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Empty houses [voice - 004]

Jul 06, 2011 02:21

Pepper's gone back. Place it about four days ago. I looked into it; it's certain.

She's got more friends here than she liked to credit. Reckoned you'd want to know.

john constantine | ou, [ seattle ]

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[voice] turns_to_fire July 6 2011, 11:54:51 UTC

Let's just leave her room the way it is for a while. Just in case she comes back.

[voice] thelaughingmage July 6 2011, 18:47:29 UTC

Yeah. Yeah, what I was thinking.

[voice] turns_to_fire July 6 2011, 23:38:50 UTC

She might come back soon.

[voice] thelaughingmage July 7 2011, 01:19:52 UTC

She may. Then again, if she doesn't it means she's tucked safely back into 'er own life. Not exactly a losing proposition.

[For some reason he doesn't sound entirely convinced. Possibly because he remembers that one time when she came from her own future where she was totally messed up.]

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[voice; private] youmakemesmall July 6 2011, 12:05:12 UTC

I'm sorry, John. Can I do anything?

[voice; private] thelaughingmage July 7 2011, 02:05:48 UTC

You're a luv, Jan. I wouldn't say no to some company, next time you're out this way.

[voice; private] youmakemesmall July 7 2011, 02:09:43 UTC

Basically, my best friend here is gone so I'm at your disposal.

[voice; private] thelaughingmage July 7 2011, 02:15:55 UTC

Shit.

C'mon by, luv. Wear something nice and I'll take you somewhere idiotically posh where we can get soused in style and watch everyone seethe in envy over you.

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[voice] reddestrobin July 6 2011, 18:07:31 UTC

...Thanks for letting us know.

[ His voice is a bit tight. ]

[voice] thelaughingmage July 7 2011, 01:56:16 UTC

[John's is, by contrast, consciously casual.]

Sure. I'll make her give a bell if she turns back up.

[He pauses.]

May be the best thing for 'er, for wot it's worth. I think the place was getting hard for her to stomach.

[voice] reddestrobin July 9 2011, 19:30:56 UTC

Yeah, you're probably right. I think she's better off back home than she is here.

[Private] butterflybolts July 6 2011, 19:02:11 UTC

[LOLZ still not back yet!]

You going to be alright, love?

[Private] thelaughingmage July 7 2011, 01:44:40 UTC

Oh, yeah, this's a good few flights up from how I usually part ways with friends. Not sure why everyone's so given to treating going home like it's synonymous with dying.

How's the holiday in the English countryside?

[Private] butterflybolts July 7 2011, 02:06:01 UTC

Well, it's simply that we make connections with these people whom we wouldn't otherwise connect with. It makes the want to go home difficult, and when they disappear, it's like losing them. and when they don't come back, we've now lost them forever.

It'd be easier if I didn't have a bloody star smack dab in the middle of my forehead like some bloody third eye. And...it's not home.

[Private] thelaughingmage July 7 2011, 05:58:19 UTC

That's life though, innit, Betts. You move on from one thing to another, leave the old one laying behind you. And maybe you could go hunt up old mates, but realistically, what're the chances? Not sure it's different, really, whether it's a world or a universe between you.

[Ooookay, normally stuff like that stays on the internal voice-track. Moving on.]

I found the English cared a bit less than the Americans when I was over there a few years from now. [Tense-twisting antics amuse him.] London still felt the same, but I imagine that's not quite the same as 'home.'

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[voice] mr_lineface July 6 2011, 19:49:17 UTC

Thanks for the confirmation.

I owe her more than I could easily repay. I hope she comes back so that I could at least give it a try.

[voice] thelaughingmage July 7 2011, 01:29:20 UTC

If she comes back, repayment can include making her take lunch breaks outside the office. Woman forgets to do anything but work if you let 'er.

[voice] mr_lineface July 7 2011, 17:21:38 UTC

I think I can do that. Or at least try to coax her out with me.