Momoko's place, El Paso, Texas, late Monday night

[lovemykilt]

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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[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."

[lovemykilt]

He'd figure it out eventually! Possibly when Raven was standing in front of him looking impatient. "See, and I look at that as 'we'll get to the fun stuff so much faster!'"

Toddlers were way more fun than babies. Why did she think Fandom never brought them potential future infants?

[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."

[lovemykilt]

"Babies make people weird," Priestly said. "It's probably something about the survival of the species."

[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."

[lovemykilt]

"Like re-arresting them? . . . Would it be weird if I decided to wait until you got at least a couple more back in jail before I came home?"

Awww, he called New Gotham 'home'. That was a good sign, right?

[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.

[lovemykilt]

It was probably best not to tell Priestly that. He'd only worry.

"I have faith in your guys," he assured her. "Just I'm apparently really bad at not getting brainwashed."

Based on this one bit of evidence. In a situation not even Alfred had successfully defeated by himself.

[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.

[lovemykilt]

"You gotta work on your sales pitch."