[Her gaze drifts back over the party at large, lingering for just a bit on some of the mingling party-goers, refined in their dress and engaged in quiet conversation with one another. Maybe stuffy is the right way to describe it, but it all just feels very alien to her.]
I don’t think I’ve ever been to something like this before.
[Parties, sure, probably… but they would have been much more small and intimate affairs with the other operators she worked with. And much rowdier. She can only imagine what it would be like if Blaze were here, unleashed on this quiet get-together after a few drinks. It would be funny, at least.
But she’s not, and Rosmontis is just here alone. Maybe that’s part of the problem. She’s not unused to things around her feeling strange and unfamiliar—it’s kind of unavoidable with her, considering how much she forgets—there’s just no anchor of a familiar face to embolden her here.
Well, she’s not technically alone anymore. She turns back to the easy-going stranger beside her.]
I only just got here. [That much it seems like he might’ve realized already.] I know I should probably be paying more attention to what people are saying here, but… [Well, she isn’t going to remember a lot of these conversations anyway. Her fingers unconsciously fiddle with the edge of a page.] I need to get this done first before I can think about any of that.
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I don’t think I’ve ever been to something like this before.
[Parties, sure, probably… but they would have been much more small and intimate affairs with the other operators she worked with. And much rowdier. She can only imagine what it would be like if Blaze were here, unleashed on this quiet get-together after a few drinks. It would be funny, at least.
But she’s not, and Rosmontis is just here alone. Maybe that’s part of the problem. She’s not unused to things around her feeling strange and unfamiliar—it’s kind of unavoidable with her, considering how much she forgets—there’s just no anchor of a familiar face to embolden her here.
Well, she’s not technically alone anymore. She turns back to the easy-going stranger beside her.]
I only just got here. [That much it seems like he might’ve realized already.] I know I should probably be paying more attention to what people are saying here, but… [Well, she isn’t going to remember a lot of these conversations anyway. Her fingers unconsciously fiddle with the edge of a page.] I need to get this done first before I can think about any of that.