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[unchainedfromacomet]

[thank goodness for small Antichrists; at least now he's fairly sure she can recognize his handwriting]

Claire? It's Dad. Stay put, I'll come to you.

Sam, Rei, Laura, if you're here too we should probably meet - when we I found this Some stuff happened and things are a lot different now. And Rachel if you're there

Thancred, is the little one back with you?


Castiel --- you promised. NOW.

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[usedtopray]

[she knows it's him the second she sees the handwriting; the shout-out to castiel - partially literally - is only confirmation.]

I'm staying put. Just hurry.

[unchainedfromacomet]

It's not far
Be there soon.

[learnyourplace]

I am here.

[unchainedfromacomet]

[concise, matter-of-fact response, no contractions... he knows his angel is--or had better be, if he can be counted on to pick up the book any time soon--busy finding and returning a certain object to his daughter, which leaves]

Hi Rachel

Are you ok? You know where you are?

[learnyourplace]

I am near the stables. These were my assigned chores.

[So she did them, because they were assigned. And, yes, she ignored the first question entirely. She's still musing over it.]

[nowherefast]

Jimmy?
I'm here.

Laura

[unchainedfromacomet]

Probably should've said, huh? Sorry
I'd say good to hear from you, but we're here --

You ok? Did they lock you out a while, too?

[nowherefast]

I don't mind being here, Jimmy.

I wasn't locked out anywhere.

[unchainedfromacomet]

[remembering their second meeting--if that was home, she had as much to fear from it as he had his world, when the doors had closed]

Right. Sorry

You stayed? I got dropped off in another person's world a while. Sorted some things out there, but I'm still not sure what actually happened--started it.

[nowherefast]

I went home, and I died.

Castiel is here. He's not you anymore.

[unchainedfromacomet]

[and there's the twisting feeling in his stomach--he remembers his first thought before he realized he wasn't in his world. ...I need salt. I'm going to die. Slowly. A lot.]

Was afraid you'd say that
I'm sor

[he's said it twice already, and she knows him well enough to know--stick to the important stuff]

That's part of what got sorted out. Managed to lose the wings, too, get everything back where it goes. Short version is, we met somebody who can bend reality, and in their world angels don't need vessels, they just make their own bodies. So he made Castiel one.

[nowherefast]

_{[This is interesting to her, and she thinks back on Castiel and Jimmy - liking this turn of events, finding that it should be better for both of them.]}

I'm happy you get to be yourself again.

[unchainedfromacomet]

Me too.

We'll be able to handle things better in here now that we don't have that to deal with.

Keep an eye on him for me, make sure he gets the note? Please? It took me forever to get him to use ours, I'm not sure he'll pick these right up. There's something he promised to do--it's not going to be an emergency until this evening, but sooner is better.

It is good to hear from you. Let me know what you guys ended up with for the chores, I can come see you sometime if you want. Once we get our stuff taken care of.

[you can practically hear the lineface with the next two words]

Kitchen duty.

[nowherefast]

_{[Ah, she remembers this. Being a messenger. But in all honesty, she kind of likes it - it's something to fall back into.]}

I'll talk to him.

We're cleaning the first floor, so we'll be close.

It would be good to see you. It's been a long time.

[shuttersense]

It's Rei. I'm here Jimmy.

[unchainedfromacomet]

Hi Rei
Wonder how many of us ended up playing musical realities, here -- you seen a lot of familiar faces?

How are you? What happened? I saw Mich a lot that didn't make sense, before the lockout. Worried about you

[a short pause--it's a lot of questions already, but considering the last one...]

Or do we need to talk about that somewhere else?

[shuttersense]

I've seen some.

But i you're confused, I'd rather speak about it person. Anyone can read this, Jimmy.

[humble_scholar]

Whatever placed us here put Claire sharing the same room I am in - if the guards are not amenable to her staying with you, I will look out for her.

The little one and her brother are back home; they are safe, and even if time is not nearly so cooperative this time, she has people I trust with her.