[OOM: November 23rd, 2002 - The Blood]She'd been expecting cold, hard granite. So it's with some surprise that Goldilocks ends up sitting on cushioned wood.
It all occurred in an unobtrusive blink of an eye. First there was an empty chair at one of the bar's central tables. Then there was a weak flash, an apparition flickering once. Then there was a woman—a gray hunting rifle leaned against her thigh, and an un-shouldered backpack at her feet.
Short golden blonde hair touches the shoulders of a thick camouflaged Gore-Tex Parka. Blue eyes stare through round glass, misted from the sudden change in temperature. A water bottle hits the floor, now ignored contents beginning to leak out. A hand instinctively strays to a sidearm. A hand that's streaked with dried blood.
Stunned and wary, Goldilocks scans the bar, taking in the surroundings and the few patrons that are present.
What the hell?