Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

Emerald pats Katie on the back as she leaves, Katie encountering even fewer people as she heads to the portal room.

 

Katie heads through the portal to the Anubis' world, mentally preparing herself for the searing desert.

 

For the better, it's sunrise. The desert and the sand hasn't gotten all that hot yet.

 

Katie heads across the desert, trying to remember where the cafe was.

 

There's no markings, but she still has a map that she was given much earlier.

 

Katie follows her map to the cafe, nervously looking around when she enters.

 

The cafe's empty, sans Ali who's sweeping.
"Oh, hi Katie! Where were you and Aj? You missed a pretty big celebration!"

 

"Celebration?" Katie asks nervously, seeming a little scared of Ali.

 

"Yeah, for all the help here. I invited everyone here to sample a few new recipes I was trying out, and I was hoping your group would come back! In the end, though, I just made a dedication speech because none of you got the memo, I guess."

 

"I was um...away." Katie says sadly, "Sorry I missed it. Though I don't think people would've liked me there..."

 

"That family didn't attend. Everyone else was disappointed when none of you showed up."

 

"How did you try to contact us?" Katie asks, disappointed.

 

"I sent a few Anubi through some portal that the drow saw you step through. They tried talking to some Emerald and Xlentia ladies, and they both said you were all busy."

 

"Oh..." Katie says sadly.

 

"Hey, you might've missed the party, but I still have the recipes."
Pause.
"Well, actually... if you brought all your friends here again, I'd let you guys try everything again. I'm technically closed today for business, anyways."

 

"You're not angry at me, are you?" Katie asks.

 

Ali just smiles.
"Katie, girl, if I was still angry at you, then I wouldn't be an Anubi. We all have to move on, no matter how hard the times may have been, or no matter how hard the times are. For us, the past is the past."

 

Katie just walks over to Ali and hugs her.

 

Ali hugs her back.
"It'll be okay. Every time something bad happened to sis and me, I just had to keep telling her that. We've never been very well-off, but we're still here... so it'll be okay. I'm sure of it." She says softly, being near Katie's ear.

 

"I'm sorry...I snapped, and I killed someone innocent." Katie says, starting to cry.