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[secondchances]

I--I can't find Kara. She went back, to see if she could get people out, but I don't...

I checked the wreck and the clinic. [Let's hope this feeling in her gut is just leftovers from this whole ordeal.]

Kara, you better just be... somewhere here. Respond ASAP, or if anyone's seen her--blonde hair, blue eyes, pretty--let me know.

Bathouse

[It's been a blur since they got back. Journal entry done, Steph's in the bathroom, shirt off and held against her chest. Her back is to the mirror, and she turns this way and that, trying to get a good look at the stab wound Lucrezia left.

How sad is it that a knife in her back is the easiest thing to focus on right now? Cass is somewhere, Tim is somewhere, and there's a whole lot of repairing to do, it feels like. But right now, she just wants to see if she's pulled her stitches.

Didn't they just have to rebuild from an earthquake?]

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[dorkwonder]

[Tim's been at a loss since they returned. His memory on everything that happened is fragmented. After he was dragged into his the portal, his mind completely lost touch with reality. More than anything, he remembers the violent images he saw when he went insane. Every now and then he gets flashes of some of the fights he got involved in and things people said to him, but that's about it.

Earlier in the day he went to the magic shop to take some potions and heal himself up. Under normal circumstances, he'd suck it up. But the potions were made by Hermione and himself, and he terrified that his mind might go snap again unless his body properly heals.

Eventually makes his way back to the apartment with a few potions in tow. Pokes his head through the door to see who is around.]

[secondchances]

[By now, Steph's wandered into the kitchen. She couldn't remember eating over the past few days, but even now her stomach felt like it was just one big knot, not a thing meant for food. At least she knows better than to just do nothing and let herself starve--some crackers and some water should be safe, and she has those in her hands when Tim arrives.

She freezes. She hasn't exactly known what to say or do. Tim often needed space when bad things happened, but Steph wasn't really comfortable with that. At the same time, she doesn't really want to smother him...

It should be easier than this.]

Hey, you.

[Steph offers him a small smile.]

[dorkwonder]

Hey.

[Stares at her uneasily, trying to make sense of her injuries. He has a sickening feeling that he is partially response for them. He remembers screaming her name over and over again, and being terrified while being surrounded by darkness, but he can't remember why he was so frightened at the time.]

I brought there.

[Holds up on of the potions.]

They're not from the castle. After the earthquake, Hermione and I loaded up on potions.

[secondchances]

[If she were to be honest, the screaming dug in deeper than the attack. Just remembering how broken he sounded made her stomach churn. How much did he remember?]

Have you fixed yourself up?

[She looks him over. It was hard to remember what he had injured because she tried so hard to not notice before.]

Written,

[whistles_the_blues]

[Kara's room was right across from Blues', needless to say he found out pretty quick that she was gone. He's barely said a word since he got back, but he figures this is something he should do.

He presses his pen onto the journal a couple times, trying to think of how to word this, until it finally comes out blunt as always.]

Name plate's gone.

dictated

[secondchances]

[Sometime later:]

What? Are you kidding? I swear, if you are--

Written

[whistles_the_blues]

I'm not kidding.

[Kara was Blues' first friend, not only here but in his entire life. She was probably the closest person to him after what happened with the Doctor. This wasn't something he was going to joke about.]

Filtered

[the_effect_she_has]

...Kara? Super-girl? [The girl who saved her life after the earthquake.]

Are you sure she got out? [Her voice goes quiet.] She'll ... come back. They always come back. [Except when they don't.]

[secondchances]

Yeah, Supergirl. The name alone probably means I shouldn't worry too much, but...

I couldn't stick around to see what happened.

[the_effect_she_has]

Yeah ... I get it. [She breathed out, slowly.] Listen, I'll keep an eye out for her. Help her if she needs it. I owe her that much.

Bathaus

[assassino]

[In light of the recent events, his own problems seem remarkably small: a few bruises from a supposedly rocky landing, a waterlogged feeling from being supposedly suspended in a tank for days, and having lost the woman he was falling in love with. Those things –– most particularly the last one –– hurt. Losing Lana burns like the worst kind of hangover, and it buries him in an unexpected misery. Months ago he'd been feeling anxious and restless about their relationship, but things had changed. Was it punishment for murder? And now what did he do?

But that seemed like a small order compared to what the rest had gone through. Ezio had heard about the trauma and terror. He'd checked in with Brock and found that Molotov was in critical condition. Dr. House was dead. Some people had gone down with the ship, whatever that entailed in space. Ezio couldn't imagine what had happened, concepts like "space" and "spaceship" and such so far beyond his ability to understand. Did it look like that Star Wars movie? There weren't people hysterically trying to kill themselves there.

It was like the whole of the castle had suffered their own personal hell, and he couldn't even begin to comprehend what that meant.

With his own baggage stowed away, Ezio makes for Stephanie and Cassandra's place. Let this be about them for now, he decides. Let them rest and recover without further concerns. Things will be heavy-hearted enough without more reason to mourn.

He knocks on the door.]

Bathaus

[hellofist]

[Since they've been back, it's been hard to stay in one place for very long. It doesn't help that Tim is often in that place and she still doesn't want to talk to him, but Stephanie is here and hurting and so Cass sticks around.

She hides up on the roof, though. That way, she doesn't have to see Tim at all and if Stephanie needs her, she'll hear her calling. That's why, when she answers Ezio, it's from the roof, not by answering the door. She looks over the edge when she hears the knock and lifts a hand to wave at him.]

Hi.

Bathaus

[assassino]

[Ezio looks up, mildly surprised, and the barest of smiles curves on his lips.]

Salute, Cass. Are you well?

[kid_apocalypse]

Oh no! Kara's gone? I didn't see her anywhere in the Lewis and Clark before the crash, either.

God...you don't think she...

[He doesn't want to say it. He only knows bits and pieces of what people went through over there, preferring to bury himself in helping get them out, but he can guess...]

[secondchances]

I'm trying not to think anything right now, to be completely honest.

[kid_apocalypse]

Right...right. We can't assume anything yet. I'll go pick around in what's left of the ship, and see if there's anything worth seeing that might've got missed when we were all getting out.

Dictated forever

[whichwayyoulean]

[And here's another person he can check off his mental list of Not Being Dead. Hey, Steph]

I didn't see her anywhere. But she's pretty tough right? She wouldn't let a creepy spaceship filled with evil take her down.

[Wow, he sucks at finding a convincing tone]

[secondchances]

[Aww, Once. He's okay! And, uh, he's... trying to be optimistic. That counts.]

Fish are to water like Kara is to space. I'm hoping she's just... busy or something.

[Too busy or strangely tired to respond? Sure, let's go with that.]

[whichwayyoulean]

[Optimism is super hard, those were the last of his reserves, just for her]

She's got that hero thing going on. She's probably doing...heroic things.

all of the bathauses

[hellofist]

[Cass comes into the bathroom with their first aid kit and frowns when she sees what Steph is doing.]

It looks okay. Turn around, will clean it.

[secondchances]

[There's a tiny huff from Steph--not at Cass, not really, but because she's not looking forward to the sting on antiseptic. It's minor compared to everything else, but STILL.]

Since you seem to have the supplies already, guess I can't argue.

[She turns around.]

[hellofist]

[Cass comes closer so she can put a gentle hand on Steph's shoulder, meant to be calming and just for an excuse to make sure this isn't a hallucination, that's all over and they're home and there's no danger from anything except infections at the moment.]

Will be fast.

[She kisses the side of Stephanie's neck because it's closest and then starts digging through the kit for what she wants. When she has what she's pretty sure is the right bottle, she holds it out for Steph to check it. It would suck if she put the wrong thing on her.]

[Dictated] - totally the best way for Steph and Rise to meet

[therealrisette]

[Rise froze for what seemed like an eternity when she came across this journal entry. Kara being sent home like Yukiko would have been one thing. At least she'd be home and with all her friends there, as much as Rise would miss her here. But just... disappearing?! In that place?! She doesn't even know what that means!]

... I-is she...?

[She can't even get the words out. She might not even know what words she's trying to get out. Her voice is trembling, and she's barely holding back emotions she doesn't even fully understand...]

omg :'( through tragedy...

[secondchances]

I... I don't know, not yet. Really trying to not jump to conclusions.

I'm sure she's fine. Kara's like that.

;~;

[therealrisette]

I hope so...

[She tries to keep her voice from shaking, but it's hard when the memory of that place is so fresh.]

You're... Kara-chan's friend, right? Stephanie-san?

[It's not much of a reassurance to grasp at, but if Stephanie says she's sure Kara's fine, it probably means a lot more coming from her than anyone else.]