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[felon_spice]

It's much easier the second time for Zoe to convince SARAH that they should take a trip to Milliways without her father.

Now there's a teenage girl sitting at the bar, watching all the people around her and trying to figure out if she can scam anyone into getting her a beer.

[open for tags with Zoe only; SARAH modded with permission, but her

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[sorryimatwat]

She might just have some luck with the thin young man sitting further down the bar, T-shirt proudly proclaiming the logo of some long-forgotten rock band.

(Owen buys his T-shirts from charity shops, frequently.)

[felon_spice]

Zoe spots him and decides he looks like someone she can easily con.

She hops off her bar stool and walks down the bar.

"Hey, I'm Zoe," she says. "Pretty new here."

[sorryimatwat]

He turns his head to size her up, the corners of his mouth quirking into a grin.

"Owen. S'pose I am too - been around for a few months, but not regular."

[felon_spice]

Oooh, an accent.

"Where are you from, Owen?" Zoe asks.

[sorryimatwat]

"London", he tells her. "Before I got stuck out in the wilds of Cardiff."

[felon_spice]

Zoe nods. "Sounds exciting. I lived in California, but now I live in Eureka, which is in Oregon or Washington, canon isn't super clear."

[sorryimatwat]

"Let me guess. One of those little American towns nobody's ever heard of and most people wouldn't want to?"

[felon_spice]

"It's definitely a little town that nobody's heard of," Zoe agrees. "But I suspect that some people would be very interested in it."

[sorryimatwat]

"Oh yeah?" He tilts his head at her. "Why's that, then?"

[felon_spice]

"Have you ever met SARAH?" she asks.

[sorryimatwat]

"Met at least five girls called Sarah in the last year. She got a surname?"

[felon_spice]

Zoe laughs. "No, she's a house. A bunker, actually. She comes here to the bar pretty often."

[sorryimatwat]

That gets raised eyebrows.

"A house comes to the bar?"

[smart_house]

Yes, she does.

If Owen's attention ever gets drawn to the steel door on the opposite wall from the bar, there's an external display that powers up.

I'm watching you, Mr. Harper.

SARAH's helpful like that.

[sorryimatwat]

That's... a little hard to miss.

"Zoe, your bunker knows my name." Raising his voice a little, "It's Dr. Harper, actually!"

[felon_spice]

"SARAH knows everything. And she needs to MIND HER OWN BUSINESS," Zoe calls.