01; [lobby] I can't break through this mess, I can't see through this mess

Nov 03, 2010 17:30

He was trying to please everyone, he really was. He was trying to keep everything in a straight line. Clearly, he wasn't succeeding ( Read more... )

nathan ford, helen magnus, sophie devereaux

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wereall_addicts November 6 2010, 00:03:36 UTC
That was not a voice that Sophie was expecting to hear.

She was starting to think that it was just going to be her and Parker, but now Nate was here as well? She wasn't exactly sure what this place was trying to pull -- she wasn't sure she understood this place at all really, but it was something. She made her way forward into the lobby and frowned.

"Nate?"

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sexycuzimbroken November 6 2010, 00:16:38 UTC
Nate froze at that voice and slowly turned around to face her. He hadn't been expecting that either. He had assumed their reunion would be a little different than this, but he didn't seem to have a choice.

He was trying to come up with proper words. 'Hello' maybe. Or 'what are you doing here?' would have worked. They weren't coming.

Because as far as he was concerned, she hadn't been around in months and he had been waiting impatiently for her to come home, and now he was somewhere...he didn't even know where...and she was there too.

And he didn't know what to say.

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wereall_addicts November 6 2010, 02:26:00 UTC
Sophie watched him for a moment before taking a few steps closer, looking over at him with confusion. "Nate? Are you alright?"

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sexycuzimbroken November 6 2010, 02:36:38 UTC
A million things were going on at that moment, and he probably should have been more concerned with the whole...finding himself somewhere he hadn't been five minutes ago...but at the moment he was just settled on the fact that he hadn't seen her in so long.

"You're....hi." Not to mention he had just been yelling at her five minutes ago and she had hung up on him.

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wereall_addicts November 6 2010, 03:35:52 UTC
Oh, this wasn't good. She was already guessing what could have possibly gone wrong before Nate getting here and now, but it was entirely possible that this was a Nate that was in the past for her, and she was going to be placed in a very odd position.

"Nate? What's the last thing you remember?"

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sexycuzimbroken November 6 2010, 04:25:31 UTC
He sighed and stepped up to her. He was still watching her in that way of being glad to see her after so long.

"Well...there was a fashion show and Tara, and...you and I were talking and you...I might have...gotten loud."

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wereall_addicts November 6 2010, 13:44:56 UTC
" ... Oh."

Stupid bloody city.

Sophie wasn't sure how to respond to this. Where she was from, they were just managing to find themselves in some semblance of a working relationship. Now she had to start all over again.

"Nate, that was a year ago for me. This place -- it plays with time."

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sexycuzimbroken November 6 2010, 16:21:34 UTC
"I don't...understand," he said slowly, looking around. It had just happened.

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wereall_addicts November 6 2010, 16:47:51 UTC
She sighed, running a hand through her hair. "We're in some kind of ... separate bubble. It's called El Dorado. For me, that was a year ago, while for you it had just happened."

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sexycuzimbroken November 6 2010, 17:35:37 UTC
"And...how long have you been here?"

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wereall_addicts November 6 2010, 18:20:21 UTC
"Little over two months?" she replied with a half shrug. "Parker's here too ... somewhere."

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sexycuzimbroken November 6 2010, 21:20:50 UTC
Nate rubbed his forehead and heaved a sigh. "Right...somewhere...here. Some place that picks through time and...holds us here."

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wereall_addicts November 7 2010, 15:23:36 UTC
"Pretty much," she sighed. "The floating City of Gold in the sky."

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sexycuzimbroken November 7 2010, 16:02:13 UTC
He held up the cell phone that he had been given. "And how do I make this thing work?" Nate could pull the best of cons, but a cell phone for more than a simple phone call was a bit beyond him.

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wereall_addicts November 7 2010, 16:13:35 UTC
She laughed. "Voice, video and text. It's just your basic smart phone, minus the internet."

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sexycuzimbroken November 7 2010, 16:48:32 UTC
He sighed and spun the phone around in his fingers. "I still prefer average phones."

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