A very cracky entrance post

[nita_callahan]

omg Nita bling bling.

She enters through the lakeside door and snags a table and a soda, pulling off her grey sweatshirt to reveal a black T-shirt with the words "PLZ HELP I AM TRAPPED INNA BAR" in white on it. Hey, it's not her fault, she's getting all her clothes from the Bar. . .


[OOC: *disappears* BBL.]

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[nita_callahan]

"How long have you been stuck here?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"About a month, now. I've been keeping track, because it's far too easy to lose track of the days in here."

[nita_callahan]

She nods. "Is there sort of a generally agreed-on morning and evening? Or has everyone adjusted to the 27-hour day, and times are optional?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He thinks for a moment. "I think it's mainly decided by when the space outside by the lake passes from day to night and back. Though that doesn't seem to make a great deal of difference to the bar itself, considering it's fairly busy at pretty much any time, and as people come here from any and all times in their own worlds... I think anyone keeping track of the 'days' or the 'time' is more based on their perception and for their own peace of mind than anything else."

[nita_callahan]

"Makes sense. I wonder how the staff handle it -- y'know, when to serve breakfast or lunch."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He thinks a moment. "Well they're the bar staff, so I guess breakfast hours are whenever tehy say they are. I can imagine that they could all mess with our biological clocks if they wanted."

[ooc: Sorry! Was doing a hugely intensely breaky thread and was so focused on that everythig else kinda disappeared. Going to bed but will be on tomorrow. :-)]

[nita_callahan]

She snerks. "Maybe that's what we should be worried about April first. I was talking to Kim earlier about pranks." With a melodramatic sigh -- "She wisely pointed out that there's enough trauma around here without people trying to make it happen."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He gives a slight laugh. "Yeah, I think trying to pull pranks on people might just be adding insult to injury."

[nita_callahan]

She shrugs and grins. "Probably just as well. I was never any good at pranking people, anyway. Getting pranks pulled on me -- I was a champion at that."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Well when I was a kid, I used to do it, but then CTU isn't exactly the kind of place where pulling pranks on people is exactly acceptable. What kind of pranks did people pull on you?"

[nita_callahan]

She looks slightly embarrassed. "Um, the make-Nita-look-stupid-in-front-of-the-class-and-beat-her-up-at-lunch kind."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

His mouth tightens. "The cruel kind, in other words." He feels an instinctive dislike toward those children he didn't even know. At least when he pulled pranks as a child it was on frinds, or on those who were definitely able to stand up for themselves.

[nita_callahan]

"Yeah. . ." She shrugs. "I'm pretty much over it. I mean, it sucked, but if any of them tried anything these days, they wouldn't stand a chance."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He gives her a small smile. He felt oddly protective of her, though perhaps that wasn't so odd considering that she'd saved his life just a couple weeks before. "I'm sure you could do something interesting to anyone who tried, with your ability."

[nita_callahan]

She laughs. "Technically, I'm not allowed to. But I can at least prevent myself from getting hurt."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"With great power comes great responsibility, in other words."

[nita_callahan]

"Exactly." She quirks a wry smile. "A lot of responsibility. . . Which is probably something you understand?" She looks up at him. "You mentioned you work for Defense?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He nods. "Yeah, it's something I know pretty well. Unfortunately not everyone I work with does."

[nita_callahan]

She winces. "Yikes. Unfortunate indeed."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Well at least it's something the Secretary of Defense remembers, for the most part it's either people who aren't in the department or a few people who are under his command that don't remember that, so he can give them a reminder when he needs to."

[nita_callahan]

She smiles. "Is reminding them your job?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He smiles a little sheepishly. "Depends on who it is. If it's one of Secretary Heller's colleagues, probably not. I'm not exactly the most...tactful person on staff when it comes to that sort of thing. Then again, sometimes you need to be rather blunt with some people." Not mentioning any names...Ryan.

[nita_callahan]

She grins. "Oh yes. Bluntness is a good tool. You just can't overuse it. But really, I'm a little surprised. I'd expect diplomacy to be sort of a pre-requisite for a job in the White House. Are you the Secretary's -- secret weapon, sort of?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He smiles. "I can be diplomatic when I have to. Which isn't a lot of the time, particularly as some people just need--or want--someone to talk to them straight. I don't know if I'm his 'secret weapon' exactly. Kind of hard to keep a secret when you've been working there for nearly a year."

[nita_callahan]

With a laugh -- "Is your work interesting?" She snaps her fingers. "That reminds me -- I met someone else you know. Chase -- something."