fandomtownies | The Perk: Thursday Evening

Alanna came into the Perk, wishing for a large whole to swallow her up. "Aly?"

Aly looked up and immediately moved to cover the letter she was writing. Uncharacteristically, she didn't do it terribly well. "Hello. What brings you out tonight."

"Rory and the newspaper." Alanna went up to order herself a large coffee and pastry. "I got the honor of interviewing you for the newspaper." She glanced curiosly at the letter.

Aly snickered. "How did you get stuck with that?"

"By not having a set column to write every week." Alanna said dryly and slid into Aly's booth. "So you up to getting an a column about you in the paper?"

"Sorry to hear you drew the short straw," Aly replied with a wink. She continued teasingly. "If you promise not to tell lies about me, I'd be happy to."

Alanna looked scandalized. "I don't lie in my articles!" She grabbed her notebook out of her bag. "All right, name, where are you from, all that fun stuff."

"I was teasing," Aly said, rolling her eyes. "My name's Alianne. I'm from Tortall as you know. My favourite colour is..." she thought for a second. "Brown."

"Brown?" Alanna's eyebrows shot up a little. "No last name?" She asked innocently. "And what brought you to Fandom? Except the urge to terrorize your mother, because I think that one is a given."

"Why not brown?" Aly replied with smirk. "It's as good a colour as any. Why, what's your favourite colour?" She played with the paper in front of her. "I don't generally use my last name. It gets too complicated. And I came to Fandom because I was asked to."

"Purple." Alanna replied promptly. "And I can't just put down Alianne. Just give me something here." She lied. "Asked to by whom?"

Aly laughed. "Ah, yes, I knew that. Why not? It's like that on the school papers. Alianne of Pirate's Swoop if you must add something." She tilted her head and looked at Alanna. "When is your Ordeal coming up?"

Alanna was beginning to get the feeling that she'd have more luck making stuff up. "Mid December. I'm the first of my year to go. But I'm sure you already know that." She said sweetly. "So who asked you to come here?"

"I don't know how closely time here translates," Aly admitted. "My queen did. The Queen of the Copper Isles. She thought it would be good for my people to be tested on their own without my motherhenning them." Aly paused. "She's not related to the Princess of the Copper Isles you know. And she's not mad."

Alanna jotted down some notes. "Copper Isles Princess? Jo something or other? And what do you like most about Fandom?"

Aly nodded then looked too innocent. "Yes. The Rittevons fell out of power. So careless, that." She smiled and stroked her black beaded necklace. "I like the people. And your cat, of course."

A very satisfied purr came from Alanna's bag and the girl rolled her eyes. "Of course. By people you mean students and fellow teachers, I'm guessing? Anyone in particular?"

"Hi Faithful," Aly replied with a laugh. "And are you asking that question as a reporter or as someone who will be my mother?"

Alanna considered this for a minute. "Both." She decided. "Gonna answer?"

"I enjoy all my students very much," Aly replied, quirking an eyebrow at Alanna.

~~With a nice Chanti~~. Alanna rolled her eyes. "What's the weirdest thing in Fandom for you?"

Aly smiled at Clark as he came in.

Clark smiled wanly back and waved.

Aly nodded and continued writing her letter.

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