ninth jump \\ [video]

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[The video cuts on very suddenly. The fact that the camera is angled down at a pair of black boots on a grassy field suggests that it's not entirely intentional. The owner of said boots sounds like he's on the verge of either a complete breakdown or some kind of homicidal rampage.

The view shakes violently as Griffin gestures emphatically.]

Yes, I know how to work my bloody NV, I've been here!

Look pal, you need to calm down. I know, it's scary--

You're not listening. Tell me what the date is or the only scary thing that's gonna happen is me snapping your neck.

... January 27th, 2012.

[There's a long beat before Griffin answers. He's less angry and more shaken now.]

It hasn't even been two weeks? You're telling me that--

[Just as accidentally as it had been started, the video ends when Griffin tightly grips his NV and happens on the wrong button.]

[[OOC: Surprise? Griffin is returning after spending about two months in his world. Nothing extraordinary happened to him.]]

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[He seems unsure of himself as well, the way his smile mirrors hers. Because while Griffin is just endlessly pleased about the recent turn of events, he is also still very freaked out by the fact that he had been yanked from his home with no warning.

Because he is completely sure about that now. Siren's Port is home.

But now really isn't the time. Anna just planted one on him, for God's sake. If interdimensional travel was all it took for that to happen, he would've done it sooner.]

Hell of a welcome.

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[That would be cheating. And if he kept up this interdimensional travel, she might just end up hating him instead. Mostly. Sort of. Besides, Gabriel dearest might have had a hand in nudging her towards this, weird as it is. She'd been so stubbornly against giving in to any of the leering and warnings of her brothers... And then Gabe had gone and given his approval and suddenly she realized it .. might not be so bad.

Then Griffin had gone and disappeared and everything just went to hell in a hand basket, but you know.]

Yeah, it um. Was a little surprised to find you just .. gone like that. 'Never know a good thing till it's gone' or something. [Yes. Good. Um.]

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[His eyebrows raise considerably at being called "a good thing."]

You weren't the only one surprised. Trust me.

[It seems important that she knows that, that he had no intention of going anywhere. It figured that just when Griffin felt like he found somewhere it wasn't horrible to stay put, he gets taken away. His hands come up to rest on her arms. Like he's trying to make sure he's anchored down.]

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[Don't make her go over it again, damnit.]

No notice or ... anything? Just out of the blue?

[She's trying to figure out if there's a trigger or something- not trying to blame him for leaving like he did. Just fyi. She doesn't move when he grabs her, either, letting him use her as the anchor he needs- she's certainly not going anywhere.]

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I was closing up the bar and... [He makes a sort of sucking up gesture with his hand, complete with sound effect.] Just like that. I tried...

[He had felt that nausea, that tugging in his middle, and he knew what it meant. Griffin had been terrified in a way that he hadn't been in the longest time. He tried to outrun the Pull but it had been useless, of course.

He pulls a tight smile.]

Doesn't matter now. I'm back again.

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[She frowns; is that what it was like? Getting .. hauled back home. There's a moment though- and understanding lights in her eyes.]

You... tried to Jump out of it?

[The Pull- or in this case Push, one might say. -- Her smile is a lot more well-put than his.]

Weren't gone for that long- only about two weeks. At least here.

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Not something I'd recommend trying.

[He chuckles nervously. Griffin realizes that he still has one of his hands on her. ... How long can he get away with this? Well, if there ever was a time to push his luck. He brings her in a little closer.]

It was longer than that where I came from. A couple months, I think.

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[She really doesn't seem to mind the hand on her, or the fact that he's pulling her just that little bit closer. Really, she really doesn't mind.

She does have a sympathetic wince for his answer, though.]

And you didn't remember anything when you were there? Like ... it had never happened?

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[He swallows nervously. That's what's getting to him more than anything else. He had so many people here and he got taken from them and he didn't remember them. Getting stolen from his original life hadn't been so terrible. Getting stolen from this one is infinitely worse.

Griffin doesn't look her in the eye and shakes his head in a way that could almost be apologetic. He didn't want to forget.]