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Sal's Reality, Port aux Basques: The Official Road Trip Thread
"So." Sal leaned on the hood of the van, sneaking in one more cigarette before they left for Florida. It was quite the sight: the massive maroon vehicle was stuffed to the rafters with luggage, snack food, and had a full tank of gas.
"So?" Ven was staring at her from the other side of it, completely amused at his mentor's stressed outlook. In all the years he'd known the woman, he'd never seen her really lose her cool - but she was coming close.
"So we've got ourselves reservations for the eight o'clock boat. And it's ten after six and we needs to get goin else we misses our spot. An' Mu launches in exactly forty-eight hours and..."
Ven stooped down to pick up Shae, who had barrelled down the stairs with her still-yawning mother in tow. "And we'll get there just fine. Didn't you say she had a portal waiting for you in North Sydney, anyway?"
Sal extinguished her cigarette and blew the smoke away from Shae, watching Jav, Kurt, and Vic come down the stairs hauling the rest of the luggage. "Yes, yes, and yes, but still, b'y, I hates bein' late." She held out her arms in response to Shae's attempt to get closer to her grandmother. "Give her here, look..."
She was interrupted by a loud bang that sounded like it was coming from her kitchen. She looked at Shae, who was grinning.
"D'you know what all that noise is?" she asked the toddler.
"Nope," the little girl shook her head, brown curls bouncing around.
"Want t' go find out with me?"
"Yeah!"
They went up the stairs together, Sal maneuvering Shae into a piggy-back position. "I betcha it's Leeroy. It always is."
"Uncle 'Roy is funny," Shae declared. "He's always doin' somethin'." The girl had a slight Newfie twang and it amused Sal to no end.
"Yes, b'y."
They opened the front door and peered into the kitchen where Sam had Leeroy in a headlock.
"Do I want t' know?" Sal asked resignedly. "Or should I just yell at the load of ye to get yer butts downstairs 'fore I loses it?"
"So?" Ven was staring at her from the other side of it, completely amused at his mentor's stressed outlook. In all the years he'd known the woman, he'd never seen her really lose her cool - but she was coming close.
"So we've got ourselves reservations for the eight o'clock boat. And it's ten after six and we needs to get goin else we misses our spot. An' Mu launches in exactly forty-eight hours and..."
Ven stooped down to pick up Shae, who had barrelled down the stairs with her still-yawning mother in tow. "And we'll get there just fine. Didn't you say she had a portal waiting for you in North Sydney, anyway?"
Sal extinguished her cigarette and blew the smoke away from Shae, watching Jav, Kurt, and Vic come down the stairs hauling the rest of the luggage. "Yes, yes, and yes, but still, b'y, I hates bein' late." She held out her arms in response to Shae's attempt to get closer to her grandmother. "Give her here, look..."
She was interrupted by a loud bang that sounded like it was coming from her kitchen. She looked at Shae, who was grinning.
"D'you know what all that noise is?" she asked the toddler.
"Nope," the little girl shook her head, brown curls bouncing around.
"Want t' go find out with me?"
"Yeah!"
They went up the stairs together, Sal maneuvering Shae into a piggy-back position. "I betcha it's Leeroy. It always is."
"Uncle 'Roy is funny," Shae declared. "He's always doin' somethin'." The girl had a slight Newfie twang and it amused Sal to no end.
"Yes, b'y."
They opened the front door and peered into the kitchen where Sam had Leeroy in a headlock.
"Do I want t' know?" Sal asked resignedly. "Or should I just yell at the load of ye to get yer butts downstairs 'fore I loses it?"
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She looked around before climbing into the driver's seat and giving Kurt a quick peck on the cheek. "Did ye lock the house? up?"
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Jabez nodded silently, her own image inducer now on and making her look like a blue-eyed goth kid.
"It's hard to believe that you guys are all married now." Mykayla was saying as she looked up at Jav. "Well, nearly all of you." She dimpled at Leeroy. "Scrat'll be so surprised to find out about Sam. And pleased."
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She started the van, broke the speed limit by about 20 kilometres (turning the ride to the ferry dock into a thirty-second joyride), managed to make the reservation time, processed everyone, and drove...
...into the stationary waiting lane, parallel to the MV Caribou.
"Jav," Sal breathed, "I'm gonna kill ye fer lyin' t' me."
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Mykayla looked up at him with sympathy, then cocked her head. "Something's purring?"
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"How is he breathing back there?" Sam turned and quirked an eyebrow.
"It's a cat thing." Jav chewed his knuckle anxiously.
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Sal then turned around and looked at Mykayla. "Vic's a friend of Mu's, they've been hangin' out fer ages."
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"Smells like a good Port aux Basques mornin'."
"Like fish, you mean?" Ven said, unclipping Shae from her seat and watching, clearly amused, as she jumped onto Leeroy's back.
"Can you take me to the playground?" she asked.
Leeroy looked at Ven, who smirked and nodded. "You're stuck with her now."