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Tweak says, "Well, I like pretzel day."

Megan "Pixie" Gwynn (i_gotsoul) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2012-03-28 21:17:00

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alice hamilton, megan gwynn, stand still

Laundry day is a very interesting day. (Alice)
Megan's cozy third-floor flat was clean.

Of course, this resulted in two bags full of dirty laundry that had previously been tossed everywhere. She frowned down at the bags, hefted one, grunted, and put it down, staring doubtfully out the window. The nearest laundromat wasn't that far away, but...

A little cheating was useful sometimes. And with the streets staying put, she didn't even have to worry about ending up somewhere completely weird. One Sihal Novarum Chinoth later, and she and one of the laundry bags appeared inside the laundromat in a halo of pink light. She dusted off her hands, satisfied, and dragged the bag over to the nearest empty machine.

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brash
2012-05-18 11:38 pm UTC (link)

"No, I picked the clasp on the container and fell into the water, but that in itself was pretty freaky. Then I met Hatter and," she shrugged, it all spiraled from there. It would take a day to tell the whole story.

"It just makes people forget who they are. They," She glanced down at her arm again. "They had my dad. He disappeared when I was a kid and he didn't remember who he was enough to come back home."

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i_gotsoul
2012-05-19 02:53 am UTC (link)

"Oh. I'm sorry." Megan was uncharacteristically quiet for a while before the inevitable urge to talk beat out sympathy. "My da died when I was little. It's tough. But... you know, you get through it, right?" She wanted to ask if the girl had found a way to get him back and reverse it, but she had a feeling she wasn't going to like the answer. There weren't many happy endings to that sort of thing.

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brash
2012-05-20 02:16 am UTC (link)

Alice looked over at her, "I'm sorry to hear that." She sighed and frowned slightly. "My dad was shot before we could leave. He died." It was still fresh for her, considering it had technically only been a few months, but she had come to terms with it. He'd been absent for so much of her life that she was used to being without him. It was just permanent now. "But yeah, we get through it."

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	i_gotsoul 2012-05-21 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Ouch. Yeah, not many happy endings after all. Megan kicked her feet and looked at the floor. "Sorry," she said again. She cleared her throat. "So now that we've brought the entire laundromat down... Hi, I'm Megan." She grinned. "Probably should have started with that, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

brash
2012-05-21 08:41 pm UTC (link)

Alice shrugged. They really had sort of brought the whole place down. She wasn't usually such a Debbie Downer, but she hadn't really had anyone to talk to about it. Not anyone who would really listen and understand, anyway.

She laughed and shook her head, "Yeah, it would have been the polite thing to do. Instead I stared at you and then told you my sob stories." She held out her hand to shake. "I'm Alice. It's nice to meet you, Megan."

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	i_gotsoul 2012-05-21 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm used to the staring, really. As long as you're not throwing rocks or something, it's easy enough to deal with," she said with a laugh, and leaned out to shake Alice's hand. "Nice to meet you too, Alice." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brash 2012-05-21 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not typically a rock thrower, so no worries." She grinned and heard her dryer ding. She pulled her clothes out of the dryer and put them into her, or Jack's, laundry basket. "Hey, if you ever want to hang out... I'm living with Jack Heart for the time being. At least until I can find another place. But I should get back." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

i_gotsoul
2012-05-22 03:06 am UTC (link)

"Wait, as in the mayor?" Megan flew up in the air--literally--with that revelation. She hoped it wasn't the mayor. Maybe Heart was a really common last name here.

"Right. Well, um. Nice meeting you, see you around! Gotta get back to laundry. It's not going to wash itself. Except that the machine washes it, so it's kind of like washing itself, and that's completely beside the point, so good luck finding a new place and..." She offered a little wave.

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	brash 2012-05-22 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Alice paused in hefting her laundry basket onto her hip. "Yeah, Jack's the mayor. At least, that's what he says, anyway." She shrugged. "It was nice to meet you, too, Megan." She gave a low chuckle at the obvious ramble the girl had gone off on and gave her a return wave. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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