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[Cave]

Jerry jumped, his mind reeling too fast, too full of everything going on, everything that kept trying to erupt from his battered and abused memory, and his expression twisted angrily, "E-excuse me! J-just because you... you go off to the arctic for a f-few months doesn't mean you outrank me! J-just calm down!!" If he was this worked up not knowing.... he shuttered to imagine where Tracey would be flung once the news was broken.

He'd prefer if they were all outside at that point.

The unfortunate new Life Assist was given a predatory look - a flash of bared teeth, a haughty scowl - before he was dismissed as unimportant. Even the doctor was given a sideways glance filled with dismay before her attention was given to Clerise once more.

"I think we should move, darling. I know you don't want to, but I think we should go."

Her voice, soft and encouraging, felt awkward and alien - but this was Clerise, and Clerise was one of hers, one of the few she had always been able to trust.

East

She had turned away, watching the water again for any sign of unnatural rippling, but she glanced side long at him at the murmured name. It was said with uncertainty, and she hesitated before answering, tongue flicking over drying lips. "Amity." She remembered.

There were gaps, she didn't know what they were, or what they pertained to, but she was at least aware that she wasn't recalling everything that she should be. Unfortunately none of those gaps seemed to include anything that had happened in the.. It hadn't been a dream, though they had awoken from it. There was no word for the situation they'd gone through, but she remembered meeting Amity, and she remembered those confusing fragments of recollection and the conclusions she'd jumped to. She remembered sitting crumbling stairs and laying her cheek between his shoulder blades and being surprised when she hadn't smelled smoke.

Smoke..

She blinked, head tilting as the chain on her weapon rattled and something she'd lost came back to her.

She asked if he could blow rings and he gave her an odd look before expressing that light smoke wasn't the best for it. But he'd tried anyways, and she had smiled. The rings were wobbly, but that didn't matter, because that wasn't the point.

"Don't ever smoke."

She never world, but all the same she assured him she wouldn't.


<Peyton?> Warrick sounded worried, but the dainty Sun Hunter sent him a reassuring thought. She was alright, just momentarily distracted.

[ west security ]

More Lifers? Maybe they didn't need more now, but it was comforting...

Jumping into action without thinking at Sunny's order (after all, whenever someone shouted she tended not to argue), Stormy scrabbled to get over and fell to her knees, holding Mike's head down as best she could.

"Hey--ah, Mike, hey, it's okay, we're here to help, deep breaths." Her fingers were trembling as she fought to keep him still, mind buzzing with static. "It's okay, it's gonna be okay. Who has the staff? Did you see them?"

[ Security Port - South ]

Chel found herself waking up on the beach. It was pretty barren, but it felt static. Vulnerable. She heard the sirens blaring, but she was more concerned about the naked man just lying there.

She stood up, brushed herself off and bit and walked over to the man. "Uh? You okay buddy?" It was a good thing that nakedness wasn't a huge concern for her. She began shimmying out of her coat in case he wanted to cover up. "'Dude?"

[ this happened before's zoo's post on the last page okay yes ]

[Caves]

Rep said nothing more to Jerry, instead narrowed his eyes to mere slits and bared his teeth at the other man. It wasn't his lieutenant. It wasn't the man he knew at all. So he could ******** himself in the blue queen's opinion.

Candace though, was recognisable. A toothy grin spread across his face and he moved nearer to her out of sheer reflex as she walked her fingers up his arm, going from tense and stressed to languid, lazy and feline, the stress ebbing away effortlessly.

"I know it's serious. Which is why, as ******** Underboss, I am asking politely. To be filled in."

He listened to what she had to say with a frown, not sure of the implications of Merlin and Excalibur short of that they were critically important.

"A casualty? Who?" The Boss was fine.... "...It's not ******** JORDAN is it?" he said, a chill running through him.

[Caves]

"Underboss..." Jerry frowned, finally catching up with what Candace had already figured out.

Memories, gathered and scattered and used...

"Oh, Hell." He glanced back at the others before tucking Roar under his arm and moving around Candace and Harrison to try to catch Rep's attention, "Ah, apologies, Sir," He glanced to the other two to see if he had gotten the right drift. "But it's something we really aught to discuss out of the cave here-" So the Lifers could get to their work without tripping over the tripping Sun. He lead the way, hoping the pretty young woman he remembered had been there for that Blue ordeal would help his case.