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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-I'm not entirely sure,- Jeimu said, choosing her words carefully. -All I know is that her line of work is dangerous, she has a... rather turbulent family situation, and she died once before.-

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-But... is it the dying that makes Leeroy so afraid?- Mykayla thought of how David was still paranoid about letting Ramada out of his sight.

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-It might be. He did, after all, have to watch me bring her back. Which is a little more frightening than your typical act of divine intervention...- She sighed. -He's also never had anyone to care about before; having her being constantly in danger scares him, I think. It's very strange. I'm the only one he'll even consider talking about it to. And we won't go into how strange that is.-

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-I wonder if that's why I've got the feeling that this reality isn't his home,- she mused softly, looking at the conviction in her heart. -Jav belongs here, he's right where he's supposed to be, but Leeroy....- She shook her head slightly, then looked toward the kitchen as Vic offered Josh, who'd gone in there, a bite of raw moose and was politely declined.

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-He's said the same to me, but he won't leave Jav and Ven. He's convinced that if he leaves, the other two will fall to pieces because of what they did.-

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-What they did?- She felt the Spirit moving through her soul and singing softly and sadly over her heart.

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-I take it nobody ever told you, then, did they? Well, things kind of went sour in their home reality. The Jedi were branded as traitors, and Sal as well because of her interest in genetic research.-

A very long pause followed this information.

-It was just the nature of their training; it was the job they were hard-wired to do, but in the end Ven killed Sadri, and Jav killed Sal. We're not entirely sure how it came to pass that everyone was alive and well in the Cafe shortly thereafter, but the only ones with memories of what happened were Ven and Jav. Amends have been made; but still...-

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Mykayla gasped as she suddenly felt herself filled with the Spirit, her eyes widened and her mouth fell open slightly as she looked at Jav.

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-What's the matter?-