Here again

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A tall, muscular man clad in sport jacket and jeans walked into the cantina, then stopped and looked around as he recognized the place and remembered when he'd been here last.

-Four years,- he thought, pondering going back home for a moment before shrugging and walking over to a booth. -This is as good a place to work as any.-

One hand went up to absently rub the big purple bruise on the side of his face; souvenir of his last encounter with a door frame. Then he seated himself and asked the furry waitress for a coffee before immersing himself in his work.

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And a tiny nose sniffed at his foot, followed bit a curious fuzzy head sticking itself up his pant leg and a tiny tongue licking away at his leg.

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Goliath yelped and bent down hastily to gently extract the intruder, then straightened and sighed as he saw a small brown river of coffee run over the edge of the table onto the floor. "Jalepena...."

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

Having only recently acquired the coordinates for this place, Elisa had never the less decided to check it out, if only for politeness's sake.

Even still, new places always made her just a little be nervous, if only because of a) a cop's instinct for always being on the lookout for trouble, and b) the possibility of mobs with torches and pitchforks coming.

As she looked around, her eyes fell on one booth in particular.

No way. Absolutely no way.

Except she'd know that face--more or less--anywhere.

"What the hell?"

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He blinked and looked up from the kitten, ready to smile... only it turned into a jaw drop.

"Elisa?"

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"It's been nearly three years for us," he rumbled, unconsciously smoothing the kitten's fur with his thumb as he continued to cradle her against his chest. "And four since I was given this form."

Not that he remembered the event. Crashing into a building immediately afterward had ensured that.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"I've been a Gargoyle for about a year and a half," Elisa replies.

She had a good life. She knew that. A mate she loved, she'd helped save the world at least three times, some of the greatest friends anyone could ask for, and she had a place in making the city safe for everyone, human and Gargoyle alike. So why was she so jealous of the possibility of a 'normal' life with Goliath, like her alternate here had.

"What happened to you, Goliath? Puck?"

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"Thank you." Then he sighed and looked at the papers on the table. "I have no problem with the paperwork normally. But doing something five times because I've spilled coffee on it gets tiresome."

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"Always said you were too tense for your own good. Though in your situation, I guess it's understandable," Elisa replied. "Can't think of anybody who'd be a better dad than you, though. Just so long as you don't go scaring off any boyfriends a daughter might bring home."

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"This was Lexington," rumbled Goliath, pleased by the laughter. "And I suspect he was caffeinated from chocolate as well."

The boy had been vibrating as he'd dragged him out of the study hall at the university and brought him home.

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Elisa's face splits into an amused, fangy grin. "Good lord, Lex on a caffine high... that boy's bad enough in front of a computer without chemicals."

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He started and looked at her questioningly, then put a hand to it. "The night I changed. It happened as I was swooping in to land and I hit the building head-first."

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

She winced at that. "Ouch." Then she chuckles. "You got lucky you didn't get worse."

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He blinked and focused on her, then shook his head. "I was recalling the first time that I was here."

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"Oh? What happened?"

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"These call themselves Senkefeen, Valley Fairies," said the furry waitress from behind them.

"Thank you." Goliath frowned at her slightly, then blinked as a tiny flying lizard swished through the protective field and zipped around their heads.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, thanks," Elisa added. "What's going through your head, Goliath?"

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He shook his head in disagreement.

"I'm the one that destroyed him."

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"I don't say this about many people, Goliath, but if anybody deserved whatever they got, it was Thailog. And yet it sounds like you've taken an interest in turning him around."

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"Yes." He frowned intently as he carefully worked the lizard free of her hand, wincing but not saying anything as he received a couple more bites for his efforts.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

Elisa winced at the additional bites Goliath recieves, but smiles once the thing is finally free of her hand.

"Shoulda known I can always count on a Goliath to come rescue me," she chuckles.

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"Oh." He grinned. "Transformers are cool. Or at least the ones in the stories are." Then he looked toward the girls and excused himself before walking away.

Goliath watched him go, then turned back to Elisa. "Transformers?"

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

She shrugged. "Giant alien transforming robots. Met a few in the Nexus. Pretty nice group of guys, mostly."

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He blinked, eyes widening slightly. "That's... interesting."

His mind shied away from the thought, fleeing a headache.

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I thought so to when I heard about it. Guess it just proves love really does conquer all."

Not that she hadn't wondered about the, ah, bedroom mechanics involved there, but it wasn't a question you asked a ten year old girl.

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"And I should be returning to my work." He sighed and looked through the window at it, then turned back to her. "Perhaps we'll meet again."

[elisa-garg.livejournal.com]

"I'd like that," she said, smiling. "It's good to know there's a couple more universes where things worked out."