strangetrip | [GP/EP] Check-in Day

Liz was starting to get better at the whole check-in day stuff. She knew she hadn't seen 'everything' yet, but she was learning from watching Kitty and Caroline and the others how to approach distressed, confused, and even angry people. It wasn't always perfect, but she was getting better.

With the help from the bakery, there were muffins on trays in the lobby - Mary had insisted. She insisted on coming in every once in a while to restock the trays too.

Liz had helped bring another tray to the front desk and then moved to sit at one of the couches that had a view of the front doors. She had a complicated science essay for Kitty due in a week and Liz was having trouble finding the right wording to express her thoughts.

Every once in a while, Liz would look up to see if there was someone knew approaching. There could be no one today or there could be a lot. Briefly, she wondered if someone else from home would show up. A part of her was curious who that would be, but she found a larger part of herself was hoping no one else would.

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Bucky nodded his head, remembering the one that she was talking about. "Peter. The spider guy." He gave her a brief flicker of a smile. "I remember. Nice, uh, to meet you. I... I did meet him here. When I arrived."

He felt awkward. Should he offer his hand to her? Should he not? "I... Er. He knows me from home, I don't know him. Different times, I think?" He frowned, remembering what Peter said about a tape, but still having not seen it yet. "So... Hi?"

She nodded. "I'm not from your world at all, so it's weird for me too." Just in a different way. "Until you all started to show up, you were just stories he'd tell. It's nice to meet everyone now, though. Better than just stories." They had more to them than just 'the other side of a fight' and that was nice.

"Are you settling in okay here?"

Bucky wondered just how many of them were here. "All of us," he said, nodding his head as he pondered it. "He... He's a nice kid," he said softly. "Glad that we can, you know, be here." His shoulders shrugged. "Stories only tell you so much. Can't picture everything like a real person can."

Bucky glanced around, before looking back at her. "I... Kind of? Yes? I... I haven't gotten out much." Of his room, he meant. He'd been too afraid to run into Stark.

There was something about how hesitant he was that made Liz want to help reassure him somehow. She paused, thinking, then smiled a little. "Would you like to see my favourite spot here? It's not at the inn, exactly, but by the forest - if you're up for a walk." Maybe getting out of the inn itself would help the man.

"Outside?" He had heard River say that they could go out, but he had not actually tried to do so yet. There was a flicker in his eyes as he nodded his head to her. "I... I'd like that, yeah. Forest?"

She nodded in return. "Yeah. It's not far, I promise. And it's pretty. Quiet, too, if you ever want a place to go that's kind of secluded without being completely far away."

Liz gestured for him to follow her towards the doors that led outside. "There's a beach here too, you know. Just a a bit away. It's almost fall now, but it's still pretty to see."

"I will probably take you up on that," he said softly. "I... I like quiet places. I, I'm not, it's been a while since I've dealt with people." It's really hard to explain it and even harder to her. She's talked to Peter. She's probably seen this video Peter was telling him about. He still had not watched it, afraid to view a part of his life that he didn't know.

His head nodded as he moved behind her. "Beach. Probably too cold for that now, hmm?" He shrugged his shoulders as he followed her. He wasn't really a good judge of hot and cold.

"I guess it depends on how you like your water." She smiled back. "It's really pretty even if you don't go into the water, though. And usually quiet."

She led them out of the hotel and into the fresh air outside. "There's a mountain too, if you like hiking."

"Some people don't like cold water?" Bucky blinked, nodding his head as he followed her. He did have to admit that being outside in fresh air felt nice. His head turned to look at her and his brow furrowed. "I... I'm not sure what I like." It would be a very strong learning curve for him here.

Pretty, though. Pretty was nice. Quiet was good. He was used to being alone with quiet times. "You... You come out here with Peter, yes?"

She blushed at the mention of Peter and nodded. "Sometimes." Sometimes they did things they probably shouldn't be doing in public places. "Sometimes I come out here by myself to write in my journal. I write almost everything down."

She knew some people found that lame, but it helped to focus her a lot.

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