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[notaphony]

The sound of jazz follows Joan into the bar, as does the scent of cigarette smoke

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[jane_becomes]

Jane has not in the Bar for a while and is rather surprised to find out how cold it is has gotten when she steps outside.

She almost turns and returns to the warmth of the Bar but she notices the woman who looks rather like her.

[agtninetynine]

Whoever designed this place, 99 thinks, must have modeled it off some very interesting weather.

It's decidedly early winter out here - or, at the very least, a frigid fall - but she's considerably warmer thanks to her layers and the exercise she's pursuing.

She stops mid-stretch, eyes narrowing at the figure standing in the distance.

[jane_becomes]

Bar was kind enough to give Jane a shawl before she walked outside since it is still warmer in her home and she comes closer. After all perhaps this woman only resembles her slightly,

"May I ask what you are doing, ma'am?"

[agtninetynine]

"Oh, I was just--"

There's a long, long pause between the beginning of that sentence and the next one starting.

"... what the."

[jane_becomes]

Jane has a variation of that same look of surprise on her face though she is trying to mask it with politeness and failing.

[agtninetynine]

99's first reaction is, understandably, surprise.

"Who are you?"

(If this is all part of CONTROL's plan to make an army of clone agents, she's going to have some words with the Chief as soon as her door appears.)

[jane_becomes]

"Miss Jane Austen and who are you?"

Jane is surprised and rather angry, she is herself after all.

[agtninetynine]

99 is also rather perturbed.

The reason she has the face that she does is because the old one was too much of a danger to her.

On the other hand -

"Jane Austen," she echoes, as if she's trying to sound it out. "You're - but you look like - you're Jane Austen?"

[jane_becomes]

"Who else would I be?"

Sometimes Milliways seems to go out of its way to make things difficult.

[agtninetynine]

"It's just - you look -"

Exactly like me is what goes unsaid, and 99 tries not to eye Jane suspiciously, but old habits die especially hard.

[jane_becomes]

Jane gives her a rather long look,

"Yes and I do not appreciate this if it is one of the tricks of the Bar."

[agtninetynine]

99 is looking at her even longer, if such a thing were possible.

"Don't look at me. I didn't have anything to do with this."

(Pun not intended.)

[jane_becomes]

"Neither did I. Where else do you expect me to look?"

She is not going to back down from whatever this argument is, not from this woman who looks like her.

[agtninetynine]

"Okay, okay."

Next step up from anger: logic.

"Clearly, this is either someone's idea of a joke, or you're from another world and just so happen to look like me."

Which, given the fact that she's Jane Austen, is fairly plausible.

[jane_becomes]

"If it is a joke then it is in rather horrible taste and you happen to look like me."

Jane's been at the Bar longer after all.

[agtninetynine]

"Tell me about it."

She sighs quietly.

"Okay. Say I believe you. What do we do now?"