i think i'll follow the sun

[boobwindow]

WHO: KAREN / POWER GIRL and VARIOUS
WHERE: Various locations.
WHEN: 3/16 ― 3/31
WHAT: Stuff and things. A catch-all log for the remainder of the month that I should have done earlier to avoid spamming oops. If you would like to do something, feel free to PM me either on this account or at kitties so we can work something out.
WARNINGS: tba.

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( starters will be in the comments below! )

Comments

[sewoften]

[ You're a good woman, Karen. It's actually making him more interested in you than he had been before - not that he'd been uninterested. One looked at all available avenues of progression when washed up on foreign shores. ]

It's almsot more startling all of us aren't in that position. From what I've been told and discussed with others - [ mainly Inumuta ] - there are times where one person arriving might foretell several they know arriving as time passes, but as frequently, and more so, that hasn't been the case. How long people stay also has little consistency.

I count myself among the fortunate knowing it easily could have been otherwise. Or could be, in the future.

[ For all Inumuta has said he's more worried that Iori, too, will leave, just as suddenly as he's come. ]

[boobwindow]

[ Which is what makes it so difficult sometimes to help soothe anyone who's demanding to know when they'll get to return home. They don't have a solid answer beyond "It could be any time". ]

The Porter picks at random... at least that's what I've gathered so far. There's a number of people from the same world, but I'm not privy to how that works. I've seen people suggest some sort of... radiation trail. I don't know; it's not something I think I'll ever understand.

[sewoften]

I don't know if we need to. Accepting something as it is and learning ways to work with it is different from an intimate understanding. Any work with the technology and... essence of whatever drives the Porter is probably better approached from that angle.

[ Understanding being impossible where acceptance will simply need to do. ]

[boobwindow]

[ Sometimes it is the better option; the one that won't keep you up at night, driving you mad trying to figure out how it works and why it defies everything you've ever known.

She shrugs her shoulders, a hand on her hip. ]

It would be nice to know how to send people back.

[sewoften]

I agree this would be nicer if any of it were by choice. Coming or going.

[ But it isn't, so they'll have to deal with it on that level instead. ]

[boobwindow]

Yeah.

[ It's somewhat tempting to inquire whether he would choose to stay or go, but it's also an invasive one at that and Karen has manners most of the time. She leaves the question aside, shifting her focus to her basket and the counter at the very end of the aisle where a bored cashier sits reading the newspaper quietly. ]

Anyway, I should get going. I've got a mouth to feed in a bit. [ And so he doesn't get the wrong idea: ] Cat.

It was nice meeting you, though.

[sewoften]

Likewise, Ms. Starr.

[ And he bows again, this time more deeply than before. It's a sign of respect... for her attitudes, if nothing else. ]

Have a good day... and good luck with the cat.

[boobwindow]

You as well. Thanks for the advice about the machines. I'll definitely look into a proper on.

[ Using her free hand she waves, then walks down the aisle toward the cash register to check out of the store. ]