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August 13, 1998
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World's End Bar...
Yosannah smiles as she heads over to the
bar.
Merlin grins at Yosannah, "Offer you a
drink?"
Yosannah climbs on a stool, "That would
be great."
Merlin says, "What's your
poison?"
Yosannah glances down the bar, "What'r
you guys having?"
Merlin holds up his three quarter's full
bottle of beer.
Blade shakes her finger at Yosannah,
"Your face is familiar. Im trying to recall..."
Yosannah studies the bottle, "That'll
do." She lsips out of her suit jacket and hans it over a stool.
Merlin orders another bottle of beer for
Yosannah. The bartender pushes it across the bar and it slides to a
stop in front of him.
Yosannah turns to Blade as Merlin orders
the beer, "That'd make sense. Stone introduced us months ago. How ya
doing, Blade?"
Blade breaks out into a smile, "Yes,
you're name is Yo-something, right?"
Yosannah laughs as she reaches for the
bottle, "Yo will do." She nudges Merlin, "Why is it that nobody can
every remember my name? Am I that unmemorable?"
Merlin shrugs, "Your eyes burn it right
out of their minds? Beats me."
Yosannah rolls her eyes, "Corey, have you
met Blade?"
Merlin shakes his head, "Don't think
so."
Yosannah says, "Well, there you go. Now
you do."
Merlin says, "So I do."
Blade shakes her head, "I'm sure i don't
recall your face, sir. Nice to meet you."
Breckweiller orders a drink as he sits at
the bar.
Merlin says, "Yo. Blade. Breck's a scion
of my House in Chaos. Employee, member, something along those
lines."
Blade reaces for a drink, "That would not
be unlike a cousin?"
Breckweiller grins, "Less then family,
more then employee. Something like that."
Yosannah rips the lable off her beer
bottle.
Merlin takes a long drink of his beer.
Then, "What do you collect lables?"
Blade sighs at the mention of
family.
Yosannah smiles lightly at Merlin but, at
the sound of Blade's sigh, she turns to the woman, "Blade? What's
wrong?"
Blade licks her finger before replying,
"I just spent a month looking for my brother."
Merlin frowns a little, says
nothing.
Yosannah tucks her hair behind her ear,
"Uh, I thought he was dead..."
Blade gets a harder look on her face, "I
won't give up 'til I know for sure."
Yosannah attempts to smile reassuringly
at Blade. She turns to Merlin with a shrug.
Merlin says, "It's a big
universe."
Yosannah drums her fingers softly on the
bartop, "So." She pauses and drums some more, "So, Corey. When we
gonna visit Earth. Real Earth."
Merlin smiles at Yosannah, "You want to?
It's easy enough to do."
Kitsune arrives. She flashes a peace
symbol at Brian and hums to herself. The words ~Boogie Nights~ can
be faintly heard.
Yosannah asks, "How long will it take to
get there?"
Merlin says, "For me? Oh, fifteen
seconds."
Kitsune says "Hey, Yo."
Yosannah nods at Merlin, "Really? What
are we waiting for then..." At the sound of Kitsune's voice she
turns, give the woman a peace sign with her fingers in greeting and
says, "Hey, Kit." To Merlin she asks, "Can you take me. Just drop
me off so I can look around? It's been a while."
Merlin nods, "I'll have to take you
there, yes. I don't mind staying."
Yosannah says, "When?"
Merlin reaches out and grasps Yosannah's
hand...
Berkeley Apartment...
Merlin's "transport" is similar to, and
yet unlike, trump. He says, "Welcome to Berkeley, California, USA,
Earth. It's Mid summer. The beaches are wonderful, the crowds are
terrifying, and you can't throw a stone without hitting a geek and
ricocheting onto two more."
Yosannah closes her eyes and inhales
slowly. When she opens them she smiles softly.
Merlin chuckles. "Do you remember your
English?"
She nods, "Of couse I do." She is giddy,
obviously with excitement. She makes her way toward the open window
of the living room.
Merlin switches to English, "Now that
you're here, what do you want to do?"
She smiles as he speaks her native
language. She follows suit, "That sounds wonderful. You sound
wonderful." She smiles, "This whole place is just wonderful." She
looks out his apartment and into the streets, "I don't even know
where to start. What do you do when you're here?"