> Shrugging Jen followed, but the birds decided to stay behind.....

Julian was still sleeping off the rum party and the others were
pretty swoopy as well. You'd think they'd know to drink lots of water.

> "Please make yourself comfortable, and tell me how you got to this
> place." Ivy said as she pulled out her cards and began to shuffle.

After following the sound of Ivy's jingle-jangles into her alcove, I
sat down, almost facing her voice. It was warm in there and my Ray-
Bans were sliding down my nose.

"By this place you mean The Goth House? Well, I came here for lunch.
It was in my home town then. In an area that was still making the
transition from old town industrial to new public-storage chic. I
don't remember when I got sucked into Arcadia. It just seemed a
natural progression."

Jennifer
Closet Extrovert