All the comforts of home [NVC Day 5ish] [Open-ish]

[lt_moreau]

Marlena was more surprised, all things considered, than perhaps she ought to have been when she discovered the building, a few blocks over from the bustling thoroughfares of Rau-Nol's tourist district, down what was best described as an alley--the closest such a new city could come to even having alleys. It was poorly-lit in the alien twilight,

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[original_fine]

[[OOC - Aw, poor Marlena.]]

Afterwards - Open

[lt_moreau]

[OOC - If anyone wants to run into Marley...]

A few hours later, Marlena left the building looking quite a bit more cheerful than she had when she entered. There was a certain glow about her, and if she walked with a slightly strange gait, it probably wasn't noticeable enough to be worth mentioning.

As she headed back toward the busier city center, she began to whistle. The night was still young.

Re: Afterwards - Open

[gold_ambition]

James, of course, was leaving Tina's.

He hadn't had sex since the aborted attempt with Spock-as-a-woman, and something about Marlena's manner, when he came upon her unexpectedly, struck him as familiar and smugly post-coital. He should know, he thought. And how curious, that he'd run into her here, now, after mentioning her earlier that evening. He wondered what she'd been up to. He wondered if he cared.

"Marlena," he said, acknowledgment unavoidable. "Making yourself useful?"

[lt_moreau]

"Not at all," she replied cheekily. "Others are making themselves useful to me." She kept walking as she spoke. He could walk with her, if he wanted to keep talking; if not, she wouldn't be terribly bothered.

[gold_ambition]

"Same thing, isn't it?" he returned, falling into step beside her. He wasn't jealous. He wasn't. But he wasn't about to just let her walk away.