[For Meredith]

[fourforone]

I've been rounding my way around the whole of the Compound and trying to keep the notion of it as a prison out of my mind. Doesn't look much like one and everyone speaks English that I can hear. There's the kitchen, little recreation area, and even a Clinic. I spend a little while people-watching, just looking at all the other folks who've been

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[drownondryland]

Sometimes people opened up the bar and served drinks, but that wasn't really why Meredith went there. Oh, sure, it was nice when it happened, but even here, on an island, with no idea how she might ever get home, there was a familiarity to the bar that made it sort of peaceful. It looked like she wasn't the only one who thought that way, and as she walked inside, she offered a smile and a nod.

[fourforone]

I watch her for a long while and smile and nod in return, deciding that no man ever got the win by being cautious. I push away from where I'm standing and make my way to the bar to slide easily onto a stool, letting all the tension fall loose of my shoulders as I smile at her again. "Fancy meeting a stranger in a bar, huh?" I joke.

[drownondryland]

Meredith tipped her head up with another smile. For a moment, just a moment, it was almost like old times, when she really was just a girl in a bar, and that was something to hold onto. "Well, we're all strangers around here," she replied.

[fourforone]

"I think I'm unfortunately in on that more than others," I admit, just shrugging haplessly, but really it's the truth of it and I'm not a man to whine. "I turned up a couple days back and seems like everyone's got their own routines. I mean, I'm used to being the new guy, but it doesn't stop being hard on a man."