[center][b]Carmen[/b] - in the room that until recently was a party[/center]

While Carmen appeared to be conscious, sitting on the stage with her eyes open, her mind was totally vacant in almost a trance-like state, exhausted from what had just transpired. It took someone else interacting with her to snap her out of the trance. She looked up to see...a very elaborately dressed girl, a lion, and a clown that was also a cat. A cat clown. A clown cat. Carmen blinked. Sitting there for a few seconds processing it, she realized the ridiculousness of her being surprised at the scene in front of her after what had just transpired. The girl had asked her “Hey, need any help?” as she moved over to Carmen. Carmen, after processing all of this in her head, finally responded. "Yes...I think so. Thank you," she replied, managing a small but genuine smile. "I was only physically and mentally exhausted...not injured. Speaking of which...where is everyone?" She looked around to see a completely empty room other than the handful of people immediately around her. A completely empty room with a burning hole in the ground. [i]Nice.[/i]

Carmen was about to speak again when the naked clown cat cat clown transformed into a small purple cat. She caught herself before reacting this time. "Pardon me, I've been rude," she said abruptly to the girl, referring to the fact that she had been sitting down. She began to stand up but fell back down. "Never mind...looks like I'll be waiting here a little longer," she said, still softly smiling. "I appreciate you staying to care for those of us that are still here. What's your name? I'm Carmen." She extended a hand out to shake the girl's hand. Carmen paused. "And - if you don't mind me asking - is that...[i]your[/i] lion?" She figured she would wait to talk to the cat clown clown cat until he was done talking to said lion.