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It was odd... for someone like Penny to pour their heart out like that. It was strangely comforting, maybe Penny meant it when she said that she trusted her. Their woes weren't that much different. They both had something took from them, a piece that they can never get back... The Glutton. Just hearing that thing's name made her ball her fist, it would cause a bad feeling in her stomach but that part of her was no longer functional. As Penny explained it, Odessa merely shook her head slightly. Shimmer, Farmer Hill, the Glutton, it hardly elicited any type of reaction. 

The League, however...

"... They're not my League," Odessa just had to note, "I've turned my back on those tyrants eons ago. And... I bet they don't want me back." She shook her head.

"I guess you and I are much alike... in that, the Glutton took something from both of us," Odessa's little speech began, "I... left this out because a lot of people don't take too kindly to even [i]implying[/i] that thing exists - but I dedicated my whole life to stopping the Glutton only to fall short at the last second."

She shrugged.

"I guess I got what I want: a world without that orange ball... and the sad part is; I can't even be with the people I [i]want[/i] to be with. And now that it's gone... I realized I was a slave to it. I am... nothing without the Glutton. And what doesn't help is that the Hound took my humanity, too."

[quote][color=goldenrod]“What’s really frustrating is that because of that everyone just looks to me like I know what the fuck I’m doing when I don’t have a goddamn clue when it comes to any of this shit!”[/color] 
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A tear ran down Odessa's cheek. However, she wiped her own tears and a part of her wanted to stretch a hand out to Penny. Given how she responded to Zoey touching her, she didn't think that was too good of an idea. "Everyone's scared, Penny," Odessa started, "We're trapped here - possibly [i]dead[/i] - with no easy way out-"

That was when Odessa felt the tingle.

[quote=Stacey]"Excuse me. Uh, could I get some help? It started glowing when I played and I don't know what'll happen if I sing what I wrote."[/quote]

"Oh boy," Odessa muttered to herself as Penny didn't look like she exactly took that well.

[quote][color=goldenrod][b]“Fuck! [i]OFF![/i]”[/b][/color][/quote]

Nope.

Not one bit.

Odessa started awkwardly laughing as she looked between the two as she stood straight up. Odessa had nary a clue how Stacey would take it, probably poorly. Still, she kept awkwardly laughing as she tried to find the right words. How could she try to mediate things with a firecracker like Penny and a kid like Stacey? Probably badly. She got up and walked over to Stacey, still laughing as the situation was uncomfortable.

"... I'll gladly help you, Stacey," Odessa started as she grabbed onto Stacey's hand with both of her own and then whispered in his ears. "Just, uh, another time. Just go back inside, trust me."

She released him as she took a few steps back. 

And warmly smiled at him.


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[quote=Isla]“Orrr we could go to a place that has both!” [/quote]

"... Or you can eat my ass."

Zoey mumbled under her breath as she pushed out a puff of cigarette smoke. Whatever the case, she was not going on any journey without at least one cigarette every thirty minutes. Whatever journey that was... part of Zoey didn't want to move on until they gave Caelea a proper burial. Even if she had to stay behind in here, her conscious wouldn't be clean until she stopped that Apparition.

[quote=Isla]“I dunno about options, but why don’t we just try walking? We ain’t checked out much of this place… Maybe there’s an obvious exit?”[/quote]

"And [i]that[/i] is the only problem," Hagan said to her as he stood up on his feet and then put his hands back into his pockets. "None of us know the layout of...." He glanced towards the sign across the street and sneered.

"... [i]Paradise.[/i]"

He shrugged. "While I want to get out of here, this place looks pretty damn big. And I don't want to wander around this joint and get lost. While I love me a good hike we should at least try a car or train or something."

[quote=Isla]“I feel like if anyone has an idea, it’d be that Odessa girl, ay?”[/quote]

Hagan shrugged. "... That bitch spooky, I stay away from her."

Zoey shrugged as she looked around. "Odessa sounds like she knows a lot... but nobody knows everything, sis," Zoey said before she shrugged. "People just know what they know. It's worth a shot."