4808/Homecoming

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Homecoming
Date of Scene: 22 November 2016
Location: Earth-8593 <MTG>
Synopsis: Neva goes home, with Yang for morale support.
Thanks to: Thanks Yang for being there!
Cast of Characters: 644, Yang Xiao Long


Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    So as it turned out, the original plan of 'take a train to Ohio from Seattle' was a bust because there wasn't a train between them. After leaving the Warpgate, which Neva told herself she'd have to get a closer look at later, she decided on a new plan. If not trains, then take PLANES! It should work.

    Fortunately Multiversal ID and money systems have ways of converting themselves locally somehow, Neva has no idea, but at the very least she got herself and Yang round trip tickets to Columbus, and from there they just rode Bumblebee down to her hometown. The cumulated time was about six hours, nine if they counted finagling security into submission (how DID Yang get Ember Celica through?), before finally arriving at the Driveway of her house in the middle of some smallish neighborhood.

    Neva now having actually made an actual journey and effort into traveling to the place, begins to hyperventalate, "This is a bad idea... I can't go in, what if they're not there? What if someone else moved in...! I should have dene more research...!" Babble mode activated.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang takes her helmet off, and looks back over at Neva... before slapping Neva lightly on the back of the head. "Quit that." she chides gently, then pushes the Deckmaster over toward the door. "I'm right here with you, so stop worrying." she adds, grinning reassuringly.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva eeps at the bap to the back of her head, followed by the pushing towards the door, "But if I stop worrying, I'll stop talking, and I stop talking I start thinking, and when I start thinking I start worrying, and when I start worrying I start talking---It's a vicious cycle!"

    She finally reaches the door, with much help from Yang nudging, and she hovers for a bit, eying the door bell, as she pulls the hood of her cape down and takes a breath... She reaches and presses the button, before immediately turning, "No one's home, let's go!"

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang grabs the hoodie, and hauls Neva back without even turning... it's like she's had practice with someone who's fast of mouth and wears hooded capes or hoodies. "Not so fast there." she says, hauling her back and keeping her arm loosely draped around the Planeswalker's shoulders. "Not everyone moves as fast as you do, give it a minute." She grins, reassuringly, until the door opens and she straightens up..... nudging Neva to say something.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    "Yes, can I help you--?" Is the voice that comes from the doorway. Neva was about to argue further and she because as much as she tried to plan for this moment, that plan goes completely out the window as she freezes before she turns to face the person there.

The woman in the doorway looks not completely unlike Neva. She has the wavey hair and the pale skin, but there's a distinct hispanic vibe to her. She goes wide eyed, "Neva...?" There's a moment of processing where they both trying to make sense of the universe, as Neva smiles nervously, "Mom..? I..."

    Any further attempts at trying to explain are immediately shut down as the mother pulls Neva right into a hug. Neva squeaks for a moment but soon she hugs back, and there's much crying. From both of them.

    After the sobbing, the two start talking speedily. In Spanish. Fortunately Multiversal translation is in effect, so it's just them trying to ask questions, and explain, before Neva gestures Yangward, "Mom, this is my friend Yang... She's---" That's cut off by the mother turning, much relieved, "Oh! Sorry, Yang, I didn't mean to ignore you, please, come in!" Before she grabs both girls to drag them both in.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang just smiles at the two, then lifts a hand with a grin. "Hey, I'm Yang Xiao Lo--WHOA!" She's grabbed, and pulled, chuckling happily. "Wow, Okay, I'll come in." she remarks.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    The interior of the suburban house is cozy enough, since Neva was an only child there wasn't much need of a lot of room to run around. Evidence of a very business minded parents is on display, with the odd mention of Law Firms on the different things, but a number of things evidently shoved out of the way in favor of Family photos, especially where Neva is prominent in them. In the living area there is at least two boxes filled with printed out fliers, one of them half empty, missing persons flyers that are calling for anyone to contact if they had information on Neva.

    After leading the two girls in, Neva's mom mentions going to call the girls' father, and proceeds to rush off into the nearby room, but not before giving her daughter a kiss and hug, and telling her that they could head upstairs to Neva's room if she needs rest. In Spanish. And then off she zooms off.

    Neva blushes a little bit as she looks around the place... "So much is different..." She mumbles.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang watches the byplay between Neva and her mother, a soft smile on her lips as she sidles up beside the Planeswalker, after the mother scoots out. "She seems nice." she mentions, then slips over to the fliers, plucking one out to look, then over to one of the picture frames. "Hey, you were a cute kid." she remarks, looking over her shoulder at Neva.

    She then straightens, and walks back over. "See, nothing to worry about is there?"

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva can't help but blush a little when Yang comments on her cuteness as a kid, she turns her face away so as to hide it, "Eheh, well, everyone's a cute kid when they were a kid, you know?" She runs her fingers through her hair and sucks in a breath before turning and walking over to give the photo a glance, hoping the blush is gone by this point, "Oh my god, I got how much my freckles used to stick out. They kinda faded as I got older." She rubs her cheeks a little as she thinks about it.

    She sighs a little, "I dunno... My dad isn't home... I mean, knowing him he's at work..." She mumbles. "In New York."

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang chuckles, "It's a compliment, just take it, silly." she chides, then gives another one of those one armed hugs. An easy going, friendly embrace. "Yeah, well your mom's calling him, right? I'm sure he'll be on the next flight back here... they obviously missed you and were really worried." she adds, lifting the flier up. "Wouldn't have so many of these laying around if they weren't."

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva squeaks at the hug, once more blushing before coughing, "Maybe. I guess." She glances at the flier and bites her lip, mumbling, "A part of me hoped they might forget..." She closes her eyes, "Still, it's gonna be another few hours before he so much as makes it to JFK and---"

    The sounds of a car very rapidly pulling into the driveway and car doors open-shutting, as Neva blinks, "W-Were we expecting company?" Moments later, a man rushes in and there after doing a quick scan of the room, rushes and grabs for Neva, squeezing and picking her up in a hug Most undoubtably her father, as he has red hair to match hers, and there's more Spanish being spoken! Mom bounces in and joins them for group hugness.

    Yay Happiness!

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang nimbly evades the man as he comes on in. She grins a bit, just listening to the rapid Spanish being spoken. "You should have a little more faith, Neva." she comments, hands on her hips in a lopsided, cocky posture. She doesn't otherwise interrupt the happy reunion.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    There was much hugging, Spanish, and more crying. It was that kind of reunion it seemed!

    It takes several minutes of all that before they finally settle down and it goes from relief and happiness to trying to get more information out of Neva and Yang as to what happened to her, to which Neva's been reluctant to answer just yet.

    "After a month I resigned from Jameson and Cohen... We wanted to focus our evers on finding you, so your mother and I opened a firm much closer, in town. It's not as big as we could have been in New York, but business is good, we manage, isn't that right, Catarina..?" The mother nods in response, names used for Yang's benefit. She made a point of serving out water to everyone, because it was a mouth drying moment for a while. "Xavier insisted. You... Disappearing like that forced us to rethink everything, and broguht us closer. I've never seen him as impassioned about something like this since before we were married."

    Neva sips and nods, just marveling at at the changes, "That's... Wow, I..."

    Then Xavier leans, "But where did you do, Angel de Nieve...?" Translating to Snow Angel. "We looked all over..."

    Neva blinks a little at that, "Uh... Well..."

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang sips water. "I, guess you're not familiar with the Multiverse yet?" she asks the pair, turning her lilac eyes over Xavier and Catarina. "I'm not sure on the details myself, but I'll give you the footnotes version as I understand it." Another gulp of water, and the glass is set down.

    "This planet, like thousands, hundreds of thousands of others, is now part of a great patchwork of worlds from lots of different universes. Why they're here, we don't know, but they're all connected." She shrugs, "I'm from a planet called Remnant... I don't know where Neva's been, but she turned up just in time to help me and a few other people out in a place called Ravnica."

    She then goes quiet, letting that sink in.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    There's a moment where Catarina and Xavier are trying to make sense of it, but there's a moment where they both look at each other, with mutual exasperation, and Xavier holds his hand up to get Yang to stop, "Alright, alright, I get it. You don't want to tell us, that's fine. But going on about your card game crap? We're not stupid. You're going to have to tell the police eventually. May as well call them and let them know you've come back." He grumbles and grabs for his cell phone, while Catarina sighs as she stands up to join him.

    Neva blinks and shakes her head, "Mom, dad, wait, please! Don't call them yet... Look, I have... Something important to tell you..." The two stop in their tracks, and after a moment of mutual glancing, they sit back down, and Neva takes a breath.
    "The thing is... That night, when I ran out of the house, to go to the card shop, I discovered something about myself..." She bites her lip, "It was... A transformative experience... I couldn't look at the world the same way again, and without even thinking about it I just ran away from my problems, without thinking to tell you..." She smiles, "So... I'm home, and I'm going to tell you that..."

    This time, Catarina sighs and smiles, "Alright, Angel, we understand..."

    Neva blinks, "You... You do...?"
    She looks to her husband who just sort of shrugs, "You're young, and you discovered your true self. It's okay." Xavier nods, "My cousin Santiago came out of the closet more or less the same way, bringing his boyfriend with him to break the news to Auntie Teresa... Oh the heart atack she had."

    Neva goes wide eyed and blurts, "Bwwhhe?"

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang just rubs the back of her head. "Uh... that's not it." she says simply, a bit uncomfortable. "I mean, she's cute and all, but..."

    The blonde then sighs, and stands up herself. "I'm gonna go outside for a bit... I should check on my bike anyway."

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Awkward moment is awkward. Once Yang has stepped out, Neva somehow manages to find her nerves and begins a somewhat rapidfire explanation. The words 'Magic' and 'cards' and 'Planes' get thrown around here and there, but once the parents make the token attempt at skepticism, a visible light show even from outside happens. Neva talks some more, and she mentions 'Bob'.

    Minutes more of explanation, before Neva steps outside and rubs her face, making her way to Yang's side muttering, "Well that was a minor disaster."

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang's tinkering with her bike, just checking some of the components, busywork while Neva does her thing. She does watch the light show, and stands up as the door opens. "They not believe you?" she asks, wiping her brow, only to smudge more grease across it. "Sorry I ditched ya in there, but I didn't want them getting any more of the wrong idea, y'know?"

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva shakes her head and replies, "I convinced them. I had to summon Bob to do it, because playing out a round of the game would have just made me look crazy to them." She sighs and leans against the bike on the other side, "It's fine... Now that I think about it, the way I was talking did make me sound like I was making an 'Out of the Closet' speech. But yeah, that's out of the bag. I'm just letting them soak it in for a bit before I head back inside."

    Neva pauses and fidgets a bit, "You think I'm cute...?"

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang shrugs again, "Can't a girl appreciate another girl?" she asks, grinning good naturedly. "I think you're cute, yeah... also cuz you remind me of my li'l sister, Ruby." She leans over and smirks a bit. "She's about as scatterbrained and ditzy as you are." tease tease.

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva blushes almost as red as her hair, turning away and tries to hide it, "I'm notta ditz, I'm a dork. There's a difference." Odd thing to take pride in. She then shrugs a little, "Earth is a little weird about the 'girls liking girls' thing. A lot of it stems from religion and culture."
    She then pauses and mumbles, "I guess I'm just not used to anyone calling me 'Cute'. Last guy to do that was Lute, and that went about as well as you'd expect, I suppose. I guess the beautiful blonde haunting my recent dreams calling me that would have an effect---And I'm going to stop talking..." Once again realizing her motor mouth has blurted out a few words too many.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang rolls her eyes. "I've haunted more than a few people's dreams, for more than just one reason." she remarks, then walks on over to gently shove Neva in a playful manner. "On Remnant, it doesn't matter who you are or who you like. If you're happy, that's all that matters... cuz being unhappy brings the Grimm."

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva eeps at the shove, biting her lip, listening the sage advice of Yang, nodding a little, before snerking a bit, "Happiness is Mandatory, Citizen. Only mutant traitor communists are unhappy, and that's treason." She giggles a bit at her own nerdism before gauging a reaction from Yang, and blinking, "Oh right, you wouldn't know that game..." She pauses, "And you were being literal, weren't you?

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang nods. "Yep. Grimm are attracted to negative emotions. Fear, Anger, etc... It's why the Kingdoms feel a bit hedonistic... we kinda have to be to keep the Grimm from running all over the place." she replies, then shrugs. "It's tougher outside the Kingdoms, but, people survive out there anyway."

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    "Eek, well... I guess that makes sense..." Neva replies, before rubbing her head, and looking back to the house and saying, "Well, seeing as my parents haven't called the police yet, I think it's safe to go back inside." She glances at the darkening sky, "Maybe mom will make her casserole tonight for dinner..." She bites her lip, and turns to smile at Yang, and then closes in to hug her. "Thanks for coming with me, Yang..." She sighs and leans her head against the blonde's shoulder, just happy right now.

    And hanging on perhaps a little too long without thinking.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang returns the hug. She doesn't seem bothered by the mild clinging. "Heh, it's fine. It might have been more awkward if Rhapsody showed up instead." she chuckles. "Better bring the Sun Dragon instead of the Actual Dragon." she comments, then pokes Neva's cheek. "Shall we head back inside then?"

Neva Fernandez (644) has posed:
    Neva giggles and nods, before eeping at the poke, "Right! Inside! Yes! Where there's dinner, hopefully." She grins and turns to lead her friend inside, and calling in, "So when's dinner Mom?" The question rolling out of her mouth like a long forgotten habit being picked up once more.