The Park, Sunday Afternoon

[suitably_heroic]

A mysterious letter had appeared in Jack's room at the Arms that morning, and he did... not want to open it. In fact, it was a sign he should probably leave the hotel and not... stick around somewhere he'd be easily found.

Yeah.

Like the park. Maybe if he was lucky, the island would take pity on him, sweep him out of here, and drop him back in his van.

"What do you think, huh?" he asked the flamingo that wandered up on his bench. "... Please don't scream this time."

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[despisestheforce]

Ah, but luck was not working in his favor today.

"You are still here," spoke the voice of a thousand regrets. "How disappointing."

[suitably_heroic]

Did Ja-- Atton really need to flip over the back of the bench immediately in reflex the second that voice appeared?

Yes. Yes, he would argue, a thousand times yes.

"I thought we'd decided to leave each other alone!"

Without speaking a word, yes, but they didn't really need to, did they?

[despisestheforce]

"Bold of you to assume I would care," Kreia said, her voice laced richly with the sound of a raised eyebrow. "You do not haunt my thoughts the way I clearly haunt yours, murderer."

[suitably_heroic]

"Oh, space," Atton said. He grabbed the top of the bench and used it to pull himself to his feet. "You really are my-- universe's version of you. Aren't you?!"

Did he need to be so belligerent? Yes.

[despisestheforce]

"Would it be a relief to you if I were not?" Kreia asked. She folded her hand into her sleeve, and ignored the flamingo as it pecked at her robe. "I can scarcely imagine a universe in which you would respond more favorably to me."

She nudged the flamingo aside with the force. Gently, in a way. "I was told you were dead," she said. "I am unsurprised to see you have evaded that fate once again."

[suitably_heroic]

"Yeah, well, I'm slippery like that, I guess," Atton muttered, still watching her with cautious eyes. "You know, I almost didn't believe it when I heard you were here. Pretty sure I watched you die."