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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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[stefanged]

[ He rubs the back of his neck, ] They were pretty bad.

But you know, at least they're gone.

[continuousgroaning]

Uhhhhhhhh... yeah... that's... that's something.

How long ago did it happen?

[stefanged]

Uh... [ wow. Either Tina's rubbing off on him, or he genuinely has to stop and think about it. Probably the latter. ] Five years? Six?

A while. The actual invasion was like, three days, but we're still rebuilding parts of the US.

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina shudders at that.]

I only would've been 7 or 8 years old then. That's a pretty terrifying idea.

[stefanged]

Wait, seven? [ . . . ] You're making me feel old here, Tina.

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina covers her mouth with a giggle.]

But it's true. I AM 13 now. Gene would have been 5, and Louise would've only been 3.

[stefanged]

[ He staggers back, placing an hand over his chest and letting out a sigh that could probably reach the heavens - ] No. No, no, that can't be.

Because you see, if you're thirteen, then that makes me... [ record scratch. ] You know what? You don't want to know.

[continuousgroaning]

Really? But you seem like you're so young.

[stefanged]

You might want to sit down for this one, [ and he pulls out a barstool just in case, ] but I'm actually a hundred and sixty nine.

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina starts to laugh at that, like he's making a joke, before realizing he seems to be serious. And that he'd have no reason to lie to her about that.

Ooops, there's the groan again.]

1/2

[stefanged]

[ How long is it gonna be this time? Stefan stares down at his watch, then at Tina, then over at his tea kettle . . . ]

[stefanged]

[ Yeah, he's TOTALLY making himself a cup of black tea with milk right now. Just because.

Don't mind him sliding down another Tina's way; it should be about done by the time her groan is. ]

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina sticks her tongue out at Stefan as he does that, then turns serious, sighs and holds her teacup in her hands, warming them.]

Is this one of those things where I totally should have figured it out a while ago and I just never did?

[stefanged]

Not necessarily. [ He shrugs, apologetically - ] I might've also thought I told you, and then just never got around to it.

But you know how Misty's a witch, right? And other people on the Fleet weren't human either?

[continuousgroaning]

Oh, yeah- Misty was the one who finally settled my mind about the unicorn meat. And I liked to watch her make potions. It just never occurred to me that people can be older than they look, I guess.

[stefanged]

Well, even regular humans don't always look their age. [ He'd know. Even when he was human, everyone thought he was significantly younger . . . ]

But yeah, I'm uh, not human. Haven't been human for like a century and a half.

[continuousgroaning]

Oh... [Tina blows on her tea and takes a drink.] Well, you're still you, no matter what. And that's what matters to me more than anything.

[stefanged]

[ He laughs, touched by the sentiment - ] Even if I happen to be a vampire?

[continuousgroaning]

[Her eyes widen a little at that, but honestly, it's not the strangest thing she's seen or heard, either.]

Even if so. I still trust you.

[stefanged]

You put too much faith in me. [ He takes a sip, ] But... I can't say I mind, either.

[continuousgroaning]

Well, you've never given me any reason to think differently about you. You've always been good to me. You've never talked to me like I was a stupid kid.

[stefanged]

Because you aren't. [ Not once has that thought even crossed his mind . . . ] God, who even told you that to begin with?

[continuousgroaning]

Not directly, but, uhm... [She shuffles awkwardly.] I don't do so well in some subjects at school. And Dad once subbed for our home ec class, and I overheard him talking to Mom about it, and he said that Mr. Frond- our guidance counselor- told him it was basically the stupid kids class. I mean, I know I'm not dumb and everyone struggles, but that does bug me sometimes.