The Universe's Mixer

Harley paused outside the reptile house, looking around for one of those you-are-here type maps. At the crossroads of the paved paths only a few steps away stood a three sided column with an advertisement lit from within on one side, a coming attraction on another, and on the third side, the very thing she’d been searching for. A map.

Alright, it wasn’t exactly Rand McNally quality, and she was pretty sure that it wasn’t to scale. If it was, they were all in really big trouble from elephants that size. But that’s not what she was looking for. She’d come to the zoo on a very specific mission, and apparently taken a wrong turn in trying to get it done.

Putting her finger on the giant red arrow that actually did say “you are here” next to it, Harley found her position within the maze of animal enclosures. Right there next to the reptile house, just down from the big apes. Alright, so it looked like she’d have to go around the lake, past the rhino barn, bears, giraffes, otters and then…

“Yes!” The exclamation came with a small fist pump as she located exactly what she wanted to find. With a firm direction sorted out, Harley all but skipped off up the path to find the hyenas. If she couldn’t have her babies, at least she could look at some of their cousins.

Look. Yeah, that’s all she was gonna do. Sure. Not like she was gonna swipe a couple to keep her company or anything. It was just a nice day to be at the zoo. A little cartwheel, perfectly executed, was used to punctuate the thought, and she didn’t really care who was looking.

Jack missed Karen.

It had been months since they had last talked and there was something just not altogether right about that. They should be seeing each other nearly every day as was the way in the past. Then again, part of Jack missed Will and Grace too, though that reason he wasn't altogether certain of. Fatty and Boobless were entertaining company from time to time, they could never replace Karen.

Jack had no idea where Karen went in this City to shop, relax or even sleep. Where did she go to get her martini's? Was Rosario somewhere making them for her? The City was terribly boring. It was certainly no New York, that was for sure.

Entering another bar, Jack immediately went up to the bar and inquired of the 'tender. "Have you seen a woman about so tall? A socialite who..."