[CENTER][color=lightpink][h1][b]K I M B E V E R I D G E[/b][/h1][/color] [sub][color=lightblue]▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃[/color][/sub] [sub][b][color=ff4500]Location |[/color][/b] Misfits meeting place [b][color=ff4500]Time |[/color][/b] 11:50 AM [b][color=ff4500]Interacting with |[/color][/b] Sami [@BrutalBx][/sub] [sub][color=lightblue]▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃[/color][/sub][/center] [color=lightpink]'[/color][b]This here the place?[/b][color=lightpink]' Kim glanced out the taxi window. With the sun climbing up to its throne at the sky's peak, the chatter of people milling around Santa Monica Pier was a soft murmur through the glass pane. Distant screams from Playland Arcade joined in, a sporadic accompaniment to the background noise. '[b]Yeah.[/b]' She handed over the cash for the fare. '[b]Thanks for the ride.[/b]' Stepping out of the taxi, the noise of the pier hit her full on. She sighed, then slipped her hand into the pocket of her denim jacket, turning up the volume of her MP3. Snug in her ears were her earpieces and the strums of a ukulele drowned out the incomprehensible conversations of the people around her. Stepping round to the boot of the taxi, she retrieved her four-wheeled suitcase, then watched as the taxi drove off. This wasn't quite where she was supposed to be, but Kim had wanted the opportunity to walk off what had happened this morning. Figured her mum would bring up her self-improvement shtick [i]right[/i] before she left. Things had been going so well too! Her parents had been willing to let her go on this road trip - her mum wouldn't stop throwing in advice on what to bring and what to wear, and her dad kept warning her about dangers on the road. There hadn't been a single mention about her grades or school or the impending future that Kim wasn't at all thinking about. Then Kim had stood by the door, said her goodbyes, and her mum did that sad smiling thing that she always did when she was about to say something that made Kim want to run into the woods, climb a tree, and never come back down. '[/color][color=crimson][b]When you're out there experiencing what life has to offer, I hope you'll give some thought on what you're going to do in the coming months. You could've done better, but...well. We can't change what's passed. But you can do better, Kimberly. We know you can.[/b][/color][color=lightpink]' Well, they knew wrong then. Kim heaved out a breath, pausing where she'd been walking on the pavement. She hadn't reacted with an outburst or anything, but leaving for a road trip that would last who knew how long after a tart, '[b]Okay mum.[/b]' wasn't exactly a good feeling. [center][i]'Are you tired of me yet? I'm a little sick right now, but I swear, When I'm ready I will fly us out of here.'[/i][/center] '[b]Okay, yeah, no[/b],' muttered Kim. No pathetic fallacy here right now, even if it was the music version. She took out her MP3 and switched to a 45-minute synthwave mix. Bless Odysseus - she wouldn't know where else to get her ideal chill music fix. Then she released her suitcase handle and clapped both hands to her cheeks. Game face on. She wasn't here to mope about things she couldn't change. She was here to hang out with her friends who'd been with her through high school and enjoy all the things the road trip would bring. No mum, no dad, just her and the Misfits. '[i]Once I actually get to the place, anyway[/i],' she thought, grabbing hold of her suitcase and continuing on. Fortunately, it wasn't long before a familiar food truck appeared, the logo of The Great American Fries[sub]TM[/sub] slapped on its backside in all its orange glory. Not far behind was a majestic RV, with a slightly less majestic Sami bent under its hood, singing as he apparently...worked on its engine? He had a wrench in his hand so Kim assumed he was doing [i]some[/i]thing to the RV. She lugged her suitcase up by the RV's door, taking a moment to disentangle her earpiece - it kept catching on the shoulder strap of her travel sling bag - and lowered the volume of her music. '[b]Hey[/b],' she said, not at all pleased that she managed to snag some time with Sami by herself. '[b]Guess I'm a little early, huh?[/b]' She looked around, as if the others would start appearing out of thin air. They didn't. '[b]Any update on when the others are arriving?[/b]'[/color]