Overland Park, KS, Friday Afternoon (August)

[vanillajello]

The last weekend was still weighing on Kate, just a little bit. She figured that was unavoidable after you got pretend killed, but she'd been trying to keep herself occupied and distracted because it was probably for the best if she didn't think about it too hard.

This weekend was going to be better, though. Or at least that was the plan she was clinging to. She hadn't told anyone but Charmaine that she had a friend coming over, so she figured her whole family knew by now, because Char was not the greatest at not blabbing. Not that it was any major secret, Kate just would've preferred it if her family hadn't been likely to flock to be curious about her elusive Fandom friends.

But that was for later. As it got to be the afternoon, she wandered out of the house and down the street to where the portal tended to dump its transportees, and kept an eye on the houses nearby in case any neighbors decided to wander outside.

Oak Avenue had its fair share of weird without adding portal sightings to the mix.

[ooc: NFB, and for that guy. Not the usual one. The tall one with the scar, yeah, that one. But can be open for texts/calls before he shows up I s'pose!]

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[vanillajello]

"Uh huh," she nodded, with only the slightest sigh. "Doctor Shoshana Schoenbaum, this Jewish lady from New York? Complete with a Streisand accent, even. She's a psychologist."

Yeah.

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Explains the the need for an office," he said with a nod. "Did she actually get people into therapy sessions?"

He hated that he was so interested in Kate's mom, but he had never been around someone who even remotely resembled his own mother before. He couldn't help but be curious.

[vanillajello]

And Kate had rarely met people who were curious for reasons other than just gawking at the crazy lady, so it worked. She didn't mind.

"Well, just my mom, and don't ask me how that worked." Seriously, Kate had never bothered to ask because it seemed a bit complicated. "And my dad. And when we got trapped in the basement 'cause of a tornado, she tried conducting a group session, which was horrific. But she doesn't come out much anymore."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"So is your mom usually herself most of the time?" Luke asked. She had seemed fairly normal to him when he saw her, which was more than he could say for his own mother, even on her good days.

[vanillajello]

"These days? Yeah." She shrugged. "I mean, it kinda comes and goes and, like, she still doesn't go a week without transitioning and one of the alters just running off, but... Like, two years ago she was barely even here. It was always someone else."

Which was still a little tough to acknowledge.

"It's better, right now."

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded. "That's rough. Sorry I keep asking stuff about that, I'm just naturally curious about that sort of thing."

[vanillajello]

"No, it's okay," Kate said, shaking her head. "I mean, I've been fielding questions about the crazy since forever. And I prefer your curiosity to getting asked if I think Mom's gonna kill me in my sleep or whatever."

Zach.