"Nope, nope, that's not supposed to be there. Could have sworn that second portal was on the left, not the right. And - oh hells bells! Where the hell did this lake come from? This wasn't here before
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I find my way by focusing on where I want to go. Reality here tends to be shaped by your state of mind, so if you think you're going to get lost, you get lost. Of course, you also can get lost when you don't, but it's a lot less likely and it's usually because you either got distracted or pissed someone off. That's the way it is for me, at least.
As for the giant red stiletto shoe, that's near the entrance to the Nexus Mall. Go down that path of flaming coals - they're just St. Elmo's Fire, don't worry - past the booth selling galaxies in a bottle, take a left at the statue of the purple thing that looks like a cross between a walrus and a tiger, and then go up the second staircase to the right in the Escher convergence point. Take a right through the archway on the third landing - don't mind when things go sideways halfway up, gravity will adjust itself - and you'll be there.
"That'd work, but I get kinda scatterbrained, and then there's always something new and shiny to..." She shrugs then, grinning.
"Ok, wait. Nexus mall. Ok, St Elmo's fire, past the galaxies, and and hold on, what? What? Wait, I need paper for this." She's befuddled now. And probably more confused than she was before she asked the question. But still she smiles at a friendly face.
"Good to be back, thanks. I think. I mean, if I don't keep getting lost." She finishes with a wink. "But then, that could be fun too, if I weren't trying to meet someone."
*Triv pulls out a small notebook and writes the following:
Follow flaming coals past galaxies in a bottle -> ugly purple statue Take left at statue -> place where space goes nuts 2nd staircase on right -> 3rd landing Take right through archway
"I wasn't aware this place had any kind of map..." The vampire tilts her head, and just might be 'listening' to her thoughts. "Who're you meeting, anyway?"
"Well, maybe not a map per say." Leela tries to remember. "But it seemed a lot easier to get around way back then. I had stuff memorized and." At least I thought I had things memorized, she inwardly grumbled.
"Meeting a guy named Luc, for coffee or whatever." It was a good conversation they'd had, one she wanted to continue.
"Sounds cool by me. So where do we start?" She's looking one way, then the other. "Should we just flip a coin? I don't want to be late, Luc is cool people."
"At worst, perhaps, you can blame the old ghosts that still haunt these halls on occasion. Best not to think about it, really - such is, and remains, the nature of sorcery."
"For once. I recall some tunnels where you spoke a bit more literally, once upon a year." She ducks her head, smiling. The man's face she had remembered, his voice too was clear in her mind. But his name? Eek, now that she had forgotten. Good thing he mentioned it to her.
"I did not forget you, or the adventures we had. And I'm glad you didn't forget me. How are you Thaddeus?"
Now that causes a slightly raised eyebrow. Not at the person, but at their choice of words. After all, there aren't that many people in the nexus who say 'fragging' and she might just know a few of them. Including the one who she went bar-brawling with not long ago. Big guy, white skin, red eyes, chain around the wrist, smokes a cigar. Yea, that guy.
"True, but I don't have that keen a sense of smell." She shrugs.
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As for the giant red stiletto shoe, that's near the entrance to the Nexus Mall. Go down that path of flaming coals - they're just St. Elmo's Fire, don't worry - past the booth selling galaxies in a bottle, take a left at the statue of the purple thing that looks like a cross between a walrus and a tiger, and then go up the second staircase to the right in the Escher convergence point. Take a right through the archway on the third landing - don't mind when things go sideways halfway up, gravity will adjust itself - and you'll be there.
And good to see you back. *Triv smiles*
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"Ok, wait. Nexus mall. Ok, St Elmo's fire, past the galaxies, and and hold on, what? What? Wait, I need paper for this." She's befuddled now. And probably more confused than she was before she asked the question. But still she smiles at a friendly face.
"Good to be back, thanks. I think. I mean, if I don't keep getting lost." She finishes with a wink. "But then, that could be fun too, if I weren't trying to meet someone."
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Follow flaming coals past galaxies in a bottle -> ugly purple statue
Take left at statue -> place where space goes nuts
2nd staircase on right -> 3rd landing
Take right through archway
then hands it to Leela*
Take a look at that, see if it makes sense.
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"I am gonna hold on to this, like whoa" she says, trying to memorize it and not quite able to. Not yet.
"So am I right though? Is the nexus getting bigger? Expanding?"
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"Meeting a guy named Luc, for coffee or whatever." It was a good conversation they'd had, one she wanted to continue.
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"Now, sorcery, that part I'll believe."
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"I'm certain they're about...but, for once, I can speak figuratively. Have your really forgotten old Thaddeus?"
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"I did not forget you, or the adventures we had. And I'm glad you didn't forget me. How are you Thaddeus?"
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"Ya try followin' yer nose?"
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"I don't think that it was that kind of shoe. More along the lines of a statue of a shoe maybe?"
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Mornbein snorts and quirks her double pierced eyebrow. "That kinda joint still got their own fraggin' smell."
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"True, but I don't have that keen a sense of smell." She shrugs.
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