[NT] - Revel
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Turn the right way down any street, glance down an unexpected alley, maybe you'll see it out of the corner of your eye. Maybe you'll catch a hint of the music drifting out of the invitingly open wooden doors. There's always something. It wants to be found, this in, this bar, this club, this pub, this restaurant. It has many ( Read more... )
Turn the right way down any street, glance down an unexpected alley, maybe you'll see it out of the corner of your eye. Maybe you'll catch a hint of the music drifting out of the invitingly open wooden doors. There's always something. It wants to be found, this in, this bar, this club, this pub, this restaurant. It has many ( Read more... )
Mike has promised that this place doesn't involve portals (promised!) and so Kara has agreed to go. Tis the season to go to a gazillion parties until your feet want to drop off and your face is going to crack from smiling after all.
She's solo tonight - Harry has been doing the bare minimum socialising required this season, tis the season for rejections to hit even harder than other times, and Ads is home with Daddy screaming about something and making a menace of herself. Kara herself would have probably stayed home, she's not been too social herself either, and since the Norman Osborn disaster (not disaster, miracle, she reminds herself - but she keeps that thought to herself) you can't go out without someone sticking a camera in your face and commenting on how the stress has made you lose weight, gain weight, look pale, resort to cosmetic surgery, get a pimple or just dress totally wrong.
So, even though she looks casual (jeans and a cashmere wrap sweater, red, it is Christmas) the outfit took a ridiculous amount of time to co- ( ... )
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"Eh,"
She says.
Eh. In other words: Let's not talk about families. Taboo.
"I have a kid under 18 months - I have no idea what ennui MEANS but my default state is probably peeved with a dash of hormonal and more than a splash of sleep deprived - but not to worry - everything they say about motherhood is true - best thing you'll ever do, blah, blah. No, really it is. Still - you know."
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Huh?
No, seriously, huh?!?!
And Kara leans forward and says, very seriously and sincerely.
"Is your mother mentally ill?"
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"Men can't have babies."
Kara says, stating the obvious.
"You and Mike... you can't MAKE the baby together. Even if Mike IS a bit hippy. Which I've never noticed. I think he's quite up and down."
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"They are,"
She agrees.
"I had no idea what to wear so I went for casual with a touch of party at the soul... Get it? Soul? Sole. Soul as a spiritual heart of the matter, sole as in soles of my wee little shoes?"
Kara seems amused by her own joke, then again, she always does.
"I like your pants - I considered the whole leather pants thing but decided on jeans. I can't remember why - I had a good reason at the time. Anyway - nice to see you, JP."
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She believes it well enough.
"Ah, nice to be seen, right? Good to see our schedules finally collided --- you do look good. And if that someone is John, you can say his name, he's not Rumpelstiltskin, he wont combust, I promise. Scouts honour."
Slayers honour.
"Yeah, he wasn't up to it so I'm taking one for the team tonight. Put on my little red shoes and came ready to drink too much."
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"Wow,"
She seems impressed.
"You know an albino? I've always wanted to meet an albino. Though an albino dwarf would be way cooler."
She shakes her head at the pink.
"Never mix, never worry. I learned that in English with Mrs. Mulcahy. She was a real bitch. Brave though at the end and you have to respect that. She got killed, mauled to death by a hell... hell... hellhound! Like, a demonic dog that should be guarding the gates of hell but instead got summoned to do some damage here. It ripped her to shreds like a turkey on thanksgiving."
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"Who wonders that?"
She asks, just a little defensive.
"Who wonders why I didn't do so good at school? Who?"
If they're here she might go test if she can actually throw some bubbly at this party.
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