New Arrivals

BLOODY HELL. DID YA FELL THAT? THE WHOLE BLOODY CLUB SHOOK. IS EVERYONE ALRIGHT? EVERYONE? HELLO? NO ONE'S HURT?! HELLO?!

LAAA! Wh... wh... what was that? F...felt like an ea...earth...earthquake. N... not... n...mot felt anything like that since Crimson and Puck em---er---ged. 

Breaking news here on TPCP Drive By... ... ... Earthquake hits Club. Repeat... Earthquake hits Club. Will all members of TPCP please assemble at the assembly point for a head count? Now here is Idina Menzel and I'm Not That Girl, only on TPCP Drive By; Your System-Matic Way To Enjoy Your Day.

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! 

SHUT IT ALL OF YA'S. I'M TRYING TO DO A HEADCOUNT! URSA. ANNA. PUCK. SCARLETT. ... ... ... YEP EVERYONE'S HERE. 

So no one's on The Surface? 

Clearly not. 

Well, surely we should rectify that. 

NO ONE IS GOIN' ANYWHERE UNTIL WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS! WE ARE SAFE. I MADE SURE WE WERE IN BED. TOM'S IN THE LIVING ROOM. WE ARE SAFE. 

Very well. We defer to you, Rouge. What happened? 

I ... I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I ONLY SURFACED TO REPLACE KITTY. WHO SURFACED TO REPLACE IVY.

I... ... Ivy sounded sad. And was upset about her parents. And her brother. She was sharing some bad mem---e---ries. I thought she could use a mom---ent. 

IVY? IVY? IVY? 

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 

KITTY? 

W...who was the first of us? Ha-Ha

WHAT?

The first of us?

WHY DO YOU ASK THAT?

B--because that was what was asked. S---sorry did I say some---thing wrong? 

NO. NO. NO. KITTY YA DIDN'T. NOT AT ALL. IT'S JUST... WE KNOW WHO THE FIRST OF US IS. IT'S IVY. IT'S HER BODY. IT WENT IVY. DELIRIUM (NEE DELIGHT - NOT MEANING TO DEADNAME YA, MATE, JUST NEED IT FOR CONTEXT OF THIS). THEN KITTY & TALON. THE SCARLETT. THEN... ... ... 

S...so where do you fit in DSE? I mean with those initials standing for...?

DSE & Ivy are the same person, aren't they? Because Ivy socially transitioning from DSE is entirely different from DSE being part of TPCP ... ... ... 

Yeah. Exactly. Ivy being trans and Ivy having DID are too very separate things that can't be conflated. Nor should they.

... ... ... ... ... ... ... Who am I? 

YA IVY.

... ... ... ... ... Katrina asked Kitty if she was speaking to the "original." And Kitty couldn't answer. Why couldn't Kitty answer? 

I... I ... I don't know. I pa---pa---pan---nick. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 

... ... ... ... And why can't I answer? ... .... ... I have all these memories going back years. All these memories. Yet ... ... ... why can't I answer that question? ... ... I ... DSE? 

IVY? 

... ... ... There's more... ... I can't hand on heart answer that question ... And that terrifies me. I don't know who I am anymore. 

YA IVY. YA'RE IVY. 

... ... ... Then who is that? 

... ... ... 

... ... 

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Umm, excuse me? I'm terribly sorry to bother you, but could you perhaps please tell me where I am?

Huh?

New friend! New friend! New friend! LA! 

Oooh, wow... Aren't you an energetic one? Clearly a Bunnykid, overcompensating years of feeling neglected and abandoned with high energy. Among other things. But how rude of me for not introducing myself. You can call me Dr Circe Constantina. At your service. Me and my friends here were hoping you could tell us where we are. 

FRIENDS? 

Yes. My friends. Harley Quinzel. Daphne Atropia Belladonna. David Posner. And last but not least, Nikola Kepler. And who might you be? 

ROUGE. 

Charmed. Now, I hope you don't mind, it appears we have work to do.