拥抱 // First Embrace

[companioning]

{A. 愛 Action: 2241 Stevens Road}
[Something isn't quite right. She knows that before she even opens her eyes. The sheets aren't hers, for one, and the bed itself doesn't feel right. She opens her eyes and immediately pushes herself up.

Not her shuttle, nor is it anywhere she recognizes.]

Wǒ zài nǎli?

[Carefully she climbs out of the bed, pushing her tangle of dark curls from her eyes. Glancing once around the bedroom, she creeps over to the door, pulling it open.]

Hello?

{B. 愛 Phone}

Nǐmén hǎo. [Inara's voice is soft and even soothing, though she herself is actually very on edge at the moment.] My name is Inara Serra, and this is quite possibly the strangest thing that's ever happened to me.

[There's a slight pause before she continues.]

That's not the point though... Actually I was hoping that there might be others here who I know. Kaylee Frye? Simon or River Tam? [Another small pause.] Malcolm Reynolds?

{C. 愛 Action: Around Town - later in the day}

[She had found clothing - nothing of her own, but it had all fit her right down to the undergarments. It was possibly the most disturbing thing she'd experienced and she'd truly experienced some disturbing things.

She had needed to get away from the house, needed to clear her mind - needed to do that without looking at all the photos she didn't remember being taken. So she has no idea what she's looking for, but she's wandering around the town, glancing into the various stores she's passing.]


((OOC: Hover over the Chinese for translations))

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[companioning]

You're very welcome.

[She chuckles, nodding. Though to be honest, Puffy is a bit disconcerting. But well, he does seem harmless enough.]

Do you need your map back to make a copy?

[charming_freckles]

Oh no, that's alright! I think I'll just start from scratch... and make a big batch of cupcakes and deliver them to my friends while I run around working on it! This'll keep me busy for a while!

[And Sue couldn't sound happier about that! She hates being bored SO MUCH.]

[companioning]

[Inara beams at Sue, she's just perhaps the sweetest thing ever.]

That's incredibly sweet of you, Sue. What sort of cupcakes can you make? [She pauses and then adds:] Perhaps you'd be so kind as to teach me how to make them sometime? I've never been overly good at baking.

[charming_freckles]

Really? You strike me as the type of woman who'd be good at... well, everything! But I'd be delighted to bake with you sometime! Chocolate seems to be the favored flavor in baked goods here, and a baking connessier I met told me that I should really give something called "buttercream frosting" a try.

Oh, here! [Sue points out the address 1486 Kramden Road on the map she gave Inara. It already has a little star on the building, marking it as Sue's house.] This is where I live! Please feel free to stop by anytime! The people I live with are all really nice too!

[companioning]

[She laughs.] I am good at many things, though sadly baking just isn't one of them.

[She can cook though, so that's something, right?]

And buttercream frosting is delicious. I'm sure when you learn to make it, it will be divine.

[She looks down at the map and nods.] All right then. When would be a good time for you to have me over? I don't just want to show up.

[charming_freckles]

Well, I have to go to school during the week, so either after 5 pm or on the weekends would be best!

[companioning]

Perhaps the weekend would be best. [She grins.]