No place like home

[call_me_rat]

((Apologies to everyone this is so late. I went out of state, and then came back and got tied up in a professional commission... It's been busy.))

At the end of the long journey through the city, Rat and his companions are thrown through a portal and out. They don't all land in the same place, though. Like a PIN-me machine, the portal seems to

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[harley_is_love]

Harley had been elbow-deep in dish washing when the muffled knock came to the door. So she almost missed the fact that someone at the door. Luckily, someone with enhanced hearing did hear it, and April comes running from her bedroom and towards the door.

"Someone is here Momma!" April opens the door. "It is Uncle Rat!"

Harley turns to see Markus, and almost drops a plate when she sees Markus so banged up. "Oh!" She quickly sets everything away, and rushes to the door. "Markus! You are out of the hospital."

[call_me_rat]

Rat gives them both a lopsided grin, leaning on the crutches, and tries to separate the balloon out from the flowers. He can't lean down too well, but he offers the string to April. "Hey. I came to check on my girls. I heard everybody's back..." He's looking bruised and cut up, but clean.

[harley_is_love]

April giggles, taking the balloon. She gos to the living room to play with her gift. Harley steps forward to accept the flowers, "That is the information I received too. That everyone is back, and healing."

"I am glad to see you. I was worried."

[call_me_rat]

He looks guilty as he hands over the flowers. "I called Sarah first, because I didn't know where you'd be or if you got out too... and... then I was drugged up for a while. Sorry..." This is meant to be an apology for not calling her from the hospital, but he looks so pathetic on crutches that hopefully she'll forgive him anyway. "I'm glad you got out safe."