Finder's Keeper's (Active)

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Finder's Keeper's! (Active)
Character(s): Glitch, Cain, Donna, Rosette, Harry
Content: Glitch mistakes Rosette for a scary homeless woman in an alley.  Fortunately, he's with Cain and Donna.
Setting: J7ish
Time: Evening
Warnings: None foreseen

Glitch was having a good time -- but, then, anything shiny helped Glitch to have a good time.  And Glitch was a real people person too -- and it didn't matter that the blondes all ignored him.  He was having a good time.

And so it surprised him to find a crazy woman in the alley he poked his nose down.  She was clearly terrified, and Glitch's first instinct was to comfort her.  But she was also crazy and very edgy -- and Glitch, not being the brightest or bravest, quickly held up his hands and backed out of the alley...

...And almost into Cain and Donna.  Spinning, Glitch stared at them a moment, then looked relieved.  "There's a scary lady in there," he confessed, somewhere between a man and a child.  It was a simplistic sort of fear, and that made him seem more childish than he actually was.  Also, his face was capable of creating almost cartoonish expressions. 

"I wouldn't go in there.  She yelled at me to leave her alone!  I think she was scared of me.  Me!"  He said this as though he couldn't quite believe it.  Why would anyone want him to leave them alone?  He was certain he was charming company -- and not at all scary.  "I think she might be homeless," he confessed breathlessly.  Why else would she be in an alley?  "But I wouldn't go in there to feed her, no sir."  With an emphatic shake of his head, he turned to resume his course to the cafe -- or wherever it was he was headed.

A second later, he spun around with wide eyes.  "There's a scary lady in there.  I wouldn't go in there.  She yelled at me to leave her alo--hey, where ya goin'?"

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Rosette tried to pull herself together. She had no idea who any of these people were, but they were trying to help (or so they said) and that was definitely something she could have used.

"Y-yeah," she replied after a short silence, "I...I'm-" She choked on the word fine. She wasn't fine, not by any stretch of the imagination. "...I'm not hurt," she finally managed. Sure, she was still a little bruised up from the battle with Sin, but that man hadn't hurt her - not physically, at least.

She turned her attention to the new arrival: Harry, she remembered before he introduced himself. She'd talked to him over the journals. She couldn't help but laugh at his introduction - a choked, sobbing laugh that suggested she wasn't quite alright yet but was trying to get there. "...think that's what I could use, yeah."

Rosette had been asked if she needed help, and she turned her attention to that. "Is..." she started softly, face falling. She knew what she needed, but she wasn't sure she'd like the answer to her question. "...is there anyplace...safe...here?"