Suspiciously Quiet

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

The carnage in the hotel ballroom disappears in a gut wrenching wave of nausea and blurryness. When she can see again, she's on her knees, surrounded by her fellow Exiles.

Raven braces herself for the worst. Zombies roaming the streets, the sun blotted out by swarms of locusts, a world where every restaurant is non-smoking. She opens her eyes and sees...a suburban strip mall.

A Best Buy anchors one end. The other end is held down by a Dick's Sporting Goods. In between, there are a couple of ethnic restaurants, some clothing stores, and, to her immense relief, a Cox Smoker's Outlet.

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[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"No problem. A couple friends may be meeting us here soon. I've heard good things about your place. I thought I'd surprise them."

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

The kid glances at the others and chuckles quietly to himself. "Sure, sure."

He gives TJ and Spidey a surprisingly innocent grin. "And what can I get for you? Lemme guess - General Tso's chicken and an order of Sweet and Sour chicken?"

[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

Miguel sneers a little. "Everybody assumes I'm a gringo. I hate my father."

He clears his throat.

"Two orders of each of those, since we have to bring some back to our down-home white-bread friends back at the ranch, but... I'll have the Mushroom Shrimp in Black Bean Sauce, and some veggie mushu for later."

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"Sure. Have a seat." He gestures towards a round table in one corner. "We'll have it out in a minute. (http://community.livejournal.com/elseworldexiles/23627.html)