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So, Alice had a roommate apparently. Was it normally that easy? And did it usually happen while pretending to be fiances in front of a stranger who looked about ready to burst with excitement when the situation had unfolded in front of them. In fairness, Alice was also pretty excited. She'd never actually lived with someone her own age before, not really, so it was going to be pretty cool to be able to hang out with someone without even leaving your own place.

And it was Mari, so they clearly worked well together in terms of friendshipy stuff. True, Alice would probably have to keep her room a bit nicer than she normally did but that wasn't much extra work when she had the prospect of her own kitchen to play around with. Their kitchen technically but she got the feeling she would be using it the most with her unique power situation.

"Of course I will dear," she said smiling down at her friend. Only some of it was even an act, "we'll need to run through budgets and all that stuff but I'm sure we have a little bit of time." Turning to woman who found them a perfect place, "do we need to sign anything or put down any money now or?" Frankly, Alice had no clue how it worked. At all. Christ she didn't think most people in her family knew how renting a place worked.

"No, at least not now. You're both clearly wanting to take the place and I can get the documents put together and sent across to you to look over and sign, if that's OK with you two?" The woman looked like she was ready to hug someone if anymore 'excitement' happened so Alice made an executive choice to get out of arms reach as soon as possible."

Stepping away with phone in hand, "Give me a couple of minutes and I should be able to confirm everything is OK." The phone call itself didn't take long, msotly it was incredulity from her mum that she a) had found a place and was ready to get the paper sorted as early as she had and b) was actually wanting to move in a friend. That part got repeated a few times and the extra emphasis on friend was almost getting insulting after a while. Did her Mother think she was totally socially inept or something? On the upside, she got the go ahead and even managed to nab a little benefit for them both in the process.

Having wealthy family was worth it some times.

"Well, that's settled then I guess," she remarked as she rejoined the two of them, "I can sign whenever we have the contracts to read. Even scored a little bit extra I can tell you about later Mari."

Alice found it hard to disagree. The place was as close to perfect as she could imagine. It had that kitchen, the main room was a decent size and it seemed like the rooms were an OK size. Definitely bigger than hers at the mansion and while it was a little smaller than she'd be looking at herself it was a very respectable size. For anyone.

OK so some of the ideas Alice got from time to time wren't the distracting kind and more the useful ones.

Which is why she already had half the calculations done in her head when the woman obviously asked why she didn't move in herself. It made sense, from the outside at least. They were fiances in this instances and her moving in would be a really good idea. It'd work out a fair bit cheaper overall, she'd obliviously enjoyed being shown around and as far as the lady showing them about knew they had already taken one big step, why not live together after all.

Only Alice couldn't actually think why them living together would be a bad idea. She needed to look for one anyway and it was in her budget, it kind of meant she could be lazy and not need to look for one in a couple of weeks while getting a damn nice apartment. With someone she knew she gelled with. "Not at all, it's actually a pretty good idea. I'd need to make a couple of calls to hash it out but I think with the numbers I've got in my head it should work." If Marisol wanted to actually live with her, that is. "I mean, if you're alright with that Mari?"

She really hoped she would be. There wasn't really a down side to them getting the place.

And Alice had plans, mostly of the cooking variety and how she could expand her set up once she got a PC up and running but some of them included decorating and furniture. Of course the most important part was lurking as well. She'd have a place to herself. That she could bring girls back to. If she ever got lucky. Which was unlikely but still a nerd can dream.

Deepen their relationship? Well, she wasn't entirely wrong with that comment although Alice reckon it probably wasn't exactly in a way the woman imagined, given they were just friends. But she was supportive and actually seemed pretty nice which was a bit of a difference to their previous experience. It's not like the other realtors had been bad but, well they hadn't really talked like people. Kept really professional and all but it was like talking to someone not entirely interested. This woman seemed genuinely excited to show people around.

Maybe the place wouldn't be too bad.

"Well, I did get the hint eventually," giving her friend a quick smile, "even if it took a while." The game was easier this time, not that Alice was much of an actor anyway but being a version of herself was a lot more comfortable. That and Mari took the lead, which made it so much easier for her.

Well, a two bed might actually be a good idea, wouldn't that actually be cheaper in the long run if she had a roommate? From the few places she'd looked at she'd gather it generally worked out easier to share rent and bills, at least a little. And Mari seemed interested, which was the main thing.

Alice, well Alice hadn't been expecting something as nice. It wasn't huge sure but it was like one hundred times better than some of the places they had seen. For one there were no cockroaches in sight and the walls didn't have a single sign of mould. In fact they didn't have much on them at all, being stripped back to red brick. Which, well was kind of cool actually.

"Holy crap," she shouted, rushing over the kitchen after Marisol. It was kind of great. Small, but comfortably so. Kind of like having everything in easy reach and there was definitely enough storage for two peoples worth of tools and equipment. Christ even the island counter top was proper wood. Nothing fancy but it was really well made. Running a hand over it, she gave her friend a serious look. "I will cook for you everyday here if you let me."

"Ok, there has to be a catch," Alice proclaimed looking over to the woman showing them in. "Bad neighbours, haunted drains, former murder house? There is no way this place hasn't been snatched up already." It looked pretty damn good for what Mari was wanting and if the only issue was she needed a roomie it was a good deal.

The woman gave a warm smile at their obvious excitement, and shook her head to the questions. "Nothing like that at all dear. Most people here are married couples and older folks, if it is haunted they are remarkable quiet, pleasant ghosts and I honestly doubt there's even been a disturbance report about this place."

"Really now? Not ashamed at all?" Alice had a hard time believing that. Everyone had something to hide and their room usually had the biggest hints to all sorts of interesting secrets. "No skeletons in closets or hidden collections? Not even a little." Frankly the blank would have made Alice think she'd missed her meaning but this was a girl that could literally feel others emotions so yeah, chances are she understood her very subtle hint.

She did get a rather sly grin at Emily's blushing. Alice had picked up on the difference and that was saying something. Generally her attention span for those kind of things was small, but when a friend is checking out their phone more, maybe smiling at it or getting the occasional moony look, it wasn't hard to join the dots. "Nothing at all dear, just an observation."

"Well s**t hormonal it will be. Most bars like it tend to be a bit of a riot given the clientele." Gay bars did tend to be a little more crazy than others although it wasn't one of the worst she'd been to. The main benefit was cheap(ish) cocktails which tasted damn good and not getting leered at by every passing drunk. Well passing drunk guys at least.

"I think you'll enjoy it though. It plays cheesy music today, the drinks are awesome and you're not likely to get groped." Her three favourite things in a bar, now if she could just find one that had video games you could play while at it she would have found heaven.

Eyeing Emily and taking another drink for herself she wondered how much partying the girl had done in the city. "So, how much experience you got with not entirely upstanding bars? You know all the general do's and don'ts?"

Marisol was not kidding when she said they had to squeeze in. Very close. Together. Again. Which made thoughts happen again that should't happen for a friend. It also didn't help that Alice was position in a way that she could only hold onto the bar above her, which she hated because she could balance properly. So she had to lean into her friend, for balance. Totally no other reasons. Nope.

None at all.

The danger room was far and away the best thing Alice had ever seen and she was aching to get a look at the kit behind it. She wanted one, but it's cost was mind blowing with just the basic details she'd seen. Even then if she, or more importantly a game designer, could get a peek at how it worked it could could huge changes in gaming tech. "It's weird how intense it can be, how real. You kind of know logically it's not but.....it is. When you're in there."

Ah, of course she would get brought up at some point, even if it was unintentional. Alice hadn't pried much into the circumstances or reasons for the break up but it had thrown Mari for a while from what she saw. "Not as cool as a gay, definite, couple wandering the village and looking at places to live," she replied lightly, slipping her own arm around her friend comfortingly, "or said totally legitimate couple going for a movie or something after to de-stress. My treat."

Alice reckoned they could both do with some mindless fun after the roller-coaster the day had been.

"Yeah I think we might have found a new sore spot to say the least," she replied wryly as if her reaction hadn't betrayed just how much of an issue was apparently hidden away. "But I'm good, or getting there and the distraction will probably get me back to something resembling rational." Alice didn't really do emotion and suddenly having it kind of explode was more than a little embarrassing for her. Thankfully Marisol was actually there and not one of the brats at the mansion or she would have never been able to live it down.

Pondering a character she couldn't really come up with anything that would be interesting or different enough to what had just happened that she kind of just had to fall back on being herself. A sarcastic, nerdy lesbian with the added benefit of having a fiance like Marisol, which was awesome. "I think I'll stick to something a little simpler. Maybe a girl who hasn't recently had a freak out. That sounds fun." Self depreciation was a go to coping mechanism and her defenses had gone up a little. Not hugely, but a bit.

The subway, an introverts worst enemy. Cramped with a bunch of people in a small place with no fresh air. But it helped her think of other things, and to focus to apartment hunting. Which was the main reason she was actually here, for her friend. Not to have personal freak outs or to imagine things with people she shouldn't be.

"A little," she admitted quietly, "and yeah the mansion is kind of similar." Smaller, she had to admit although in fairness it wasn't by much. "Although I can say the danger room alone kick the ass of any country estate, no questions asked. They have a holodeck Marisol, that just can't be beaten."

Pondering the statement she could almost here the longing in Mari's voice and given the state of the apartments in her price range, she could absolutely not blame her for wanting to take a place even if it would be too much. She'd been doing that herself in what now seemed a callously selfish way, but maybe there would be wiggle room on the price or some kind of deals could be made? "It's really hard to argue with a good kitchen, just being able to have room to move makes it so much more enjoyable," Alice sighed, remember estates ones she'd been able to use and the sheer amount of stuff she could play with.