on paradisa;

[loadust]

Uhhh...

You sure about that, boss? I mean, you've come and gone there a lot, and I've kind of got some stuff going on right now. Not so much now, I guess, now that we iced the general, but --

[ A pause. Shaundi listens, and takes an inhale. ]

Wait, for real? Free shit forever, and all we've gotta put up with is some weird stuff sometimes and losing one thing?

[ ... ]

...is there skeeball?

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[trigram]

No skeeball. It's a total disappointment.

[loadust]

Bummer.

[ She thinks on this, for perhaps a few seconds longer than necessary. ]

Could you wish for a skeeball thing?

[trigram]

I'm sure you could. But that castle could turn you into a dog for a week in exchange.

[loadust]

...that seems like kind of a rough deal just for some shitty Freckle Bitch's arcade machine.

[trigram]

I guess that's why the residents call it Castle Wonderfuck.

[loadust]

For real? [ She chuckles. ] Shit. I think I had an ex that worked at a place called that.

[trigram]

At least you had an ex [Sofia muttered under her breath, looking away for a second]

Yeah, that's what a lot of the disgruntled residents call it. It's appropriate based on what I've seen in the sidelines. The Mun said you might like the expeditions to really weird places. That or you can get as much guns and alcohol you want. In that place, I'd sure love the latter.

[loadust]

[ Oh, if she only knew. ]

No kidding. Sounds like it should be a real party all the time. [ She waves a hand. ] I mean, I dunno about the guns stuff. I'll keep a piece on me anyways, but there might be something goin' down with my loss as well.

[trigram]

Does your Mun already know your loss yet?

[loadust]

We got some choices. Either I can't fire a gun, I can't remember the shit I've done, or I can't get high.

I ain't got much pull, but that third one is definitely not happening.

1/2

[trigram]

I don't know what you did before this, but that first one would bite you in the behind one day if your Mun chose that. The events seem to get increasingly violent...

[Sofia nods, taking a sip of some weird looking gobbledygook. It looks nasty, but she doesn't seem to mind]

2/2

[calleighfornia]

[Before Sofia could talk again, she got pushed aside. The brunette just rolled her eyes at the incoming blonde]

Uh, no? Total bullshit. Nothing bad happened in that last plot! It's just a school for teenagers who learn how to flick the shit out of their wands. And they have skeeball in the game room!

[Calleigh turns her attention to Shaundi]

Hey wassup? Don't mind the grumpy lady here. She's just pissed at the world like always.

[loadust]

It's cool. Sup?

[ Another chuckle. Despite all this, she is managing to stay supremely chill. Then, back at Sofia: ]

You oughta relax. It all sounds like good times to me.

[trigram]

[Sofia shoves Calleigh aside, glaring at the tiny blonde girl to not try and threadjack again]

Oh I'm perfectly fine. I've seen worse things than what the castle has conjured up so far.

Some of the denizens of this headspace would be willing to back you up anyway, if shit hits the fan again.

[loadust]

[ Just another day in headspace, really. Shaundi relaxes further (apparently, this is possible) and leans against the nearest available thing.

That other girl seemed cool. Down for a party. Clearly, something needed to be done about Sofia later. ]

Yeah? What kind of stuff are we talking here?

[trigram]

Alien invasions, giant monsters, literal demons from hell, mythological gods, killer robots, artifacts that could blow up the planet. All that fun stuff.

[Sofia took a sip of that nasty looking drink and shrugged, like to her it's just Tuesday. Calleigh is lurking behind the couch where Sofia is sitting (and apparently been sleeping on for days. if she actually sleeps), ready to threadjack at any moment's notice.]

[loadust]

Huh.

[ For that, she might need a drink herself. Shaundi seems to think about it for a few moments. ]

We're not gonna get to that for another two games for me.

1/2

[trigram]

[Sofia just nods in response, then resting her chin on her hand. Closing her eyes... A second has passed and it looks like she's sound asleep...]

[calleighfornia]

[Calleigh peeks out behind the couch, and since Sofia fell asleep, it looks like she's clear to threadjack without any resistance from some grumpy woman. She vaults from behind the couch and landed on the couch perfectly, hardcore parkour style]

Yo, sorry for the narcoleptic here. She's been awake for, damn I don't know how long. But she's got a fucked up sleep schedule.

[Calleigh stretches her legs by putting them up on the coffee table, leaning back on the couch, feeling at home]

[loadust]

Hey, it's cool. Ain't like I don't pass out sometimes, too.

[ She flops her butt down too, leaning her elbows on her knees. ]

What'd you say your name was?

[calleighfornia]

Calleigh. Grumpycat here is Sofia. We work together. I don't really admit that a lot.

[loadust]

Hey, don't get me started on weird people to work with. Think I've got you beat there.

[ Her own scuffed sneakers join Calleigh's on the coffee table, in the height of ladylike behaviour. ]

What do you guys do?

[calleighfornia]

It's pretty weird. We work for a private company that specializes in high tech things. They're connected to paranormal things happening in the world and beyond, ans it's our job to prevent anything bad from happening. Basically we're superheroes. [Calleigh shrugged]

I could give you the whole newbie orientation, but that's pretty much the gist of that.

[loadust]

Sounds like it'd make a kickass TV show.

[ And evidently, she might need this entirely legal product Shaundi is smoking more than her. She offers it over...then pauses. ]

So, uh, you're not cops, right?

[calleighfornia]

[Calleigh laughs and accepts the offer. The Goddess of Cool is pleased with the offering]

Cops? Nah. I hate those donut eatin' bastards. They always get in the way of what we do.

[loadust]

S'what I like to hear. I'm Shaundi - with the Third Street Saints.

[calleighfornia]

Nice to meet ya. [Calleigh nods. She likes this gal already] Shaundi, huh? Not a bad name. So is Third Street Saints. That's a pretty badass name if you ask me.

[loadust]

We thought so. Can't take any credit for that one, though. Julius came up with that years before I got recruited.

[ right back at you, homie. that's her only worry: being surrounded by lame, boring people in a magical castle full of unlimited everything.

that'd kinda suck ass. ]

[calleighfornia]

Heh I sure wouldn't mind meeting your crew. Any of 'em joining you in the Castle? [Calleigh used to roll in illegal stuff and dealings in California, she used to be a freelance thief for the criminals before she got recruited to the Echelon. And of course, she loves to party]

[loadust]

Dunno. That'd be pretty cool.

[ She shrugs. ]

They'd want way more stripper poles.

[calleighfornia]

I don't blame 'em if they would. I'd sure as hell want way more of those, make things more fun y'know?

[Calleigh had a smug grin on her face. Yep, she can pole-dance like a boss]

If they do that, then that Castle would be one step closer to being Bakerstreet or that Love Hotel.

[loadust]

Yeah? Man. Maybe you would fit in.

[ Oh, Johnny is gonna like her. Shaundi reaches over to take the joint back and have another draw. ]

That's up to the Boss, though. I'm not gonna make any decisions without her around.