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[continuousgroaning]

[So this is unexpected. Tina had been going through the door to the bathroom in the restaurant, when suddenly she wasn't there and was somewhere else entirely. And even more strangely, there's the nagging feeling at the back of her mind that something like this has happened to her before.

Thankfully the smartphone in her hands has something of an explanation, and so she heads there to claim her bedroom, though she can't stop herself from looking at EVERYTHING, and she's visibly nervous.]

Uhm, hi, hello... don't mind me, just, ah, going to find my bedroom... By the way, if anyone sees a boy in a burger costume or a girl with a pink bunny ears hat, or a woman with red glasses, or a balding guy with a mustache, let me know?

[And once she's there and registered, Tina does a double take as she opens the door to her bedroom, and just stands there, gaping.

Her room back home had been covered with horse posters, but she has her own little suite here that is positively PLASTERED with horses. The wallpaper, the decorations, the bedspread... it's a paradise.]

It's like a dream come true...


Network

Dear diary,

I was just going to the bathroom and it's like I stepped into Narnia. I guess there are other people here and I hope they'll be nice enough to say hello.

Love, Tina


[[OOC note Hi friends! I'm Shurimon and this is Tina Belcher from the cartoon Bob's Burgers. She's an ordinary teenage girl and is a bit of an AU- she'll have her memories from driftfleet intact. Please feel free to add me at shurimon!]

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[continuousgroaning]

Uhhhh... "less creepy" how?

Action

[stefanged]

For one thing, I haven't seen or heard of Atroma since I came.

Action

[continuousgroaning]

I'm glad for that. And I guess the lack of brain implants counts as a LOT less creepy to begin with. I'll take "seeing that I love horses and giving me a room decorated with them" over "forcing us to be in a reality show" any day.

Re: Action

[stefanged]

Exactly. I don't know how they can read our minds, but it doesn't seem as sinister.

[ Nevermind that he would prefer nothing of the sort. At least it brought Tina back to him..? ]

[continuousgroaning]

Which I'm really, really glad for. ... maybe I could open my burger stand here, now that I think about it. If they give us things we like or want to do.

[stefanged]

Go for it. If you need help, Misty and I'll be there every step of the way - and if this place is anything like home, they'll love your burgers.

[ He has fond memories of hitting up the local restaurant for burgers and fries (even if he doesn't eat them), and in time, he hopes Itinere will consider Tina's stand in the same light. ]

[continuousgroaning]

Thank you. ... I'm glad I'm here with the two of you, at least, if I have to be stuck again.

[stefanged]

Me too. I could've ended up with the penguin, and well - that's not an experience I want to relive.

[continuousgroaning]

Penguin? ... do we mean a literal penguin here?

[stefanged]

[ . . . . ]

We just came off a reality show, and your instinct is to question whether or not I'm joking about a penguin??

[continuousgroaning]

Well, one can never be too sure, I think.

Uh, is there a story behind that, though? Like, you've been trapped with a penguin before?

[stefanged]

Kind of. Remember how you just missed the talking ponies?

[ Probably for the better...? ]

[continuousgroaning]

Yeah, which is a great regret of mine.

[stefanged]

Okay, well... [ He raises his eyebrows, barely fighting back a laugh, ] They weren't the only talking animals around.

We had an actual penguin... and I wanna say an alligator.

[continuousgroaning]

Whoa... ....what did they talk about?

[stefanged]

Uh. [ Nothing appropriate, honestly, but . . . ] I was kind of stuck on the "talking penguin" part.

[continuousgroaning]

... fair enough. I probably would have been the same way, even considering some of the stuff I DID see.

[stefanged]

Yeah. You'd think you'd get used to it after a while, but... [ He shrugs. ] Even we've got our limits.

[continuousgroaning]

Mhmmm. [Another hug.] Has anything like that happened here so far?

[stefanged]

[ She is the best little sister, don't let anyone tell her otherwise. ]

Thankfully, no. You're the best thing that's happened to this place.

[continuousgroaning]

Awww... thanks. [She flushes red at the compliment.] Hopefully I'll stick around for a while. I'd hate to leave you behind again...

[stefanged]

It's okay. Considering we can come and go as we want, I don't exactly expect you to stay the whole time.

[continuousgroaning]

Maybe I can bring my family through sometime, then. So you can meet them.

[stefanged]

Sure. In exchange, you've gotta come back to Jordan with me.

[continuousgroaning]

Wow... [Tina looks enthralled by the idea.] I've never been out of the country before. Well, except for those places we visited in space, but you know what I mean. I've been to Florida to visit my grandparents, but that's it.