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[nita_callahan]

Nita. Bar. Tea. A copy of A Wrinkle in Time by Madelein L'Engle that the Bar kindly supplied.

[OOC: Mun will be back in about 20-30 min. Back!]

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[maxwellsdemon02]

Duo smiles at Nita in passing. "Heya kiddo. Haven't seen you for a bit. Ikaga deshita ka?"

[nita_callahan]

She looks up and smiles back. "Yeah, I've been hididng out. Say that last part again?"

[maxwellsdemon02]

"How're you doin', basically. And I have too, some." He rubs the back of his neck self-consciously.

[nita_callahan]

She shrugs. "It happens. Sometimes you just need some alone time, you know?"

[maxwellsdemon02]

He gives her a wry grin. "Or you just want to hide. I have experience with both."

Then Duo gets a more serious look. "Nita, you said you were on active duty when we last talked, right?"

[nita_callahan]

"I think 'provisional active' or something like that. Why?"

[maxwellsdemon02]

"I am requesting your assistance in your errantry, Nita Callahan. A servant of the Lone Power is here. And while entropy at this time and place doesn't exactly stand out, he doesn't belong under That One's rule."

[nita_callahan]

She pauses, then raises her eyebrows and gestures to the barstool next to her. "What assistance I can give, I will. Tell me more."

[maxwellsdemon02]

Duo flops down on the barstool with his usual fluid grace. He faces Nita. "I can't tell you much. But he's already here, as you know. And he wants Puck. And more power. That's what he was asking about. Most everyone who is involved was warned, but there are always wild cards."

He leans up against the bar. "Mostly? I'd like it if you could...guide people. And be careful of yourself, too."

[nita_callahan]

She tilts her head. "Oberon. How do you mean, exactly, 'he wants Puck'? Do you know what he wants him for?"

A grim nod. "I'm keeping an eye on myself. Who needs guiding?"

[maxwellsdemon02]

Duo smirks at her. "They teach that this early in school?" Then he sobers. "It's another power thing, I guess. Puck said something about breaking an oath, and oaths trade power from both sides, if they're bound with magic. Not to mention, it would save face. Megalomaniancs always want to save face."

Then he laughs lightly. "Oh, everyone, don't you think?"

[nita_callahan]

She blinks. ". . .Okay, I hadn't thought about that aspect of their relationship and I'm not so sure I wanted to, but I'll keep that in mind. . ."

Her gaze sharpens. "What kind of oath? Do you know?" After a moment, her look softens. "Sorry for the interrogation, but you're handy."

[maxwellsdemon02]

He laughs, amused. "Well. I doubt it'll come up too much, yanno?"

Duo shrugs. "Oberon's the king, Puck was one of his retainers. I don't know the exact oath, of curse. S'not like I was there. You could ask him. Puck, I mean."

He pauses. "Well. You could ask Oberon. But I wouldn't recommend it. He's not the most pleasant conversationalist, at the moment."

Then he throws his head back and laughs. "Well. Don't count on my help. I mean, I did threaten to shoot him."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack spots Nita and pushes himself out of his chair, walking over to her. He had promised Kim he'd get himself checked out, after all, and if he had to do it, it might as well be someone he knew. Someone he trusted.

"Hey, Nita."

[nita_callahan]

Nita looks up and smiles. "Hey."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He scratches his head for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed asking about this. "With your healing powers...I'm assuming you can do diagnostic kind of stuff?"

[nita_callahan]

Her smile disappears, replaced by a slight puzzled frown. "Yeah, sure. Why?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He sighs. "I need you to check out my heart."

[nita_callahan]

She blinks. "Okay. . . Now?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He gives her a tight smile. "Might as well get it over with. Besides, I think Kim'll kill me if I put it off."

[nita_callahan]

A nod, and a small, approving smile. She stands. "Okay. Somewhere you can sit down."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He nods. "Okay. By the fireplace, then," he says, and walks over, taking a seat in his usual chair.

[nita_callahan]

She follows, and settles onto the floor, cross-legged. Her manual comes out of thin air, and she flips to a blank page near the back. "Record function, please."

She rests one palm on the empty pages and holds the other hand out to Jack.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He raises an eyebrow at her command, but gives her his hand. He really doesn't have a clue what she's going to do, but he trusts her. Besides, chances are any explanation she could give would just make his head hurt anyway.

[nita_callahan]

"I don't know if you'll be able to feel anything," she admits, "but just try and relax."

She closes her eyes and begins speaking quietly, almost inaudibly, slipping her conciousness into his body. This time, it's not the quick-and-dirty version of the spell -- the words sharpen her focus to his heartbeat, and record what she finds. She tries not to think too much about what she's finding, just lets the information flow through her into her manual.

After a few minutes, she opens her eyes and lets go of his hand.