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Sherry gave her best encouraging smile to the new girl. She seemed...very lost. Her smile relaxed when Stormy showed up. "Hey, Stormy!" Stormy asked good questions. She was a lifesaver.

Too bad the girl still seemed very confused. "De-us," Sherry said, putting light emphasis on the word, "Is...and island. Um, What's the last thing you do remember?"

All she could do was apologize again and hope Astrid could forgive her for disappearing. So she did, whispering it as she looked down at those pale eyes brimming still with tears. Tears that cut straight to the bone, and threatened to carve her heart clean from her chest and leave it bleeding on the floor.

When the questions came it was a relief, and she eagerly answered. "It was the hardest choice I had ever had to make, and except for having to leave you behind, I have never regretted making it." And she nodded, confirming that her sister would indeed be dead to the world, so to speak. "You will, or missing, I'm not sure." What did that mean for their father? Was he all alone now? Had be maybe found someone, after mourning their mother for almost a decade?

Questions for later.

She had to smile at the smaller blonde's enthusiasm, amused, despite the exasperated sigh that passed through glossed lips. Of course she wasn't going anywhere. She couldn't leave, it was no longer an option for her, but Astrid didn't know that yet. And of course she was worried, being a Hunter was dangerous, but she couldn't say she wasn't just as happy to see her sister as she was worried for her. "Yeah." She agreed because it was easier, because she wasn't sure what else to say. Astrid wasn't bonded, it posed a very serious problem.

She was just going to have to have faith that the Life techs would figure everything out with the pods. Until then Astrid needed a Hunter to keep an eye on her, to protect her, to provide a place for her to sleep, and Peyton had every intention of being that Hunter.

So one more time she attempted to scrub Astrid's cheeks, this time using the sleeve of her shirt, and she smiled as she did it. "You're sticking with me." There was no room for debate. "I'll show you around, and you'll sleep in my room."

Mim's face flushed as Sherry corrected her, and she covered her mouth with her hand.
"Ah, désolé! De-us."
She sounded the word out slowly, making sure she got it right.
"It is an island?"

... why was she on an island?

"The last thing I remember... was being killed by someone who looked like me, and the I woke up in a strange room..."
Even now, the memory sent chills down her spine.

Though, she had to admit, being out of that pod WAS quite nice. She was never extremely fond of dark cramped spaces, and by not extremely find, she meant terrified.
"Mais oui! It is much nicer to be out here in the open, even though all of this is quite confusing..."
At the mention of food though, she heard her stomach growl, and her face grew even redder.
"I guess I am a little hungry."

At least this meant the shock of all that had happened was slowly wearing off, if she was able to think about food.
"Ah, gomen! I didn't introduce myself. My name is Mimi Magloire. It is a pleasure to meet you, Sherry-san, Stormy-san!"

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Jake gave Stormy a tired wave and closed his eyes.
Whatever, girl time wasn't really interesting to him right now. So tired...

"Sorry that I wasn't watching. I am Dong Shu Lei, you can call me Shu or Lei, Z did say my name sounds like shoelace." She pouted. "Them? Us?" The shorter girl smiled and tilted her head. If she meant if anyone is with her, the answer is no. So she shook her head and then pointed towards where Robert & Mimsy were. "I am with them!"

Obviously Lydia needed to say what she wanted out her mouth, the little huntress tiptoed and patted her head. "You are so adorable, are you hungry? How about a cake?" She smiled sweetly at Lydia. Sorry Robert, just one piece.

She pouted and stared at the hunter who interrupted, puppy girl like this can be scared easily, so needed to treat with tender love. However, she was also interested why this huntress not wearing her hunter coat.

It's only a tiny smile that he's wearing, but it's probably the most he's done of it in a long time. It's hard to look away from Joy even though he knows other Hunters and potential-Hunters are about. It's just hard to believe she's here so soon. It feels like if he takes his eyes off her for a second, she'll disappear.

... Maybe H is also to blame for that, with his warning of no one knowing how long it will be until the potential candidates drop and need to be re-podded.

"Don't tell me you forgot me after only an hour?"

Well, since they woke. He's not sure how long there was between the end of the dream-game and actually waking up.

"You... know each other?" someone next to Joy speaks up.

Davey tears his eyes away to find a young man with dark blue (dyed?) hair and dark skin. "There was a shared dreamscape thing that just happened. Were you part of that, too?"

It might make some sense if it's those who were in Wonderland who woke up. But he's not laying bets on it, given the hit-and-miss participation of Hunters he's spoken to this morning.

At the mention of being in the pods, Davey rocks back on his heels just the slightest. His gaze flickers down and to his left for a brief instant before he catches himself.

"For a very short time, about three years ago," he eventually replies.

She could have only hoped that their conspiratory whispering would get him to come to them, but her hopes came true like a granted miracle, and he did all of the work for her. When he stood in front of them, Maebe's breath stilled for a single second, before she forced herself to breathe again. Her smile was simple, and told him nothing. "I do. You know I love being rude for you. It turns me on." She turned her head to Cee, as if she hadn't just been lewd, and patted her shoulder.

"Alistaire, this is Cee. Cee, Alistaire." Returning her gaze to him, she quirked her head in true innocence. "We were thinking of having a look around, and then heading back to my place to imbibe something toxic and get unbelievably smashed. You, as always, are happily invited. I'd love to see if we can get you to loosen up a little." And pull that stick right out of the toned a** she'd just grabbed, she thought quietly to herself.

This time, her smile told him everything.

She heard the voice of a wet blanket calling her out on her mischief, and rolled her eyes instead of looking at Marcus. This was literally the worst time for him to come around and ask her legitimate questions, with Alistaire so close and ready to snatch up anything he could use against her. She was still not looking at him when he regarded the fellow moon hunter. "I'll take good care of her. Don't worry. Maybe you should go write up a progress review, like right now or something."

In other words, buzz off, dad.

“Oh...” He said though what the oh was for was a little more ambiguous, either for the dream mentioned or, the fact you’d been in the pods a whole three years ago. Perhaps it was both.

“No, no I wasn’t, I mean I don’t think so, I last remember being well, home and… “ h He shook his head like it wasn’t really all that important what he last remembered. His eyes too kept drifting to a sort of obvious place, that ‘trying hard not to stare’ look that people get when they are desperately trying to be polite but all the same they want to see.

“Would you… Mind if I ask… what happened to your arm? All we know so far is they called us…Zombies, freaks, and then they kind of, well one lady just sort of shoved granola and a bottle of water at all of us. HE said something about saving the world but, I mean come on….”


He at least looks a little apologetic to intrude again, glancing between the pair of you with a nervous sort of 'oh god I'm being rude' expression that mingles rather badly with the general discomfort of waking up in strange places with stranger people.

The polite smile she'd prepared was a full-blown grin, and Joy was certain, so very certain that she was going to throw herself at Davey for a fierce hug. That is until Zachary spoke up and reminded her that she was in real life and not the lead in some romance flick. She pulled her arm back hastily, her hand settling on her hip instead of against the tall man's cheek.

"So we're not in Wonderland anymore, but why does everything still feel trippy as ********> she teased, refusing to let any sense of awkwardness take root. This was a weird way to meet again but ******** it, it was still a reunion and she was going to make the best of it.

And that was when Zach asked about the arm. Well, someone opened that can of worms for her, even if the question was on the tip of her own tongue she still jabbed her elbow into her fellow freshly-woken's side. "Answers to come all in due time, yeah?" she said through a brittle grin, before turning to face Davey. "But seriously, are there Zombies here?"

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