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[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

When the door opens this time, the ambient light in the room goes up by a notch. And no, that's not hyperbole.

The new arrival is dressed in stylish black pants and a halterneck top, but that's the only thing colourless about her. This teenage girl glows in the most literal sense of the word; a rainbow of bright colours radiating from every par of her body in waves of light that flow from her like robes, so for example, it's impossible to tell where her hair ends and her radiant glow begins.

Her feet don't quite touch the floor where she stands, staring at the bar, open eyes and open mouthed.

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[favoured-azula.livejournal.com]

Her glowing makes Azula scowl.

In fact, everything makes Azula scowl, so Karolina shouldn't feel too bad or special about that (there are other things Karolina should feel special about).

Azula looks at the girl's feet as she sips at her tea. Huh. Doesn't look like an airbender.

"New, are you?"

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Give Karolina a second, she's all confused by the appearance of a bar in the middle of Majasdane.

Being spoken to draws her attention back, though and she turns to see who's speaking.

She's... she's really pretty.

"I guess?" she offers in an SoCal accent. "I mean," a quick glance over her shoulder. "I wasn't expecting a bar here."

[favoured-azula.livejournal.com]

"No one ever is." Azula says, setting her teacup down. At least this person is new and Zuko hasn't gotten the chance to be mean about her.

Plus, Azula is forced to be RILLY NICE here.

"Would you like some tea? I...can try to explain this place to you."

She supposes.

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Karolina smiles, and - well, 'bright' wouldn't really work as a metaphor here, would it? It's shiny, anyway, and she starts towards the table, hesitating only when she looks around, before sliding into a chair opposite her.

"That'd be really nice, thank you."

[favoured-azula.livejournal.com]

Azula finishes off her current cup of tea and waves down a waitrat with a vague scowl.

"Do you have any preference?" Azula prefers fiery teas...peppery teas. But she'll be nice and let Karolina order. She's got a very shiny smile after all.

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

"Doe you have any jasmine?" Karolina asks the rat, who squeaks and runs off with the order. There's a puzzled pause before she says, "was that a rat?"

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"Hmm, hi. First time here?" Ben just looked up from a book when he saw the door opening, and saw the cute girl. Start count for the moment when he will say something stupid...

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Everyone here is human. Or human looking. Or... not Majesdane or Skrull. Which makes Karolina feel self conscious straight off, though maybe not as bad as if she'd come in a few months ago.

So she smiles at the boy, not bothering to switch off the glow.

"Yeah," she admits. "You want to fill me in?"

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"I can try?" He blinks at the glow, surprised. So, not a light effect from the door, huh?"

"Ah, you want to sit? You are very pretty."

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Pop quiz: when a boy tells you you're pretty, do you let him down gently or accept the compliment and just hope he won't follow it up?

Karolina does neither, looking away for a second and biting her lip awkwardly.

"Thanks," she mumbles, taking a seat. It requires throwing her strange amorphous hair over the back of a chair as she looks around.

"I'm Karolina," she says with more confidence.

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"I'm Ben... Benjamin Winchester, but call me Ben."

Well, when Ben Winchester says 'you are pretty' and not one of the STRANGE things he usually spouts when talking with pretty girls, you count your blessings. Ben does it to his.

"Ah, well... this is a Bar, at the End of the Universe. There is some kind of portal thing wandering around time and space, and picking up people at random." No, he is not crazy, really.

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Karolina gives him a dry look that says she might be just about willing to believe he's crazy, but so much crazy shit has happened to her, that it's not actually that hard to believe.

"Picked up by a portal?"

[beyondbatman.livejournal.com]

"You get used to it. Eventually."

There's a boy standing next to her, about her age, with dark hair and blue eyes. He's a different kind of superhero, from a different universe and a different time.

It doesn't appear to bother him that she's glowing.

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

That's good, because Karolina hasn't really thought to turn it off yet. She hasn't needed to for some weeks.

"Get used to what, exactly?" She asks, turning to face him.

[cute_bruiser]

(OOC: Sorry, Debi. I suck. Slowtime?)

There is a small, awestruck gasp.

Then: "KAROLINA!"

A small pre-teen girl flings herself gleefully at the newcomer. Prepare for a Mollyglomp!

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Karolina stares for the entire time it takes Molly to throw herself.

"Molly?"

Then she laughs, and catches the mutant, laughing as they gain height in a huge mutual glomp.

"Oh my god, Molly!"

[cute_bruiser]

"Karolina ohmyfreakin'God Karolina I've missed you!"

Glee, Molly, glee!

"I hated it when you went away and when I got here they said anyone could turn up here and I always thought you maybe would but it's been ages andandandand you have to meet Fish andand Gert and Vic are gonna freak!"

All delivered without pause for breath, needless to say.

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

"Slow down, Mol!"

Karolina laughs, and twirls her round in the air one more time, before flying back down again and sitting on one of the couches in this bar place.

"How long have you been in this place?"

[cute_bruiser]

"Like... ages." There's a hint of a pout, here. "Nearly nine whole months, I think. Sometimes the door disappears and you can't get back out, but time stops outside so it's okay. Just weird."

Small beat.

"Oh! I'm s'posed to tell you stuff. This place is Milliways. It's a bar at the end of the universe." She points to the Viewing Window. "It's crazy, but it's fun. There's a magic bar that understands what you say and gives you stuff you ask for. There are three rules... which I can't remember. Oops." Molly giggles.

"Oh, wait. No violence in the bar, no outside stuff in the bar, and... no ess-ee-ex in the bar." She blushes, a bit.

Quickly, "And you're new, so your first drink is free."

:D!

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

:D!

"Mol, I've only been gone three weeks."

Not nine months. But it might as well be. Karolina wraps one arm around Molly, playing with the ears on animal hat #472. She's just happy to see her.

"No outside stuff? What's outside stuff?"

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

Barbara's at her usual table near the door, with her usual (third) cup of coffee and her usual stack of books. Today she's apparently reading The Resilience of Realities When Exposed to Contra-linear Interference.

As the light levels go up, she blinks curiously and then looks to the door (energy-based being of some sort: flight, probable energy projection, other forms of light manipulation?). Now that's interesting.

So the woman in the wheelchair smiles slightly, "Hello. I don't believe I've seen you around before."

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Karolina has been spending the recent weeks trying to get on with grown ups, but that doesn't mean she necessarily likes that yet.

Her ankles bend as she lowers herself the few inches to the floor, and she gives a brief, polite smile.

"I'm new."

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"I was assuming so. You do sort of stand out," Barbara's grin grows. "I'm Barbara."

[skyhighlucy.livejournal.com]

Awkward, Karolina unconsciously runs her hand along the neckline of her top. She debates letting her glow fade, but decides it's probably too late.

"Nice to meet you." Beat. "I'm Karolina."

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

(Not used to standing out all the time). "Welcome to Milliways, Karolina. You're probably the most unique person I've seen here in... at least a couple of days." Milliways and weird sort of go togeter.