Early July, 2000 Today For You Building
Jul. 5th, 2007 04:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The lobby of the building is, as it always is, quite busy. Directly in front of the door is a staircase leading upstairs. If one were to look straight up, one could see all the way to the top of the stairwell, and possibly even the door to the Loft.
To the right is a bank of mailboxes, with a few cardboard boxes addressed to various people sitting underneath.
To the left are two doors, one to a front office, where a desk sits empty of people, but full of papers, and a computer. Behind that desk is a shut door with a sign on it: Mark Cohen, Vice President in Charge of Everything.
The second door, were it to be opened, leads to a row of offices with various names on the doors: Adam Hawking, Jon Larson, and Joanne Jefferson. On the last door, someone added a post-it: Ali too!
All in all, it is a scene of lovely Bohemian Chaos.
To the right is a bank of mailboxes, with a few cardboard boxes addressed to various people sitting underneath.
To the left are two doors, one to a front office, where a desk sits empty of people, but full of papers, and a computer. Behind that desk is a shut door with a sign on it: Mark Cohen, Vice President in Charge of Everything.
The second door, were it to be opened, leads to a row of offices with various names on the doors: Adam Hawking, Jon Larson, and Joanne Jefferson. On the last door, someone added a post-it: Ali too!
All in all, it is a scene of lovely Bohemian Chaos.
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 08:27 pm (UTC)Valentine looks around, blinking. "Wow. I haven't seen a building like this since I was really small."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 08:49 pm (UTC)He squints at the signs, mentally translating the Roman alphabet into Aurebesh. "So who should we surprise first? Mark? Or Adam, Jon, Joanne and Ali Too?"
The last sounds almost like Artoo.
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 08:53 pm (UTC)And then it hits him. "Damn. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Mark Hammil?" Poor Jon.
Valentine just chuckles softly.
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:01 pm (UTC)He's really hoping to get away with not mentioning the name 'Skywalker'. He's fairly convinced that he won't.
"And yeah," he says wryly to the dark-haired man. "I get that a lot."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:12 pm (UTC)Which probably means that he'll be fine once he gets back to the Inn. Definitely when he returns to his own universe. It just feels odd. And a bit frustrating.
"We've known Mark for a while," he says. "Now we hang out at the a place called the Outside Inn, but we met for the first time at a weird little bar. He might have mentioned it. Milliways."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:16 pm (UTC)Jon, on the other hand is blinking. "Wait. Your name's Luke, you're from that interdimentional space, -and- you look like.... Holy fuck, you're Luke Skywalker." The boy may be slow, but he is a geek.
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:20 pm (UTC)"Yeah." The slightly shy farmboy grin is there. "I get that reaction a lot too. And this is my wife, the former Valentine Wiggin."
He reaches out for the boxes...just in case Jon is about to drop them.
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:25 pm (UTC)Jon stares at Quin. "Shit, I've never seen -that- out of her."
Valentine turns slightly pink. "Oh. Thanks. It really wasn't as interesting as people seem to think it was, but thanks."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:34 pm (UTC)Which has happened entirely too often, he adds through the mental link.
"See, this is what I love about Mark and his friends," he says to Val, grinning. "They're fans of the greatest woman I know."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:38 pm (UTC)"May you live in interesting times." Jon muses, sheepishly taking the boxes from Luke. "It's an old Chinese curse. Thanks."
Val facepalms. "You're biased, Luke. Seriously biased. Now, I didn't get your name."
Quin coughs, and finally finds her voice. "Oh, er, Quinn. Quinn Anderson."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:47 pm (UTC)"Nice to meet you, Quinn," Luke says. "Val should have more fangirls." He looks at her with interest. "Who else should we meet?"
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 09:55 pm (UTC)"Oh, Val needs all the fangirls she can get." Quinn's now beaming. "I wrote an entire paper on you when I was in school, analyzing your methods of..."
"Damn, Quinn. I didn't know you could fangirl." Jon cracks up. "Well, Luke..." He trails off. "That sounds so fucking wierd saying that. Anyway, you probably should see Adam, he's the manager around here, and Kyle, but watch out for the glitter, and Jill..."
"Who's busy, so go down there at your own risk." Quinn facepalms. "She kicked me out so she could get work done."
Val smiles. "So, in other words, we'll meet the crew."
"Pretty much."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 10:12 pm (UTC)He turns to Jon. "So, who should we meet first? Kyle or Adam? Or At-Your-Own-Risk Jill?"
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 10:16 pm (UTC)"I think you should go see Adam. He's busy." That might be an evil grin on Jon's face. "Too damn busy for our taste."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 10:27 pm (UTC)Luke pauses, noting the evil grin on Jon's face. It reminds him a lot of Han's grin. "What's Adam busy doing?"
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 10:31 pm (UTC)Quinn sighs. "I should be working on press releases."
Val raises an eybrow. "If I offered to help you, would you relax?"
"I, er.... holy crap. Um. I'd love it."
"Oh, god, we're going to hear about this for years."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 10:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 10:51 pm (UTC)"Oh, I don't mind. I have a feeling we're going to be here for a bit." Val smiles. "You'll have to tell me all about the political climate here. I'd love to hear what is going on."
Jon sighs. "Oh god. They'll be all night. Right, come this way." Packages, film canisters, and all, Jon leads everyone to Adam's office.
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 11:03 pm (UTC)"Hello," he says, wishing that he had a better opening line than that. "You must be Adam. I'm Luke, and this is Val. And Jon said we absolutely had to meet you."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 11:06 pm (UTC)Jon smirks. "The things that Mark doesn't do."
"Which is most everything."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 11:33 pm (UTC)"Nice to meet you," he says, holding out a hand for Adam to shake. "I'm...well, I guess you know me. And this is my wife, Valentine Wiggin-Skywalker."
He figures he's lucky. No one's asked any impossible questions yet.
"We're here on vacation," he explains to the crew. "Is there anything that you'd say we absolutely have to see, as long as we're in the universe?"
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 11:39 pm (UTC)All three pause, then speak at once.
"The Empire State Building."
"The Twin Towers"
"Broadway."
It's all said jumbled together.
no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 11:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-05 11:58 pm (UTC)Val's eyes sparkle. "Oh, Luke, I've always wanted to go to a Broadway show. They... well, they're only history in my time."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-06 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-06 12:34 am (UTC)Quinn ponders for a moment. "Oh! There's one about ancient Egypt. I've been wanting to see it for ages, and I never have the time." She grins. "Aida. It's a remix of an old opera."
Adam snorts. "Sounds like something Jon would do."
"Shush."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-06 12:47 am (UTC)"Val. Would you like to see Aida?"
The next question is probably going to be, Do you want to see it with everybody?
no subject
Date: 2007-07-06 12:51 am (UTC)Quinn beams. "I'll go drag Jill out of the basement."
Jon smirks. "I'll go raid the costume closet for clothes."
"Be careful of Kyle's wrath."
"Don't worry, Adam. As long as she gets to go, she'll be fine. Besides, she's your girlfriend."
"Not this week."
"Oh."
no subject
Date: 2007-07-06 12:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-06 01:00 am (UTC)For their own reasons, they all are ecstatic at this prospect.
Grinning, Jon leaves for the costume closet, Quinn disappears to the basement, and Adam upstairs to inform Mark of the plans.
Valentine just grins at Luke. "Oh, Luke. I love home, but sometimes it's just good to be somewhere else."