Test Drive Meme!

[hey35andholding]

HOW TO PLAY:

* Tag into this post with a pup you're thinking of apping to the bar with a brief EP set within Milliways and/or its universe. You can be new to the game, or simply want to test out a fresh pup.

* If you already play at Milliways, feel free to tag in with your own characters and interact with the new pups. You can also post your own EPs for these new characters to thread with.

* Mingle, post, and have fun!

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Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

She steps out and turns in a circle, taking it all in. "No we're not. I'm not even sure we're..." She trails off.

There's an otherworldiness about this place. Gravity works, and she can breathe, but it's not like being in another country. She traveled through Europe during college, she's been to Australian, Japan and India. There's always a little sense of difference being on another continent, but this isn't quite like that.

But dare she say "I don't think we're on Earth" out loud?

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

She doesn't need to say it, he's already thinking it.

After an uneasy pause, he whispers; "Shared hallucination's looking like a pretty good option right now."

His eyes track across the expanse of the lake, catching movement beneath the surface.

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

"I really don't want to think about how that could be what's happening, Henry."

Of course, a hallucination would eventually end, which would mean that she'd eventually get home to Iris. Maybe even in time to put her to bed. And that's a point in favor of taking that tack.

"If we're just hallucinating, won't hurt to go back in and drop some whiskey in these coffees, right?" She's not sure why she even wants to, but it's as reasonable an idea as anything else she can think of.

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

And he wouldn't disagree.

Nodding, Henry turned back toward the doors that seemed somehow further away than what the had come, and led the way back up the path.

"I, uh... I think I could get behind that plan."

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

"Do you have a better one? I'm open to all suggestions."

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

"Let's..." he takes a deep sip off his coffee, brow wrinkled as he contemplates the situation. "Let's try to find our way back to the station."

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[chief_mom]

"I," Karen hesitates, though she's not sure why, exactly. Henry's right. Why they're here, why this is happening isn't really important. They need to try to get home.

"I think that's the best thing."

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

The follow the path back toward the bar, and Henry's somewhat hesitant to go back inside.

But when they do, among the patrons is a door that looks suspiciously like the one he'd opened to get there in the first place.

"You see what I'm seeing?"

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

"Mysterious door, no apparent origin, seems to lead to nowhere?"

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

"Sounds about right." He nodded, taking one last long drink off his coffee.

"Well... shall we, then?"

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

"We don't really have an option. After you."

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

Steeling his nerves, he ditches to coffee cup and then somewhat hesitantly takes her hand - hey, if he's walking into a strange door leading to nowhere in the middle of a bar that doesn't exist, he's taking someone with him.

"Here goes..."

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

They push through, and she feels like she's taken ten steps, even though it was only two, and she stops, looking around.

Henry's hand is still clasped tight in her own. "Are we...?"

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

"Not dead..." he cuts in quickly, seeing the familiar stacks of evidence boxes and manilla folders. Without thinking, he squeezes her hand tightly, and then somewhat awkwardly lets go.

"We're in evidence."

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

They are, indeed, in the SBPD evidence room, and everything seems pretty normal. She sees the evidence clerk slipping out toward the ladies' room. Or maybe lunch.

"I wonder how much time has passed."

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

He checks his watch against the clock hanging above the desk... he's an hour ahead.

"That clock hasn't changed since we... left. But I'm showing just under an hour."

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

"Well. Hmm. It's lunchtime then. I think I'm going to go get something to eat. I need to..."

She gestures up toward the main floor of the station, anxious to find some normal.

Re: Multipup Test

[sbpd_papabear]

That hesitation is back and he merely nods, "Yeah, yeah... I'll uh, catch up to you later."

It's an easy excuse to be alone to process a frankly disturbing event.

Re: Multipup Test

[chief_mom]

"Absolutely." She goes as quickly as she can without seeming panicked, and only briefly looks back at Henry before she turns the corner and, with a slight bit of hesitation, steps through the door into the bright Santa Barbara sunshine.