http://bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2009-12-13 05:48 pm
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The Park, Sunday Evening

With some very much not medieval winter clothing, Merlin was rather enjoying the cool weather. Now that he wasn't going to freeze without all the layers he owned on.

Because no one wanted a wizard-cicle.

It might have helped that he was being dragged by Brynn through the park for her exercise. Why on earth he thought walking a dog that weighed about as much as him was a good idea was best left to the ages.

[[Open like a park]]
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
When Jack got back to the island, he wasn't in a mental place to go to the party -- or, even, really, to go home. He bid farewell to Tony and started a rambling walk around the island.

He was surprised to see someone else out. "Oh. Hello, Merlin," he said awkwardly. Out of habit, he glanced through the park to see if there were any blonds who looked apt to hit him lurking nearby.
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[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Arthur wouldn't hit him. Probably.

Maybe.

"Hello, Jack," Merlin replied, trying to tug a massive hound away from what might be the canine version of voicemail on the corner of a park bench.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Your dog?" Dogs were safe. Dogs were nice. Dogs were not sisters who came out of nowhere and --

Jack liked dogs.

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Dogs were totally safe! And---yes, not at all sisters.

"Arthur's, actually. But she's ended up a bit more of a pet than hunter."
bitten_notshy: ([neu] pacing)

[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
"There can't be much game on the island, can there?" Jack said, sitting on a bench and offering a hand to the animal. "So -- it's just as well she's a pet."

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Rabbits," Merlin replied. "And I think he wanted to take her home when we go. She'll probably be a used to breed larger hounds there."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Jack gave a distracted kind of nod. "She'll likely be good at it ... so I seem to have a sister."

Because that was a totally logical segue.

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
"You do?" Merlin asked, looking around carefully to see if there was a little green beast about. "Is--that new?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," Jack said, then caught himself and shook his head. "I mean -- I hadn't seen her since I was five. She tracked me down."

And he still wasn't sure how he felt about it.

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a good thing, right? Family and all?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"It is. It just makes things -- more complicated than they were a week ago." Jack frowned. "I wasn't going to go home exactly in May, but I can't leave her again, can I?"

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"How old is she?" Merlin asked after a moment.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Twenty-three or so?" Jack said, with a little shrug. He hadn't asked when he had the chance, and he didn't remember clearly. "Rebecca. She was the oldest of us."

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Merlin had to stop himself from wondering why she hadn't married yet. Because not everyone got married here. Weird.

"She needs care then?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
She thought of herself as quite the independent old maid, but that was beside the point.

"What?" Jack boggled for just a second, vaguely insulted on his sister's behalf. "No. DCI -- Professor Garret gave her a place. It just would be rude, wouldn't it? 'Thank you for crossing the ocean to find me, I hope you don't mind I'm moving 110 years away in six months and you'll never see me again.' "

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh." Merlin rubbed Brynn's head. "There's no way to visit her while staying here?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Jack hadn't actually gotten to thinking of that, and it showed on his face.

"... I don't know. Can you do that? I thought traveling in time was an island thing."

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure," Merlin admitted. "I know it's possible to continue speaking with people who have left here, at least."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, but I think that's telephones," Jack quibbled. "And email. And -- things we don't have. It's something else I need to research, I suppose."

He managed a tiny smile. "I know I should be happier."

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Did you not expect to see her again?"
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Jack shook his head briefly. "My parents sold me for a servant when I was small. It's not the kind of thing you expect a reunion after."

He reached for the dog again. "Are you in touch with your family?"

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
That was less of a shock than it really ought to be after so long here. Nobility wasn't exactly where Merlin would expect kindness.

"It's just my mother. I've seen her once since I left."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Jack didn't think of it as shocking; he was simply perfectly content not talking about it.

"I never saw mine, but that might be easier." Jack was just talking, now, as he tried to piece things together. "You know? I never had to -- worry about people just because I was related to them. I didn't really remember anything."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Not yet."

Emma had assured Jack she was pure of motive, but Jack didn't trust that would last.

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Then it seems like you've just been given a new chance at knowing your family."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
"You make this so much simpler than I wanted to," Jack said, finally smiling for real. "Thank you."

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Sometimes you need to look at the good things," Merlin replied. "Or else you're stuck always seeing the bad."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
"But you can't just look for the good and ignore reality," Jack said, a bit off-point. "It doesn't matter. How are you?"

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Now that I've stopped proclaiming my love for people, I'm better."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Jack buried his face in his hands. "Somehow I was hoping everyone would have forgotten about that particular folly in the last three days. Was yours a straight boy?"

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Worse," Merlin replied glumly. "Karla."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Jack ... should not have laughed. Not with Merlin looking so sad.

He managed not to, through heroic effort.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I'm trying to imagine you together, and it's -- you have to wonder how these pairings came about."

"She's over it, isn't she?"

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh! Yes." Thank god. "Arthur is very much alive, so yes."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
"And Karla is as well," Jack said. "... I hope, anyhow. I suppose we just need to say all's well that ends well."

His tone held some doubt about the clické.


[OOC: NIGHT.]

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
"In a way," Merlin replied dryly.
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
"They're alive, you aren't in love with her, I'm not trying to woo Priestly ..." Jack trailed off. "What more can we ask for?"

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-12-14 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
"It to never happen again."
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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2009-12-14 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I thought that was a given."
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