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lotte karsten {christine daaé} ([info]still_lotte) wrote in [info]bellumletale,
@ 2010-08-13 23:37:00

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Phone-Call to James
[A few hours after the building collapses]

Ring.


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[info]peepshows
2010-08-14 03:26 pm UTC (link)
[ There's distant background noise, but it doesn't impede the clarity of her voice when she answers. A little solemn, but still warm. ]

Hey..

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-14 03:51 pm UTC (link)
[There's only the faint sound of voices and cars starting. Men's but they're far enough off that they can't be made out]

Hi. Are you alright?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-14 10:01 pm UTC (link)
Yeeeeah..

[ The word is drawn out as if to ask why she wouldn't be. From that alone, it might be obvious that she has no idea the significance that transpired only a couple hours before. ]

Well, I got fired, but.. [Deep, fed up inhale.] It's nothing.

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-14 10:12 pm UTC (link)
[A long pause]

Why? Did the building do that too?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-14 10:14 pm UTC (link)
What? No. [Confusion]

I asked for a week off, and they said no, so I.. might have thrown a shoe, I don't know, I'm done.

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-14 10:21 pm UTC (link)
[It takes a moment for her to process it, but she manages a small, soft laugh]

Maybe all of New York's done then. [A sigh] Where are you? I didn't see you during the party...or after.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-14 10:24 pm UTC (link)
I'm [...] on a train. I haven't been back home in awhile.

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-14 10:27 pm UTC (link)
Me neither. [There's a shout from her end and her hand covers the phone for a moment, muffling her conversation until she removes it] They've got the last of it. I swung by the storage unit first. I didn't want to have to come back.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-14 10:36 pm UTC (link)
[...]

What? Where are you?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-14 11:07 pm UTC (link)
At the warehouse?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 05:57 am UTC (link)
[Irritation] What warehouse? Where are you?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 05:58 am UTC (link)
That we were at this morning? After the party?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 06:03 am UTC (link)
I didn't stay for the party! Why were you hanging out at a warehouse this morning?! Did you go to a fucking rave, Lotte? I know I've told you before that that kind of thing is not something you want to get into!

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 06:07 am UTC (link)
[A very, very long pause before she facepalms]

The masquerade at Bellum. They sent us all to this warehouse where all of our things were - with the limos...James, weren't you sent there? Didn't you see the - don't you know?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 06:10 am UTC (link)
Know what?! [ Immediate panic ]

[ A rustle of items, metal clanging ] I'm on the other side of Philadelphia, but I'll turn around, what happened to you?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 06:14 am UTC (link)
[Interrupting]

No! It's fine! You can't do anything, James don't get up. It's fine.

[And she is fine. Her concern at this point is about James, not about herself. She's accepted it all.]

Bellum's gone.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 06:16 am UTC (link)
Are you okay? [ She repeats, hardly imagining or fathoming the scale of Lotte's words ]

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 06:27 am UTC (link)
[A bit of noise of people moving about; a car door opening and shutting as she gets in]

I'm fine. No one was in the building.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 06:28 am UTC (link)
[ Softer, comforted ] Are you sure?

[ ... ]

What happened?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 06:31 am UTC (link)
[It's that same, small and almost relieved laugh] Pretty sure. The building put everyone's stuff away - I thought everyone was there, though I didn't talk to them...

[She trails off, thoughtful for a moment]

I think the crazy is supposed to be over.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 06:34 am UTC (link)
I don't --

[ Without even understanding, the energy isn't there to question it. Her sigh is audible when she sinks back into her seat cushion ]

You should come down to my mother's, I'm -- who's with you?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 06:37 am UTC (link)
The U-Haul guys left. I just have the truck. [...] I think I need to talk to Valerie.

[Sounds a bit wary for the first time during the conversation]

I haven't - I haven't since I got fired. She probably won't let me stay with her, but I...I'd like that.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 06:40 am UTC (link)
[ Reluctant to ask ] Is he there?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 06:46 am UTC (link)
No.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 06:52 am UTC (link)
[ Several beats of silence ]

What are you going to do now?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 06:57 am UTC (link)
[A beat]

Keep going. [...] I'm done with work. I'll call tomorrow and say I'm quitting. I'm going to look at - at voice training. More professionally.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 05:48 pm UTC (link)
Good. [ Warmth ]

My mother mentioned having some leeway with a dance company, so I [ Dismissive, and airy, she brushes over it quickly ] .. Don't know, I might check it out, you know, if I get bored.

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 07:24 pm UTC (link)
[A brief pause, but she treats it the same way. Understanding]

That might be good. Where is it?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 07:32 pm UTC (link)
The [...] Boston Ballet?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Boston's...safe.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 11:05 pm UTC (link)
I know. [ Sighed, like that was a bad thing ]

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-15 11:18 pm UTC (link)
[...] Are you going to be okay with it?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-15 11:27 pm UTC (link)
Honestly, I don't know.

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-16 12:36 am UTC (link)
[A pause, before saying hesitantly]

At least there's no more wolves and lions?

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-16 11:11 am UTC (link)
[ Laughter ] Right?

Maybe I'll just swing by a zoo if I'm feeling lonely.

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-16 02:27 pm UTC (link)
[Laughing] We just need a library, really.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-16 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Mm. [Her tone goes a little soft, possibly sad ]

It all just feels like a dream. Who would believe us?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-16 09:36 pm UTC (link)
No. But we know we're not really crazy.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-16 11:34 pm UTC (link)
Yeah [ Sigh with a smile ]

So you're good, then? Everything's fine?

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-17 01:34 am UTC (link)
[A small pause before she laughs, honest]

Better than ever.

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[info]peepshows
2010-08-17 10:01 pm UTC (link)
Good, that's really good.

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[info]still_lotte
2010-08-17 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Yeah.

[A pause, before offering]

I'll let you know how it goes with Valerie?

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