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Tweak says, "Is that a lunatic in my head?"

Cole Evans {Ichabod Crane} (blackcatsrbad) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-06-20 04:26:00

Entry tags:

big bad wolf, ichabod crane, plot: delta, plot: tempus, vasilissa

Who: Shane, Cole and Ileana
What: Post-raid wandering and planning
Where: The streets of 1929 Chicago then presumably somewhere warm
When: Late, nearing sunrise
Warnings: None

Cole had decided that they were a) most definitely in the United States, and b) somewhere in the 1920s. He didn't quite recognize what city, but it wasn't New York. Then again it didn't really matter, since there was sure to be some kind of trouble in any city around this time. He was essentially following Shane, having no alternative but to trust his lead. The cold only seemed to get worse the longer they walked, and he could feel Ileana shivering even despite his best efforts to keep her warm.

"We should find a... hotel or something," he suggested, finally breaking the silence. "If we pooled our money together, we could probably afford a room." They had to have money, right? There was a wallet in his pocket, after all - even as he spoke he pulled it out, praying there was enough to see them through for at least a night.

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wolfishane
2010-06-21 08:00 pm UTC (link)

Shane didn't do a lot of reading, but what research he had done tended to center around his areas of interest - the mafia, clearly, being one of them. He'd soaked up a decent amount of information about the period from reading about Capone.

"Everything depends on the date," he said. He got up from the bed. "I'll be back."

He left, then came back about five minutes later with three bathrobes, and tossed them across the bed next to Cole. "They're not a replacement for street clothes, but they're something to change into in the meantime," he said. He walked back over to the bed he'd been seated on. He paused, then asked, "Are you getting talked to?"

The wolf rumbled something about letting him out and leaving this place, since his coat was much better suited to the winter than Shane's human skin. You should change, at least. He ignored him, which didn't shut him up, but did allow him to avoid getting chastised yet again.

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blackcatsrbad
2010-06-21 08:34 pm UTC (link)

'Everything depends on the date' wasn't very comforting, especially since he was pretty sure the building wouldn't have sent them to an uneventful point in time. He nodded, laying back on the bed while Shane was gone and trying not to worry.

A bathrobe was better than nothing, and he sat up to inspect it with a grateful "Thanks." You see? It won't be so bad. Ichabod was far too calm for the situation, and it was really starting to irritate him. "Yeah. Ichabod is pretty useless, but at least he's not too loud. Are you?"

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wolfishane
2010-06-21 08:42 pm UTC (link)

He nodded. "He's not loud, but he's more talkative than you'd expect. And he hasn't been too useful, aside from giving me a headache." The Wolf huffed out a laugh. Fool cub, you wouldn't know useful if it smacked you on the nose.

Thinking about the Wolf's advice led him back to Trenton. If they were lucky, he'd been thrown into some dark jail somewhere, and they could leave him behind here when they went back. If they went back. "At least Ichabod doesn't think you're soft for letting someone live." You make no sense, said the Wolf, growling now. You kill other men, but not the one that challenges your dominance and takes your mate against her will? Stupid. He rubbed at his temples. "I saw a diner down the street," he said, by way of changing the subject. "We can get food there in the morning for cheap, I'd guess."

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blackcatsrbad
2010-06-21 09:38 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, I wish there was some way to get them to... stop, sometimes. It's hard enough trying to think without second opinions." Even if Ichabod wasn't very helpful, it was probably better than having the Big Bad Wolf and his opinions.

Cole shrugged, although he had a point. Ichabod probably would have had a panic attack inside his head if he even thought about killing someone. "That sounds like a good idea. It's a start, at least." First, though, he really wanted some sleep.

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vasilissa
2010-06-22 04:43 am UTC (link)

Ileana was feeling much better after soaking in a hot bath. She reluctantly got back in to the gown when she got out with a sigh. Really, tomorrow she was finding somewhere to get something cheap to wear. Otherwise, she'd be sticking out like a sore thumb.

She exited the bathroom, looking between the two men before she went to sit at the edge of the bed with Cole. "I don't know why I'm even surprised still by the building," Ileana said with a sigh.

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wolfishane
2010-06-22 05:53 am UTC (link)

Shane pointed to the bathrobes on the bed when Ileana came out of the bathroom. Then he took his shirt off, unbuttoning it and leaving it on the chair with his coat - no reason to get it dirty if he was going to have to wear it again in the morning, at least until they could find clothes.

"This does go above and beyond the usual," he said. He glanced out the window at street signs and flickering street lights before shutting the curtains.

It was funny how easily small things got under his skin these days, like Ileana sitting easily beside Cole. Cole was a friend, and Ileana seemed nice enough. The Wolf liked her, at any rate, or liked her counterpart, which was near enough. None of that kept him from tasting harsh jealousy at the back of his throat, just for the way they sat beside one another. That sort of easiness together, their body language making them look for all the world like a happy couple despite the situation, dug hooks in him. Jealous was ugly. It wasn't fair, and it wasn't even truly personal - just a happenstance of frustration. Envy was coppery: red, not green. He was never going to have that. That kind of happiness wasn't designed for people like him.

He got back onto the bed. "Whatever it wants, I'm sure we'll find out eventually."

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blackcatsrbad
2010-06-22 06:18 am UTC (link)

"Not bad, right?" Cole attempted to smile at Ileana as he held out one of the bathrobes before nodding towards Shane. "I would've thought that if the building was going to employ time travel, it would have sent us back to our fables' time or something like that." Getting sent to Sleepy Hollow was the last thing he ever wanted to happen, but he had to wonder how much worse it would be than here. Terrible things always happened in history, whether real or fiction, and sometimes reality was ten times worse.

Sleeping in his only shirt was probably a bad idea, and after a moment's pause followed suit in unbuttoning it and leaving it on the chair with his jacket and tie. He would've killed for a t-shirt and pajama pants right about then, although Ichabod advised him to be grateful - Shut up - and crawled into bed, tugging on the bathrobe while slipping out of his pants - with minimal awkwardness, although he was grateful for the fact that it was one of the long ones rather than short.

He wasn't entirely aware of Shane's jealousy, but he could sense that something was off and assumed it was their situation in general. "It'll bring us back eventually, though. It has to."

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vasilissa
2010-06-22 06:40 am UTC (link)

"This doesn't count as our vacation," Ileana teased with a little grin. "Shit, I would be way more of a mess if I got dropped back in the middle of the Russian wilderness with Esme running around with a chicken hut." Not that she's had that nightmare over and over since Esme showed up.

Ileana waited till she was sure Shane was looking away before she slipped out of the evening gown, draping it over the arm of a chair and hurried to put on her bathrobe. Climbing in to bed next to Cole, Ileana said, "If we figure out what the building wants, it'll bring us home. Unless it's actually doing it for kicks. Is it possible a building could be a sadist? I'm starting to think it is."

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