<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/CPsyQMH.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Tira Cordelia Johnson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=318995.msg15362802#msg15362802)<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Tee-Tee<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>This (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/65/00/ff65006c9f8d3faf1aac1ec4c85caa87.jpg).<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Church and Wellesley Neighborhood (The Village) (https://www.torontorentals.com/neighbourhood-guide/toronto/church-wellesley) | 80 Wellesley Street, East | Her Apartment<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>(m) The Crew<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Sipping a cuppa on her balcony.<br/><hr/><br/>She loved the Village.<br/><br/>It amused her to think that every major city had one, a place where those who did not fit the heteronormative fairy tale washed up and blended in. In Toronto? The Village was actually right in the middle of downtown and though the rental prices were just a BIT high, she wouldn't trade it for anything. The noise, the parties, the people? This was a place where she was accepted, no matter the oddness of her hair and eyes, or the clothing she chose to wear.  Hell, others looked just as fantastical as she did and no one ever looked twice. Of course, Tee cultivated that look. She did not want to fit what people assumed about her. She did not want to be average. Her younger years had made striving for adequacy a curse.<br/><br/>Tee allowed her brain to drift back in time as she contemplated the small group of people who had filled her early childhood with adventure. There had been Mila and Kay, of course as well Charlie (someone she'd had a very quiet crush on...even before she knew that others had those feelings all the time) and Auggie. She had adored him. He fit so perfectly with the girls, never made them feel stupid or less. He had been the perfect guy friend. However, real life had intervened and drawn them away from each other long ago. Hell, the only people she still chatted with regularly was Mila and Charlie. Kay? She'd lost touch with until a few years ago (Thank goodness for Facebook!!) and Auggie? She still hadn't really spoken with him.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;"><em>'I suck...'</em></span><br/><br/>Just then, her cell gave a little beep and she reached over to pick it up and check the screen. It was a text from Mila.<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;"> "Impromptu gathering at Rujio's.  Love to see you both."</span>With a minimum of fuss, Tee texted back a simple<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"See you there..."</span>before she gathered her empty mug and bustled back into her apartment. If she was going to see her people, she'd  have to dress appropriately. She glanced down at herself, the conglomeration of pink and black, the edgy theme softened by the mixture of color and texture.<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">'This is good enough.'</span><br/><br/>With a happy smile, Tee washed up her few dishes and called for a ride. Maybe she'd get there a bit early but it didn't matter. Hopefully, the others would be just as glad to see her!<br/>