Today was a good day(Quinn)

With a shuddering low rumble followed by a quiet tearing sound, a portal tore open in a dimly lit alley, as a blast of hot Arcadian air exhausted through the small opening. A petite raven haired girl emerged from the portal, or at least that's how she pictured it going, but after getting one foot out of the portal, she lazily dragged her other foot out, causing it to get caught on the edge of the small opening. Madeline stumbled a bit, but quickly reached out with her left hand to catch herself. Her gloved metal hand collided with the wall, putting a small hand sized indentation in it. Madeline quickly composed herself and let out an audible huff of frustration, her first full fledged visit to the human world was not off to a clean start.

Madeline straightened out her white leather jacket and pulled a pair of white framed sunglasses from an inner pocket and put them on. Madeline was in what she considered her normal human world attire, a white leather jacket, a black and white striped tank top, skinny blue jeans, and black boots. As she walked out of the alley, she kept her head down, trying not to draw to much attention to herself. From the looks of her surroundings, she had ported onto a beach area(the Santa Monica pier). She had only taken a few steps before colliding with what she thought was a wall, causing her to fall backwards on her behind. She looked up to see what she hit, and noticed a very pale looking, black haired girl, with red eyes. Madeline wasn't accustomed to the human world courtesies or how one would react to this situation.  The young demon queen let out a loud groan before standing up and looking at the girl she collided with "Oh my, I'm such a klutz, I should really watch were I'm going" she said, placing her right hand behind her head, and laughing nervously, hoping that the girl she ran into wouldn't have taken offense by getting ran into.

Q7 was just wandering around the beach, more exploring then enjoying herself. She was, of course, just minding her own business, not really bothering anyone at all. Stopping to look over the water, thinking she saw something move out there, she was run into by someone who didn't seem to be paying attention to where they were going. Q7 happened to be close enough to a wall to catch herself before she hit the ground, turning to see who, or what, had run into her.

There was a woman on the ground, one who didn't really understand how to match colors very well at least. Q7 didn't exactly have to worry about that, having a program to do it for her, but she did understand that you don't mix white, black and blue. It just doesn't work. There was also the fact that she could sense the magic coming off of her, knowing what it is since meeting Mindy. "It is fine, I was not damaged." Q7 was polite enough to not mention how horrible the clothes look, though with the right clothes she'd draw the attention of everyone around. Offering a hand to help the female up, the metal covered arm catches her attention. Q7 grabs the hand and pulling it closer to get a better look. "This is interesting, how did it happen? It almost seems alive."

"Wasn't d..damaged?" she said curiously and quietly, before realizing that the strange girl before her was holding up her left arm and inspecting it. This was defiantly not how Madeline pictured her first encounter with a human on earth, and it was very strange. Madeline pulled her arm away quickly, and pulled her sleeve down frantically to cover her arm, looking both ways as she did so. A few people had seen the odd interaction between the two girls and were beginning to point and stare. "Could you like, not do that?" she said partially frustrated before leaning in so only the other girl could hear her "And it seems alive because it's my arm, thank you very much."

Madeline looked around, the area seemed unfamiliar to her, she had never seen this part of the world before, but luckily for her, she had just found a guide.....hopefully. "Say you wouldn't happen to know your way around here would you?.......Maybe you could show me around?" She asked half heartedly, not knowing what to expect from this individual, but at this point it was better than having people staring at them.

Q7 let's the arm go, not trying to keep a hold of it. She was still curious about what happened to the arm, but didn't make any further move to continue to inspect it. Tilting her head slightly to one side, Q7 shifts to looking at the woman's face. "If you do not want to tell me what happened, you can just say so. I would understand. I do know that it is not your original arm, if that makes any difference." She says it pragmatically, not caring in the slightest that there could be something inhuman about Madeline.

"Moving on, I am actually just exploring around this area myself. If you like, you could join me. I would not mind, you are pleasant to be around." Q7 was referring to the aura of magical energy coming off of the other woman, though since she was only asked to be a guide and nothing else, it didn't even occur to Q7 to say anything. Motioning for the other woman to walk with her, Q7 continues her walk. "We never did tell each other our names, you may call me Q. My creator has a weird naming sense and I would rather not use the name he gave me." Q7 had learned that people treated her as weird for her name, but has not yet adjusted her speech, which also gives away the fact that she isn't a real girl.

The girl standing before Madeline kept getting stranger and stranger by the second. "It isn't fake....it's my real arm" she said, sounding kind of bummed about having such a deformity, despite her being a demon. Madeline looked around as her new acquaintance mentioned that she was exploring the area *What is that supposed to mean?* she wondered, not knowing if that is how humans described wandering about. "Sure I suppose I'll tag along.....your pleasant to be around to" Madeline said, there was a hint of hesitation, as she was unsure she was using the correct terminology.

As the two walked, the young girl referred to herself as Q, which to Madeline wasn't the strangest part about this conversation, but rather the fact that the girl stated she was created. Madeline scratched her head a bit with her gloved metal hand, did Q just refer to her parent as creator? The young demon queen pandered for a moment, come to think of it, she never really knew how she was brought into the world, for as long as she was able to remember, she had always been the queen of Arcadia, though she never quite knew how she came to be. "That's an odd way of saying parents." she mentioned, before turning to Q "My name is Madeline"

Q7 was still far more open then she should be with people who are basically complete strangers, replying to Madeline as if she was asked a question instead of keeping silent like she should. "That is because he was not my parent, he was my creator. My parent is someone else." She looks towards Madeline and gives her a small smile. "It is nice to meet you Madeline." They walked a little bit farther, Q7 stopping to look into each shop, more window shopping then anything when she spots a store that seemed to be filled with different kinds of musical instruments.

That got Q7 to stop, mainly because the only thing that held her interest for any great length of time was music, and there it was, right in front of her. She looks at Madeline, torn between continuing her walk with what could be a new friend and exploring the world of music more.

Madeline was still a bit confused by Q's words, did she mean to say she was an artificial being? Madeline didn't know that such things existed and her curiosity was now peaked, she wanted to learn more about her new acquaintance. Q had halted in her tracks, and Madeline had blindly continued to walk, though she only made it a few steps away from Q, before she realized that she was walking alone. The raven haired demon queen stopped dead in her tracks when she realized her companion was no longer by her side, causing her sneakers to make an audible squeak on the pavement, before she turned to see Q peering into a building.

Madeline walked back to Q's side and tried to read the sign, sounding confused as she didn't understand what these instruments that the sign spoke of. "What are instruments?" she said before looking at Q "Do you like them? did you want to go in there?" she asked, to be honest she wouldn't mind going inside the quaint little shop, to see that all the commotion was about, after all she was here on earth to learn anyway, so what better way than to experience the things that others took joy in.

Q7 turns and just stares at Madeline, wondering if she heard right. This person does not know what music is? Clearly it was time to teach her all about it, who doesn't like music? Grabbing Madeline by the hand she drags her into the shop, knowing that they would have more then just instruments for sale and since she hadn't spent any of the money that she brought with her yet, Q7 didn't mind dropping it all on helping her new friend understand the arts.

"Do not worry, we have plenty of time to teach you what instruments and music is." Pulling Madeline over to one of the demo areas for music, so that people can listen to part of a CD before buying it, Q7 has Madeline sit down, placing the headphones on her head before almost dashing away to grab a CD and coming back. A quick scan later, music starts to play, giving Madeline a taste of human culture. Bright eyed, Q7 watches Madeline, waiting to see what her reaction is.

Madeline had gotten what she would describe as a blank stare, but a little more than that, she could see the slight disbelief in Q’s eyes, did she say something wrong? Was it weird to not know what music was? In an instant, the two had swapped positions, and it was now Madeline who was being lead into the shop. She could see a little twinkle in Q’s eyes, she must have really loved this sort of thing, and in a few moments the demon queen would understand why.

Madeline adjusted the odd device that Q had placed upon her head, it was a little uncomfortable and she could barely hear anything around her. Her gaze drifted, looking around the shop, it seemed many people enjoyed these instruments and music, suddenly a *beep* filled the headphones and startled the girl a bit, before a harmony of violins started to ease in. As the tempo picked up, Madeline’s eyes lit up, and she formed a face of surprise, the sounds she was hearing, the emotion in the music, it was amazing. The song continued for a little bit, before ticking over to the next track, as the machine was only playing short clips.

This time the calming sound of a piano filled the headphones, before an orchestra eased in. Madeline turned to Q wide eyed "This is amazing!” she yelled, completely forgetting to remove the headphones from her head.

Q7, of course, didn't doubt for a second that Madeline would never think of disliking music. What was there to dislike? It was all just so interesting. Q7 was, of course, basically puffing her chest out in pride over showing someone music, even though she herself had just learned about it not that long ago. "Of course it is amazing, why would it not be?" Again grabbing Madeline's hand, she drags her away from the demo booth, only offhandedly remembering to make sure Madeline removed the headphones so that they weren't broken.

Pulling Madeline deeper into the store, she stops in the middle of an area that was just packed with CDs, holding music across every single genre, though only the more popular stuff. Indie music was a beast best left untouched when one was just getting into music itself. "All the discs here have different songs for you to listen to. Of every genre of music, including the classical that you just listened to." Q7 still has the bright eyed look of someone in love. "Where do you want to start? We might even find something I have not listened to."

Madeline was in high spirits now, it was this sort of thing that she came to the human world for, to get out and meet new people, and have fun new experiences. Because of Q’s apparent love for music, Madeline was able to share Q’s passion and enjoy the wonderful sounds. The young woman felt a tug on her arm, it seemed Q was trying to lead her to another part of the shop. Quickly removing the headphones, Madeline was dragged deeper into the shop where racks lined with more and more cd’s were, each with a little sign above the rack, showing what genre occupied that space.

Madeline’s eyes scanned all the CD cases, they all had such wonderful and interesting art on the covers, and before she realized it, she had wandered from Q’s side, and over to the rack holding various metal albums. The demon queen let out an audible squeak as she saw a CD cover that had demons on it. She turned to Q and then pointed at the CD with her metal hand "Look!...Look at this one…It reminds me of home…..” her voice trailed off as if she had said something she shouldn’t have, and in fact she had, as she was trying to keep her place of origin a secret, and found herself pointing at a CD with the vary depiction of hell on it. She let out an audible sigh before facepalming with her metal hand "Damn it!” she mumbled.

Q7 follows behind Madeline, more keeping an eye on her then actually looking at the different CDs, since she already owned them all and had most of them on her music player. She really had to get around to upgrading it so it could hold more songs, seeing as how it was already full. It was about then that Madeline points at one of the metal covers, saying how it reminded her of home. Q7 picks up the case, getting a closer look at it before turning to Madeline. "You must live in a horrible place, with all of these demons around. Will you need any help?"

Q7 was putting out a thick aura of innocence, so thick you could almost see a halo floating above her head. If this writer does say so himself, it is rather adorable and someone should give Q7 a hug as soon as possible. Tilting her head to the side, Q7 continues speaking. "I can help you if you need it. I do not mind, one should always help their friends out."

Madeline removed her face from her palm as she heard Q’s question. She looked up to see her companion with a total look of innocence on her face, she genuinely believed that being surrounded by demons was a terrible thing. Madeline thought for a moment, maybe it was a terrible thing, at least to those of the human world, but Arcadia is where she grew up. She turned to Q with a smile “No, no, no, no, you misunderstand. My home is amazing….and besides that, I’m their queen.” she said with an innocent smile, pointing to the demons on the cover.

She didn’t hold back when she said her last statement, she had already let it slip that she wasn’t from earth, though she probably could have lied, and Q might have believed her, but after Q called her, her friend, Madeline couldn’t help but be completely honest with the young girl. Madeline's eyes wandered a bit, she could feel the eyes of the patrons burning holes in the back of her head. Her cheeks turned a bright red out of embarrassment, it seemed she was experiencing that particular emotion a lot today.

Q7 ponders on that for a moment, seeing as how her last experience with demons ended with her taking it's head as a trophy. Finally deciding that maybe not every demon was bad like that one, seeing as how they had a human as their ruler, not yet figuring out that Madeline was also a demon. Plus Q7 figured that she could take a horde on if they were all bad at fighting like the last one. "I see, maybe I could come over to visit then. It would be nice to see demons that are nice, unlike the other one I met recently."

Q7, wisely, didn't go on to say that she murdered the fuck out of the demon and now has it's head in what is rapidly becoming her trophy room. Though who is to say that it was from the same realm of demons as Madeline is anyway. Moving on, Q7 continued to help Madeline check out all the different genres of music, even offering to buy some for her, since stealing is bad and Q7 was the only one with money out of the two of them.

Madeline let out another chuckle this one sounding more suspicious than playful "Well.....funny thing actually. The demons aren't really nice. They just do what I tell them." she said with a half smile. The truth of the matter was, there were some demons in Arcadia, that were decent, they kept to themselves, or kept a watchful eye over their queen, they favored solitude over destruction.

Madeline continued to browse through the shop with her new friend, both getting along through Q's love of music, and her interest in sharing it with Madeline. This was why Madeline was here, this type of scenario, getting to learn more about the habits and lives of the humans. It wasn't long before the two girls were once again outside the shop, with bags o merchandise in hand. Madeline turned to Q with a smile on her face "So what else do you like to do?" she asked, hoping there were more places to visit and more experiences to be had.