There's a loud knocking on the door, then a muffled voice being called in. "Hey, open up. Police!"

Bernie blinks once, half-rising from the couch instinctively. Cops? Hey, they're law-abiding folks here! Well. Except maybe for the pot. And the shoplifting. Hmm. "Coming!" she calls as she straightens her clothes and hair a little, and she heads to the door to peek through the peephole curiously.

Alicia is wearing a huge baseball, her head ducked down to hide her face and she is wearing a huge coat. She looks like a guy, or at least from the distortled peep hole version. "Open up!" She keeps her voice muffled and trying to come off manly, but is interupted by giggles.

If that's a cop, they've sure changed the uniform recently. Bernie grins a little. "You gotta warrant?" she calls through the door, "...I kina like 'Cherry Pie', m'self..." The locks click open.

"Yah, I gotta warrant, I.. um left it in my ... other bra." Comes the voice of Alicia now as she bursts into laughter. "Cherry Pie? Thats a stupid song Bernie."

"'Lish!" Bernie exclaims happily, flinging the door the rest of the way open and practically tackling her friend in a hug, "I heard you went, I guess you passed, huh? Come in!" She drags the other girl inside, closing the door behind them. "I went t' try an' find you last night, only I couldn't track ya down. So HI! An' congrats!" A half-second's pause, "...an' yeah, I know, but it's kina catchy an' it's the only songa theirs I know..." She grins broadly, and gestures for the Gaian to make herself at home.

Alicia laughs as she's dragged in by her overly happy friend. "Yes, Yes! I passed. I was at Arthur's Island with the tribe. Oh my god, you won't believe what happened on my rite, but I'll tell you later. I got a new name now and I have a huge role in the Moot on Tuesday."

"Tell!" Bernie orders, rummaging in the kitchen. "...also tell whatcha want t' drink an' snack on an' shit. We got 'most everythin', just shopped yesterday, so, decent chances..."

Alicia giggles and follows after you. "I'll tell the rite part later. I've already had to tell the full Galliardy version three times today and my throat is raw. But I am now known as Guards-The-Flame and on the moot, I am playing the role of the Caller, I will be working with the fool in questioning the litany."

Getting no answer on the hospitality front, Bernie just snags herself a Guinness off top the fridge and makes a Vanna-like flamboyant display of the inside of the fridge, a pretty clear 'have whatever' sort of thing. She steps back and leans against the counter, popping the beer open. "Kickass! That's th' one who says th' Lit'ny, right? An' th' Fool's th' one who argues 'gainst it? Who's gonna be your partner? ...an' nice name, too." She pauses a beat before adding in a friendly tease, "...Flamer."

Laughing, Alicia enters the kitchen and snags out a soda. "My partner will be Stephen, a newly rited Stargazer." Hipping the fridge shut, she pops the tab herself and clicks her can against yours, winking. "I already came home and gave Tom a quick hello and I love you, I'll be moving my stuff in tomorrow night."

"L'chaim," Bernie declares at the can-clink, and heads over to the couch, flopping casually into the corner cushions and sprawling a bit. "Very cool. Where's he live, anyhow? An' you see Eggs yet?" She pauses a moment, adding, "Speakin' of brothers. I went home, right, t' see my fam'ly? So 'parently I'm not th' only huge slaverin' monster in th' house... onea my brothers, too, though he hasn't changed, an' my Dad, who, 'course, has. Funky huh?"

Alicia laughs and slips down onto the couch next to you. "Mmm.. I've only seen Ben once when Andrea took me. But I will do that tomorrow also now that I got all the time in the world." Taking a quick sip of the soda, she peers over the can at you impishly. "By the way, just to rub it in.. I saved the world in the future for my rite."

Alicia adds also. "Your brother and your father eh'? Wow, thats so cool Bern, congrats."

Bernie grins, and shrugs. "Geez, overcompensate much?" she asks, teasing again, "I saved a groupa people who di'n' have anyone else t' do it in th' present; I figure that's plenny good 'nough. Sheesh, gotta leave somethin' for t' OTHER cubs." She sips her drink, looking suddenly a bit more serious. "...yeah. Only, Bobert was on a trip an' I di'n' even get t' see him. Though, it was nice t' see th' resta 'em. I think they liked Matt, too. Was fun." She looks around briefly, probably for her bag, "...I broughtcha a couple things..."

"Uh oh.. presents." Alicia's eyes brighten a bit. "I woulda brought you back something from the future, like a flying motorcyle, but ya'know how it is in the Dream realm." Grinning, she scoots a bit closer and reaches out, giving you a good squeeze on the arm. "I love ya Berns, ya know that?"

Bernie leans over to give a one-armed squeeze, and grins. "I know, an' ditto, y'know?" She stretches a bit. "I'm glad they fin'ly got 'round t' ritin' you. Now we jus' gotta get Cam done too, an' all's well, yeah?"

Alicia smiles a bit. "Yah, all well be well, I suppose. Helen and I are going to pack together, and I'm going to try and snag Kit and Cindy as well on the way." A brief smile flickers across her lips. "Helen is insistent that we pack together and well.. its hard to say no to such endless begging."

Bernie grins. "'s nice t' feel wanted, innit?" She runs her free hand idly through her curls, and leans back into the pillows with a reasonably contented sigh. "'s nice t' be back, y'know? Missed you, an' other people too, 'course... 'sides th' whole ritin' thing, whatcha been up to?"

Alicia ums lightly. "Nothing! Since I rited, I've been clueless of what to do. I got to Tom's, gave him a kiss good night since he was sleeping, then well.. I rushed over here. I just got done earlier. I don't know what to do now ya'know? I had all these things planned in my mind and now its like.. blah.. What to do?"

Bernie hehs, and nods. "Yeah. 's weird, huh? But it's like... woo, I'm all graduated an' shit now!... di'n' I have somethin' I wan'ed t' do?" She curls her legs up beside her, thoughtfully. "Sure you'll thinka somethin', though." A pause, and a fleeting little wicked grin, "...maybe after Tom wakes up."

Alicia wiggles her brows impishly. "Already bought it and I'll be wearing it tomorrow night." Licking her teeth, one can see that the piercing is gone, in fact, all of them are, all safe a single pair of rings in her ears, tiny golden hoops. "I'm nervous 'bout that moot coming up tho'. This is going to be a huge step for me and the entire Sept is going to be watching my every move." Letting out a breath, she grins innocently. "I hope I do it well enough to please them."

Bernie giggles, and makes a dismissive hand gesture. "You'll kick ass, As Foretold In Th' Ancient Prophesy." She blinks once, tilting her head, "...how come y'took all your jewelry out?" After a pause, "...an' what 'zactly'd you buy?"

Alicia smiles and shrugs. "I took out all the rings and stuff to look more impressionable in front of my elders when I told my story today. I didn't want them to look at me as a cub or a child anymore, I wanted them to see a fully confident and mature cliath." Pausing, she shakes her head, chuckling. "As for what I bought..." She shoves her hand into the deep pockets of her jacket, taking out a plastic bag from victoria's. "Mmmm, you want me to model for you?"

Bernie blinks, and blushes slightly, but tilts her head, considering it. "...Mrm, yeah, sure, why not? Lessee this thing." She sips the beer, then sticks out her tongue, looking crosseyed down at it. "'s funny, 'cause I was vaguely considerin' tryin' it. Th' piercing thing, I mean."

Alicia smiles and stands up to head to the bathroom. "I can do it for you." She says teasingly, slipping behind the door and closing it.

After a few minutes of rustling about in there, the door opens up and a long, bare leg slinks outwards teasingly, the foot wiggling a bit. "Introducing... the newest line of bedroom playtime at Victoria's Secret." Then, with a giggle, she appears, her hair pulled back into a streaked ponytail. Going from top to bottom, the slim and trimmed version of Alicia is clad in a see through thin white shirt which cuts off just beneath her breasts, composed of a white silky material. A red velvet looking bra is underneath it, barely holding her bust back, the fabric so thin and revealing all of her supple curves. Her flat stomach is still revealed, the six pack etched into her flesh, showing off her tight muscle. Over her hips is a matching skirt which barely covers her ass, see through and revealing. To finish off her assemble of romance is her thong undies, red as well, showing just enough to let the imagination go crazy.

"...So.. whatcha think?" She asks, twirling around once with her arms in the air, letting you get a gander.

Bernie giggles and applauds around her can. "He'll faint, or somethin'," she declares, blushing just the slightest bit before she takes another sip of the drink and gives the ensemble another look -- a bit more thoughtful and almost critical, this time.

Alicia starts to laugh as she slinks into the couch, crawling towards you like a tiger, hunting its prey. A soft purr echos in her throat as she softly cat calls. "Here.. kittykittykitty..." Once reaching you, she flops her head into your lap and gazes up at you upside down, giggling. "I sure hope he likes it. I'll do anything for him."

Bernie squeaks at the approach, eyes widening slightly, but relaxes as the Galliard just flops. "Yeah..." she agrees, trailing off in her own thoughts for a second before grinning again, "...he will though; he'd prolly like anythin' long's you were in it, right? So, y'know, 's icing."

Alicia peers up at her and purrrs softly. "Your right, probably." Teasing, she pokes her lightly. "So, you and Matt doing it yet or are you still a virgin? An c'mon, tell me the truth, you know I won't blab."

Bernie, predictably, flushes bright red at that, though it dissipates down to a light pink much more quickly than it used to. "We're not," she replies, quickly, with a little shake of her head, "I mean, y'know. Philodox an' all. So I prolly will be 'til I die." She gives a rather wry little half-smile with that, joking... but not completely. Glancing toward the door, she sighs softly, mostly hidden by another sip of her drink, and pauses like she's going to say something, but reconsiders, and shrugs lightly.

"Riiight.. " Alicia leans back a bit and crosses her legs, stifling a soft yawn. "So, you took a road trip eh'? Schweet, least ya had fun, and I guess I had fun on my rite thingy. So, what is there else to talk about? Oh! I do gotta find Nevada and let him know."

Bernie tickles the Gaian in her lap, and sticks her tongue out at her. "Let him know which, thatcha fin'ly got Rited, an' all? Yeah, figure he'd wanna know. An' yeah, had fun... def'nitely. Sometime, you should go there an' see, like, th' giant redwoods an' shit."

Alicia grins and squirms, giggling a bit. "Uh huh, definitly." She quietly mummurs. "Tom is so happy to know I'm home now with him. Its been an exciting few days." Trailing off, she whispers. "Now I get to find Ben and help him into it."

Bernie nods, biting her lip lightly. "...anyone say how t' see 'f he's kin or not? I mean... aside from shiftin' on him?" She pauses again, and brush a curl back behind her ear. "'f y'need someone else 'round, I c'n try an' help out, y'know?"

"That is what I plan to do. I'm going to nudge him into it gently, then go big an fuzzy on him. If he remembers, he's kin. If not.. then it was just a mean joke." Alicia folds her arms into her lap and gazes up at the ceiling.

Bernie nods again, considering this. "Where?" she asks.

Alicia grins. "Tom's place. Since its where another kin lives at. At least he won't be alone when it happens."

"Makes sense," Bernie agrees, and stretches a little. "an' prolly he won't, y'know, break a lotta shit."

Alicia giggles. "He probably won't, I'm sure he'll be scared and will just sit there, pee'n his pants."

Bernie snickers. "Maybe you oughta make sure he's on, like, linoleum at th' time, then. Not th' good 'pholstery, 'least."

Alicia laughs. "Yah, fur'shure eh'? Oh well.. Anyways, I can't wait to get this pack shit rolling now. An start seeking out Totem's, and then the moot coming up so I can strut my stuff. Its ganna be dope."

"Dude, totally," Bernie agrees, falling back into almost Val speech patterns a moment. "That's so cool, 'bout th' moot an' all. Gonna be nervous with like everyone lookin' atcha, though?"

Alicia shakes her head. "Naaah. Not me. I'm ganna tear it' up and have a blast. Who knows, maybe if I do this right, I can do it again, and again an ya'get the idea."

Bernie laughs, and nods. "I dunno. I kina wanna do th' fool thing sometime, y'know? But I'm not so big on the whole bein' up there in fronta everyone thing, I don't think."

Alicia grins. "Or having the entire Sept yell at you and call you a fuck up', even tho' its just your job."

Bernie giggles, nodding. "Yeah. Though..." She looks thoughtful, and more than a little mischievous, "....it'd be cool t' have time t' think 'bout it, an' actually come up with somethin' people'd hafta THINK 'bout. But I guess it's not really a good time for debate. Be there all fuckin' night."

Alicia pushes herself up and adjusts the see through nightie and smiles at her. "Hmmm.. I should get going tho', ya'know.. so Tom won't be waiting, but we'll hang out later."

Bernie nods. "Thought he was sleepin'? But anyhow yeah, I prolly oughta get t' bed, too. Uh... you might wanna change back 'fore y'go, though. Jussa thought."

Alicia nods her head and stands up, then heads to the bathroom, taking a few minutes to change back to her old clothes. Then, heading to the door, she calls out. "Bye babe!"

Bernie blows an exaggerated, 'glamourous' mock-kiss, and giggles. "Night. Y'oughta drop by more, an' stuff, now y'can, yeah? Lemme know how it goes, breakin' it t' Eggs, an' all."

Alicia grins and slips out the door, closing it behind her with a soft 'thump'.