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Momoko's place, El Paso, Texas, late Monday night

Jan 26, 2015 22:59

Priestly tended to go a little extra scruffy in times of emotional stress. Especially ones like now, where he decided a good way to deal with it was to spend a long weekend out in a national park living in a tent and "communing with nature ( Read more... )

ic, priestly misses the ocean, el paso

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blondecanary January 27 2015, 05:39:48 UTC

*ringtone of Dinah!*

Because she's back home in New Gotham, and it's been longer than a week for her without talking to her BFF at this point.

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 05:44:30 UTC

And really, that just wasn't right.

"Perfect timing," Priestly answered, skipping right past any awkward with the ease of too much practice. "I just got home from my vision quest."

blondecanary January 27 2015, 05:48:31 UTC

"Ooooo. Did you see your spirit animal? Was it a chameleon or a blue-toed booby?"

Hi to you too, Priestly.

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 05:50:58 UTC

"Neither. It was a horny toad." That joke wasn't getting old any time soon, no. "I don't know how much wisdom I got out of it, though."

blondecanary January 27 2015, 05:53:03 UTC

Dinah cackled, because sometimes she was 12.

"You didn't feel enlightened and made whole and one with the desert and the stars or anything? Awwwww. Maybe you should ask the toad for a refund."

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 05:53:56 UTC

"I'm not sure I'd want to be one with a desert, anyway. It's all dry and dusty."

blondecanary January 27 2015, 06:01:44 UTC

"And arid. Lifeless? ... the hot part would be fun." Could this metaphor be wrung out any more? Naaah. "So was it a bust aside from the toads, or did you at least get some cactus wine out of it?"

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 06:11:04 UTC

"You know, I'm thinking I'm just really not the cactus wine type. Sand's supposed to have an ocean attached. There's just no way around it."

blondecanary January 27 2015, 06:19:33 UTC

"Awwww." Dinah grinned, then sobered a little. "But, does the ocean have to have sand attached?"

Because New Gotham? Mostly had rocks.

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 06:23:34 UTC

"Hey. I'm not running away." Since he'd just had this conversation with Momo, after all. "I'm coming back. I'm just . . . clearing my head, first."

blondecanary January 27 2015, 06:27:51 UTC

"I am really relieved to hear that." Dinah sighed, pushing a hand through her hair. "I mean, I know you said that, but... It's a lot to take. And I know you've got a life here now, and all. And yet."

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 06:30:56 UTC

"And it's not like I haven't done it before." Made it halfway around the world on that one, too. "But you know I always tell you where I'm going. That's not going to change unless you stop wanting to know."

She still wanted to know, right? He was pretty sure, but -- he'd tried to poison her.

blondecanary January 27 2015, 06:34:36 UTC

"Like that'll ever happen," left Dinah's mouth without any thought whatsoever. Then she paused and added, "I am totally okay with you, I've just been worried that you weren't okay with life in New Gotham or me or metas and stuff."

And she just had a couple too many false memories, real memories, and nightmares leftover not to pace the floor when he was outside whatever world she was in. She was just kind of resigned to that by now.

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 06:37:55 UTC

That was probably good; Priestly did a lot of world hopping. He'd kind of gotten travel into his blood.

"I will never have a problem with you," Priestly said. "Not you as a whole. I might not always like everything you do and say, but you're my Dinah." Somewhere, not even that far away, Momo was shrieking in delight. "That's not going to change. Even if your home town is deeply creepy."

blondecanary January 27 2015, 06:46:37 UTC

Okay, those words were a hug, how did you do that, Priestly?

"Ditto. Very ditto. Yaaaay. I'm so, so glad you're okay, did I mention that?" She was beaming at the phone now. "And yeah, New Gotham kinda is the poster child of urban insanity," Dinah admitted, although she was so used to it now, she never thought of leaving. But there was no denying that there was a lot of corruption, craziness, and just plain crime, and she was one of the people lucky enough to be able to dodge all that if she wanted to. "Which... there are cool parts! That, you know, I don't think we visited when you were just visiting, because we hit the tourist stuff. But it's not all the Narrows and the Arkham Asylum, so when you get back, maybe we could field-trip a bit?"

lovemykilt January 27 2015, 06:53:41 UTC

It was a gift. Mostly from Trucker and Zo.

"That depends," Priestly said. "Is there a warm front expected? I have a new rule: if the temperature is lower than Ellen Degeneres' age, I'm not going outside."

Did you know Ellen just turned 57, Dinah? Did you?

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