winter_daughter (winter_daughter) wrote in exiles,
@ 2014-01-28 19:12:00

Song Meme: Poker Face
The Exiles actually managed to get some downtime, meaning they had to sit still for a week, before they had their next mission. Sometimes they had to sit and wait until it was time to do whatever it was they were sent to.

Liv spent the time finding poker games and winning substantial amounts of money. They had to eat and pay for lodgings somehow. May as well put what her mother taught her to good use. It was morning and she was sitting at the small table in the room she shared with Sarah and Meggan counting last night's winnings.

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	winter_daughter 2014-03-26 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"What's wrong?" Liv asked. The hesitation was as loud as a shout. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-03-26 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Sarah shrugs. "I can't go back. That was six or seven years ago. I'm not the same person, and wouldn't fit back there now. I just want to get everyone else home. Or at least get confirmation people really can go home. I'd like to know that the people who haven't made it got to go back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-03-26 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Maybe one day you can find a new home," Liv said. "I know it's not the same as where you came from, but it'd be a home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-03-26 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	She nods. "I kind of hope so. I'd like to know my world is ok, terrible as some of it was... but once I knew those people were safe, I wouldn't mind all of this ending." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-03-26 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	"I think we all wouldn't mind this ending," Liv pointed out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-03-27 03:31 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, its true. Supposedly, each jump would stabilize more of the timestream, so we could get closer to the root cause. Given some of the things we've been dealing with, I'm hoping we're almost there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-03-28 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Me too," Liv said. "So what was the best world you've been in?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2014-03-29 12:16 am UTC (link)

"We had one world that was... basically therapy world. We'd just come out of one that had just kind of brutalized everyone. We got to spend six months at an island resort, and push a button at the end of a month, and done. The best indication I've gotten that there is some kind of a sense of understanding behind all this. After that, probably the one we've bounced back to a couple times."

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	winter_daughter 2014-03-29 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	"What was that world like?" Liv asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-04-01 12:43 am UTC (link)
	"A lot of the people were 'right', just from the sense of working with a lot of kids of people of our parents' generation, instead of working alongside our parents' peers. I worked with their Avengers, for a while. Then their time shifted. No one there would remember me now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-04-01 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Sorry to hear that," Liv said. "It must have been interesting to meet other Avenger kids. There were a few on my world, but I didn't spend too much time there before coming with the Exiles." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-04-01 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah nods. "Its for the best, honestly. It was interesting meeting people though. While some bad stuff was happening there, obviously, for us to have been there, overall, it was a lot more pleasant than most of our landings." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-04-01 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	"So are most of the worlds horrible places?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rogue_star
2014-04-01 08:49 pm UTC (link)

"The vast majority, yes. Usually, its some small thing went wrong with time, and it turned into... well, Storm: Queen of the Vampires, or 7 supervillains have divided the world between themselves in little empires, or Mysterio takes over as Sorceror Supreme, or the end of the world is nigh in the form of Galactus or Dormammu. The one consistent detail has been that the Hulk hates me in all of them."

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	winter_daughter 2014-04-01 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Ugh," she said. "Any reason why, or it's just a common thing across worlds?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-04-02 02:11 am UTC (link)
	"Trust me, I wish I knew. Just something about me, I guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-04-02 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Lucky you," Liv said. "Only not." A yawn escaped her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-04-02 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	"This has been a good lesson, I see what you mean. You ought to get some sleep. Tomorrow may be a long day. They usually are." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-04-02 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, /Mom/," Liv teased. "It is getting late." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-04-03 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah rolls her eyes. "It is." she agreed. "Need anything before crashing for the night?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-04-03 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	"A drink," Liv said, joking. Though a shot of vodka would be nice about now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-04-04 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"Can't help you there, but we can try and check into somewhere with a minibar next time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	winter_daughter 2014-04-05 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't worry about it," Liv said. "It was just to help to unwind. I don't need it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rogue_star 2014-04-06 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"No problem. People have had all sorts of things they did to unwind on this team, when we got the chance. You never know when we're going to end up on dead worlds, or in ruins, or hunted by sentinels. Enjoy the luxuries when you can. If that involves a minibar, I'm not going to complain or worry about what anyone does in their downtime." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)