♣ 022] checking in... again

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[Team Leverage]

Alright, now I really have no clue where anyone is. I ended up in the Dead Zone, and now I can't even find Bela. I'm hoping she's already back to normal and at the house we took in the city.

Which, unless you've got other places to stay, I'd say my place is big enough for our group. We've managed in a van with the four of us, I think we can handle a two bedroom apartment.

Just - let me know everyone's okay.

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[Bela]

If you're not at the apartment, I need to know where you are so I can come get you.

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[POST MIDNIGHT - Back in the Leverage Tower]

-- the hell just happened?

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Eliot

[enjoythe_ride]

[quiet. she's still kind of processing]

No, I'm here.

Bela

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[relieved!]

Alright, I'm still trying to see if I can track down anyone, but I'll get there as soon as I can.

[totally knows that it's not the right time to ask, especially over the journal, so he'll just say this:]

I know it's going to take time to let it settle, but I'll be there as soon as I can.

Eliot

[enjoythe_ride]

Well, I'll be here. It's not as though I have anywhere else to go.

[Bela Defense Mechanism #1: when uncomfortable, resort to sarcasm. Though her tone doesn't quite reach sarcasm and more depressed, but she tried]

Bela

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[he goes to reply... but instead finds himself standing in the Leverage Tower... (http://community.livejournal.com/paradisa/10422847.html?thread=502586175#t502586175)]

POST MIDNIGHT - Back in the Leverage Tower

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[have a very confused, very ticked off Eliot wondering what just happened]

That - is not normal.

[enjoythe_ride]

[is equally surprised, glancing around for a moment until she recognizes the place]

Well. That was a short-lived victory.

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[and she was not there a second ago... or at least he thinks, but he still goes to her side, putting an arm around her protectively]

Too short.

This is creepy.

[enjoythe_ride]

[curls into his arm and just stays close]

Yes, well, magic is a pain that way.

[a bit of a pause as she looks up at him]

Are you alright?

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[nods, albeit absently at her question]

Yeah. [then returns his focus to her] We don't have to stay here, not if you don't want to, but I'm not sure what just happened.

[rubs her shoulder] We should find a journal, and see what's going on.

[enjoythe_ride]

[nods as she glances down at her watch]

Well, it's just after midnight. My guess would be that the spell has broken and Cinderella has left the ball.

[meaning it's the next day, so everything's back to normal]

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[he shakes his head]

No... this, it doesn't feel right. Something is off, and my head is still killing me, but it's just not the same pain as before.

[glances around for his journal]

[enjoythe_ride]

[her head hurts too, but she's also got a lot of other stuff going on, so she's just gonna nod and go with it]

Frankly, I can't bring myself to care at the moment. Though the castle did just rebuild itself out of nowhere. Who knows what the side effects will be?

[verydistinctive.livejournal.com]

[yeah, he's not sure which is weirder being brought right back to the lounge of the Tower, or that the lounge of the Tower was rubble literally ten minutes ago]

I should go see if the others are here. [but if she wants him to stay he will]

[enjoythe_ride]

[no, she's gonna let him go because that's his family. he should see if they're okay]

I should go check on my things. Make sure everything's still in one piece.