Basement Gun Range of Atlas Gym, Saturday

[heromaniac]

Momoko and Triela were in the basement gun range at the Atlas Gym. Finally. It had taken a while to jog the memory of the desk attendant to the fact that there even was one on the premises. There weren't really cobwebs, but the place definitely had needed a swift cleaning before Momoko would agree to even set her coat down. Triela had left her to the main area and gone to check the targets actually worked and that there were weapons and working equipment.

After everything was checked out (and it was all fine, if just un-used), Momoko had sent text messages to people to let them know where they were, and then the girls had proceeded to break out the guns!

Momoko looked around a bit as she easily loaded her Five-seveN. "I wonder why no one ever uses this place. It's actually kind of nice!"


[for anyone! Come talk to Momo or Triela or just shoot! Or, heck, be curious about why there are a bunch of hot girls people heading to the basement of the gym.]

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela scowled ever so slightly. "Because not enough people on the island can shoot." She glanced over at Momoko. "Want to take bets on the last time anyone used the dorm range?"

She rather doubted that gun club was still running.

[heromaniac]

Momoko rolled her eyes and gave a snort. "No way! Although I should be happy that fewer people are using guns, I am totally wondering what weapons they are using now."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"On Fandom, they better be using something." Triela shook her head. "Unless the place has gotten a lot less dangerous over the past two years."

[heromaniac]

"Not that I've noticed." Momoko double-checked her pistol. "In fact, some of it leaked out once... made entire worlds vanish. Some are still gone. I remember being glad you weren't there, so you couldn't see how badly I was shooting."

[trigons_child]

A gun range was about the last place Raven would normally go, but after the message she'd gotten last night, she didn't particularly care where she had to go so long as the person who'd left it was there. She wasn't even thinking of the strangeness of being back on the island after all these months when she arrived.

"Triela?" she called, making her way down the stairs. She was still mentally aflail because she had no idea how she was there.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Raven." Triela turned, putting her pistol down, and grinned. "You made it."

[trigons_child]

Really, coming back from the dead (even if only temporarily) should not have shocked Raven as much as it did, since she herself had done so several times. But still, she stopped short and stared.

"How?" she said.

[glacial_queen]

The only reason Karla was okay with letting go of Triela was because she had her own hugs to give out.

"Hey," she said softly, then pulled Raven in for a giant hug. Look, it had been an emotional weekend. She needed more hugs and Raven was really good at them.

[trigons_child]

Raven never had problems with Karla hugs and was quite happy to cling to her tightly. But she could sense that there was more than Triela's visit pulling at her emotions, and she drew her head back to look at her and ask softly, "What is wrong?"

[glacial_queen]

Karla's parents were following sedately behind, but Karla was running ahead. There had practically been a Karla-shaped dust cloud from where she'd been standing as soon as she'd gotten the text message from Momoko.

She checked her speed as soon as she entered the basement. One did not run into the middle of a gun range. But that didn't stop her happy cry of, "Triela!" as soon as she saw her friend.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Karla!" Triela grinned, eyes glancing down almost automatically to see what footwear her friend had for today. She didn't even realize she'd done so. "I wasn't sure you'd be here."

But it was really, really good to see her.

[glacial_queen]

Karla would be willing to thank whatever deity that asked that she had put on her boots today. Her whole outfit might have been subconsciously chosen to make her mother frown, and that included boots that could serve as weapons if required.

"Last semester," she said, stopping just short of Triela. "Now put down that damn gun and give me a hug before I start bawling."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah spotted Karla's parents after she and Triela had hugged and flailed and caught up, and her gaze went immediately to Karla to see how she was handling it. She remembered them from two years before, and how it had been a mixed blessing for them to be visiting.

"Hey, you," she said to Karla. Then to her parents: "Ma'am. Sir. It's-- good to see you again."

[glacial-family.livejournal.com]

It was harder to tell now, with Karla's wet eyes and bright smile at seeing Triela again, but every so often she'd glance back to her parents and her smile would go a little strained.

"Dinah," Ilyse said, giving the tall blond a cordial nod. Audric offered her a smile and a slight bow. "It is good to see you again as well. I hope that the years have been treating you well?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah had gotten in barely minutes ago, before she'd called in to find out where Triela was.

That blond missile headed toward her was smiling fit to burst.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, blond missiles made enough noise that Triela had time to put away her pistol and brace herself before Dinah burst into the range. That was probably a good thing.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You're here you're here hi oh my god I'm so glad you didn't disappear before I got here!" Dinah was hugging Triela hard enough to crack ribs. She let go for a second, and giggled in a way that sounded like imminent tears. "You look better! That's... so weird!"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Okay so Leda had taken a while after learning about the situation beyond her borders to actually reach out to her friends. After 20 years it'd been harder than she'd thought. Sue her.

In any case, Momo, yer phone be ringing.

[heromaniac]

Ah! Momoko nearly bounced to the ceiling when she saw who it was on the phone.

Luckily it was the one with video capabilities?

"LEDA! LEDA! LEDA! LEDA! LEDA! LEDA! LEDA! LEDA! GUESS WHO'S HERE?!"

oh, and hello! Sorry she hasn't talked to you for twenty years.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Woah! Leda pulled the the mirror away from her face for a momtn as if that would affect the volume.

"Hi." she said. Oh she should have written down what she wanted to say. "I missed you." She was totally trying not to cry. "Uh, who's there?"

[glacial-family.livejournal.com]

Karla's parents were standing around a little awkwardly. They didn't understand the function of this room, but Karla was hugging and crying and reacting in a way that she hadn't when they'd appeared.

...Of course, everyone in this room was wearing their clothing. That was a plus.

So...they were just going to smile at people and stand off to the side. That sounded like a plan.

[heromaniac]

Momoko was trying to not break down and cry at almost everyone being together again. It took a minute, then, for her to notice the strangers standing aside.

... Although they looked slightly familiar?

"Hi! My name's Momoko Akatsutsumi! Are you visiting?"

[glacial-family.livejournal.com]

Ilyse blinked at being approached so...abruptly. And brightly. By a stranger.

"Errr...you might say that," she said, a little stiff. "Just for the weekend, I believe. We are at the mercy of what our daughter calls 'Fandom whimsy.'"

Audric was a little more at ease. These females were Karla's friends and after a rather lonely childhood, he was pleased to see she had them. "We are Karla's parents," he explained. "I am Prince Audric, and this is my wife, the Lady Ilyse. It is a pleasure, Lady..." He paused, trying to sort out the long and completely unusual name the girl had given them. And then decided to just leave it at 'Lady.'

Undoubtedly the title of undeserved, but neither of them were familiar with landen honorifics.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Eventually Triela walked over to the two of the, looking them up and down thoughtfully.

"You came in with Karla, didn't you?"

[glacial-family.livejournal.com]

My. These females were a forward bunch, weren't they?

"We did," Ilyse said, giving the girl a slight incline of her head. "She is our daughter. And you are...? She was quite pleased to see you, it seems."