✦ 012 ✦ [VIDEO] ✦ Network Cafe ✦ (Encrypted from Jack)

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[For once, Zatanna isn't broadcasting from her room. She doesn't even bother trying to hide the Guilt on her face as she appears on screen, the clear signs of a random cafe in the background. It would have been a stretch to say she hadn't really slept much since returning from the bottle, but she's certainly not taking any joy from the memories playing over and over in her mind.]

[Memories she needed to get away from, if only for a little while. And there was really only one way to do that:]

Does anybody have a place I can stay for a few days?

[By not being in her suite.]




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Hey.

Thanks for the chocolates. I really appreciate it.

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Hope they turned out good. [Her first home made chocolates and Rapunzel was there, so they're daaaamn good.]

Sure, you can stay with me if you don't mind having a polar bear dog wanting to your attention every now and then. Or my previous incarnation, he's staying here too.

Where are you?

[Because that's no suite behind her.]

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Internet Cafe.

The chocolates were delicious.

[She not-so-subtly indicated to the open box on the table beside her. The very empty, open box.]

Like heaven melting in my mouth. I may have to hound you for info on where you managed to find them. Especially the really really fudge pieces.

You know I love Naga, Korra. [In fact, a giant polar bear dog smothering her with love seemed like a great idea.] And so long as your...uh..."previous incarnation" doesn't mine me being around, I don't mind at all.

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I’ll have to ask him. He’s not having the greatest time right now. And I can sleep on the couch so you could sleep on my bed if he says he's okay with it.

[Toph’s absence on the turtle is something Korra’s feeling, but it’s hitting Aang like a ton of rocks. So she’s going to come back to this after finding out:]

What happened to your suite?

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You don't have to do that, Korra. Your bed is your bed. The couch is fine...so long as your friend's up for it.

[A weak smile, grateful that Korra had even offered at all. At the very least, other people had offered her options, should this one fall through.]

It's not my suite...exactly.

I can't face Jack right now. Not after what happened.

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[She knows Aang will just say it’s fine whether he’s okay with it or not, but the answer to her question distracts her from that.]

Why, what happened with Jack? [Jack and Zatanna fighting didn’t seem possible, so Korra’s concern is there in her voice.]

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[Sabriel's expression is a little sympathetic- but mostly a just tired.]

I'm sorry. I know you weren't in your right mind.

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[Okay, that was a face that Zatanna hadn't been expecting to respond, and definitely not so soon. The majority of her guilt wasn't exactly directed at the battle with Sabriel--she hardly knew the other magic user, after all--but she did still feel pretty bad about the whole thing.]

You have no idea.

Sorry, by the way. About the...you know...fire and everything. I still have no idea what it was that happened to me.

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At least neither of us were seriously injured, and I managed to silence you before things got too far out of hand. Others suffered far worse injuries.

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Yeah. That was pretty clever of you, actually. I'd ask how you knew, but...

[Her one main weakness was never really much of a secret. She needed her voice to casts spells. That's all there was to it. Honestly, even though she should be worried that it was that easy to defeat her...in this case, she was incredibly grateful.]

[Her eyes lowered, however, when Sabriel mentioned the others. Zatanna hadn't hurt or killed any of them herself, but she had been a participant. A willing participant.]

I know.

I saw.

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[He answers somewhat later than when the post first put up, if only because Kaldur has had to do some thinking of his own. Dying was not the most pleasant of experiences. It wasn't the first time he had experienced it, but it was the first time that he had felt the pain of it as he had.

To die was not as easy and some would say.

But Zatanna asking for help is enough to pull him out of his thoughts. He doesn't know what happened to her during the battle against the dragon--he had not seen her to know if she had been all right. That she is seeking a place to get away means something went wrong.]

If you would like a place to think alone, I know of an unused suite that you could stay in. [Queen Mera stays with Arthur, so he believes she would not mind allowing someone else to use it for a few days.]

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[She tried to force a smile for her former teammate and leader, not having seen him almost since the ritual. And, once again, it was more to request a favor on her behalf.]

You're not using your suite? [Her first assumption. She didn't really know where Kaldur slept or what his living conditions were precisely. She'd never even been to his place.] Why not?

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[She will always be a member of his Team to him, and so Kaldur will do whatever he can for her. They do not have a deep relationship, but she is still important.]

Ah, no, it is not my own, although it is in the same area. Queen Mera has returned, but as before her suite is left unused for she stays with Arthur. Aquaman. [He's come to think of him more as the former rather than the latter.]

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...she's back?

[Oh. Wow. She'd missed that. When did that happen?]

[The slip of the tongue when it came to Aquaman's name barely registered in her mind; she, too, often found herself thinking of those she had come to know far more personally than when they first met. Worlds didn't even matter anymore.]

I guess that makes sense, since they're married and all.

Kind of makes you wonder why the kedan don't bother to check that sort of thing before assigning rooms.

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I have extra room, should you need it. ( three floors, too, so she'd have space to herself. )

But do not think that anyone blames you.

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[There's a strange mixture of shame and relief when Diana appears on-screen. A familiar face. A friendly face, and one whom she had previously shared both a good time with and trudged along the swamp as allies. But this was still Wonder Woman, and she was a bit hesitant to have to admit how badly she'd screwed up in the bottle.]

I'm keeping my options open for the moment.

You don't know that for certain. This was worse than the whole accidental spell thing. I knew what I was doing. I just...didn't care.

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It was the nature of the place. I cannot say I know how or why some of us were changed, but the blame doesn't rest with you, Zatanna.

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The memories do, though.

[And she had something of a very vivid visual memory.]

Did it happen to you too? The statues?

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Found somewhere yet?

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I think so.

Korra offered. So did Diana. Kaldur offered Aquaman's wife's suite, too. So I have options.

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Glad to hear it.

You're always welcome at my place. I miss your pasta.

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[She was actually grateful for the texting, so that Kyle wouldn't see the instinctive wince that came. Not that she didn't want to see Kyle. Because, the more she thought about it, the more she kind of did. He would understand. But there was one problem....]

That might not be such a good idea right now.

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[Bianca's looking on the tired side from the amount of running around she's done in the last few weeks, but it doesn't disguise the concern whatsoever. Zatanna's a nice girl, and only a bit younger than Jaime, but she's also seen glimspes enough to know that she's also fairly independent here.]

Are you alright?

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[Independent, yes, but sometimes far more in need of an adult than she likes to admit.]

Relatively speaking?

I'm not hurt. A few bruises here and there, but no worse than usual.

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[Which is why the obvious call for help is concerning.]

And if we're talking not so relatively speaking?

[Her voice is soft with the question, but Bianca's happy to hear that she's not physically injured, at least.]

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Then...not really.

It's kind of a long story.