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[seawalled]

Arright, my outlet converter has gone missing. Might've fallen out on the ride from the airport.

How am I supposed to charge my mobile now? I rather need it if I'm going to start looking for a new ... everything.

[there's a pause as the fresh face takes a deeeeep breath and exhales slowly, before smiling]

Right, I'm sorry, that's the absolute wrong way to go about introductions, isn't it? Hullo, my name's Ellie, and I just started getting these ... other memory things. I still feel daft saying it. But I don't suppose any of you have any advice for someone needing a flat here in the city? Apartment. You call them apartments here. I bake. I cook. I'll pay you in food. I'll walk your dogs. I don't know. I'll something.

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[traceofeffort]

There's plenty of that in this city. You'll find something, I'm sure. And there are enough of us that we can help you if you need it there, too.

[Her answering grin is huge.] I put on a damn good show. It's a lot of work, and takes some charisma and some creativity, but there's nothing like the rush of a performance.

[seawalled]

I'd like that. Maybe we can do a girls' night, eh? [she grins, a little embarrassed - because cor, Ellie, she admonishes herself, you're twice her age if not thrice]

Though that's a bit silly, isn't it...

[traceofeffort]

Perhaps! It doesn't feel like there's that many of us around here, so I think that would be fun. And you'll need a tour of the city eventually anyway. Besides, it'll give me an excuse to get out and stop working on my music for a minute.

[seawalled]

Wait, really? Oh! Well, then, maybe we should after all. I'd love a tour - John's showing me Manhattan, but that's about all he knows. And if Alec and Anthony show me 'round I just get to listen to them bicker the whole time, which means I spend my trip playing mediator and not actually getting to know anything.

[traceofeffort]

I'm mostly familiar with Queens myself, since that's where I live and go to school, but mostly I just want a chance to get to know more people, y'know? And it sounds like it'd be vacation enough for you to not deal with Alec and Anthony. It sounds like a loud group to deal with, all put together - they're fine individually but I think they'd be a lot at once.

[seawalled]

Oh, they are. Not to say I don't love them to absolute bits, but they whitter on. And I'd love to see Queens! What's it like? I mean, what's it known for? Is there any particular thing?

[traceofeffort]

Those two can go on, all right... Not always in constructive directions in at least one case, but they can talk.

Well. Maybe not that familiar. I really need new hobbies, I'm not familiar with a lot of things. But I at least know where the bars and the hotspots are, ahaha... Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to suggest.

[seawalled]

[that earns a gale of giggles, and Ellie claps her hands a little, utterly chuffed by Lisa's sense of humor]

No, no - please, don't double back on me. Even a little familiar is better than what I'm working with ... and besides, we can discover the new bits together that way, right? All else fails, we've got Google.

[traceofeffort]

You're not wrong. Google fixes a lot of holes in knowledge, memory, and ways to spend money. So that'd still work, then! I need to take more breaks anyway. It's always work, work, work! [A pause.] Well, except when I end up off the deep end with something going wrong here, or when someone drags me away.

[seawalled]

... Things go wrong a lot here, then? [that feels like quite a red flag to her, and her smile slips a notch]

[traceofeffort]

Not that often, no, but I’m kind of sensitive sometimes. And a little bit of a worrier. I don’t... really have the same support structure my memories have gotten me used to. Stuff does go wrong sometimes, though - we’re not entirely sure why, not even the Bureau. Don’t worry too much, but keep your eyes open, yeah?