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[horrible_penny]

I love this one!  Who all's here?  Billy?  Death?  Life?  Anyone?  The Welcome Center's open and I've got drinks and I'm working on making cookies--

[The camera turns to show a table full of cups of lemonade and trays of sugar cookies. The cookies are all rather fanciful--some have been frosted to look like clock faces, but most bear some

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[never_dissever]

Life and Death...?

Well, hey there. You seem friendly.

[horrible_penny]

Elle and Bastian. They're really, really sweet people.

Thank you! I'm Penny, and... well, you've probably already heard the whole intersection-of-universes-with-curses-and-deities spiel, right?

[never_dissever]

Oh, shit.

I've kinda figured it out so far! Hi, Penny. I'm Alex. And how are you this lovely day?

[horrible_penny]

That's good, because I'm definitely not the person to go to for that technical stuff.

It's great to meet you, Alex, and I'm doing really well! How about you? Enjoying the crazy that is the City?

[never_dissever]

Kind of! I'm actually looking for somebody, and I thought she might be here. I haven't found her yet, but I sure don't mind finding you, instead.

[horrible_penny]

[It takes Penny a moment to recover from the almost Hammeresque come on. And yet, recover she does.]

I don't mind helping you look. What's she look like?

[never_dissever]

Oh, um, that's okay. She's...uh, just a little kid, so she probably would be scared to talk to anybody but me. Thanks, though, I appreciate the help.

Shit, if she's friends with them--no, even they couldn't find me just from that.

[horrible_penny]

Sure! Sorry I can't help you out more, Alex.

[never_dissever]

It's okay! I still appreciate the offer. Can I buy you a coffee or something to say thank you?

[horrible_penny]

I really appreciate the offer, but I can't leave the Center today. Rain check, maybe? I'll have more staff soon, I think, and then days like this won't be so crazy.

Thank you, though. Really.

[never_dissever]

...Is that where your friends are going to come visit you?

[horrible_penny]

Not exactly, although most of them know that I hang around here. Mostly the big blue "Welcome Center" sign draws pretty big crowds on some curse days, and it'd be rude to be unwelcoming. False advertising.

[never_dissever]

So that's where they'll go. If they're looking for you? That's probably where they'll show up, right?

[horrible_penny]

Probably?

...Is everything okay?

[never_dissever]

Sure! Sure, why wouldn't it be?

[horrible_penny]

You just seem really jumpy. Not that I blame you, but going from coffee to antsy in under a minute is kind of strange.