It's Wednesday Night & every Comic Book Geek worth their Longboxes knows that this day of the Week is when that week's new Comics come out & have already been in the store hours earlier to get that week's haul of books. At that this time of the day, it's pretty quite. The typical people who are in are those who have to work during the day & can't get away, Parents of Children, the Children themselves & other such types that lurk in the corners of such a store. In through the pane glass door in walked one of the regulars. Yes, she was already in that day. She had stopped in just after the store opened that morning on her way home from Work. She was back to join on the meeting of The Mutants at Table 9!
The owner of said store looked up from his comic book to see who had come in.
"Hey, J.J.!" she said as she entered.
"Hi, Catherine. The Guys are where they normally are." He said.
Catherine was dressed up in her normal attire: black Chuck Taylor slip on high tops with white skull spray painted onto them, a faded & ripped pair of blue jeans, a greying Black zip up Hoodie (under that could barely been seen her T-Shirt). Over one shoulder was a olive drab messenger bag. On her wrists were a few too many bracelets & a couple wrist bands. She had a few rings on her fingers & her nails were painted black. Her hair was black with light blue streaked scattered through out. Her Emerald green eyes seemed to sparkle under the Store's Halogen lighting. The sparkle was all the more striking against her somewhat pale skin. Catherine also had some ruby red lipstick on.
Followed closely, almost to close, behind her was another person. Someone J.J. hadn't seen before. She didn't fit the stores' normally clientele. She dressed up in clothes he normally only saw in TV shows set in the Corporate world: Knee length dress, blouses & sweaters (all in pastel colors). Her skin color was more normal looking, less pale then Catherine & the rest of his regulars. She had mousey brown hair which was slightly messed. She didn't appear to have any makeup on. Her eyes were blue.
J.J. went back to his Comic, before he can he was interrupted by a question. But it was finished he interrupts it with his answer: "No, we don't have anymore Yu-Gi Oh cards left."
Catherine & Jane walk to the back of the store to a plain wood door. Catherine turned her head back, gave Jane a sort of evil then walked into the darkened room. Jane stood at the door way for a few moments & then walked in. Once in, the door shut. Jane just stood in the darkness for a few moments. She couldn't see anything, not even Catherine.
"Hello?" Jane said. No answer, just silence.
Jane asks again. "Hello?"
More silence,then the light came on. Catherine was standing by the door & next to the light switch. The two of them were standing in a back room. Some life sized standees were in the corner, a few bookcases with what Jane assumed was back stock. Your typical back room. After Jane finished looking around, she noticed was Catherine was staring at her & Catherine had a smile on her face. It was kind of creeping her out.
There were a few minutes of uneasy silence. Then, Jane said "What?"
"Are you ready?" Catherine asked.
"uh.." Jane said & paused, then continued. "I guess so."
"Super!" Catherine said. Then grabbed Jane by her arms & scooted her over to the other side of the Storage room. "Then, I'm going to need to stand here. Ok?"
"Ok, I guess." Jane said. Not sure what was going on.
"Jane Tarzania, come on down!" Catherine said as she pushed down a large red button that was next the the light switch.
This is turn started the floor to move in a downward motion. As it moved, Catherine said "Keep any & all limbs you wish to keep with in the confines of the platform at all time while the platform is in motion. Also, please keep all tray tables in the locked & upright position."
Just no more then a minute or two later, Jane was standing somewhere else. In a corner was a TV & a couch with two people (a guy & a girl) on it. Near the couch was a couch of bean bags with a guy sitting on one, near that was a table with a couple of people around it. Closer to her was another man he was standing at a workbench working on something.
"Hi." Jane said with a weak wave.
This caused each of the group to turn & look at her. This made Jane nervous.
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TO BE CONTINUED!
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NEXT TIME: Introductions are made.
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