[action post - lobby]

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[Vriska Serket stuck out like a sore thumb in crowds everywhere she went. It was a strange feeling, one that helped fuel the alienation she felt in this world. What with her gray skin, bright yellow eyes, candy-corn colored horns, and strange left eye (complete with seven pupils, totaling up to eight) there really was no mistaking her for anyone else... anyone else human, that is. Not that she would ever try to pass off as a human- she liked being a troll. It was just hard. It was hard and no one here understood what she felt (not that she'd ever talk about it).

Yet after being here for a sweep (two years) most people who lived at the Gardens were used to seeing her and so the staring was minimal. Better for her, thankfully. As she walked through the lobby, pack slung over her shoulder and long, black hair tied back into a braid, she was not in the mood to deal with gawkers. Stupid, pink wrigglers. Don't know how to mind their own business.]

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[moirailcompass]

[Everyone had to come through the lobby when they entered the Gardens, so Nepeta had been stationing herself every single day by the entrance, knowing that any day now Vriska would come waltzing through those doors.

Unless she was sent back home.

Or had been killed.

In which case, she would probably had perched herself near the entrance for the rest of her life--or however long this place entrapped her. Still, somehow Vriska had ended up entering without her noticing, but at the very least her persistence meant that she was they were in the lobby at the same time. Nepeta smelled her before she saw her. A sweep hadn't changed that spidery scent and it stood out amongst all the others.

She spun around when she got whiff of it and stared through the crowd and--there. She stood out so starkly, and Nepeta wasted no time in jumping down from where she was surveying the area and running on all fours through the crowd. Some people shouted as she slipped in and out of their legs but she paid them no heed. When she was close---]

FRISKA!

[and she sailed through the air to greet her in a tacklepounce]

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[She was already envisioning herself shedding this damn uniform and climbing under hot water so the sounds of people shouting in surprise passed right by her until said surprise hit her straightforward.

And sent her skidding back at least a foot.] Oof--!

[Uttering a few choice (curse) words Vriska hissed, ready to go off on the asshole that jumped her, but opening her eyes and seeing who it was...

Those words died on her lips.] Leijon?!

[moirailcompass]

[She opened her mouth, and ordinarily a torrent of words would be coming out of her mouth but right now they all seemed to fail her. It really was Vriska, it really was her. She was older, as Matt had told her she would be but it was her.]

[There was so much she wanted to say, so much she wanted to ask but it was as if her throat had closed up. Her face scrunched up and she felt a knot form in her throat and she just nodded.]

Y-yea. It's me.

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

Ugh... [She moved to push Nepeta off, the back of her head aching from where she hit the ground. While she'd never say it out loud... seeing another troll, even if it was Nepeta, was... a small comfort. She wasn't sure how to feel beyond that- just that she wasn't completely alone in this sea of pink.

Sitting up, Vriska crinkled her nose.] Did you have to jump me?

[moirailcompass]

Eheh, I'm sorry. I guess I just got excited. I've been waiting fur you!

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

Waiting? [She furrowed her eyebrows.] For how long-

No. I'm done sitting here. Let's go. [She stood up,shifting her pack again and moved to head back to her room. Nepeta would do best to hurry after her.]

[moirailcompass]

[And that she did, Nepeta wasted no time in scampering after her]

Um. Fur about eight days! [there's a strange irony in that]

[maplezen.livejournal.com]

[Matt was in the lobby looking up something in the directory. He'd been here for a while, but that didn't mean he wasn't forgetful. He looked up once he was finished and of course caught a glimpse of something familiar.]

[He smiled and stepped towards the entrance of the lobby.]

Vriska.

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[Hearing her name she looked up.] Hey, Williams. What's up?

[maplezen.livejournal.com]

Not much. Did you just get in?

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

Oooooooobviously! [She sniffed, shifting the pack on her shoulder.] Only took me fucking forever to get back! These missions have been so boring lately, bluh.

[maplezen.livejournal.com]

I dunno about boring, but mine kept me away for a while too. [Not to mention him sleeping on the train back and waking up half a country away.]

[He makes a motion that he'd follow if she wanted to keep walking.]

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[Walking!] If I'm going to be away for so damn long I'd like to at least enjoy my time away.

[werepanther]

[There's someone he hadn't seen in a while. Tom can't help grinning as he walks up to her.] Vriska! Long time no see.

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[A frown as he came up to her.] It could have been longer. [She continued walking, glancing to him. Keep up?] What is it?

[werepanther]

[Clearly, her lack of excitement doesn't bother him one bit.] Not much. Can't a guy be happy to see a friend coming back from a mission, safe and sound?

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

Like I'd be anything but safe and sound. [She sighs. Gives him a narrowed look.] Is that all you wanted?

[werepanther]

Pleasant as always, I see. [Doesn't seem fazed by the look at all!] If you wanted me to leave you alone, all you had to do was ask.

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[Don't be fooled, she might actually be enjoying him talking to her-- for now at least.] Like that would deter you.

[thewindything.livejournal.com]

[This is a John walking over to the directory. He's trying to find something in specific so he prods around with the console. He's not in his god tier clothes, but he's wearing something suitably blue at least. He doesn't quite notice Vriska yet.]

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[If he hadn't been in her line of vision she might have missed him. Yet when she finally did spot him it made her stop. She stared hard at him for a good minute before making a beeline straight to him. A foot away she exclaimed.]

Joooooooohn!

[thewindything.livejournal.com]

[aLKDJLDFJSLDS That wasn't a familiar voice and it was sudden and rapidly approaching so John jumps almost out of his shoes.]

Whoa!

[Hey wait a minute, was she a troll?]

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[She grinned, ear to ear. Was it really him? Was it really--]

John~ My faaaaaaaavorite human! [An entire sweep before she was able to see John face to face- better late the never, she thought.]

Can't guess who I am? I'm disappointed!

[thewindything.livejournal.com]

[Oh, see, as soon as she said more than his name he knew exactly who she was. He couldn't help it, he grinned and threw his arms up.]

Vriska!!!

[betwixttocks.livejournal.com]

[Her shoulders shook lightly in a muted laugh.] Of all the places to finally see you, bluh! How long have you been coped up here?