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There is a Chase, in the bar, with a book that he is only pretending to read.

It's difficult to pay full attention to a book when one is keeping a wary eye and a half out for certain daughters and certain fathers-in-law-to-be that one has to make certain apologies to or risk certain...something.

If your name just happens to be Angela or Jack, you might want to just happen to stop by the booth.

And if your name isn't, you're certainly perfectly welcome to stop by anyway.

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This is not--well, actually, this probably is the Jack Chase is looking for. This Jack is just rather well-hidden, being at one of the infinite number of dark corners of the bar. He's picking at a plate of pasta and generally looking like he's lost one of his best friends.

Which, in a way, he has.

He also hasn't noticed Chase, as he'd come down to the bar in a daze. No sleep will do that to you.

[ooc: Running off for CSI in a minute but will be back at 10 EST if it's not a repeat and wanted to tag before I fled.]

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[OOC: No prob.]

The very Jack Chase has been keeping the eye-and-a-half out for, yes. He notices Jack eventually, and immediately knows something's wrong.

Chase never bothers with little things like debating whether or not he's welcome before attempting to assist with Jack-problems. If he hasn't caused them directly, he considers them fair game even if Jack's pissed at him. Thus, he is up and wandering over shortly after spotting Jack, book left behind at the table.

"You okay, Jack?" he says quietly.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine," Jack says shortly, not looking up. He knows it's a lie, he knows Chase knows it's a lie, but still, he doesn't really want to say what's really going on. He's not exactly looking forward to hearing all the "I-told-you-so"s.

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Well, if there's one person who hasn't actually told him so, except briefly when Compulsed, it's Chase.

Since he knows that pushing won't do anything to help at he moment, he opts for an "Anything I can do?" rather than a 'you sure?'

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Unless you've got a time machine handy, no, Jack thinks grimly.

What he says, though, is a somewhat listless, "No, not really." He fiddles with the food on his place for a moment before adding, "I might be heading out of the bar sometime soon."

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A pause before he nods.

"When do you think you'd be back?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," he says with a shrug. "Few days, I hope."

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He nods again. He hopes it'll do Jack some good.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"You said the other night that you and Kim have made up?" he says after an uncomfortable pause.

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"Yeah. We've talked...she's doing a lot better."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Good. So she's uh...still practicing with her new abilities?" he asks, a little awkwardly. He's not sure how much Kim has told Chase about what happened the other night.