Alison and Nathan, very late Tuesday night

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Nathan encounters Alison face-to-face for the first time since the events of the weekend. He is very calm, very unthreatening, and feeds her. Alison manages to relax a little.

( Even when I don't cook, I can still manage to feed people adequately. I think it's the telepathy. I cheat. )

Log [Forge, Catseye] What is, is...

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After weeks of silence, Catseye finally comes to a decision, partly because of two people who unknowingly helped nudge things along – Terry and Dani. That and a lot of time spent thinking cat thoughts.

As such, Forge walks into his room to find someone sitting on his desk, with a very serious request indeed.

( But Catseye knows now. And Catseye cannot forget. )

Logs [Terry/Alison, Alison/Cain] A walk by the lake...

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Alison decides to head out for a walk outside on her own, and someone who has over time become part of the soundscape Alison is used to hearing and doesn't pay any notice to decides to follow for a bit.

( Today meant going outside. )

~*~

A walk to the lake, of course, means you meet up with someone eventually. Even when the sky is overcast instead of sunny and bright. The company is welcome at first and Alison finds out a few more things she hadn't quite absorbed yet about what happened to her. That's what happens when you were the one who was unconscious the entire time during a crisis.

( You know, when it comes to magic spells bringing you back from the dead for your birthday, I did it first. )

LOG: Nathan and Haroun - Musings Under The Sky

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Haroun spends a little time out under the night sky to try to deal with the enormity of Fixing Alison. He's not coping very well, but luckily for him Nathan happens to come along and give him some words of encouragement. Set after the Haroun/Lorna lunch-chat log.

( I'd ask you if you were all right, but it would be a dumb question. )

Scott and Cain, Wednesday afternoon

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After these emails, Cain finds Scott in the Situation Room to ask him a certain question.

( Do you want the long answer or the short one? Or the ideological one, or the practical one? )

Angelo and Paige, down in the medlab

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Angelo finally comes down to see Paige.

( The last couple of years, what I've wanted was to be here, with you. But now... I don't know anymore. )

Vignette - An Offer Of Sympathy

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Manuel walked down the hallway from the boy's dorm rooms to the Kitchen. He was hungry, and a brief snack before going back to hitting the books would suit him just fine. Or, rather, it would have had he not been slapped with the tightly-controlled sensations of loss, regret, and pain coming from someone down the hall and around the corner.

Manuel slowed and leaned up against the wall, to catch his breath and to reinforce his shields. Someone was bleeding inside, and it was like acid along Manuel's nerves.

The source of the woe and misery quickly became apparent as Angelo rounded the corner. He had his shoulders slumped - even more than normal for the boy with six feet of extra skin. He had his eyes downcast, and he took small, shuffling steps. But most obviously of all was the black emotions he was radiating. He was the source of what Manuel had felt earlier.

He could have erased it - hell, he could make the boy dance and sing and weep for the joy in life. But instead, he walked towards the Mexican, pausing when he got close enough to put his hand on the other man's shoulder.

"Usted curará de esto, ese."(1) he whispered in Spanish, giving Angelo's shoulder a brief squeeze before continuing down the hall towards the Kitchen.

(1) "You will heal from this.", according to the Fish. Blame them, not me, if the translation sucks.

Amanda, Angelo - Tuesday evening

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In the wake of this conversation with Paige, and a head's up from Manuel, Amanda finds Angelo in the other usual place. It's a much different scene than many of the others they've shared on the roof.

( Was that the way functional people broke up? With a quiet conversation and some brooding? )

Angelo and Meggan, Wednesday night

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Meggan visits Angelo to offer fuzzy-little-girl hugs, and is generally insanely cute.

( Angelo? I came to say goodnight! )

Paige and Bobby (James)

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Paige is doing everything right until she finds out Bobby isn't rooming with John anymore.

( ...and I don't even know where James is! )