[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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[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.]

[fearinahandfulof]

I know it was autumn - late autumn, based on the foliage. But I don't remember the exact dates. I'm sorry.

[stopinthenameofawe]

It's alright, I don't exactly remember either. We'll just have to wing it until we find out.

[fearinahandfulof]

Are you going to be saying you're part of the new group?

[stopinthenameofawe]

No, I was going more with 'wanted to come back when I wasn't working' or something like that.

[fearinahandfulof]

I was thinking of something like that, too.

[stopinthenameofawe]

Mm. It might be the best thing we've got. And there don't seem to be many of us here...

[fearinahandfulof]

No...

...This is probably a walkabout, then, isn't it?

[stopinthenameofawe]

I guess so. I don't suppose that means we can just hide out until it's over.

[fearinahandfulof]

At... least it's less likely we'll leave it on fire?

[She hopes.]

Should we say we came together, since we were here last time?

[stopinthenameofawe]

It's probably a good idea, at least for me. [a vampire without a corviger? automatic suspicion.]

[fearinahandfulof]

I don't know how well I could pass as a corviger. Riddick already knows I taste terrible, and if he's here...

[Why yes, she is paying attention to the other chatter.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

[Good. Melissa wasn't going to really hide that.]

Mm. Well, it's up to you. We're kind of stuck either way.

[fearinahandfulof]

I think it would make more sense if we knew each other somehow, at least - otherwise, it might look strange that we arrived separately just in time for... this.

[stopinthenameofawe]

Yeah, probably a good idea. Wanna just say we're on vacation or something?

[fearinahandfulof]

That's... all right with you?

[Look, just because she's better now doesn't mean the self-esteem issues are gone.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

Sure, why wouldn't it be?

[fearinahandfulof]

[Cassandra has no real answer for that.]

...I don't know.