The Malkavian is not amused...or...a muse?

[stranger_to_the_rain]

I know what it means when you pretty up a character's journal like you have.

No.





No.

I won't have it. Just because you're bored, fishie, that doesn't mean that I am too. I'm a much bigger fish than you.

The answer is...

...

...

...no.

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[indiscreet]

[ Almost strange, to see her of all kindred unsettled. She's not sure whether to just appreciate the moment or be unsettled herself.

Of course, reverence was never really her style. ]

Oh, I don't know if I would complain. The makeover's rather nice.

[stranger_to_the_rain]

The quality of it is irrelevant. I have no time for other worlds.

This one is bad enough.

[indiscreet]

I would think, then, that the vacation would be a welcome respite.

Personally, I found the offense at being transported out of Chicago faded with the dawning of the realization that I was out of Chicago.

[stranger_to_the_rain]

Therein lies the difference.

I like Los Angeles. No one belongs there.

in context of certain recent events I am slightly loling

[indiscreet]

No one at all? How...charming.

:P

[stranger_to_the_rain]

Why do you think I chose it?

[indiscreet]

Oh, I don't know, something about the nightlife, perhaps? I imagine there must be some thrill to hobnobbing with celebrity. [ a subtle tension in her voice, though — an edge of curiosity beneath the flippant words ]

[stranger_to_the_rain]

[She laughs. It turns into a giggle. And then into a titter.]

[indiscreet]

[ Anna frowns briefly.
Of course, it wouldn't be a conversation with Artemis Seth if she weren't largely bewildered for most of it. ]

[ a brief sigh ] Thrilled to know I can still be entertaining.

[stranger_to_the_rain]

When I first came here, the only nightlife were the rattlesnakes.

More enjoyable company than the celebrities, to be sure.

Better conversation.

[indiscreet]

[ Damned elders. Was age what made Mina so infuriating? (No, she had some different...knack...all her own.) ]

[ skeptical: ] I shouldn't think a snake would have much to offer in the way of pleasantries. At least a celebrity has the decency to not be venomous.

[ a pause, and her mouth twists wryly as she admits- ] ...Or, to not be literally venomous.

[andifeelfine]

Oh? What does it mean?

[stranger_to_the_rain]

Clearly, you've never been forced to socialize with any of the Kardashians.

[stranger_to_the_rain]

Worlds.

It means worlds.

funny how Arty manages to both pre- AND post-date Anna

[indiscreet]

...The who?
Or is this more nonsense history from before my time?

[stranger_to_the_rain]

Never mind.

I've spent too much time around teenagers.

[indiscreet]

[ the slightest raise of her brows ]

...I see.

Well, when all's said and done, I don't think you have much say in whether or not you're going anywhere. These... puppeteers get like fae, when they have a story they would see told.

[stranger_to_the_rain]

The second...the second a world comes into play, it ceases being their story. Every bit as much as it ceases being our own.

That's the beautiful danger of it all.

[indiscreet]

"Beautiful danger" — that's a...pretty way of putting it, from someone who claims not to want a vacation.

[stranger_to_the_rain]

A dangerous vacation away from danger?

Seems counterproductive to me.

my current icon selection is making this difficult :|

[indiscreet]

[ she raises her hands in a small, helpless gesture ]

It was your phrase, not mine.

...Though I must say, you're being much more...practical than I'm accustomed to, from you. If it were me in your shoes, I feel as though you'd be telling me to... oh, I don't know... embrace the mystery or dance in the rain or something.

But I suppose [ she smirks slightly, though she has enough respect for Artemis that it's not outright mocking ] it's different when it happens to you.

[stranger_to_the_rain]

You're surprisingly insightful.

Which is one of the reasons why I'm not telling you to dance in the rain. Although I'm told it's quite a lark.

[indiscreet]

I try.
Maybe I've finally been through enough that I've picked up a thing or two.

...Though I'm not sure whether I'd be willing to dance in the rain regardless. It would ruin my shoes, I'm sure. [ The Huntress would feel differently, she's certain. It's most of the reason she makes a point to say it. ]

[stranger_to_the_rain]

Well, then learn to walk on the water.

[She might be trolling you a little, Anna.]

Was that insanity enough for you?

[indiscreet]

[ She sighs. But: ] Better, thank you.

That's the awful thing, though: that I think I could learn, if I wanted to. [ The Huntress's powers allow for it - true facts. ]

...And now I sound like you.