[She waves a few fingers in his direction as she catches sight of him, watching as he makes his way through the crowd and takes a seat at the table that she managed to secure for them. She's never been the drinking her problems away type, but having company is a pleasant balm to the events of the evening, at least.]

I haven't been here long, and the traffic always sucks.

[Her head tilts as he gestures at the marks on her arms and she grins with a shake of her head.]

It's from one of those bullshit dares. Had to find three other people and more or less impersonate the whole Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Except wearing nothing but bodypaint. You missed a show.

[Her lips twitch and there's a lift of an eyebrow as she teases him. It's also the truth, because this place is strange, and Initiation Day was a trainwreck. But things had been better for a while. And then she'd talked to Steve and things had crashed in a pile of ruin. But, here they were now.]