remember your lovers who gave you more than love.

[uponthewires]

[ooc: I am sorry for spamming the comm, guys. >< But this might be the last weekend or week in general where I'll get to tag heavily, with school/work on the way. So I...decided to be crazy and make a multi-pup post. Tag in as many times as you'd like, with as many characters as you'd like! It's open like burning. ♥]

Anne Hamilton is wandering the

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[enjoythe_ride]

Bela would like it stated for the record that even if you are really grateful to be sucked through a rift in time and space that allows you to escape certain death, being stuck in an elevator is still really bloody annoying.

She had been wandering through the city, trying to get a feel for her new home without actually interacting with people much. She had hoped to go as unnoticed as possible -- just wanting to observe more than anything else -- and for the most part, she manages to do just that. However, once she landed in the elevator, she not only isn't alone anymore, but stuck with someone she doesn't know.

It's starting to make her feel just a touch claustrophobic.

After about fifteen minutes of silence, she glances over and can't help but ask. "Does this happen often?"

/loves it

[wearsnomask]

Rachel would have ordinarily tried to start a conversation ten minutes ago. Her focus on the book in her hands is ridiculous, and she can't keep her fingers from tracing the cover. It's Bruce.. It's Bruce in the batsuit for all the world to see.

It's wrong. It's such an invasion of privacy, and people buy these books for entertainment when it's their lives.

She looks up when Bela speaks, giving her an apologetic smile. It moderately resembles a grimace, too. "I can safely say this is the first time it's happened to me."

She sets the book to the side. "Then again, the way this city likes to operate, it doesn't surprise me."

[enjoythe_ride]

Bela has heard a lot about the angels, the demons, the CLF, and the people who would love to hurt Wanderers, but she hasn't heard nearly enough on the subject of the Rift itself. When the girl says that it's the first time it's happened to her, she does visibly relax -- it could just be a routine elevator maintenance issue, but she is curious about the second half.

"How does the city like to operate, exactly?"

[wearsnomask]

"Unpredictably, not all of it due to Rifts," is the succinct answer. It's difficult to explain. Rachel is a pragmatic person, entirely used to giving cold, hard facts. The Rift doesn't operate the way she does.

It frustrates her on occasion, to put it mildly.

"I take it you're new to Chicago. How long have you been here?"

[ayanagichief]

Ryo Kanzato is one such person witnessing the flailing, beskirted legs of Pheobe Donovan. He is not sure what to think of this. Is she trying to commit suicide? Is she being pushed out of the window?

...well, whatever's going on, she clearly needs help. It's just there are so many people around and he can't exactly fly up there without calling unwanted attention to himself.

This has resulted in Ryo pacing back and forth underneath Phoebe's legs, wondering what he can do.

[thehighestwing]

Phoebe does not hear Ryo underneath her, but she does sense a Wanderer's continued presence somewhere nearby. She hopes she is not freaking them out with her antics.

These things always happen to her and she is not sure why. She could write a book about them all and would quite possibly have to split the book into two volumes.

"I AM NOT A CRIMINAL!" she assures him, still trying to wiggle her way back out of the window. It's working, for the most part.

[ayanagichief]

...yes, say that to the former police superintendent, will you? That's not suspicious at all. Ryo narrows his eyes (demonstrating his extreme lack of suspicion), now wondering the wisdom of flying up to help her. If she's ~not a criminal~, then helping her would ~not~ make him an accessory to the crime.

Well.

He can at least stand here and watch her just in case she falls. Which--

"You're going to fall," he points out helpfully.

[thehighestwing]

Phoebe has no idea he's a former police superintendent. It's just her luck she says this to him, of all people. She doesn't blame him if he doesn't immediately believe it. Circumstances are gray at best and well, she does want to retrieve something that belongs to her.

"Not if I'm careful!" she says reassuringly. She doesn't know why she is reassuring him since he doesn't seem all that concerned, but that's Phoebe for you.

"Just gonna move a little bit--"

The window budges and Phoebe falls directly into the dumpster nearby. A banana peel is on her head now.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Shawn is walking back to the Kashtta, drumming out the beat of KISS's "New York Groove" on his chest as he walks. It's partially because he's bored, partially because it's a good song, and partially because after some point he can start singing along with the part of the song he remembers.

"And baby! You better believe I'm back! Back in the New York Groove!" He sings loudly and slightly off key as he walks. "Back! Back in the New York -- whoa!"

He spots Anne wandering just as she is about to step in front of a particularly fast vehicle speeding down Chicago's streets, and realizes that he clearly has no choice but to act. He lunges forward, throwing his arms around the girl's chest from behind, and yanks her out of the way of the oncoming car, placing her down on the sidewalk gently.

"You okay? That guy nearly ran you down."

[uponthewires]

The feeling isn't unfamiliar and it always manages to be strange.

The emotions aren't her own and they feel foreign in her body. They're fading, but they fade too slowly for her liking. The guilt chokes at her, and at first she can't speak. It clogs her throat. She's only faintly aware of being pulled somewhere. "Uh...I don't--"

Sounds and street lights are distorted. Shawn's face is blurry, like she is seeing him through burning glass. It all undulates in her vision, blurring together to form a kaleidoscope of foggy colors.

Her feet are solidly placed on the ground, and Anne looks up at him, scarcely avoiding his gaze.

"I don't know how I got here."

[pwnspatrickjane]

Oh, that's absolutely not good. "Here, come sit down.

Shawn leads her over to one of the parked cars and helps her sit, before checking her eyes, trying to see if there is any kind of injuries he's missing. "I'm Shawn. What's your name?"

His mind is very quickly jumping to the different reasons for that particular reaction -- head trauma, drug use -- but there doesn't seem to be and bleeding or visible damage to her head, and she also seems pretty coherent. Which means it's just something he's gotta figure out.

[uponthewires]

Anne lets herself be led, sitting where he directs her to. It would be difficult to fight anyone at this point. It's not her fault. It's not. It's--he is asking a question. Anne tries her best to focus and answer.

"...Anne." She swallows thickly past what feel like shards in her throat. She wipes at her wet cheek with the heel of her palm.

"I didn't--" Anne winces at the rough quality to her voice. "I didn't mean to."

[sitherequietly]

Castiel hasn't seen Julian since their initial encounter, and there is probably a reason for that. He is also more than certain that the angel can handle himself against the aforementioned three-headed dog, but Castiel also likes to be helpful.

He figures that either way a dangerous creature is dead. Pride is something that can be repaired a lot easier than some body parts can. Castiel raises his hand and with a flick of his wrist, the dog is lifted off it's feet and tossed into the nearest wall, hopefully disorienting it long enough to make it somewhat easier to deal with.

[laperdicion]

The reason will be obvious soon enough, Castiel.

A perceptostatic Rift materializes once more within a world of brightness, engulfing Julian whole and spitting him back out for the last time seconds later. The man curses in Spanish before he unfurls to his full height. The wings push out of his back in one fell swoop, and he stands there in amazement as Castiel knocks the creature out with little to no effort.

"...That's one hell of a gift you have there, hermano."

They may be different sorts of angels, but an angel is an angel in Julian's mind.

[sitherequietly]

As far as he's concerned, that's a level of acceptance, and it means a lot in the CLF-charged atmosphere that Chicago seems to have taken on lately. However, he's also not going to say that that's only the tip of the iceberg on what he can do.

"It can be helpful on occasion." He lets his hand fall to his side when it seems that the dog isn't going to get up again and turns back to Julian with a nod. "Are you alright?"

[laperdicion]

"I'm fine. Just a little disoriented," Julian admits, a hand working on the knots building up tension over his shoulder. Castiel was right to denote pride. Julian Cuevas is a very proud man, used to being in charge, and he doesn't like becoming a Rift's chew toy.

He keeps one eye on the three-headed dog, his attention mostly on Castiel now.

"...What day is it today?"

[thehighestwing]

Oh, they've never met, but Phoebe definitely knows who Ianto Jones is. It is a meeting months in the making, the narration has decided with nothing short of glee.

Phoebe lets out a small eek at his question. She'd been hoping against hope no one would see her. Phoebe's hands are flattened against the floor of the room. She can't smooth down her skirt. Ianto may be getting an eyeful.

"I'm okay!" Phoebe assures, craning her neck to try and get a good look at whoever is asking. She fails horrifically. "This totally not what it looks like, by the way."

Only it is.

[thehighestwing]

The good news is, Phoebe decided to wear very cute boyshorts today. They're littered with sky blue polka dots. She usually makes this decision whenever she's wearing a skirt. Go Phoebe!

"...Uh." Grimacing, Phoebe keeps wiggling furiously in place. The window is slowly, slowly starting to budge. The problem is she doesn't notice, as she is now ranting. "Well, yes. But! I used to live here. I left something in one of the closets. One of the landlords hates my guts so she wouldn't let me inside. There really is no reason for her to dislike me. I'm perfectly nice. Okay, so I called her a seventy-year old virgin with the face of a lizard one time but I totally apologized later! I still think if she ever got laid--"

The window budges for good and Phoebe shrieks, falling abruptly down below. It is a good thing Ianto is there to catch her!