Sal's Reality, Port aux Basques: The Official Road Trip Thread

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"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?"

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"Sure." Sadri smiled and jumped out of the van, helping Zipporah out as well. They walked to the playground, where a very shellshocked Leeroy was going down the slide with Shae in his lap.

Sadri choked back a laugh and turned to Zipporah. "So what would you like to play?"

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"You're never going to let me live this down, are ye?" Leeroy said to Sadri as he whirled around on the yellow plastic thing again.

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"Not ever."

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"Spin me, please?" begged Zipporah, grabbing her auntie's hands.

"Zippy, she'll get dizzy. Play something else," called Josh from where he was turning all shades of red as he pushed Jenny on the swing.

Kurt sidled up to Sal, his hidden tail gently poking her in the ribs before it curled around her ankle. "So... vhat's a pretty fraulin like you doing in a place like this?"

Sam just watched, considering going back into the van and getting out her laptop.

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Sal smirked. "Waitin' fer the boat, what's it look like?" She felt his tail poke her and jumped slightly. "That's some scary when I can't see it, ye know..." She laughed and put her arms around Kurt. "This should be fun, eh?"

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"'Course I can spin you. I don't get dizzy." Sadri grinned and held onto Zipporah's wrists so she wouldn't go flying and started a slow turn, gradually getting faster and faster.

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Meanwhile, Ven was smiling, and he noticed Sam hanging back. "What's the matter?" he asked her. "You look... out of place."

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"This is all new to me," she said quietly. "I'm just used to being with my brother."

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Kurt grinned widely and hugged her back, his tail going around her waist. "Ve should find somevhere quiet to sit...."

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"Quiet?" Sal angled her head toward the boat, whose engines were filling the air with a dull roar. "Ain't never gonna be quiet 'round here."

Nevertheless, she pointed to a bench outside the playground fence that faced the inky waters of the Port Aux Basques harbour, and sat down in it.

"So..."

She'd been saying that a lot lately, she realized.