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[towerjunkie]

who; Eddie, Susannah, HEY JAKE AND OY IF YOU'RE THERE
where; idk wherever Suze is
what; someone app Roland now so the ka-tet is complete

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[legless_pilgrim]

"Oh, there you are sweetie," Susannah said as her husband- who, from her point of view, she's been separated from less than a day- came into view. "What's going on?"

[towerjunkie]

"What's goin' on, she says--"

This was probably the happiest Eddie had been in a long time. It was almost Christmas, and sure, he was still stuck in this stupid military base, but now his wife was here -- his wife. Not bad, as Christmas presents went.

"It's been months, Suze," he said, half-pulling her out of her wheelchair as he hugged her tightly. "Fuckin' ka thinks this is the clearing and they don't even bring-- oh shit, Suze, you're not-- are you?"

He leaned back to study her, eyes wide. Was she dead? Did she look dead? Of course not, she wasn't a freakin' zombie.

[legless_pilgrim]

Drawback of the occasional thought-sharing that comes with ka-tet- one is more likely to notice one's husband thinking something stupid.

"No, Eddie, I'm not a zombie," she said as patiently as she could while hugging him back and kissing him for good measure. "I don't know how long you've been here or where or when you're from- have I mentioned how much simpler my damn life was when there was only one world and no time travel?- but the last I remember, we were gearing up to pay a little visit to Algul Siento. Ring a bell?"

[towerjunkie]

He started to smile ruefully, started to think of a flippant response to her assurance -- then he heard gearing up and he got it. He understood. And it was almost as horrifying.

"Aw, Suze -- yeah. Yeah, rings a bell like a fuckin' todash chime. We've already done it, Jake and I ... already paid that visit. Time here runs almost as funny as Roland's world, say true. ... How much do you wanna know?"

She could probably guess the gist of it.

[otherworldsthan]

"'zannah 'zannah 'zannah 'zannah 'zannah..." Oy muttered as he trotted along, nose pressed firmly to the floor and curly-cue tail bobbing excitedly.

"You think you got her this time, buddy?" Jake asked, jogging lightly beside him. They'd had a few false alarms, and Oy kept getting distracted by that Anakin Skywalker guy with cakes in his pockets.

"OY! OY FIND!" he barked, before taking off at a dead sprint.

[legless_pilgrim]

"Oy!" Susannah grinned and bent down to pet the bumbler as he ran up to her. "And Jake, sugar, I'm so glad you're here. Mebbe this place ain't so bad after all."

[otherworldsthan]

Oy jumped up and down on his hind legs best he could, barking ecstatically.

"ZANNAH! S'ZANNAH!"

"You shoulda seen everyone hop outta their seats when you said there weren't any ramps," Jake grinned, embracing Susannah with gusto. He'd missed the rest of his ka-tet.

[legless_pilgrim]

Susannah hugged Jake back. "Good. It's just plain stupid of them to say 'hey, we got us a prison to hold all the people in all the worlds- long as they've got two legs'. Jake, I'm getting the impression that this place isn't exactly run by the cream of the military."