*a large crack, a bright light and a minute black line appeared in thin air, and instantaneously a girl, much older than she looked, landed gracefully, the line disappearing.

The Wind rushed through her brown and white hair-

just another day, another time, another place.

The timegraft had thankfully not broken on it's last little doosy. she had fallen over with thirst upon it in the last dimension, but luckily, she met a mysterious stranger who helped her means of survival.

-She picked it off of her hip and stared intently at it.

"where the hell am I?"
confused, she put the timgraft back in it's case, and decided that it had to be somewhere in the ursa region...

Now, Where to go?

I need a place where there is a lot of people, so I do not dry up again...

but where?

hmmm...

--she closed her eyes and searched for a direction of warmth,
and shadow stepped a few times in that direction, then went the rest of the way.
and there, she found a community dwelling, or so it seemed.

passers by looked at her with stange looks to her clothes and hair...what did they know? This world hadn't figured out parallel jumping yet, or so it seemed.

Her short black bustled dress offset by her half white hair and complete with clockwork corset suited her well.

the cogs and axels spun intelligently, whirring with a hum like a small cathode light, well greased and beautiful...

She saw life forms inside of a building of sorts, but she stayed outside, waiting...waiting to see if it was really safe to go in...

"Same old, same old," Sabrina replied, greeting Nikki as she wiped the counter. "What about you? Scoping out the variety are we?" she asked, winking.

Nikkii looked around the arcade and saw Sabrina was working.Nikkii came there all the time and would say 'hi' and hang out alittle.She walked to the counter and saw no one was there to order.So she leaned on it and smiled."Hey girl.How is your day going?"

Sabrina smiled before nodding and writing it down.



"I'll get that for you now," she replied before heading back over to the counter to retrieve the order. It was a shame that guy had left, but she could think about that later. She had work to do.Grabbing the glass she headed back over and placed it before the girl.



"There you go. Enjoy."

Saraphina looked up, only for her eyes to meet with the same sarcastic waitress as before. She didn't know whether to be rude to her or continue with her new plan of being polite. She decided to go with the latter of the two. "Oh, just a glass of water, please", she said in the softest, nicest tone she could bring herself to use.

Sabrina glanced up at the table that guy had been sitting at only to find him gone and a girl sitting there. Oh well, he wasnt that good looking anyway. She grabbed her pad before heading over.



"Can I get you anything?" she asked politely, smiling at the girl.

After changing from Karnage to Saraphina, she opened the door to the stall a bit to see if there were any men around. The coast was clear, so she exited the stall and left the bathroom as discreetly as she could. She went back to the table she was previously sitting at when she was Karnage and began to think of a new way of meeting people. Before she, or he, was coming off as rude, so now she would try to be nice and polite.

Sabrina ran a cloth over the counter and breathed a sigh of relief. Thank the lords for the back room, and Dean who had let her leave a change of clothes here last time. She had since changed into a pair of hip hugger jeans and a button down black blouse.

Karnage scoffed. Evidently, people didn't like guys too much, or at least, she didn't. He drank his milkshake quickly and threw it in the trashcan. Maybe he would have better luck as a girl. People were always nice to girls, right? He shrugged and headed to the boy's bathroom, he entered a stall and proceeded to change into his girl form.

Sabrina smiled to herself as she walked back behind the counter and picked up the tip left. It wasnt often she got a chance to be sarcastic. Most people in this area were too..... polite for it.

Jun laughed, picking up his tray and sliding a five dollar tip across the counter. Sarcasm was something he enjoyed, and the boy from earlier seemed like he could use a healthy dose. A wise man once said 'Never screw with the people that handle your food.' Silently, he hoped the girl had spit into the milkshake. That thought brought a nice, big smile to his lips as he walked back towards his friend.

Sbarina managed to make the milkshakes and gave the five to the guy who had ordered them before heading over to deliver the other.



"Here is your milkshake sir. I hope you enjoy it since you were so patient as I made it," she said sarcastically. Before smiling, turning and waking away.

Karnage rolled his eyes. "Hmph", was the last thing he uttered before walking back to his table and sitting down, looking annoyed as well. "I thought they were supposed to have service with a smile...", he mumbled to himself. He shrugged it off and started to think his great plan wasn't so great after all. Nothing was going according to it.

"Dude, patience is a virtue. Learn it," Sabrina replied, an annoyed look on her face. "Alrighty. Thats five..... six milkshakes," she said to herself, turning to get the drinks. She could already feel the milk from her stack earlier becoming sticky and made a mental note to change later on.

Nikki groaned and stoof up.She was not going to wait for her friends anymore.She walked to the arcade and pushed the door open.She walked through the crowd to see if her favorite game was open.She had high points on it which she found cool and geeky at the same time.

Karnage heard the boy's loud orders and looked back at him. He suddenly remembered his milkshake, even though he asked for it only a few minutes ago. He was an impatient guy, so he got up from the table and walked up to the counter. "Where's my milkshake?", he asked the girl with a slight pout on his face.

It took Jun a few moments to realize that the girl was speaking to him. Jun was never praised for having an attention span that lasted long and it faired no better when surrounded by lights and sounds. Snapping back into reality, he beamed a grin at the girl before giving his order. "Four fountain drinks!" Jun shouted, not realizing that the cafe section was quieter than the arcade. "Actually, make that five." He amended, lowering his voice considerably. Though he was slightly embarrassed, he brushed it off. Shame got you killed when you hung out with the crowd that he did.

Sabrina walked behidn the counter, holding her shirt a litle away from her body as it tried sticking to her.



"What can I get you?" she said once she noticed the prescence of another customer at the counter. She picked up a clean towel from under it and began trying to wipe herself off.

"Hmmm..", he mumbled while walking over to the table and looking around at the people nearby. The girl seemed nice enough. Good personality, good looks. Maybe he should try and see if it went deeper than that. He then noticed a boy at the counter. Also cute, but he wasn't about to choose his gender based on cuteness or good looks. He needed to find a connection with someone. Suddenly he felt as if he was on one of those dating shows on TV. He slapped his forehead softly at the thought.

Sabrina took the guys hand and pulled herself to her feet. She glanced around at his question before spotting an empty table towards the back.



"There's a table over there and I'll bring your milkshake out. Lets just hope I dont end up wearing it like these ones," she replied, cracking a smile before heading towards the counter again.