the grass is always greener...

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie lies upon a field of flowers, Spot chasing the butterflies, her bag with her books, her papers and her pencils emptied next to her. She'd tried to write a few lines but all she ended up with were some dry lines, which she'd ended up erasing and erasing.

"This is hard," she sighs, rolling over on her stomach, peeking through the wildflowers, watching Spot try to catch a butterfly with his mouth, but the gorgeous orange sulphur flitted away just in time. It made her laugh softly. "But I guess you're having an even harder time, huh?"

Spot trots over and nudges Laurie's head. She reaches up and scatches that one place behind his ear that he loves getting scratched.

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[watchwith3hands.livejournal.com]

One of the alien dogs that had been picked up and brought on the ship had developed a liking for the sensoriums, and seemed to enjoy walking in on other people's creations. Fortunately, her owner had finally found a collar and leash that she couldn't slip out of, and was willing to take her into the rooms.

The field of flowers seemed like a good place to let Fati romp around in. Rei wasn't sure who else was here, but it was nice. Peaceful, rather pretty. Lots of open room. Still, he knew that people occasionally liked to stage practice battles in the sensoriums, so Fati was going to stay on her leash for now.

After a while of walking around in the field, Fati started barking excitedly. It took Rei a moment to spot the girl and her dog.

"I was wondering where the rest of the dogs went," he said as he let his puppy lead him over to the two.

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Laurie looks up at the person who has just entered the sensoriums and gives a brief wave of the hand to say "hello". "Yea. I saw him and couldn't resist his big puppy eyes." She sits up and pulls Spot into her lap, still scratching behind the pup's ear.

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Rei laughed, though it sounded a bit strained. "I know what you mean, I totally got suckered in my this annoying girl's big puppy eyes," he said, jerking a thumb towards Fati. Who was straining on her leash and happily yipping, very much wanting to go over and sniff Spot.

"Uh, mind if I let her off her leash?" Rei asked cautiously. He wasn't sure if there was an etiquette dog owners had to follow with that kind of thing, but best to make sure. Besides, last time Fati had found the sensoriums full of flowers, she had decided it was an awesome idea to pee on everything. Rei didn't want to possibly offend the young lady by letting his dog do that.

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Laurie notices the urgency in the other pup's eyes and laughs softly. "They're a danger in themselves."

She nods her head. "Sure. There isn't really another exit besides the entrance, so your dog'll be safe off-leash." She doesn't really have to worry about Spot, since the pup sticks close by her at all times for pettings and ear scratchings. Spoiled pup.

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"Oh, don't I know it," he said with a laugh. If she looked closely, she'd see he had dark circles around his eyes. The new puppy was keeping him up at night.

He knelled down and unhooked Fati's leash, at which point the puppy darted forward to sniff Spot. "I'm not sure if we've been introduced," he said as she did, "I'm Rei. This little monster is Fati."

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"Laurie," says the blonde girl. She points to Spot, who is circling Fati and sniffing right back. "And this is Spot." She smiles. "It's nice to meet the both of you."

[failsatsecrets.livejournal.com]

After his trip to the sensoriums with Samus, he knew that he would have to come back and try it out on his own. He was almost disappointed to walk in and find the field of flowers and another person there. Rather than turn around and leave, he decided to just use this as a chance to meet yet another new person. Though, for all he knew, she could be part of the illusion.

"Hey there. Mind if I join you?" He called out as he approached her. Best to be safe and not startle anyone until he knew what they were capable of.

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie stops scratching behind Spot's ear to look up. She is about to smile in welcome when her jaw drops. Her hand on Spot goes limp and she looks quite thuroughly surprised.

Is that who she thinks it is?

"N-not at all!"

[failsatsecrets.livejournal.com]

Well, that was an interesting reaction. He raises an eyebrow at her, an amused smile following suit.

"I take it you know me?"

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Laurie nods her slowly. "Y-you're famous! You-you own Stark Industries, don't you?" Well maybe the proper word would be 'owned' seeing as their worlds went kablooey!

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He couldn't help but laugh at that as he sat down next to her. "I thought maybe this was another instance of you knowing a different version of me, not just knowing of me."

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"There's more of you?" Laurie quietly says, a little fidgety with him sitting right there next to her. How many times had she heard about "The Great Tony Stark" from the news? And now, here he is, sitting right next to her! She is quite nervous, to say the least.

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"Apparently there are. There's a teenage version of me on the ship." He was still a little weirded out by that one. "And I met a woman that worked with another version of me."

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

Axl wasn't exactly surprised to walk in and find the sensoriums already in use; it seemed like every time he tried for one lately, he managed to walk in on someone else with the same idea. Or at least, the same general idea. His specific idea had been something way more action-packed than a field with flowers.

Though even he had to admit it was a very nice, relaxing field of flowers, and after all that running around he'd been doing with the Rogues lately, sitting down was almost tempting.

But not if he was intruding on somebody else's private time. "Hey, uh, am I interrupting anything?"

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie looks up from petting her pup and gives Axl a smile at about eighty-eight degrees notch. She's waving her hand in "hello", saying "No. It's OK."

Spot bumps his nose against Laurie's leg, whining for attention that Laurie had stopped giving him when Axl entered the sensoriums.

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He wandered over and flopped down to sit on the ground near her. "I guess opening up with a casual remark about what a nice day it is seems kinda silly when we can make it as nice as we want in here anyway, huh?"

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Laurie blushes lightly. "Yea. I like sunny days like these. And flowers..." she reaches around scoops up Spot, setting him in her lap, "They're really nice to be around. Gardens too."

[gunslinging.livejournal.com]

"I never really got the chance to be in places like this much, but I think I can see why you like it." Axl was used to cities and overdevelopment and crowding, and even when you left the cities in his home behind, there wasn't really much in the way of pristine nature left. "It's pretty."

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"Yea...it really is pretty." Laurie briefly looks away, scratching behind Spot's other ear, then turning back to Axl, smile now at a eighty-eight-point-five degrees notch. "This is my first time using the sensoriums, actually. I usually just walk in on someone else."

[dhianeila.livejournal.com]

This was a lovely scene. Very calming, too, and a good break so to speak after having to settle in to this new life on Stacy. Moving through the field slowly the projection of Dhianeila looked around, taking in the sights.

When she spotted Laurie and Spot, she smiled, slowly approaching them. "He's very cute."

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie looks up at the newcomer and waves. "Thanks. His name is Spot."

Spot stops semi-purring under Laurie's pettings and looks up at Dhianelia. He gets very excited at her bright appearance and starts to jump up and down, yipping a bit.

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She would have knelt down to pet him if she were able to, but instead she laughed a little at his reaction.

"Did he wake up here with you?"

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Laurie shakes her head, reeling Spot back in. "I got him a while ago. Some people saved him and some other dogs from an attack on a vacation planet we were staying on for a while."

[dhianeila.livejournal.com]

"... an attack?"

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She nods. "Yea. The Ohm came to take the planet and attacked everyone. We had to evacuate the planet..." she looks down at her lap where Spot is looking up at her, head cocked to the side. "In the end, it turned out, we didn't really win, because the planet was badly damaged." That had been hard to accept.