attempt number five ♓ (dictated/action)

[autophoenix]

[ Her hair is wet, her clothes are wet, even her journal is wet and Claire Bennet just looks generally miserable as she trudges into the lobby, dripping water all over the clean tile. She pulls her journal out of her bag and drops it on a convenient bench, opening it up and leaving water droplets on the page. I take back everything I said about

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[gottaknockhard]

Nobody warned you about the pond, huh?

[autophoenix]

Not a memo I received, no.

[gottaknockhard]

They always seem to leave out the worst parts.

[autophoenix]

I can tell you're really bursting at the seams with empathy.

[12winged_dealer]

I suspect a pond is far better than a few other places it could have chosen to send you.

[autophoenix]

Then I guess it's a good thing I'm not obligated to work on what's the relatively less terrible option.

[12winged_dealer]

Quite. From what I know of the geography through readings you could have ended up anything from a swamp to a pile of feces left out by the barns.

[autophoenix]

I'll get right on counting my blessings.

[wishmadeinfire]

[Totally agrees. Getting dumped into a pond is not fun, and he's already shivering from the cold even as he attempts to dry himself off with his power over fire.]

It is not one of Paradisa's better moments, of that I agree.

[autophoenix]

The crappy make-up, the tombstones, the disappearing acts and now this? I'm starting to wonder if it has better moments.

[wishmadeinfire]

Oh, no, it does have some now and then. Though admittedly they are few and in between.

[autophoenix]

So I keep hearing. But, I think I'm to the point where I'm not gonna believe it until I see it.

[recordhistory]

I'm kinda hoping it wasn't on purpose this time.

[autophoenix]

This time? Why would I purposely teleport myself into the pond?

[recordhistory]

Huh? I mean our host and the castle - you heard about that time after the dinosaurs?

[autophoenix]

Uhhh ...

[nurse_boy]

What happened?

[autophoenix]

Flora. This nice old woman from Mineas Well, she was being nice but those iron suits guys showed up and --

I hope she's okay.

[nurse_boy]

And what? What iron suit men?

[has clearly been out of the loop. It's Lorne's fault]

[autophoenix]

And she sent us back here so they couldn't get us. Apparently, they ripped the suits off of some Stark guy. I don't know the whole story, but Lois' report mentions it a little. [ she scribbles down the relevant page number. ]