The park- Friday evening

[throughaphase]

There were dead people walking around the island, and apparently it was the opposite of what every movie ever told you: it was a good thing. To be honest, Kitty was really excited by the idea. She'd lost a lot of people over the last seven years. One of those deaths had led to her upending her whole life. She wanted the chance to see some of them again. Of course, she'd had to hear about it on radio, rather than running into someone she thought was gone forever. So she'd gotten out, thinking that would be better than staying in her apartment all day, and nothing.

By now she was accepting that anyone who'd have come to see her would have found her right away. Which meant that she just didn't have anyone here.

Still not wanting to go back to her apartment as that way led to wallowing and probably tears, Kitty went to the park and found an empty bench where she could pull her feet up to her chest and just sit for a while. ...And watch the gremlin that seemed to be skating on the lake as if testing whether or not the ice was thick enough-

Nope, it wasn't.


[Boredom won out against common sense in not depressing my characters at work. Come distract me from my headache.]

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[justlurkinghere]

That poor, poor gremlin. Wait. No. Derek didn't care.

What he did care about was being in view or earshot of his sister. Because you never knew when Fandom would take everything away again.

Such was his life.

"Kitty." Yes, that was in introduction for the lovely lady with him.

[justalphahere.livejournal.com]

"Derek," Laura said helpfully, pointing to him and then herself. "Laura."

[throughaphase]

Kitty glanced between them, a little confused as to why there were so many names being thrown about when they could have just stuck with nametags, and then that thought made way for the one that oh, hey, this was totally Derek's dead sister.

"Oh," she said. "Hi. ...Was that too many words? Did I miss a memo?"

[justalphahere.livejournal.com]

"You've met my brother, right?" Laura asked, ignoring the bitch face he made at the mockery.

[throughaphase]

"I have, and with that I think you've voluntarily said more words than he has in all the months I've known him," she said, managing a smile.

[justalphahere.livejournal.com]

"That's our Derek," Laura replied, bumping him with her shoulder. "He's a talker."

[justlurkinghere]

"I'm standing right here."

FYI.

[firstnameagent.livejournal.com]

Coulson walked up to the edge of the frozen water, turned towards Kitty, waved, turned back to the water, reached into his inside coat pocket, pulled out a snorkel, and tossed it into the hole in the ice where the gremlin fell through.

It wasn't that Coulson particularly liked gremlins. He just didn't want to see any dying by slapstick comedy.

[throughaphase]

"You just had that on you?" Kitty called, watching him.

[firstnameagent.livejournal.com]

"I thought I might take a shortcut across the ice," Coulson said as he approached. "Obviously not a good idea tonight, but I was ready, just in case."

[throughaphase]

"And the real risk is hypothermia anyway," she told him. "Got preparation for that, too?"

[firstnameagent.livejournal.com]

"Without giving any specifics, let's just assume that I do," Coulson said.

[throughaphase]

"Now I'm going to wonder about the specifics," Kitty said.

[firstnameagent.livejournal.com]

"A sense of wonder is a great thing to have," Coulson pointed out.

[bitten_notshy]

Jack and Irina were on a walk of their own to get dinner, but they paused at the edge of the park to watch the gremlin slip along the ice.

"It's called a gremlin," Jack was explaining to Irina as he lifted his hand in a casual wave hello at Kitty. "They ... do what they want to do. Don't look it in the eyes when it comes up."

[OOC: Edited twice for reading failure, yes.]<./small>

[throughaphase]

"Its feet will probably squish when it walks, too, so I think you're safe," Kitty added helpfully.

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

Irina squinted at the girl. "I do not think I want to know what on his body would squish."

[throughaphase]

"You know how when your shoes get wet and every time you take a step everyone in earshot knows exactly what you're doing?" Kitty said. "Nothing gross, I promise."

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

Irna laughed. "It's more that I was wondering if they wear shoes," she explained. "Hi, I'm Irina. I'm an old friend of Jack's."

[throughaphase]

"Kitty. I'm not sure if we've seen each other enough to be classified as friends but I know him," she smiled.

[justlurkinghere]

And look where Derek was going to avoid the two women attempting to ruin is life! Right over to Jack and... guest.

"Laura's here." FYI. If you couldn't see or smell her.

[bitten_notshy]

"I see her," Jack nodded. "Can I hug her or would that be strange?"

He wondered if Derek was all right with it - it felt like a very raw wound for the island to be poking at -- but that wasn't a question for in front of the girls.

A beat later, he added, "And this is Irina. She was my first girlfriend."

[justlurkinghere]

DEREK DIDN'T CRY WHEN HE SAW HER. STOP LISTENING TO RADIO.

"Depends on if she punches you." She wouldn't punch you, Jack. Derek just gave Irina a look rather than say hello. Or offer a handshake.

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

Irina stared right back for a moment, then turned to Jack. "He's not very friendly. Why would his Laura punch you?"

[bitten_notshy]

"He's Derek," Jack said, as if that explained something to Irina. "And you don't need to say every thing you think, you know. Laura's his sister and I don't know about the punching, I thought she liked me."