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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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Vic looked around at all the cuddly couples around the table, then over to Leeroy and Sam, before he glanced toward Josh, who now had Jenny cuddled in his arms as they both looked over the side.
"I'm gonna puke."
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"What d'you mean they lifted the hold and we're at T-minus 30 minutes?! Who made that decision? What the -" She stopped mid-flail and spoke quietly. "Just gimme a minute to get the family to Florida, okay? I don't know, imitate my voice or something."
She called out to everyone. "If anyone doesn't want to miss the show we need to get to that van now. Kurt, how many people d'you think you could teleport down to the vehicle deck?"
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"I can bring several more, my sister." Scrat showed her the watch on his wrist. "And Mykayla, Josh, and Jenny have these as well."
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There was a flurry of activity and she grinned, watching people leave.
She turned to Jav and embraced him. "I hate to leave on such a rushed note, but this is it," she breathed. "In a half hour, I'm gone."
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"Right." Jav grabbed his wife and gave her a kiss that left her head spinning, then nuzzled her cheek and stepped back to where Kurt could grab him.
There was a bamf and an explosion of smoke and they were gone.
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"Where'd everyone else go?" Jeimu looked around in alarm. "There were more of you, weren't there?"