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Tweak says, "I'm flying without wings"

Rebecca House [OC House MD] (youngesthouse) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-01-20 04:44:00

Entry tags:

tara house, timey wimey plot, torii sou wartooth

Who: Tara House-Badun and Torii
What: Booze!
Where: London Portkey, then Germany.
When: Monday afternoon
Rating: PG-13 for drunk teenagers?

So alcohol, at this point, seemed very welcoming to Tara. The insanity of the day was getting to her, what with her dad returning to his prime days of theft and her mother pitching a fit over the fact her babies were no longer babies, so she believed she had earned a drink. For the time being she let Ben, George and Wilson take care of her mum and dad, deciding her time would be better spent with another frustrated teenager she'd just met. Sure, Torii was a couple years younger than her but really it didn't matter. A drinking mate was a drinking mate and Torii seemed like she needed a drink as much as Tara did.

Dressed in a pair of washed out jeans, converse and a blue American Eagle t-shirt the young woman made her way down the street of the London she knew so well. Even so things were different and she noticed shops she hadn't seen since she was a little one, which were no longer there in her universe. It didn't take long to locate the Portkey and there she stood beside the old boot laying on the ground, hands in her pockets, keeping a look out for Torii.

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info_sponge
2009-01-19 07:10 pm UTC (link)

It hadn't taken Torii long to sneak out, she had a path already laid out from making late-night coffee runs during her coffee ban. She knew how to get from her window to the ground without being noticed, and then from the garden to the street. She'd made sure she had all the essentials before leaving, weaving her way through back-gardens and side-rows before heading towards the city proper.

Torii was difficult to miss, really, since she somehow managed to exude 'rockstar' even though she was only the daughter of one, and one who wasn't all that famous in this reality. The fact that she was wearing a shirt that said 'Rockstar' across the chest probably helped this a little. Maybe.
The hot pink and off-purple streaks down one side of her hair were probably pretty noticeable too, as well as the not-quite-dangerous look behind her eyes, "Hey. Tara, right?"

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youngesthouse
2009-01-20 01:24 am UTC (link)

Tara glanced up at Torii, blue eyes shining in the street light, a little smile on her lips as she looked over the other girl. Really she sort of dug the rocker look and wished she herself could pull something like that off. However her mother and father would probably chastise her for trying to look like a rock star so she'd never tried.

"Yeah. I assume you are Torii?" Her English accent was obvious, though she pronounced some things like an American would. Of course her father was British, and her mother an American who grew up around British family members so her own accent was a bit of a mix at times, though mostly English since she'd grown up in the UK. "A pleasure to meet you."

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info_sponge
2009-01-20 01:48 am UTC (link)

"She is me and you are she and we are all together." She said, smile going crooked, shrugging one shoulder, "Or something like that. Yeah, I'm Torii. Good to meet you too." Her own accent was vague, her speech patterns took after her mother more than her father's strong Norwegian accent. Though it was backed here and there with clear influences from Jack and Bill, who'd been her tutors.

"Thanks for this. I kinda might forget to say it later, so figure I should say it now before I forget."

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youngesthouse
2009-01-21 07:32 pm UTC (link)

"Beatles reference. Right on." Tara smirked slightly at that, being a fan of the Beatles herself. Her taste for music came from her mother, mostly. After all, one of her mom's dogs was named Jude after the song. Finding it was hard to pick apart the other girl's accent she decided not to mention it and simply shrugged.

"No need to thank me. I needed a drink probably just as badly as you." The young woman held out her hand. "Lets be off then, hm?"

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	info_sponge 2009-01-21 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	Torii actually smiled at that, looping her arm through the other girl's and nodding once, "I might also have to make you order for me, if it's a strictly local place, the German I know is kinda spotty and... uhm, mostly the phrases you use after you've been drinking." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

youngesthouse
2009-01-21 11:11 pm UTC (link)

"Oh no worries, no worries mate." Like her grandfather Greg House, she knew many different languages. Some of which he'd taught her and others she had picked up while spending time in other countries. Glad to have their arms linked together she reached down and picked up the boot.

The world faded and then returned, leaving Tara feeling only slightly dizzy as she dropped the useless old boot and glanced around. They were on a main street in Frankfrut and Tara led them over to the nearest pub, pulling Torii inside.

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	info_sponge 2009-01-21 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	Torii shook her head once they landed, nose wrinkling a moment, "Don't think I'll ever get used to that feeling. And that's even with using the portkeys almost every day." She shrugged then, grinning as she was led inside, "So how long have you lived here in the vortex-world?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

youngesthouse
2009-01-21 11:36 pm UTC (link)

"All my life, practically. I was born here, but then for a few months when I was three we were in...a different place. But after those few months we were back in this place and I've been here ever since." She led Torii up to the bar counter itself and slid up onto one of the stools, looking over the menu before ordering them both drinks in German.

Two strawberry Daiquiris to start. In her experience it was best to start with fruity drinks and move on to harder stuff.

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	info_sponge 2009-01-22 12:20 am UTC (link)
	She nodded, "So this kind of thing with people being all the wrong age, kind of happens a lot around here, doesn't it?" She shrugged, "I mean, I remember Halloween was all kinds of crazy." Her nose wrinkled slightly at that, "Got caught by zombies, or, well, kind of barely managed to avoid the zombies." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

youngesthouse
2009-01-23 01:43 am UTC (link)

"Yeah. Stuff like this is always happening. It is right insane, if you ask me." Their drinks were delivered and she eagerly sipped some, humming with delight, obviously satisfied with the taste. "Rubbish, even. It is ridiculous, how this universe steps in and decides to fuck with our lives but, well. Guess it has to happen. Makes this world keep goin' round, I bet."

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	info_sponge 2009-01-23 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Torii took a healthy gulp of her own drink before blinking, "World run entirely on crazy stuff happening... I think you may be on to something there. This is like, a totally renewable resource." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	youngesthouse 2009-01-23 01:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Or maybe it is run more on the reaction given. I don't know. There just has to be some damned reason why this rubbish always happens. Year after year." Tara sighed a little to herself. "I hope my mum is alright. I don't think she was expecting to wake up to two teenagers today in place of her babies." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

info_sponge
2009-01-23 01:09 pm UTC (link)

Torii nodded slowly, "That's a good theory too. Someone should draw up a chart or something, figure this out."

She shook her head, "I was finally getting used to my should-be-infant brother being a year older than me, and now he's older than my older sister, and then there's my adopted neice who should be like, eight, and now she's an adult, and then there's the adult version of my baby nephew and his best friend who's not actually born yet, and now they're teenagers."

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	youngesthouse 2009-01-23 01:33 pm UTC (link)
	"That's rough, mate." She shook her head and glanced at Torii. "I myself was drawn out of my happy time line, brought here to a mum who is about 16 years younger than I remembered 'er and a Da who doesn't remember anything. Only my brother and I seem to be normal." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

info_sponge
2009-01-23 03:36 pm UTC (link)

"Ouch." She said, nose wrinkling, "That's even worse, at least most of my family is kind of used to this sort of thing."

She shook her head then, "I'm almost afraid of what's going to happen next, I mean, first there's the zombies, and now people are all the wrong age, and I heard about the time when everyone was the wrong gender and people were getting married all over the place." Another head shake a gulp of her drink, "I mean, at this rate we're going to be forgetting to pay the gravity bills next or something."

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	youngesthouse 2009-01-24 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, all we can do is enjoy the time we have. I've given up living for the future in favor of living in the here and now 'cause for all I know? This may be all I get. It could end at any time." She finished off her drink. "That is the insanity of this bloody place. Want to do shots of tequila?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	info_sponge 2009-01-24 03:47 pm UTC (link)
	Torii's hand shot up at the question, then she grinned, shaking her head, "Right, rhetorical question wasn't it?" A shrug then, "I'm in. And I agree on the live in the moment sentiment. Memento mori, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	youngesthouse 2009-01-24 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Exactly." She flashed Torii a grin before patting the counter, getting the bar tenders attention. "Bottle of your okay tequila and two shot glasses, please." The bartender nodded and moved to get the bottle and the glasses. "Not going to be as good as tequila in Mexico, but I'll take it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	info_sponge 2009-01-24 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	Torii shrugged, "And I haven't had any from Mexico, so I won't know the difference anyway." A crooked smile, "As long as it does what it's supposed to do we're in the clear." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	youngesthouse 2009-01-24 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Well then. Good to know I don't have to impress you." Pouring them both a shot she pushed one toward Torii before picking up her own. Then she downed it, enjoying the burn. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	info_sponge 2009-01-24 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh don't even worry about trying." She said, smile returning as she took her own shot, coughing once and nose-wrinkling, laughing a moment later, "Gross. Do it again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	youngesthouse 2009-01-25 02:19 pm UTC (link)
	"That's the spirit, mate." Tara laughed and poured them both another shot. The night continued on much like, one shot after another until they'd made a nice dent in the bottle. Of course Tara was nearly sloshed at that point, giggling to herself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	info_sponge 2009-01-25 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	Torii wasn't much better off at that point, really, she hadn't been bluffing when she'd said she wasn't much of a drinker, she wasn't slurring, yet, but she did seem to have a habit of pluralizing words that had no reason to be, 'people' for instance: "Why can't peoples just stay a right age? Huh?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	youngesthouse 2009-01-25 02:36 pm UTC (link)
	"As if I know! God don't even know, luv. That says something." Shaking her head Tara glanced around the room. "Why is the room spinnin'?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	info_sponge 2009-01-25 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Pffft, prophets dunno everythings." She said, shaking her head in a rather circular movement. There was a giggle at the question, "That's sobecause you know when you've hads enough." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)