Fandom High Security Office: Friday

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In any other situation, Bo would be rolling her eyes at the fact that Portalocity had never taken her off their spammy mailing list as requested.

When the message came through today, though, she couldn't help but a) be grateful they hadn't, b) freak the hell out, c) feel oddly guilty for yelling at them over something so miniscule, d) freak the hell out, and e) hit the internet even harder for anything she could find on these Auditor things Zoe had been told about.

Could they possibly be Fae? Except she wouldn't find that out on the web, because the Fae were all about keeping themselves a secret in her world.

Aaaand now she'd be slapping her forehead and pulling out her cell, because she knew someone who could tell her that, didn't she.

Aaaand now she'd be listening to what should have been Saskia's voicemail message say "Le numéro composé n'est pas en service..."

Aaaand now she'd be saying "Merde, merde, merde," only not in French.

[Open office is open!]

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Bo shook her head. "I called once before, just to leave a message saying I got her postcard, and that time she was on the voicemail announcement."

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"'Hello dahlings, I'm naked in the hot tub, thinking of you, leave a message and you will so hear back?'" Kenzi guessed. "...crap." She bit her lip, fingers twisting together, then said carefully, "Hug?"

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"Always." Bo paused halfway across the desk to rethink what she'd just said and added, "Tell no one," before completing the move. It might ruin her tough girl image or something.

"It's not like I know her very well," she added with her arm around Kenzi's shoulder, "But... she's from our world." And the only link she had to her own people, maybe her own family, but at this point, that wasn't the most important thing.

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"Who'd believe me?" Kenzi said, squeezing Bo back. "Yeah," she said, her voice really quiet. It wasn't fair that somebody who Bo actually got answers and hope from had just gone pfftt without warning. "I still haven't, uh. Checked. Scared." She swallowed. "Maybe I should?"

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"Might be a good idea." Bo hated how ...real... that sounded. "Just to make sure - I mean, everything could be fine, too. Maybe the phone thing is just some Fae trick for staying undercover or something."

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"Oh hey! Yeah. It might be." Kenzi brightened, and whipped out her phone, voice speeding up as she punched buttons. "Duh, it has to be something really simple like that, or she lost her phone, or... hi! Aunt Ludmilla! You're there!" Kenzi beamed at Bo. "Yes, it's Kenzi. Who else is your favorite niece?"

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Bo grinned and gave her a thumbs up, both relieved and guilty at being relieved, given the number of people whose worlds were gone.

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"What?" Kenzi's face started to fall. "I... yeah. Of course. How about, um, how's Sashcha doing? Oh, that's good... But-- No, that makes sense." Kenzi leaned into Bo, face starting to crumple. "Yeah? That's good..."

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"Kenz?" Crap. Merde.

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Kenzi's arm went around Bo, super-tight. "No, it's no big," she said, keeping her voice steady. "I just wanted hints for Christmas, for Ike and Mike and... who?" Now she had her face buried against Bo. "Oh, you don't know him.... A nice playstation? Sure. I can get him that. Ooops. Gotta go, Tutya. Yup. Love you too. Dosvidanya."

Kenzi hung up and threw the phone, then glomped Bo the rest of the way, sniffling.

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"Somebody's gone?" It was a stupid, obvious thing, but somehow Bo had to say it aloud.

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"Couple of my cousins. Maybe three," Kenzi said, her voice muffled. "I'm the youngest, not the only niece. Mike too." She sighed, long and ragged. "I wish I still didn't know."

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"Oh, babe, I'm sorry." Bo ran one of her hands over Kenzi's cheekbone. "We are gonna make this right. We've got to."

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Kenzi sniffed, nodding hard. "Do you know-- does anybody know how, yet? 'Cause I can bring whoever's fixing it snacks. Or something." Stupid, stupid, but what else could she do? She leaned into Bo. "Can I spend the night at your place?"

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"No, but the Principal put out an announcement so we at least kind of have a name to be looking for? Something call auditors." Bo fored a grin that became a little more real as she held it. "And absolutely. No whipped cream fights, though; I just got the last of that crap cleaned off the sofa."

The fifteen dollar Needful Things sofa, yes.

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"Deal," Kenzi promised. "Maybe we can figure out a way to cheat the tax man." She smirked a tiny bit. "Ice cream, though? It's necessary."

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"As long as you promise not to put it in my hair, I think we can swing that."