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[Will sits on a bench at the beach. The way the camera is angled, most of what can be seen is water lapping at the shore as the sun begins to set. One jean-covered leg and a hint of plaid is visible on his end, a hand with a bandaged finger, but not much else.]

April's gone. Ludgate. Been here for years, back in the City before all this. Vanished when the Porter was busted. Thought maybe once she got working again...

[But he thought wrong, from the looks of it. The waves continue. Tension and loss linger off screen. Two teenagers in bathing suits run by, splashing water and screaming that it's too fucking cold, but they laugh and keep going. What is hypothermia to a youth in love?]

Guess not. Hope nobody else had the same misfortune.

[There's a bit of something gruff, stern in that; sure he does hope for that. He's hopeful it doesn't happen again because the alternative is to just be Pissed and Murderous, but it's cold and that's a lot more effort than he's up for, so he settles for Disappointed and Could Go For A Kill To Avenge My Love Once It Warms Up.]

Anybody want a dog?

[he's fine]

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[quickfingers]

[Doesn't take long for Peter to be reaching out with a reply, sympathetic about losing people to the Porter's fuck ups but not about to say 'hey maybe a different version of her's gonna pop back up for ya' because he wouldn't wish that on anyone, it's just as cruel as losing them.

He's sitting somewhere precarious, nothing but open sky behind him.] Hey. You okay?

Sorry about April. Had no idea she was missing.

permathat!

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[Okay but imagine a 70s April because that would be pretty dang cool.

He actually shifts the camera now to look at Peter, shrugging slightly.]

I'm okay. [As okay as anyone can be in his state, at least.] You wanna take your girlfriend home for good?

[quickfingers]

You don't want her around anymore? [He's a bit puzzled but he can also understand that sometimes, maybe, reminders aren't great. But neither is purging too much from your life too fast. He loves Princess Ugly Snufferstuff, though, and has to take a moment to consider it. Without much hesitance he knows he could probably take her off Will's hands.]

How's she feel about this plan? [She probably knows she'd get all the pepperoni she could get her paws on with him.]

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[pyrogue]

Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. [ Jeeze. After a few months and two weeks with Len gone, Mick burnt down his house so he can't even imagine what Will must feel like right now. ]

You, uh. You wanna have a beer and watch a bonfire?

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[a pause]

Yes? [Is this a real question.] Yes, I do.

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Send me which beach you're at and I'll be there in a bit.

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I'm so sorry. Heavy losses seem to be more and more common.

[Understatement of the year thus far.]

Have you found a home for the dog?

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[HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND]

Got more than one dog to home.

[So not yet, throw yo name in the hat y/n]

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I already have two, and I believe my partner will object if I take in any more. But I'll help you search, and I'll do what I can if no one steps up to adopt them.

Do you need dog food? I can spare some.

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Shit... sorry to hear that, Will. April's one of a kind.

[Jacob pauses, casts his eyes downward for a moment, tries to think of something, anything he could offer to help.]

I could take another dog, sure. Champ could use someone to play with who isn't me.

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[Ignoring the condolences because he is A MAN]

How big is Champ now?

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[heisenbitch]

Shit, I'm sorry, man.

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[The fake smile is audible.]

Thanks. How've you been?

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[slightlyoffchilt]

You think interfering with the Porter sealed the deal?

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It couldn't have helped.

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Was the dog hers?

[ raven doesn't want to say "sorry for your loss" like this april ludgate is dead. it's hollow words. she'd know, it's what the delinquents and the kinder grounders had said when finn died. a dog is a dog, and she wonders if offering up the dog is some kind of way to cope. (of course it is.) ]

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Some of them. Maybe. I liked to think of them as ours.

[He appreciates the lack of condolences because they really aren't going to do much but rub salt in the wound.]

[devoutish]

What sort of dog?

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Take your pick. Got quite a few. Large or small?

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[wizzardly]

...You... really don't think she's coming back?

[uncertainty, disquiet. A flicker of sympathy and some selfish fear.]

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[A pause, the sort that betrays he's not thinking because he's thought about it already, he's just not saying it for a moment.]

I don't think she is coming back this time, no.

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[shifting]

[it's been some time since he's talked to Will. That's mostly been his own fault - still haunted by a few bad dreams between them. He'd only withdrawn further after losing Sookie to his waking hours.

And now Will's lost April. His wife.

...He can't just scroll past this.]

Why the dogs, Will?

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[Oh no. Sam. A good boy. A conflicted boy but a good boy just the same. The best boy for handling dogs, no doubt.]

In case she's not the only one to head back home.

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[flowerette]

[ Oh. Oh no. If Will's getting rid of dogs, you know it's bad. ]

I'm so sorry, Will. Truly I am. April and I never really saw eye to eye, but...she was your other half. She was family. Are you sure she won't be back? Didn't she always have the rule of three months?

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She does have that rule. And I'm holding to it. Something feels different this time, though.