>>18841756Carmody Jefferson goes back to her apartment to drop off her ring gear and change into a light polka dot day dress for the day's shopping. Some of the money has started to roll in for her WWA activities, and she's not paying any rent on Colby's apartment, so she has enough to pick up a few nice things for her brother's impending visit: ground beef and all the trimmings for hamburgers, as well as some potatoes, salad fixings (including Rinch dressing, of course!), ingredients for homemade lemonade, and a bottle of Jen Bean bourbon whiskey (the bored store clerk barely looks at her fake ID).
>>18848464She's taking all of these items home when a text comes in from Sola Fire.
Carmody texts back:
>It's all good. Let's catch up sometime soon. I'll just come right out with it: I want you to manage me against Holly Hope-Again at the upcoming show, and I'd kinda like to talk to you about other stuff too ;) when you have time.>And for sure, you can come and meet Bree! He's staying over for dinner after he brings my stuff to the apartment and helps me bring it in. If you're free that evening, maybe you could come by and help unpack? I'll have dinner, lemonade, and whiskey all ready, and if you get there early enough there might be some left before my brother hogs it all XD>Hope you had fun at the cafe with "ketchup" LOL! JK I like her, I told her I'd watch some of those Japanese cartoons with her some day soon when we both have time.Carmody starts typing out something else, then deletes it. Then she changes her mind and starts typing it out again, but an errant gust of wind whips around her skirt, and she's suddenly aware that things are considerably draftier than they were before, and she has fabric bunched around her ankles.
>"OHH, SHIT!!" Carmody has to stop what she's doing to fix her clothes while juggling her groceries, and hurry home, her message momentarily uncompleted and unsent on her phone.
