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Even though she'd only been gone a week Fandom time, Isabel was cleaning her room like it really had been left closed up for six months. Reorganizing drawers and closets, scouring the bathroom, dusting every available surface, meant she didn't have to think about last night's conversation, or the worried voicemails and emails from her parents she's avoiding answering. It meant she could pretend she wasn't woken up by nightmares this morning.

The door was open, the radio was blaring the Rolling Stones, and Isabel was on her hands and knees in the bathroom, attacking the grout with a toothbrush.

[ooc: RL calls. Slowish to stopped till after 8 EDST]

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Rolling Stones - Paint it Black

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"I'm sorry," Aeryn says, just as quietly. "Are there plans to go back at all?"

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"Max and Michael are still there. If I could find away, I'd go back. But it'll involve more then just finding a ship and taking off." She took a deep breath and looked up a Aeryn. "I was actually gone six months."

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She tries not to look too surprised at that. "Which alone makes a return trip complicated," she says.

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"Just a bit," Isabel sighed. "Somewhere out there, I'm just starting to deal with all of it. It hurts my brain to think about it."

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"Fandom's usually good for taking your mind off things like that," she says. "At least for a while, until you can deal."

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"Yeah, the whole idea of Poseidon being here in town is kind of boggling," she agreed. "Welcome home, we've been invaded by the Sea King."

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Aeryn has no idea what that means, but she can take Fandom at face value by now. "I saw a seal with coffee yesterday. That doesn't happen anywhere else."

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"Exactly."

There was a thud as a large fish slammed against the window, then slowly slid down. Isabel shrugged, "Case in point."

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"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear a thing," Aeryn decides quickly.

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"That's probably for the best," she said. "So where were you? Did you take a trip for the weekend?"

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She nods. "John and I went to visit his father," she says. "It was better than I'd expected, actually."

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"Really? That's great. I'm glad for you," she said sincerely.

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"Things go right every once in a while," she says, just as sincerely.

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"You guys deserve it," Isabel smiled. "I'm really glad I got back before you left."

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"So am I," she says. "And luckily with enough time that it isn't one goodbye after another."

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"After last Sunday? I think I'm going to drink myself into a stupor for the month of May," she sighed. "It's going to be hard to say good-bye. But still, you guys aren't going too far."

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"And I think I'm going to try to stay a little longer than May. If they have two summer sessions, maybe stay for one," she says. "Have a little more time here, at least."

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"Really?" Isabel asked, sounding rather pleased. "That would be nice."

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"People keep leaving and coming back. I'd like some more time," she says with a little smile.

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"I think it's Fandom's way of making up for things..." Thud! Another fish slid down the window. "Like that actually."

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"That's a horrible sound after a while," Aeryn decides.

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"We could always go make the stop. But that would require getting wet. And possibly slimy." Isabel shrugged, "I say screw it and let them have their fun."