And now whatever way our stories end... [Active / Semi-closed]

[wingsformonkeys]

Characters: Elphaba, Spin; J and other EBA characters welcome!
Content: Elphaba flies over to visit a friend; he decides to introduce her to any of his coworkers who happen to be around.
Location: BPH
Time of day: evening
Warnings: music(al) references may abound?

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[eba05]

Upon reading Elphaba's journal, Spin kept swinging between relief and worry. Relief that his friend hadn't vanished after all--worry that she was still in this city. Worry that she had been trapped, relief she was now safe--oh wait no, worry she was hurt.

In the end, he settled for glad she was, at this point in time, all right, and he'd get to see her. The young Agent made his way to the lobby, and caught sight of his magical friend already looking for him.

Spin smiled and gave her a wave. "Elphaba! Good to see you. You're doin' better, I take it?"

[wingsformonkeys]

The witch of the west's face was lit by a genuine smile when she saw Spin. "I'm fine. I was mostly alright already, I just needed someone to make sure the bone healed properly." She shifted her hand around her broom awkwardly, getting used to conversation again. A month of nothing but silence unless she was singing to herself had taken its toll on her, but Elphaba was thankful it was a small one.

"How are you, Spin? I haven't managed to read all of the network posts from my absence, but I know a lot happened." The agent was one of her favorite people in the city, and she wanted to be sure he was alright. Elphaba had come to know him well enough to know that he would worry and take everything that happened on his shoulders, so while he was clearly physically okay, she had no idea how much of an emotional price he might have paid of late.

[eba05]

Spin gave Elphaba a wry grin. "Surviving, step at a time. Don't know how much of the mess you're aware of, but things got complicated fast." He shrugged. "Making it through, as I always do." Luckily enough, he wasn't feeling too much of the pressure at the time. The patrols were thankfully uneventful, and the city at least hadn't done anything horrible very recently.

"I had the luck of having a support group, too," he added, with a smile. "Some friends from home. Maybe you can meet 'em, they're a great bunch." Admittedly, having J around was a stressful event all its own, but you can't win them all.

[eba02]

That particular stressful event had been standing at the top of the stairs for the past few minutes, trying his hardest to stay silent. He hadn't believed the entry on the network when he'd seen it, but the way Rookie was talking to her-

Elphaba. Elphaba Thropp. Man, her show had gotten him into the musical theater side of things he didn't even know how many years ago, and now she was here in the flesh.

Well, this wasn't the first time he'd played it cool when something undeniably weird had turned up, and no way was this a bad thing. It was Elphaba, after all.

...and that was his cue.

He headed down the stairs, cool as could be, as though he'd just walked in on the conversation. "Oh, Rookie, I'm flattered," he grinned. Actually, he'd figured Rookie'd still be angry after the whole bell thing. Looked like he got over stuff pretty quick. He flashed that same grin to Elphaba as he reached the bottom of the stairs. "Still haven't met all his friends yet...you can call me J."

[wingsformonkeys]

"I'm aware of just enough to know of the most recent development," she informed Spin with the slightest hint of a frown, suppressing the intensity of her reaction to the event. Some of her spells had resulted in unforeseeable transformations, and considering how sparse her control over that particular effect, Elphaba sincerely hoped she would never be anything near capable of causing the kind of atrocity that had happened here

[ebd_starr]

Jingling with every step, Starr walked through the front doors of the hotel and into the lobby, carrying what appeared to be shopping bags in her hands. She could have changed out of her uniform at one of the stores she had hit in her 'shopping' spree, but for safety had decided to wait until she got back to someplace with a lock. She didn't like the thought of those crab things, at all.

A few steps into the lobby, she noticed that Spin and J were there, with someone she hadn't met. Which wasn't surprising, considering she had just arrived in the city. Smiling, she walked over to the small group.

"Hi Spin. J." She said, giving the two familiar ones a small wave along with her smile. Turning to the other woman standing there, she offered her hand. "Hi. I'm Starr."

[diva_missy]

Starr wasn't the only one jingling. Of course, Missy still wore her uniform occasionally. It reminded her of home, and it made her feel better to wear it, instead of always dressing like a civilian. Which was nice too of course, but.. well, it just wasn't the same.

Still, shopping with Starr was always fun, and the third EBD was seen carrying some bags after her. Of course, the way she was carrying them, she really couldn't see where she was going. Well, sort of. She had to turn a bit, and at first she didn't see the new friend that Spin was introducing to everyone.

"Hey, Starr? Where should I put these?"

[eba05]

Spin cast a grin at J. Sure, he was still sore at the guy for messing with his headphones, but there were plans to return in kind, so that notion was keeping the younger Agent sated. More than anything else, he was pleased to finally get to introduce some of the people he'd met in Manhattan to his coworkers.

"Look out for this one," he commented to Elphaba. "In the year I've known him, I've gotten more noogies than the rest of my life." Considering how much J had been bugging him lately, the comment was surprisingly not bitter at all.

The jingling sounded, and the Rookie turned with a slightly awkward smile. Apparently the Divas had let the bells stick around. "Ahh, good timing, ladies. Elphaba, this is Starr and Missy. Same line of work, as well."

[eba02]

"Pleasure's all mine," J grinned, every bit of it the truth. It was still tough to believe, but he was definitely not complaining. "Don't listen to Rookie - in the year I've known him, he's deserved every one of 'em." The grin went from Elphaba to Rookie - he was joking, and wanted them both to know it.

Of course, he heard the Divas coming before he saw them, and it was all he could do not to burst out laughing to see his handiwork on display. He knew Missy had found other clothes, but he'd had no idea Starr didn't have anything else (he assumed - she might have just decided to keep the bells). Either way, he was grinning wide as he approached them. "Here, Missy, I'll take those." He owed Starr one anyway...so to speak.