Room 222 | Thursday Evening

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Jim didn't have much to pack but what he had was all stuffed into his bags. All that was left was to wait around for his portal. It was scheduled for later tonight for some reason and after seeing that the only other portal back home was in a month's time, he'd had to take it.

To pass the time, he was sitting on his stripped bed, playing some stupid game on his phone. He was trying to ignore the fact that he'd miss this place and the people. He was trying to be cool and collected and not at all sentimental because that was the kind of guy he was.

It required a lot of repression. And Jim was a repression expert.

[Open door/post. Jim's last post on island for now and totally good with SP since I'm getting this up a little late.]

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"Leaving already?" Jessica asked from the doorway. The stripped bed and packed stuff made that pretty clear.

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"Yep," Jim replied, looking up. "As much as I would love to stick around and work on my tan all summer, I got a few things I should finally take care of back home. Haven't been back once since I came here so."

Lots of things to do.

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"Meanwhile, I've been home five hundred times. Average us out and it starts to look more normal," Jessica said.

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"You hanging around for the summer?" Jim wondered, pocketing his phone for the moment. "Can't make yourself leave the nest just yet?"

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"I have a job waiting for me that won't be ready until the end of summer," Jessica said.

Because SOME PEOPLE were still upset about breaking protocol and arresting people with serious connections. Oops.

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"It won't be ready for you?" Jim repeated, raising an eyebrow. "What, are they rolling out a red carpet and getting a gilded throne ready to go for you?"

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"I wish. It's more like I made my boss unhappy, so she's taking an excuse to keep me away for a while," Jessica said. "She 'encouraged' me to take the summer for myself."

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"Nice!" Of course he'd be impressed by bad behavior. "And you being you, of course, will spend this summer working and being a nerd, right?"

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"More or less," Jessica said. "I'm sure I'll make it over there a coupl times, though."

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"Well, make sure to sit out on the beach for me once or twice," Jim told her. "Because I'm going to a place that is completely freaking landlocked and it's already making me sad."

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"I'll even bring drinks so I can pour one out for you," Jessica promised.

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"You are a true gentlewoman and a scholar," he said, nodding at her. "I would be most appreciative of that fact while I stare at miles and miles of stupid dirt and farmland."

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"Come on, Jimboree, it's not that bad. Cows are fun, right?" Jessica teased.

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"Where in the heck would you get that idea, Jemima?" Jim asked, making a face.

[Massive apologies as I fell asleep like a slacker.]

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"I'm a big city girl, so it's really just guesswork," Jessica said.

[Not a problem! But now I'm slow due to work insanity.]

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"And how could cows be fun? Please inform me," Jim quipped.

[No worries, me too!]