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[oom: The state of affairs cannot go on much longer. Sooner or later, the winner takes all.]

Guppy is by the fire, watching his sandwich.

It's not doing much.

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He blinks and looks up.

"Sorry, yes, miles away." He smiles. "I'm Guppy, I don't think we've met."

[ooc: Mun has to add that Sooraya is one of her fave X-folken. Not to put any pressure on, just fangirling :)]

"Sooraya Qadir. Pleased to meet you, Guppy. No, I don't think we have," she agrees.

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He extends a hand.

"Nice to meet you too Sooraya. Have you been here long?"

She clasps his hand in hers. "A week or so. The door is being obstinate."

"I'm sorry." he says sympathetically. "Being Bound is tough at any time, but especially when you're new. Has someone told you about this place?"

"I...think so? That it's a sort of crossroads for different worlds and time periods. One that people can't find deliberately, or not on their first arrival, but that may bring them in for some reason.

And yes, I know about Bar, herself." She shrugs. "Not the oddest I've ever encountered, if in the top ten as some say."

"Yes, that's pretty much the basics." Guppy says with a smile. "There's more to it, as with everything."

He points to one of the doors. "That leads to Security's office, and is where people are taken temporarily if they don't obay the rules. No fighting in the bar, no nudity in the bar, and no outside business. There's a good security team here; if you need help in that direction, they have shiny star badges and are easy to spot."

Pointing to another door. "That's the infirmary, where I work when I'm here. I take it you found somewhere to sleep."

"Yes. I met--not someone from my world, but close enough that we got on," with a thoughtful smile. "She told me I could take a room here and she'd help with the costs, until I'm unbound or can find work.

Oh." at his outline of the rules. "I'll remember that.Thank you. Outside business meaning, old business?" she hazards. "I knew there was Security, but hadn't thought they--I'm used to fighting my own battles."

"Meaning things like if you're were a Bounty hunter or a vampire slayer and you came across your target in here, this is a neutral zone and you wouldn't be allowed to kill or capture them." Guppy explains. "Some forms of business, like me being a doctor, are okay. It's really a common sense rule to keep people safe."

He nods and smiles. "Many people here are, but if you want to sort something out without security, best to take it out back. Otherwise you and the person you're fighting may both get hauled in. You're allowed to defend yourself of course."

"I'm more likely to have people chasing me, than the opposite.I sometimes think X-Gene should have 'trouble magnet' as part of the definition," She remembers what she originally wondered. "You're not eating? You looked as if you thought YOU might get bitten," waving at the sandwich.

"Actually I know several X-gene positive people here, and they don't seem to have as much problem as they do at home." Guppy says reassuringly.

Glancing down at his sandwich. "Oh yeah, I sort of forgot. I was just thinking."

He picks up the sandwich and takes a bite.

Sooraya's relieved to see that the sandwich doesn't attempt to retaliate. With all the weirdness of the past few days, she's not sure she'd be surprised.
And Guppy passed a sort of test, though he doesn't know it, by not reacting badly to the mention of X-genes(i.e., being afraid or oh, trying to SHOOT her.). Sooraya's polite, but not always the most trusting of people.
"Rachel Grey, you mean. Are there others?" wistfully.

"Actually I didn't know Rachel was, I've only met her once or twice. Yes, there are others."

Putting down the sandwich.

"But since being X-gene positive seems to attract such degrees of racial hatred back home, I treat the information under medical confidentiality rules. Which means I'm afraid you'll have to find them yourself, unless they give me permission to disclose it to you. I can however assure you that you are certainly not alone here. And as I said, there isn't as much trouble anyway. So many different people from different backgrounds."

Sooraya mutters something, annoyed at her own indiscretion. He's right, and she isn't about to argue the point.

"It'd be almost easier if it was race, maybe..." she trails off, shakes her head. "Don't ask them, even if you can.
We'll find each other if that's what's meant to happen."

He nods, smiling.

"Okay. Good luck."

[ooc: Sorry for vanishing, mun is a brit and had to go sleep]

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