The New Guy

[fullofthorns]

Who: Shannon and Roze.
What: Meeting the new roomie and a date.
When: Backdated to December 6th.
Where: Apt F3-09 and on the town.



Finishing up with her shower, Roze poured herself into a slinky green dress and her trademark thigh-high stilettos. Piles of long pink hair too wet to be troubled with were whipped into a quick braid and a few rose-shapped twists, then pinned atop her head.

Shannon might not be able to appreciate the effort, but Roze never went out into public with anything less than her best face - normally. And the dress was more conservative than usual - she hoped it might aid in her not making an ass of herself and inspire a little more modesty for the evening.

Probably not, but at least she was trying.

When she exited the bathroom, the inordinately tall girl felt fairly good about her plans, even if they were more spontaneous than usual. She'd be lying if she said she weren't nervous or excited. She loved sudden plans, after all.

"Hey, anyone out there?" she called around the corner into the room.

If Shannon had already left, she'd just kick back on the couch to wait. Otherwise, she strolled out, looming at 6'4" in her heels with legs that didn't quit, hips for grip and a rack capable of hosting a clearance sale. Cranberry-colored nails tapped idly on the scabbard of a long blade as she hummed to herself, finishing the song she'd been singing as she smiled and waited politely for new companions to familiarize themselves with equally new surroundings.

Comments

[fullofthorns]

"Well I mean, after I was born, nothing all that interesting," she drawled, smirking and rolling her eyes. "But seriously, lemme see. And this is if your world and mine run on any kinda parallels, mind you."

"There's global warming, oil spills, riots in Europe. A war on terrorism. Several buildings in New York are attacked and collapse, and the Pentagon. The war in the Middle East erupts big time. There's gay marriage legalized all over the world - America kinda falling in behind but still. Uhh...you guys vote for the first African-American president of the United States. Technology has computers in just about every house in the world, people can connect with one another across the globe instantly. Toyota made a robot that plays the violin, there's double amputees in the Olympics running on the track, we have a permanent station orbiting the Earth...I can go on..."

[privatematter]

Shannon merely went back to eating his sushi for a long moment while he cataloged each item individually. Tried to keep all of his questions from exploding out because it sounded like a whole lot of politics and tonight was not going to be a fun night if they dove into politics again. It was almost enough to give him a headache straight out, and he finally settled on a question.

"Like with the D-Terminals? People connecting with each other?"

[fullofthorns]

"Mhm. More than that. Sharing information, playing game. And its wirelessly accessible like the terminals, too. Pretty much like...in twenty years you've got technological and medical advances that are only really in science fiction in your time. But the world is fast approaching the levels of Star Trek and Star Wars. We don't have long distance space travel yet, but that's no less in the works than everything else."

Setting her teacup down, Roze glances at the mall beyond the restaurant doors, humming to herself in thought.

"Though, while there's been vast advances, there's still a lot of problems. Mostly between people. Still no world peace, so don't get your hopes up."