Things Reborn, Friday

[chic-harper.livejournal.com]

Harper wasn't expecting any new shipments of old merchandise, so she was really surprised to find a large trunk when she got to the store. It was marked "NOBODY TELLS ME ANYTHING." She was almost certain that it wasn't meant for her, but there was that nagging voice in the back of her mind that told her otherwise. But trying to figure out who hadn't been telling her anything was going to be tough. Not only did something weird happen with Alex the other day, but she'd also gotten a strange postcard from her dad. He said he was all set up in his new home, but he hadn't actually told Harper that he was moving.

So instead of opening the trunk, Harper shoved it behind the register and and sat on it. She would worry about it after calling her mom... once she eventually got through. For some reason, she kept getting a recording that her mom's phone number was disconnected.

Things Reborn was open, but please excuse Harper if she's a little busy flailing.

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex, armed with two iced coffees because she was a good best friend like that (even if a trunk or two said otherwise and included the words selfish), entered the store with the intent of explaining things to Harper.

That thought was momentarily discarded when she noticed her best friend flailing just a bit. "Are you okay?"

[Meant to do this earlier, oops.]

[chic-harper.livejournal.com]

"Me? Oh, I'm just fine, really," said Harper, putting the phone down. She tried to walk out from behind the register, but ended up tripping over a duffle bag labeled DENIAL. "Ooof! What is weird all the weird stuff showing up all over the place today?"

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

"I don't know, there's a whole bunch of it in my cabin," Alex said, shrugging slightly. "I don't know where it's coming from but I hope it doesn't stay too long. I won't have much room left in my alcove if it keeps happening."

She was only half joking on that one.

[chic-harper.livejournal.com]

"Wait, you had stuff show up too? That's great! I was worried that I'd forgotten about a new shipment or something," said Harper. "Hey, have you talked to your parents lately? Mine seem to be missing. Not the invisible kind of missing, but more like off the grid."

Yeah, she was going to take the round-about way of addressing what happened on Wednesday.

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

"I have a feeling we're not the only ones this happened to," Alex guessed. It was Fandom after all. "I talked with them last week. When did you talk to them last?"

Yeah, notice how she was avoiding talking about Wednesday. For the moment.

[chic-harper.livejournal.com]

"A couple of weeks ago, but I got a postcard from my dad. He said something about moving into a new house in Pittsburgh," said Harper. "I thought he was just going on another one of his separate vacations, but I called my mom at home and the phone's disconnected."