Chapter Two
Heather Chapman and Kara (Karolina) David (pronounced Dah veed) shared a love of the late 20th Century American culture, reveling in seeing the old movies and listening to its music. They especially had come together at Oxford being the only two in the vast multitudes of students there who wore their hair and clothes in total black, evoking the era of the "Emo's", those gentle youths who had followed the emotion packed music of such bands as Husker Du and Jimmy Eat World.
In the world of 2025, after years of living with financial collapse and global warming, there they were in England and had found each other which was odd since they were from such distinctly different classes and cultures.
Heather's family was English to its core but she was the grandniece of an original Monty Python, Graham Chapman, luckily whose money had seen them through very tough times. England and other European countries actually weathered the twin crises better having had the foresight (thanks to Prince Charles) to go back to the old ways of English victory gardens and the new ways of solar and wind. The Chapmans had borne it all with good grace; but maintained a genteel poverty until this last decade. Still they were English upper class and if it was good enough for the Royal Family, then the Chapmans could bear it. Heather eschewed her titles but when it came to attending Oxford, she was more than happy to use her connections. She had originally thought to be a historian and could have seen herself burying her nose in books for the rest of her life; except for that day when she happened to have an epiphany. She didn't want to be just anybody; she wanted to stand out. And what better way than to go for a retro look; one from her favorite time in history. Somehow she just knew what it was like to have lived during that time. It might be karma as Heather deeply believed in being reborn many times over until you got it right. And so when she spotted Kara on campus that day, she just knew her!