[Phone Call to Mab]

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

Hello, love.

Say, would you happen to know what's going on with Arthur? I can't seem to get a hold of him all of a sudden.

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[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

[Her reaction is immediately hostile and annoyed, and way beyond her normal cool level.]

I am not your love! How did you get this number?!

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

My boy is your loyal knight, in case you've forgotten.

Now, do you have any idea why Arthur can't be reached?

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

He can't be reached by anyone. I've actually hired a private detective to go find him. [Because she can't fucking leave the apartment.] He's just vanished!

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

[a pause]

[His voice becomes thicker with emotion]
...damn.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

Now if that's all you wanted, I need to figure how the hell I'm leaving my house so I can fix my people.

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

...why can't you leave?

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

Because I'll freeze! [Is...is she whining?] I'm no good to anyone if I'm hypothermic!

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

How do you mean? It's brisk, but not freezing.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

It is to me! I have to keep the temperature up to at least seventy or my teeth start chattering! [Oh and there it goes, her voice is thick. She's starting to cry.] And I can't talk about it or I start doing this! I hate Gaia!

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

Shhh. shhh... Easy now, love. It's a good thing I called, then. Who better to warm you than a sun god, after all?

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

I don't want your help. [She sounds just miserable. And she really really is. She hates this emotional bullshit.] I don't trust you. And stop calling me 'love'.

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

Have you any better ideas?

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

No. [And that answer sounds a bit muffled. And it should because she's shoved her head under a pillow on her bed.]

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

Then I insist. I can keep you warm. I can help fight whatever's guarding your epicenter. Otherwise, you might all be doomed to suffer for a long time.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

Fine. Fine. [ So much pouting.]

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

It'll be all right. Have you gathered your team, or were you intending to do this alone?

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

If I could do it alone I would. Ogma can't hardly open his own front door. Bres is better off, but we.... can't really accomplish anything useful together. [ Boy those emotions sure change on a dime. Her voice sounded rather husky at the end. She really had zero control over her feelings.]

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

...indeed. Just the two of us, then?

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

Of course not. Bres is capable of coming along and being perfectly useful.

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

I'll expect that usefulness. If he proves a distracting presence to anyone but the enemies, I'll be separating him from the group.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

He won't be the problem.

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

If I need to build you a fire and make you stand back, I will.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

[Also not really the issue she's talking about but she's not about to correct him.]

When can you be here?

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

Anytime you need me.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

This needs to be over sooner than later.

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

My sister is still being sought. But we have plenty of Greeks to look for her. You need the help more than they do.

Give me a date. I'll come.

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

Yesterday.

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

And where do I meet you?

[winter-queen.insanejournal.com]

Like I said, I can't leave my penthouse. [She rattles off the address.] You'll have to come up. I can't even go into elevator. We can take my jet to Vermont from there.

[aegletes.insanejournal.com]

Not a problem. I'll bring my bow.