038. Text/Action (forward-dated and/or back-dated (lol what is timelines) to arrival in Goldenrod.

[foolishwren]

<sub>[CIVILIZATION. PAVEMENT. RUNNING WATER THAT IS NOT FROM A RIVER. BEDS WITH SHEETS.]

[After finally reaching the edge of the city with Kaito, one way or another, Heather's obtained one of those much-sought-after hotel rooms after a long day of worn-out job-hunting, which she apparently set off to do the moment she got into town. You can't say she's not dedicated. It took awhile to find a place that would be impressed enough with a bedraggled ex-fugitive traveler (even though she HAD grabbed a quick shower in the Pokemon Center to make herself a little more presentable), but she'd finally found one in the form of a cashier in the department store.]

[Work started sharp the next day, which meant that here and now-- after a good month of roughing it in the wilderness and little to no normal creature comforts, Heather was finally able to wobble into a room that she didn't have to sneak into. You know how good that feels?]

[Answer: REALLY FRIGGING GOOD.]

[Backpack? Tossed on the floor. Vest? Chucked over in the little chair by the window. HEATHER? Flopped onto the bed, just long enough to rattle off a text message containing the words she's been waiting to type for WEEKS.]</sub>


MADE IT TO GOLDENROD, BITCHES

AW YEAH



now I am going to take the longest shower in the history of mankind

and NO ONE CAN STOP ME

are you a bad enough dude to stop me? No. Nobody is. Sorry, it's just the truth.



Be back later

If you wanna contact me and I don't answer, don't panic. It'll be ok

As I said, I am taking the longest shower in the history of ever and I'm not coming out until my fingers are so pruney they look like scary old grandma hands.


OKAY ANYWAY BYE

HOT WATER IS CALLING AND ONLY I CAN ANSWER IT.



_{[Five minutes later]}


Oh my god you guys, this place is so fancy, it has LOOFAHS

this is so hardcore

brb scraping off the dirt from my skin with the body of a dead sea creature impaled on a stick, LIKE A MAN



<sub>[... Looks like someone's excited about being back in business for real.]





[ooc: Action for those in Goldenrod regardless of timeframe-- they can encounter her when she enters the city, while she was waiting around in the Goldenrod Department Store trying to pick up a job, when she staggered into the lobby of the hotel towards the end of the day, OR later that night once she's finished with the SHOWER TO END ALL SHOWERS. She'll be around.]</sub>

Comments

[Video]

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

Please do. [Artemis is ignoring your attempts to mock him for being wealthy.]

[Bemused smirk because he fails at smiles.] My apologies, it's just I hadn't realize what an abundance of freckles you possess.

[Because half were hidden under that coating of grime you just scraped off.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[At first she just sort of stares blankly at him while what he said filters in.]

[Then she blinks, looking surprised-- ... THEN HER EXPRESSION DARKENS.]</sub>

What of them?

[Video]

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

[Woah, kind of hard to ignore that expression, Heather. Have many playground wars been waged over these freckles or something?]

Just making an observation, they're such a defining characteristic on you it's hard to imagine how so many remained hidden.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Oh, you bet they have, Artemis. You bet they have.]}

Yeah, well.

_{[Her tone was curt and suggested she'd add something snarky to the end of it, but she didn't! Nothing was coming to mind! So instead she just glowered.]}

[Video]

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

'Well'?

[Lesser men would have pissed their pants by now, Heather. Could you tone it down a notch? You're scary.]

Is there something wrong with me commenting on one of your most prominent features?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[That's what she goes for, as a general rule. She inherited the glare from daddy Mason. Is it any surprise that she's never really had a boyfriend? ]}

If you think that's my most prominent feature, maybe you oughta get your eyes checked.

[Video]

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

[That's not what those Slurpers and Split Worm impled...]

[He's just going to look at her with his own prominent feature, which are said mismatched eyes and ask himself why the heck females are so freaking fickle.]

There's nothing wrong with my eyesight, Heather, appearance-wise, I believe they are.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Hey you don't need a boyfriend to have developed hangups and fears about sex, especially not when you're a Silent Hill character with a questionable history involving forced pregnancy I mean what.]}

Well you believe wrong.

_{[... Looks like sooooomebody doesn't like her freckles.]}

[Video]

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

[Confirmed fears more like it. We know why Harry kept an eye on you... Aside from the whole Cult-coming-to-steal-you-away thing.]

You seem upset, Heather.

[Well, you don't have to be a genius to figure that one out.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

I'm not upset.

_{[It was said too curtly to be true.]}

[Video]

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

Agitated then? Or perhaps disgruntled?

[Don't mind him, he's just smirking like an ass.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Do you want me to be?

_{[She sees that smirk and raises you a scowl!]}

[Video]

[usednastyplot.livejournal.com]

Of course not.

[This smirk ain't going nowhere, hun. Is the seat next to your scowl taken?]