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[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack comes down the stairs from a shower after a run. The run has taken away almost all of the nervous energy he'd woken up with, the energy that had kept him awake for much of the night. Now he's a bit more relaxed, if not in the greatest of moods.

He asks the bar for a cup of coffee, while he decides what he wants for dinner. It appears, along with a book. The Bourne Identity. He stares at it for a moment. He can't remember the book too well, but he remembers the movie. Or more particularly, certain aspects of the character in the movie.

"Very funny, Bar."

He takes the book and coffee and heads for a table.

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[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

Elaine approaches the table cautiously. Since Ramon doesn't seem to be around, she feels it safe to talk. "Hello, Jack. Can I get you anything else tonight?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He looks up from the book, glancing around for Ramon himself before giving her a smile. "Sure. Can I just get an order of spaghetti with meat sauce, and a side salad, please?"

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

"Coming right up."

And she goes up to the bar and gets him his order, then brings it back, arranging the silverware and setting out parmesan cheese and salad dressing.

"I talked to Kim the other day," she says quietly.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

His hand stills for a moment as he reaches for the parmesan, before he picks it up.

"How was she?" he asks, his tone neutral.

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

"She seems to feel that she is weak for how she reacted. I understand from Chase that at least she's been out of her room, at least. I've not seen her in the past couple of days, though. How are you?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"I'm okay. A bit stressed about Ramon being in the bar."

Yet again, Jack Bauer wins the award for Biggest Understatement of the Century.

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

Elaine nods. "I think I disturbed him with my talk of Death," she says nonchalantly.

She might also have a rather satisfied look on her face.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack looks at her, a little concerned. "What do you mean?" He's hoping they'd discussed Death the patron, or death in general, not Ramon's death specifically. He can't remember telling Elaine that Ramon dies on Sept. 19th, but Ryan might have.

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

"He seemed greatly disturbed that the dead do not stay in Milliways forever. And also that I did not seem disturbed about that. I didn't tell him how I died, though, that's too personal." Elaine pauses. "Actually, he seemed far more disturbed by the fact that I told him that no one stays here forever. Sooner or later, everyone leaves. One of my own friends was forcibly ejected from the bar, after all."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

Well, somebody needs to know the good news.

“Jack!” Tony’s been wandering around the bar, and sees Jack sitting at a table. “I’ve got something to tell you.”

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack looks up at Tony, puzzled at the dramtic change in demeanour since the last time he spoke to his friend. "I'm assuming it explans why you're so happy all of a sudden?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“Yeah. Michelle and I are getting married!”

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack blinks. That's not even a footnote to the last thing he would have expected.

"You're getting married? That's...that's great!" he says, a smile spreading on his face as it sinks in. Not that part of him isn't thinking WTF?! on a loop. "When did this happen?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“Yesterday morning.” Tony takes a seat at Jack’s table. “We were talking about…well, about what’s been bothering me. I don’t know why I thought I’d do it then but I asked her and she said yes. I’m gonna get her an engagement ring and everything.”

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack blinks again, not entirely sure how their discussion and a proposal worked together, but...

"Are you sure? I mean, you two should definitely be together, but are you sure this is the time? You've got things sorted out?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

This is preposterous! How dare Jack suggest that they aren’t ready! Tony tries his best not to outright glare at Jack, although there’s no saying that he’s not somewhat glaring at him. “I’d say so,” he says so stiffly.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack gives him a slightly exasperated look. "Tony, considering a couple days ago you were hardly talking, you had to know I'd ask."

[nita_callahan]

Nita takes a careful look around the bar, and can't see Ramon anywhere. Still, better safe than sorry.

She waits until Jack looks up from his book and catches his eye, mouthing Safe?

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He looks around; Ramon definitely isn't in the bar, and he can see the stairs from where he's sitting, so the should have warning if he comes down. Looking back at Nita, he nods and smiles.

[nita_callahan]

She gets up from the booth she was occupying and comes to join him at his table.

"Hey." A small smile. "I feel so paranoid."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Feels like work, to me," he says with a wry smile. "How are you doing? What have you been up to?"

[nita_callahan]

"Work, actually." There's a flicker of something in her eyes as she adds, "And old--" She's not exactly sure what to call Ed. "Have you been out by the lake recently?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He looks at her quizzically. "Yeah, yesterday. Why do you ask?"

[nita_callahan]

She sighs. "I told you a while ago about the Song of the Twelve -- the thing with the whales? That was supposed to end with me being eaten by a shark?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He looks at her warily. He's adding two and two and hoping his calculations aren't right. "You're telling be there's a shark in the lake?"