There were very few places Elysia wanted to be less then at the apartment pot luck right then. It was right up there with being inside of an active volcano, hanging out with a politician, and being forced to go to a very bad poetry reading. The idea of willingly throwing herself into that hornets nest seemed like a horrible idea. Hell, she hadn't even gone onto the forums yet because she wasn't sure she even wanted to mingle online with her neighbors. What if they expected her to be social face to face too? But it had been a long day and Elysia was in dire need of some chocolate, which she was totally out of. The way she figured it, she could just go in, grab chocolate, get out. Easy.
Of course, she needed to take something with her to the potluck. Otherwise she'd feel like a bit of a mooch. So she scrounged up a large tin of caramel covered popcorn that one of her coworkers had given to her, not realizing that Elysia hated caramel covered popcorn. It wasn't much, but it would do. And that's how Elysia, dressed in nice black slacks, comfortable flats, and a button up shirt, ended up in the poorly decorated convention room. She completely ignored everyone in the room and headed straight for the food table where she dropped off her bowl of popcorn and grabbed a plate to start loading up on the good stuff. The sooner she was gone, the happier she'd be.