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Oct 12, 2007 15:57

So yesterday was National Coming Out Day. Artie didn't really feel right about participating, though; while he is openly gay, he's not yet comfortable being openly gerbil on campus.

Milliways, however, is a whole other story. Artie is now seated at a table with a sign saying:

National Coming Out Day
Let your freak flag fly!Also on the table are ( Read more... )

valerie, johnny smith, carlisle cullen, sariel rager, matilda wormwood, divis mal, roy mustang, michael bluth, simon skinner, tyler marlocke, lucy diamond, sorve harth rem ir estraven

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evryinchbut1 October 12 2007, 23:18:19 UTC

When Valerie comes into the bar, she stares a little. It's hard to miss, after all.

But more than that . . . it's there at all.

And then she's beaming so hard that her cheeks hurt.

rt_5478 October 12 2007, 23:23:13 UTC

"Hello," says Artie. "Are you familiar with National Coming Out Day?"

evryinchbut1 October 12 2007, 23:25:14 UTC

"I'm not," she replies, coming closer. "I don't think they had it in Britain."

rt_5478 October 12 2007, 23:44:08 UTC

"It's possible," admits Artie. "What year are you from? It was founded in 1988."

evryinchbut1 October 12 2007, 23:49:08 UTC

"2018. Things . . . changed. Where I'm from."

She shakes her head, tucking her hair back behind her ear.

"At any rate, I'm glad to see it here."

rt_5478 October 13 2007, 00:02:07 UTC

"To be fair, the official holiday was yesterday. But I thought I'd spread the message to Milliways. Here, of all places, people should be able to be honest about themselves."

evryinchbut1 October 13 2007, 00:16:10 UTC

Laughing, she takes a tag. "Isn't that the truth."

a lesbian, she writes carefully, and looks at it with an odd smile.

"Last time I did this, I had my girlfriend with me."

rt_5478 October 13 2007, 00:19:13 UTC

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evryinchbut1 October 13 2007, 01:07:42 UTC

"Mm-hmm. I like the atmosphere here better."

rt_5478 October 13 2007, 02:18:04 UTC

Artie looks sympathetic. "Parents didn't take it well?"

evryinchbut1 October 13 2007, 02:26:32 UTC

"Not at all."

She shrugs. "It's not exactly a unique story, is it."

rt_5478 October 13 2007, 02:37:16 UTC

"No. My coming-out didn't go very well, either."

Although, to be fair, he probably shouldn't have picked 'about to die in a bombing raid in the Arctic' as a good context for the announcement.

evryinchbut1 October 13 2007, 03:06:37 UTC

Well, in situations like that, you're probably not going to get a better time.

"More power to you doing this, then," she says, nodding at the sign.

rt_5478 October 13 2007, 03:08:44 UTC

That was Artie's thinking at the time, yes.

"Thank you, Miss--ah, I didn't get your name..."

evryinchbut1 October 13 2007, 03:12:10 UTC

"Valerie."

She offers a hand. "Just Valerie. And you're . . .?"

rt_5478 October 13 2007, 03:15:00 UTC

"Arthur Meriono, but call me 'Artie'."

He shakes the offered hand. "It was nice to meet you, Valerie."

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