THE TEST DRIVE MEME

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[saturniapavonia]

Well there won't be two Rs here. [Whoops. You trying to jinx it or something?] Dogs I mean.

[Weird name. Maybe he's like a Midwest person. That sounds feasible.

His long fingers still scratch on R. It makes him think of Fetch-it, which makes him think of Peter, which makes him think...that he's thinking too fucking much.]

You have a car?

[He's incredulous because how long has she been here anyway?]

[grigio]

[Roman r u ok?]

Yeah. I arrived in it. Almost drove right into the fucking fountain.

[She's not nearly as annoyed as she sounds. She's not even bothered. She came with her lovely Mercedes that she...found at an airport.

The owner was probably either dead or shambling around the airport. Mercy was free game.]


You interested?

[saturniapavonia]

[He's starting to think he never started out okay at all. All things considered he's doing fabulously for a fuck up.]

Damn.

[It makes him want to tell her about how he drove into a fallen tree. Almost. Sure does cut through the gloom.]

Sure. Is your co-pilot going to mind?

[grigio]

[She understands that. Her world is Zombie-apocalypse themed. It's really, really hard to be okay in that situation.]

He's not going to mind at all. He usually sleeps in the back seat on a blanket. I can guarantee that the minute the car starts he'll be snoring away. Just gimme a sec?

[Julie has to get her stuff and...pull a shirt on which only takes a few seconds and then. Hi, Roman. She's back. Did you miss her?]

[saturniapavonia]

[Knowing that he would feel even more spoiled and ungrateful. There aren't any zombies. Just... fucked up werewolf murders.]

Go for it.

[He'll hang back and pretend not to watch as he gathers his very modest collection of objects. Jeans, shirt, blazer, coat... it was really winter when he left, designer watch, shoes...]

[grigio]

[The conversations these two should have over mass quantities of beer. Loads of beer and loads of talk of monsters and craziness.]

C'mon. The Mercedes is just near the soda shop.

[Julie starts her walk, setting R down and R follows along. Faithful little dog that he is.]

Where are you from, anyway?

[saturniapavonia]

Pennsylvania.

[Hemlock Grove. Making him the Roman Godfrey of the Godfrey empire founded in Hemlock Grove fucking ages ago.]

You?

[His arms are occupied by his belongings. It's pretty fun to watch R dash here and there. Roman has never had a dog before.]

[grigio]

Seattle. [Julie steps over the hyper R with ease. She's used to this. He's the most active puppy ever so she's learned quickly how to dodge his antics.]

Well. What's left of it.

[She looks at Roman, a half smile on her face.] My world is on it's way out, so there's not much left to talk about.

[saturniapavonia]

That blows.

[To understate her suffering completely... but he has no idea. Really.]

I've never been.

[No big surprise there but to carry on the conversation.]

Something happen-?

[Did some serpent swallow it's tail? Like that says anything at all.]

Sorry.

[grigio]

[Look, it's her car. It's a brilliant red Mercedes Benz. Probably a decade or so old. And in really good condition. The hood is down so Julie just drops her stuff in the back before opening the door to let R hop in.]

Zombies. When I was younger, they started showing up overseas and then spread across the world.

[Which is totally going against what she considered doing earlier.]

I don't think Pennsylvania exists in my world anymore. Door's open. Hop right in.

[saturniapavonia]

Get out.

[He laughs before he can check himself. Even so he tries to play it off like he's rubbing his nose and mouth.]

So it actually happens.

[She didn't stutter, Roman. He listens and follows her lead.]

Nice color.

[grigio]

[She's not offended that he laughed. There's even a faint quirk of her lips when he does so.]

It actually happens. But, unlike popular theories, no one knows why.

[Car stars and Julie starts driving. She'll just be pointing out local attractions and such. That's the library. That's the museum. Julie works at that small restaurant and lives in that apartment. And don't go Underground because blah bah monsters blah it's bad.]

Back in Seattle, I live in an abandoned stadium with thousands of others. It's fortified, heavily guarded...and boring as shit.

[saturniapavonia]

That sounds more like it. I mean shit like that.

[Shit like this, the City that is.]

Boring or zombie food, that's the choice?

[Roman has to go to high school and is stuck with his mother. It is horrible. Really.]

[grigio]

Yeah, pretty much. But when I say boring, I mean people are just going through the motions of living. Nothing changes inside Citi Stadium. We were looking for a cure for a while, but then that stopped.

[Oh, well.]

Okay. What do you want to do now? I'm not looking to go home yet.