The Perk, Wednesday afternoon

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah had spent most of the morning training, and was treating herself to a frappachino now, leaning back in one of the booths and sipping as she watched Fandom go by outside the window. All of it. No parts missing.

A lazy summer day, and caffeine. Two and a half weeks to go.

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[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

Tim had stopped in for an iced coffee, but he was glad to see Dinah there, since he'd gotten an odd text from Karla (http://boywonder03.livejournal.com/964.html?thread=112068) the previous day. "Hey," he said. "How are you doing?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey Tim. Have a seat?" Dinah suggested, waving him over. "I'm good. Glad last weekend's craziness is over. You're all recovered?"

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

Tim slid into the seat across from her. "Yeah, all I needed was some food and sleep. Hey, I got a weird message from Karla yesterday. You know what was going on with her?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah growled under her breath, reminded that she had to track Karla down. And sit on her. "Weird how? She left me a message that she was getting into trouble. (http://blondecanary.livejournal.com/637.html?thread=1819773) And that she had back-up, but jeez."

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

"She wanted me to check on you," Tim said. "What kind of trouble?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah hesitated, then rolled her eyes and smirked a little. Karla said tell no one in Kaeleer; that sure didn't include Tim. "Infiltrating an evil orgy with a vampire and Sookie. And some other people, probably." She paused. "She wanted you to check on me? Oh is she ever getting read the riot act for do-as-I-say."

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

"She WHAT?!" Tim squawked. "With a vampire? Are you kidding me?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You wish. I wish. She just does these things," Dinah explained. "A friend's in trouble, and she thinks she's indestructible, so, off she goes. I sympathize with the friend part but I really wish she'd wear armor, even if her magic makes her hard to hurt and stay hurt."

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

"It doesn't do anyone any good if she gets herself hurt," Tim fumed. "Having powers is no excuse for bad strategy!"

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

It had been a day of quiet and calm at the store. Hercules, though unharmed by his experiences in the void, hadn't even gotten into any trouble. No customers asked her to marry them, and there weren't any problems in inventory or paperwork. In other words, it was boring, and 'Dite had decided to take a long break and go find some coffee.

What she found was a Dinah. She smiled and waved, heading over to see her friend after getting her mocha.

"Hey. Didn't see you over the weeke--" 'Dite stopped short, a hand to her breast. "Oh, my! You didn't end up in the void, did you?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah looked up and grinned, waving 'Dite over, then shook her head. "Nope, I was patrolling off and on. And helping people get back to the Device when they had the parts to install there. How about you?"

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

Dropping dramatically into the seat across from Dinah, 'Dite moved her hand to her forehead, palm out. "I went with this group of people who use magic -- we threw everything we had at that Device thing." She frowned. "Or, they did. Mine was more a mix of energy and love, so . . . if everyone starts thinking they're in love with someone, it's probably my fault."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah snorted into her drink, then wiped foam off her mouth as she got her breath back. "I'd ask if you were joking, but... well, anyway, I haven't seen anyone abnormally lovey-dovey since this weekend. I think you're safe?" She grinned. "Still. Very very glad it's over. I might randomly turn into stuff when I leave here, still, but at least there won't be invasions in New Gotham."

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Oh, don't jinx yourself. The island will send something to invade just because you said that." She winked, then sipped her coffee. For a moment she seemed quiet, almost introspective. "I'm just glad things are back to normal, or as normal as Fandom gets."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Me too." Dinah smiled, tilted her head. "And how are you doing? More-- centered and stuff?"

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

'Dite nodded. "Well, I was. Then again it's hard to really be centered after you watch your store, cat still inside, fall into a black hole." She scrunched her face. "Don't even get me started on the roaches."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"God, I saw those. They freaked Momoko right out. Nasty." Dinah gave a full-body shudder. "And awww! Is Hercules okay now, I'm guessing? That had to be awful, to watch it go. Bad enough to see all the places where things used to be without witnessing it."

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime had not spent all morning training. But he was still treating himself to a frappachino.

Mmm... sugar and caffeine. What more did a growing boy need?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

How about a girlfriend, waving to him from the booth?

"Hey, handsome. Want to keep me company 'til the boyfriend shows up?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"As long as you promise to give me plenty of warning if he's sneaking up behind me," Jaime laughed as he shifted direction toward her booth. He smiled slightly as he slid onto the bench seat next to her.

Because why sit across from her if he didn't have to?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah grinned, mischievous, and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Only if he has a blackjack in hand." She grinned and tapped her foot against his. "Recovered from the weekend?"

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime hummed thoughtfully and leaned lightly against her. "Yeah. I think so." He shook his head. "What is with this place? Is it too much to ask for, like, a semester where nothing weird happens?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much. Although, to be fair, the first semester you were here, I don't think anything much happened," Dinah pointed out. "So it could be a long while before the next thing." She grinned, enjoying the leaning. "Although you might turn into someone else by Christmas, too. If you do, I want phone calls from your alternate self."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I don't know if I want alterna-me chatting you up," Jaime pointed out. "But if you promise to call me if the island weirdness follows you and you get all alternative, then I suppose we can work something out."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that can be awkward," Dinah said, thinking of Alternate-Priestly hitting on her. "But yes. Definitely calling. I'll put a message on my phone to myself, to read before calling anyone." She smiled at him, not quite managing a grin. Not depressing; funny! See, all good!