Room 406, all day

[izzyalienqueen]

It hadn't been a bad last week in Fandom. Between being social, seals, presents, and reality TV, it was certainly memorable. Even if the good-byes weren't so much fun.

There wasn't much left to pack. But Isabel was taking her time doing it.

The door was open.

[OOC: Good-bye post. *sniffles* Assume handwavey phone calls. ETA: Random bouts of SP for the rest of the afternoon due to RL.]

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Jen nodded slowly. "I'm not a fan of goodbyes," she began, "but I'm a firm believer in making sure you say them when you get the chance."

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"Good-byes generally suck," she agreed. "Which is why this isn't good-bye it's just, I'll see you in a while. Since you have an open invitation to come visit me in Vegas."

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"Vegas?" Jen echoed with an uncertain laugh. "Me. In Vegas? Seriously?"

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"Why not? Even if you're not into the whole gambling thing, there's shopping, food, clubs," Isabel listed. "And my particular favorite. People watching."

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"This is me, Isabel," Jen reminded her. "You know I don't know how to have fun on my own!"

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"Which is why I will be there to guide you, every step of the way," she promised. "We'll start small. Sitting poolside at one of the hotels admiring the scenery."

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"Ooooh," Jen said vaguely, visions of certain identical guys in her head, "maybe I could be persuaded . . ."

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"Picture the faint fragrance of coconut in the air," Isabel grinned. "The sound of splashing in the background. The grunts of exertion from the hot, shirtless guys playing volleyball in the sand pit..."

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Wes and Alex playing volleyball shirtless.

"That . . . could be tempting . . ."

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"Fruity drinks, served by cabana boys who are attentive to your every need." She wasn't sure who was enjoying the mental picture more, her or Jen.

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Actually Isabel was probably enjoying it more; Jen kept telling herself she shouldn't be thinking that way. (The concise version of her thoughts, should they be put into words, was pretty much "OMGwrongwrongsowrong.")

"Okay, okay!" she finally said. "I'll come visit!"

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"Excellent," Isabel grinned, her mission accomplished. "You'll have fun, I promise."

"So what's that?" she asked, finally noticing the card Jen carried.

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"Oh, this?" Jen pressed down on one corner of the card, a button so well-concealed it was nearly invisible, and a small three-dimensional holographic image of herself came up -- waving, and actually smiling a little.

"I had no idea what else to get you," she admitted, "but they do say a picture is worth a thousand words, so . . ."

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"You didn't have to get me anything," she said. "But that is really neat. Thank you."

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"Had to get something," Jen protested. "I would've had a nasty first few weeks here if you hadn't warned me about the mutant thing."

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"I'm just glad I was able to help," Isabel replied. "However unknowingly."

"I wish I could have done more."

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"Don't worry about it," Jen said, waving a hand. "I'll manage."

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"Well if you need to vent, call me. And the door's always open for you," she promised.

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Jen seemed genuinely surprised by the offer. "Thanks," she said after a few moments. "I might take you up on that."

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Isabel noticed the surprise. "I mean. I like you and I wish I'd had more of a chance to get to know you. Unfortunately this Spring was kind of one crisis after another and it made me hibernate a bit."

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"One crisis after another? I know that feeling," Jen commiserated. It had, after all, been pretty much the defining trait of her year in Silver Hills. "It's okay. It's not like you're going a thousand years away or anything, right?"

The joke was punctuated by a laugh, but it was a fragile attempt.

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"Somehow, I think you do," she nodded. "And no, I'll just be a dimension or two over." At least for the moment. Who knows what the future would bring. "And I have a Bridge phone. So you'll always be able to contact me."

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This whole 'having friends' thing was still a pretty new concept to Jen. Okay, not new necessarily, but it had been so long since she'd really had the leisure time to have friends outside of the daily grind of duty and, you know, mortal danger that she still wasn't quite sure what to do with the handful she'd made in Fandom.

Which was probably why what she said was "If I have to, yeah, I will."

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"Because it's such a hardship," Isabel teased gently. "Picking up the phone.

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"I'm from the year 3000," Jen replied with a completely straight face. "Picking up the phone is like the barefoot in the snow uphill both ways way to communicate."