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[ocean_danny]

Danny walks through one of the portals. He wasn't expecting to get here, but shows no surprise, as there is none. This is the third time in three days that he's found himself here. He'd met Tess on one occasion, paid a visit to the bank, and now this

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[viv_ward]

"Ya know, I don't think ya do actually." Vivian smiled, she can never think of a goddamned question anyway, and is sure there was mention somewhere about them changing the sign.

"Rusty..." She looks as though she's thinking for a moment, trying to place the name. "Ain't no ringin' no bells buddy."

[ocean_danny]

Danny smiled at the girl. At first he didn't spot it, but doing a double-take, he had to wonder?

"You know something, you really look like...."

Danny shook his head, he must be imagining it.

[viv_ward]

"Julia Roberts maybe?" Viv raised an eyebrow. "It's been said before. There's no way my mouth is as big as hers."

[ocean_danny]

Danny thought for a moment.

"Yeah, I s'pose that's true. I was thinking of someone else though."

[viv_ward]

"I'm surprised. When I first came here, it was kinda a sticking point. This one guy was convinced I was actually her. Whatever floats their boat I s'pose." Viv shrugged, Wade had paid her handsomely as long as she let him call her Julia.

"Why? Who else do I look like. Ya know maybe I picked the wrong career. I shoulda been a look alike."

[ocean_danny]

"Well, if I'm honest, and I don't want to weird you out or anything, but you look very similar to my ex-wife."

Already, the cogs were turning in Danny's head.

[viv_ward]

"Well that's a new one on me." Vivian laughed, it might have been a while since she'd worked the streets. But usually they were looking for the exact opposite of their wives.

"I ain't weirded out, I've heard much weirder, trust me."

[ocean_danny]

"You know what, I'm guessing you probably have."

Danny laughed in unison.

"So what brings you here? Odd place for a Julia Roberts look-a-like, don't you think?"

[viv_ward]

"I've been here a loong time. Well, I mean I don't actually live here or anything. Just been coming here since...well since about two years ago actually."

Vivian shrugged ruefully. "Changes your whole fuckin' life. You been here long?"

[ocean_danny]

"This place? Not really. This is my third time. Twice by accident.

Can I ask a question? How old do you think I look? You can be honest, I won't be offended."

[viv_ward]

Viv considers the grey streaks in his hair, and the way his brow furrows when he smiles. She's adept in the art of flattery, but really there's no reason to anymore. Still, old habits die hard.

"Hmm, about thirty?" Nothing wrong with a little flattery, even if there is no reason. "How about me?" She's genuinely curious, it feels like life has taken her toll on her recently, and if she looks like someone's ex-wife, that's gotta put years on her surely.

[ocean_danny]

Danny looks surprised. "Thirty?! You can come again."

"You don't look a day over..." Danny pauses. "..about twenty-three?"

[viv_ward]

That's no great shakes, only a couple of years out. "Okay. Maybe thirty-five. I was being nice, sue me."

If she was being honest, she'd have added a decade on easily. "Twenty-one actually. Even I feel about fifty sometimes."

[ocean_danny]

"I bet I feel fifty more often than you do."

Danny chuckled to himself, still taken with the girls familiar looks.

"By the way, I'm Danny." He offered a hand.

[viv_ward]

"I wouldn't bet on it." Viv answered dryly with a sarcastic smile, the cynical look on her face betraying a lifetime of crap, even if she was smiling.

"Vivian." She offered, shaking his hand. Doing that still didn't feel right, it always felt like she was pretending to be something she wasn't.

[ocean_danny]

"I'm very pleased to meet you, Vivian." He both nodded and smiled as he said it.

"My Julia.." Danny paused for a moment to backtrack. "The Julia I know works in an Art Gallery. What about you?"