SEMI OPEN | LOST IN A DAYDREAM

[notaroundme]

♬ Stranger in a Strange Land - 30 Seconds to Mars

WHO || Elena, Myri, Finnick, anyone who went on the New Orleans mission.
WHAT || Myri asked Elena to meet her in a coffee shop. Elena shows up to try and learn what's going on.
WHERE || Some coffee shop in New Orleans
WHEN || October 15 | 9pm | Backdated
HOW || Action Spam, feel free to threadjack

[Elena arrives at the coffee shop earlier than scheduled. She hasn't had much to do while she waits on her, hopefully, new friends, given that she's in the middle of a city she doesn't know with little more than her wallet and a cell phone that isn't getting any service, and no memory of her life other than vague people and places.

Needless to say, it's been a frustrating few hours, and the wait has been somewhat agonizing for her.

Fortunately, coffee is among the topics that she seemingly knows, and she happens to have some cash, so she's resorted to sitting the shop for the last hour. She's currently nursing her second large cup, which has grown cold in her hands. Hopefully they won't be too much longer...]

Comments

[slay]

Not real big with the fate and destiny thing, huh? [ she shrugs as she drops into the chair across from elena. ] Me either. Oh, and -- I'm Buffy, by the way. [ she adds it with a smile. ] We'll call it a happy coincidence, 'cause Nova? Not the place you wanna get caught in the middle of without us.

[65]

[while some people are focused on stuffing their faces, finnick keeps his attention on elena, sliding down in a seat next to buffy.]

It's just a lucky thing she had someone like me around to rescue her.

[witchwoman]

Very lucky. [Myri agrees, smiling at Finnick for a moment before averting her gaze back to Elena.] I suppose I should admit it now- My name isn't Mary. It's Myrilandel, but you can call me Myri. Everyone does.

We've all been where you are. Well... except for Kat. [At least, she's never heard Kat mention coming through the Veil.] Finding yourself in a strange place, the memory loss, all of it.

And we want to help you.

[shootfirst]

[ kat pulls herself away from looking at the food, folding her arms across her chest and shrugging ] It's sort of what we do.

[bigbad]

Yeah, we're big bloody heroes. [Spike slings himself into the chair on Buffy's other side. He's still a bit suspicious, but it doesn't show. Much.] How much do you remember from before your big swim?

[notaroundme]

[She takes the news of Myri's name just fine, since she'd been on a special mission of some sort, and she found herself chuckling before she could answer Spike. These guys were quite the crew, and she knew that she had likely been lucky to find them.]

Not much. It's pretty hazy. [Not something she wants to admit, but her memories don't seem completely...real. More like they were from a dream that she only somewhat remembered upon waking. Had she woken up in a bed and had anything else to make sense of things in her brain, she probably would have went with that, but she hadn't.] I was in a truck with a friend. He was driving really fast, but I think we were going toward something, not away. [A beat.] There was...something in the road, on a bridge, and we ended up crashing into the river.

[witchwoman]

[Myri reaches out and touches Elena's hand, offering a sympathetic look.]

That sounds terrible. Especially considering... [How you just sort of appeared in the pool? Yeah, she just leaves that unsaid and continues looking really sweet and caring.]

You may remember more in time, but... [Again, she drifts off, but there's a hard truth to be told.] It's not likely.

[notaroundme]

[She nods slowly. It's not an ideal situation by any stretch, but it could be worse. She could be terrified and alone, and she's not.

She glances around at all of them.]

And you've all been through this?

[bigbad]

Or close enough. I didn't have a welcoming party.

[slay]

Less welcome party, more "how crazy am I, on a scale of one to Tom Cruise?" But, the good news is, being through it means we can be here for you now.

[shootfirst]

And even us non-Shadow-worldy peeps aren't all out to make your new life miserable. I've at least dealt with a lot of people in your sitch, even if I haven't been there.

[notaroundme]

[She chuckles.]

It's good to know not everyone believes I was just some hussy making a scene to get some famous person's attention.

[shootfirst]

Gee, I wonder who that must've been.

[slay]

We all know better: no one's that interested in getting Finnick's attention.

[witchwoman]

[Myri just smiles.]

We couldn't really ask you about it with everyone else there. It wasn't safe.

[notaroundme]

Well, can you explain it now then? Where do you guys even come from? And why were you at that shoot?

[She raises a brow.]

It wasn't just for a music video, or you wouldn't have had a 'cover' in the first place. Especially when there were obviously more people involved.

[After all, Myri had brought quite a crowd, and she didn't see any of them mingling where she'd been.]

[shootfirst]

It's sorta classified. [ she screws up her face, examining elena carefully ] Can we swear you to secrecy?

[bigbad]

It's all very James Bond. Except without enough martinis. [Spike is always helpful.]

[slay]

Sometimes with martinis. Or gondola rides.

[notaroundme]

[She has to try to keep from smiling at the pairs comments before she looks back over at Kat.]

Of course. I'll swear on whatever you want. I'll even pinky swear if you want.

[Okay, that's kind of a joke.]

Besides, I don't know anyone. Who would I tell?

[shootfirst]

Girl makes a point.

We're Knights of the Silver Dragon. This whole world's full of people like you, people from other worlds who don't remember a dang thing about themselves. But there's other stuff that's come from those worlds too. Monsters, bad guys, that sort of thing.

We basically field both sides of the fence.

[65]

[finnick has had a long hard day, so it's not 100 percent surprising that he ... fell asleep at the table. it should have been telling when he didn't react to buffy's jab about getting his attention, ok. but because of his sunglasses, the only indicator of him sleeping was his head slooooowly tipping forward until he snapped out of it and jerked up abruptly like someone who fell asleep in class and knows they probably just missed something important.

yep gonna cover for that by slouching down into his chair and hoping no one noticed.]

[witchwoman]

[Myri only notices Finnick slouch down, which draws a curious frown from her, but she just moves along with explaining things to Elena. She nods to Kat]

Yes, we were sent here to complete a task. It's quite a long story, actually... You just happened to arrive right in front of us.

[slay]

Which is lucky, because otherwise, NOVA might have just eaten you alive. [ beat. ] That was ... probably too honest, wasn't it?

[notaroundme]

[(Spot: 20) Elena notices Finnick's little nap, but she doesn't say anything, instead of grinning to herself.]

It must have been a busy and stressful ordeal.

[She glances as Kat, nodding slowly.]

I guess I should probably be more surprised, but considering the fact that I know I don't just have a simple case of amnesia...

[Buffy's comment catches her attnetion, too.]

NOVA?