randomplaces | 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?"

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Vic sat bolt upright, then scrambled to his feet and hurried over. "Mu? What the... oh."

He continued on to the bar as though nothing had happened.

"I don't think the kids are really interested, other than Zippy." Mykayla chuckled as her daughter joined her in Scrat's embrace, then wriggled free and crutched over to meet the other tiny woman, her differently coloured eyes friendly and curious.

"Hello," Jeimu said with a grin. "You must be Mykayla. I'm Jeimu. Sorry for all the head noise - I was really bored."

Mykayla shrugged. "There's a member of the JLA who's a telepath. I'm used to hearing him, so it didn't really bother me."

Then she pointed to the child in Scrat's arms. "My daughter Zipporah, and the guy looking over the side is my son Josh. My daughter in law's in the gift shop."

Kurt chuckled and waved a beer at Sal, his eyes dancing.

"So -that's- Kurt? Doesn't look too blue to me," Jeimu said as Sal walked by to get her beer. "And it's nice to meet you all." She grinned suddenly in recognition and waved madly at Scrat.

"You must be the fourth one!" Jeimu beamed. "You're the cutest one, too." She winked to show that she was just kidding around.

"The other cutest one needed to go kill himself," Ven said, sitting down with the still-asleep Shae in his arms.

Sadri looked at Jeimu strangely. "You're different."

"I'm not all here," Jeimu said.

"Look through the hologram," said Mykayla, seating herself next to Scrat and Zipporah and laying her crutches on the floor.

"Ran outta... MU?" Jav hurried into the bar and grabbed her, kissing her thoughroly.

"Oh, I see. Very ni - mmf!" She let him literally lift her out of the chair. "Bet you're wondering why I'm here, eh?" she whispered, brushing his hair back out of his face.

"Bet we all are," Sadri said with a grin.

"Another dream?" he whispered, looking at her with love in his eyes.

"Nope," said Vic without looking up from his pop.

Jeimu grinned and slid out of his arms, stretching languidly.

"Nope." She smiled at him and did a little twirl. Clearly she'd been cooped up for much longer than truly befitted her personality.

"Boredom!"

He chuckled, then glanced over to where Sam and Leeroy were still sitting in the other sitting area being ignored by Mykayla's dog. "Can't believe the gang's all here in some form or t'other."

"Yeah, it's kind of weird," Jeimu said with a grin.

"Wait." Ven looked at the small woman. "Didn't you say you were stuck?"

"I became... unstuck." Jeimu grinned. "I'm hungry. I think I might go get some fries."

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