Paige & Jono go to New York

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A series of short pieces of the two of them getting to know one another again. It's really like he never left. Some areas more childproof than other, proceed with caution...

( I'm repressed by the thought of [pants] this early. )

( Counting telephone poles? )

( So. Why aren't your pants off yet, Starsmore? )

( First kiss. )

( After everything I've put up with in the last year? Karma fucking owes me. )

( First time. )

( It was amazing what a little bit of extra skin could do for a person. )

( Breakfast. )

( Aww... he likes you! )

( The New Cuteness. )

Log: Forge (solo), Monday morning

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After noticing Paige's gleeful announcement on the journals this morning, Forge has a less-than-gleeful reaction, and takes off for a while to clear his head.

( You're not running away from this, you have work to do. Perfectly logical. )

Malice Aforethought: Monday Afternoon

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WHO: Forge, Malice
WHERE: Salem Center Mall
WHAT:
While out shopping to try and think about anything other than his personal issues, Forge runs into the mansion's latest expatriate. Their talk is horrifyingly civil, and they leave together calmly.

( I cannot dispel the illusion // All my hopes and dreams are drowned by confusion // Can I find a way to find a solution that will reconfigure my life? )

Kashmir Waltz: Greater Goods

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Before leaving Sonamarg, Angelo goes for an early-morning walk with Samie. Up the side of a mountain. The two of them have a rather nice chat despite Angelo's discovery that he really needs to quit smoking.

( Why are you wheezing? This is just a nice brisk walk! )

On their way back to Srinagar, Nathan and Angelo finally hit paydirt. Only it's not what Nathan expected.

( Mind pointing me to whoever's in charge? )

Kashmir Waltz: The Enemy Walks In (Nathan, Gideon, Angelo)

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Back at the hotel in Srinagar, Nathan is enjoying some quiet time watching the sun set over the Himalayas when his uncle appears. He and Gideon have what passes for a civil conversation. Gideon gives him the pieces of a puzzle that's been troubling him for months. It's not done out of the kindness of his heart.

( You have a hole in your mind. )

Hours later, Angelo gets worried and comes down from the suite looking for Nathan, who's still sitting in the bar and brooding.

( If that was s'posed to be a subtle way to tell me not to question why you're sittin' down here at 1.15am... I don't work here. )

Log - Jennie and her Mother

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Jennie works up the nerve to call her mother. To say she doesn't expect what follows is an understatement.

( Jennie had seen and heard a lot of crazy things lately, Cyborgs, girls that turned into cats, the fuzzy blue Nobel prize laureate, glowy balls of light that turned into cute naked guys....But this, this broke her brain. )