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[ilovemykilt]

Priestly's never been That Guy, the one who can get an entire club shut down for a private event. He's pretty sure he used to make fun of That Guy, actually. But somehow here on the island, well, he kind of is. That or other, more powerful, people think Brooke deserves as awesome a birthday party as he does

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[exweapon]

I've gone to more than one birthday party that took place at a strip club, although usually it's a guy having the birthday, and usually the haven't just closed down the club for the event, the club is the event.

Still, I'm not going to complain; there's still beer, and the one benefit of the healing factor being gone is that I don't have to constantly knock them back to get the full effect. Admittedly, there's also the downside that I can't just knock them back without consequence, but it's not like I can't handle myself.

Bit of a weird crowd, but that's actually the best thing about it. I'm a member of a lot of weird crowds.

[butterflyfactor]

Layla stopped her perusal of the party next to Wolverine. She drank her own beer quietly, just looking around. She was wearing All*Star wedges and a tiny white dress and was admittedly taller than the last time they'd spoken, but maybe he'd recognize her by smell. Or the fact that he was as much of a stalker as any of the other ex-superheroes and had probably seen her with Jamie.

Either way, it'd be interesting.

[exweapon]

I don't exactly move in the same circles as Madrox, but I'm aware enough that she is. With the tattoos, they're a matched set. As to who she is, well, that was easy enough to work out.

And maybe once I did I should have tracked her down, but I wasn't exactly eager to. Last time I was in some crazy alternate dimension and Layla Miller was involved, I ended up with all my memories back.

What I was searching for all that time, sure. But everyone knows what they say about what you wish for.

"You got taller," I say.

[butterflyfactor]

"Evidence of the passage of time," she replied.

[exweapon]

"For normal people, it is," I say, frowning at her some. "Somehow I doubt it was that simple."

She's got a tattoo you usually only get in concentration camps in the future, and I doubt she just went to a present-day parlour and got inked in solidarity.

[butterflyfactor]

"I knew it had to be applicable somewhere," she said and took a swig of her beer. She glanced sideways at him, eyebrows lifting a little.

"You're all frowny."

[exweapon]

"I get told that a lot," I say. "You probably see that expression a lot, too."

[butterflyfactor]

"It tends to be people's default response," Layla replied.

"I don't know why, I'm nothing if not helpful."

[exweapon]

"That'd be why they're frowning," I say. "If you touch me, am I going to realize none of this is happening and I'm not really here?"

[butterflyfactor]

"No," Layla said, "if I touched you, you'd realize that Jamie Madrox is not nearly as negligible a fighter as people tend to assume. Until you put his head through the bar. So for the sake of not being the person from our universe who ruins the party, I'll keep my hands to myself."

[exweapon]

"Figured I should check," I say, sipping my beer. "In the same boat as the rest of us, huh."

[butterflyfactor]

"In effect," she said, "though I still know way more than any of you about what's coming down the pipe." Layla shrugged and sipped her beer.

"Not that it's helpful here."

[exweapon]

"That's the boat I meant," I say.

Would've been nice if she did have an angle on this place, as well, although nicer if she was the kind who shared.

[butterflyfactor]

"Sorry. It's a big giant anomaly. Ain't life grand," she said, glancing over the crowd.

[wallace_wells]

Every once in awhile, Wallace legitimately maligns the fact that Scott hasn't found his way to Fantasy Island yet. Just now, for instance, it would be completely worth all of his emo flopping about to witness him pissing himself or perhaps passing out.

As for Wallace, he just steps up beside the guy, drink in hand, and casually remarks, "My roommate once headbutt a guy so hard he burst."

It seems like an appropriate opener.

[exweapon]

I've heard weirder.

"Good for him," I grunt. "Should I care?"

Might as well check if he's trying to impress me, intimidate me, or is just in a real sharing kind of mood.