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Priestly tended to go a little extra scruffy in times of emotional stress. Especially ones like now, where he decided a good way to deal with it was to spend a long weekend out in a national park living in a tent and "communing with nature".

It seemed like a Trucker-y thing to do, okay? And when he tried to kill his best friend, following the presumed example of a former assassin turned hippie-peacenik seemed like a good plan.

Alas, he did not find peace in the desert. He found sunburn and a lot of sand and some spiny lizards and what he was reasonably certain was an old coyote campsite and very, very little water. Which, okay, yeah, desert, but. California had deserts, too! Admittedly, not very near to the coast, where he spent 98.763% of his time. There'd been a school trip to the desert once in middle school.

He hadn't much liked it then, either.

"Momo!" He called, hanging out in the doorway as he tried in vain to get a little more of the dust and sand out of his boots. "I'm back!"

[ooc: mainly for one, but also open to phone calls/emails/etc.]

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27/1/15 06:46 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
Okay, those words were a hug, how did you do that, Priestly?

"Ditto. Very ditto. Yaaaay. I'm so, so glad you're okay, did I mention that?" She was beaming at the phone now. "And yeah, New Gotham kinda is the poster child of urban insanity," Dinah admitted, although she was so used to it now, she never thought of leaving. But there was no denying that there was a lot of corruption, craziness, and just plain crime, and she was one of the people lucky enough to be able to dodge all that if she wanted to. "Which... there are cool parts! That, you know, I don't think we visited when you were just visiting, because we hit the tourist stuff. But it's not all the Narrows and the Arkham Asylum, so when you get back, maybe we could field-trip a bit?"

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27/1/15 22:40 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"That is a silly rule, and first we need to get you all those cold-weather clothes we were planning on, and then we are taking you to Gibson's place, and a couple other safe areas, and ... how old is she, anyway?"

Dinah had no idea, the woman looked forty to her, but maybe she was older?

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28/1/15 01:00 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"Fifty-seven is *spring* in New Gotham! You are not allowed to hibernate until then!" Nope nope, too much togetherness with his roommates would have them dangling him off a balcony, maybe. "Warm clothes and gear first, stat!"

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28/1/15 01:09 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"They were *too* hot. Also, boring. Also, tourists," Dinah said, grinning. "I mean, you left that desert eventually, didn't you?"

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28/1/15 01:17 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"We are going to find something fun about winter no matter what." Dinah changed that phrase from if it kills you at the last second. "But that's for when you get home... are you gonna stay in El Paso much longer?"

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28/1/15 01:37 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"Magic ravens? Why didn't I get... magic ravens..." Ohhhhh. Dinah stifled a snicker, and didn't correct Priestly's explanation. "Hunh. Take pictures? Of the ravens. And of course, more Kayla pix are *always* good. It's not fair how fast she's going to grow at Glacia double-time."

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28/1/15 03:53 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"Okay, that's true," Dinah conceded. "And less time in diapers. Less time in the 'why' stage." But still, less tiiiime!

Then again, she had all of Kayla's life to be Aunt Dinah, and the little thing was still going to outlive her. Just like her mom.

"But yeah, be ready to duck if Morton or Julian start demanding their baby-time. They're pretty ridic that way."

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28/1/15 04:07 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"I'm just glad it isn't contagious to me yet," Dinah agreed. Maybe it was if you were Raven. Which he'd probably notice when he got there. "Okay. Call or text when you get there. And ... I'll call you if we have more news on our wonderful escapees."

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28/1/15 04:36 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
It was! Especially under the circumstances! Dinah have been unconsciously cheered by that. "No, hey, it's understandable. I mean, Harley's locked up in solitary, but I promise, I swear, we'll get the others as soon as we can."

See, now you've motivated her. She'll be doing this 24-7 for the next three days.

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28/1/15 04:48 (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] blondecanary.livejournal.com
"No, no, Harley's just that good. Evil. Oh, you know what I mean. Skilled and malevolent, but if you put her in specialized really dark glasses this apparently doesn't work, so." Dinah sighed. "Anyway. I miss you, but I'm glad you're having a good time, and I hope when you come back, you're ready to ... freeze some more!"

Because it would still be winter in New Jersey, sorry.