Jack's Room, London, Wednesday Morning

[bitten_notshy]

Jack didn't even have a particular reason for calling Emma. It was just one of those things he did every so often when he was lonely and at loose ends. The first time he'd tried and gotten a bad connection, he didn't even think about it.

But when texts didn't go through either and the problem persisted on a few more dials over more than a day, he started calling other numbers. Karla's line wasn't working; neither was Alex's. A few other people only went to voice mail. Finally, he shrugged and tried someone he hadn't spoken to much since the summer. Dinah was usually good at knowing what was going on.

[OOC: NFB due to distance. For the blondest of the canaries, please.]

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeeeah. Somebody probably found a reason why it wouldn't work." Dinah sighed. "I'm going to keep calling and I'll probably leave for Baltimore tomorrow, since I don't have any classes then... Raven texted me too, and she was pretty frantic about Karla on Monday. Said she saw her in a dream, and they were going to get her back, as well as some other people." She blew out a breath. "So. Not everyone's in the same boat, at least." Hopefully.

[bitten_notshy]

"Does it sound like more are missing, or more have been taken?" Jack wondered. "And I don't suppose anyone mentioned Emma Frost."

Like that could sound casual, much as Jack wanted to make it seem so.

"Thank you for making the trip," he added.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"No," Dinah said, regretfully. She would have liked to have been able to give Jack a definitive answer. "Only that it was more than just Karla-- Momoko said 'a bunch' of people got taken. Raven was ... terse. I didn't think to call her, and I should have; if Karla were taken, she'd be doing everything to get her back... I don't know." She smiled a little. "And you're welcome. I'll call as soon as I've reached the Causeway, and found out whatever there is to find there."

[bitten_notshy]

"If they're fine and it's just a problem with the phones and a few incidents being blown out of proportion, I'll laugh really hard," Jack told her.

He could hope.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Me too! I will chortle. Loudly enough to be heard across the Atlantic." Dinah mustered a smile. "Keep your fingers crossed. If it isn't... Well. I guess we can always invade Portalocity or something."

Yeah, 'cause that would work.

[bitten_notshy]

"Don't attack the nice people at their desks, Dinah," Jack suggested. "I suspect that would get you banned for life. But we'll find something."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"We will," Dinah said, determined. And relieved; a potential crisis without someone to double-check with it about-- was a lot worse. Having Jack to check in with it on made it seem possible to deal with it. "Okay. Get rest, good luck with your classes, and I'll call tomorrow. Same time, same Dinah-channel."

[bitten_notshy]

"The same to you, and I'll talk to you later," Jack said, and closed the connection.

And then he tried calling Emma again, just to see if anything had changed in the last ten minutes.