Room 308, Friday Morning

[bitten_notshy]

Jack was up half the night Thursday scrubbing pink dye out of his hair. After the fifth go at it with shampoo and a quick self-administered trim to a few scraggly bits that had absorbed more than their fair share of the dye, it was all but back to normal, with just a few blush-tinted strands around his ears.

This was, in his eyes, an essential first step.

After a call to Tony and a nap, he woke up and started to pack. Rationally, he knew he was not the first person to have something odd and embarrassing happen to him -- a love spell, or whatever it had been. He wasn't even the first person to waste time chasing after a straight guy. (And bless Mitchell and Kate for trying to talk sense into him, for all the good it had done.) But he still needed the brief escape of a respite with Sebastien to get him centered in his own head.

He packed quickly and neatly, door cracked open as usual so he could watch the motion in the hallway.

[OOC: Open if you need a Jack!]

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[vanillajello]

Kate snickered. "A little bit, definitely. You made some pretty weak arguments back there."

[bitten_notshy]

"Oh, probably," Jack said. "Did you have any in mind? It was all a very new situation for me."

[vanillajello]

"Telling me I was jealous was pretty lame," Kate replied with a light shrug. "But I didn't stop by to repeat your dumb stuff back to you. I just wanted to see whether this particular wave of madness had passed."

[bitten_notshy]

jack groaned. "I don't think I even believed that one when I said it," he stated. "I just couldn't think of any other reason people wouldn't support my love. But yes, the madness has passed. I still have no idea what caused it all -- this woman touched my forehead and it went away."

He hadn't quite registered the name 'Aphrodite.' In his defense, the situation had been confusing.

[vanillajello]

"A woman?" Well, at least then it probably really wasn't Raven. That was good. "So it didn't just go away on its own?" Which in turn meant it probably wasn't the island doing it, after all.

[bitten_notshy]

Jack shook his head. "It was a blonde woman in silly clothes. She came up while Priestly and I were talking, said it was the island's fault, and tapped my forehead. I think she vanished into thin air, which is ... about as crazy as the rest of this."

[vanillajello]

"Just another fun evening in Fandom," Kate snorted. "Doesn't sound like anyone I know. How'd Priestly take it?"

[bitten_notshy]

"He was in the middle of telling me he would never love me back when she came up to us," Jack reported. "After that, he seemed to be mostly worried about Dinah."

[vanillajello]

"No wonder, he told me Dinah was pretty lovestruck too..."

Kate shook her head. "Can't really blame you for wanting a break."

[bitten_notshy]

"Dinah was ready to get married," Jack said. "I hope she's all right now."

[vanillajello]

Kate cringed. "Really, it was that bad? Yeah, I seriously hope she's okay. And I'm sorry, but I'm just so very glad this whole thing skipped me."

[bitten_notshy]

"And she has a boyfriend," Jack said, just because Dinah wanting to marry someone she barely knew wasn't bad enough. "I'd say you got lucky, unless you spent last weekend as a Siamese twin or worse. Then I'd say you deserved a break."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, no, I was in a coma last weekend," Kate replied. "I think I got off pretty easy with that one."

[bitten_notshy]

"I wouldn't mind a coma," Jack said wistfully. "Though the priest thing could have been worse."

Note to Fandom: When thinking you're a priest becomes the better option and comas are to be envied, your life has gone a bit off-track.

[vanillajello]

Kate snorted. "I did apparently think I was pregnant, though. But I don't really remember that, I just saw the letter I had written for the father."

[bitten_notshy]

"... who was the father?"

Certain questions had to be asked.

[vanillajello]

"Jason Stackhouse."

A vague bit of shame in that, although mostly because of the other things she'd written, or almost written.

[bitten_notshy]

"You could have done worse." Jack didn't really know Jason, but he was nice-looking.

[vanillajello]

"I know, there was just other embarrassing stuff involved. I think." She ran a hand through her hair. "Anyway, it was just weirdness, and it's all over, thank God."

[bitten_notshy]

"Thank God, until next time," Jack said. "Thank you for checking on me."

[vanillajello]

"Hey, I have to keep an eye on what happens on this floor. Can't have anyone screwing up the awesome," Kate said. "Glad to have you back among the sane. And now, I'll continue on my quest for breakfast."