Caleb is the cat in the hat (worth_therisk) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2016-07-11 16:22:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, caleb rivers, rapunzel |
Who: Rapunzel and Original!Caleb
What: Original!Caleb is lost. Rapunzel finds him
Where: Local park
When: During the breach plot
Rating: Low!
Status: Complete
While Caleb was at work Original Caleb wandered out of his apartment. Caleb had told him he should just stay put and wait there for Miranda but he wanted to look for her himself. Yes, this place was very unfamiliar, a different town a different time. But if he showed up here? Well Miranda couldn’t be far behind right? He should have insisted Caleb take him to work with him since that was where he had first showed up, but he hadn’t thought of it. Now though the idea of Miranda coming through there and mistaking this other Caleb for him? Well he didn’t like the idea.
Original Caleb exited the apartment dressed in the same grey suit he had showed up in. Sure Caleb’s clothes fit him, but it just felt wrong to wear such different clothing. He did his best to retake his steps back to Caleb’s work place but there was so much going on. So much noise, big machines, and even demons wandering around that he ended up at some park. Frowning he sat down on a bench to gather his thoughts and try to figure out how to get back to either where Caleb worked or his apartment.
Rapunzel had decided to go for a jog to wear off some of her excess energy since she wasn’t going to class all the time and had more free time than she usually did. It really wasn’t bad and she could use the exercise as she made her way around the park. Off in the distance she recognized a figure that looked like her friend Caleb, but as she approached him he seemed to be wearing a suit. That was certainly not normal for Caleb to be doing because he was definitely channeling hacker chic when he dressed.
She slowed down as she approached and there was a friendly smile on her face as she walked the rest of the way to the bench to close the gap between them, “Hey Caleb! Where’d you get the suit? Is there some sort of special occasion going on that I missed the memo for?”
Original Caleb’s brows knitted together. It took him a moment to realize this girl must know the other Caleb. “I’m sorry,” he said with a frown. “I don’t think I’m the Caleb you’re looking for. Unless you happen to know how to get to Ravenswood?”
“Ravenswood?” She wasn’t even going to touch on the fact that he was not the Caleb she was looking for just yet. The name rang a bell and she realized it was something from his dreams, “I don’t think that place exists around here…. And what do you think you’re not the Caleb I’m looking for?” This sounded too much like Star Wars and she really hoped Caleb wasn’t pulling a Jedi mind trick and attempting to tease her for something.
No Jedi mind tricks here. He didn’t even know what Star Wars was. But at least Original Caleb was logical. This girl had to know the other Caleb, otherwise why would she be talking to him like this? But Ravenswood didn’t exist? How could that be? “What do you mean Ravenswood doesn’t exist?” Caleb had neglected to tell him that. Only that he was apparently dead as was Miranda. “I think you are looking for the other Caleb. He looks like me, but with shorter hair. Courting a different blonde.” Since this girl was also blonde. “I’m actually supposed to be at his apartment right now. Do you know where he lives?”
“Well, I don’t think it’s a real place around here. I know the other Caleb talks about it, but I don’t think he’s ever been there. Ergo, it’s not a real place,” she wasn’t going to be so rude as to say it’s a figment of his imagination. Especially when he was talking about how the Caleb she knew was a different person. This really was just all kinds of odd, “And yeah, that would be Hanna. And yeah, I know where he lives. Do you want me to help you get back there?”
Well if she couldn’t help him get to Ravenswood getting back to where the other Caleb lived seemed like the best option. He didn’t exactly want to be wandering around this strange place anymore and there was still no Miranda. Hopefully she wasn’t wandering around lost too. “Yes, please,” Original Caleb said getting up off the bench. “If it’s not too much trouble.”
“Not much trouble at all. Just follow me,” Rapunzel gestured for him to follow along as she made her way to Caleb’s place. This was a very strange situation, but she was going to make the best of it and at least this other Caleb didn’t seem insane. Caleb would probably appreciate him being back at his place and not out wandering the streets. Once weird Caleb was back inside Rapunzel was definitely going to ask Caleb to explain what in the world was going on.