The Perk, Tuesday Morning

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Mina Murray nestled a cup of hot coffee in her hands. She wasn't the type to have ominous feelings, but something unsettling seemed to be going on. She found comfort in the warmth radiating into her from the little cup of caffeinated goodness.

She sighed a little, but took a sip. She'd have to talk to someone, see if they were feeling the same way.

[ooc: Open like something really open!]

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[bitten_notshy]

Someone might be, but Jack wasn't. Though that didn't stop him from nodding a greeting to the woman as he got a pre-rehearsal scone. (Yes, they'd have muffins there. He just felt like a scone.)

"I'm sorry to be rude, but have we met?" he asked. "Or do you just look like someone?"

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

"We have met," Mina said. "I have changed my hair since our meeting, young sir."

[bitten_notshy]

That made it click into place. "Mrs. Harker from the clinic," Jack said. "Of course. Have you been well?"

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

"Miss Murray of the clinic, now," Mina said. "I would say that I have been both lucky and misfortunate, these past weeks. But it deals with matters hardly worth troubling yourself over."

[bitten_notshy]

"I didn't mean to trouble myself, Miss Murray," Jack said. He thought he recognized her tone; it was that of a woman about to ruffle his hair and call him a good lad before sending him on his way. Therefore, he kept his tone in the realm of chit-chat; polite, but disinterested.

"I'm glad to hear you're keeping well enough."

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

"And yourself?" Mina said, her own tone actually quite interested. "I do hope your are having an educational time at the school."

[bitten_notshy]

"I like to think I am, though the classes are a good deal easier than what I'm used to."

He'd spend a decade with Sebastien drilling him on verb tenses. Swordplay and sex ed didn't quite match up.

"I rather like my movies class. There are some good films from this time."

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"I have yet to watch any, I'm afraid," Mina said. "I find the books of my time far more fascinating."

And she was an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy, basically.

[bitten_notshy]

"See, I'm looking at my time on this island as a rare vacation," Jack remarked. "Unless I get to be older than Methuselah, I shan't be around to see much past -- oh, the middle of last century, and that's if my world misses their wars. I may as well enjoy these things while I can."

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"And some of us do not intend to return to our times," Mina said, simply. She smiled. "But it is good you are making the most of your opportunities."

[bitten_notshy]

"I try," Jack said with a tiny shrug. "You've decided not to go home?"

He couldn't say he didn't think about it -- this time was so much freer -- but in the end, home was Sebastien and Sebastien was in 1899.

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"There is little there for me to return to," Mina said. "I have far more friends and loved ones on this island."

[bitten_notshy]

"You've made a family here." Jack was only slightly surprised. "It seems to happen easily."

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"It took some time," Mina said. "But I have found that if you are open to it, you will find good friends, here."

[bitten_notshy]

"Oh, I definitely have," Jack reassured her. "Some from worlds ... a bit similar to mine, some not. And it seems like this time is more accepting than our own, too."

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

"Very much," Mina said. "I have found this time both more accepting of my gender and of my nature."

[bitten_notshy]

"Your nature?" Jack echoed. "I don't suppose you're" -- Sapphic, but there was no polite way to say it, so he swapped in another thing about himself he routinely concealed at home -- "Jewish as well?"

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Mina chuckled.

"Vampiric, if you had not heard."

[bitten_notshy]

Surprise wobbled against Jack's face before he vanquished it and spoke.

"If I'd heard, I would hardly have asked," he said reproachfully. "How do you manage your -- cravings?"

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"Privately," Mina said. "I do not attack people, if that is your worry."

[bitten_notshy]

"It's good to hear that, but, no, the question was only curiosity," Jack said, respecting her privacy. Either she had a court, or she'd found some other tactic involving bottled blood or animals; whatever it was, he doubted it was entirely savory. "I know a few vampires at home, is all."

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"Intriguing," Mina said. "I have endeavoured to learn much about other vampires. It seems we are not all alike in our nature."

[bitten_notshy]

"No, it's like different species altogether," came Jack's candid assessment. "The vampires at home could no more drink your coffee than they could fly."

[OOC: Heading home, back in a couple hours!]

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Mina chuckled. "And I am capable of both," she said. "How about an aversion to sunlight, garlic? Folklore says many different things."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim often had ominous feelings. But that was usually nothing mystical. Even when they involved mystical things.

Still he'd felt oddly uneasy this morning during his sword practice.

He ordered a large cup of coffee, with hot chocolate in it. Then he proceeded to add a lot of cream.

"Morning." he said to Mina, slightly distractedly. He must not be awake. A hot blond usually would have gotten some surreptitious looks by now.