Devil's Nest [evening]

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Eric had been doing some important sheriff-related things of the "none of your damn business" variety that had taken him from Fandom for the last few weeks.

He returned with freshly blond (thank you, Pam) hair and "Call Me Maybe" stuck in his head.

He wasn't telling anyone about the second thing.

The Devil's Nest was open for all of your Friday night partying needs if you weren't at Caritas.

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Jaina had no partying needs like ever, but after talking to Tahiri earlier she had been back in super serious mode. Which of course meant a call to Eric.

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Eric checked the number before answering. "Jaina."

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"...I think that's the first time you've ever answered the phone like that," she realized.

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"I like to be mysterious and unpredictable," Eric told her. "Did you get the fruit basket?"

Pool.

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"Pool," she corrected, smiling. "I did and thank you. It really confused the people at the hospital."

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"That was half the reason I sent it," Eric admitted.

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"That was half the reason I didn't try and talk you out of it," she said. "How are you doing?"

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"Fine," Eric said. "Just back in from Louisiana. I'm discovering I missed Sookie dying last week. This island is fucking strange."

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Jaina frowned, having huge holes of things where she didn't know what had happened and hadn't had time to catch up before leaving. "What do you mean she died last week?"

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"That's the message I left her," Eric said. "I expect her to call me back as soon as she can if she knows what's good for her."

A worried Eric was a pissy Eric.

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"Tell me you left the last part off the message?" she checked.

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"I did," Eric said. "She knows it anyway."

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"Just remember she's fine now. Apparently dead people got reversed somehow," she said. "I guess. I missed the whole thing."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Eric's message (http://justwantsquiet.livejournal.com/745.html?thread=1743849#t1743849) was so charming, but Sookie knew it was in her best interests to return it. And plus, she also knew that that was Eric for 'worried.'

So as soon as she had a free moment while packing up her house, she found his number in her phone and called.

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"You better not be dead any more," Eric answered.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Ooooooooh, this is the ghooooooost of Soooooookie," she intoned.

She thought she was funny.

"...wait, are ghosts real?"

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"I wouldn't count it out," Eric replied, but he'd seen Godric, so...

"What the hell happened last week?"

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"Island went crazy," she said, a little more seriously. "Like, it was this alternate universe kind of thing, where this evil witch was ruling everything. And I was stuck in detention, which was basically prison. Bobby was stuck in ice-form, like after he exploded."

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"And I was in Shreveport," Eric said, sounding slightly disgusted with himself.

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"Don't feel bad," Sookie said, as reassuringly as she could. "I'm not entirely sure I even knew you. Gran was still alive, so I probably never even met Bill." Pause. "Lucky other-me. But you'd probably have no reason to come to Fandom anyway!"

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"Maybe I was king somewhere," Eric said dryly. "Poor other-me."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"You don't want to be king?" Sookie wondered. "I would think that'd be like, at least top five on your centuries-long to-do list."

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"It becomes very difficult to not be king without meeting the final death," Eric explained.

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"Crafty," Sookie observed. "I mean, Sophie-Ann's still kicking it, but that's thanks to me and all."

Humble, Sookie.

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"I think my ability to yank people's heads off helped too," Eric added, equally humbly.