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Tweak says, "Open the Bombay doors, Pal."

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

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

Ring.

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	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.. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	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? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	still_lotte 2010-08-14 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	[A long pause] Why? Did the building do that too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-14 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	[...] What? Where are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	still_lotte 2010-08-14 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	At the warehouse? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-15 05:57 am UTC (link)
	[Irritation] What warehouse? Where are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	still_lotte 2010-08-15 05:58 am UTC (link)
	That we were at this morning? After the party? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-15 06:28 am UTC (link)
	[ Softer, comforted ] Are you sure? [ ... ] What happened? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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

	still_lotte 2010-08-15 06:46 am UTC (link)
	No. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-15 06:52 am UTC (link)
	[ Several beats of silence ] What are you going to do now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-15 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	The [...] Boston Ballet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	still_lotte 2010-08-15 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Boston's...safe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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

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

	peepshows 2010-08-15 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	Honestly, I don't know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	still_lotte 2010-08-16 12:36 am UTC (link)
	[A pause, before saying hesitantly] At least there's no more wolves and lions? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-16 11:11 am UTC (link)
	[ Laughter ] Right? Maybe I'll just swing by a zoo if I'm feeling lonely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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

	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? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	still_lotte 2010-08-16 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	No. But we know we're not really crazy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-16 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah [ Sigh with a smile ] So you're good, then? Everything's fine? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	still_lotte 2010-08-17 01:34 am UTC (link)
	[A small pause before she laughs, honest] Better than ever. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peepshows 2010-08-17 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Good, that's really good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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? (Reply to this) (Parent)