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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"Two," he said, looking up.

"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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"And I'll take the remainder. Alright, what we need to do is get everyone down to the van as quickly as possible and I'll open up to Florida and you guys can get to Aubrey's place."

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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He took a deep breath, looking plenty 'Emo' himself.

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She reached up and thwacked him over the head gently. "Snap out of it. It'll all be over in six months anyway."

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"Come." Kurt reached for the younger man, his other arm and tail firmly wrapped around Sal's waist. "Ve're the last vones."

"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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She closed her eyes and then appeared on the vehicle deck, crouched on the roof of the van.

"Where'd everyone else go?" Jeimu looked around in alarm. "There were more of you, weren't there?"