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Piper McLean (charmingpipes) wrote in expresslogs,
@ 2012-05-28 12:55:00

Entry tags:

{pepper potts, {piper mclean

Characters: Piper McLean and Pepper Potts (best name combo ever)
When: approximately 9:50 am, May 28th.
Location: Cabin 106-B
Warnings/Rating: Piper may be threatening with her knife but it can't hurt humans, so not really. PG
Summary: Piper wakes up next to a strange adult in a strange train.
Status: Closed, Incomplete.

Piper stirred in her sleep, kicking the covers off of her body. Her legs felt weirdly constricted, and she thought she had- was she wearing shoes? Had she just passed out into bed again? It had happened more than once over the last six months of preparation and repair on top of training and being head counselor. She rubbed a hand over her eyes and sat up to find herself not in Cabin Ten at all. It was a strange room with red carpet and a couch and a much bigger bed than she was used to- a bed currently also occupied.

Piper shrieked and leapt out of bed, reaching under her pillow where she kept Katoptris, only to find the blade wasn't there. She fumbled blindly until she found it on her belt and pulled it on the red haired woman she'd been sleeping next to. "Who are you! Where am I? What the hell is happening here?"

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8011_things
2012-05-29 12:49 am UTC (link)

Pepper was sleeping quite peacefully. Things were going pretty well as far as she was concerned, though it had been a bit of an adjustment sleeping on a new bed that was far less comfortable than her bed at Stark Tower. Even her dreams were fairly pleasant but it was disrupted by a very loud, very abrupt scream. "What? What's going on?" she asked, jolting up and looking around.

Her eyes landed on the sword first and then to the girl wielding it. "Okay, there's no need for a sword," Pepper insisted, glad that it wasn't anything serious, just a new arrival. "You're on a train that tends to pull people from whatever they're doing just because it feels like it. My name is Pepper. You?"

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charmingpipes
2012-05-30 12:24 am UTC (link)

Piper didn't take her eyes off the other woman, but lowered her blade a fraction of an inch. "Piper. Piper McLean. And it's not a sword, it's a knife. It's a really sharp knife that could do a lot of damage if you don't stay over there." She narrowed her eyes, debating if she could use her charmspeaking to demand the truth from this woman- she'd been practicing, for the meeting, and Jason had thought it might be useful.

"Where is this train, that we're stuck on, if we're really stuck? I'm not saying I believe you."

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8011_things
2012-05-30 05:08 pm UTC (link)

Pepper's eyes narrowed, disliking being threatened, particularly by her new roommate. She didn't say anything though because, quite frankly, she wasn't about to fight the girl while wearing nothing but a baggy t-shirt and panties. "Relax, please. I'm not going to hurt you." Her tone was calm for the most part as she held nothing against the girl. She hadn't been all that thrilled when she had arrived, but her friends had been there to explain things somewhat.

"Right now, we're traveling through prehistoria. There's dinosaurs outside, if you don't believe me." Which they could both see, if Piper bothered to look out the window. A quick glance at her phone indicated that it was nearly 10am and she'd overslept quite a bit. "There's some information on your network device," she added, gesturing to the item on the bedside table closest to Piper.

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charmingpipes
2012-05-30 06:12 pm UTC (link)

Piper finally actually looked at the woman across from her- if this was a kidnapping, she wasn't really dressed for it. She'd maintained a fairly calm tone throughout the entire thing, and definitely didn't seem threatening. "Alright. I'm putting my knife down but that doesn't mean- don't try anything, okay? I don't want to hurt you." She couldn't hurt her, not really, unless the woman was secretly some sort of monster, but better safe than sorry.

Piper turned, reaching for the device on the table, and skimmed the note. Well, she tried- her dyslexia and stress meant that she couldn't actually read it. Normally it wasn't too much of a problem, except in situations like this one. "I can't." She cleared her throat, her voice strained. "I can't read this. I'm dyslexic." She was ashamed of herself- she'd been doing really well, even before she went to Camp Half Blood, and now she was having trouble again, and she was on a stupid train with strangers and dinosaurs? She turned away from the woman fully, blinking quickly, and went to look out the window.

All she could see were vines. Vines and trees and occasionally, a dark shape. She looked up a bit and saw something scaly and winged flying. Piper gasped and threw herself away from the window. "Okay. Dinosaurs. You weren't lying about that."

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8011_things
2012-05-31 07:05 am UTC (link)

Pepper just rolled her eyes. Like she was going to attack her? The thought was actually rather amusing. Natasha had shown her a few moves but nothing that would be beneficial from the bed when her would-be attacker had a knife. Tony probably wasn't going to be happy if he heard about this.

At the admission that the girl was dyslexic, Pepper sighed and grabbed her own, scrolling to find the note.

"Due to unforeseen instrumental and environmental factors, the Möbius is being evacuated and as of now is designated a RUNAWAY. We are currently aware of the situation in which involuntary and quite unsuspecting non-passengers are being commandeered by the vehicle's inter-dimensional engine.

Please be advised that these units are uniquely designed to traverse between alternate realities and dimensions. It is imperative that you not be disembarked at the train's hour of departure. Those who choose to disembark in a foreign world do so at their own risk and peril of being stranded indefinitely. The Space-Time Orient Express cannot be held liable for the retrieval of passengers with implied intent to remain at the destination. An intent to remain can be demonstrated by a failure to board at the designated hour of departure.

Rescue is underway at operational headquarters and our specialists are working around the clock to track the Möbius. However, the renegade nature of the train presents inherent challenges in anticipating its route. We ask you please to remain calm during these trying times. Godspeed."

She paused to let that sink in and she looked up just in time to see the girl - Piper - move away from the window and agree about the dinosaurs. "I don't have any reason to lie here."

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charmingpipes
2012-06-07 03:29 am UTC (link)

Piper sat down on the couch in the corner of the room, landing hard. Okay. Crazy train, that- plausible. Inter-dimension, she wasn't sure what that meant, but it sounded like not just people from her world. She let out a little laugh- not just her world. Because there were other worlds! That- it was possible, it was even likely, it just blew her mind a little. But Olympus was in the Empire State Building. It was a lot more believable than it had been six months ago.

She looked up at the older woman and felt completely ashamed of herself. "I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry. I shouldn't have threatened you. That was wrong. I wouldn't have hurt you really. I couldn't, even if I'd wanted to. I'm sorry." She put her head in her hands and took a deep breath. "Can I start this over?" She smiled tentatively. "Hi. I'm Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite. Cabin Ten counselor. It's nice to meet you."

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8011_things
2012-06-13 07:40 pm UTC (link)

Pepper offered Piper a warm smile and slipped out of bed, not the least bit concerned about her lack of dress, making her way over to the couch where Piper was. "It's alright. Everyone handles it differently. My friends found me fairly quickly and I didn't wake up in bed with a strange woman." She was trying to make light of the situation, even if it was probably a bit awkward.

She shook Piper's hand and filed the information away. Daughter of Aphrodite? That was a little odd, but alright. Pepper took everything in stride. "Pepper Potts, sort of CEO of Stark Industries and personal assistant to one Tony Stark, more commonly known as Iron Man. It's a pleasure to meet you as well."

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