Caritas- Tuesday (both daytime and after dark)

[throughaphase]

Kitty actually kind of hoped no one came in today because it meant they weren't out in the dark when it was terrible. She, of course, could just not be solid and not get into trouble, and she worked at a place where people who couldn't do that could be safe from whatever was out there.

So she was here, and preparing for a boring night. Boring was fine.

...She bet it wouldn't be too boring.


[Open! Caritas should be open before sunset so the alarm would go off during the shift. Please specify when you're coming in!

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After dark

[heartinabox]

It wasn't that Regina wasn't concerned with what showed up in this weird little town after dark. It was just that, well. She'd dealt with worse. She could hold the things off easily enough with her magic, and after a little more than a day trying to figure out what went wrong with her spell and trying and failing to contact Storybrooke, she needed a drink badly enough that weird skinless animals trying to eat her weren't going to stop her.

She stopped in the doorway to extinguish the fireball she'd had ready in case of ambush, taking the place in.

"Huh. Zombies." She headed over to the bar, giving the band a raised eyebrow on the way. "I don't even know why I'm surprised."

Re: After dark

[throughaphase]

"If you're the new girl, you're adjusting really well," Kitty said approvingly.

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[heartinabox]

Regina huffed. "I haven't been a 'girl' in a long time." She brushed some errant ash off the shoulders of her sharply cut jacket. "Regina Mills. I . . . arrived yesterday."

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[throughaphase]

"Kitty Pryde. Barton. Whichever," she returned. "Sorry about the island. I swear it's usually better."

Not this summer, but usually!

Re: After dark

[heartinabox]

"Better?" Regina asked. She wouldn't be much happier to be here even if it were Disneyland, but the more information she had about where the curse had thrown her, the better. "I'd assume you mean 'less full of dead things trying to kill you,' but you're remarkably calm for that to be too new of a development."

And yes, Regina was quite aware you could say the same about her.

Re: After dark

[throughaphase]

"Honestly, usually things try to kill is a couple times a year, but this summer it's been fairly constant," Kitty said, still remarkably calm. "But on Monday it'll change again, and it's on to a different thing."

Re: After dark

[heartinabox]

"Interesting." Regina filed that away, for all that she was hoping to be well clear of here by the time next Monday rolled around. "Why Mondays? Some sort of cyclical curse?"

Re: After dark

[throughaphase]

"Not sure, exactly. The island moves around on those days," she explained. "They're not all bad. The dinosaurs were cool, one week animals talked. But some weeks you're in a leaking underwater dome being stalked by murderers. I'm pretty sure this is temporary, though."

If it wasn't she was moving.

Re: After dark

[heartinabox]

"So . . . fantasy, fairy tale, and, what, some sort of political thriller?" She couldn't think of what else would have 'leaking underwater dome' as a trope. Maybe a disaster adventure story of some sort. "And now horror. You're moving through Realms of Story."

She wasn't super thrilled to have to explain the Story Realms to anyone on her second day in town, but if she was going to find anyone who could help her diagnose where her curse had gone wrong, it was going to be helpful to be at least a little honest right up front. And Kitty had barely blinked when Regina brought up the idea of curses, generally.

After Dark

[died8yearsago]

It was quite a bit later than usual when Rosa came into the bar, and it wasn't difficult to see why, just by look at her. Her hair was a mess, her face not too far behind it, and those were definitely fresh blood splatters on her clothes and jacket this time. She hadn't even holstered her gun get as she stalked with purpose over to the bar, thunked her helmet on the counter, and glowered.

"Not a fan of this one," she informed Kitty. "I just hope it sticks to this whole 'fine during the day' thing, because if it doesn't, things are going to get really messed up around here. Also, don't go to Silent Hill, that place sucks."

Looks like someone lost track of time when she'd gone out there to investigate a little bit after her class that morning. She'd debated even bothering to come in tonight, but it was literally just a right turn off the causeway instead of a left, so why not? Caritas was a safe space for these things anyway, right? And maybe Kitty would want some company.

Re: After Dark

[throughaphase]

"Noted," Kitty frowned. "You okay?"

She assumed that was someone else's blood, but just in case.

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[died8yearsago]

It...mostly was.

Even if Rosa wasn't entire sure it was technically blood anymore.

"Yeah," she said. "Fine. Never better."

And since this was Rosa, it should be genuinely hard to tell if she was being sarcastic or not.

"Wouldn't mind a drink, though."

Re: After Dark

[throughaphase]

"Beer or Diaz?" Kitty guessed.

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[died8yearsago]

Rosa hesitated a moment, looking very much like she wanted to say 'both,' but she still had to get home. Sure, she had no doubt in her mind that Kitty would be the type to let people stay here and stay safe until daybreak, but she wouldn't want to take her up on that. And it was just across the street, but she knew what she was up against. Better keep a fairly clear head.

"Just a beer," she said. "For now. Sort of...get the edge off a little."

And there was definitely an edge there tonight.

Re: After Dark

[throughaphase]

Kitty would even walk her home!

"Coming right up," she said, getting her the beer a little faster than she would normally. "Want to ralk about it, or want to talk about literally anything else?"

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[died8yearsago]

"Kitty," said Rosa, taking the beer but waiting to finish her question before swigging back about half of it, "have I ever answered yes to that question?"

And that one wasn't sarcasm, but a genuine question, because, if she ever had, she had clearly already forgotten about it, but she was also going to wonder what in the hell had gotten into her that day.

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[throughaphase]

"Probably never, but it's my job to ask," Kitty shrugged.

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[died8yearsago]

"Is it, though?" asked Rosa. "I mean, I'm pretty sure your job is just to pour drinks. Whether or not you want to be nice while you're doing it seems kind of...negotiable."

Unless, of course, Kitty wasn't talking about being a bartender, but rather just being Rosa's friend, in which case, yeah, she's right, that sort of was a job in and of itself, and that might be part of the general description of said job.

Re: After Dark

[heartinabox]

Regina eyed Rosa from her spot at the bar, especially taking in the blood splatters. And gun. And helmet. She'd definitely landed in some kind of horror story.

"With a name like 'Silent Hill,'" she said. "I can't really say I'm surprised."

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[died8yearsago]

"Definitely not a nice, relaxing retirement home, anyway" Rosa noted, blowing a stray strand of hair out of her eyes before they took in this person she was pretty sure she hadn't seen before, but it wasn't like she tried remembering half the people on this island. Only reason she knew most people, really, was because the place was so small, you couldn't help it even if you tried.

And she had tried.

"Who're you?" she asked, quirking up her chin. She wouldn't normally care, but it was Tuesday and at Caritas, she sort of had a thing, plus, you know, kind of hard not to be a little suspicious of potentially new people surfacing when things went to shit.

Re: After Dark

[heartinabox]

And if she explained that out loud, Regina would agree that it was entirely fair. As it was, she only huffed a bit, before offering Rosa a smirk.

"Regina Mills. 'New girl', apparently, and frankly, not terribly impressed so far."

Re: After Dark

[died8yearsago]

Funny. 'Not terribly impressed so far' was also a good way to describe the look on Rosa's face, too.

"Don't expect it to get better," she offered, oh-so-helpfully. "It doesn't."

Yet...she was still here. After more than a year. Somehow.

She tried not to think about that.

Re: After Dark

[heartinabox]

"And here our hostess was just saying it's usually better." Regina filed that little discrepancy away. Could be just the difference in the two women's outlook on things, or it could be a hint about just what the hell was going on here. "Is she an optimist, or are you a drama queen?"

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[died8yearsago]

"Kitty's an optimist," said Rosa, without a moment's hesitation, not because she wanted to discount herself being a drama queen (although, seriously, what the hell? Drama queen? Were you fucking kidding her right now???), but because she was pretty much going to say that after the first thing out of Regina's mouth, before she even asked.

"And," she allowed, rolling her eyes a little, "she's not...entirely wrong, either. It is usually better...than this. But better as a whole is..." Her nose wrinkled a little, "...debatable."

Of course, Rosa would sort of debate pretty much anything, so...

Re: After Dark

[heartinabox]

Regina nodded slowly (and no, she was not at all discounting that Rosa might still be a drama queen), her eyes roving around the bar again, taking in the zombies and general decor. "So. Basically like home then." She reached for her drink. "Good to know."