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[deadlyjuliet]

[The journal clicks on with the sound of a chainsaw dying away in the background.]

Augh, Will, are we done yet? I swear, this sea water is wrecking havoc on my--

...

[The sound of water and waves and not much else follows for a moment.]

Where...? ...! Where are all the bodies?! And the ice?! WILLIAM, DID YOU JUST LEAVE ME IN THIS BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC?! WILL?! RONALD! Ronald Knox, so help me, if you took off just because of a little overtime, I am going to---!! Ugh! Will! Wii---

...ngs?

...Why.....do I have wings? ...WHERE THE BLOODY HELL IS MY SHIRT?!

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[deadlyjuliet]

...And you do know how daft that sounds, yes?

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[simplestgift]

More daft than a talking book?

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[deadlyjuliet]

....Point.

So, man at the other end of this book, if you can't see, there is no sail. However, there is one oar and not much else.

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[simplestgift]

No sail
Only one oar
No shore in sight.

[Buffy is going to kill him. He should let her rot in that boat for what she did to Jack, but for all he knows, this Grell is from an earlier time and completely innocent. Ish.]

Very well. You must take up the oar and row west. Two strokes on one side, then two on the other. [No compass, Archie. Damn.] You can't see anything but water?

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[deadlyjuliet]

Water, water....seaweed. Rather desolate country you have here. Then again, it isn't full of dead people so that is one up from where I was a moment ago.

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[simplestgift]

[Hard at work, huh, Grell?]

If there's seaweed, you must be near shore somewhere.

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[deadlyjuliet]

[Actually, yes.]

At the very least, they could have left the ice. It's so much easier to get back if there is something to step on.

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[simplestgift]

They left you in a boat, and that's better. Now stop your griping and row toward the weeds.

[That's when he realizes he just told Grell to stop griping. It's like telling Cthulhu to shut up and sit down. Interesting. Empowering.]

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[deadlyjuliet]

[O-oh. A take charge man. Who was rude. She likes that.]

....A-ah....

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[deadlyjuliet]

[Okay, that lasted all of about 20 seconds.]

But what if I were to break a nail?

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[simplestgift]

It'll grow back. [And Archie's being treated to memories of waking up adrift in the vastness of the ocean himself, so this is all kinds of fun.] Would you rather stay out there till you die of dehydration, or worse, boredom?

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[deadlyjuliet]

Boredom seems the more likely.

[Sigh]

Fiiine, I shall try to find someone to get me back by...rowing. I'm sure someone out here is enough of a prince.

[simplestgift]

And how is this prince to get out to you, without knowing where on the ocean you are?

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[deadlyjuliet]

How do I know? He said to sit and he shall come to find me.

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[simplestgift]

If you can't see shore from where you are, he must have a boat. Even then, finding you when you could be anywhere...

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[deadlyjuliet]

He said something about a bird and considering how utterly insane this place seems to be, I shan't question it until I see it.

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[simplestgift]

...Well. I hope he is successful, then. [An exaggeration.]

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[deadlyjuliet]

Your enthusiasm is touching, sir. Thank you.

[saaarcasm]

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[simplestgift]

[He sounds distant.]

I was adrift once. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

[As close to well-wishes as he can really come.]

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[deadlyjuliet]

Man of the sea then, are we? Terrible lives they lead. Terrible and short.

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[simplestgift]

[There's some hesitation.]

Yes.

[It's not an admission, just an agreement.]

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[deadlyjuliet]

Yes, well, aren't we a stunning conversationalist. I suppose it's to be expected, what with the strangeness here.

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[simplestgift]

You've hardly failed to notice your wings, I take it? [Sometimes it takes people a while.]

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[deadlyjuliet]

Rather difficult to miss them, don't you think?

They're making this ordeal all that much more difficult to bear.