itinere | Open | Network or Action | You're dripping like a saturated sunrise

[ The woman on the screen is young and blonde. She smiles a little at the camera and waves then tucks her long hair behind her ears. ] I’m Gracie. I’ve been here for a few days trying to...adjust. [ Her brow furrows a little at that. ] I used to have a vlog back home--I graduated with a degree in communications--and I thought I’d start vlogging here. I figured I’d get to talk to some of you guys and it’d help me adjust. Anyway, I’ve heard a lot of things about this place and they are way too sci-fi for me to really believe them, but I want to. Things like time waits for you back home. I mean, I’ve got a shift that started five hours ago and Gemma hasn’t got anyone else to cover. Mom and I were...not fighting--she doesn’t fight with me; we disagree. Anyway, that’s not how I want to leave things if that’s the last I’m going to see of her, you know?

[ She leans back a little as a cat jumps into her lap.] This is Aslan. He came here with me. I was literally walking across my living room to go to bed and yet...somehow my favorite jeans and tee shirt are here hanging in the closet of the apartment I was given to stay in. Nothing makes sense. [ She worries at her bottom lip a moment before she releases it and begins talking again. ]

It’s not all bad though. Fancy phone PDA thing for one. There are some reasonably cool buildings around this place. Some of them...I’m not even sure they’re supposed to exist. Then there are some things that are too good to be true, like that no one has asked me for money, a credit card or a room number in any of the stores. I got the briefing. I understand that everything is free. I’m just wondering, what’s the catch?

[ She makes a face at the camera. ] Sorry. I’m not usually this Phillip K Dick about things. [ She pushes the cat off her lap and rolls a small golden sphere around on the table. ] With that in mind, I’m going to do some more shopping--can it even be called shopping when it’s all free? That’s more like high opportunity scavenging or something. I’m also going to figure out how to open this snitch I found on my table this morning. Unfortunately, there are no helpful clues like ‘I open at the end’. If I see any of you guys out there, feel free to stop me and say hi.

Gracie out. [ She waves again and clicks the video feed off ]

[ooc lots of options here for Gracie. Feel free to talk to her on the network or find her out and about pretty much anywhere in town. You can also have normal Gracie, affected (high) Gracie, or crashing Gracie. Be specific in the subject line and/or in the tag! ]

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[ She's generally pretty animated. If Gracie is quiet and unanimated then she's generally either in deep thought, very serious or sad.

She's got a little dark in her life. Everyone does after all, but with Gracie a smile is just a smile. He'll have to go looking for other bouncy blondes if he wants darkness and issues. ] That's good. Have you been here a long time?

[ She reaches out and scratches at the cat's ears ] Big fan of books, but Chronicles of Narnia were some of my favorite when I was a kid. You've read them?

Yeah I've read them. When I have time to read, I like to. [ His home life has never allowed for much free time. But he's taken to frequenting the bookstore here in Itinere, reading lots of books that he used to wish he had time to read back home. Narnia is one of those.

Adam pauses a minute to try to calculate the amount of time he's been here. ] Over a year. Maybe a year and a half? So I've been here awhile. For the most part it's pretty peaceful.

It seems like something that might be readily available here: time. [ Of course, she's only been here a few days and she'll probably eventually end up with a job in the bookstore, but right now she's simply getting to know the place and recognizing that time could be something people had a lot of here. He'll see more of Gracie if she gets a job in the bookstore. ]

Wow. [ Give her a second. It hasn't occurred to her yet that she might be stuck here for good. ] Are you homesick? I mean--I'm sorry, that was rude.You don't have to answer. The whole year and a half thing took me by surprise. I like peaceful though.

Yeah, kind of in excess if you let it. But there's also lots to do. You can find work, or not. Whatever. [ He knows all too well that some people just don't want to work. Adam is not that person. He works at his garage and when he's on the Barns he's working there too. Sometimes Ronan has to make him stop and sit still and do nothing or else he just won't do it. ]

It's not rude. It's okay. [ Adam shakes his head. ] Mostly, I'm find with being here. But my people are here and that makes a difference. Are you here alone?

So it's like a permanent internship or volunteer work. [ Gracie isn't that hard of a worker, not that addicted to working, but she probably will want to do some work.

She shakes her head a little at Adam.] It's just me. At least so far. It's good you've got people though. [ She's quiet a moment. ] I'll make friends here though.

[ And she won't think about whether she'll see her family again. ]

Yeah, you're... [ A very open and sharing person? Adam is still kind of surprised at how much she'd shared about herself right off the bat. But he isn't quite sure how to say that without it sounding like an insult, which it really and truly isn't. To each their own, right? Gracie is just that kind of person and that's fine... just shocking to someone like Adam who holds everything so close to the vest. ]

You're that kind of person. [ The kind of person who makes friends easily because they're so upbeat and friendly and/or charming like Gansey. ] Plus you have a cat. Everyone likes cats.

[ She'd gotten used to sharing her life on her vlog. She doesn't even think twice about it now. Maybe she should, but she is that sort of person. She laughs softly at his words. ]

Well, the cat certainly thinks so. What's your favorite thing about this place, Adam?

[ Adam has to think about that question for a second. And when he does finally get to an answer, he isn't sure how to put it into words. ]

Well, people, I guess. My people. [ He shrugs. ] I've never been much into things. [ Adam has never had a lot. And he isn't sure what he would do if Ronan weren't here, and now Opal. There's even a slight smile on his lips, just the beginnings of one at the thought of Ronan. ]

[ Actually, his words are perfect and entirely understandable ] Are they people that you wouldn't have back home?

[ She's curious and she doesn't miss that slight 'almost' smile on his face. She can't help but smile back at it. ]

Yeah, they're my friends. Like family. [ Of course, Gracie can't know how unaccustomed Adam is to having friends or family. It's still something that feels very new to him a lot of the time. ]

My... boyfriend. [ Holy crap he just admitted to having a boyfriend in front of a pretty girl, a virtual stranger. That part is new to him too. ]

I bet that does make this place easier. [ no, she can't know that at all, nor does she know how new it is for him to admit to having a boyfriend. The admittance doesn't make her blink though. ] Did you find him here? I can't imagine dating here, but then I've only been here a few days. I'm still getting a handle on living here.

[ It actually makes it better than she doesn't blink an eye at his admission. ] No he's... we're... I mean we're both from Henrietta. We went to school together. People from your home sometimes show up here.

[ She nods a little at Adam's words. ] That's cool. Maybe I'll see you both around then. Thanks for answering my questions.

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