33 Apocalypse Avenue, Thursday Evening

[bitten_notshy]

Jack wasn't ready to say goodbye to Kaidan. He remained quite firmly opposed to this general trend of people leavingBut if Kaidan was going to go fight purple blobby land jellyfish --or whatever he was up to -- he deserved a decent send-off. Which was why Jack had ordered several pizzas, laid in a few kegs of Canadian lager, and sent an email to

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Arrive + Mingle [8/14]

[bitten_notshy]

You know you want to.

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[filleauloup]

Wait until Éponine discovered TV Tropes. She might spend a month on it.

She laughed harshly. "Yes, it's a good thing for you that you had nothing to do with that mess! I'd much rather hear you talk about your classes than how you ended up trapped there. Calling itself a carnival, really, it's the silliest thing I ever heard of, when there aren't even any masked parades."

She snorted, as if to dismiss the whole ridiculous notion.

"Yes, it's lucky for you that you weren't caught up in it as well. I wish I'd only had work to keep me busy, and it's done plenty of that."

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[bitten_notshy]

"Funny," Jack said thoughtfully. "I've gotten so used to the way people here say carnival I forgot they should have masked parades."

And he felt that bittersweet tug of distance from his home.

"But I like my classes. I'll graduate in December if nothing else goes wrong, did I tell you that?" He felt compelled to knock wood after he said that, because so often things did go wrong.

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[filleauloup]

"I'd never seen one here before," Éponine remarked, then with a touch of added vehemence, "and I don't much care to again, I'll tell you that."

But never mind that, it was as much as she wanted to say on the subject.

"December, is it? And then you'll be all done! But what will you do with yourself then?"

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[bitten_notshy]

"Law school," Jack admitted. "At least, law school if I can convince them to let me start midyear. If not, I'll probably pick up teaching again until the school year after this coming one."

He smiled. "I wish I had an answer that involved being fanned on a beach somewhere, but sadly it's all a grind."

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[filleauloup]

Éponine chuckled lightly. "Don't you think that would become dull after a bit, though? Lying on the sand and doing nothing -- it sounds lovely but I don't know I could carry on that way for too long. But what d'you think it will take for them to let you start sooner?"

She was a bit envious, yes. Not as envious as she might have been a year ago, though.

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[bitten_notshy]

"I'll need to prove I can make up the ground I lost not starting with everyone else," Jack explained. "Maybe do some extra online courses in the fall."

"And you're right," he added,with the tiniest smile. "I'd get bored. But all the same,it'd be nice to lie on a beach for a while and see how long it took for boredom to arrive."

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[filleauloup]

"And how long d'you think that might take?" She couldn't help being curious about -- just about everything ever, even if this time it was just an idle curiosity. "I think I might fall asleep for a bit, and then be tired of it by the time I woke up again."

She paused before adding, "Though if I had a book with me, I might not mind staying a while longer . . . school rules seem silly, that's what I think. What's it matter when you start so long's you can wrap your head around your lessons, anyway?"

Who needed smooth transitions from one subject to another? Pfft.

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[allie_vamp]

Allie was glad Fandom's latest bit of whimsy had worn off in time for the party. But she still wasn't happy about the reason for it, even if she tried to put a happy face on.

[Great sp. In a car for another nine hours but I'm about to hit my data cap.]

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[bitten_notshy]

"You look about as happy as I feel," Jack confided softly. "Good to see you, anyhow."

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[allie_vamp]

"Same. I'm trying to be happy. I'm not that good at faking it," Allie admitted. "But I'll try harder."

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[bitten_notshy]

"No, you shouldn't have to," Jack said quickly. "I just meant -- I feel the same way. Happy he's doing something he wants to do, sad for us."

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[allie_vamp]

"Exactly," she nodded. "And it's not like I have so many friends that I'm not going to notice when one isn't around. Which, yes, I know, selfish of me but there was a reason I never was willing to let people in before I came here."

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[bitten_notshy]

"There are a lot more people worth letting in here," Jack said briefly, and glanced over to Kaidan. "It's not goodbye forever. It can't be."

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[allie_vamp]

"Not if we have anything to say about it. Portalocity on the other hand...." It was easier to blame Portalocity then think about the fact that Kaidan could potentially be heading into danger.

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[bitten_notshy]

"You would think Portalocity would owe us by now, but apparently not."