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Guppy's house. What little furniture there is has been mostly moved upstairs, apart from the threadbare sofa, bean bag and a few newly mended garden chairs.

The whole area is decorated with ribbons and flowers.

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From:

mycursedface

"I guess we are. And I'm Medha."

Not Medusa, not here.

From:

longlonghair

"It's nice yo meet you. It's kind of odd to meet a person in a completely different world than the one you're from, when we both frequent the same place at the end of the universe."

From:

mycursedface

A soft, nervous laugh.

"I...suppose it might be. I'm just relieved."

From:

longlonghair

"Relieved?"

She takes a sip of wine and considers Medha curiously.

"You were expecting something bad to happen?"

From:

mycursedface

"I'm just...not used to so many strangers."

From:

longlonghair

"The bar must drive you crazy, then. I took up bartending from time to time, to meet new people, since so many seem to come and go so often. It's hard to keep up."

From:

mycursedface

"Actually, the Bar is mostly okay - it's bigger."

It's not that she's forgotten that her wings are hidden (she can't forget), it's just that she forgets that Rapunzel doesn't know that she has them.

From:

longlonghair

"A little clausterphobic? I'm sure Guppy wouldn't mind if you stepped out into the yard for some air if you're feeling closed in."

From:

mycursedface

Yesss, but ssstill people, Medusa thinks and her snakes hiss. But they are hidden, so the Gorgon just nods.

"Probably...wouldn't hurt."

From:

longlonghair

"Would you like me to walk you out, or am I just making you more uncomfortable, because you don't know me?"

From:

mycursedface

"Everyone is making me uncomfortable. But you're...you're all right. I think."

From:

longlonghair

She smiles encouragingly and gestures in the direction of the back door.

"I'll do my best not to crowd you, or make any sudden moves."

From:

mycursedface

"Thank you."

And despite her looking human, she doesn't move like it - a little too careful, a little too wary. Still, outside is outside and even if there are still too many people out here, at least there is sky.

From:

longlonghair

She's too polite to mention the odd movement, but she does notice it. It makes her more curious, but doesn't want to scare the girl. Stepping out into a lovely day, she breathes in the fresh air.

"I came into Milliways from New York City, late twentieth century. How about you?"

From:

mycursedface

"North Africa, about, um. Seventeen hundred years before you."

From:

longlonghair

"Wow! It's not often I meet someone from back before my time. I was born in the late middle ages."

She sips her wine.

"No wonder everything around here has you flustered; it must be so different to what you're used to."

From:

mycursedface

"I live in a cave with two of my sisters."

Just to put it all in perspective.

From:

longlonghair

"Ah...yes! Very different, then. I think I'd be a little out of my depth, too. Do your sisters also come to the bar?"

From:

mycursedface

"One of them does - not one I live with, though."

From:

longlonghair

"Oh? Would it be anyone I might have met?"

From:

mycursedface

"Scylla? Fair skin than mine, straighter dark hair, terribly grumpy."

From:

longlonghair

She grins at the description, but shakes her head.

"I'm afraid not. I'm sure I'll bump into her eventually, if I keep an eye out. What makes her grumpy?"

From:

mycursedface

"Our world...isn't nice." Beat. "But, she always was grumpy."

Not that Medusa was ever a brat to her older sister.

Nope.

From:

longlonghair

"I think I was an only child. I was the first child of peasants who were foolish enough to steal from a witch's garden. The witch demanded they hand be over in payment, and they did."

There's not much emotion in her voice. It was a long time ago.

"I don't know if they ever had more children after I was taken away."