RP for mrsharker - A re-acquaintance...

[amelia_harrison]

Amelia had to admit to some nerves as she stepped up to the door of the admittedly very pretty looking town house. She had met Mina Harker once before, back in the thirties, when their paths had unwittingly crossed. The other woman had been chasing some kind of being - a half-life as they called them - and Amelia had been looking for it as well,

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[mrsharker]

The knock came as Mina was concluding her daily dialysis

[amelia_harrison]

"Well," Amelia replied without thinking, "you may say I'm somewhat of an old- fashioned girl."

She instantly cringed at that. She always did have a horrible habit of saying quite ridiculous things when she was nervous and now, it seemed, was no exception. Hardly the best first impression to make. Well, second first impression she supposed.

"Sorry," she hurriedly continued. "That was a little crass. Needless to say you likely have some...curiosity about me and I'd be quite willing to offer a full explanation. But not on your doorstep."

She frowned a little, taking time to consider other woman's slightly shaky demeanour and the cane she appeared the be leaning heavily upon. Was she unwell?

"Although, if this isn't the best time I could absolutely come back later," she added. "This is a terrible imposition, I know."

[mrsharker]

"I daresay that it took some effort to find me and to resolve to come here in the first place, Miss Harrison," Mina mused aloud, weighing the situation that had presented itself to her. It had been a long time since someone had so thoroughly surprised her and it would not do to undervalue that. "I have a terrible habit of failing to heed the fable of the cat."

She took a step backwards and pulled the front door a little farther open to admit the other woman. "Come in."

[amelia_harrison]

She nodded in gratitude before realising that that wasn't very helpful, hurriedly saying 'thank you' instead and hoping that her faux pas hadn't been too obvious. It would hardly do to insult the woman