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Zatanna Zatara (backwardstalk) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2020-02-26 09:01:00

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!open, bill denbrough, dan foster, john constantine, zatanna, ~ernest hemingway 2

I won't lie, I'm beginning to suspect that I'm not in SFO anymore. I knew they were doing some work on a few of their terminals but I feel like I would have remembered hearing about them opening a gate or two in space. We are in space, aren't we? Some sort of station? Admittedly, sensing ley lines within an artificial structure threw me off, it isn't something one sees often in my experience. Handy bit of magic, that. But still, we are in space, yes?

In any case, I am Zatanna Zatara, the mistress of Magic, the princess of prestidigitation, the headliner of the annual stage illusionists convention who apparently not only missed her plane to Vegas but has managed to literally fall off the face of the earth. If anyone would be so kind as to explain where we are, what is going on, and if whatever foodservice system is in place here offers a vegetarian option, I would be incredibly grateful.

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	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 05:06 am UTC (link)
	Are there people who came from office jobs? I can't imagine what their adjustment period was like. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 05:10 am UTC (link)
	Most did not but we do have some who led rather human lives. Lacey who is running the diner, for example, already worked in one back home. Then there is Hemingway who you are stated talking to. He is, well, you know who he is, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 05:15 am UTC (link)
	There was a rather famous Hemingway back home, certainly he isn't that Hemingway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 05:20 am UTC (link)
	If your Hemingway was a writer who wrote stories about old men struggling with fishing, then we have a winner. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 05:22 am UTC (link)
	Right, I suppose this place can pluck people from different points in time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 05:32 am UTC (link)
	Very much so. Amelia likes to bring back the dead especially. Expect for my kids, every single member of my family is dead for someone else who is here. Amelia's little world of family reunions. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 05:44 am UTC (link)
	I'm not certain if that is sweet or deeply unsettling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 05:47 am UTC (link)
	It is what it is I guess. I think she means well but she has the tendency to collect the tragic ones. I, for one, am glad I have a chance to meet my parents. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 05:59 am UTC (link)
	I wouldn't argue with that. But I'm glad you've gotten a chance to meet them, you are very lucky, hopefully you aren't the only one here who is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 06:04 am UTC (link)
	Thankfully, I'm not. There have been many reunions. What about you? Do you still have family where you are from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 06:11 am UTC (link)
	I have a young cousin, I'm starting to think I didn't spend enough time with him now that I'm here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 06:15 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. There is always a chance he shows up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 06:18 am UTC (link)
	I love the boy, but the station doesn't need a teenage magician running around causing trouble. I appreciate the thought though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 06:21 am UTC (link)
	I do not think he could cause any more trouble than the people already here. ;-) we are an interesting bunch. Well, I guess you have already met one of its representatives. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 06:28 am UTC (link)
	You'd be surprised, he excels at trouble. I'd like to meet everyone if I have the opportunity. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 06:35 am UTC (link)
	Loki - he's my Dad. I have been born with trouble in my blood. Now I really wish to meet him once day and I would like to hear all the stories about him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 06:41 am UTC (link)
	I've heard it said that all demi-gods are, though I'm not certain it works the same way with that pantheon. Oh he's insufferable, full of ego, thinks he's charming when he really isn't, the only thing that marks him as different from other teenage boys is his magic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 06:45 am UTC (link)
	Such a sweetheart. If my teenage self would have met him, I would have been hopeless around him. I had a knack for going for the trouble makers. Who am I kidding? I still do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 06:50 am UTC (link)
	He's also handsome and, thanks to working with me and a few of my friends, famous so girls are really becoming a problem. And let's be fair, don't we all? The trouble makers are more fun, at least for a while. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 06:59 am UTC (link)
	He's the whole package! And let me guess, girls chasing him only makes his attitude worse. Oh my, right you are. Then there are the moments where you really just want to shoot them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 07:05 am UTC (link)
	Absolutely. Thankfully he's actually decent under his attitude. Or backhand them. Or send them to hell, which only works when they aren't literal demons. The nice thing about them is that when you get tired of their shit you can find yourself another pretty easily. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Wait till he is brave enough to let it peal off. He will become even more irresistable. Wait, are you telling me you dated literal demons? Because that will go into the pile of stories that need telling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 07:17 am UTC (link)
	I swear I can feel myself aging ten years just thinking about it. I wouldn't say it was dating, it was mostly getting together for a little fun every now and then, but yes demons. I have not so selective tastes when it comes to men. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private daddyissues_ 2020-02-27 07:27 am UTC (link)
	I'm 26. My daughter is almost as old as me - time travel and all that jazz. The moment where you suspect it the least, this place is going to throw a kid at you. Then you are going to feel real old. Still going on the list. Your history with man is quite a story. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Private backwardstalk 2020-02-27 07:31 am UTC (link)
	Now there is a terrifying thought. Most of my history is quite a story, you may need to get more than one bottle, dear. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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