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[zerocharliexray]

Zinda's managed to wheedle the replicators into giving her some slacks and shirts (she's still not quite sure what kind of blue jeans to ask for -- Helena and Dinah both favor the kind that sit so low on their hips Zinda's sure they'll fall right off if they're not glued on), but she's back in uniform today, humming to herself as she strides along the corridor towards Ten Forward, whistling half the chorus and singing the rest under her breath as her boots keep the rhythm.

"Do doo, do doo...the boogie-woogle bugle boy of Company B."

Maybe Steph's around, or that fine Captain who was so pleasant after he holstered his gun, but Zinda? She's up for company of just about any kind.

As long as she can get a drink during it.

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[zerocharliexray]

"Bit of all over," she says, as she heads to the bar to drag out a seat, motioning to the bartender while she does. "But I'm a true-blue American gal. Most recently, I've been staying in Gotham. Can't say I don't miss the big city feel, a little, but this place ain't so bad."

[electro_kinetic]

"What does that mean?" Noriko asks, brow quirked as she follows along and takes a seat--she perches on it a bit strangely, one leg tucked up under her, but it gives her the extra startup force if she has to push off fast. And yes, that really is always on her mind.

"I hear it a lot, but nobody ever really explains farther than saying that they are one and I'm not."

[zerocharliexray]

"Well, I don't know about you, but for me, it means I was born 'n raised there. I never lived anywhere else until I went to Europe to fly with the Blackhawks."

It comes with an easy shrug, a roll of her shoulders. Her citizenship is one of the few things Zinda never has to question about herself, even now.

[electro_kinetic]

"Ah. I moved," Nori replies. "Left Japan when I was thirteen, hopped a military transport to the States. Made my way up the east coast from there, until I hit New York City. I'm naturalized."

She doesn't shrug, and her biceps are tighter than normal. "Truth be told you're lucky you don't have to go through it."

[zerocharliexray]

"Well, not quite that, nope."

It's sorta non-committal, but she's got no idea whether it's harder adjusting to a time or place. What she does know is there's no use in making it a competition -- not any day, but especially not this one. "We're all stuck in the same place now, though. I'd say that's worth a drink."

Her hand's already in the air, and she's leaning over the bar with one arm pressed against it, like an overly-enthusiastic student, before she thinks, and gives Noriko a guilty glance. "Hey, you old enough to drink?"

These days, it's not exactly something she can tell about a person right off the mark.

[electro_kinetic]

"Legally, no," she says. "At least not by my world standards. But practically I've been drinking since I was fourteen."

She's been doing a lot of things that she technically, legally shouldn't have done or even been able to do. But if you're desperate enough, there's always someone willing to take you up on a proposition, whether or not it might get them arrested.