001 - Arrival - ACTION/TEXT

[alandwithoutmagic]

Who: Neal Cassidy/Baelfire
What: Arrival & Freaking out
Where: Around HQ
When: 9/29 -ish and really any day after that.
Warnings: None

He wasn't expecting the sudden jump to another world. It was disorienting. He'd been in his apartment in New York and after the strange change he found himself in a bathroom stall. It'd taken him some time to puzzle out that he had just jumped from one location to another; luckily the strange old man came and explained some of it. Enough to make Neal wish he was anywhere but here.

He held the phone in his palm, feeling it's weight before pocketing it and heading out to explore. He really didn't want to just send a message to anyone and everyone but after wandering around, locating all the important parts of HQ and stopping by the hospital, he decides to send a text. With that done he slipped the phone into his pocket and continued to take a look around. This didn't feel like his New York and the longer he stayed the more he wished he wasn't here.

Neal can be found anywhere though he didn't stick out as someone who was new. He's good at hiding in plan sight.

TEXT

Anyone want to get a beer?

Comments

[thesavior]

Emma didn't see Neal's text, because if she had, she probably would have run the opposite direction, but as it was she sat in the bar nursing a drink, not knowing that her life was about to be turned on it's axis... again. She didn't know that she was going to be coming face to face with her past both here, where ever here was, and in New York.

It was probably good that Emma didn't know that though. She sat peacefully on the stool, trying to figure out what to do.

[alandwithoutmagic]

When Neal walked in he didn't immediately see her. He bee-lined to the bar and quickly ordered a drink. His hands moved through his hair as he exhaled a slow and frustrated breath. This wasn't his New York. He knew that would most likely be the case but it sucked anyway.

His head turned and as he spotted Emma his beer was placed in front of him. Fuck.

"Emma?" When was the last time he'd seen her? Had she broken the curse? Why was she here?

[thesavior]

Emma turned at the sound of the voice, and blanched. She turned forward, and gripped her glass so hard that it broke in her hand.

"Shit!" She exclaimed, drawing in hand up, and grabbing the nearest napkin. She looked over at Neal, taking in the clothes, especially the hoodie. "It was you in New York wasn't it?"

[alandwithoutmagic]

Neal blinked a few times, his thoughts tumbling over themselves as she stared at her. How long had it been? Had the curse really been broken? She had no reason to find him here.

He swallowed nervously trying to find context to his words. "What- what are you talking about?" He hadn't run into her in New York however that was where he was currently living.