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[1stmacleod]

((Inspired by the jail time Meme on Bakerstreet))

Between Duncan and the various little hoards of assets Connor has squirreled away, Connor still makes fairly regular visits to his world of origin. His kinsman remains the more important of these two reasons, and as long as Duncan is living there, the visits will continue. Duncan is family.
This has already caused trouble once, though, since in his own world he runs the risk of encountering other immortals, and there's no anti-violence field there. Connor's not one to run from a fight, either. Thanks to working the forge and a healthy home life, he's back in fighting shape now, but his reputation was tarnished by the mess with Jacob Kell and he hasn't been around enough for word to get out that he's not an easy target anymore.

This visit, he's gone past dinner time, and it's late when the call comes via PINpoint.

"Er... Kai? I'm uhh..." His voice cracks, even raspier than usual. "I'm in the Seacouver jail..."

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[kairosaether]

"Well, when you're done there, could you bring home some of those amazing Magnolia cupcakes? I think they're in New York.." she chirps into her precious iPhone. "...And maybe see if you've got some mirrors locked away somewhere? I want to paint one aqua."

[1stmacleod]

"That... could be a while. I don't think they can legally hold me more than forty-eight hours, though." Even his tone across dimensions is sheepish.

[kairosaether]

Kai stops, pulls the phone from her ear, and stares at it. Her eyes slowly start to narrow as the light slowly comes on behind them. "Connor MacLeod, are you in jail, or are you just visiting?"

[1stmacleod]

"I don't visit jails on purpose." That may not be completely true, historically speaking, but it's definitely extremely rare.

[kairosaether]

She sighs a little. "You realize I haven't ever been to a jail to bail someone outta it, right?"

[1stmacleod]

Connor sighs, and in the background there's a few surly shouts, although they may or may not be directed at him.
"Well I can give you access to my bank account, or you can make your own dinner and expect me back sometime the day after tomorrow." He sounds frustrated, but he's very carefully trying not to direct it at her.

[kairosaether]

"Will they let me take money out of your accounts? I mean, are there atms?" She thinks Connor's actual time line is up to date with hers in that respect - but she feels she has to ask.

And breathe, and remind herself he doesn't sound angry at her. "And.. can you give me precise instructions how to get there? I don't wanna get lost in New York City. Especially one I haven't been to before."

[1stmacleod]

Connor pauses, and his voice gets a little quieter. "...Yeah, there's ways to do that. I don't how much time they'll give me. There's an older wallet in my beside drawer, top one. You want the dark green card that says Bank of America..." Hasty instructions follow, although he'll let her grab a pen and pencil. There's a four-digit pin and quick instructions to the bank, from PINpoint coordinates he has to pause briefly to look up for her. He's not sure how much time he's going to be given on the phone.
There's a second set of coordinates, too, to get her close to the jail he's in.

[kairosaether]

She scribbles down everything, and reads it back to him just in case. "Okay. I'll be there as soon as I can, okay? Don't let anyone hurt you."

[1stmacleod]

He breathes a sigh of relief when she's done. "Yeah. I'll be fine. Heh, You know me. Durable." He sighs, and adds with quiet feeling, "I love you."

[kairosaether]

She puts her pen down. "I love you too."

It doesn't take long to get ready to go, except that as she's pulling on shoes she decides she might want to take a friend with her. Her sister's first on the short list of people to call. "Okay, so Connor's in jail, and I have to go to NYC to get him. Are you available to ride with, by any chance?" By the bit of stunned silence on the other side of the phone, she slowly comes to the realization that her boyfriend is in jail in NYC. It's not like her other boyfriends - friends that were boys, okay? - ever ended up in jail, they were sort of the people that .. you know, jailed people themselves.

"Fraid not, sis. I told Jake I'd keep calm and carry on. The baby's been moving a lot," her sister says once she's regained her mind. "...Call Hyou and see if he'll go? Or Jake himself?"

"I'll try."

Kairos doesn't call Hyou, or Jake, though they'd both be excellent choices. She calls the one person who might be able to even know the time period she's going to. John Hart. After pleasantries - which always takes a few minutes with John, as he's so exuberant - she gets down to business. "Boyfriend's in jail, I have to bail him out? Wanna come? We'll get cupcakes on the way back."

[hart_on_sleeve]

It's been quite a while since John has heard from Kai or her sister, but he's always up for an adventure, and breaking people out of jail? That's always a favourite activity.

"Why of course! I'd do it even without the cupcakes...but I certainly wouldn't turn them down. Where do we meet?"

[immortal_pirate]

OOC: Sorry for the threadjack. Just wanted to tell you I really love that quickening icon!

[1stmacleod]

((Thanks! Last animated one I made before I lost the ability to make nice animated gifs... *sigh*))

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[immortal_pirate]

I've never figured out how to make those things work!

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[1stmacleod]

((I used to use Adobe Imageready, but I switched computers and finally went to Win 7 and it's not compatible, and I have yet to find a free program with the same capabilities.))