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Hey there,

How're you doing? I'm tempted to add something here about "how is it going herding cats" if only because I figure a certain feral might be amused by the expression. ;)

Sooo... Just a general email to check in on Mick and see how he's going. And Anika too - darn cat mutation. Took a liking to her, the last (and only) time I met her.

Oh. Not so general this. Any particular reason why Domino would have fun going around making people think she's sleeping around with Nathan? Just wondering. You know how that goes. ;p

Alison

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.... okay. I'm just going to address the less... insane stuff first, okay?

Firstly, it's really good to hear from you. I know you've been up and around for a while now - Mick told me the two of you exchanged emails, and you've figured pretty prominently in Nate's regular updates - but it's still nice to talk to you myself.

Ani's doing great. Really, it's like she never left - I'm kind of wondering why she did, now. She seems to fit in just fine. Mick's still a little shaky, I won't lie to you. Vasily worked out some soundproofing for his room and that seems to be helping.

I'm... good, I guess. Lien's taken it upon herself to make sure I don't run myself into the ground. And I suppose I just gave away that things are not all that great over here, really. I know Dom was going to tell Pete and Nate when she got there, but we've had some signs that Mistra know Ani and Mick are here and might be planning to do something about it. We're setting things up so that we can move if we have to... not much else we can do right now.

As for Dom. I'm... really wishing she were back today so I could kick her ass. She's been a little on the tense side lately, but that's no excuse for being... well, nasty. Did she and Nate have an argument or something? Not that an argument would be a good reason, either... gah. You know, the two of them have always had people asking questions about them in that sense, but it's never been true. Well, except the once, and Nate was sufficiently appalled at himself that I don't think it would have ever happened again, even if he hadn't been, you know, hopelessly in love with Moira for almost as long as he and Domino have known each other.

Fuck. I need a drink now.

GW

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Don't get me going about what is sane or not. For both our sakes? Insane is not fun.

It's been a while since we had the chance to talk, I know. I've been getting most of my Mick updating that wasn't from his emails from Nathan, myself... Say - poke him to email me if he seems to be withdrawing or something? I'll babble at him to distract him.

Why not just ask Anika why she left? Best way to know. :) As for Mick - they've got Vibranium paneling for the walls here, in my case. It kills sound pretty much a lot. Everything's flat. Well, what they let me hear, anyway.

I think I like Lien. We've yet to meet though - and yeah, that was something of a giveaway... Mmm. I might be able to help there. Maybe. It depends on how soon the little fishie I have wriggling on a hook decides to swallow the bait. I'll keep you updated on that, but better not to count on it in your planning. Wild card sort of thing, maybe.

There has been no argument that I know of, or at least none before what happened last night in the gym. And from what I heard, the way Nathan reacted to the whole hoopla was probably a very decent kick in the butt for her. Thankfully the other participant figured out how asinine the entire concept was on his own once he cooled down and apologized to Nathan this morning. I expect they may both end up with lead in their butts if Moira hears about it though. Moira is scary when she's up in arms.

...the once? Huh? The way Nathan's always talked about her there was nothing that indicated that being remotely possible - well, the pining for Moira thing for one. You know, I hate it when the pieces don't fit right and it gets to me. Bleah. Huh. Course, there's more to it than I'm seeing right now anyway...

No drinking. The clowns will get you.

Alison

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No, insane is not fun, but it seems to be the majority of our lives at times. Moreso yours than mine, if even half of what Nate tells me is true. I threatened him and Moira with kidnapping, and I'm beginning to seriously consider it...

I have been a lousy correspondent. In my defense... well, there is no defense? I just suck at keeping in touch, and things have been really ridiculously busy over here, as you might expect.

I think I'll just enjoy having Ani back and leave the whys of it all alone. She's certainly a lot more stable and happy than she was when we first got her out. I mean, not that it would be possible for her to have been much less and still be alive... there were very definite patterns that I saw first in Nate, then in her, and now in Mick. Whom I will poke for you, because he is most definitely withdrawing. I won't get into detail, but since we found out that Mistra might be aware of where he is, we... haven't been leaving him alone.

I'm curious about this 'fishie' now. I know you were involved in Mick's extraction, but this sounds like something new. Let me know what's up if you can? Even if we do have to leave here, wildcards are good.

I really, really don't want to know what Dom did to whom, do I? Just please tell me it wasn't Pete? Wait, no, Wisdom has more sense than that... forget I asked.

As for the once... yeah, it was a couple of years ago. They ran into some trouble in Russia, and all Nate would ever tell me was that a dip in the Volga in January and too much vodka did bad things to his inhibitions. Dom was terribly smug at first. Less so when she figured out just how badly he was kicking himself over the whole thing.

GW

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Kidnappings generally get a pretty bad reception here, actually. (Of course we've had those. Ask me one day. I'll share the story and conceal the names to protect the guilty or not so guilty. And the plain stupid. Don't mind me, I'm still bitter. :p) Um, in short - no sense of humor much about it. Though arranging one with the entire staff conspiring to get Nathan and Moira out? That's another story.

Busy I can understand. And hey, took me this long to nag you about news - fair's fair and all. But I have the excuse of having blown up at least. ;)

Anika was very happy when I saw her, anyway. Moody some, but that's to be expected. She... actually gave me a lot of insight into some things, and I saw the similarities too. Suffice it to say that it was helpful. Very helpful, in direct and indirect ways, and Nathan is the better for it in the long run, I hope. …if Mick doesn't send me something by tomorrow I'll just haul off and email him myself.

Something old, something new. I might have an alternate source of assistance for you on the Mistra angle. Maybe. I'd say it should only be a last ditch measure though and more in the way of a distraction I could throw at them. Hence, the wild card. I don't have anything to give you yet (fishie is still wriggling onna hook!) but soon as I do? I'll see what I can do to keep you in the loop.

Pete? I'm curious now as to why that was the first thing that came to mind. Nooo, she had a go at taunting Haroun. Who should have known better than to let her get to him, though there was more to it than just that. He's bruising up nicely today but I swear the man is a walking injury target anyway. He'll be fine.

Huh. Why do I feel like there's a lot of pieces missing to that? I hate how my brain works sometimes. Oh well - it explains last night to some extent, at least. ...has she ever seen Moira waving the damn shotgun around?

Alison

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Well, Nate tells me the two of them are still planning to head to Muir as soon as classes are over. Which is ideal for both of them - I just hope they make it until then. And no, that's not me being a pessimist. He at least is sounding awfully frayed and I imagine she's probably worse given the sort of crap that's been going on.

Do email Mick. He's reminding me really distressingly right now of how Nate used to get when it just hurt too much to try and relate to people. I'm getting fresh reminders every day of why I hate those bastards at Mistra so much. If this wild card works out, I'll be cheering you on.

Haroun al-Rashid, huh? I'd heard of him before hearing Nathan talk about him being at the mansion, of course. I'll have to ask Dom precisely why she felt the need to get into it with him. The answer should be illuminating.

As for pieces missing... well, he'd be absolutely mortified if he knew I was talking about this to you, so I think I should exercise some discretion here. Though he claims he doesn't remember it, so I'm really not sure why he looks like he's fighting the urge to gut himself every time the subject comes up.

GW