburn.livejournal.com]

Very wide eyes.

"Your mom jumped off a bridge?" she asks, momentarily forgetting to be shy and apprehensive.

A suicidal movie star. Maybe all that stuff Grandma Ida says about Hollywood-types is true.

[obligatoryass]

"Yep," Logan confirms. "Right off. I never thought she'd do it, but she left her car on the bridge and everything. And my girlfriend found a videotape of her falling."

Yeah, he's definitely 12 again.

[grace-mckee.livejournal.com]

"We don't know what a videotape is, but that sounds just terrible. I don't think there's a chance Tattie'd ever kill herself. Get herself killed, like on one of her safaris or something, maybe. But I can't see her committing suicide," says Grace, practically.

"You're clearly a tragic individual. Like Heathcliff. Or Dr. Zhivago."

Grace is a little impressed.

[obligatoryass]

Logan is very fond of impressed girls. Even when they are miniature girls.

"Clearly," he agrees. He tries to look tragic, but just mostly ends up looking goofy.

[hannah-rayburn.livejournal.com]

Hannah is looking at them both like they're nuts.

Of course, Hannah's family is yawningly normal. No tragedy or drama or untimely death.

"So, you're from California? Hollywood?" she asks.

Hollywood may be a hotbed of seediness. But Hannah is sure it's a glamorous hotbed.

[obligatoryass]

"Nearby," Logan says. More or less. "Little place called Neptune. It's near the beach, which is pretty great. Where're you guys from?"

[grace-mckee.livejournal.com]

"Ashmore, North Carolina," says Grace. "It's inland.

"Hollywood's nice, but I don't remember seeing anyone there who was dressed like you. And I don't remember hearing about any actresses jumping off bridges lately."

Now that she stops to think about it. And she steals her mom's movie magazines, even if Shirley does think the girls are "too tender" for them.

So she'd know.

[obligatoryass]

"That's because I'm not from when you are," he says. "I'm from 2006, and it's possibly even a different world. When are you kids from?"

He's guessing it's not any time that close to his.

[hannah-rayburn.livejournal.com]

"We're from 1966," Hannah replies.

The wide eyes are back.

He's from the future? Like in a science fiction movie?

"Do you have, like, robots and space stations and....and...alien invasions?"

Hannah immediately turns an I can't believe I asked something that dumb shade of pink.

But, hey. It could be true.

[smallestopener]

Ooh, two girls and they don't look very old at all! New friends are always fun!

Ingress waves. "Hi! I'm Ingress. What are you called?"

OOC: I will likely need to call for slowtime soon, but I had to have Ingress say hi

[grace-mckee.livejournal.com]

She looks friendly, which is good.

"I'm Grace. Grace McKee, and this is Hannah Rayburn. It's nice to meet you, Ingress. You don't by any chance know why there's suddenly a bar in the middle of our school, do you?"


[ooc: Slowtime is love, dear.]

[smallestopener]

"The bar's not in your school. You came into the bar! It's called Milliways and it's tricky to find like that."

[hannah-rayburn.livejournal.com]

Hannah can't quite take her eyes off of Ingress's hair.

"We were supposed to be on our way to math class," she explains.

If there's another kid here, it can't be that dangerous, right?

[smallestopener]

"Well, I bet when you open the door again, you'll find your school on the other end. Amy goes back and forth from her castle all the time, and Susan goes to London and back. Where are you from?"

[grace-mckee.livejournal.com]

"We're from Ashmore, in North Carolina. Do you live here? I only ask because you didn't say that you go back and forth. Oh, and is this Amy with a castle a queen of something called Amber-something?"

If she is, Grace needs to meet her. Clearly this Amy person knows everyone.

[smallestopener]

"That's in the United States, right? I'm learning geography in school. I don't live here, but I visit. I live in London Below. That's in England. And Queen Amy lives in Ambergelder, but she visits here, too."

[hannah-rayburn.livejournal.com]

London Below? Did that mean southern London? Hannah will have to remember to ask Grace later.

"Yeah, that's in the United States," she replies.

"Is it okay for us to be here?" she asks. 'Here' being a bar they were not invited to.

[smallestopener]

She nods. "There are other kids here. My brother Gavroche comes here and so does Mary. They're bigger than me. Sunny and Anthony live in the Staff Wing and they're little. Sometimes babies come here with their mummies and daddies. But it's mostly a grown-up place, and sometimes mean people come, so you have to be careful."