[walkabout]

[stopinthenameofawe]

 Are you fucking kidding me.

[hello, Walkabout. Looks like Melissa is not terribly happy with where they've landed! Well, she's not super happy under normal circumstances, but even less so now.]

...alright, fine. Who else wound up here?

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[pionero]

I'm guessing that means you're not a fan of where we ended up.

[ He might apologize for the smartass tone. Maybe. ]

[stopinthenameofawe]

You think?

[she will slap you.]

[pionero]

It was a little obvious, but, not everyone is filled in on why.

[ come at meee. ]

[stopinthenameofawe]

We've been here before. I didn't particularly care for it.

[understatement of the century but fuck you if you think you're getting more.]

For the record, the main population of this town are vampires and werewolves and their corvigers. You'll want to construct a story about why you know this and why that knowledge doesn't make you a threat. Since you can't pretend to be a part of the native population, I would suggest either pretending you are a tourist who knows nothing or saying you're my corviger.

[yeah the fact that she was a vampire probably didn't come up in their previous conversation but it's SURE GOING TO NOW.]

[pionero]

It sounds like it.

[ Have a basic reply for an understatement. ]

Being a tourist so far seems to be good enough. People generally just roll their eyes and don't expect you to know anything. [ It may not apply here as much as it does in his own world though. ] Your corviger?

[ WELL THIS IS INTERESTING. ]

[stopinthenameofawe]

Yeah, I'd say I don't bite, but that would be a lie. I won't bite if you don't want me to, though.

[look she's in a bad mood freakin out people makes her feel slightly better.]

[pionero]

You usually offer to bite people? [ He pauses. ] All of us that remember who we are... maybe we should meet up.

[stopinthenameofawe]

It's generally much more pleasant for everyone involved if I do.

It might be a good idea, yeah. You know how to use portals yet?

[pionero]

Well, that makes everything different. Doesn't it? [ The sarcasm is high. ] I'm a stunt man for the film crew, but, I guess being a corviger works if I need a resume.

...No.

[fearinahandfulof]

[This does not seem like a promising start.]

I'm here. Cassandra.

[And that introduction is not a promising start, either. Cassandra has never been all that Good With People, especially people who are already angry.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

[Well at least she's not being a smartass like SOME PEOPLE.]

Hey. You been here before?

[fearinahandfulof]

[There is a time and a place for everything, and also Cassandra isn't very good at being a smartass.]

Yes.

[stopinthenameofawe]

Good. [sigh.] Sorry, I don't remember, what we you up to the last time we were here? [Melissa got kind of... distracted.]

[fearinahandfulof]

I was with the "American delegation." But I really didn't do all that much.

[She remembers Melissa, and that Melissa had disappeared midway through the Jaunt and Thorne had been upset, but she hadn't been able to bring herself to ask Thorne what had happened.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

We might be able to work some consistency off of that. But we'll need to figure out how long ago it was. I think I might have fucked up the timeline once already, but I should be able to talk my way out of it if need be.

[fearinahandfulof]

Maybe if we could find a news paper?

[Those have dates on them, right? But they've been to enough places since that she's not sure she remembers which dates they were here for the last time.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

Do you remember when the election was dated?

[yeah that's the main problem melissa's having too.]

[givetheslip]

I'm here as well.

[Maria sounds exactly as thrilled as Melissa.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

You gotten the rundown on the place yet?

[givetheslip]

People live as monstrous creatures. And we're supposedly meant to...craft a story.

[It's taking her a while to adjust to the whole film concept.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

[considering Melissa is a vampire that probably would have gone over way worse if she wasn't a hunter first.]

We don't have to be a part of the filming. I think the point is more likely to either stop them or make sure they don't find out about the more supernatural things going on.

[givetheslip]

[Oh, thank God.]

Part of me wants to object to the deception but I suppose that would undermine our very purpose in being here. Do you have any suggestions as to how we should go about this?

[stopinthenameofawe]

Depends on your personal strategy. I've been here before, so I'm mostly going to try and not fuck that up too much and just say I'm on vacation or something. You could either go along with that, which means you'd have to lie about certain things, or you can pretend you're just a tourist, which is probably less lying. You'd have to not let on that you know about vampires and werewolves, though.

[givetheslip]

That should be easy, considering I only know what I've been told. How long ago was it that you were here before?

[stopinthenameofawe]

We're not sure, which is part of the problem. I'm in the process of trying to figure that out. If you hear anything about an election, that's the last time we were here.