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[loveinalocket]

Shiori is awake, visible, and in the bar, looking for answers. She may also be writing a letter on napkins, and has been for quite a while, judging by the piles of discarded paper around her. Come try and give her advice.

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[auntie_di]

"You look busy."

Diana cocks her head.

"What're you writing?"

Tact? Her?

Meh.

[loveinalocket]

Shiori blinks and looks up. She smiles. "A letter. It's not going so well."

[auntie_di]

"Eh," a sympathetic wince "something awkward?"

She swings her feet on the barstool.

"Need inspiration."

[loveinalocket]

Shiori grimaces. "Yes, it is rather awkward. I'm Shiori."

[auntie_di]

"Cool name." A pause. "Oh. Diana. Any way I can help, or do you just want a distraction?"

[loveinalocket]

"A distraction, please." She frowns at her papers. "I'm not getting anywhere with these."

[auntie_di]

She grins.

"So tell me something interesting, then. Where and when are you from?"

[loveinalocket]

"I'm from Houou, in Japan. I used to go to a private school there, but I now go to one in Tokyo. I don't know how long I've been here in Milliways, though. A friend of a friend told me that since I can't see the door, I'm bound, but I'm uncertain of the meaning of that."

[auntie_di]

"Being bound means you can't go. You're bound to the bar."

She laughs.

"It can be a good thing, or a bad thing. Depending on your attitude. I imagine I'd enjoy myself. I'm going to school in Kingston. That's Canada. It's public, though."

[loveinalocket]

Shiori sighs. "Does one become unBound at some point? How long is a person bound for, and why?"

[auntie_di]

"Bar. She's weird that way. And you become unBound when she decides."

A long, and sympathetic sigh.

"Look at it this way. It's a vacation. For a lot of people, time pauses."

[loveinalocket]

"Have you ever been bound? And who is Bar? I know that this place is the bar at the end of the universe, but beyond that..." She shrugs.

[auntie_di]

"Oooh. New, then?"

She waves vaguely.

"Well, the bar is--" she points "--the bar. She's sentient, and controls things. Decides who goes, who stays, and when. I'm not Bound, never have been, but I've only been here a month."

[loveinalocket]

"I've been here for a while actually, but the person who explained things to me was in something of a hurry." She shrugs again. "She did her best, though. I wonder if she's bound."

[auntie_di]

"Could be."

She shrugs.

"Very well could be. Any other questions? I'm, as I said, new myself, but I'll do myself."

[loveinalocket]

Shiori yawns, and blushes. "Yes. Are there any places to sleep here?"