1 - I shall sing a song

[aprettyred]

Who: Anna and anyone!
Where: The Plaza
What: Arrival
When: March 2nd Evening
[ Style ]
Status: Open

[ She hadn't been anywhere near enough to the water to end up this wet. Anna blinked about, pulling her headband and hat off to shake some water free. Her fingers bite into the fabric a moment later, as she takes in that this most definitely isn't where she'd just been sitting.

Should she try to look around? Or stay put? Her shoes and dress weren't that comfortable with as much water as there was soaked in, so that decides her. Anna carefully makes her way over to a bench, takes a seat there, before fishing in a fold of her dress for a marble.

Maybe she would see someone familiar if she sat and watched through that... ]

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[chainsmoke_king]

[ Anna just might see a certain building that looks familiar. Or well, the facade is different, but there's still a sign hanging outside that reads 'Bar HOMRA'.

And if that isn't eye catching enough, a certain scarf adorned man is stepping out of that building at this very moment, and using his red flame to light up a cigarette. ]

[ignisinfernale]

[ And here's someone being pro-active for once. Normally, he would have spent his afternoon napping but lo and behold, he had to discover that the fridge was out of beer and he was quickly running out of smokes. Of course, this merits a trip to the store. It's on the way back when he spots a familiar little thing in soaked frills and lace by a bench.

Relief floods his system. Here he was worried that Anna was wondering where he and Izumo had gotten to. That she would have feared the worst, specially for him. But here she is. Whole. Safe.

So he comes over, unceremoniously dropping a towel nearby. There's nothing in his pack for her but there's bound to be something in the bar. If not, he'll just go back out. ]

Let's get you back to HOMRA.

[aprettyred]

[ Its the red that does it. There are only so many reds as pretty as that, and only one red that goes with that particular style.

Anna doesn't quite run over, but she does move with somewhat soggy haste. The noise of all that wet cloth probably alerts him to her approach before she reaches for his hand. ]

[creative_lovebug]

[Burgh watched the young girl emerge within the bustle of the Plaza. She was dripping wet. Ah. A new arrival. Burgh walked up casually as he did with Sewaddle on his shoulder.]

Greetings. Have you just arrived?

[aprettyred]

[ She'd been looking somewhere else before the towel drops next to her, and then she catches sight of that lovely red. His red.

Perhaps she ought to have grabbed the towel first, but one small hand grasps the edge of his coat before she reaches for the towel - but she changes her mind and grabs his hand instead, the double grip on him clearly saying what she wasn't. She'd been very worried. ]

Its here? [ But this place looked nothing like where the bar was... ]

[chainsmoke_king]

[ He does hear the odd noise, but when he turns to see what it could possibly be, he ends up doing a double take. ]

Anna?

[ He certainly sounds surprised to see her there and he crouches down to meet her as she hurries over to him. ]

[aprettyred]

[ Anna blinks up at the voice, eyes drawn first to the ... Strain? on the man's shoulder, then to his scarf. It was a nice red.

To his question, she nods. ]

[creative_lovebug]

[He saw where her eyes drifted as he smiled politely.]

Oh, don't mind Sewaddle. He won't bite. He's my Pokemon and my best friend. [He gave the caterpillar a tickle under his chin.]

So, do you need directions or somewhere to eat and drink?

[ignisinfernale]

Aa. We set it back up.

[ His hand closes around hers just as tightly a moment before letting go. He takes the towel and crouches down to her eye level, gently patting her down just to get her somewhat dried off at least best he could. Until they got her new clothes, she would probably have to swim in one of his shirts. ]

Just got in?

[aprettyred]

[ This is good. She can give him a soggy hug better this way. A familiar face, a familiar place - It does wonders to make her feel better about being soaked and being somewhere completely new. ]

The bar moved.

[aprettyred]

[ She studies the Sewaddle a little bit more - it was sort of cute, even if it was lots of grey - before looking back up at the man.

Directions? To where? This place was new... ]

Is HOMRA here?

[creative_lovebug]

Sorry? What is a HOMRA? I don't quite get what you mean.

[aprettyred]

[ Swimming in one of his shirts was better than all this soggy dress. She keeps a hold of his coat until it wasn't much help, then replaces the grip after. ]

I haven't been wet long.

[ She thinks that's what he means. ]

[aprettyred]

A place. It's home.

[ It's also a bar. ]

[creative_lovebug]

I don't think so. This is Vatheon, the underwater world. [He offered her a small smile.]

I am Burgh. What's your name?

[aprettyred]

... Underwater?

[ That would explain why the sky looked so funny even compared to the normal odd looking sky. She fishes in her pocket, coming up with a small red marble. ]

Anna. [ She peers at the sky, then the coral, through her marble. ]

[creative_lovebug]

[He nodded.] Yes.

We're inside a huge bubble. I know it's hard to believe but I am telling the truth. Look up.

Nice to meet you, Anna.

[aprettyred]

[ Anna spends a long silent moment catching the sight of moving animals on the other side of that bubble - things moving from grey-in-grey to blue'd out as they moved into the range of sight through her marble. ]

... Like an aquarium...

[ Only with the city inside. She looks about through her marble at the plaza, then back to the bubble. If its a bubble, its round, so she could find an edge easily, right? ]

[creative_lovebug]

Yes, I suppose it is. We're the fish inside of it. [He grinned at her happily.]

It gives me such inspiration for my work. [Sewaddle was now crawling down Burgh's shoulder and onto the floor to sniff at Anna's shoe.]

[chainsmoke_king]

[ He hugs her back gently, not really caring if her soaked dress gets his own shirt wet. ]

Not exactly. Just a second one.

[ He gives her a reassuring smile and hoists her up into his arms. ]

Come on. Gotta get you dried off.

[akumanotrill]

[Hijiri comes across her on his way to work and goes over after noting her wet clothes.]

Hi. Did you just get here? Do you need help?

[demonicbookworm]

_{[A soaking wet girl means only one thing - a new arrival. Ruca walks up to her with some hesitation.]}

Miss... You just arrived, didn't you? Maybe I could help you somehow...?

[aprettyred]

[ So its not quite a familiar place. It looks familiar enough, and its got Izumo, which is most of what makes the bar home anyway. ]

Is getting wet how I got here?

[aprettyred]

[ She meant like one of the parts where the fish get to go over all the people walking around, but that works too.

And is a little more creepy. ]

... What is your work?

[ Although she's distracted a moment later by the Sewaddle. She crouches and looks through the marble at it. ]

[chainsmoke_king]

That coral over there brought us here.

[ He supports her with one arm as he points. ]

We're under water now, that's why you're all wet.

[ He brings Anna into the bar, seating her in one of the tall bar stools. The interior is also different from the original Bar HOMRA, but the feel of the place is just as warm and inviting. ]