33 Apocalypse Avenue [evening]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V, beckoned by the occasional stirrings he heard above his head, had finally emerged from his basement.

He was perched on the edge of the sofa in the living room in an attempt to be both unobtrusive and semi-social, and was alternately sifting through his only two sources of literature at the moment: the - appropriately enough - "V" volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which he'd found in an alley the night of his arrival, and the strange packet addressed to him that he had yay handwavey found outside his basement window that morning.

[Open to housemates or invited guests, yay!]

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[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

"I'm Thursday Next. Pleased to meet you, Mr The Tick. Or is it Mr Tick?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Just The Tick. Or Tick. Or Dean Tick. Titles, articles, they're all just leaves on the tree of naming anyway!" Tick said.

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

Thursday nodded. "Call me Thursday. You're the Dean of Students?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"I am indeed, Thursday!" Tick said. "I used to teach Criminal Justice, but then I got a promotion." He seemed so proud about that.

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

"Interesting subject. I'm in law enforcement myself. Or was. I've taken a leave of absence from that line of work. I take it from the suit that you're a superhero of some description?"

Considering all of the characters around here, she really had to wonder if this place was real or if she had somehow read herself into a crossover book or ended up in the Well of Lost Plots.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Technically I'm a former superhero, but I still dabble where necessary," Tick said. "Law enforcement really is a bicycle, but with rockets on it. You never forget how to ride and then you're being propelled by rockets!"

[no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com]

Thursday paused, not entirely sure what rockets were, but then she was going to have to get used to not understanding everything people said here. "Good analogy. It's hard to escape, even when you're on a sabbatical. Do you intend to go back to it or are you interested in a permanent career change?"

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"I'm going where Destiny takes me," Tick explained.=1 If I'm supposed to stay here permanently, I will. If I'm supposed to return to crime fighting, I will. And if I'm supposed to work at a gas station, I should be able to manage that as well."